Chapter 96 First Interview
"He is the most popular best-selling author and a successful film director. His novels are loved by young people, and his first film was a hit both at home and abroad. He is..." Li Jing was saying his introduction in the studio.

"Liu Zhou!!"

The fans in the audience shouted loudly, and the volume was so loud that it scared the people in the studio. However, Li Jing and Dai Jun had rich experience and quickly calmed down.

At this time, the audience in the TV show are not actors, but real audiences or fans.

After Liu Zhou's fans learned that he would participate in the program "Super Interview", fans not only in Beijing but also in other places went to the program team to sign up to be live audience members.

And those people in the audience now are the lucky ones who have been chosen.

Accompanied by the studio's entrance music, Liu Zhou walked out from his waiting position backstage, wearing a stylish casual outfit that made him look neat and tidy, exuding charming charm.

"Hello Sister Jing, Hello Brother Jun, Hello everyone, I am Liu Zhou." Liu Zhou walked up to Li Jing and Dai Jun and gave them a gentle hug, then introduced himself.

Today is October 12th, Friday, and it is also the day when Liu Zhou records the program "Super Interview".

Among the current domestic interview programs, the ones that are doing relatively well are "Super Interview", "Art Life" and Phoenix TV's "The Sound of Three".

This was also the first time that Liu Zhou appeared on such a program alone. The production team had originally invited Zeng Li, but she declined because she was busy with other promotional tasks.

"Finally, we invited you. You know, we analyzed the most difficult stars to invite in the entertainment industry and made a list. You are definitely one of the most difficult ones to invite. It feels like you have won the lottery to be able to come to our show."

Li Jing was very generous and gave Liu Zhou a small problem at the beginning.

She was not lying. The "Super Interview" program team did invite Liu Zhou several times, but he refused every time.

People in the industry now roughly understand that Liu Zhou doesn't seem to like appearing on TV shows and rarely makes public appearances.

"No, no, I'm not a star, and there's not much topic about me. I'm afraid there won't be anything to talk about when I'm on the show. If that causes the ratings of other shows to drop, then I really can't escape the blame." Liu Zhou said self-deprecatingly.

"There are many topics about you, the youngest best-selling author, the most successful young director, these alone are enough for us to talk about for a long time.

Besides, the outside world is eager to know whether you and Zeng Li are in a relationship, and whether you and director Feng Xiaogang are really at odds. These topics are quite hot, and we have to have a good chat about them today."

Dai Jun gossiped nearby, which had a great comedic effect and made the studio audience laugh.

These issues had been discussed beforehand, so Liu Zhou did not feel presumptuous at all. Instead, he smiled and said:

"Oh my goodness, it looks like all my secrets will be revealed in this show. Is it too late for me to leave now?"

"Of course it's too late. Do you think we can let Liu Zhou leave?" Li Jing asked the audience with a smile.

"cannot!!"

Feeling the relaxed and joyful atmosphere at the scene, Li Jing secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It seems that the opening effect is very good. At least Liu Zhou is very relaxed. She is afraid of interviewing nervous newcomers. Such tense nerves require her to spend a lot of energy to find topics to make them relax.

Li Jing originally thought that Liu Zhou was a difficult person to deal with because he seldom appeared on the show. However, he did not expect that he handled it so naturally. It was obvious that he understood the effect of the show.

Liu Zhou also felt very relaxed about this. Although "Super Interview" was only launched in February this year, its ratings are already not low.

In addition, the atmosphere of this program is relatively good and it is not the kind of program that is deliberately sensational, so Liu Zhou chose it when he participated in the talk show for the first time.

With the opening over, the interview quickly got into the main topic.

"Liu Zhou, you know, you give me a very mysterious feeling. You are so young, but you have achieved such great success in literature and directing.

What I said before was not polite. I really wanted to invite you to our show for a long time. Now my wish has come true. I found that my first impression of you was very contradictory. "Li Jing controlled the rhythm of the show and threw a question to Liu Zhou.

"Why?" Liu Zhou asked curiously.

"It feels like you have become more mysterious, but now that I'm so close to you, and the person in front of me is a fashionable young man, this feeling of being both clear and mysterious is very contradictory and magical," Li Jing explained.

Liu Zhou pondered for a while and said:
"In fact, I am just an ordinary young person, but everyone has given me too many halos. If you take away these halos, I am also a young person who pursues fashion and new things, a fresh college graduate and has beautiful visions for the future."

Liu Zhou's words aroused applause from the audience, and his calm and powerful answer also made the fans very satisfied. This easy-going feeling is quite good.

"Let's talk about your novel. We have done a statistics. Since we started keeping sales records, your novel "The Ancient City of Jingjue" has topped the single-book sales list with 4.3 million copies sold.

At the same time, the sales of all your works total more than 10 million copies, making you the best-selling writer in the country, which means you have set two records.

During this period of time, you have received a lot of praise, but also received a lot of doubts. How would you evaluate yourself?" Li Jing asked a question that was neither big nor small.

"Tell the truth?"

Before going on the show, I only discussed some issues with Liu Zhou, but I didn't communicate in advance how Liu Zhou would answer them.

This is also where a host's professional level is tested.

"Of course!"

"In fact, I don't care about the outside world's praise or doubts. I only care about my book fans. I am very grateful that they read my novels, and I am honored that they like my novels."

As soon as Liu Zhou finished speaking, there was warm applause from the audience, and people shouted Liu Zhou's name one after another.

Obviously Liu Zhou's words touched their hearts.

"I can see that you value your fans very much, but if you want to go further in the literary field, isn't the industry's evaluation also important?"

“Yes, if you want to make a mark in the literary world, industry reviews are indeed important, but to me, they are not important at all, because I have never thought about how far I will go on the road of literature.

So I never attended any writer's industry gatherings, nor any official seminars."

"If that's the case, then what was your original intention in writing the novel?"

"Make money!"

"Make money?"

"That's right, it's to make money! We make movies to make money!"

"Your answer is really surprising." Li Jing said in surprise.

"You all know that I graduated from the Central Academy of Drama. My dream is to be a director, but the current film market is not very good. I saw some of my seniors going through a lot of hardships and spending several years to attract film investment.

At that time, I thought I didn’t want to be like this, I didn’t want to work so hard, I didn’t want to beg others for help. I saved money and invested in my own movies, so I was able to collaborate with my brother Zhang Guorong on my first movie.

That’s why I’m so grateful to my fans, who made my dream come true.”

"I see. It can be seen that you are very talented, and your goals are very clear." Li Jing is a very capable host. With the cooperation of Dai Jun, he talked to Liu Zhou in a family manner about his family situation, some interesting things in school, and the changes in his mentality after becoming a director.

Liu Zhou also liked this style and answered their various questions easily, whether true or false.

"I'll gossip for everyone next." Li Jing asked with a smile, "Are you and Zeng Li really in a relationship?"

"I didn't expect everyone to be so concerned about my relationship problems." Liu Zhou replied with a smile, "No, we are just good classmates and friends."

"Then why did you choose Zeng Li to star in all the plays and movies you wrote and directed? It's hard not to make people speculate about your relationship."

"I actually said this in an interview before. The main reason is that Zeng Li is suitable, and we are friends. The price-performance ratio is high, so of course I will choose her without hesitation."

"Okay, it seems that Liu Zhou and Zeng Li are really not in a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship. Then let me ask you a second question. Are you and Director Feng Xiaogang really not on good terms?"

"Tell the truth?"

"Of course!"

Li Jing suddenly had a bad feeling.

"To be honest, Director Feng and I have only met once and I don't even know him, so there is no such thing as a disagreement or a disagreement."

After hearing what Liu Zhou said, Li Jing finally breathed a sigh of relief. It was good that they didn't openly fall out with each other.

There has never been any public falling out in the industry.

The program team also saw that Feng Kuzi suddenly withdrew his movie from the schedule some time ago, and Liu Zhou's new movie was released in November and was very popular. The most common media report was that Liu Zhou and Director Feng had a bad relationship.

They also wanted to take advantage of the popularity, and thought that since Liu Zhou had no opinion on this issue, he would say some polite words. But after the interview just now, Li Jing found that Liu Zhou really has the personality of a young man and is a relatively straightforward person.

But fortunately, Liu Zhou is not that kind of young and naive person, and he still knows some ways of the world.

Although his answer left people with a lot to think about, at least he did not openly break up the relationship.

Actually, Liu Zhou originally wanted to criticize Feng Kuzi publicly, but when he thought that this was also a recorded broadcast, it was a question whether these words could be broadcast when they were finally aired.

After thinking about it, I decided to give up. There's no point in just satisfying my desire to talk.

At this time, Liu Zhou was not very afraid of Feng Kuazi and the group of people behind him.

The Beijing circle is very powerful, but you don’t have to beg them.

Liu Zhou now has the funds, resources, and connections, so he can completely play his own game. When he becomes stronger, it is not impossible for him to even form his own circle.

In later generations, Zhang Yimou was said to be a member of the Northwest Circle, but in fact he just played his own game.

People in the Beijing circle were calling for his death, and some even said that Zhang Yimou should be killed, but they couldn't do anything about him, and it didn't affect his status in everyone's hearts at all.

Li Jing also knew when to stop and knew that he could not continue with this topic, so he went straight to the last part of the interview.

"Liu Zhou, I heard that your new movie is also a romance movie. Is it different from your last movie?"

"Although it is also a romantic film, it will give everyone a completely different feeling. When you go to the cinema this time, remember to bring some tissues."

“Is the movie this time more touching or more sadomasochistic?”

"I can't reveal this. You'll know when you go to the cinema." Liu Zhou replied with a smile.

"So when will your new film, Only You, be officially released?"

"On November 3, my new movie 'Only You' will be released across the mainland."

"So please tune in to Liu Zhou's second movie "Only You" on November 3rd to see what kind of love story he will bring us.

Today's interview has officially ended. Thank you Liu Zhou, and thank you all and the viewers in front of the TV."

Backstage, Li Jing said with a smile:

"Liu Zhou, you are so bold. You made me a little nervous."

"I'm just telling the truth. You should be able to edit this."

"Yes, but don't worry, editing is just a normal procedure. We won't edit it randomly and misinterpret your meaning."

"So when will this show be aired?"

"Next Wednesday, we will postpone the previous program and broadcast your interview first."

"Is that so? Thank you very much."

Next Wednesday is October 18th, which is when the promotion of the movie will be fully launched.

Liu Zhou's interview had been previewed for a long time, and everyone was quite looking forward to it. Plus, some of what he said was really informative, which gave the news time to ferment and achieve the purpose of publicity.

"Would you like to have dinner with us?"

"of course."

Liu Zhou readily accepted Li Jing's advances. She was more than just a host.

Li Jing is undoubtedly a very powerful person. She has rich experience, high emotional intelligence, and is very familiar with business operations. She is not only an excellent host, but also a powerful businesswoman.

In 99, she resigned from CCTV and founded Oriental Fashion with her good friend and girlfriend Dai Jun. "Super Interview" can be said to be her and Dai Jun's personal brand.

This program has a high viewership rating and is broadcast on the financial channel of Beijing Satellite TV. It will be moved to Shancheng Satellite TV next year.

Making friends with these two people can also broaden Liu Zhou's circle of contacts.

After participating in "Super Interview", Liu Zhou attended two more media meetings in the next few days.

This was arranged by China Film Group. In order to promote the movie, Liu Zhou really tried his best this time.

Although there was a gap of more than half a month between the release of "Only You" and Feng Kuzi's "A Sigh", not only the outside media but also the two of them were angry and wanted to compete with each other at the box office.

As time came to Wednesday, after the latest episode of "Super Interview" was broadcast, it caused huge heated discussion as Liu Zhou expected.

(End of this chapter)