Entertaining Children

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

Many films have been promoted and hyped since the beginning of the project, especially during the casting stage during the preparatory period, there is a lot of news to do when selecting actors, but Ye Jiaying's film did not follow the routine of those films. Neither the formation of the crew nor the casting audition has been released through the media, and all the preparatory work was carried out out of the public eye. The press conference was not held until all the preparatory work was completed and it was time to start shooting.

Although there have been many actors who have acted and directed over the years, there are still relatively few women among them. Actress Ye Jiaying's transition to become a director is still a very attractive news. There are quite a few media reporters at this press conference.

At the press conference, Ye Jiaying, the director and co-producer, gave a brief introduction to the media reporters about the type of the film, the main story frame and some work from project approval to the preparatory stage. Investors and key creators.

When Ye Jiaying introduced that her first film was a biographical film, the reporters below had some exclamations and whispers. Biographical films are relatively difficult to shoot. Ye Jiaying challenged the biographical film in her first film, which was quite beyond the expectations of the reporters.

When Ye Jiaying introduced that the leading actor in this movie was Xiao Yao, the discussion among the reporters became louder. In fact, it should be considered human nature for a mother to find her son as the leading role in her own movie, but when they learned that Xiao Yao is the leading actor in this movie, the media reporters at the scene still had a lot of thoughts in their hearts.

Through the previous story introduction, everyone knows that this movie about Zhan Youcheng's experience during the earthquake is a play of a leading actor, and it can even be regarded as a one-man show of the leading actor. Xiao Yao is just a sophomore who hasn't graduated from the acting department of Shenyang Opera. He has only played a supporting role in a TV series and a short film before, and it was six years ago and two years ago respectively. Xiao Yao, who has never acted in a feature film before, starred in such a one-man show for the first time in a feature film. Can he hold it up?

Since it was a press conference, of course, a session for reporters to ask questions was also arranged. After Ye Jiaying finished speaking, the host announced that the press conference had entered the reporter's questioning session, and the reporters below raised their hands impatiently.

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

"Can't I ask my son to star in my own movie?" Ye Jiaying asked back with a smile, and then replied, "Of course, choosing him as the leading actor is definitely not just because he is my son, but because he is suitable. "

"Which aspect is suitable?" The reporter who asked the question seemed dissatisfied with Ye Jiaying's answer, and continued to ask, "Xiao Yao has only played a supporting role in a TV series and a short film before, and it was six years ago and two years ago. What happened, I have never acted in a feature film, let alone a male lead, what makes you think he is suitable for such a big male lead movie lead?"

"Of course, the acting skills and ability are suitable." Ye Jiaying said, "It is indeed his first time to act in a feature film, but there is no rule that he must start with a supporting role in a movie, right? Since you mentioned that he has acted in the past Then you should know that his participation in "Ling Yunzhi" is the first time he has appeared in a TV series, and "The Tuner" is also the first time he has appeared in a short film. Among them, "Tuner" was written and directed by himself. Everyone knows how he turned out as the leading actor himself, and not having acted before is not a reason for judging that he can’t play the leading role in a movie.”

Ye Jiaying seemed to find nothing wrong with her answer this time.

The reporter sat down unwillingly. The on-site host picked another reporter to stand up and ask questions.

"Director Ye, may I ask why Xiao Yao didn't attend today's press conference?" Another reporter who was called upon stood up and asked, "He seems to be the only main creator absent today."

There was nothing wrong with Ye Jiaying's answer just now, so many reporters wanted to ask Xiao Yao himself to ask questions. However, the main creative team of this movie basically attended today's press conference. Even the protagonist Zhan Youcheng, who is the protagonist of the story, appeared at the press conference, except that Xiao Yao, a very important actor in this movie, was absent up. Some reporters speculated that Ye Jiaying might not have as much confidence in Xiao Yao as she said, and that Xiao Yao was not allowed to attend because he did not want him to face reporters' questions on the spot, so they asked the reason for Xiao Yao's absence.

"This week is the final exam week of Huaxia Universities." Ye Jiaying said, "Xiao Yao doesn't want to miss the final exam this semester, so now he is in Shanghai, preparing for the final exam."

"It will take about a week to finish all the subjects in the final exam, right? But this is your launch conference? You don't even have a leading actor, so how do you start it?" The reporter continued to ask.

"After today's launch conference, our crew will go to Sichuan Province to shoot immediately." Ye Jiaying returned, "Although Xiao Yao is the leading actor, not all scenes of the whole movie feature him. This week we will First shoot the scenes without Xiao Yao. After Xiao Yao’s final exam is over, he will go directly to Sichuan Province to join the crew, and after he arrives, we will shoot the scenes with him.”

"Wow~" After Ye Jiaying said about this arrangement, there was some discussion among the reporters below. A reporter stood up and asked, "Director Ye, you are taking special care of your son! You are delaying admission for a week for the exam. The crew, let the crew shoot scenes without him first, are you not afraid that people will say that Xiao Yao is playing big names? With this arrangement, do the investors and the rest of the crew have any objections?"

"Let me answer that," a middle-aged man named Zhou Tianxiao, who was present at the conference as a representative of the investor and one of the producers of the film, volunteered to answer, "It is our decision to let Xiao Yao take the final exam as scheduled. It was discussed. When we first made the shooting plan, we planned not to shoot scenes with him one week before the start of the film, and there was no such thing as a waste of manpower and material resources for temporarily adjusting the shooting plan for him."

"Actually, as long as it doesn't affect the shooting progress too much, it is common for the crew to make temporary adjustments to the shooting plan for the convenience of the actors' personal affairs." The producer continued, "What's more, Xiao Yao is still in our crew. It has been discussed with us during the preparatory stage, and it has no impact on the filming progress of the crew at all, so we have absolutely no objection to such an arrangement."

"If the leading actor is another actor, there might not be such a problem." The reporter continued to ask Zhou Tianxiao, "Mr. Zhou, I would like to ask, the choice of Xiao Yao as the leading actor was decided by Director Ye alone. , or did you decide together?"

"Of course the director decides the actor in the end, but our investors also very much agree that Xiao Yaolai will play the leading role." Zhou Tianxiao replied.

This Zhou Tianxiao, a senior producer in the film and television industry, is an old fritter, and has cooperated with Ye Jiaying many times before, and the relationship is very good. He will definitely not tear down Ye Jiaying's station in front of the reporters. Many reporters turned their attention to the scene again. Zhan Youcheng is the only one who is not from the film and television industry.

"Mr. Zhan, are you satisfied with Director Ye'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 still calm and he replied, "Although Director Ye is directing a movie for the first time, she has made many movies as an actress. On the one hand, I trust Dao Ye very much, and of course I have no objection to her arrangement."

"May I ask how much Mr. Zhan participated in this movie? Did you just authorize your story to Director Ye?" The reporter continued to ask.

"No," Zhan Youcheng said, "Although I'm not a professional, but because it's my story, Director Ye values ​​my opinion very much. During the pre-production, Director Ye invited me to participate in the writing of the script. When selecting actors , Director Ye invited me to participate in the auditions of all the actors except Xiao Yao, and when he finally decided on the actor, he also asked for my opinion. During the filming, I will also appear on the scene as a special consultant to provide advice for Director Ye."

"Why are all the actors except Xiao Yao auditioning?" A reporter keenly grasped a key point in Zhan Youcheng's words.

"Because Xiao Yao is the only actor who was chosen without passing 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 appointed internally?" the reporter asked excitedly.

In fact, not every actor has to pass an audition when filming a movie, and there are many cases where a director appoints an actor without passing an audition, but most of them are because the director is familiar enough with the actor, and the actor's acting skills are recognized as solid, No one will question it.

But here, on the one hand, Xiao Yao is relatively young and has little experience, and Ye Jiaying is his mother. Such an imperial appointment would have attracted some discussions; Zhan had the cost to have the most say in this candidate, but this role did not pass the audition. If Zhan Youcheng himself had objections to Xiao Yao's role as himself, and expressed some dissatisfaction with Ye Jiaying's appointed son as the leading actor, there would be more room for the reporters to play.

"Xiao Yao was indeed appointed internally, but it wasn't Ye Dao's decision, it was me!" Zhan Youcheng said with a smile, "When I first discussed the right to adapt the story with Ye Dao, the only condition I mentioned was that Xiao Yao must act. Me. If she can't get Xiao Yao to act, then I won't give her the authorization."

"Ah?" Many reporters were dumbfounded and 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 to participate in the field rescue during the earthquake rescue, no, an actor!" Zhan Youcheng said, "I think Xiao Yao has personally experienced the tragedy of the disaster area after the earthquake, and he has the deepest feeling for the earthquake among all actors, and he is also the actor who can best understand my mood at that time, so I appointed him to play me."

"Damn it, Xiao Yao still has this kind of benefit in going to the disaster relief site, so he was recognized as a role?" Many reporters complained in their hearts.

"Although your reason sounds reasonable, as a person who is not a professional in film and television production, isn't it a bit too much for you to make such a request?" A reporter stood up and asked Zhan Youcheng, "You So confident in Xiao Yao? He is only twenty years old, and he has never made a feature film before!"

"I did take it for granted at the time." Zhan Youcheng nodded with a smile, "But now it seems that I should have made a very correct decision."

"A very correct decision? Does it mean that Xiao Yao was appointed to play the role?" The reporter continued to ask.

"Yes!" Zhan Youcheng continued to nod.

"Now the crew has not started filming, let alone released. There is no way to talk about the box office and word-of-mouth. Why do you think that choosing Xiao Yao is a very correct decision?" The reporter asked curiously.

"Because since March, Xiao Yao has come to my house 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 He was using crutches, so he also got a pair of crutches, imitating me to use crutches to go up the stairs, but I fell down the stairs." Zhan Youcheng said, "Although I don't know how to act, but seeing that he can do this, I will I think he will be able to act well, and this movie will be a success."

"What else?" Ye Jiaying looked at Zhan Youcheng in surprise.

"Director Ye, you don't know about Xiao Yao's role experience?" a reporter asked Ye Jiaying.

"No," Ye Jiaying shook her head and said, "I know about Xiao Yao looking for Youcheng to experience the role. He told me about it, but he didn't say about him falling down the stairs on crutches."

"As expected, you are a mother," Zhan Youcheng smiled, "Don't worry, Director Ye, Xiao Yao is very skilled. The fall from the stairs is just a little bruise. It's nothing serious. I will definitely not say it to make you worry. In fact, Xiao Yao fell back and forth three times that day, and finally managed to climb the three flights of stairs with a cane, and entered the fourth floor where my house is."

"There is a saying in the Beijing opera business that if you are not crazy, you can't survive. In fact, it is the same in our business." Ye Jiaying turned to the reporters below and said, "When Xiao Yao was filming "Ling Yunzhi", everyone in the crew said that he Crazy, in fact, he is experiencing the role. Now he is going up the stairs on crutches and falling down three times in order to experience the role, isn’t that crazy enough? Do you still have doubts about our choice of Xiao Yao as the leading actor?”

A group of reporters thought of the various behind-the-scenes tidbits exposed in "Ling Yun Zhi" and the speeches of several winners of the "Fei Tian Award" when they received the award, and they couldn't help looking at each other.

When Xiao Yao was young, although what he did was indeed beyond everyone's expectations and achieved extraordinary results, many people attributed it to the fact that it was Xiao Yao's first play, and he had a playful personality of a young man. inside. If you are so crazy every time you shoot a film, don't say that others can't stand it, you can't stand it either. Later, when Xiao Yao filmed "The Tuner", there was no similar news, and many people also concluded that Xiao Yao was really just "just playing".

If Xiao Yao is so "crazy" in every play, who would doubt whether he can play the role well? But the question is, does Xiao Yao really do that for every character in every play? Although Zhan Youcheng is not from the film and television industry, he has an interest in this movie. Could it be that he said that on purpose to flatter Xiao Yao?

Just when some people doubted whether what Zhan Youcheng said was true, Zhan Youcheng said again: "Actually, even if this movie is not as successful as I expected, I will not suffer. In order for me to take him to climb mountains, so that he can be more Good experience role, he also specially took me to Germany, and helped me order a high-tech prosthesis for outdoor sports. Just for this, I definitely earned. So I say, this is a very correct Decide."

"You mean that Xiao Yao went to Germany to order you a high-tech prosthetic for outdoor sports?" a reporter asked in surprise. At the beginning of the press conference, many reporters saw that Zhan Youcheng walked in by himself without crutches. They already guessed that he was wearing a prosthetic, but they did not expect that he was wearing a high-tech prosthetic for outdoor sports, let alone It was ordered by Xiao Yao for him.

"It's not that he went 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 made after I go to the prosthetic company to do a series of tests. That company The prosthesis company was contacted and booked by Xiao Yao for me, and he also took me there. The itinerary was arranged by Xiao Yao, and he also acted as an interpreter for me."

"By the way, thanks to him, I also had the honor to go to the VIP box at the Allianz Arena to watch the game live." Zhan Youcheng continued, "Everyone should remember that Xiao Yao did a live broadcast at the Allianz Arena in March and rushed to the stadium. Sending a hat to Yang Junyan? He appeared in Germany at that time and took me to Germany to order prosthetics. I was there at the time, but my prosthetics were not ready at that time, and my legs and feet were not very convenient, so I stayed in the box inside, did not appear on camera."

"Xiao Yao appeared at the Allianz Arena in Germany that time to take you to Germany to order prosthetics?" A reporter asked in surprise.

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

"Then why did Xiao Yao appear in the VIP box at the Allianz Arena? And he visited the BMW Museum the day before and the 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 yourself, or something related to the movie." Zhan Youcheng changed the subject, "Because I was climbing mountains and rocks in the early stage of the movie. The plot, so after the prosthesis was completed, Xiao Yao asked me to take him to climb mountains and other outdoor sports. In the past few months, didn’t Xiao Yao occasionally live broadcast outdoors? The person who appeared in his live broadcast from time to time was me It's just that most of the netizens didn't recognize me!"

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