"Is Shao Shuaijun's last madness, or the hope for the future of Chinese films-"China Entertainment Report" exclusively reveals the story of "Painted Skin" for you."

Just when everyone is setting their sights on the Magic Capital Film Festival, the news of the establishment of "Painted Skin" spread, and the entertainment information program "China Entertainment Report" of Beijing TV Station produced a special episode of "Painted Skin" for the first time.

"I believe that many people are not new to the story of the painted skin in "Strange Tales from Liao Zhai", the painted skin has been put on the big screen many times, "Strange Tales from Liao Zhai" directed by Bao Fang in 1966, "Ghost Calling Spring" directed by Li Hanxiang in 1979, and "The Yin and Yang King of Painted Skin" directed by Hu Jinquan in 1993, all of which are stories about painted skin. So what kind of story will "Painted Skin" directed by Shao Shuaijun be this time?

First of all, let's understand the background of the painted skin, the story like this......

After learning about Painted Skin, what kind of story will the new version of "Painted Skin" be? First of all, we interviewed Director Zhang Huijun, President of Nortel, who announced the establishment of "Painted Skin". ”

Zhang Huijun's interview footage began to be played in the picture, and Zhang Huijun was in good spirits: "I am very happy to establish the project of "Painted Skin", Shao Shuaijun is a Nortel student, and Nortel is proud of him. I read the script of "Painted Skin", and it was very good, and at that time, the heads of many film companies were discussing investment, and everyone believed that it would be an excellent film. The investment amount of 500 million will inevitably ensure the quality of the movie, which is absolutely magical. In fact, we don't need to pay attention to the future achievements of the film now, and I am very pleased to see that our Chinese films have embarked on the road of co-production and large-scale production. 500 million into US dollars is 50 or 60 million, for Hollywood blockbusters that often cost hundreds of millions, it is still a small production, we still have a long way to go in the future, and if we can take this hurdle, it will be a success. ”

After Zhang Huijun, the program team interviewed Wang Zhonglei, the head of Huayi Brothers, one of the investors. Wang Zhonglei said: "For "Painted Skin", we are also looking forward to and exploring, the market for Chinese films is broad, our economy is developing, the construction of cinemas is also developing, the number of screens this year is already more than one and a half times last year, relatively speaking, the market has increased, and the scale of film production has expanded. I think "Painted Skin" is not only a movie, but also a kind of desire for Chinese films by us filmmakers, and we need to use the voice of Chinese to speak the film to the world. ”

Lin Xiaoming, the boss of Hong Kong Universal Films, said in an interview: "The mainland market has become active, and the cooperation between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait and the three places in many fields in recent years has shown us that the real Chinese-language film should be for everyone to cooperate with each other and learn from each other's strengths." For the co-production between the mainland and Hong Kong, I think it is a very good way. Director Shao Shuaijun is a director I admire very much, not only young, but also with unique ideas, and we have discussed a lot of cooperation issues, not only funding, but also the cooperation between mainland and Hong Kong filmmakers. "Painted Skin" is a beginning, the most wonderful beginning of a co-production. ”

At the end of the program, the narrator introduced: "Through everyone's talk about "Painted Skin", we have reason to believe that this movie is not only a crazy investment, but also an innovation of Chinese films, where is the limit of Chinese films, "Painted Skin" will tell you. Well, thank you for watching today's "Beijing Entertainment Report". ”

"Painted Skin" is like a bomb, stirring up the entire entertainment industry beyond measure. Shao Shuaijun ignored all this and began to devote himself wholeheartedly to the preparation of "Painted Skin".

The six investors are Huayi Brothers, Poly Bona, China Film Huana Hengdian, Huaxia Film, Media Asia Variety Film and Television and Huanyu Film, of which Huayi and Bona are private capital in the mainland, Huaxia is state-owned enterprise capital, China Film Warner Hengdian is joint venture capital, and Media Asia and Huanyu are Hong Kong capital, and the investment composition is complex.

In order to guarantee the use and clarity of the funds, there was a huge team of producers and producers from the start. Because it is a co-production, the producer system is adopted, and the producer's authority is only to control the finances, and the producers are Yang Hongtao, Li Wenle, Xu Penghua, Wang Zhonglei, Miao Xiuqiang, and Qi Naizhen, representing six investors. The producers are Shao Shuaijun, Qian Yongqiang, Huang Qunfei, Gao Linbao, and Li Junqi.

Among them, Qian Yongqiang is the assistant director, representing the overall management of "Painted Skin" on behalf of Hong Kong.

These people are not easy to mess with, they have been operating in the production and production industry for many years, and for Shao Shuaijun, how to work with them will be a huge challenge. Only after this challenge can he truly become a great director and master a movie.

After the first 50 million yuan of funds was in place, Shao Shuaijun immediately convened the production team and held a meeting in Shao Shuaijun's studio.

"Director Shao, I'm glad to meet you." Qian Yongqiang is about 50 years old, wears a pair of black-rimmed glasses, and speaks in a voice full of Hong Kong flavor.

"Hello Qian Dao."

Qian Yongqiang is a professional producer, and the next few are a little crooked. Huang Qunfei is the general assistant of China Film Import and Export Corporation, Gao Linbao is a Hong Kong TV drama director, and Li Junqi is a professional producer of Huaxia Films. After introducing himself, Shao Shuaijun took out the storyboard script and began to discuss.

"First of all, I need a few assistant directors to help me share the work, what do I mean, I am responsible for the chief conductor and the shooting of the main line, Director Qian is responsible for the exterior scenes, and Director Gao is responsible for special effects?"

"I'm okay with that."

"I don't care."

"Well, I still need two assistant directors to take charge of the camera, you can recommend it."

Huang Qunfei said quietly: "I'll propose one first, Gao Yang, who just came back from studying in France, helped under several directors of China Film, has good kung fu in costume films, and is a young man with a lot of ideas." ”

"I also mention one, Miao Chenshan, he used to be a scene reporter when he filmed "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", and now he has started filming TV series, and he has a deep understanding of costume romance dramas, I think it is quite appropriate." Li Junqi said.

"Okay, I'll send a notice tomorrow, come over and I'll take a look. Art direction, director of photography, art design, costume design, soundtrack, lighting, sound recording, drama and scene notes, everyone proposed proposals. I have high requirements for these positions, and if I am not a well-known person in the industry, I should not recommend them casually. ”

In the next few days, everyone was discussing the staff candidates, and in the middle, Gao Yang and Miao Chenshan came over, and Shao Shuaijun assessed it, and it was indeed a bit of a standard, so he happily joined the crew. Within a few days, the staff of each unit decided that because it was the largest investment in Chinese films in history, these people received the invitation and did not think much about it at all, and quickly agreed.

On June 18th, the crew held a meeting in Beijing and chartered a box at the Kunlun International Hotel to contact feelings.