"Thank you." Lin Juan pursed his lips and said with a smile, without any pride at all. It gave the impression that this man was very low-key and calm. He sat there quietly, as if there was nothing outstanding about him, calm and indifferent.
"You're welcome. I'm telling the truth, not a compliment. What you did has been spread all over the Internet. How do you feel now? Are you still satisfied with the box office? Did you expect it before?" Huang Jing opened her mouth and thundered.
He kept talking.
"Uh..." Lin Juan was a little confused by the question, and after thinking for a while he said: "I actually didn't know about the box office before I came here. Yesterday, Chenguang's film purchasing manager told me that the box office was almost one million.
Breaking three million is what you just told me."
"Don't you understand?" Huang Jing asked in surprise, her eyes widened and her mouth opened slightly, with a look of disbelief on her face.
"Well, because I'm busy with the new movie, I didn't pay much attention to the hairstyle in "Going Home."
"Oh~ Director Lin must be the type of workaholic." Huang Jing said firmly.
Lin Juan smiled sheepishly and said, "No, I might be a bit distracted. When I'm doing one thing, I can't pay attention to other things, and I'm not interested in money."
Huang Jing listened attentively in the front, but was stunned in the back. She made two sounds in her throat and was obviously trying to hold back laughter.
"I'm sorry. By the way, Director Lin, why are you not interested in money? Although I don't believe in worshiping money, money is something that no one can live without." Huang Jing looked at Lin Juan in amusement and waited for his answer.
"I usually spend very little money in my daily life. The manager of our company forced me to buy this outfit when I came here. I usually wear the kind that cost one or two hundred dollars, which is pretty good." Lin Juan smiled.
He said that if he said this before, he might have been a little unnatural and a little inferior, but now that he has gone through that period, he can feel quite calm now when he looks back.
"When this movie hits the box office, I should be able to buy a house for my parents. I usually don't go out at home, so I just write scripts and draw scenes. When I'm working, my food and accommodation on the set are all paid by the company.
Money, so I don’t have a big feeling about money, because it’s enough.” Lin Juan said his thoughts seriously.
Huang Jing kept looking at Lin Juan's eyes, trying to find any unnatural or complacent emotions in them, but those eyes were very calm and calm, so he had to believe that these were the truest thoughts of this young man.
Yes, it is enough for others...
However, she still had the initial feeling that she knew this young director. At least he was a pure person, calm and restrained, and he understood his own heart very well.
So Huang Jing nodded and said with a gentle smile: "I'm starting to believe it."
Lin Juan smiled.
"So Director Lin, how did you decide to teach yourself directing?"
"I have been interested in movies since I was a child."
"Oh~ Then why didn't you go to a professional film school? Beijing Film School or something?"
"My family's financial situation is not very good, the tuition for art colleges is too expensive, and my grades are not good enough to be specially recruited."
"Well, that's true. Director Lin, under what circumstances did you decide to film "Going Home"?"
"It was when I always had no food to eat in Hengdian. One time when I came home, my mother carefully discussed with me that I should go to work properly." Lin Juan recalled it and said with a frown and a smile: "I was very sad at the time.
, I think the most helpless thing in the world is time. When time passes, maybe you turn around, and you will find that those straight backs in your memory have become rickety at some point, and it is difficult to even speak, and you begin to understand.
If you're not a superhero, you can't save the world, and you can't even save yourself."
"You suddenly realize the responsibilities on your shoulders. Things that you thought were far away are coming directly in front of you, weighing you down and making you breathless."
"You realize that when you grow up, you don't have that much time, and you have to do something."
Lin Juan's words were careless and a bit heavy, and Huang Jing felt a little sad when she heard them.
"So I decided to give it a try. After studying on my own for so long, it was time to give it a try. Then I went back to my hometown and filmed the movie "Going Home." Lin Juan finished the sentence with a solemn look on his face.
"Yes, I didn't expect Director Lin to feel so deeply about life at such a young age." Huang Jing looked a little heavy when she was told that, and sighed, and then continued to ask:
"This must be very difficult. How did you finish shooting this movie by yourself? Because in our ordinary minds, a crew must have a photographer, a lighting engineer, etc."
"I bought a tripod, set the angle in advance and let it shoot automatically. If you pay attention to the movie, you can see that many of my shots are long lenses, and the lens does not move during the process. I don't have much equipment.
Since I couldn’t shoot several angles at the same time, I would shoot a few more times to make up for the monotony of the shot.”
"In order to adjust the lighting to a suitable level, I removed all the light bulbs at home. The only thing that was difficult was the divided lens."
"Well, I've seen that shot, and those shots of scenic spots are very popular online now." Huang Jing answered.
"Is it popular?" Lin Juan was dumbfounded, then said with a smile: "I don't know."
"Well, the likes on Douyin and WeChat are overwhelming. There are millions of likes." Huang Jing nodded to popularize science.
"As long as the audience likes it," Lin Juan said with a smile and some satisfaction.
"It was so hard, did you ever think about giving up at a certain moment?"
"No." Lin Juan said without hesitation.
"Why?"
"Because I like it, I like making movies, and after living with my grandparents in my hometown for a few months, I figured out a lot of things."
"whats the matter?"
"We always think that the future is still very long, but in fact it is not. Life is really short. If you live with an old man for a few months, you will understand. In such a short life, you should do what you want to do, or wait until later.
Just like my grandfather, there is nothing to look forward to when lying in bed."
"The scariest thing in life is that I no longer have any sense of expectations. During that time, I lived a very peaceful life, and I became more aware of my inner thoughts. It was somewhat settled. I like making movies, and this is what I can look forward to.
Lin Juan said seriously.
Huang Jing couldn't help but applaud. The results of this conversation were unexpected. She originally had no expectations for this interview task, but now she feels that this interview is likely to become popular.
"That's wonderful." Huang Jing said with admiration.
Lin Juan smiled humbly and waved his hand to indicate it was nothing.
After that, the interview continued. Huang Jing asked questions about how her grandfather was doing, what her expectations were for the box office, what the new movie was like, etc. The atmosphere gradually relaxed. At the end of the interview, Huang Jing said politely: "I believe Director Lin will continue to work hard."
I will definitely become a successful director. Thank you again for being a guest on our "Movie Today" and I look forward to your new movie."