Actor: My Entertainment Era

Chapter 552 Debut

The rehearsals after joining the group were very hard. The three of them rehearsed for at least 8 hours a day, over and over again, and it was common for them to rehearse for 10 hours.

Zhang Yimou follows the crew every day. As rehearsals progress, he is constantly working with the crew and modifying the scenery and photography plans.

Liu Yifei secretly reported to her husband: "I have long heard that Director Zhang is very energetic, but I didn't expect it to be true. At such an old age, he works seventeen or eight hours a day, and even young people can't keep up with him."

Zhang Yuanjun said: "It is said that the director was captured by aliens when he was young, and then he became enlightened in movies and became a director himself."

Liu Yifei became interested when talking about this: "There is this kind of legend, tell me about it, I haven't heard of it." He dragged a chair and sat in front of Zhang Yuanjun.

Zhang Yuanjun said: "I don't know the specifics."

"Just tell me what you know." Liu Yifei doesn't ask her husband to really tell what he is.

Zhang Yuanjun then narrated: "You know that Director Zhang used to be director Chen Kaige's photographer."

"I know." She didn't know where she took out a bag of melon seeds, looking like she was listening to a story and watching a good show.

"It was 85 or 86. It should be 85. When Chen Kaige was filming "The Grand Parade", Zhang Yimou once again served as his photographer. He was on the set and said that he saw a UFO with a luminous disk. Many people Seen it all.

The former brings together three people, Zhen Zhuan, Wang Baoqiang and Huang Shengyi. Zhen Zhuan has a good appeal in the field of action films; the latter also has Fan Bingbing and Huang Xiaoming joining the cast, and it is a costume blockbuster. The outside world is unanimously optimistic about its success. This year’s May Day victory.

Zhang Yuanjun said: "It's just such a story, just listen to it. Don't be stupid and ask director Yimou for verification."

"Many people say that Zhang Yimou was stripped of his muscles and bones by aliens and instilled film knowledge, which is why he was so energetic and became a director so smoothly.

Zhang Yuanjun said: "This is unknown, but with such an excellent director, the audience is willing to believe that something legendary must have happened to him."

"Could it be a hallucination? Or something else. Aren't there a lot of this on TV? In the end, it's all a mistake, or something else."

After hearing this, Liu Yifei smiled: "Maybe the aliens were in a hurry and wanted to leave, so they didn't have time."

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"I'm not that stupid." In fact, this thought flashed through Liu Yifei's mind just now.

When "Hypnotist" was scheduled to be released, there was some concern about schedule competition. This year, there are two major blockbusters blocking "Hypnotist" on the May Day schedule - "Frozen: Gate of Rebirth" and "The White-Haired Witch: Bright Moon" Kingdom of Heaven".

"However, it is said that after the aliens gave Zhang Yimou a hard time, he only instilled film knowledge into fine art photography and then left. Therefore, Zhang Yimou has endless energy and excellent art and photography abilities, but he has no appreciation for the aesthetics and story of the story. But his screenwriting ability is not particularly good, so in recent years his movies have become less and less attractive." Zhang Yuanjun grabbed a handful of melon seeds from the melon seed bag on Liu Yifei's lap.

"Zhang Yimou was shrouded by the UFO's light shield for several minutes, and his mind went blank. It took five or six minutes for him to wake up. Then the UFO took away its beam and flew away. After filming "The Grand Parade", he acted in "Old Man" "Well", won the Best Actor, and the next year he became the director and filmed "Red Sorghum", and everyone knows the story behind it.

"The Master of Hypnosis" is scheduled to be released on May Day this year, and the exact date is April 4, two days before the holiday begins.

Although "The Hypnotist" has the box office magic pair of Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei, the hypnotic suspense theme is too unpopular in China - the success of "Inception" does not mean that Chen Zhengdao can also succeed.

Therefore, the media generally believes that "The Master of Hypnosis" will not perform very well. "But with Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei, the film's profitability should not be a problem, but the overall performance is not optimistic."

The good news now is that Bernard has moved the schedule of "The Legend of the White-Haired Witch" from April 4th, May 25st, to the Chinese Valentine's Day. Yu Dong said: "The market capacity is huge during the summer, and the Chinese Valentine's Day falls on the weekend. , the opportunity is better than now." Yu Dong also gave the film a premium: "Actively adjusting the schedule will relax the fierce market and let everyone take a breath; secondly, it will also relax yourself, so there is no need to focus on such a schedule for a while. The wisest thing is to choose the most suitable time for the film and strive to maximize the box office."

Bernard changed gears, and of course Wanda was happy to hear about it.

However, Zhang Yuanjun was dissatisfied with Wanda for putting "The Master of Hypnosis" on the May Day schedule - it was too cowardly!

With Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei in hand, they don’t dare to enter the summer season?

Is it really because "The Master of Hypnosis" has a low budget and an unpopular subject matter?

In August this year, China Film will release "Xiu Chun Knife". It is also a small budget and a small director. The entire cast of "Xiu Chun Dao" is not as big as Zhang Yuanjun alone. Martial arts is still a dying subject, and he has I don't know what Ye Ning is afraid of if she dares to enter the summer season.

Zhang Yuanjun pushed for the film to be put into the summer season, but Shi Xiaoye and Ye Ning both chose to play it safe and stay in the May Day season where competition is not that big.

Although Zhang Yuanjun also participated in the investment of "The Hypnotist", he still chose to respect the producer's opinions on the schedule.

The stage for the debut of "The Master of Hypnosis" was this year's Beijing International Film Festival.

The film was selected as the closing film of the film festival.

In the afternoon before the closing ceremony, the crew also held the film's premiere. In order to reflect the "brain-burning" nature of the film, Zhang Yuanjun even put on an afro wig to entertain the audience.

On the closing day, the crew was the first to walk on the red carpet.

"The first group of guests on the red carpet are the main creators of the film "The Master of Hypnosis", the closing film of this year's film festival." The host of the red carpet introduced, "Wandao director Chen Zhengdao, the hero and heroine of the film is everyone's favorite Zhang Yuanjun. and Liu Yifei and his wife. Please stop on the red carpet and take photos. There are also Bay Island actor Wang Yaoqing, famous mainland actress Hu Jing, and teacher Lu Zhong from Beijing People's Art Theater..."

Liu Yifei was wearing a white couture dress by Georges Hobeika today. She did not hold her husband's arm, but held the child star Li Fangcong who played her as a child in the film.

As soon as the eight people appeared, they caused loud screams from the audience in the stands. Several people stopped and walked around, giving time to the media to take pictures.

Liu Yifei held the children with one hand and greeted the media with the other.

Maybe because she felt that she had been shaking her hands at the camera for too long, Liu Yifei subconsciously wanted to relax her hands, and then she put them in her pocket.

One try, no hit.

Two guesses, again missed.

Only then did Liu Yifei remember that she was wearing a haute couture dress without pockets. Then she raised her hand and waved to the media camera with a professional smile on her face.

After walking the red carpet, the crew entered the venue.

Until the end of the awards ceremony, director Chen Zhengdao, actor Zhang Yuanjun and actress Liu Yifei, as representatives of the crew, returned to the scene and took to the stage to promote "The Hypnotist" to all the guests and the audience.

"I know it's very late now, but if you have time, you can go to the Wanda Cinema opposite the theater and watch our movie. I guarantee that everyone will not fall asleep."

"The Master of Hypnosis" has just finished its work at the film festival and is just waiting for its release next week.

(End of this chapter)