On Monday, the ninth day of the new year, Zhang Yuanjun and Yu Feihong and his group flew to Chuncheng, Yunnan Province.

participated in "Love Has an Afterlife", and Zhang Yuanjun knew why the cost of this film would float so high.

Not to mention the cost of film, this thing is really burning money.

This is Teacher Yu's dream for 10 years, which leads to her desire to control the perverted details of the movie.

Some things that are not a problem in the eyes of other directors will be extremely important to her, such as the setting, she has to take people to spend half a year, travel all over the country, and finally find a suitable location in Yunnan Province, and then spend money to build the scene - the main scenes of "Love Has an Afterlife" are almost all improvised.

This kind of work is done in the grassland of Bashang, which is closest to Beijing.

It also saves the need to bring people from the capital to Yunnan Province, which is time-consuming, laborious and costly.

The mountainous areas of Yunnan Province, with complex terrain and elusive climate, are far less convenient than the grasslands on the dam.

On "Love Has an Afterlife", Yu Feihong wrote, directed, acted, and produced in one, and no one in the entire crew dared to do anything against her.

In fact, from the perspective of Zhang Yuanjun, an outsider, Mr. Yu should at least hand over the production to an experienced old man, and she can't spend money on her temperament.

But as I said before, this is Teacher Yu's dream for 10 years, and she does not allow others to interfere.

When the crew arrived at the start-up location Tengchong, it was already the early morning of the next day.

After checking in at the hotel, Zhang Yuanjun asked: "How far is the filming location from the hotel?" ”

"We're up in Gaoligong Mountain, and it's a few hours drive away."

Zhang Yuanjun found another reason for the high cost of the movie, such a journey, the daily carriage and horse fare is not a small amount.

When a director makes his debut, he can't wait to break a penny into two cents, but Mr. Yu is good, how to be extravagant.

Gradually, Zhang Yuanjun changed his thinking, and said that "Love Has an Afterlife" was Mr. Yu's dream for 10 years.

Is it a director's dream? Do you have to play Ah Jiu's dream by yourself?

Neither.

It's simply "I'm going to make this story".

It's so capricious.

Teacher Yu is 36 years old this year, it can be said that her life has been smooth, coupled with her good family background, it is good to say that she does not know the suffering of the world, or to say that she is idealistic, in general, Teacher Yu is very "girly".

This also caused her to spend money and not count it.

On the day of the start of the 2nd, not many media came to report, after all, no one wants to run into the mountains for a literary film on this cold day.

On March 2, the directorial debut of Fairy Yu Feihong "Love Has an Afterlife" was launched in Tengchong Gaoligong Mountain Scenic Area. The movie tells a poignant and romantic love story, and the male protagonist is played by the popular student Zhang Yuanjun. On the day of the start-up, Zhang Yuanjun appeared in a moon-white robe, and the whole person was handsome and extraordinary, which caused the fans on the scene to scream. ”

The story of "Love Has an Afterlife" takes place in the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, this is the first time Zhang Yuanjun has worn a robe, not to mention, it is really good-looking.

"Just by looking at your appearance, I know I'm not picking the wrong person." Teacher Yu was 10,000 percent satisfied with Zhang Yuanjun's appearance.

Zhang Yuanjun is handsome, handsome, and gentle in this robe, which is in line with the character setting of Ah Ming who has read sage books since he was a child.

But his acting skills can add two points of unruly gangsterism to Ah Ming, after all, Ah Ming grew up in a bandit's den, and it is not good to be too bookish and angry.

These two temperaments are mixed in the same person, which makes the crew praise Mr. Yu for his insight, "Such a good actor was selected." ”

"Am I supposed to sit on the ground and raise the price?" Zhang Yuanjun starred in "Love Has an Afterlife" and got the same salary as Teacher Yu who starred in "Rise to Fame" two years ago, 100,000 yuan.

"The contracts have been signed, and it's too late for you to raise prices." Yu Feihong smiled, "Okay, don't play, get ready to prepare, let's start filming." ”

When you really shoot it, you will find out how detailed Yu Feihong is when he is the director.

She really looks like Akira Kurosawa is the kind of person who stops the whole crew in order to wait for a cloud.

On the first day of shooting, except for some exterior aerial shots and non-dialogue long shots, there was no other plot clips!

asked her what was wrong, she said it, and the actor played it again, but she still couldn't.

That's it.

Then return to the hotel from the scenic area, it took nearly 2 hours on the way.

The filming of "Love Has an Afterlife" reminded Zhang Yuanjun of when he was filming "Condor" in Yandang Mountain.

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Following the announcement of the jury of the main competition unit in January, the Organizing Committee of the Cannes Film Festival announced the first batch of 10 films shortlisted for the main competition unit of the 60th Festival this year on the first Tuesday after the Lantern Festival.

Among them, the opening film is "Blueberry Night" by Wang Jiawei, chairman of the jury of the last film festival.

Cannes 60, this year's main competition unit is particularly good-looking, and many films by famous directors have been shortlisted.

But one of the films from the United States caught the attention of the Chinese media:

"Buried Alive" by Rodrigo Cortez.

This is Rodrigo's first feature film, and the first feature film can be shortlisted for the main competition unit in Cannes, which is already a very powerful achievement for a new director.

But it was not the director Rodrigo who attracted domestic attention, but the actor of the film, and the only character who appeared in "Buried Alive", John· Yong's actor Zhang Yuanjun.

Zhang Yuanjun's entry into Hollywood was already in the news last year, but many audiences, including the media, still don't know what film Zhang Yuanjun made.

At this time, the film was officially unveiled and shortlisted for the main competition unit in Cannes, rekindling the curiosity of the media.

Of course, behind this upsurge of attention is indispensable to the boost of Huayi and China Film.

"Buried Alive" has the investment of the two of them, and they also learned the news of the film's finalism before the outside world, and have been making publicity plans.

Han Dong and Wang Zhonglei are crazy today.

The Hollywood film that was invested in was shortlisted for the main competition in Cannes, what is it?

For Han Dong, this is a political achievement.

For Wang Zhonglei, this is the best proof that the company goes to sea, and he can use this story to finance another amount of money!

Although China Film and Huayi take fixed income on "Buried Alive" and do not participate in global account sharing, as long as Wang, Han, and Zhang don't say it, who can know!

Moreover, the three parties also agreed in advance that China Film and Huayi would use "Buried Alive" to tell stories, and Zhang Yuanjun had to cooperate with them and not cut their roots.

Otherwise, China Film and Huayi have a total investment of more than 7 million US dollars, so easy to get?

Can Zhang Yuanjun earn 5 million for nothing?

China Film and Huayi are both promoting the entry of "Buried Alive" into Cannes, and China Film said that it will participate in the global distribution, "The success of "Buried Alive" provides a good demonstration for Chinese film investment overseas. ”

Huayi said that he contracted "more than half of the investment" of the film, and "we will participate in the global account sharing of the film, which is a milestone for Huayi Film's overseas commemoration." ”

The reporter went to Yunnan Province to interview the actor, and Zhang Yuanjun responded: "It's an honor to be shortlisted for Cannes, I don't dare to think about winning the award, being shortlisted is a success." ”

Liu Yifei, who was far away in the capital to rehearse the drama, was a little discouraged:

"He's all in Cannes, and I haven't captured anything."

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