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This thing is rare in the United States.

"Here, how about you try my craft?" Liu Xiaoli said, picking up a piece of potato and putting it in Fang Minghua's bowl.

Fang Minghua tasted it.

"Well, it tastes good,"

"Then eat more. It's rare to get this kind of food in the United States." Liu Xiaoli greeted her attentively.

Indeed, nannies in San Francisco don’t know how to do this, especially Li Li.

After finishing the meal and chatting for a while, Fang Minghua was about to say goodbye and leave. Liu Xiaoli politely excused himself and drove him to the hotel to rest, this time in an ordinary Buick car.

After dinner in the evening, someone came to pick him up to attend the premiere.

This time it was not Liu Xiaoli, but a man named Alex, the director of the office of Shengshi Film and Television North America Branch, who was responsible for the reception of guests during the "Hero" tour in the United States.

The young man was less than thirty and graduated from George Washington University with an MBA. He was very talkative and explained the entire tour arrangement process to Fang Minghua in detail along the way, as well as the process of the premiere.

The premiere of "Heroes" was held at the Alice Tully Hall of Lincoln Center in New York. When Fang Minghua arrived, the film's creative staff and invited guests arrived one after another.

Zhang Yimou, Jet Li, Tony Leung, Maggie Cheung's "Hero" creative team and several main actors all participated, but Zhang Ziyi was not present, replaced by Shu Qi.

Without "My Father and Mother", Zhang Ziyi is still an unknown Yidian student.

Among the guests, directors Pierceberg and James Cameron were also invited to participate, as well as three young actors from "Harry Potter".

At this time, Liu Yifei was no longer the girl next door wearing a T-shirt and shorts that she saw at home at noon, but instead put on a white bubble skirt, looking youthful and beautiful.

Liu Xiaoli naturally followed. When she saw Fang Minghua, she just said hello and didn't talk much.

However, when Liu Yifei saw Fang Minghua, she immediately followed him closely, calling "godfather" non-stop, and Liu Xiaoli retreated to a corner where no one was.

Now all employees in the North American branch, including the "Harry Potter" crew, know that Fang Minghua and his wife recognize Liu Yifei as their daughter, so there is no need to make a fuss.

Famous movie stars Marlon Brando, Angelina Jolie, singer Britney Spears, etc. came to support the event.

Of course, these actually have nothing to do with Shengshi Film and Television. They are mainly operated by Warner Bros. behind the scenes.

Why didn't you see Chen Kaige? !

After Fang Minghua shook hands with everyone and exchanged greetings, he felt surprised. Finally, he asked Wu Tianmin. The other party smiled bitterly and said that Chen Kaige called just now and said that he was not feeling well and would not come.

Fang Minghua naturally couldn't ask further.

Liu Yifei followed Fang Minghua and heard their conversation. When others were not paying attention, she quietly said to Fang Minghua: "Godfather, Director Chen lost his temper in the room yesterday."

"loose the temper?"

"Well, I was passing by and vaguely heard something. Didn't Zhang Yimou also film "Assassination of Qin", and it was such a big show."

envy?

Fang Minghua also guessed it.

Now, domestically and internationally, Zhang Yimou has steadily surpassed Chen Kaige. It is understandable that he feels uncomfortable.

But there’s no need to be so obvious.

For example, if you pretend to be sick today, it also seems too petty.

But in front of a little girl like Liu Yifei, Fang Minghua couldn't say this. He just whispered: "Sissi, don't tell others what you saw."

"Yeah, I only told my godfather, not my mother."

"That's good."

Of course, this was just a small episode that no one noticed.

According to the arrangement, the first thing was to watch the movie. Everyone entered the screening room, and Liu Yifei sat next to Fang Minghua.

Soon, the movie started and Fang Minghua watched it seriously.

He had watched this movie more than once before traveling through time, and now he was distinguishing the similarities and differences while watching it.

Not much has changed.

It's just that Ru Yue, played by Zhang Ziyi, was replaced by Shu Qi.

Think about it, the director has not changed, the production team has not changed, the actors have basically remained the same, and even the script has not changed much, so the result is basically the same.

Wuming and King Qin each told a story, and the last story was the truth. It adopts a narrative structure similar to "Rashomon", showing multiple versions of events through the narration of different characters.

But when the film was about to end, Fang Minghua suddenly realized that what was being filmed now seemed different from that in history.

In the original movie version, Wuming was captured without mercy, and hundreds of ministers in the palace shouted in unison: "Kill the king, kill the king!"

Wuming finally died in the rain of arrows from Qin soldiers like locusts.

But now the movie screen has changed, and it seems that there are dozens of seconds more footage.

Thousands of arrows were fired, and Wuming died at the gate of the palace. King Qin shed tears.

Suddenly, many ministers below burst out laughing and bowed to King Qin: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, you have escaped another disaster!"

King Qin smiled and did not answer, but there were still tears in his eyes, and he only said: "A generous burial!"

This shot is interesting.

Fang Minghua sighed secretly.

After all, King Qin is still a tyrant.

"Congratulations, king, you have escaped another disaster!" This sentence tells the audience: all of this may be a trap!

King Qin knew that he couldn't dodge this sword, so no matter how he dodge, he could only use his nameless chivalry to hit him!

Make heroes with heroes.

Politics is politics, people are people, King Qin is always the hero!

The concept and style of this movie are instantly up to the mark.

Um.

good.

It seems that Zhang Yimou has gained quite a lot after studying abroad for several years.

When the lights came up in the theater, warm applause erupted.

"Is it good?" Fang Minghua asked Liu Yifei with a smile.

"It's so good, godfather, I want to make a martial arts film in the future!" Liu Yifei said.

It's so good? !

But you can't let a 13-year-old girl tell you a profound truth.

"Okay, when you finish the Harry Potter series, you will grow up and make a martial arts film!" Fang Minghua said.

"Thank you, godfather."

Liu Yifei smiled sweetly.

After watching the movie, the main creative staff talked about their feelings and some gossips during the filming. After living and working in the United States for several years, Zhang Yimou's English is already very fluent.

Of course, first there was a thank you, thank you to the film and television company, thank you to the staff, thank you to the crew, actors, and Fang Minghua, the screenwriter.

The last item was to answer reporters' questions. After Zhang Yimou answered the reporters' questions, the host handed the microphone to Fang Minghua.

Immediately, reporters swarmed up and asked Fang Minghua about her mental journey when she created the script of "Hero".

At this time, a middle-aged reporter spoke loudly, apparently because the host did not call him to ask questions, and he was a little anxious.

But he was not speaking English, so Fang Minghua could not understand.

"Reporter, go ahead." The host was also considerate and immediately called on him.

The middle-aged reporter squeezed to the front and changed to English: "Mr. Fang, I am a reporter from AFP. As far as I know, the Qin Shihuang described in the movie is a tyrant in your country's history books. Why is he portrayed as a hero in the movie?!"

This question again!