Chapter 380

On the night before the Golden Rooster Awards ceremony, Cheng Long held a short press conference in Gusu.

The reason it was called short was that the duration of the press conference was indeed very short, so short that it didn't even give reporters time to ask questions.

But this short press conference caused quite a stir.

From the official start of this press conference to Cheng Long walking out of the venue, it took a total of only 8 minutes or so; not only did the reporters not get time to ask questions, but even Cheng Long's team was stunned for a long time.

Cheng Long neither followed the plan given to him by the team nor chose the backup plan, and even after Cheng Long left the press conference venue, the team didn't know how to smooth things over.

In these 8 minutes, Cheng Long angrily denounced the Xiangjiang media for making a mountain out of a molehill and hyping things up, and also asked the Xiangjiang media if they had a grudge against him, if they wanted to destroy him? If they wanted the Xiangjiang film industry to die completely before they were happy?

He reiterated the importance of the director to a movie and also said that geniuses like Director Cao Yang only appear once every hundred years in the film circle, hoping that the media would not destroy his cooperation with a great director.

He also attributed part of the reason for the decline of the Xiangjiang film industry to the Xiangjiang media, saying that they only thought about hype and eyeballs all day long, completely ignoring reality, typically short-sighted...

In short, in these 8 minutes, he unleashed his big move as soon as he came up, and what he said was not subtle at all.

He later had a widely circulated interview, saying that there were many dark secrets in the Xiangjiang entertainment circle, which he didn't dare to say now, but he would write them into a book and only dare to make it public 100 years after his death...

If it weren't for his team's timely reaction, after he angrily denounced the media for 8 minutes, when the media were scrambling to ask questions, the team members directly turned off his microphone and then dragged him out; it was estimated that there would be no need to wait 100 years.

With Cheng Long's current state of not caring much about many things, as long as reporters dared to ask, he dared to answer.

Not long after this short press conference, before the team could discuss a response plan, the news online was already overwhelming.

"The decline of Xiangjiang cinema, Xiangjiang media and paparazzi must bear some responsibility."

"Cheng Long angrily denounces Xiangjiang media for not respecting facts, hyping, and chasing eyeballs, short-sighted."

"Cheng Long rarely loses his temper, refuting Xiangjiang media's disrespect for film practitioners."

"For a prosperous, healthy, and positive film market, the media must have a positive and active guiding role..."

These were basically reports from mainland media; reports like the fourth one were articles by special commentators of a certain local youth newspaper.

Such articles didn't mention Cheng Long, nor did they mention the hype by Xiangjiang media in the past two days, but commented with the development and decline of the film market as the theme.

Obviously, such articles seemed to mention nothing, but they mentioned everything.

The Xiangjiang media was interesting.

Some media outlets vehemently refuted Cheng Long's words and refuted Cheng Long for not respecting the media.

Some media outlets used Cheng Long's words to review the glory of Xiangjiang cinema, and the most interesting thing was that they partially agreed with Cheng Long's words.

Some media outlets talked about freedom, believing that the media had the right to report and comment, and also cited how the media in the UK and the US were...

Some media outlets used Cheng Long's words to angrily denounce paparazzi for making things up, not respecting facts, and leading to a trust crisis in the media among the public.

In short, the media on the Xiangjiang side was truly "letting a hundred flowers bloom," with those who agreed, those who opposed, those who attacked each other, those who admired the UK and the US, and those who reflected...

Cheng Long's team paid attention to the media news at all times. The attitude of the media in the mainland, especially the attitude of some specific media, made them vaguely feel that what Cheng Long said at the press conference received implicit support?

This... still needs to be remedied?

As for the "melee" on the Xiangjiang side, it was also beyond their expectations.

If it's a "melee," it seems that no matter how you remedy it, you will offend a group of people, so, is there still a need to remedy it?

Subsequent response plans must definitely be made, this is their value of existence; as for whether they can be used, let's wait and see.

"He is really brave!"

Li Xiaoran flipped through the hot reports online and said to Cao Yang: "He really offended the Xiangjiang media to death this time; does he not want to mix in Xiangjiang anymore?"

Li Xiaoran could imagine that even though the Xiangjiang media was in a "melee" and said everything, the mainstream was still criticizing Cheng Long, and only some tabloids would be innovative and come up with other viewpoints to chase eyeballs.

In that place of Xiangjiang, having accepted nearly a hundred years of colonization, many people's values had long been Westernized, especially the media.

Cheng Long offended quite a few people this time, especially the mainstream media.

With Cheng Long's current world-class influence and status, it can be said that he is the number one Chinese actor, and in the field of commercial films, it can be said that he is far ahead.

If he gets the recognition of the European Big Three again, such as winning a Best Actor award at the European Big Three, then it would be equivalent to being world-class in both commercial and artistic fields.

With the hype ability of the Xiangjiang media, they would definitely mythologize him and make him the "god" of Chinese actors.

But Cheng Long's press conference today made him almost cut himself off from the Xiangjiang media.

Li Xiaoran could imagine that even if Cheng Long really won the Best Actor award at the European Big Three, the Xiangjiang media would definitely not hype this matter up.

Cao Yang didn't expect Cheng Long to be so brave.

The normal approach would be to either ignore this hype by the Xiangjiang media, pretend to be ignorant, and not get involved in such trouble.

Or hold a press conference to explain his dedication to the movie, and then explain that the actor's immersion in the role is a professional performance, and it is only because the actor wants to play the movie well and delves into the character that this happens.

The first approach can avoid trouble, but it is very likely to make Cao Yang unhappy; after all, the Xiangjiang media was pointing fingers.

However, this can also be considered a safe approach; for example, another actor who broke into Hollywood in Xiangjiang used "no comment" to stay out of it.

The second approach is the best choice for Cheng Long; it can explain why the actor is immersed in the role, boast about his dedication, and imply that the immersion in the role is not the director's fault.

But Cheng Long chose the third one—unable to stand the media's hype and hostility toward the director, he directly bombarded the media.

Cao Yang knew very well that with Cheng Long's previous smoothness and emotional intelligence, he would definitely choose the second approach.

But he was influenced by the immersion experience, especially since Cao Yang deliberately added two more, which directly affected his emotions outside the play.

Cao Yang could also be considered to have summarized a rule.

If the immersion experience adds just the right amount to the actor, the actor can perform beyond their level; it is estimated that the upper limit of this beyond-level performance is likely the highest point of the actor's own acting skills.

The disadvantage is that when the actor is not filming, they will be affected to a certain extent; overall, it is not considered big, the actor can distinguish between reality and the movie, and the personality will not be too affected for the time being.

And if you add more immersion experience to the actor on the basis of "just right," then it will break through the actor's own limits, almost like the character in the movie is materialized in reality.

The disadvantage is that when the actor is not filming, they will also be affected to a great extent; although they can also distinguish between reality and the movie, the personality and behavior patterns will be greatly affected; simply put, it's like they have become a different person.

"He is immersed in the role, maybe his personality has been influenced by the movie character, so he is a bit, a bit straightforward."

Cao Yang replied.

Is it straightforward? It's not caring about anything, saying whatever comes to mind, just like the male lead in the movie, not knowing or caring about other people's feelings.

"Oh, I guess it should be like this."

Li Xiaoran felt the same way, and she got angry just thinking about it.

Thinking back then, this stinky man in front of her, in order to let her be immersed in the role, "locked" her alone in a small courtyard by the sea, and kept letting her watch sad movies, listen to sad songs, repeating this every day, and this "locking" lasted for almost two months!

After two months, she felt that living was really meaningless...

Who knew her suffering back then?

The Xiangjiang media is really making a fuss; compared to the suffering she endured back then, Cheng Long's encounter is nothing.

Since she's angry, she has to make some trouble.

"Cao Yang, I heard that you came on the same flight as the vixen; I'm a bit strange, why are you here at night?"

Li Xiaoran said leisurely.

The vixen in her mouth specifically refers to Gao Yuanyuan, which is the nickname she gave Gao Yuanyuan when filming "Nine-Tailed Fox."

Why come here?

It's because Gao Yuanyuan felt the same way about Yu Feihong's immersion in the role, her sympathy exploded, and she decided to go comfort Yu Feihong at night and share some of her experience of being immersed in and getting out of a role back then.

Sigh, or should I say this woman is a bit stupidly cute.

Doesn't she think, although she is a Cannes Best Actress and has "immersion" experience, Yu Feihong is also a Venice Best Actress, okay?

If Yu Feihong wasn't immersed in the role, how could she have won the Venice Best Actress award?

But this stupid woman with overflowing sympathy just couldn't think of this point; does she think Yu Feihong won the Venice Best Actress award based on her own acting skills?

"What nonsense are you talking about? We just happened to be on the same flight; there were many people on the plane, not just her, but also Old Tian, Old Gu, Jia Zhangke, Xiao Gangpao, Yu Feihong, Jiang Wenli, and Xu Fan."