Millennium director

The premiere of "Painted Skin" ends at 5 p.m.

Public opinion on the Internet began to explode at 6 p.m.

"The movies directed by Wu Yuan are really trustworthy!"

"Painted Skin, a heartbreaking movie!"

"Not being able to love is the most painful thing in the world - thoughts after watching "Painted Skin"."

""Painted Skin" - the perfect start for domestic fantasy movies!"

A group of film critics and reporters who were invited to watch the premiere immediately expressed their thoughts on the premiere online.

Because we can't directly spoil the movie yet, everyone's thoughts after watching the movie are vague and do not involve the specific plot.

But the core argument is the same, that is, this is a movie worth seeing in the cinema!

This is a ground-breaking movie and the perfect beginning for domestic fantasy and magic movies!

It’s not just critics and the media.

Various publicity methods that China Film and Television Times had prepared long ago have also been used in full force.

The first thing to speculate on is the relationship between the male and female protagonists.

The cooperation between Zhou Xun and Chen Kun is not just once or twice. The two have shown their special relationship in front of the media many times, which is more than friendship but not lovers.

At this critical moment when a new movie is released, this topic will of course be brought up as a hot topic and hyped up to increase attention for the movie.

The second thing to hype is Zeng Li's appearance.

Recognized as the most beautiful class star of the 96th class of China National Theater Academy, Zeng Li's beauty has only been spread within the industry.

The saying that she is a "beautiful woman who only happens once in 200 years" has not yet appeared at this time.

Zeng Li's fame in this life is already greater than Wu Yuan's in his dreams. After all, he has the fame of "The Night the Comet Comes".

She collaborated with Wu Yuan for the second time, which was already a big topic. Now that Light and Shadow Times bought a lot of manuscripts, Zeng Li was even more praised.

"Wu Yuan praised Zeng Li highly, calling her the most beautiful actress he has ever worked with."

"Wu Yuan: I was the one who took the initiative to invite Zeng Li to star in "The Night the Comet Came""

"The role of Pei Rong in "Painted Skin" was tailor-made for Zeng Li!"

In short, no matter how much praise comes, in these press releases, Zeng Li has become a peerless beauty that is not seen in the human world and only heard in the fairy world.

Wu Yuan, a great director in Cannes and Berlin, was so obsessed with her that he wrote a role for her in "Painted Skin" and invited her to act.

Well, Wu Yuan had communicated with Liu Yifei beforehand about this press release, otherwise he was afraid that his little girlfriend's jealousy would be overturned.

"Brother, when you were in school, did you really go to the Chinese Opera to see Zeng Li like the rumors say?"

Faced with his little girlfriend's bulging question, Wu Yuan of course refused to admit it. He only said that it was all nonsense and dragged Huang Xiaoming into the water.

"Nonsense, it was obvious that Chen Kun and Huang Xiaoming went to see Zeng Li at Zhongxi Opera at that time, but I was forced to go there once. I didn't take the initiative to go."

But this explanation only got an arrogant snort from my little girlfriend.

Of course, the hype prepared by the Light and Shadow Era also has a third hand.

Naturally, Zhang Guorong was the third person in the hype.

"Zhang Guorong: The director said that I had a lot of fighting scenes, but I didn't expect them to be beating scenes."

"The worst exorcist in history! Either he is being beaten, or he is on his way to be beaten!"

"Zhang Guorong: Director Wu and I have a fateful relationship!"

Zhang Guorong really took a lot of beatings in "Painted Skin", and his role is the kind of "if you are well, you will have a spare tire until you grow old", so he is naturally suitable for misfortune.

Of course, the publicity department of the Light and Shadow Era will not miss this hype point, and also prepared a lot of press releases for Zhang Guorong's Pang Yong.

Finally, the theme song of "Painted Skin" "Painted Heart" was also first released on the Internet on the 27th.

The song "Drawing Heart" originally originated from the pure music work "Asian Road" released by Japanese composer Fujiwara Ikuro in 2003.

When working on the "Painted Skin" project, Wu Yuan asked someone to buy the copyright of this pure music, and then filled in the lyrics of "Painted Heart".

As for the singer, he also found Zhang Liangying, the third runner-up of this year's most popular talent show "Super Girl", to sing.

At the same time, he also hired a Japanese lyricist to write the lyrics for the Japanese version of "嚚さ", which was used as a promotional song for "Painted Skin" when it was released in Japan.

The Chinese version of "Drawing Heart" directly topped the hot song charts of major online music platforms on the day of its release.

"Super Girl" has just ended this summer, and Zhang Liangying's current popularity is not ordinary.

With her popularity, "Painted Skin" has gained a lot of fame among her fan base.

Light and Shadow Times also bought some press releases to coordinate with the promotion.

From online to offline, from online portals to major entertainment newspapers, press releases related to "Painted Skin" are circulating everywhere.

Whether they are concerned about Chinese-language movies or not, they all learned about the release of "Painted Skin" passively.

Interested movie fans are eager to buy movie tickets and bring their girlfriends or family members to the cinema to watch this rumored magical movie.

Wu Yuan, the director of this film, is currently entertaining a guest at the headquarters building of the Light and Shadow Era.

After the premiere of "Painted Skin", he specially invited Gong Li to come to the company with him.

In fact, Gong Li was well aware of this invitation and knew what Wu Yuan was looking for her to do.

After the two sat down in the reception room of the Light and Shadow Era, Gong Li asked straight to the point: "Director Wu, are you looking for me to make a movie?"

"Hey, I really can't hide it from Sister Li." Wu Yuan smiled, took the printed script from Li Xiaoping, and handed it to Gong Li.

"Sister Li, the heroine of the new film "Gravity" I am preparing must be you!"

Yes, Wu Yuan wants to invite Gong Li to play the female lead in "Gravity".

The heroine's one-woman show in "Gravity" is very difficult, and it really tests the actor's acting skills.

Among domestic actresses, Wu Yuan could think of only two actors who were qualified to play the leading role in this movie.

Gong Li from the Mainland and Zhang Manyu from Hong Kong Island.

However, Zhang Manyu had already announced her retirement from acting last year, and she had indeed made up her mind not to take on any movies in the past two years.

As a result, the only actress in China suitable for starring in this movie is Gong Li, and she is the only one who can perform this movie well.

Wu Yuan really has no room for criticism.

It's embarrassing to say, but the original heroine of "Gravity" was Sandra Bullock.

This Hollywood actress and producer was really miserable this time.

She is the heroine and producer of "Fake Marriage" and the heroine of "Weakness".

As a result, now that "Fake Marriage" has been filmed, Gwyneth Paltrow replaced her as the starring role.

The project of "Weakness" has also been approved. If nothing else happens, Sandra Bullock will probably have nothing to do with this movie.

Originally, she was supposed to be nominated for Best Actress at the 82nd Academy Awards, Best Actress in a Drama Series, and Best Actress in a Musical Comedy at the 67th American Golden Globe Awards for these two films.

This time "Gravity" was also intercepted by Wu Yuan. Sandra Bullock will once again miss out on the Oscar nomination for Best Actress and the Saturn Award for Best Actress trophy.

Although Wu Yuan did not specifically target Sandra, she really became the Hollywood actor who was most influenced by Wu Yuan's butterfly wings.

Back to topic.

After getting the script from Wu Yuan, Gong Li read it carefully on the spot.

For a professional and ambitious actor, what matters most when they take on a role is always the quality of the script and the level of the director.

The second point is that Wu Yuan is undoubtedly up to standard, but the first point needs to be seen to know.

The script of "Gravity" is not thick, but most of the plot revolves around the heroine, and there are a lot of solo scenes.

Gong Li looked at it very seriously, and Wu Yuan was not anxious at all and did not rush him.

"This movie is not easy to act in." After a long time, Gong Li sighed, "There are very few characters in this movie, almost only these two leading actors. They will face the immensity of the universe and the loneliness of mankind together."

"This also means that the acting skills of the male and female protagonists will face a great test."

"Who are you going to find to play the leading role?"

For Gong Li, although the heroine has a lot of solo scenes, the rivalry between her and the male protagonist is also crucial. If the opposite actor is not good, it will lower the standard of the entire movie.

"Hero." Wu Yuan didn't think of a suitable one for a while.

If it had been filmed ten years later, it would have been a good idea to cast Wu Jing, but unfortunately the current Wu Jing is not suitable.

Wu Yuan thought for a while and said, "How about Teacher Wang Xueqi?"

Teacher Wang Xueqi is almost 60 years old now, but he doesn't look old. He looks the same at 60 as he does in his early 40s. He can play the leading actor in "Gravity".

"Teacher Wang Xueqi?" Gong Li frowned, "Director Wu, it must be very hard to film your scene. You have to wear a thick aviation suit and simulate the state of weightlessness."

"Teacher Wang Xueqi is not young anymore. Can he persevere?"

In terms of acting skills, Gong Li is not worried, but she is worried that the veteran's body will not be able to hold on.

Shooting this kind of science fiction blockbuster is a great challenge to the body and mind.

"It should be no problem, right?" Wu Yuan was not sure, "Otherwise, Hu Jun would be fine too, his image is suitable for this role."

The next best thing is, if Wang Xueqi is too old, then Hu Jun is the best choice.

In fact, there is another choice, and that is Zhang Hanyu, but now Zhang Hanyu has not proven himself as the leading actor in "Assembly Number". His fame is more in the dubbing industry.

As for the film industry, he has appeared in several comedy films by Feng Xiaogang, but he is not really recognized by mainstream audiences and industry insiders.

"Hu Jun." Gong Li nodded thoughtfully, "I understand."

"The script is very well written and depicts outer space in a spectacular way."

"I love this story of a heroine fighting for her life."

"But can such a sci-fi movie really be made?" Gong Li had a look of worry on his face.

"Yes!" Wu Yuan said with stern eyes and full of confidence: "60% of the content of this movie will be produced using CG technology."

"The use of CG technology in movies is already a very common thing in Hollywood. The current CG synthesis effects are very realistic and can look real."

"We can completely create a realistic outer space environment without any glitches."

"Okay." Gong Li nodded, "Then when is the movie expected to start filming?"

"The actors will join the cast around October next year and go to the National Space Administration to receive astronaut training."

"The production will officially start in January 2007, and production should be completed before May."

After calculating the schedule in her mind, Gong Li replied: "Okay, I will make this schedule available."

This means that Gong Li has agreed to take on this drama. After filming "The City of Golden Armor" next year, she will join the cast of "Gravity"!

Wu Yuan's face immediately burst into a bright smile, he stood up and stretched out his hand, "Sister Li, I wish us a happy cooperation and smooth filming in advance."

"Happy cooperation!" Gong Li held Wu Yuan's hand and smiled solemnly.

Neither Wu Yuan nor she talked about remuneration.

Because Gong Li's salary is really cheap.

The salary offered to Chow Yun-mao for "The Golden Armor" was 40 million, but Gong's profit was only 5 million.

By the time he acted in "Three Fighters" in 2015, Gong Li's salary was only 12 million.

Compared with her fame and the honors she has received, her salary is simply a bargain.

For such a cheap and easy-to-use actor, Wu Yuan would never be stingy with his salary, let alone negotiate for money!

If you can cooperate, you will gain blood!