Millennium director

Chapter 108 "If·Love" cast, "Stealing Heart" premieres (please order first!)

In Wu Yuan's office.

Zhang Guorong, who had finished the audition, handed several resumes to Wu Yuan.

Wu Yuan took a closer look and a smile appeared on his face, "Are you sure you've chosen them?"

In his left hand is Chen Kun's resume, and in his right hand is Yan Kuan's resume.

Zhang Guorong really fell in love with Yan Kuan at first sight and asked him to play the third male lead, which was originally played by Ji Jinxi.

In terms of appearance, Yan Kuan, one of the four beauties in Tianya, is much more handsome than the male protagonist of "Dae Jang Geum".

What's more, the character of Monty is originally a "cool" character in the movie.

In the movie, he is a gate that triggers memories, not a real person. He has transformed into a writer, driver, and waiter many times, waiting beside the confused protagonist.

Whenever his angelic face and gentle smile appear, the protagonists will wake up in memories one after another.

In a nutshell, this character must be stunningly handsome so that the audience can understand why the protagonists will wake up from their memories as soon as his face appears.

Chen Kexin found a Korean actor who is not outstanding in appearance, which is really wrong.

Wu Yuan was very satisfied with Zhang Guorong's choice.

Of course, Wu Yuan was even more satisfied when he chose Chen Kun to play the leading role.

It can't be said that it was Zhang Guorong's choice, he really didn't have a choice.

If Wu Yuan did not restrict the use of only mainland actors, Zhang Guorong could find a lot of actors suitable to play Lin Jiandong.

But restricted to the mainland, there are not many actors of the right age to choose from. If you want to choose one of the current 20-30-year-old male actors in the mainland, the most suitable one is Chen Kun.

Otherwise, Chen Kun wouldn't have acted in five movies in the past two years.

Nowadays, for mainland movies, as soon as the project is approved and preparations are started, and the male protagonist is under 30 years old, the first step is to go to Chen Kun and hand him the script.

People in the industry joke that for all movies being planned and produced in the Mainland, the male lead's script will first go through Chen Kun's hands. After he has gone through it, the rest will be given to other actors.

As for the actresses, it is Zhou Xun who gets this treatment.

It's not that Gong Huang and Jiuji Zhang don't have this kind of treatment, but the movies being prepared in the Mainland are now not worthy of their celebrity status.

To put it bluntly, we just can’t afford to hire them to play the heroine.

Gong Huang and International Zhang are now actively in contact with Hong Kong circles and Hollywood, and they look down on the three-thirds of an acre of land in the mainland.

Well, except Zhang Yimou and Wu Yuan.

Their movies can afford to hire these two people, and these two people are eager to be in their movies.

Back to topic.

Zhang Guorong decided to use Chen Kun to form the golden pairing of Zhou Xun + Chen Kun. Of course Wu Yuan was happy to see this.

"Zhang Sheng, is it settled then?"

Wu Yuan laughed: "You can make your own decisions about the other supporting roles, and you don't need to show them to me."

"I won't be the producer of "If Love" this time. Our new movie should be started together, and I don't have time to help you with the production."

Wu Yuan gave Zhang Guorong the full authority that a director should have on the crew. In addition to funding the script, he did not have any other instructions for Zhang Guorong.

This also made Zhang Guorong very happy and felt that signing into the Light and Shadow Era was the right thing to do.

"Don't worry, Director Wu, I will definitely make this movie!" He assured Wu Yuan with a serious expression and some expectation.

The casting process for "If Love" lasted for three days, and Zhang Guorong finalized Hu Junlai to play a film producer in the movie. After Xu Qinglai played Lin Jiandong's agent, the crew entered the formal preparation period.

However, before the filming of this movie started, Zhang Guorong's first directorial work "Stealing Heart" was released in the mainland and Hong Kong Island.

This movie, which can be called the crystallization of Zhang Guorong's dream, earned a box office of 1 million yuan in the mainland and 2 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong Island on the day it was released.

After the first day of screening, some film critics also spontaneously published their own reviews in newspapers.

As a debut film, "Stealing Hearts" is quite well completed, and the theme of "love" is also the one that audiences never tire of.

Maybe if the plot is placed 20 years later, it will seem a bit bloody.

But in this era when Qiong Yao dramas can kill everyone, a movie like "Stealing Heart" in which two men and one woman constantly misunderstand and miss, does not seem to be bloody.

At least it is much better than the films "Daddy's Love", "Echo of Emotion" and "Beautiful Concentric Knot" released at the same time.

In the first week since the movie was released, "Stealing Hearts" has made a box office of 8 million yuan in the mainland, and the box office in Hong Kong has exceeded 12 million Hong Kong dollars.

And the reputation is pretty good. Whether it is in the Mainland or Hong Kong Island, most film critics and industry insiders believe that Zhang Guorong's transformation debut is a success.

The King of Sunglasses even openly gave an interview to Ming Pao, praising Zhang Guorong's "Stealing Heart" for its mature filming and not looking like the work of a new director at all.

In the interview, he did not hesitate to praise Zhang Guorong and believed that Zhang Guorong is expected to become a leading figure among the next generation of directors in Hong Kong.

Of course, he didn't mention a word about the film's mainland capital or producer Wu Yuan.

He also deliberately ignored several mainland starring actors, and the entire interview only focused on Zhang Guorong.

Director Han was unhappy when he saw the relevant news reprinted in the mainland. Does the king of sunglasses only have Zhang Guorong in his eyes?

Immediately, he ordered his publicity department to go all out. Many large newspapers in the mainland wrote various promotional materials around the "Stealing Heart" star and Wu Yuan.

Today I praise Ning Jing, Hu Jun and others for their excellent acting skills, tomorrow I praise Wu Yuan for his producer's hard work, and the day after tomorrow I praise China Film Group for his sharp eye for heroes. In short, the success of "Stealing Hearts" and Zhang Guorong is the result of the hard work of everyone on the crew, and everyone deserves credit.

In this way, the media in Hong Kong and the mainland started fighting with each other. For more than a week, "Stealing Hearts" dominated the headlines of newspapers in both places.

This has actually made the movie's reputation continue to rise, and it has also contributed to the continued growth of box office results!

However, Wu Yuan didn't care about this. He only paid a brief attention to the movie when it was released, and then devoted all his energy to the drama performance of "Romeo and Juliet".

Wu Yuan's first academic year as a doctoral student is coming to an end, and his play will be performed in front of teachers in the directing department at the end of June.

Although Wu Yuan believed that he had rehearsed the play very well, and the actors were all trained to their best condition by him.

But as the "examination" approached, he was still a little anxious, and he arranged more frequent rehearsals for the actors.

It doesn't work if it's not frequent. His upcoming schedule is very tight.

After the performance of "Romeo and Juliet" here is completed, Wu Yuan will fly to the United States to attend the premiere of "Pirates of the Caribbean" and will stay in the United States for at least half a month to accept various interviews.

After that, he had to rush back to China without stopping to officially start the location, angle setting, and shooting of "Your Name."

Wu Yuan, who had been idle for more than half a year, was once again busy.