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On April 4, Xie Lansheng's "Love at First Sight" had its national premiere at a convention center.

In the morning, Xin Ye put on Xie Lansheng's newly customized suit and vest, and helped him tie the slender tie that had just arrived.The white shirt has a button-down collar. Xinye uses a tie stick to pass through the buttonholes on both sides, and presses the tie on the shirt. A thin gold chain hangs from both ends of the tie stick.Xin Ye asked Xie Lansheng to raise both hands horizontally, and lowered his eyes to check the pair of cufflinks of Jacob&Co that he personally chose a few days ago.

"Xin Ye," Xie Lansheng said, "You spray your perfume directly... Uh, I don't like this smell, it's too strong and overwhelming."

"No," Xin Ye said, "Frederic Malle just released vetiver. The initial composition contains lemon and pepper, sour and spicy, but the middle notes are close to natural vetiver and cloves. It’s not earthy, it’s closer to the source, it’s clean, it’s grounded, and that’s what lasts. And finally there’s sandalwood, cedar and oakmoss.”

"oh oh……"

"Lan Sheng," Xin Ye blew on his earballs, "At important moments, I want you to take my taste."

"..." Xie Lansheng was quite dry.

Do you think of him all the time?Even if you can't see or hear him, you can feel him.

Xinye said again: "This incense is sprayed on the pulse, and it evaporates with your heartbeat, which is very good."

"...Hmm." Xin Ye said that perfume is more volatile when rubbed on places with a pulse, such as behind the ears, wrists, elbows, and knees.

is very good.

With his heartbeat, the smell evaporated into the air, the more nervous he was, or the more he thought about Xinye, the faster his heart beat, the more this smell enveloped him, reassuring him and calming him down.

"Okay." Xin Ye looked at the watch on his wrist, "It's almost time to go."

"it is good."

…………

According to the usual practice, all the guests have to sign their names in the outfield, take pictures for others, and then move to the infield together to wait for the official start of the event.

While walking on the red carpet, a girl suddenly yelled at Xie Lansheng, holding a bunch of bacon in her hand, smiling playfully, and shouting, "Thank you, thank you! My mother said she got divorced after watching your "Rooting"! She is so happy now! She wants to thank you! This is the bacon she made! It is very delicious! Hahahaha!" Middle-aged women often think that her food is the best in the world, and want to give it away everywhere.

"Hey," Xie Lansheng smiled, "Thank you, thank you! Thank you for your hard work."

He slipped the bacon over and looked around, but the staff was not around, so he had no choice but to carry the bacon up to the stage to sign. All the reporters at the scene took pictures of this scene and burst out laughing.

In the photo, the three characters "Xie Lansheng" behind him are flying like dragons and phoenixes, as if they can soar into the sky.

The premiere starts at about eight o'clock.

Before the premiere, in the backstage of the infield, Xin Ye hugged Xie Lansheng and said, "Director Xie, I want to say 'Congratulations' to you before everyone. Congratulations on the premiere."

"Well," Xie Lansheng's eyes brightened, "Thank you Mr. Xin. I accept it. And I will always remember it."

The two of them stared at each other, and then, without knowing who took the initiative, a pair of lovers kissed again, their lips pressed together, and their tongues rubbed together.

Xie Lansheng was a little moved.

Xinye naturally noticed it, laughed softly, and said, "Little pervert."

"..." Xie Lansheng said, "A man who loses his sexual desire for the person he loves is like a creator who loses his inspiration for the world."

"Okay." Xin Ye picked up Xie Lansheng and placed him on the table in front of him, separated his knees, half-kneeled down, and kissed each other's... on top of his trousers, "Calm down, the premiere event It's about to start."

"Ah."

The stage setting of the premiere is very suitable for the theme of the movie.The stage does not lay a red carpet, but uses water ripple LEDs, where people seem to be gradually swallowed by the vast ocean.

At 8 o'clock, the two singers of the theme song walked from both sides to the center, singing and walking, and the scene was immediately silent.And when the lyrics reached the last few lines, the two turned their backs to each other again, and gradually drifted away until they disappeared.

Then, a trailer was shown on the big screen.On the screen, at the end Qianqian said "Thank you, I love you" in tears, which was even more shocking.

Then the water ripple LEDs slowly turned off, and the lights on the stage turned on.The host walked to the center of the stage in a long dress and gave a welcome speech.

Xie Lansheng just waited silently.

Finally, it was time for the lead actor to take the stage.

Xie Lansheng took a deep breath, and let Du Shoutian and Sun Qianqian walk in front, and he himself led the producer and producer to follow behind.When they got to the stage and turned around, the director was right in the middle.

Xie Lansheng looked down and saw that there were people all over the place. In an instant, his nose felt sore again—in China, how often had he been so focused on.Everyone knows "Xie Lansheng", everyone has heard of "Consummation" and "Galaxy", and movie lovers like to collect his DVDs, but no one has seen him in person.

"Okay," the host introduced, "please allow me to introduce. This is Xie Lansheng, the chief director of "Love at First Sight."

Xie Lansheng also raised the microphone and said hello: "Hi everyone."

"This one is..."

After the introduction, the host asked: "Now everyone is curious about the story of the movie "Love at First Sight". Can Director Xie reveal a little bit?"

"Well," Xie Lansheng said, "this is a crime movie, but also a love movie. It talks about 'degeneration' and 'redemption'. The heroine of the movie, Lu Yixing, fell in love with ordinary men at first sight, but she used The name of the twin sister. She hurt innocent people, but this person saved her. In the end they found that everything was a closed loop of fate, and the heroine also took each other out of the swamp many years ago. It can be said that the heroine The divine part of her humanity saves the demonic part of her humanity, which symbolizes self-salvation. I believe everyone can understand this after watching the film."

Moderator: "Then what theme does it talk about?"

Xie Lansheng smiled and replied: "It's the individual's struggle, depravity, numbness, and reflection. The heroine is a real individual, and people can empathize with it. But in the final analysis, when encountering injustice, only his divine part can save his demonic part." .”

"I understand." The host asked again, "Then, what is the biggest difference between this film and previous works?"

Xie Lansheng said: ""Love at First Sight" is my first commercial attempt. In the film, I used a lot of commercial techniques. For example, in the past, in order to pursue realistic effects, I would try my best to use natural light and rarely use artificial light, but this This time, in order to make the male lead more handsome and the female lead more beautiful, I used a lot of lighting."

The host also laughed: "We know that Director Xie has made all literary films in the past, so why would he want to try commercial films this time?"

"Several reasons." Xie Lansheng said, "First of all, the book "Love at First Sight" has existed for a long time, and I have been secretly looking forward to seeing it one day. Secondly, I hope that through this film, audiences in theaters can get to know me and understand me, so that , when I shoot "boring films" in the future, everyone can buy it. From the perspective of the shooting sequence, this arrangement is more reasonable, isn't it? Third, I hope that the producer, Deep Blue Pictures, can also make money. The relationship between the two parties must be After the establishment, this is called fishing for big fish with a long line. Finally...'Deep Blue Cinema', a literary theater jointly built by 'Xie Lansheng Studio' and Deep Blue Films, has just opened. It is in Jianguomen. I want to take this opportunity to promote it Promote Deep Blue Cinema. Since the opening of Deep Blue Cinema, I have selected all the films by myself. I have also written a lot of comments, a lot of analysis, and a lot of explanations. After each movie is screened, Deep Blue will organize discussions. I believe movie lovers can learn from it. something."

Literary cinema is a career that Xie Lansheng attaches great importance to. He doesn't want to leave it all to Xinye for publicity and promotion.From today until the movie is released, he will participate in many programs, and he will also mention Wenyi Cinema, so that those who like "Love at First Sight" and notice the report will see the name of "Deep Blue Cinema", and may also enter Deep Blue Cinema.

A few minutes later, after asking questions about the content of the movie, the core of the movie, etc., the host turned to the leading actor and asked Du Shutian: "We know that handsome Du has acted in many classic movies, such as last year's... Then, this time's Is the shooting experience any different from the past?"

"Yes." Du Shitian's Hong Kong accent is very strong, and his films must be dubbed, "It's just that Director Xie is too difficult!!!"

"Ah?" The host laughed loudly, "Tell me specifically?"

"Nan Ming, the director who once won the Palme d'Or, came to visit the set." Du Shitian spoke slowly and with difficulty, "He asked Director Xie, how much do you demand from actors? He also said that he himself is very strict with his actors. In fact, there is not much expectation, he will ask, the actors can do their best, but if NG fails to do it three times, then forget it, he does not force others to do very difficult work. At that time, Director Xie was silent for a few seconds, Said, 'Me too.' We were dumbfounded! Because Director Xie is not!"

"Yes." Sun Qianqian interrupted at this time, "Director Xie requires all actors to meet his requirements and perform the feeling he wants, regardless of the protagonist or supporting role. Director Xie can shoot a scene a hundred times, or even two hundred times!"

Xie Lansheng said: "How can it be so exaggerated?"

"Okay, okay, let's ask this way." The host said, "May I ask how many scenes Director Xie has shot so far?"

Xie Lansheng was stunned, thought about it for a while, and replied: "It should be the year when "Xinghe" was filmed, and 33 scenes were shot in the 106rd scene."

Everyone in the audience laughed - Du Shitian and Sun Qianqian were telling the truth.

The host asked about Director Xie's "Tianshichengjin" for actors: "Sun Qianqian, I heard that you once refused the role at the audition scene, because you felt that as a supermodel, you don't understand movies and can't act."

"Yes," Sun Qianqian said, "Director Xie pointed at me and said, 'I will let you know how to act from now on'."

"Then can you act now?"

"I dare not say yes." Sun Qianqian said, "But I am confident that the audience who are looking forward to "Love at First Sight" and the twins will not be disappointed."

"Then we'll wait and see." After speaking, the host took the initiative to mention Ouyang Nannan's words that Xie Lansheng "is a director and a mentor, like a father and a brother", because Lansheng taught her to read and write when filming "Growing Roots".Xie Lansheng has made countless actors and actresses famous in the past 15 years, and his protagonists have basically developed well after filming.After Ouyang Nannan played "Rooting", she worked as a nanny and an actress in Beijing for a while, and occasionally had a small role. However, in 1996, Xie Lansheng recommended Ouyang Nannan to a big director, and her success has been smooth since then.

"Yes," Xie Lansheng said, "but that's mainly because Ouyang Nannan is smart."

"Well," said the host, "Ouyang Nannan once said that Director Xie must be blessed."

Xie Lansheng hooked his lips and said nothing.

Finally, the topic turned to the producer of Deep Blue Pictures.The host asked Xie Lansheng: "Why did you choose Deep Blue Films as the producer of the film? We know that Xin from Deep Blue Films is always the leading male lead in "Rooting" and "Consummation". The two have been in touch for 9 years after "Consummation". Is it? I heard that they are very close personal friends? Then this time, the choice of Deep Blue Films has something to do with personal friends?"

"...Yes." Pushed and shoved by impulse, Xie Lansheng said slowly, "Xin Ye...he is my noble man. 14 years ago, when filming "Rooting", he helped me several times when I was desperate, Acting in the role, getting back the equipment, raising funds, selling the copyright... 10 years ago, it was Xinye who made "Consummation" Berlin capture the bear, and it was truly "consummation". This time, Xinye personally made "Love at First Sight" again Issuance strategy. He's always by my side. He's the person I trust the most, so to speak."

"Wow," the host said, "It's almost a life-and-death relationship."

"Well, yes." Xie Lansheng nodded.

He trusts Xinye unconditionally.Over the years, many other people fabricated lies to sow discord in order to produce his movie, hoping that they would drift away, but Xie Lansheng never doubted anything for a second, and he didn't even bother to ask Xin Ye.

Thinking about it, Xie Lansheng put the microphone under his lips again, and said: "The host just said that Ouyang Nannan once said that I must have good fortune, right? Then, probably, Xin Ye is my good fortune."

"Wow." Hearing Xie Lansheng describe the friendship between the two with such words, the host was also quite shocked.

Xie Lansheng only felt that he was really sticky now.As long as Xinye is mentioned, he becomes disorganized, branching and uncontrollable.

Really...

Then, the premiere of "Love at First Sight" carried out some procedures, such as interaction with the audience, including questions and answers, lottery, games, and the prizes of the lottery were quite generous, including signed posters and iPods.

Finally, seeing that the time was almost up, the beautiful hostess said again: "Okay, it's 8:59, and there is only a little time left. We will start showing "Love at First Sight" at 9 o'clock sharp. I believe everyone is already very happy." I'm looking forward to it! Then, the director will say something to the audience at the premiere."

"Okay." Xie Lansheng took the microphone and said, "I...I don't expect everyone to like "Love at First Sight", but, I really hope...you can watch this movie seriously, because...its appearance is not Easy, today means a lot to me."

At this time, the light strips in the auditorium gradually dimmed, which symbolized that the Chinese premiere of "Love at First Sight" was about to begin.

Looking at the dark auditorium, rows of expectant eyes, and the projectors and other equipment that have been activated, a white mist suddenly appeared in front of Xie Lansheng's eyes.

The closing words were prepared, and Xie Lansheng insisted: "I have been a director for 15 years..."

With a "click", two beams of white light were shot from the projector onto the big screen.The lights on the stage hadn't gone out yet, but they were about to go out.

The people below had black hair and black eyes, Lan Sheng couldn't control it after all.

He thought again of the years when he hung white cloths up and down in cafes, and the years when he stalked the rental disc clubs and asked for bootleg copies.In the previous years, the audience always said that they could not see clearly, but in the later years, the audience said that it was not "exciting" enough.At that time, he was always asking, "When will my audience be able to watch the picture clearly in the dark?" "When will my audience be able to enjoy the movie fully in the cinema?"

In the blink of an eye, two tears fell from his eyes.After that, the tears seemed to come out of the gate, and Xie Lansheng was powerless.

He wiped away his tears with his fingertips, but there were more and more tears. He lowered his head and wiped them a few times in embarrassment, but he couldn't wipe them clean. I can only resist to finish the closing words.

"I've been a director for 15 years..." No one expected that the 36-year-old world-class director Xie Lansheng, who has won two Golden Bears, would break down in tears at the premiere of his ninth film. Said: "I have been making movies for 9 years, and today, my movie can finally be screened publicly in this land."