Chapter 799

After more than three months of preparation, the preparatory work for Ye Jiaying's first film has been completed. On June 20, Ye Jiaying and most of the main creators of the crew held the launch conference of the film 127 Hours in Yanjing.

A lot of films start to be publicized and hyped at the beginning of the project, especially in the casting stage during the preparation period. There is a lot of news to do in selecting actors. However, Ye Jiaying's film does not follow the routine of those films. No matter the formation of the cast or the audition, no news has been released through the media, and all the preparatory work is carried out outside the public eye. It was not until all the preparations were completed and the camera was turned on for shooting that the press conference was held.

Although there are many actors who perform well and lead well in recent years, there are relatively few women among them. It's still a very attractive big news that film queen Ye Jiaying transforms into a director. There are a lot of media reporters at this press conference.

At the press conference, as a director and co producer, Ye Jiaying gave a brief introduction to the media reporters about the type of the film, the main story framework and some work from the project approval to the preparatory stage. Of course, it is also necessary to introduce the investors and creators of the film.

When Ye Jiaying introduced that her first film was a biographical film, the following reporters had some exclamations and whispers. Biographical films are relatively difficult to make. Ye Jiaying's first film challenged biographical films, which was quite unexpected for reporters.

When Ye Jiaying introduced that Xiao Yao was the leading actor in the film, the following reporters made more comments. In fact, it's natural for a mother to find her son to play the leading role in her own film, but when she learned that Xiao Yao was the leading actor of the film, the media reporters at the scene still had a lot of ideas.

Through the introduction of the previous story, we all know that the film about Zhan Youcheng's experience during the earthquake is a male dominated play, and even can be regarded as a male leading actor's one-man play. Xiao Yao is just a sophomore who has not graduated from the Department of Shenxi opera. Before, he only played a supporting role in a TV play and a short film, and it was six years ago and two years ago respectively. Xiao Yao, who has never been in a long film before, plays in such a one-man show for the first time. Can he hold up?

Since it's a press conference, of course, the reporter's questions are also arranged. After Ye Jiaying finished her speech, the host announced that the press conference had entered the reporter's question session, and the following reporters could not wait to raise their hands.

"Director ye, why did you choose Xiao Yao as the leading actor? Because he's your son? " A reporter named by the host stood up and asked Ye Jiaying. In fact, his original question was to ask why Ye Jiaying chose to make biographical films, but after hearing Xiao Yao's name, he decided to ask questions about Xiao Yao first.

"Can't I get my son to star in my own movie?" Ye Jiaying asked with a smile, and then replied, "of course, he must be chosen as the leading actor not only because he is my son, but because he is suitable."

"What's right?" The reporter who asked the question seemed not very satisfied with Ye Jiaying's answer. He continued to ask, "Xiao Yao only played a supporting role in a TV series and a short film before, and it was six years ago and two years ago. He has never played in a long film, let alone a leading actor. What makes you think he is suitable for such a leading actor?"

"Of course, the acting skills are appropriate and the ability is appropriate." Ye Jiaying said, "it's really his first time to play in a feature film, but no one has stipulated that he must play a supporting role in a film, right? Since you mentioned his previous TV series and short films, you should know that his participation in "Ling Yunzhi" is his first time in a TV series, and the production of "tuner" is also his first time in a short film. Among them, "tuner" is still a self-made and self directed actor. As a result, we all know that not playing before can not be a reason to judge that he can not play the leading role in a film. ”

there seems to be nothing wrong with Ye Jiaying's answer this time, so the reporter sat down reluctantly. The host picked another reporter to stand up and ask questions.

"Director ye, why didn't Xiao Yao attend today's press conference?" Another reporter who was called stood up and asked, "he seems to be the only one who is absent today."

There is nothing wrong with Ye Jiaying's answer just now, so many reporters want to ask Xiao Yao himself. But the main creative team of the film basically attended today's press conference. Even the hero of the story prototype, Zhan you Chengdu, showed up at the press conference. Only Xiao Yao, the very important hero of the film, was absent. Some reporters speculated that Ye Jiaying may not be as confident in Xiao Yao as she said. She did not want him to face the reporters' doubts on the spot, so she asked about the reasons for Xiao Yao's absence.

"This week is the final examination week for Chinese universities." Ye Jiaying said, "Xiao Yao doesn't want to miss the final exam of this semester, so now he is in Shencheng, preparing for the final exam of Shenxi."

"It will take about a week to finish all the subjects in the final exam? But this is the launch conference? Even if there is no leading actor, how can you turn it on? " The reporter continued.

"After today's launch conference, our crew will immediately go to Sichuan Province to shoot." Ye Jiaying said, "although Xiao Yao is the leading actor, not all the scenes of the whole film have him. This week we will shoot the scenes without Xiao Yao first. After Xiao Yao's final exam, he will go directly to Sichuan Province to join the cast. When he arrives, we will shoot his scenes again. ""Wow ~" after Ye Jiaying said this arrangement, there were some comments from the following reporters. A reporter stood up and asked, "director ye, you are taking special care of your son! In order to postpone the exam for a week, let the crew shoot without him first. Aren't you afraid that people say Xiao Yao plays a big role? Does the investor and the rest of the crew have any problem with this arrangement? "

"Let me answer that," said Zhou Tianxiao, a middle-aged man who attended the conference as a representative of the investors and one of the film producers. "Let Xiao Yao take the final exam as scheduled is something we discussed a long time ago. At the beginning of the shooting plan, we did not plan to shoot a movie with him one week before the start-up. There was no waste of manpower and material resources in temporarily adjusting the shooting plan for him. "

"In fact, as long as it doesn't cause too much impact on the shooting schedule, it's common for the crew to adjust the shooting plan temporarily for the convenience of the actors' personal affairs." The producer then said, "what's more, Xiao Yao has already discussed with us when our production team is still in the preparatory stage, which has no impact on the shooting progress of the production team at all, so we have no opinion on such arrangement at all."

"If the leading actor is another actor, he may not have this problem." The reporter continued to ask Zhou Tianxiao, "Mr. Zhou, I would like to ask if it was Ye Dao who decided to choose Xiao Yao as the leading actor, or did you decide together?"

"It's the director who decides the actor, but our investors also recognize Xiao yaolai as the leading actor." Zhou Tianxiao replied.

Zhou Tianxiao, a senior producer in the film and television industry, is a veteran. He has cooperated with Ye Jiaying many times before and has a good relationship. He will not tear down Ye Jiaying's platform in front of reporters. Many reporters turn their eyes to Zhan Youcheng, the only one who is not in the film and television industry.

"Mr. Zhan, are you satisfied with Ye Dao's arrangement?" A reporter stood up and asked Zhan Youcheng.

"Professional people do professional things!" Zhan Youcheng's expression was a little nervous, but his voice was calm and said, "although director Ye is directing a film for the first time, she has made many films as an actor. In terms of professionalism, I believe in director Ye very much and have no opinion about her arrangement."

"How involved is Mr. Zhan in this film? Is it just to delegate your story to Ye Dao? " The reporter continued.

"No," said Zhan Youcheng, "although I'm not a professional, because it's my story, director Ye values my opinions very much. In the early stage of preparation, director Ye invited me to participate in the preparation of the script. When selecting actors, director Ye invited me to audition for all actors except Xiao Yao. When he finally decided on the actors, he also asked me for my opinions. During the shooting, I will also appear on the scene as a special consultant to provide advice to Ye Dao. "

"Why the audition of all the actors except Xiao Yao?" A reporter acutely grasped a key point in Zhan Youcheng's words.

"Because Xiao Yao is the only actor who didn't pass the audition." Zhan Youcheng replied truthfully.

"Why didn't Xiao Yao participate in the audition? Because he is Ye Dao's son, has he been determined? " The reporter asked excitedly.

In fact, not every actor has to pass the audition when shooting a movie. There are many cases in which the director appoints an actor without passing the audition. But most of them are directors who are familiar with the actors and their acting skills are generally recognized. No one will question them.

But on the one hand, Xiao Yao is younger and less experienced, and Ye Jiaying is his mother. This kind of appointment would have attracted some discussion. On the other hand, as a biographical film of Zhan Youcheng, Xiao Yao plays the role of Zhan Youcheng. Zhan Youcheng originally had the most say in this candidate, but this role failed the audition. If Zhan has any complaints about Xiao Yao's acting and about Ye Jiaying's decision to make her son the leading actor, there will be more room for reporters to play.

"Xiao Yao is definitely determined by the inside, but it's not determined by Ye Dao, it's determined by me!" Zhan Youcheng said with a smile, "when I talked with director Ye about the right of story adaptation, the only condition I mentioned was that Xiao Yao had to play me. If she can't get Xiao Yao to play, then I won't give her this authorization. "

"Ah?" Many reporters are silly, have asked, "why?"

"Because this movie is mainly about my experience during the earthquake, and Xiao Yao is the only star who appeared in the disaster area during the earthquake rescue to participate in the on-site rescue. No, the actor!" Zhan Youcheng said, "I think Xiao Yao has experienced the tragedy of the disaster area after the earthquake. He has the deepest feeling of the earthquake among all the actors, and he is also the one who can understand my mood at that time, so I appointed him to play me."

"Damn, Xiao Yao's going to the scene of disaster relief has this advantage, so he was identified as a role?" Many reporters make complaints about it.

"Although your reason sounds reasonable, as a non film and television production professional, is it a bit too much for you to make such a request?" A reporter stood up and asked Zhan Youcheng, "are you so confident in Xiao Yao? He's only twenty years old, and he's never made a feature film before"It was a little taken for granted." Zhan Youcheng nodded with a smile, "but now it seems that I should have made a very correct decision."

"Very right decision? Does it mean to appoint Xiao Yao to play The reporter continued.

"Yes Zhan Youcheng continued to nod.

"Now the crew has not started shooting, let alone showing. It's impossible to talk about the box office and word of mouth. Why do you think it's a very right decision to choose Xiao Yao now? " The reporter asked curiously.

"Because since March, Xiao Yao has come to my home every weekend to observe me, understand me, and even learn to imitate me, saying that it is to experience the role. The first weekend he came to experience the role, when I was still using crutches, he also got a pair of crutches, learning me to go up the stairs with crutches, and fell down the stairs. " Zhan Youcheng said, "although I don't know how to act, I think he will be able to perform well and this film will be successful."

"And this?" Ye Jiaying looks at Zhan Youcheng in surprise.

"Ye Dao, don't you know about Xiao Yao's experience of the role?" A reporter asked Ye Jiaying.

"No," said Ye Jiaying, shaking her head. "I know about Xiao Yao's finding Youcheng to experience the role. He told me, but he didn't say anything about him falling down the stairs on crutches."

"Sure enough, it's a mother," Zhan Youcheng said with a smile. "Director ye can rest assured that Xiao Yao is very good. When he falls down the stairs, it's just a little scratch. It's nothing serious. He won't worry you. In fact, Xiao Yao fell back and forth three times that day. Finally, he went up three stairs with his crutch and entered the fourth floor of my house. "

"There's a saying in Peking opera that if you don't go mad, you won't survive. It's the same with us." Ye Jiaying turned to the following reporters and said, "when Xiao Yao made Ling Yunzhi, people in the crew said that he was crazy. In fact, he was experiencing the role. Now, in order to experience the role, he goes up the stairs on crutches and falls down three times. Is that crazy enough? Do you still have any questions about our choice of Xiao Yao as the leading actor

A group of reporters thought of all kinds of behind the scenes gags exposed in Ling Yunzhi and the speeches made by several winners of the "flying Award" in that year, and could not help looking at each other.

Xiao Yao was young at that time. Although it was unexpected and achieved extraordinary results, many people attributed it to Xiao Yao's first play, which had the playful temperament of young people. If you are so crazy every time you make a film, you can't stand it yourself or others. Later, there was no similar news about Xiao Yao's production of "tuner", and many people concluded that Xiao Yao was just "playing".

If Xiao Yao is so "Crazy" in every play, who will doubt whether he can play his role well? But the question is, does Xiao Yao really do that in every play and character? Although Zhan Youcheng is not a member of the film and television industry, he also has an interest in this film. Would he say that in order to flatter Xiao Yao?

Just when some people doubted whether what Zhan Youcheng said was real-time, Zhan Youcheng said again: "in fact, even if this film is not as successful as I expected, I will not suffer. In order to let me take him to climb mountains, so that he can better experience the role, he also specially took me to Germany to help me customize a high-tech prosthetic for outdoor sports. On this point, I will definitely make money. So I said, "this is a very right decision."

"You mean Xiao Yao went to Germany and ordered a high-tech prosthetic limb for outdoor sports?" A reporter asked in surprise. At the beginning of the press conference, many reporters saw that Zhan Youcheng came in by himself and didn't use crutches. They had guessed that he had a prosthetic limb, but they didn't expect that he had a high-tech prosthetic limb that could be used for outdoor sports, let alone that Xiao Yao had made it for him.

"He didn't go to Germany to order one for me, but he took me to Germany to order one." Zhan Youcheng corrected, "this kind of prosthesis can only be done after I go to the prosthesis company to do a series of tests. Xiao Yao helped me contact the prosthetic company for reservation, and he also took me there. Xiao Yao arranged all the way, and he also translated for me. "

"By the way, thanks to him, I had the honor to go to the VIP box of Allianz stadium to see the ball once." Zhan Youcheng continued, "you should still remember Xiao Yao's live broadcast at Allianz stadium in March and his rush to give Yang Junyan a hat? He showed up in Germany at that time and took me to Germany to make prosthetics. At that time, I was also there, but at that time, my prosthetic legs were not ready, and my legs were not very convenient, so I stayed in the box and didn't appear in the camera. "

"Xiao Yao's appearance at Allianz stadium in Germany was to take you to Germany for custom-made prosthesis?" A reporter asked in surprise.

"Yes Zhan Youcheng nodded and said, "Xiao Yao went to Germany because of me that time!"

"Then why did Xiao Yao appear in the VIP box of Allianz stadium? What about visiting BMW Museum the day before and Bayern headquarters the day after? Does he have any special relationship in Germany? " A reporter further asked.

"This is Xiao Yao's privacy. It's not convenient for me to say. You can ask Xiao Yao by yourself, or talk about things related to movies." Zhan Youcheng digs off the topic and says, "because in the early stage of the movie, there was a story about me climbing mountains and rocks and other outdoor sports, so after the prosthesis was made, Xiao Yao asked me to take him to climb mountains and other outdoor sports. Over the past few months, isn't Xiao Yao occasionally live outdoors? I'm the one who appears in his live camera from time to time. However, it seems that most of the netizens can't recognize me! "