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Chapter 198 Conan's Assist

"ET!"

A hint of surprise flashed in Conan O'Brien's eyes.

What I like most about stand-up comedy is guests like Gu Bei who are very outgoing.
Especially now that the writers' strike is underway, the entire writing team for the Conan Late Night show is unable to come to work, forcing him to come up with cheesy material like the Hakubi battle to buy time.

Finally, we have a guest who is both engaging and outgoing!

After he shouted, he gently squeezed Gu Bei's arm with both hands, searching through it as if he wanted to find a flaw in ET's disguise.

"Spielberg has never seen a real alien. Actually, we are all as handsome as me."

Gu Bei replied with a smile,

Conan seems to be making a lot of moves.
In reality, the force used to pinch the face or the arm is very small; it's just for fun.

With the cooperation of the two,

The audience in the studio burst into laughter.

"Alright, if you keep going, I'm afraid I'll actually start to believe you!" Conan said with a smile, then suddenly changed his tone and asked uncertainly, "You're joking, right?"

"Maybe it is, maybe it's not."

Gu Bei immediately followed up with an ambiguous answer.

Conan perfectly timed his expression of being startled, which caused another burst of laughter.

"Okay, I was just kidding."

"OK, once again welcome Bruce Gough to the Conan Show!"

After playing the funny parts at the beginning,
Conan sat back down behind the table.
Gu Bei also sat down on the sofa next to him.

The two people sat like ordinary people in a living room, facing the audience and the camera. This is also the most common format for late-night shows and tonight shows in North America.

"Bruce, I heard a story, but I'm not sure if it's true."

Conan smiled and started the first topic, "You wrote 'The Fault in Our Stars' to raise funds for your first short film, is that true?"

"It's half true and half false."

Gu Bei said with a smile, "To be precise, I only wrote the script for The Tuner after I received the $1.5 advance payment from Random House, because the money was just enough to finish filming it."

But in the end, it still failed!

"It failed?" Conan looked surprised. "I heard that you won the Sundance Film Festival's Jury Prize for Short Film with this very film!"

Do you remember the first snowfall in New York in 2006?

"Of course, we're in New York right now."

"I've just started filming The Sound Engineer."

Then this heavy snowfall happened.
And then... I ran out of money!

Gu Bei helplessly shrugged, "I've already given up. I'm planning to reshoot 'The Sound Engineer' next year."

And that's how I met Ms. Zhou Qianqian, the investor for all my films!

Conan exclaimed repeatedly, "That's so legendary, so incredibly difficult! Isn't she like an angel? Now, let's welcome..."

Conan feinted with a shot.
They pretended to invite Liu Yifei out from backstage.

The audience, bewildered, continued to applaud wildly.

Gu Bei simply smiled faintly and quietly watched Conan.

"Was I that obvious?" Conan touched his cheek. "My acting was so convincing, why didn't you believe me?" "Because we talked. She has her own passions and careers, and hopes that when she's recognized by the public in the future, it will be for what she loves," Gu Bei said with a smile.

Liu Yifei hopes to be recognized by the public as an actress, rather than a producer, and that's one aspect of her career.

on the other hand,

Gu Bei and Rose Pictures developed rapidly, but only for a year.

Gu Bei hopes that once his career in China has developed, especially after Weibo has grown stronger under his control and he has his own channels for expressing public opinion, then the public will officially recognize that Zhou Qianqian is Liu Yifei.

After a pause, Gu Bei added, "Besides, your acting skills aren't exactly good."

"Oh, really?"

Conan immediately showed a defiant expression.

The two continued their conversation along this line of thought.
We talked about Gu Bei's role in Whiplash.

They also talked about Gu Bei's drumming performance, which put a lot of pressure on the male lead Andrew, and a series of other interesting anecdotes from the set.

"I must say one more thing."

Gu Bei interjected at the end, "In Whiplash, I was responsible for directing, writing, acting, sound effects, and editing."

It's not because the production team lacks money; our budget is more than sufficient!

Why do I find it hard to believe what you're saying?

Conan said with a smile, "The more you emphasize something, the more fake it feels."

After a pause, he concluded Gu Bei's segment with these closing remarks: "Whiplash is currently showing in theaters. Bruce Gu, I believe you can make a name for yourself in Hollywood."
Welcome back to the Conan Show next time!

Gu Bei shook hands with Conan.

They left amidst cheers from the audience in the studio.

Meanwhile, Conan continued his stand-up routine: "There's another guest coming up, so don't go away! See you after the commercial break!"

Conan Show once again fueled Gu Bei's fire, enhancing the dramatic underdog victory of the Whiplash solo film.

Riding the wave of popularity from the Golden Globes and the Conan Show,
The number of theaters showing Whiplash increased from 418 to 788 this week.
This week's box office also successfully surpassed $100 million, more than quadrupling from last week's $32.

As the number of viewers increases,

Whiplash has finally made it into the IMDb Top 250 list, ranking 54th.
Actually, Whiplash already had a score of 8.4, which was enough to be included in the list, but because there weren't enough people who rated it, it didn't have enough weight to be included in the list.

The three favorites of the previous awards season.
No Country for Old Men has a rating of 8.6, ranking 29th.
Bloodshed has a rating of 8.5, ranking 34th.
Atonement was due to its low rating of 7.8, which caused it to drop off the shortlist the day before the Golden Globe Awards were announced.

The awards season landscape has shifted once again, with the Golden Globe loss coupled with a lack of enthusiasm from North American audiences for atonement.

Atonement is in danger of falling off the top list and being replaced by Whiplash.

At a critical moment,
The British Academy Film Awards are also known as the British Oscars.

It pulled along fellow British film Atonement, generously awarding it twelve nominations, far ahead of all other films.

But regardless of the extent of atonement...

Unsurprisingly, Whiplash has become one of the top contenders for awards season.

Riding the wave of the Golden Globe Awards and with the help of the Conan Show, people have noticed that Whiplash has actually been winning awards and receiving a considerable number of nominations in previous bellwether awards.

However, this year's No Country for the Old and Bloodshed are far too dominant.

Everyone's attention has been focused on these two films, overlooking the fact that independent films have also performed well this year.

(End of this chapter)