Chapter 315 [Interview! Real gold is not afraid of fire]
Gong Wei smiled and said, "The interview team will come to Yanjing to interview you the day after tomorrow. They will not let celebrities come to the door for interviews."
"Then I have no problem." Liang Kun smiled on his face.
He hates taking a plane, changing boarding passes, security checks, and going to the airport... The preparation time is too long. He doesn't need to check his luggage and thinks it's troublesome, and understands why some celebrities buy private planes.
In the 1990s, Andy Lau converted to a Buddhist on a plane. Liang Kun suspected that it was related to his flights too many times. He was very upset on the plane and had to find a way to calm down, but he realized it.
When friends listened to the conversation, they all felt that Liang Kun was extremely ambitious. Even the cover of Time magazine could not make him ecstatic? For celebrities, this was almost the highest honor in the magazine.
"Time" has American International, European, Asian and Latin American editions.
Last March, Ayumi Hamasaki became the cover character of the international version of "Times" and was the first Japanese female singer in history to do this. Miyuki Nakajima has never been on it. "Times" also visited and introduced it with eight pages. During the visit, she considered herself just a product, and she also revealed the other side of her glory.
Liang Kun is going to be on the cover of the Asian version, and "Time" will also conduct an exclusive interview with him. This is already very awesome. Currently, only Jacky Cheung has appeared in the international version among Chinese stars, and the others are all Asian versions.
The only mainland stars who have been the cover characters are Gong Li, Wang Fei, Yao Ming and others. Last year, the four starring actors in the movie "Hero" worked together as the cover characters of the Asian version of "Time", not including Zhen Zidan and Chen Daoming.
Later, a big brother from the mainland who participated in Super Girl appeared on the cover of "Time", which was a special "China Region Supplement Cover", and there were a group of people applauding it. This kind of supplement is a publication with only four pages of paper. The United States headquarters may not know that there is this thing.
Liang Kun has now become the youngest cover character in the history of China. Everyone thinks this achievement is worthy of pride.
Xu Zhenzhen asked: "Your reaction is too dull? This is Time magazine. You are almost on par with the super big brands in China. Do you have any special feelings?"
"No, it's just going to magazines anyway." Liang Kun shrugged and said lazily: "I will use other methods to let people from Europe and the United States know me sooner or later. Now the Chinese album is released. Only fans from Asia are interested in it. It's still early to become a superstar."
Gong Wei sighed: "I believe you will be popular all over the world on the day, and there are still many people who think so."
Everyone nodded. Everyone who lives here believes in Liang Kun's ability. One of his major advantages is that he knows multiple languages and his future achievements are unlikely to be better than Jacky Cheung who has been on the cover of the international version and Ayumi Hamasaki.
The next afternoon, Liang Kun went to Yingyi Entertainment Company and met four interviewers including the female reporter and the videographer who led the team.
The reporter is a blond white woman with blue eyes, about 170cm tall, pretty, and looks in her early 20s. The cameraman is also a white man, a strong man about 180cm tall. There is also a man and a woman who is Chinese, who may be responsible for recording or translator.
The female reporter shook hands with Liang Kun and said in Mandarin with a foreign accent: "Hello Mr. Liang, I am Kate Drake, I'm very happy to see you."
"Hello, Miss Drake, you speak Chinese well." Liang Kun had a good first impression of her because there was an orange question mark on her head. After checking, he found that it was related to the interview, so he took it.
"Please call me Kate. I actually only speak a little Chinese. I usually speak English and French. We don't bring an interpreter this time. Do you feel stressed?" Kate looked at Liang Kun's eyes and asked in English instead.
Liang Kun didn't even think about it and answered in English: "It's okay to interview any language you want. I know five languages. I have practiced Korean recently. I never bring translations when I go abroad."
Kate had a bit of a tentative meaning and wanted to see the quality of "genius". This was decided by the senior executives of Time magazine. It was an exclusive interview. One of the interview team was an English translator and an employee of the company. When interviewing Japanese and Korean celebrities, the company also had special Japanese and Korean translations.
If Liang Kun can accept interviews in English, and if he has any questions about communicating with the reporter, the translator will appear again.
Usually, when reporting on a star, Time magazine will make careful preparations. They will first contact the star's agency and send a group of interviewers to contact each other two months in advance. The reporters will not only interview celebrities, but also interview people around them, important partners, relatives and friends, etc.
Liang Kun just signed a record company in December last year. In the absence of works, the senior executives of Time magazine still considered interviewing him. His popularity among young Asian artists is unparalleled. As expected, his first album was so good this year.
Originally, the Asian version of "Time" was considered interviewing Wanwan singer Jay Chou. Because of the better contact, he could find his relatives, friends, record company owners and other groups of people in Wanwan. But later they learned that Jay Chou was very bad in English and was introverted, while Liang Kun often made amazing remarks and showed his sharpness. After comparing the personality traits of the two, "Time" finally chose Liang Kun.
Obviously, Liang Kun is more eye-catching and easy to create big news.
At this time, Liang Kun had already caused a butterfly effect. The male star on the cover of "Time" this year should have been Chou Jielun. After Liang Kun was born, Chou Jielun was not that cool and his popularity has always been inferior to Liang Kun.
Liang Kun quickly browsed the content of the Orange Mission and knew that the senior executives of Time magazine suspected that he was not that powerful, at least not as exaggerated as media reports. So the reporter suddenly came to interview, so the content interviewed would be more realistic.
Liang Kun was not angry at all. As the saying goes, real gold is not afraid of fire. Anyone who tests his abilities in all aspects will definitely be stunned by his performance.
"Times" doubts make sense. In just one year, Liang Kun completed the journey from a college student in a prestigious university to becoming a superstar. He is a "phenomenal" star and has risen to an incredibly fast speed.
Before the interview, Liang Kun took a photo first. The process was very simple, without a set and no pose.
Time Magazine is not a fashion magazine, and it cannot be used to examine the situation with the latitude of artistic photography. The cover photography is very realistic. Generally, celebrities are photographed without makeup, at least they will not beautify it to the point of distortion.
Liang Kun doesn't need to make any modifications. He just needs to think about his future goals, and the photos he took will have a very penetrating look.
Then he conducted an exclusive interview. Kate spent the past three days in Yanjing, trying to get to know Liang Kun as much as possible and write an article. He did not directly shoot videos or post articles like many media like in dialogue.
The topic revolves around how Liang Kun has spent a year becoming Asia's hottest pop star.
Liang Kun’s answer is interests and hobbies. If he wants to do this, he practices various instruments, writes songs, and then does it well. There is no pain or torture, nor does he rack his brains and exhaustion because of creation. Compared with other stars, he is not focused enough. He not only plays music, but also writes, practices cooking skills, and even practices kung fu.
Before coming to the interview, Kate checked Liang Kun’s information and knew that he had a wide range of hobbies, and asked: “Do you still want to participate in the 2004 Olympics to do boxing? You shouldn’t have conducted relevant training for a long time, right?”
"It's true that I haven't played with anyone for more than a year, but my idea has not changed. I really want to participate in the Olympics. I know someone will say that this idea is unrealistic, but I am willing to do something that I am interested in. If I go to Athens next year, my friends will not be surprised. They know what kind of person I am."
"Do you think you can win in the ring?" Kate asked curiously.
"Yes, it's not the image, or the music makes me look unique. My trait is that I can always do something well when I want to do something. If a genius wants to succeed, it doesn't take too much hard work."
Kate felt that Liang Kun was not ordinary arrogance, but he looked at his resume and really broke the law of "no one can succeed casually". He had too many things, and it would be envious of any one he could pull out.
When talking about music, Liang Kun said: "I just regard music as an entertainment. I don't know what my style is. Maybe I can do whatever I want. If I am interested, I want to try something. Recently, I bought a violin and wanted to learn drum music. It's not convenient to practice at home, so I haven't learned it yet."
Kate asked: "I heard you still want to act, TV, movies, go global and enter the United States?"
"Yes, there are still many areas waiting for me to try and conquer. This is the joy of life. I am already developing in this regard. I believe that in the future I will also become the cover character of the International Edition of "Times"."
Kate swallowed and had never seen a young man more confident than Liang Kun.
But he was not bragging, and becoming the cover character of the Asian version of "Time" is tantamount to an announcement that he is already an internationally renowned person!
Liang Kun is also a male "leading figure" in the Asian entertainment industry, and even leads in scandals, because the female star who has always had an ambiguous relationship with him is the famous Ayumi Hamasaki.
During the interview, Kate kept talking in English. He found that Liang Kun's English was not only fluent, but also had a very sexy accent, which was much better than the translation they brought.
Many celebrities interviewed are nervous and speak so cautiously that they become boring because they know that this is not a small magazine and are afraid that the wrong words will affect their image.
Liang Kun is not like this. He doesn't mind letting people know that he was a "school bully" before going to college. Anyway, the news has been reported countless times. Isn't it normal for young people to fight? Especially in the United States, this kind of thing often happens on campus.
Kate asked: "What you often say is that you should be trustworthy in life. Is this the philosophy of life you believe in?"
"Isn't this the basic principle of a good person? If a person doesn't keep his word, what can he do well?" Liang Kun said with a smile.
That kind of person may not be able to do anything except being a good president of the United States...
Chapter completed!