Lu Chen sat down on the guest seat.
The atmosphere of "Eirinn's Talk Show" was very relaxed. The host and guests sat opposite each other, as if they were chatting with friends. There was no need for too much pressure and apprehension, so it was easy to open up.
Eirinn asked first, "Mr. Lu Chen, do you have an English name?"
Lu Chen thought for a moment and said, "You can call me Dawn."
“Dawn？”
Eirinn's eyes lit up. "Daybreak? Yeah, I like that name! "
She continued to ask, "Then Dawn, can you tell us your age?"
"Of course, I know this is a very private question, but before the show started, many people asked me to ask you this question. I think those girls are all your fans!"
Eirinn deliberately emphasized the word "girls", causing the audience to laugh knowingly.
Lu Chen smiled and said, "There's nothing to hide, I'm 25 this year."
"25 years old …"
Eirinn had a look of reminiscence on her face. "The best age of my life!"
"I'm thinking about what I was doing when I was 25. Yeah, at that time, I had just entered New York TV Station, looking forward to one day becoming a director of a TV station."
"But until now, I haven't realized my dream!"
The audience laughed.
If Eirinn really did realize her dream, it would probably be New York TV Station's biggest loss.
Eirinn asked Lu Chen, "Dawn, I heard you're a singer?"
Lu Chen nodded. "Yes."
Eirinn: "And an actor?"
Lu Chen: "Yes."
Eirinn: "And you wrote your own scripts?"
“Yes。”
"…"
The host asked a few questions in a row, and after getting a positive answer from Lu Chen, she was satisfied and introduced Lu Chen's identity to the audience, as well as his status and reputation in China.
Many people in the audience only knew that Lu Chen was the hero who saved flight UD725, but they had no idea that he had so many other identities, such as being a household name in China.
Through such a straightforward exchange, everyone had the most intuitive understanding of Lu Chen from China, letting them know that Lu Chen was not an ordinary person. Then, the topic turned to the UD725 incident that everyone was most concerned about.
Although the truth of the UD725 flight incident had been completely exposed, and Lu Chen had accepted many media interviews at the press conference, the official interview was obviously different from the current conversation.
Eirinn's point of view was not to dig for more details or insider information. Instead, she was seriously discussing with Lu Chen about his thoughts during the crisis, as well as the psychological changes after the crisis.
What was interesting was that Eirinn also asked Lu Chen about his views on the United States.
One of the biggest characteristics of "Eirinn's Talk Show" was that there was no script. As a guest of the show, they had no idea what kind of questions Eirinn would ask on the show, nor did they have a teleprompter.
And in this interview that would be watched by tens of millions of Americans, Lu Chen's performance could be said to be impeccable. He answered Eirinn's questions fluently in English. Although he did not say much, he was humble and appropriate, and occasionally had a few humorous words.
This made the atmosphere very good, with the audience applauding, smiling, and laughing from time to time.
Many of the audience were really surprised, because in Lu Chen, they saw a very different Chinese person from the impression they were used to. Lu Chen was young, handsome, dashing, frank, generous, and fluent in English.
Eirinn asked, "If a Hollywood film company were to invite you to shoot a movie, would you stay in the United States to work?"
Lu Chen smiled and said, "I'm very willing to cooperate with a Hollywood film company, but for now, I still have a TV series that I have not finished shooting in China, and I also have plans for a movie this year, so I have no schedule for the time being."
"Actually, I hope that I can get my own movie to be shown in the United States!"
Eirinn smiled and said, "Then I'm looking forward to the day when I can see you on the American screen!"
Lu Chen said, "Thank you!"
At this moment, a slip of paper was passed from the audience, and it was passed to Eirinn by the field assistant.
This was another feature of "Eirinn's Talk Show," which was that the audience could write small slips of paper to ask the guests questions. Of course, the question slips had to be screened by the staff first, and there was a limit to the number of questions.
Eirinn opened the slip of paper and looked at it, then said to Lu Chen, "This is a request from a live audience member. He saw your video on the Internet, and he thinks that your singing is very good, so he would like to invite you to sing a song on our show. What do you think?"
Lu Chen thought for a moment, then nodded and said, "Yes, can you find me a guitar? A normal one will do. "
Eirinn smiled and said, "Of course, that's not a problem!"
She gestured to the staff on the sidelines, who quickly picked up the guitar.
Lu Chen moved his chair and turned to face the audience.
He held the guitar and pondered for a moment, then said, "In my country, there's a saying, 'When you're in a place, you should respect the customs of that place. So today, I'll sing an English song.'"
Even Eirinn was surprised by this.
"Eirinn's Talk Show" had invited many singers, rock, folk, country, rap, etc. There was no lack of singers who would sing a song live.
Eirinn knew that Lu Chen was also a very good singer, but he was a Chinese. To choose to sing an English song on "Eirinn's Talk Show" and not his most familiar native language, it really required a lot of courage and confidence.
Wasn't he afraid that he wouldn't sing well and be laughed at by others?
But the experienced Eirinn did not show any signs of abnormality. Instead, she smiled and applauded for Lu Chen, "I think this should be a very special song."
Lu Chen said very seriously, "I want to use this song to pay tribute to my favorite, Evans Joyce. I want to thank him for his great works, which accompanied me through the most difficult years of my life!"
His words caused the audience to be stunned for a moment, and then there was a warm round of applause!
Evans Joyce was the greatest folk singer in American history. He had released five albums in his life, and each album sold more than 35 million. His total sales reached 275 million, second only to the band Blue Sky.
Evans's folk songs influenced an entire generation of Americans, and he was also one of the favorite foreign singers in the country. When Lu Chen was in college, he had listened to several of Evans's albums over and over again dozens of times!
However, this great folk singer passed away in 2007 due to drug abuse.
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