Hollywood legendary director

Under the leadership of the man, the group entered a room.

The huge mirrors, the dazzling array of bottles and jars and the slightly messy other auxiliary appliances all indicate that this is a public dressing room.

At this moment, the man shouted: "Carrot! Carrot!"

Immediately afterwards, a tall and thin woman walked out of a cubicle next to her and said in a hurry, "What's the matter?"

"Carrot, this is the guest who will be recording the show. I will leave the makeup to you." The man quickly explained, then turned to Lehman and his party and said: "The recording of the show will start after 40 minutes. The prompt comes on stage, get ready." After speaking, the man quickly disappeared into the corridor like a gust of wind, giving no room for reaction at all.

The woman named "Carrot" patted a chair in front of the mirror and said directly: "Which one of you will come first? Make-up is not a hassle, just a little effort."

Sure enough, as the woman said, makeup is not complicated.

Lehman only felt that something was applied to his face, and the skin seemed to be brighter, and then there was nothing.

At this time, in the backstage of the recording, Ryan, Thomas, and George were sitting in resting chairs one by one, waiting for dispatch.

The process of waiting is that Lyman will be the first to come on stage. When it comes to making a movie, Ryan and Thomas will be on stage, and then when the Sundance Film Festival will be the last time George will be on stage.

"God, I seem to be a little nervous..." Thomas seemed to sit in a calm position, but his calves were trembling irregularly, and from time to time he used his hand to pull the black suit on his body.

Lehman looked at him and said amused: "Hey, man, it’s okay, relax. We are going to record the show, not on the battlefield. Besides, I’m the first one to play. If you are nervous, I should come on."

He is also wearing a black suit. After all, "Oprah Talk Show" is not the kind of funny show, it is better to be more serious.

Ryan, who is also wearing a black suit, hugged her chest and crossed her legs, sitting in a chair, with a relaxed smile on her face and said, "You are a bully, what are you nervous about, learn from me."

Thomas rolled his eyes and decided not to pay any attention to this madman.

At the same time, at the outside recording scene, Oprah Winfrey, wearing a pale green sweater, was sitting on a special sofa; almost 50 audience members were also seated.

At the signal of the photographer, the show began to be recorded.

Oprah Winfrey looked in the direction of the camera, smiled and said: "This is Oprah's talk show. I want to talk to you today. What does he think when a young man achieves great success? How to face this? How much influence will it have on his future life? How can young people succeed?"

After talking about today's theme, she waved her hand: "Let's take a look at the guest we invited today, Lyman Rust!"

There was an applause immediately on the scene, fully demonstrating the hospitality of the veteran program.

At the door on the left side of the studio, Lehmann, who was notified, calmly stepped forward and began to prepare to enter.

At the same time, on the big screen at the back that displayed the "Oprah Talk Show" logo, some videos were suddenly played, including a scene of a street in Cannes, France, and a scene of the Sundance Film Festival. The narration followed Sounded: "A French emerging director who was only 27 years old and whose second feature film exceeded 100 million yuan..."

Oprah Winfrey stood up, gently held Lyman's right hand extended, and said with a smile: "Welcome to you."

"It's my pleasure." After speaking, Lyman walked to a sofa next to him and sat down.

Then Oprah Winfrey raised his hand to signal the audience to quiet down.

"Then, say hello to everyone first."

"Hello everyone, my name is Lyman Last and I am a director."

Oprah Winfrey said: "Don't look at what he introduced is so simple, but in fact, we all know that you just used 6 million euros to make a film with a box office of over 100 million, and the box office is still going on. Increase, so if so, tell us, who are you?"

This is a rather "Oprah" style question, but also a difficult one. Obviously, Lyman’s self-introduction just now did not make Oprah Winfrey intend to let it go. For a talk show, no Interestingness or topicality can be a very failure.

"A director who hopes that more audiences can take this opportunity to walk into the cinema to watch his own work?" Lehman said in a rhetorical tone, but immediately retorted himself, "No, no, this introduction seems like I am very Utilitarian. So, how about a filmmaker who wants to make good works."

Lehman said seriously, and then paused, as if thinking about whether such a sentence is appropriate, then nodded and looked at the audience, "Does this kind of self-introduction make me appear humble."

Applause, the applause on the scene mixed with the whistle sounded directly, and the corner of Oprah Winfrey's mouth was raised, seemingly satisfied with this answer.

"So, is your success experience so smooth? I mean, you seem to have achieved success without any surprises." She asked this question, meaning to let Lehman talk about her career as a director. And the history of growth.

"In fact, at the beginning, when I finished making the first film with my teeth, I needed to seek the release of the film. During that time, I encountered countless walls, and many people were not optimistic that my film could win In the face of market performance, I have been discouraged, frustrated, and even thought about giving up in the face of successive rejections. Just like those people said, just release the videotape."

"So, what made you stick to it?"

"I'm not afraid of your jokes. I didn't really want to insist at the time, because I felt that all attempts were a waste of time. If you sell the copyright and distribute the video tape, you can also make a lot of money. Then, before I say this When I was thinking, I kept hitting a wall with me—my good friend Ryan, he woke me up. He said a lot, and he meant something like, what are you thinking about? We have worked hard for so long, how can we just give up so easily There are many other methods we haven’t tried. This is not a desperate situation. We still have to choose, right?”

Lehman recalled that dull afternoon, with a natural tone, "Then, there was a little throbbing in my heart. Really, holding on to the idea of ​​trying to make everyone give up, I promised Ryan to take it. Works to participate in the Venice Film Festival."

"At that time, we missed the registration time and did not arrange an exhibition hall to show our film. So, we learned the same as everyone else, rented a simple projection equipment, set it up in a clearing, and set it up for screening, you know? , It’s the kind of open-air movie, much like the kind of free movie-watching activities that I used to do in the open space of the square before. Then, the quality of the screening, to be honest, not very good, and the sound effect of the movie is not good. , There is noise, after all, the equipment is very simple and there is no way to improve the quality."

"...Even now, every time I think about it, I think it's a dream."

"Then what do you think your first success is? Luck?"

"No, I don’t deny that I was lucky enough to succeed, but if we gave up then and continued to persist, this so-called good luck would not come to us. This requires persistence, hard work, and one more thing, In fact, I think my movie is not bad."

The audience laughed. Oprah Winfrey looked at Lehman, who was confident in front of him, and asked again: "So what do you think of yourself in the future? Although I don't know much about the film industry, I I also know that you will be able to get a huge box office share immediately, and you will become rich. There are many temptations in this world, especially for the rich. Can you still maintain your professional attitude? As you ridiculed at the beginning, you would be a director who makes movies with heart."

She thought of this question temporarily, and Oprah wanted to know what the young man sitting in front of her would say.

Lehman nodded and replied quite sincerely: "I always feel that the movie is all I have. I will continue to move on this road, treat it with my heart and a good attitude. It is my pursuit. It is something that I have identified all my life, and I will not give up on it."

The two lives are like this.

The audience burst into applause, like an inexplicable encouragement.

The executive director on the side began to remind Ms. Oprah Winfrey in the field that because the scheduled 15-minute interview time is approaching, it is time to move on to the next topic and invite new guests to appear.

Oprah Winfrey was instructed and started to actively change the subject. In fact, she really wanted to continue the conversation because she felt that there was still a lot of conversation on the other side.

But the long-term professional habits made her restrain this impulse.

Afterwards, Ryan, Thomas, and George entered the venue step by step. They then talked about some interesting things that happened at the Sundance Film Festival, talked about the content of the filming, and talked about the critics’ Bollywood’s support... They talked a lot.

At the end, the recording is about to end.

Oprah Winfrey summed it up in a few words, then stood up again, gave them a big hug with the invited guests, and said: "I look forward to your attending my show again."

Lyman smiled at Ms. Oprah Winfrey, "I hope so."