"Director Wang, you've said on many occasions that 'Please Come Out of the Mountains' is a very special work, and that you'll do something meaningful on the day it premieres. Today is the premiere, so I'd like to ask if it's possible to announce this major event now?"
On the stage, the host and director Wang Shuai sat on high chairs in the center, and more than 20 big stars sat obediently in a row in the back, like stars surrounding the moon, and they all showed great interest in the question raised by the host.
Director Wang, now middle-aged, nodded in agreement, holding the microphone with his arms folded across his chest, and eloquently explained: "No matter how cool the special effects are or how dramatic the plot is, 'Please Come Out of the Mountains' is actually a story about searching for one's family. I had an inspiration for this story."
"Oh?" the host asked curiously, "From what Director Wang said, it seems there's a lot of story here. Could you share it with us in the audience?"
"Of course you can," Director Wang said without hesitation. "Actually, the prototype of this story was inspired by the experience of an old Chinese professor who I met while studying in Japan a few years ago."
"Old professor? What kind of experience was that?"
"It's a sad story," Wang Shuai said in a low voice. "The old professor only came to Japan in the 1980s. His wife passed away early, and after that, he and his only daughter lived together in Japan. When his daughter grew up, she loved Chinese culture very much. After graduating from university, she wanted to return to China to work. Although the old professor was very reluctant to let her go, he respected his daughter's opinion. So his daughter returned to China in 1995 and found a satisfactory job."
"But unfortunately, his daughter later disappeared with a colleague while on a business trip, and her whereabouts have been unknown since. Heartbroken, the old professor personally traveled to China many times to search for her. He searched for many years, but sadly, there was no news of his daughter. Finally, the old professor had to return to Japan to wait. He has not moved for more than 20 years because he believes that as long as his daughter is still alive, she will definitely come home."
The host's expression darkened. "It's a very similar setting to the film! The difference is that Director Wang arranged a happy ending in his own film, where the protagonist finally finds his lost family."
Director Wang curled his lips slightly, "In a world we can control, we will of course give the story a happy ending. No matter how tortuous and difficult the process, the ending must be good. Because we need to see hope and beauty in life, so making the audience love the life and world we live in through our works is also my eternal pursuit as a filmmaker."
"Director Wang said it very well! Perhaps it is because of your original intention that each of your works can bring us a lot of positive inspiration and allow us to draw infinite strength from it!" The host took the lead in clapping, and the applause from the stage and the audience lasted for a long time.
"Then Director Wang, what is the particularly meaningful thing you are going to do today?" The host stared at Wang Shuai with a puzzled look in his eyes.
Wang Shuai got down from his high chair and stood up straight, looking very formal. The host saw this and stood up with him.
Wang Shuai said, "A few years ago, this old professor, a close friend of mine, received reliable information that his daughter might have given birth to a child in China! This news rekindled his hope and sparked a new round of searching. However, due to the backward registration methods of the early years and the limitations of individual efforts, he has yet to find his daughter. So, what I want to do today is to leverage this grand occasion, the help of the media friends present, and your powerful communication channels to help this old professor find his daughter and his grandson or granddaughter!"
After Wang Shuai finished speaking, everyone on and off the stage sighed in understanding. Immediately, a prominent actor took the microphone and advocated, "This is a kind act of helping others, and we will definitely support it. Strength lies in numbers. I urge the media and audience present to join in and do their part. I will also be posting a missing person notice on my Weibo and the official Weibo account of my studio. I hope this old professor in Japan can find his family and be reunited soon."
Led by this actor who has a very solid mass base, the audience responded with voices one after another.
Wang Shuai gestured a distant thank you to the actor, then turned and said, "Thank you, everyone. Thank you so much! Before this trip, I told the old professor about my idea for today. He was so excited that he asked me to bring him a photo and personal information of his daughter. Now, please let our staff show it to everyone on the screen."
Wang Shuai and everyone on the stage turned around at the same time, and soon a color photo of a woman appeared on the huge LED screen behind them.
The moment the photo flashed up, Zhang Moyan, who had been watching from the sidelines in the back row, suddenly widened her eyes and her heartbeat suddenly stopped.
The woman on the screen was tall, fair-skinned, and very elegant. Her hair was combed back, revealing a standard oval face and a beautiful widow's peak on her forehead...
She was, she was actually the young woman in the photo with Xiao Guoxi that Xiao Guotao showed her!
"Chen Yun, born in 1973, was born in TC City, Shaanxi Province. She studied at Tongchuan Yiyang Primary School. In 1984, her father was invited to teach at Tokyo University of the Arts. She lived in Japan with her parents. She graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts in 1995 and then returned to China to work at Henan Silicate Research Institute..." Next to the photo, the woman's identity information was displayed, and Director Wang Shuai read it aloud to everyone present.
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