Actor: My Entertainment Era

Chapter 558 Press Conference

The crew of "Pieces of a Woman" rehearsed with makeup, and the most time-consuming thing was Liu Yifei's fake belly.

It takes more than four hours to put on the prosthetic belly each time, and another hour to remove it. Liu Yifei spends more than half of her working day in the dressing room.

After another 8 days of rehearsals, the crew was ready, and then they formally invited the media: "Zhang Yimou's new work "Fragments of a Woman" will be filmed at 5 a.m. on May 16th at No. 10 Chedun Film and Television City, Shanghai. The studio starts shooting, and the conference location is the square in front of the studio."

Reporters caught wind of this, and "Pieces of a Woman" was exposed at the end of last year. It has now been less than half a year, and the true face of Lushan has finally been revealed.

The confidentiality of "Pieces of a Woman" is better than that of "Thirteen Hairpins". Until now, the media still does not know the exact list of actors.

The night before the press conference, most of the media had already arrived at the film and television city, hoping to get some news in advance.

At 8 o'clock in the morning that day, the square in front of the studio began to be decorated, with a banner saying "Director Zhang Yimou's "Pieces of a Woman" is about to start filming" and a red carpet leading to the studio.

At nine forty, the on-site media arrived. At ten o'clock, the press conference started on time. The host of the press conference was a well-known female anchor of Dragon TV.

The host took the stage to thank the media friends for coming, and then introduced the leaders who attended the launch conference, including the deputy mayor in charge of culture and tourism in Shanghai, the two leaders of the publicity department, the new Shanghai Film Group Chairman Ren Zhonglun, and Guangxian Media Li Xiaoping, executive vice president, Zhang Zhao, a manager of China Film Group and chairman of LeTV Pictures, etc.

"Next, there is love, teacher He Saifei who plays the role of midwife Liu Jinxiu."

"First of all, welcome, Teacher Tan Zhuo, who plays Zhou Ning's cousin Zhou Qian in the film."

Except for a few bosses who knew the inside story, everyone was in an uproar!

Zhang Yimou walked to the host amidst applause. The host said: "'Pieces of a Woman' has attracted much attention from our audience and the media since the project was established, but until now, we still don't know the main actors of the film." Regarding the lineup, I especially want to ask the director on behalf of our reporters why the confidentiality work is so good."

"Now I would like to introduce to you, Teacher Lu Zhong, who plays the mother of the heroine Zhou Ning in the film."

After briefly interviewing Zhang Yimou with a few questions, the host officially began to introduce the main creators: "Today we don't have to keep it secret anymore, our main actors of "Pieces of a Woman" will meet you.

Tan Zhuo stepped forward.

He Saifei ran over quickly.

Zhang Yimou said: "Because this project has been prepared for a long time, the script alone took almost two years to complete." Of course, it only took half a year to hand it over to Zhang Yimou, but at the press conference, it must be said that Zhang Yimou personally followed it for two years. "The process was very difficult. , we want to do a good job before meeting the audience.”

"Now, let us welcome the director of our film "Pieces of a Woman", Director Zhang Yimou, with the warmest applause."

Teacher Lu Zhong also stood in front of everyone.

"The next step is the key. I believe everyone has been waiting for too long. That is the male and female protagonists of "Pieces of a Woman". Let us welcome Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei!"

It was indeed them!

Everything before was fake! It’s all marketing!

The scene was filled with the sound of shutters.

Zhang Yuanjun held Liu Yifei's hand and stood beside the director. The crew must have known that reporters would ask Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei about their past cake walk, so today's press conference did not arrange a reporter's question session.

The main creators only had simple exchanges with the host. Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei only introduced themselves when they came on stage: "Hello everyone, I am Zhang Yuanjun/Liu Yifei." After that, they never said a word again.

Most of the time during the press conference, director Zhang Yimou and the talkative He Saifei were chatting.

Twenty minutes later, under the leadership of the director, the main creators received the red envelope for the launch, unveiled the red camera cloth, took a group photo in front of the studio, and announced that "Pieces of a Woman" was officially launched!

There were no interviews or group interviews in the follow-up. The main creators turned around and entered the studio to get to work.

It doesn't matter if you can't interview the main creator, a few bosses from the producer are still there, there's no way they don't know.

However, several bosses did not directly respond to the previous cake walk. Li Xiaoping said: "We don't need to do such annoying marketing. It is indeed very difficult to choose actors. Liu Yifei and Zhang Yuanjun were only officially signed last week." Contract." Li Xiaoping was indeed right.

The reporter followed up the scene of "Pieces of a Woman" and asked Li Xiaoping about the news about "The Secret of the Dragon": "Is it true that Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei will also star in "The Secret of the Dragon" which will be launched in August this year?"

Li Xiaoping said: "Didn't I make it very clear at the press conference a few days ago? The leading actor has not been confirmed yet, and we are still selecting."

Zhang Zhao said: "LeTV is not responsible for the casting of "Pieces of a Woman", but we respect Director Zhang's choice and will cooperate with him to complete the filming."

Representatives of China Film Group declined to be interviewed.

Shanghai Film is not even the producer of this film. Ren Zhonglun attended the press conference today just because the crew was filming in Chedun. He also just took office as the chairman of Shanghai Film. He came to Zhang Yimou to show his face. He knew the inside story about the marketing of walking cakes. There is no need to tell the media.

"At 10 o'clock this morning, the much-anticipated new film "Pieces of a Woman" directed by Zhang Yimou started shooting at Chedun Studio, and the film's main creative lineup was also officially announced. The male and female protagonists are played by Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei. The film tells..."

"The much-anticipated "Pieces of a Woman" started shooting in Shanghai this morning. The five main actors also met the audience with the director. The male and female protagonists were played by Zhang Yuanjun and Liu Yifei. The two acted indifferently on the scene and did not say a word except to introduce themselves on stage. , may have been affected by online public opinion in the past few days. After the brief press conference, the crew went into the studio to work and did not accept interviews from the media."

"Pieces of a Woman" has officially been finalized, and some people are happy and some are worried.

Zhang Yuanjun's status and honor no longer require the director's blessing. The outside world doesn't say much about his collaboration with Zhang Yimou.

But Liu Yifei is different. She needs to cooperate with big directors to add luster to her resume.

Fans of Liu Yifei are naturally happy that the young lady has participated in Zhang Yimou's work.

"Zhang Laosan can marry, he really admires his wife!"

"Looking at it now, everything is very clear. Zhang Yuanjun loves Qianxi so much. In the movies he writes, the first thing the heroine will consider is her wife!"

"Some people don't know what they are complaining about. Jiang Wen filmed Zhou Yun, Jia Zhangke filmed Zhao Tao, and Feng Xiaogang filmed Xu Fan. Why don't you say that Zhang Yuanjun wrote a play for Liu Yifei, which is outrageous?"

"I married a good-for-nothing husband and couldn't get good resources, so I just said that others rely on men, and the love between husband and wife has nothing to do with you. Let's make two movies first and establish ourselves in the film industry. Even a TV drama star doesn't know that. What’s so good about it?”

Fairy powder is very good. If the statistics are correct, Liu Yifei should be the first actress in the 85 generation to star in a film directed by Zhang Yimou, except for actors like Nini who were brought out by Zhang Yimou. Don’t forget, Liu Yifei also played Xu Ke’s As a heroine, which actress in the industry has a better resume than hers?

Of course it's worth it.

(End of this chapter)