"It seems that this director likes our culture very much and has even studied it."
The older director said.
The younger director nodded slightly: "Yes, he speaks Mandarin so fluently, it's obviously not the result of intensive practice beforehand."
"At least they are not like other foreigners. Even if they try to cheat you out of money, they at least have the proper attitude."
As a commercial film director and entrepreneur, he took the initiative to learn Chinese even though he had never been to China.
So it is absolutely impossible to say that he is completely uninterested in the Chinese market.
But at least he is able to take the initiative to learn, which shows that he still has good intentions towards his country.
At least now, the two directors suddenly felt that Nanaya Kiryu on the podium was a little more pleasing to the eye.
Of course, it's just a little bit.
The younger director joked, "Old Zhang, why don't you ask him about the Oscar-winning rules later? It will be good for you to win the award."
He knew that ever since Ang Lee won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film for "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", the person next to him has been hoping to achieve the same honor.
"Forget it." Director Zhang shook his head. "Nanaya Kiryu himself was a loser at the Oscars, so how could he possibly help others win awards?"
If Nanaya was an Oscar promoter like Harvey Wayans, Director Zhang might have the idea of making friends with him.
I heard that Harvey Wayans is always successful in the Oscars and wins any award easily.
Director Zhang certainly knows that this is an exaggeration.
But since there is such a statement, there must be some basis for it.
It would be nice to have the chance to make friends with Harvey Wayans.
Director Zhang has received all the honors he deserves in his life. Called the national teacher by the people, there is no higher level of honor he can receive in the country.
In fact, there are not many awards internationally that can inspire Director Zhang to have ideas.
The only treasure that Zhang wants to pursue is the Oscar, the most valuable and influential award in the world.
In contrast, Director Zhang believes that he and Nanaya Kiryu are simply not on the same page when it comes to directors who are only interested in money.
[I wonder if the other party knows Harvey Wayans. Maybe he can introduce him to me.]
Looking at Nanaya Kiryu standing on the stage with a happy face, Director Zhang had this thought in his mind.
Because Nanaya unexpectedly opened the show in Chinese, the applause welcoming him lasted for a long time.
After a long time, the applause in the auditorium died down.
Seeing that the situation had calmed down, the host immediately invited Nanaya to sit on the sofa.
Today's speech will last the entire afternoon, and it would be very rude to let the guests stand for that long.
"Director Kiryu, I can see that you speak Chinese very well. It seems that you are very proficient in Chinese culture?"
The host said in a flattering tone.
"I can't say I'm proficient in Chinese. I've only learned a little bit of Chinese."
The cultural differences between the East and the West are still very obvious.
If he were praised for his good English in North America, Nanaya would definitely brag about himself.
But in China, Nanaya naturally knew that humility was a virtue.
"The broad spirit of Chinese culture, which has accumulated for more than 5,000 years, is really remarkable. I have always been fascinated by Chinese culture."
As soon as these words were spoken, the audience in the auditorium applauded again.
Nanaya's humble performance is exactly what most of the audience here like.
The atmosphere in the auditorium became more and more heated, and the host also raised questions about "Madoka Magica" at the appropriate time.
After all, the original purpose of this publicity interview was to promote "Madoka Magica" which was going to be released in a few days.
"Director Kiryu, we all know that the movie Madoka Magica has achieved unimaginable success around the world."
The host smiled and asked, "I heard that it took you many years to prepare for and finalize Madoka Magica. Now that the movie has turned out, do you feel like your dream has come true?"
Nanaya smiled and replied, "Of course it made my dream come true. If I said otherwise, I'm sure everyone would say I was pretentious."
Nanaya's words filled the auditorium with laughter.
Everyone obviously had the same idea as Nanaya.
"But Madoka Magica has definitely exceeded my initial expectations. I can even say that I never thought Madoka Magica would be so perfect at the beginning."
Nanaya's expression became a little more serious.
"In fact, I had a rough idea of the story of Madoka Magica a long time ago."
"Oh, how long?"
The host immediately became interested.
You should know that when Cameron was promoting the film, he said that the idea of creating "Avatar" came to him after "Titanic", and he had been preparing for it for more than ten years.
But few people know how long it took Nanaya to create "Madoka Magica".
According to current publicity, "Madoka Magica" began production right after Nanaya finished filming "Inferno".
In terms of preparation, Nanaya spent two years planning.
But since Nanaya said this, it means that the actual situation is different from everyone's perception.
"In fact, I had some ideas related to the story of Madoka Magica when I was a child."
Nanaya's words caused an exclamation from the audience.
Judging from the time, doesn't it mean that "Madoka Magica" has been prepared for nearly several decades?
Nanaya seemed not to have heard it and slowly told the speech he had prepared long ago.
"When I was a kid, after watching magical girl anime, I thought that one day I would create a magical girl story."
"But my ideas at that time were very immature. I was more thinking about creating a story, but I didn't think about what kind of story I should create."
"It wasn't until high school that things started to turn around."
"Because I read a lot of battle royale stories at that time and was deeply fascinated by them. The first draft of Madoka Magica was completed at that time."
"In fact, it's not just Madoka Magica. I tried to write many stories during that time. Most of the movies I'm shooting now, the initial inspiration for the scripts came from that period."
The host's eyes lit up: "Even your famous work Fate?"
"Yeah, Fate too."
Nanaya nodded in acknowledgment, but then he added: "But those stories are completely different from what we see on the screen now."
"In the earliest version of Fate, the protagonist was not Shirou Emiya, but a girl. King Arthur was not a woman either, but a man that everyone is familiar with."
"It sounds interesting." The host said with a smile, "So is there a big difference between the version of Madoka Magica back then and the current one?"
"Very big."
Nanaya nodded, "In the earliest version, Madoka and the other five protagonists died one by one in the battle against the witch, and in the end Madoka and Witch Night died together."
If it was before the global release, Nanaya would not dare to say such a thing.
But now that "Madoka Magica" has become a global hit, it doesn't matter whether there are spoilers or not.
Nanaya believes that all the viewers who have followed "Madoka Magica" must have had their plot spoiled.
This is a very common situation, after all, fans want first-hand information.
Why do the more fan-oriented movies are, the higher the box office performance of midnight shows?
It's because fans can't wait and want to see the plot and story first.
Therefore, Nanaya does not shy away from the plot content when discussing his own film.
Sure enough, after he said this, the students below immediately started talking.
"He's really dark, worthy of being the old thief Kiryu."
A boy muttered quietly.
His companion immediately echoed, "It turns out this guy has been a bento fanatic since he was a child."
Even the host was confused. He didn't expect Nanaya to say that.
How can there be a popcorn movie in which all the main characters die?
Wait a minute, it seems this director has actually made a similar movie.
"…It sounds very different from the final result."
In the end, the host could only utter this sigh.
"When I first finished writing it, I was very satisfied with the script. I can only say that I was too immature at that time."
Nanaya replied with a shrug.
The host asked with interest, "So, Director Kiryu, how did you come up with the idea of revising the script to what it is now?"
"In fact, I didn't modify the script." Nanaya replied: "When I entered university and began to systematically study directing, I discovered the shortcomings of my early scripts. So I overturned almost all of these drafts and started to create again."
"But Madoka Magica is an exception. Because of the bonus of childhood, I hope to write Madoka Magica into a perfect story that can touch people's hearts."
"But no matter how I edited it, I couldn't satisfy myself. The several reincarnations of Homura Akemi that everyone saw in the movie were actually all abandoned designs when I was revising it."
Having said that, Nanaya blinked at the host.
[What you mean by impressive is the various Bad Ends...]
Many fans in the audience wailed.
Fortunately, the Beijing Film Academy has adequate security measures, otherwise someone might really throw a razor blade or something like that at Nanaya on the podium.
Nanaya himself didn't care at all and just continued chatting and laughing with the host with a smile on his face.
What he just said was true.
When he was in high school, he wrote the first draft of the script for "Madoka Magica", but it was just for fun.
After entering university and systematically studying script writing, Nanaya began to practice writing with "Madoka Magica".
He tried to complete the content of Homura Akemi's reincarnation mentioned in the original work, and tried to create complete stories for writing practice.
Therefore, what he just said was not fabricated in terms of content.
However, he is just like a certain beast that likes to abduct young girls.
Although Nanaya did not lie, what he said was seriously misleading, thus achieving the publicity purpose he wanted.
Through his language description, the audience will actively imagine "Madoka Magica" as a story that has undergone many revisions before it was finally formed.
As for what the facts are, it no longer matters.
This is the art of language.