Chapter 1291 The Spring City Press Conference That Doesn't Follow the Routine

For many members of the Chinese Flying Tigers, among the few actors who walked in, Mr. Li Xuejian was the only one they were familiar with. Except for the old man Sun Xiaozhong, almost everyone else had seen Jiao Yulu played by Mr. Li Xuejian. For the old people of this age, they already knew the character of Jiao Yulu as early as when Jiao Yulu’s deeds became famous all over the country. an equal sign.

From Li Xuejian, it can be seen that good actors are indeed deeply respected by the people. In terms of age, the youngest of these old Flying Tigers is more than 80 years old, at least 30 years older than Teacher Li Xuejian, but because of his success The image of Jiao Yulu was created so that it left a deep impression on these veterans, so when he came in, all the old people were amazed and even respected.

When the veterans heard that Mr. Li Xuejian would play their former Chinese chief in the movie, everyone was very relieved.

Teacher Li Xuejian also expressed his utmost respect to these old people. He personally bowed to and shook hands with every old man. He, the oldest one, also set an excellent example for other actors.

Therefore, the other actors, like him, expressed the highest respect to the old people with 12 points of respect.

In the next two days, the actors spent more than eight hours with the veterans every day. They would sit around and listen to the veterans take turns telling their stories. The touching things they mentioned, as well as the psychological activities they described back then, are of great help in shaping the characters.

Almost all of these veterans have a very good cultural foundation. Although they now look old and look like old farmers, their ideological level is so high that all the younger generations really admire them.

What moved the actors and behind-the-scenes staff like Li Mu the most was that the veterans, without exception, believed that the war that year was entirely their obligation to the country and the nation. Everyone felt that the nation owed them, but they But they have never thought about it this way. They feel that the nation is always the supreme existence, and it is an existence worthy of everyone's life for it. It is like the mother who gave everyone life should always have a grateful heart. I will never feel that my mother owes me.

These two days are of great significance to every actor. These old people have aroused the national feelings in their bones, which were hidden by utilitarianism in peaceful times.

On the eighteenth day of the first lunar month, Spring City became the whole country, and it was the focus of the world's media. A large number of reporters flooded into Spring City from all directions to attend the press conference jointly held by Makino Imaging and DreamWorks.

The reason why this press conference has attracted the attention of the media is mainly because there are too many eye-catching points in this conference. , Chinese people all over the world are paying close attention. The primary mission of this press conference itself is to announce the cast, so there is a sense of anticipation;

Furthermore, Li Mu has been commented by many netizens on the Internet for several days because of the establishment of the CSC club. I came out to clarify that I didn’t even send out a blog or a press release, let alone appear in front of the media. However, Li Mu has already confirmed that he will attend today’s press conference, and has arranged to answer questions from reporters, so the reporters all want to In this session, ask Li Mu about the CSC club and those special remarks on the Internet.

In addition, a small easter egg was added to the invitation letter of the press conference. It was mentioned in the invitation letter: Li Mu and Spielberg will announce a deeper cooperation between the two parties at the press conference, so stay tuned.

This little easter egg is also very attractive to the media,

They really want to know what kind of in-depth cooperation Li Mu and Spielberg will have while cooperating on "Flying Tigers".

In fact, the deeper level of cooperation is that Makino Image and DreamWorks will jointly establish a film and television school in China. Li Mu hopes that Spielberg can mobilize top Hollywood professionals to help China cultivate a group of truly capable actors. , as well as film workers, Li Mu hopes to make this school a real cradle for cultivating talents, and hopes to make a certain contribution to China's film and television industry.

Taking a step back, even if this school can only train a hundred or eighty ensemble performers who have passed the acting skills, it can be regarded as contributing a lot to Huaxia Film and Television.

The overall nature of the school, Li Mu's plan is to position it as a completely private skills training college, the college recruits students from the whole society, and does not set any examinations and thresholds other than professional courses. For performance-related things, no other courses are set up, and it is completely guaranteed that it is a place for purely learning skills.

The school does not have any degrees or diplomas. It will only issue the school's own graduation certificate. This kind of graduation certificate will not be linked to the website of the education department. It only represents the major. What Li Mu hopes is that the students who come out of this school in the future can get The industry's sincere recognition makes the school's graduation certificate a representative of the industry's strength. If this can be achieved, the school will be considered a real success.

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When the press conference was about to start, the hundreds of journalists who set up long guns and short cannons at the scene did not see the scene they expected.

They originally thought that on the stage of the press conference, there would be long seats, and Li Mu would sit upright with Spielberg, and then there would be many empty chairs next to them. Invite the actors one by one to meet you, and you must first introduce the supporting roles, and finally introduce the long-awaited male and female protagonists, so that the answers that everyone has been looking forward to will be revealed one by one.

However, there was neither a chair nor a table on the stage of the press conference, only a huge background screen.

Afterwards, the staff who did not show up announced the official start of the press conference to everyone through the sound system at the scene. Afterwards, the lights in the venue were dimmed, leaving only the lights on the stage, and the background screen on the stage was completely dark, with nothing on. .

At this time, Li Mu, who was wearing a black suit, came to the stage. Instead of using a hand-held microphone, he pinned a small microphone inside the collar of the suit, and the transmitter was on the back waist under the cover of the suit.

The appearance of Li Mu caused warm applause at the scene. Recently, he has disappeared from the public eye for too long. No one knows what he is doing. The rich second generation hang out together, but no matter what the rumors spread, Li Mu is still the same Li Mu, wearing a formal suit without saying a word, making everyone feel the familiar aura.

Amid the applause, Li Mu bowed deeply to the audience, and when he raised his head, he said, "Thank you all for coming to Spring City so far to attend today's press conference. , from a first-tier city to a second-tier city, many people may not be very clear why we arrange the press conference in Spring City, and this reason has to be talked about from 1937.”

As Li Mu said, the background screen behind him lit up, and some old photos of the Chinese National Air Force began to play on it in a slideshow.

Li Mu walked to one side of the stage, accompanied by old photos one after another, and introduced: "In 1937, Japan launched a full-scale war of aggression against China. The vital force of the Army Air Force decided to move the aviation school west to Chuncheng. At that time, Chuncheng was the base camp of the National Army Air Force during the War of Resistance Against Japan, and it was also the base camp of the Flying Tigers formed by Chennault. Therefore, the movie "Flying Tigers" and its In terms of the historical story behind it, Spring City is where the story begins.”

"The old pilots with Chinese faces in the photos are basically all the pilots of the National Air Force. Chennault was their instructor back then, and later formed the Flying Tigers. Chennault was the commander-in-chief of the Flying Tigers, so these National Air Forces also They were integrated into the sequence of the Flying Tigers, together with the Flying Tigers to resist the Japanese invaders, it can be said that they were the backbone of the Chinese Air Force, at that time, the folks called them the Chinese Flying Tigers.”

"After 60 years, we finally decided to put the story of "Flying Tigers" on the big screen and let the world know their heroic deeds. However, after the same 60 years, these people in the photos , How are they doing now, and who really thinks about it?"

When Li Mu said this, the reporters in the audience were all a bit at a loss. On the one hand, they did not expect that Li Mu would not follow the routine as soon as he came up. He did not talk about movies or actors, but talked about history; On the one hand, Li Mu really asked them. Even though they, as reporters, pay special attention to a big movie like "Flying Tigers", what they pay attention to is news, hot spots, and traffic. They pay attention to this movie The investment, the great people behind this movie, and the cast of this movie, but they have never paid attention to the prototype of this movie, they have never paid attention to the real Flying Tigers, the people who have survived until now. How about it.

Everyone was more or less ashamed, and Li Mu said lightly at this time: "Some time ago, we established a charity foundation. The name of this foundation is 'Veterans Never Die'. Since a famous song in the United States during World War II, the name of the song is "veterans never die, they just fade away". , Their spirit will be passed on infinitely, these expectations are somewhat unrealistic, so returning to the practical starting point, the purpose of our establishment of this foundation is to find the surviving veterans and ensure that they can have A carefree life."

When Li Mu finished speaking, everyone was amazed.

They didn't expect that Li Mu actually set up another charity foundation, and most importantly, they didn't receive any news.

Without waiting for them to think about it, Li Mu continued: "I disappeared from the public's sight some time ago, and many people guessed what I was doing, so I will tell you personally that some time ago, the Veteran's Undead Charity Foundation launched the first It is a public welfare project, I will not go into details about the specifics of this project for the time being, please watch a video first..."