After more than three months of preparation, the preparatory work for the first film directed by Ye Jiaying was completed. On June 20th, Ye Jiaying and most of the main creative staff of the crew held a press conference for the movie "127 Hours" in Yanjing.

Many movies have been promoted and hyped from the beginning of the project, especially in the casting stage during the preparation period, there is a lot of news to do when selecting actors, but Ye Jiaying's film did not follow the routine of those movies. Neither the formation of the crew nor the casting audition has been announced through the media, and all the preliminary preparations are carried out outside the public eye. It wasn't until all the preparations were completed and the filming was about to start that the press conference took place.

Although there are many actors who have acted and directed over the years, there are still relatively few women among them. The transformation of actress Ye Jiaying into a director is still a very attractive big news, and there are a lot of media reporters who came to this press conference.

At the press conference, Ye Jiaying, as a director and co-producer, gave media reporters a general introduction to the genre of the film, the main story framework and some work from the project establishment to the preparatory stage, and of course, it is indispensable to introduce the investors and main creators of the film.

When Ye Jiaying introduced her first film as a biopic, the reporters below had some exclamations and whispered discussions. Biopics are a more difficult genre to make, and Ye Jiaying's first film challenged biopics, which was very unexpected by reporters.

When Ye Jiaying introduced that the actor who played the leading role in this movie was Xiao Yao, the following reporters talked a little louder. In fact, it should be normal for a mother to find her son to be the protagonist to star in her own movie, but when she learned that Xiao Yao was the leading actor in this movie, the media reporters at the scene still had a lot of ideas in their hearts.

Through the introduction of the previous story, everyone knows that this movie about Zhan Youcheng's experience during the earthquake is a play with a big male protagonist, and it can even be regarded as a one-man show for the male protagonist. Xiao Yao is just a sophomore who has not yet graduated from the Shenju Performance Department, and he has only acted in 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, 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, there was also a session for reporters to ask questions. After Ye Jiaying finished speaking, the host announced that the press conference had entered the reporter's question session, and the reporters below couldn't wait to raise their hands.

"Director Ye, may I ask why you chose Xiao Yao as the leading actor, because he is your son?" a reporter who was ordered by the host stood up and asked Ye Jiaying. In fact, his original question was to ask Ye Jiaying why he chose to make a biopic, but after hearing Xiao Yao's name, he decided to ask questions related to Xiao Yao first.

"Can't I find my son to star in my own movie?" Ye Jiaying smiled and asked rhetorically, before then answering, "Of course, he must be chosen as the leading actor not just because he is my son, but because he is suitable." ”

"Which aspect is suitable?" The reporter who asked the question seemed to be not very satisfied 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, and he has never acted in a feature film, let alone the male lead, what makes you think he is suitable for the protagonist of such a big male protagonist?"

"Of course, the acting skills are appropriate and the ability is appropriate. Ye Jiaying said, "It is indeed the first time he has starred in a feature film, but no one has stipulated that acting in a movie must start from a supporting role or something like that, right? Since you mentioned the TV series and short films he has acted in before, then you should know that his participation in "Lingyunzhi" is the first time to appear in a TV series, and the filming of "The Tuner" is also the first time to appear in a short film, among which "The Tuner" is still written and directed by himself as the leading actor, and everyone knows how it turns out, and not acting before cannot be a reason to judge that he can't play the leading role in the movie. ”

Ye Jiaying's answer this time didn't seem to be faulty, and the reporter sat down a little unwillingly. The 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 stood up and asked, "He seems to be the only main creator who is absent today." ”

Ye Jiaying's answer just now couldn't find anything wrong, and many reporters wanted to ask Xiao Yao himself questions. But the main creative team of this movie basically attended today's press conference, and even the protagonist of the story, Zhan Youcheng, appeared at the press conference, but Xiao Yao, a very important actor in this movie, was absent. Some reporters speculated that Ye Jiaying might not be as confident in Xiao Yao as she said, and did not let Xiao Yao attend because she didn't want him to face the reporter's questions on the spot, so they asked the reason for Xiao Yao's absence.

"This week is the final exam week of Huaxia University. Ye Jiaying said, "Xiao Yao doesn't want to miss the final exam of this semester, so now others are in Shencheng, preparing for the final exam of Shen Opera." ”

"It takes about a week to finish all the subjects in the final exam, right? But this is a press conference? There is not even a male lead, how can you turn on the camera?" the reporter continued.

"After today's launch conference, our crew will immediately go to Sichuan Province for filming. Ye Jiaying replied, "Although Xiao Yao is the leading actor, not all the scenes in the whole movie have him, and this week we will shoot the scenes without Xiao Yao first." After Xiao Yao's final exam, he will go directly to Sichuan Province to meet the crew, and when he arrives, we will shoot his show. ”

"Wow~" After Ye Jiaying said this arrangement, there were some discussions among the reporters below, and a reporter stood up and asked, "Director Ye, are you taking special care of your son! In order to postpone the exam for a week and join the group, let the crew shoot the scene without him first, aren't you afraid that people will say that Xiao Yao is playing a big name?

"I'll answer this," a middle-aged man named Zhou Tianxiao, who attended the press conference as a representative of the investor and one of the film's producers, took the initiative to reply, "We have long discussed letting Xiao Yao take the final exam as scheduled." At the beginning of the filming plan, we planned not to shoot his scenes a week before the start of filming, and there was no waste of manpower and material resources for him to temporarily adjust the shooting plan. ”

In fact, as long as it does not have too much impact on the filming schedule, it is common for the crew to make it convenient for the actors' personal affairs to adjust the shooting plan temporarily. The producer continued, "What's more, Xiao Yao has already discussed with us in the preparation stage of our crew, and it has no impact on the filming progress of the crew, so we have no opinion on this arrangement at all." ”

"If the actor were another actor, he might not have this problem. The reporter continued to ask Zhou Tianxiao, "Mr. Zhou, I would like to ask, did Director Ye decide to choose Xiao Yao as the leading actor, or did you decide together?"

"Of course, the director will make the final decision on the actor, but our investors also very much recognize Xiao Yao to play the leading role. Zhou Tianxiao replied.

This is a senior producer in Zhou Tianxiao's film and television circle, an old fritter, and he has cooperated with Ye Jiaying many times before, and he has a good relationship, so he will definitely not dismantle Ye Jiaying's platform in front of reporters, and many reporters turned their attention to Zhan Youcheng, the only one on the scene who is not a person in 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 quite calm and replied, "Although Director Ye is directing a movie for the first time, she has made many movies as an actor, in terms of professionalism, I believe in Director Ye very much, and of course I have no opinion on her arrangement." ”

"How involved is Mr. Zhan in this film, is it just licensing your story to Director Ye?" the reporter continued.

"No," Zhan Youcheng said, "Although I am not a professional, because it is my story, Director Ye values my opinion very much." During the preliminary preparations, Director Ye invited me to participate in the writing of the script. When selecting actors, Director Ye invited me to participate in the audition of all actors except Xiao Yao, and when the actors were finally decided, they also asked for my opinion. During the filming, I will also be on site as a special consultant to provide advice to 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 decided without passing the audition. Zhan Youcheng replied truthfully.

"Why didn't Xiao Yao participate in the audition? Because he is Director Ye's son, was he decided?" the reporter asked with some excitement.

In fact, not every actor has to pass the audition when the movie is filmed, and there are many cases where the director appoints an actor without passing the 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, and no one will question it.

But here, on the one hand, Xiao Yao's age is relatively young and he has little experience, and Ye Jiaying is his mother, such a recognition will have attracted some discussions, on the other hand, as a biographical film of Zhan Youcheng, Xiao Yao plays the role of Zhan Youcheng, and Zhan Youyou has the cost to have the most say in this candidate, but this role did not pass the audition. If Zhan Youcheng has any opinions about Xiao Yao's role in himself, and expresses any dissatisfaction with Ye Jiaying's appointment of his son as the leading actor, there will be more room for reporters to play.

"Xiao Yao is indeed determined, but it is not determined by Director Ye, it is determined by me!" Zhan Youcheng said with a smile, "When I talked to Director Ye about the right to adapt the story, the only condition I mentioned was that Xiao Yao must play me. If she can't find Xiao Yao to star, then I won't give her this authorization. ”

"Huh?" 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 at the scene of the disaster area during the earthquake rescue to participate in the field rescue, no, actor!" Zhan Youcheng said, "I think Xiao Yao has experienced the tragic situation in the disaster area after the earthquake, and his feelings about the earthquake are the deepest among all the actors, and he is also the actor who can best understand my state of mind at that time, so I designated that he must play me." ”

"Damn, Xiao Yao still has this kind of benefit when he goes to the disaster relief site, so he is recognized as a role?" many reporters complained in their hearts.

"Although your reason sounds reasonable, as a non-film and television production professional, is it a bit too taken for granted that you make such a request?" a reporter stood up and asked Zhan Youchengdao, "You have so much confidence in Xiao Yao? He is only twenty years old, and he has never made a feature film before!"

"It was a bit of a take-off. Zhan Youcheng smiled and nodded, "But now it seems that I should have made a very correct decision." ”

"Is it the right decision?" is it to designate Xiao Yao to play?" the reporter continued.

"Yes!" Zhan Youcheng continued to nod.

"Now the crew hasn't started filming, let alone release. 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 now?" 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 character. The first weekend he came to experience the role, when I was still using crutches, he got a pair of crutches and learned me to go up the stairs on crutches, and I fell down the stairs. Zhan Youchengdao, "Although I don't know how to act, but seeing that he can do this, I feel that he will definitely be able to act well, and this movie will definitely be successful." ”

"And this?" Ye Jiaying looked at Zhan Youcheng in surprise.

"Director Ye, don't you know about Xiao Yao's experience of the role?" 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, but he didn't say anything about him falling down the stairs on crutches." ”

"Sure enough, it's a mother," Zhan Youcheng smiled, "Director Ye rest assured, Xiao Yao is very good, falling down the stairs is just a little bruise, it's not a big deal, and he 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 go up three flights of stairs with crutches and enter the fourth floor where my house is located. ”

"There is a saying in the Peking Opera industry that if you don't go crazy, you can't live, and it's actually the same in our industry. Ye Jiaying turned to the reporters below and said, "When Xiao Yao filmed "Lingyunzhi", everyone in the crew said that he was crazy, but in fact, he was experiencing the role. Now he is on crutches up the stairs in order to experience the role, and he falls back and forth three times, is it crazy enough? Do you still have questions about our choice of Xiao Yao as the leading actor?"

A group of reporters remembered the various behind-the-scenes footage exposed in "Lingyunzhi" that year and the speeches of several winners of the crew at the "Feitian Award" that year, and couldn't help but look at each other.

Xiao Yao was young back then, although it was indeed unexpected by everyone, and it also achieved extraordinary results, but many people attributed it to Xiao Yao's first play, with a young man's playful heart in it. If you're so crazy every time you film, don't say that others can't stand it, you can't stand it yourself. Later, Xiao Yao did not have similar news when filming "The Tuner", and many people concluded that Xiao Yao was indeed just "playing".

If Xiao Yao is so "crazy" in every play, who would doubt whether he can play the role he plays well? But the question is, does Xiao Yao really do that in every play and every role? Although Zhan Youcheng is not in the film and television industry, he also has an interest in this movie, could he have deliberately said that in order to praise Xiao Yao?

Just when some people doubted whether what Zhan Youcheng said was real, Zhan Youcheng spoke 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 the mountain and let him experience the character better, he also took me to Germany and helped me order a high-tech prosthetic leg that can be used for outdoor sports. At that point, I've definitely earned it. So I said, it was a very correct decision. ”

"Do you mean that Xiao Yao went to Germany to help you order a high-tech prosthetic leg that can be used for outdoor sports?" asked a reporter in surprise. At the beginning of the press conference, many reporters saw that Zhan Youcheng walked in by himself, and he was not on crutches, and they had guessed that he was fitted with a prosthetic, but they didn't expect him to be equipped with a high-tech prosthetic leg that could be used for outdoor sports, and they didn't expect that Xiao Yao had customized it for him.

"It wasn't 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 done after I go to the prosthetic company to do a series of tests." Xiao Yao helped me contact and book that prosthetic company, and he also took me there. Xiao Yao arranged the trip all the way, and he also translated for me. ”

"By the way, thanks to him, I also had the pleasure of going to the VIP box at the Allianz Arena to watch the ball live. Zhan Youcheng continued, "You should still remember Xiao Yao's live broadcast at the Allianz Stadium in March and rushed to the court to give Yang Junyan a hat, right? I was there at the time, but at that time, my prosthetic leg was not ready, and my legs and feet were not very convenient, so I stayed in the box and did not appear in the camera. ”

"Xiao Yao appeared at the Allianz Arena in Germany to watch the game that time, in order to take you to Germany to order a prosthetic?" a reporter asked in surprise.

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

"Then why did Xiao Yao appear in the VIP box at the Allianz Arena? and the day before he visited the BMW Museum and the day after at Bayern's headquarters?

"This is Xiao Yao's privacy, it's inconvenient for me to say, you can ask Xiao Yao yourself, or talk about something related to the movie. Zhan Youcheng diverted the topic and said, "Because there was a plot of me climbing mountains and rocks and other outdoor sports in the early stage of the movie, after the prosthesis was completed, Xiao Yao asked me to take him to outdoor sports such as mountain climbing." In the past few months, hasn't Xiao Yao occasionally broadcast live outdoors? The person who appears in his live broadcast footage from time to time is me. It's just that it seems that most netizens can't recognize me!"