Chapter 204 Everyone Will Accept the Reality Before Their Eyes

April 13th is one week away from the launch ceremony.

Chen Xiao, casting director Huang Peng and a group of actors took a plane and came to Qiongzhou (Hainan).

Two years ago, Qiongzhou developed a new tourist base on an archipelago and built many small villas nearby.

Unfortunately, things went against expectations. Two years later, the tourist base has not become popular and the small villa has become idle.

It's okay during holidays and can be half full.

Normally, some uncles and aunties from the north would come to rent it at a low price for retirement and sunbathing.

After communicating with the developer, the crew directly rented one of the islands, called Bibo Island, for filming, and also lived here directly.

The crew got off the bus and got on the ship.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, Chen Xiao and his group came ashore carrying their suitcases.

What comes into view are neat rows of houses. Every house is white or pastel pink. Sit north and face south, bathed in strong sunlight.

Looking at the shadow behind the house, Chen Xiao sighed in his heart, Fang Rong had really worked hard this time.

To the naked eye, the contrast between light and dark in the picture is too serious, so we need to fill in a lot of light.

After the filming of "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is completed, give him a dream love script. It won't be in vain for him to work so hard despite his age. He can film two movies and go back to support himself in his old age.

After setting foot on the island, Chen Xiao said hello to the staff of the art department, photography department, etc. who had come here to make preparations, and then walked towards his residence with his suitcase.

In the next week, he will lead the actors here.

Then check whether the composition, lighting, etc. are acceptable, and confirm the promotion method.

A week later, filming started on April 20th.

…

The week passed quickly.

On the morning of April 20, the crew held a start-up ceremony at the hotel and briefly accepted a half-hour interview to talk about the time plan.

At ten o'clock in the morning, the crew left the hotel and rushed to the filming location.

Just as they were rushing to the filming location, news about the new movie also entered major websites.

Although the subject matter is not an eye-catching commercial film, the production team is strong.

Not only is there a well-known director like Fang Rong, but there are also two directors who won the highest award at the film festival, Chen Xiao and Chazelle. The production team is extremely luxurious.

Therefore, the filming schedule of the crew has always been the focus of domestic and foreign media and domestic and foreign colleagues.

After the 10 invited media released the news, other media also forwarded it, combined with previous interviews, casting news, etc., conducted secondary analysis and published their conjectures.

Needless to say, this has attracted considerable attention abroad as well.

In country M, it is already ten o'clock in the evening.

A girl of fifteen or sixteen years old was sitting in the living room at home watching TV.

Her father was playing on his mobile phone on the sofa nearby.

Suddenly, the phone in her hand rang.

The girl picked up her phone and saw that it was a message sent to her by a friend. When she clicked it, her eyes lit up instantly and she exclaimed, "Wow, Chen Xiao and Chazelle's new movie has started filming."

The dad on the side didn't even raise his head, "Chen Xiao? Who is that? Does it sound like a Chinese?"

The girl turned her head in disbelief and said, "Isn't it right? Dad, why don't you even know about Chen Xiao? He is super popular. In my impression, he is considered the world's top famous director."

After hearing this, the man put down the phone in his hand and sat up straight.

"A world-renowned director? Why haven't I heard of him?"

"It's impossible. You must have remembered it wrong. His news is everywhere on Twitter and their country's Weibo. If you don't believe me, I'll search it for you."

With that said, the girl picked up her phone and opened Twitter.

As soon as I opened it, the first recommendation that popped up was: The new movie "The Truman Show" co-produced by Chen Xiao and director Chazelle is officially launched today.

The girl moved aside and handed the phone to her dad, "Dad, look, it's him. You must have seen him when you play Twitter every day."

The man shrugged and waved his hand nonchalantly, "I haven't seen it before. I've never heard of this person. Is he the Chinese director who works with Chazelle?"

"No, how did you..."

The girl was about to say why you have no knowledge, but something suddenly came to her mind.

Oh, the information cocoon room.

The information that can be seen on her father's phone is different from what she can see.

After reacting, the girl didn't think too deeply. She hugged her phone and said, "Okay, but you have to remember, Chen Xiao is really a super, super famous director."

The man smiled, didn't care, and picked up his phone again.

…

"Why did he never discover the truth?"

“Because everyone accepts the reality as it is, it’s that simple.”

On the beach on the shore of Bibo Island, two middle-aged men were sitting on beach chairs and reciting lines.

Li De, who plays the director, finished his answer and stood up and stretched his neck, "We are almost done rehearsing. Let's go here first and practice again tomorrow morning before shooting."

Wan Hua, who played the role of the host of the dialogue show, nodded, closed the script in his hand, and stood up, "Brother Li, the more I say this line, the more terrified I am."

"I'm not panic-stricken, I just feel like there's nothing I can do. Growing up, people get different information. Some children from ordinary families may not even have enough information to make their own decisions when choosing their choice for the college entrance examination. This kind of Information gaps have existed since ancient times. Don’t be too anxious.”

Li De took off his hat, fanned it in his hand, exposed his shiny head, stepped on the sand, and walked towards the restaurant.

Wanhua quickened his pace to catch up with him, "The situation you mentioned is indeed difficult to change. But most of our information now comes from the Internet. Under the influence of algorithms, every time I open a short video website, I see videos with similar positions. Over time, I can only hear and see views that I agree with, and the dimension of looking at things will become single."

Just like he has a friend.

When he opened the short video software, he found that it was all marginal.

His friend was surprised at first, why is there such a thing in this widely used software? He thought the world was going downhill.

Li De nodded.

It is indeed a bit scary to regard one-sidedness as the truth and lose the pluralistic thinking.

He sighed lightly, "Whether you are affected or not actually depends on you. Read more books, such as the history of thought, which contains the views and even debates of philosophers from different eras. Perhaps it will help you maintain your own judgment."

"Uh... lazy."

Li De snorted and laughed, "Then you stay in your comfort zone. Just like our protagonist in the early stage, make choices under the influence of the surroundings, choose to marry a woman you don't love, and choose to stay on the island."

Wan Hua raised his eyebrows, "Why is it so strange to hear this from you, a reality show director? Hahaha."

Li De walked to the edge of the beach, lifted his feet and pulled off his slippers, shook the slippers, and patted the sand on the soles of his feet, "I don't know what kind of response this movie will cause after it is released."

"I don't know what it will be like after it is released. Anyway, if you want to know what the response is now, just open your phone and you will know."

"What's good about the response now? I want to eat more now. Let's go."