Huayu: I'm reborn, but you still force me to be a scumbag?

Chapter 175 Do You Know Who I Am?
Chen Nuo regretted it.

He shouldn't have asked so many questions.

It's just one person, what's the big deal?

Will the media eat him up?
Running around, no matter how hard or tiring it is, just treat it as joining a 15-day travel group.

Why do you feel guilty? Why do you talk too much?

Why should a reborn person give others the opportunity to show off?

Chen Nuo was caught off guard and was taken aback by Lori Eisner, the blonde Barbie. For a moment, he felt more uncomfortable than eating shit.

What stars need you, and you don’t need stars.

This is why Chinese stars are nothing in today's Chinese film market, which is why Hollywood looks down on Chinese stars.

More than a decade later, when the title of the world's largest movie box office has shifted from the United States to China, let's see if you still dare to say so.

I bother!

Chen Nuo waited for a long time before his embarrassed and angry mood calmed down.

Luo Rui Eisner smiled and said, "Mr. Chen, do you have any other requests besides this? For example, do you need... us to arrange a few women for you in Japan and South Korea?"

Chen Nuo felt that he had gained a lot today.

Seeing Lori Eisner's natural expression, he wondered if he had heard it wrongly, "Woman? What woman?"

Lori Eisner said nonchalantly, "Of course it's the woman I slept with. Mr. Chen, you are working for Warner now. I told you that we will try our best to meet any reasonable request you have."

"So, if you have a favorite female star or someone else, you can tell me and I will try my best to arrange it for you. Of course, all of this needs to be kept absolutely confidential for both parties."

Grass.

Who do you think I am? You are a scum of the capitalist world. You think you are so powerful that you can do whatever you want in puppet countries like Japan and South Korea, right?
You look pretty, but I didn't expect you to be a bad guy who objectifies women!

Besides, I have a girlfriend. Sorry, I don’t buy it.

Chen Nuo pondered for a while, and felt that many faces flashed through his mind, such as Jun Ji-hyun, Son Ye-jin, Aragaki Yui, Ishihara Satomi, etc.

"Let's talk about it then."

The car has now driven onto the city roads, and Chen Nuo has already seen many posters of Batman 2: The Dark Knight.

To his surprise, there were two types of posters.

Same with the dark cloudy background.

One background is a skyscraper with red flames on the upper floors, as if it had just been destroyed by a bomb. The shape of the flames is like a bat with its wings spread.

In the foreground of the picture, Christian Bale, the masked Batman, stands proudly as if he is the king.

Below that are the words Batman: The Dark Knight.

The other one has a similar tone, but the background is a fragmented city, and there are a few sparks falling from the sky, as if immersed in smoke and war.

The foreground changed from Christian Bale to him in clown form.

He was wearing a purple windbreaker, a green suit and a tie, and holding a gun in his right hand. His whole tone was gloomy and dark, and he looked a little ferocious.

Chen Nuo remembered that this photo was the makeup photo he took at that time.

"Do you like it? This is a poster that our colleague made specifically for Asia." Noticing Chen Nuo's look, Lori Eisner introduced.

Lori Eisner kept the second half of the sentence in her heart, hoping it would have the desired effect.

In the afternoon, Chen Nuo's busy work began.

First, there was the magazine interview.

The location was a studio found by the film weekly "Watching Movies".

Chen Nuo was wearing the original costume that Lori Eisner's publicity team brought from LA specifically, a green clown suit.

We took some photos first, and then were taken to a lounge to be interviewed.

The entire interview lasted about 15 minutes, and Chen Nuo only answered about five or six questions before he was stopped by Lori Eisner.

The blonde woman politely but unyieldingly told the translator at the magazine that the interview was over and that they were going to the next stop according to the publicity schedule.

As for the time lost along the way, I'm sorry, it can only be blamed on your photographer who took too long to take the photos.

Seeing the beautiful female reporter in her 20s looking aggrieved and hesitant in the face of Warner's group of unreasonable foreigners, Chen Nuo couldn't bear it and said, "If you don't mind, come with us to the parking lot. You can ask me some questions on the way."

It is no exaggeration to say that Zheng Qiuwen was really about to cry.

She is also a graduate of Communication University of China. After a lot of hard work, she successfully joined this film magazine which is currently the best-selling film magazine in China.

This interview with Chen Nuo was an opportunity she had fought hard for.

The editor-in-chief asked her to prepare more than 10 questions, the more the better, and finally try to write at least four pages of text content.

How much can I write about the questions just now?
It was all that damn photographer's fault. He kept screaming and taking pictures for a long time without stopping, and in the end, she had only a little time left for the interview.

The key point is that this bastard kept saying that it was not his fault, and that it was mainly because Chen Nuo was too good at posing, which made him addicted to being a photography artist. He said that the cover of this magazine must be really awesome, and the sales would definitely be high.

Zheng Qiuwen was so angry that she couldn't speak.

The cover is awesome, but she's probably going to lose her job.

Everyone knows that this is Chen Nuo’s first interview with a print media.

When the news came out, print media across the country went crazy and tried desperately to contact Warner.

Not only did each of them not ask for announcement fees, but they all said they could pay for it out of their own pockets. Any place in the country was no problem, and they would bring their own interview and photography teams with them.

Finally, Warner Bros. chose "Watching Movies" from at least dozens of magazines, and later chose "Southern Weekend" from newspaper media from all over the country.

This shows how hard this opportunity is to come by.

Zheng Qiuwen felt that if she dared to take back such a small amount of interview content, the editor-in-chief would definitely not blame the photographer, but would just tell her to get out.

But she really didn't expect that the Americans at Warner would be so serious. They agreed to an hour, but it seemed that they were unwilling to give her even a minute more.

Just when she was about to cry but had no tears left, Chen Nuo's words pulled her from hell to heaven.

At that moment, Zheng Qiuwen found the most suitable ending for her article.

This was written in a four-page interview in the 2007st issue of "Watching Movies" magazine in 31, where the author of the article was "Zheng Qiuwen".

"...When the staff asked me to leave, Chen Nuo said this to me. After that, I finally had the opportunity to continue asking the questions I hadn't finished while following him to the parking lot."

"I asked: Have you seen the movie Batman 2: The Dark Knight?"

"Chen Nuo: I haven't seen it yet. Tomorrow night I will go to the cinema to watch the final edit of the film with everyone. I am also looking forward to it."

"By the time he finished answering, we had already reached the elevator entrance, so I quickly asked again: "How would you rate your performance in the movie now that you haven't seen it?"

"At this time, Chen Nuo did not answer for a while. I saw that the expression on his face seemed a little melancholy, and there was a layer of light gray in his eyes. I didn't know what he was recalling with that expression.

Finally, he answered: This is an experience that I will never go back to. It took up such a long time in my life, and I also exhausted all my strength to play this role. Compared with the movies I have played before, it is undoubtedly the most difficult. In the end, I don’t know what the result will be. However, I hope you won’t be shocked after seeing it. "

"…On the way to the parking lot, I could see that Chen Nuo seemed to deliberately slow down his pace, wanting me to ask a few more questions. When he got in the car and left, I stood there, watching him leave for a long time without moving. At this moment, I suddenly remembered that there was a question that I really should ask him at the last opportunity."

"That is, in the movie If Love, he once played an angel, and this time, he will play a clown and a devil. Of these two extraordinary and completely different characters, which one is more like the real him?"

"But I immediately felt that the answer to this question was too obvious. So obvious that the question itself has no value."

"Because everything he just did made me feel that he himself was in heaven, and he was willing to reach out and grab everyone who was about to fall into the abyss."

After "Watching Movies", it is "Southern Weekend".

This newspaper from the south did not need to take any photos, and the reporter was not a pretty girl in her 20s, but a middle-aged man in his 40s, Xiang Xi, the executive deputy editor-in-chief of this media.

This media still has some loyal readers.

Just like the author of the touching New Year's message "There is always a force that makes us cry" in Southern Weekend in 1999, the literati poet who graduated from Peking University has not yet been to jail for extortion.

Although Southern Weekend had not yet been completely corrupted by color at this time.

However, due to some prejudices from his previous life, Chen Nuo still did not have a favorable impression of it. Especially Xiang Xi's first question, Chen Nuo immediately felt that the reporter seemed to be targeting him.

"Chen Nuo, what made you choose to play the role of the Joker? Because as far as I know, this character is actually a bit antisocial. Can I understand it this way, that there is something in you that makes you want to accept such a role?"

Chen Nuo shook his head and said, "Teacher Xiang, as an actor, I only consider the role itself, not whether I match the role. If you say so, then no actor in this world can play a villain anymore. If you play a murderer, you are a murderer? This logic is not right, right?"

When Xiang Xi watched Chen Nuo's interview on TV before, he had a feeling that this boy was very quick to react. This answer now confirmed this point. However, he did not come here to get along with Chen Nuo this time.

His daughter, a 13-year-old girl, was so obsessed with idols that her grades plummeted. When she was given a little education, she started crying, making a scene, and even hanging herself. As an only child in her 30s, he couldn't beat or scold her, so he had to vent his anger on the celebrity she was obsessed with.

He continued, "But we all know that you are an actor who likes to immerse yourself. When you immerse yourself in it and feel the evil and antisocial emotions of the character, won't you be affected? If so, can you get out of the role? How much time will it take?"

Chen Nuo felt more and more that he was being targeted, and subconsciously denied it: "No, in fact, no matter what kind of acting skills, they are just acting, and it will not affect me."

Xiang Xi was secretly happy.

As expected, Chen Nuo lied under his guidance.

He came fully prepared today.

Before doing this interview, he consulted some professionals and did a very detailed investigation.

Chen Nuo is a well-known immersive actor in the current circle. Many performance theorists in the circle have conducted in-depth and detailed research on him.

They told Xiang Xi that with Chen Nuo's acting style, it was almost impossible for him not to be influenced by the role once he got into the role.

Especially since he is so young.

It is 90% possible that his inner world has not yet taken shape.

Especially when he plays roles with strong emotional impact, such as a mute, he will definitely spend quite a long time out of character.

If Chen Nuo denies this, then he must be lying.

Therefore, Xiang Xi asked these questions one by one at the beginning. He actually wanted Chen Nuo to deny it.

Moreover, he would not deny Chen Nuo on the spot. He would just let him say more, and when the interview was published in the newspaper, he only needed to put the experts' opinions at the end to naturally prove that what Chen Nuo said was false.

In this way, everyone can imagine why Chen Nuo dare not tell the truth. Does this person have some secrets that he cannot tell?
Intellectuals are so insidious when they want to harm others.

Most people are simply not aware of the problem, and by the time they discover it later, the true cause is often already exposed.

However, Xiang Xi did not think there was anything wrong with setting these psychological traps.

In his opinion, Chen Nuo was such a hypocritical idol, and he just wanted to find a way to expose this person's true face to everyone.

All those good acting skills, honesty and kindness, and being able to face feelings calmly are just disguises, used to deceive young girls.

Exposing the true face of this man is the just act that Southern Weekend, a media outlet that speaks for the people, should do.

Xiang Xi watched the prey step into the trap step by step. Trying to suppress his joy, he decided to close the coffin lid and hammer in another nail.

"Chen Nuo, are you sure? Because it seems that what you said is different from our usual understanding. Of course, you should have some unique understanding of yours. Can you talk about your specific views?"

At this time, Xiang Xi wanted Chen Nuo to continue to lie, the more the better. In this way, when he was exposed, people would be more and more disgusted with him.

But at this time, Chen Nuo was certain that this person was here to cause trouble.

Because he was indeed lying.

How could he not know this himself?

Likewise, he didn't think that the middle-aged reporter in front of him who kept asking this question was really so ignorant.

Keep asking this question.

He was suspicious by nature, and had been tricked by a reporter when he went to the film academy for an exam. He suddenly became overwhelmed.
The next second, he stood up and said to Lori Eisner next to him in English: "I don't want to do this interview anymore. Let's go."

No wonder Warner is so professional. Although Lori Eisner could not understand Chinese, she did not question it at all.

I immediately told the Southern Weekend translator: "Our interview ends here. This interview is cancelled. We will not authorize you to publish anything you just recorded. If you dare to publish it without authorization, we at Warner will pursue your legal responsibility at all costs."

Xiang Xi was stunned for a moment.

After all, he is just an executive deputy editor-in-chief, and above him are the editor-in-chief, the chief editor, the president, and the secretary.

Just like the leaders of Watching Movies magazine, everyone at Southern Weekend was very concerned about this interview.

How should I write this article about Chen Nuo? In which direction should I write it?

As the reporter conducting the interview, he may have the power to make the decision.

But if the interview is cancelled, it would be strange if the people above him don't skin him alive and eat him.

He cannot afford this consequence even if he has become the executive deputy editor-in-chief.

After all, in this era, print media has become somewhat declining, and the sales of each issue may be the key to life and death.

He shouted in panic: "Chen Nuo, what do you mean?"

People of culture are very good at scheming, but their ability to adapt to changing circumstances is poor, so they don’t know how to cover up.

Chen Nuo was sure at first sight that there was definitely something wrong with this person.

As an actor, simulating reactions is a basic skill, and Xiang Xi's reaction was not a normal reaction.

If he had a clear conscience, he should be confused at this moment. Why was he so panicked, as if something had been exposed?

After making sure that no one was wrongly accused, Chen Nuo no longer hesitated, stood up and walked out.

All the Warner staff got into action.

The Southern Weekend employees who came with Xiang Xi were all cursing in their hearts, "What on earth do you want to do? What do you mean by asking those questions? Now that they are leaving, what are you going to do?"
These people were all old news, so they could tell that the questions Xiang Xi had just asked were all full of traps. If Chen Nuo was not careful, he would have a lot to write about when he returned.

Xiang Xi was anxious and panicked when he saw the situation was not good. For a moment, he even shouted threateningly, "Chen Nuo, you can't do this! You have to think clearly. We are Southern Weekend. If you leave today, don't expect us to do any publicity for you in the future."

Chen Nuo paused. Next to him stood Lori Eisner, who had blonde hair and a serious face, and around her were foreign staff from Warner Bros. Asia Pacific.

Surrounded by 11 or 12 people, he turned around, expressionless, and said in a cold tone: "Then have you, Southern Weekend, thought clearly about who I am? Do I need your publicity?"

Chen Nuo's words were like a bucket of ice water mixed with ice chips, pouring down on Xi's head, making him suddenly alert.

Xiang Xi suddenly woke up as if from a dream.

From the moment he entered the door, the boy treated everyone gently, just like an ordinary young man, making him seem to forget his identity for a moment.

Suddenly, he seemed to hear his daughter yelling, "I'm not wrong! What's wrong with me being a fan? I'm chasing Chen Nuo, not anyone else. I'm Nuomi, and there are many people in my class who are like me. I don't want to listen to you, you just talk nonsense, he relies on his works to speak for himself, unlike other stars who rely on you to hype him up!"

Xiang Xi's face turned pale and blue for a moment, and there was only one sentence rolling over and over in his mind.

Yes, it is the media that needs him, not he that needs the media.

Hasn't it always been like this since his debut?
What on earth was he thinking? He actually thought he could use his media identity to deal with him?
Seeing Chen Nuo entering the elevator surrounded by a group of people, Xiang Xi's face turned pale, knowing that it was irreversible.

What should he do now?
What would the editor-in-chief do if he knew that he had offended Chen Nuo?
Xiang Xi looked back and saw that his colleagues were looking at him with gloating eyes.

It seemed like they knew the answers to the questions in his mind.

It’s over.

Xiang Xi's heart suddenly sank, as if he had fallen into the abyss from the paradise he had been in a quarter of an hour ago.

Lori Eisner accompanied Chen Nuo downstairs. During the trip, she heard the question that Xiang Xi had just asked from the translator, and her expression became even colder.

"Chen, this must be a conspiracy by our competitors against our movie. I suggest that all subsequent interviews be cancelled."

Chen Nuo nodded and said, "It should be Spider-Man and his crew who did this."

Lori Eisner remained noncommittal and said, "We'll talk about who it is later. Let's go back to the hotel first and attend the premiere tomorrow!"

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Friendly reminder:

The following four chapters of the plot will be released later. Friends who have seen the movie can skip them as appropriate.

(End of this chapter)