Huayu: As a child star, I just want to be famous

Chapter 535: A New Ten-Year Agreement, Qilin's Three Questions (6k)

Seeing that the scene was getting a little awkward, Dou Wentao said with a smile, "We are talking about something a little too deep."

"It seems that Director Chen really knows a lot about Mr. Mo Yan. He has all kinds of information at his fingertips."

Chen Linfeng shook his head. "I didn't deliberately try to understand it. I just have a better memory. I can figure it out after summarizing the contents a little bit."

"Or else it's talent," Dou Wentao complimented, "With your intelligence level, you have all kinds of information and allusions at your fingertips. No wonder you can create so many excellent works."

Chen Linfeng knew he was changing the subject.

Although "Keng Keng Three People" is broadcast on Phoenix TV, the topics of conversation are often deeper.

But as a host, you have to hold yourself back a bit, which is understandable.

Chen Linfeng knew when to stop and followed Dou Wentao's wishes, without any intention of saying anything more.

Zheng Peifang, who has been a guest on many episodes, also understood the situation and joined in the chatting and laughing.

But when the three of them tacitly wanted to change the topic of conversation, Yu Hua brought it up again.

He seemed to have finally come to his senses and wanted to try to explain to his friend one last time.

Yu Hua said with some effort, "When writing, authors don't necessarily have to experience things themselves. Sometimes, what they see and hear, and other people's experiences, can also serve as writing material."

"Xiao Chen, you should know this the most, because most of your works are of this kind. For example, "She", which has the highest literary value, is a fantasy about the future. But now it seems that this work is the most realistic, isn't it?"

Chen Linfeng was a little suspicious whether this person was naturally dark.

He sighed and said, "If it really happened, no matter who told it, Mr. Mo Yan should just tell it truthfully. No one asked him to write about what he experienced."

"But why did he insist on saying that these were things he experienced as a child?"

Chen Linfeng seemed to have something else to say, so he didn't continue.

However, Yu Hua understood what he didn't say.

Yes, why do you have to say that it is something you have experienced? You can just say that you heard it.

I think it's just to add an extra layer of persuasiveness.

As for why it is more convincing, of course it is because of the plot description...

Yu Hua thought to himself that he had never thought about these things when he wrote "Xu Sanguan Selling Blood".

Because it is true and no further explanation is needed.

Even though everyone knows that the protagonist he wrote is a fictional character.

But the fact is true.

The imagination of literati is rich enough. Yu Hua thought a lot in an instant, and felt a little bored. He no longer wanted to help defend.

Chen Linfeng also breathed a sigh of relief.

I thought to myself, please stop defending me, the situation is getting worse and worse, I can't stand it anymore.

Dou Wentao was very happy. He had wanted to hold back, but he didn't expect Yu Hua to be so aggressive and take the topic to a deeper level.

Better than he is.

But now that this was really about the same, he started talking about other topics.

"We've talked about this enough and it's deep enough. It's not appropriate to talk about it any further. Let's talk about something else."

Dou Wentao turned to Chen Linfeng and said, "Director Chen, when we were doing a program ten years ago, we talked about your first visit to Hong Kong Island and your experience of meeting Fang Long."

"I said at the time that your experience and mentality are very similar to that of Emperor Gaozu of Han when he met Emperor Qin Shi Huang, and I also said that we should wait and see."

"Now, twelve years have passed. Do you think that what you said back then, 'A real man should be like this', is still the same now?"

He immediately stopped Chen Linfeng from speaking and turned to ask someone else first.

"You two, please tell me what you both think first."

Zheng Peifang first said, "My first impression was that this kid was just bragging, and I actually felt a little funny."

“But now looking back, it was actually confidence.

Judging from his current achievements, Brother Van Loon is still very good. After "Taken", he reached the second peak of his career."

"But this work happened to be directed by Director Chen. Not only that, Director Chen's other works are equally good, or even better."

"From the perspective of his works, Director Chen has surpassed Brother Fang Long to some extent."

That's a lot of qualifiers.

After all, Zheng Peifang is a person from the entertainment industry and dares not offend the bigwigs in the circle.

Even though she knew in her heart that it was rumored that Director Chen and Fang Long had a good relationship and that saying this would not make people angry, she was still cautious.

After Zheng Peifang finished speaking, it was Yu Hua's turn.

He relatively doesn't have such complicated thoughts. They are not in the same industry and he is not afraid of offending anyone.

Yu Hua said bluntly, "Xiao Chen is not only 'like this', he can even be said to have surpassed Fang Long."

"As for international fame, I don't know much about it, so it's hard to say, but in terms of works, Xiao Chen is undoubtedly better."

"Even though I don't watch many movies and TV series, I know that works like The Great Tang Empire, Sunset, Your Name, and Inception are all excellent top-notch works."

“And correspondingly, Van Loon’s work is a bit far behind.”

Dou Wentao helped to save face, "Brother Fang Long's "Drunken Master", "Police Series", "Project A" and "Rumble in the Bronx" are also classic works."

Yu Hua nodded, "Maybe, these works should be good, but purely commercial films are not as good as works that can be appreciated by both the elite and the masses."

He still speaks up for his friends as always.

"In short, I think that Xiao Chen has almost reached the top as a filmmaker now, not to mention his achievements as a writer."

Dou Wentao watched Yu Hua finish his words, then turned around and said with a smile, "Well, Director Chen, what do you think of the two's comments?"

Chen Linfeng was extremely embarrassed. Normally, he heard people praising him from a distance. Now, hearing others praising him face to face made him feel really uncomfortable.

"I think you two are a little bit underestimating Brother Fang Long's achievements. The times are different, and the limits of what celebrities can achieve are also different."

"In the 1980s and 1990s, it was very different to be able to become popular in East Asia and Southeast Asia, and then become famous all over the world, and to achieve this achievement now."

“I have always felt that the success of filmmakers depends largely on the strength of the country, and today, conditions are much better.

Apart from other things, the huge domestic film market alone plays a very important role. My current achievements are largely due to the confidence given to me by the domestic market.”

"Moreover, our generation is still standing on the shoulders of our predecessors and continuing to climb up. My current achievements are also due to their efforts."

Dou Wentao smiled, "So you still haven't said whether you feel that you have surpassed Fang Long in the words of the media."

At this point, everyone present stared at Chen Linfeng.

"This topic has been discussed for at least ten years, and people discuss it every year," Dou Wentao said, "Why don't you give a conclusion on our show?"

Chen Linfeng thought for a moment and said, "If we go by the total score, then I should have surpassed them."

"That's right," Dou Wentao clapped his hands and said with a smile, "If you refuse again, you will be suspected of being overly modest."

Everyone present, including the staff behind the scenes of the program, felt that the dust had settled.

It’s as if an era has finally passed and now is a new era.

Dou Wentao was delighted. He had waited for twelve years, and this episode would definitely become a classic.

But the conversation must continue.

“You just said that the domestic market has been a great help to you. Can you talk about this?”

"This is easy to understand. Hollywood also has to consider this. No, it should especially consider the issue of revenue. As the film market grows, in order to compete for domestic box office, the suppression of mainland filmmakers in the past will gradually be relaxed."

"for example?"

“For example, when it comes to choosing actors, Asians, especially Chinese, have become an option, so I was able to act in Sherlock and Infinite World.

For example, when it comes to script writing, as long as it does not offend certain sensitive points of Hollywood, it is understandable to avoid some plots that domestic audiences hate.

There are so many more.”

"A big part of the reason why Liu Qianqian, Shi Xiaolong and others are so successful in Hollywood now is because of this, right?"

"um, yes."

……

Afterwards, everyone talked about the current situation and future prospects of the film industry, some literary topics, and many of them discussed some of the viewpoints in the program that year.

Everyone was chatting enthusiastically.

At the end of the recording, Dou Wentao brought up the last topic.

"Twelve years ago, you predicted that when the country grows to a certain size, it will be able to win the Nobel Prize."

“Now it seems that this prophecy has been fulfilled.”

Chen Linfeng nodded, "Yes, the GDP has surpassed Japan and has become the second largest in the world. According to purchasing power parity, it has even surpassed the United States. The size is indeed large to a certain extent."

"Then I have something to say," Dou Wentao suggested with interest, "Your predictions were very accurate back then. Now that the show is coming to an end, do you want to make another prediction?"

He waved his hand excitedly, "Wouldn't it be wonderful if we get together again in ten or twenty years, and continue to talk about the past and present, and see if your prediction today has come true?"

The two guests' eyes lit up.

"this is a good idea."

"Yeah, Xiao Chen, come on."

Chen Linfeng was speechless, but as a gimmick, Dou Wentao's proposal was quite interesting.

only……

"There has to be a goal. If I predict that China's film market will expand further and surpass Emily Ken, it doesn't make sense. It's bound to happen sooner or later."

"Huh? Do you think the domestic film market can surpass North America?" Everyone was shocked.

Chen Linfeng blinked his eyes. How could he not believe it?

Dou Wentao smiled and said, "How about we take this as our goal?"

Chen Linfeng shook his head. "Forget it. Let's change someone else. Any filmmaker can foresee this."

Dou Wentao looked at Chen Linfeng strangely, "I always feel that you overestimate the word 'filmmaker'."

"Then how about we take the military, society, culture, or, let's say, film, and imagine one idea in each of these three directions.

If any of these is achieved, and if I am still doing the show, I will definitely invite you to my show and we can talk about this again, how about that? "

He looked at the other two and said, "Why don't you try to predict it?"

"Forget it, I'm not good at this." "I'm not very good at it either."

Both rejected it.

So everyone looked at Chen Linfeng again.

Chen Linfeng thought for a while and said, "Okay, I've thought about it."

"In terms of military, I think that in a dozen years, China may have large-scale weapons and equipment, such as aircraft, tanks, and ships, that are one generation ahead of the other side of the ocean."

"In terms of society, the ideal beautiful country created by literary magazines such as Reader and Yilin in the past has been completely shattered."

"As for movies, there are billion-dollar films in the domestic market alone."

When these three points were spoken, the three people were stunned.

In fact, these three points are all like fantasy.

The first three are understandable, and may be possible in the distant future.

However, many weapons in the country are still more than one generation behind, not to mention limited large-scale weapons and equipment.

The third point is also outrageous. There are only a few movies in China that cost 1 billion RMB.

You have doubled it several times.

That may only be possible in the future, but you are too confident.

The second one is more vague, but it is the most difficult to achieve. After all, the Lighthouse Country is the Lighthouse Country, and no one at the scene has the concept of the lighthouse being destroyed.

Dou Wentao smiled bitterly and said, "If you don't want to be on my show anymore, you can just tell me. It's not that I don't believe these things can be realized, but it will take 20 to 30 years, or even 40 to 50 years. It won't matter whether I'm still here by then."

Chen Linfeng thought for a moment, "Then add one more thing. In another 12 years, you can invite me to the show again, and I will definitely accept. If none of these things happen by then, or there's even no sign of getting close, then I'll just be considered a failure."

"Alright."

Dou Wentao agreed immediately.

Regardless of whether it can be achieved or not, just agree to it first. It is always a gimmick.

And judging from Chen Linfeng's current achievements, even if he doesn't make any progress or even retires from the entertainment industry, he will still be a big shot in 12 years.

If we really invite him to be on a show, he will still attract a lot of attention.

An episode of "The Threesome" ends here.

I have to say, this episode feels a little different from the one back then.

Chen Linfeng thought that the biggest difference should be Zheng Peifang.

The impression this person gave him at first was that he clearly did not think highly of the mainland, and he also seemed to look down on him.

Looking back now, she basically doesn't talk much when it comes to domestic topics.

I don’t know if it’s because my status has changed now and she knows my attitude and position?
Chen Linfeng was not sure.

He stood up and smiled at Yu Hua, "Teacher Yu, I was a little blunt just now, please don't mind."

Yu Hua thought of the beginning and sighed, "It's a good thing to speak your mind. I don't mind it."

He paused, then continued, "You and Mo Yan, ah, forget it, I won't say anything."

Yu Hua finally stopped thinking.

These two people have completely different attitudes and ideas, so it's better not to think about bringing them together to ease the conflict.

Unrealistic.

A friend of a friend is not necessarily a friend, and he understands this.

Chen Linfeng breathed a sigh of relief. Yu Hua was really nice to him and he didn't want to have a falling out with him.

That's fine.

Dou Wentao waited for them to finish talking, then thanked Chen Linfeng for being on his show.

Then he confirmed it carefully, "Director Chen, what we were just talking about, the thing that happened in 12..."

"It's okay, just remember to contact me when the time comes."

Dou Wentao felt relieved and a sincere smile appeared on his face.

Some people are just being polite during the show, but it’s hard to say whether they will recognize each other after they come off the show.

Now that Director Chen has confirmed it again, given his status, he will surely not deny it.

……

Afterwards, the program crew worked overtime to edit and produce the post-production as quickly as possible.

Of course, not much was actually cut.

Chen Linfeng, Boss Chen, it’s so hard to get a chance to be on the show, how can you bear to cut more?

Except for some topics that are really boring and affect the overall rhythm.

The essence of the show was basically retained and finally edited into a super long episode, to be broadcast continuously.

Even the subsequent programs were affected and had to be adjusted in time.

The TV station supported it and gave special approval, so it is really going to be broadcasted that way.

Originally, when talking about some topics of Mo Yan, such content that is too deep and inappropriate should be edited reasonably.

But it depends on who says it.

For a writer and director of Chen Linfeng's caliber, as long as he doesn't openly oppose the higher-ups, it's harmless for him to talk about things from the past.

This is unlike those poor online writers who get chopped off even when they write true stories.

It only took two days for the episode in which Chen Linfeng participated to be directly added for broadcast.

Just to keep up with the current hot topics.

Coincidentally, Mo Yan's flight was delayed for a day due to weather reasons.

The two sides' time came together.

In the morning, Mo Yangang was at the airport and convinced a large number of netizens and readers through his explanations.

Since then, public opinion has almost reversed.

After all, he is a Nobel Prize winner, the first in China.

To some extent, people still respect such people.

In the past, these were all writers.

As for Mo Yan's statement, his original intention of creation remains unchanged and his writing is all true, so everyone still trusts him.

Therefore, it is the Nobel Prize that is at fault. Mo Yan is one of us, so there is no need to make a big deal out of it.

There are also a large number of people who took this as a guideline and madly denounced the netizens who had previously criticized Mo Yan.

As a result, at 11 o'clock in the evening, the new episode of "The Threesome" was broadcast.

With Chen Linfeng as the guest, the event had been fully warmed up in the past few days.

A lot of viewers paid attention to this episode.

As a result, I finally watched the show and heard him talk about Mo Yan on the show.

The entire public opinion turned around again.

This time is different from before. Many of what Chen Linfeng said are backed by evidence, and the chain of evidence is very clear.

Now, Mo Yan's statement is a bit untenable.

Therefore, the halo of the Nobel Prize is gone, and netizens who already hated the Nobel Prize because of the award speech have once again launched an outcry.

This time, their faith was much stronger.

Although there are still many people who help to whitewash, using methods such as confusing the public, personal attacks, and pulling other people's strings to try to muddy the waters.

"You say it's fake only because you haven't seen it."

"The past was so dark, it's naive to make it up."

"The 50 cents army only blasts their own compatriots every day. Indonesia also massacred the Chinese. Why don't they settle accounts with Indonesia?"

"They don't dare to face the facts, and they don't really care about their compatriots."

"..."

But these words cannot solve the core problem.

Why do you say that something is your own experience when it is clearly not your own experience?

In fact, similar questions have been mentioned by some netizens in the past.

But the volume is too small to be heard by the public.

Now, when Chen Linfeng said this, it was obviously different.

In the following days, Mo Yan remained silent and did not respond.

The matter remained deadlocked and became a public case.

This has been brought up by netizens many times since then, but that’s a story for later.

At this point, Mo Yan’s Nobel Prize was not won in vain. Anyway, the added honor may not be as much as the dirty water on his body.

It's really a bit embarrassing.

Because what Chen Linfeng exposed was not only the halo of the Nobel Prize in Literature, but also the problem of its creative attitude.

It is a great immorality for a literary writer to produce insincere works.

If you want to be called a writer a hundred years later, you generally cannot bear this title.

Not everyone has as many filial sons and grandchildren as Mr. Hu.

This is a bit off topic.

This episode of "The Three of Us" not only discusses Mo Yan's winning of the Nobel Prize.

There is also the perennial hot topic in the entertainment industry: "Who is stronger, Fang Long or Chen Linfeng?"

In this way, there is a positive response from the party involved.

A curious reporter interviewed Fang Long and asked for his opinion.

Under the camera, Fang Long looks quite free and easy.

"I'm still struggling with this topic. In the past two years, basically few people have been arguing about this. I feel that the comparison is already quite clear."

"Director Xiao Chen has already reached the fifth place in global film history. How can I compare with him?"

"I watched the show too. What he said was quite tactful and very respectful to me. I would like to thank him here."

Reporter: "Don't you feel dissatisfied?"

"What's there to be dissatisfied about? The new generation is better than the old ones. This is a good thing. Only in this way can Chinese films become stronger and stronger."

"Besides, Xiao Chen and I have a very good relationship. How could I be dissatisfied with such a thing?"

These words were spoken very frankly. After Chen Linfeng heard about it, even though he understood that this was an intentional show of goodwill, he still couldn't help but feel a favorable impression.

The news before and after this caused quite a bit of discussion among netizens.

"It's only been twelve years since I went from being a rookie author to where I am today. It's amazing."

"Are you referring to the rookie authors whose sales exceed 200 million within a few months after the release of their books? I really wish there were more rookies like this in our country."

"Xiao Chen has been a monster since his first appearance."

"Now it seems that Chen Linfeng has easily surpassed Fang Long, but Fang Long is still the only two international superstars in the country."

"..."

In addition to these two paragraphs, many other topics were discussed in this episode of "The Three of Us".

For example, in literature, Chen Linfeng said that his new target is JK Rowling, which also caused quite a stir.

Netizens directly shouted, "It's bad, Xiao Chen is targeting you."

"I don't know if JK Rowling can last 12 years."

This piece of news was even noticed abroad and reprinted in some literary media in Europe and the United States and reported as news.

It also sparked quite a bit of discussion.

In addition, at the end of the program, the three fantasies given by Chen Linfeng were called "Qilin's Three Questions" by netizens.

From fantasy to question.

It is similar to the doubts that the people of the Republic of China had about the future of China.

It is considered to be quite imaginative, but too unrealistic.

"If this is really realized in the future, I think China will surpass the United States by then, right?"

"It will take at least 20 years to catch up with their current level, not to mention that they are also developing rapidly, so it's just a dream."

"Chen Linfeng has always been very confident in his country, which can be seen in his various works. I like this about him.

But I have to say that he was a bit too optimistic this time, and only gave 12 years, which is basically impossible, and it is unlikely that any of them will be achieved. "

(End of this chapter)