Chapter 247 "Dialogue"
"Dialogue" is an interview program on CCTV Financial Channel. It is the longest-running interview program on CCTV and has a very high-end positioning.
How high-end?
Let’s put it this way, Lee Kuan Yew, Hillary, Wu Jinglian, Liu Chuanzhi, Jack Ma, Ma Huateng, Cao Dewang, Li Shufu, Dong Mingzhu, Bill Gates, Buffett, Elon Musk, Bezos, Murdoch These people were all his guests.
There are also literary and sports talents, including Jin Yong, Cameron, Zhang Yimou, Yao Ming, Andy Lau...
There are even more news figures, Han Han...
Zhang Chen hopes that he is included in the cultural and sports category, at least this way the interview process will be much easier. If he is included in the news figures, it will not be good.
The news figures invited by "Dialogue" are generally controversial figures. It is conceivable that the recording process will not be easy.
Zhang Chen didn’t know how others positioned himself, but he came here today mentally prepared.
He has watched a lot of "Dialogue" and knows the show's urinal nature.
I like to bring together several people with conflicting views and compete face to face.
Of course, it’s not called PK, it’s called mutual confirmation.
Usually there is one main guest plus one or two experts in the field of the topic of the day.
If the control is good, everyone may politely argue with each other, but if the control is not good, there will be a strong smell of gunpowder on the scene.
Just like the Korean issue~
It was 1999. The 17-year-old Han Han became popular due to the publication of "Three Gates", and then his personal information was revealed:
Dropped out of school, seriously partial to subjects, questioned traditional education, rebellious...< br>
Every kind of label is bad, but Han Han collected four of them at once, and he didn’t know if he could summon the dragon.
Han Han became popular and became a phenomenon, and then he was invited to the "Dialogue" scene.
In fact, that program was a failure because the host’s own stance was wrong.
The whole interview was a bit like a bunch of people besieging Han Han, and the host was fanning the flames.
People have to suspect that the original intention of the program crew was to trick Han Han into being scolded.
In fact, judging from Han Han's age at the time, his performance was already very good.
At least I didn’t fall short in my words, but I was really alone and being taught a lesson by a group of people.
Looking back at it now, of course I find it very funny. Everyone is old but has no experience, and a group of people rely on selling their old age to teach Han Han a lesson. But at that time, I am afraid Han Han was also holding a breath of anger in his heart.
By the way, later generations of Douyin described that interview as "Korean Confucianism Battles Confucianism".
In fact, you don’t need to guess the reason for inviting him. It must be related to the currently hotly discussed "Manslaughter" and the film censorship system.
Zhang Chen didn't know how the "Dialogue" column team arranged for him, and whether he would follow in Han Han's footsteps, but no matter what, he was already here and ready for battle.
This is very likely. What I like most about programs like "The Conversation" is chasing hot topics.
Don’t think that the media is so kind, CCTV is the same.
In the car, Dong Jianqiang told him for the last time: "Remember, keep your mouth shut, this is CCTV..."
Zhang Chen immediately raised four fingers: "I swear, I am here to make a statement today. His attitude will never be overly evaluative, nor will he take the initiative to start a fight."
Dong Jianqiang's forehead was full of black lines: "Uh, are you bullying me for being uneducated?"
Zhang Chen immediately responded. Four roots become three.
“Forget it, I don’t care, just ask for your own blessings.”
Dong Jianqiang was a little tired, but when he saw Zhang Chen getting out of the car and walking away, he felt a little regretful.
I regret coming to today’s program.
This is a CCTV interview. If Zhang Chen is provoked and talks nonsense on the show, then Zhang Chen will be finished.
Xingchen Entertainment is also finished.
But it was too late to regret. Seeing Zhang Chen enter the CCTV building, Dong Jianqiang could only pray for blessings from the gods and Buddhas in the sky.
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The "Dialogue" program was recorded in the CCTV studio. Different from ordinary dialogue programs, such as "Date with Lu Yu", "Interview with Yang Lan", including Phoenix TV's "Qiang Qiang Threesome", there are only hosts and guests on site, and everyone is just a few people, like friends Just to chat, there are at most a few cameramen and other staff on site.
But "Dialogue" is different. In addition to the host and guests, it also has a live audience of forty or fifty people.
And sometimes the audience will ask questions.
Even some of the most pointed questions were raised by the audience. Zhang Chen seriously suspected that those people were pre-arranged by the program team.
CCTV likes to do this, and Xiao Cui’s "Tell the Truth" also follows this format.
The host is Chen Weihong. In addition to Chen Weihong, there is also an elderly expert who introduces him as the editor-in-chief of a well-known magazine. Zhang Chen does not know him and has never heard of it.
By the way, Chen Weihong is actually quite powerful. He and Sa Beining participated in the same host competition. Sa Beining was first and he was second...
"Hello, audience friends, welcome to "Dialogue", I am the host Chen Weihong..."
"Perhaps everyone has noticed that our guest this time is director Zhang Chen."
"Hello everyone, hello audience friends~~" Zhang Chen hurriedly waved to the camera and the surrounding audience to say hello. He learned it all from past videos.
“I heard that Director Zhang’s “Manslaughter” exceeded 100 million again?”
“Yes, 147 million.”
“Congratulations to Director Zhang, this is Director Zhang’s first film Two movies that have exceeded 100 million, right?”
"Thank you, thank you, yes~"
The opening of the program was unremarkable, no different from ordinary dialogue programs.
Zhang Chen also knows that there will be no sensitive topics discussed in the front, only ordinary topics. The purpose is to make the guests put down their guard. ,
Everyone chatted for a while, basically focusing on movies, which was quite satisfactory.
Zhang Chen quickly noticed the difference between "Dialogue" and "Qiangqiang Threesome". The latter was more relaxed in comparison, with almost all the sense of ritual removed. It was basically the host and The guests drank tea, smoked cigarettes, chatted and farted like ordinary people.
The former is more formal and the topic is more advanced.
“I heard that your movies are very popular among college students?”
“It’s quite popular. It won the Most Popular Director Award at the College Student Film Festival a few days ago...”
"Then why are your movies so popular among college students?"
Zhang Chen thought for a moment and replied with a smile: "Maybe it's because my movies are more down-to-earth. I make movies. It's very simple. I never consider artistry or winning awards. I am a young person and I know what young people like..."
"I don't quite agree with this. There is still quite a lot of controversy over director Zhang Chen in our literary circle." The expert suddenly said.
“Oh, where is the main controversy concentrated?”
“It’s what the movies express, "Dark Invasion" and "Shark Beach" are purely enjoyable movies. There is nothing profound about it, and "Manslaughter" is even more unclear. I don't know what the director wants to express?"
Zhang Chen smiled, so he is waiting for me here.
He looked at the host and saw that the other party had no intention of stopping him. After thinking about it, he suddenly asked the audience behind him: "This is how this expert views the movie. I would like to ask everyone, what do you think?" Do you usually watch movies like this? You must see some truth from the movie to feel that the ticket price of tens of dollars is worth it.”
When Zhang Chen asked, the people below immediately laughed.
Many people shook their heads.
The host also laughed.
The expert looked a little embarrassed.
Zhang Chen asked again: "I don't know about you. Anyway, I didn't think much about it when I was watching the movie. I didn't pay attention to what the protagonist's expression meant. I didn't pay attention to why the director composed the shot like this. I Just to have fun, most of the time you watch movies just to relax, don’t you?”
"Yes~"
The answers this time were surprisingly consistent.
Zhang Chen looked at the expert with a smile: "Look, people don't actually pay attention to those deep things when watching movies, they just want to watch a story and relax..."
(This chapter End)