Chapter 135 "Your Name" Premiere (Part 1)

Director Kaigo didn't say anything in the end. He was a rather indecisive person.

Wu Yuan had no other choice but to persuade him to shoot "The Promise" later.

"Painted Skin" might not be released in 2005. Even if it could, it would probably be in November or December.

He really didn't want to compete with "The Promise" at the same time.

Even if he insisted on releasing it ten days or half a month before "The Promise", by the time "The Promise" was released, it would have eaten up a large part of the film schedule and market.

It should be said that although "The Promise" was criticized after its release, the movie did take more than 100 million yuan at the box office!

Although this movie was criticized, the gimmick of a top director + fantasy movie is still full.

Among the movies released in December 2005, "The Promise" sold 179 million, "A Chinese Odyssey" sold 50 million, and "A Thousand Miles Alone" sold 30 million.

All three are works that are hard to describe.

If Painted Skin squeezes in, even if it has a good reputation, it can only get a box office of about 100 million, which is really low.

If there is no The Promise, Painted Skin may get more than 200 million in this period, crushing the other two movies.

The other two movies really can't compete with Painted Skin for the market.

The market is so small, if The Promise can be fooled to 2006, then Painted Skin will be really happy.

It's a pity that this kind of thing can't be persuaded by Wu Yuan in a few words, and in the end Director Kai Ge was only slightly moved.

Afterwards, Wu Yuan chatted with these big directors for a while, arranged a sumptuous lunch for them, and began to prepare for the premiere in the afternoon.

It can only be described in one word.

Busy!

Very busy!

When it was Pirates of the Caribbean, all the arrangements for the premiere were handled by Disney, and Wu Yuan only needed to sit in the interview seat.

Although Wu Yuan did not arrange a press interview session for the premiere of "Your Name" in China, he was busy with the reception of guests.

Standing in the main hall of the National Grand Theater with the leading actors of the crew, Wu Yuan had to receive a group of guests every five minutes, listening to the noisy shouting and photo-taking of reporters on the red carpet outside.

"Professors, thank you for your hard work."

"Sister Ziyi, please come in."

"Director Han, please come in."

Groups of guests, all well-known filmmakers in China, were personally led into the screening room by Wu Yuan to rest.

Hu Ge, Liu Yifei and others who followed him did not dare to breathe.

Everyone here is a rare big star for these little actors.

Look, another big star has arrived.

Gong Li, wearing a black Armani haute couture dress, walked into the National Grand Theater from the red carpet like a noble black swan.

These days, she is the only one in China who can have a top European luxury brand prepare a custom dress for her.

International Zhang is not qualified to do so, she has to borrow from top luxury brands herself.

Seeing Gong Huang arrive, Wu Yuan immediately stepped forward and greeted politely: "Sister Gong Li, welcome to the premiere of my new movie."

Gong Huang is worthy of being Gong Huang, exuding a majestic and elegant temperament. She smiled at Wu Yuan and said lightly: "How can I not come after receiving the invitation from Director Wu?"

This is true.

Now only Wu Yuan can invite Gong Li and Zhang Yimou to the premiere at the same time.

They haven't reconciled yet, and are in a stalemate period. They don't appear in the same occasion.

But Wu Yuan invited them, and they all came to participate.

"You're welcome." Wu Yuan smiled and nodded. He was still a little vain to be said by Gong Huang.

And Liu Yifei, who was standing behind her, stared at Gong Li with shining eyes. This is her idol in her acting career!

Her face flushed, and she was so excited that her voice trembled as she said, "Hello, Mr. Gong Li, I am the actress Liu Yifei, I like your movies very much!"

She still didn't dare to say the word "idol".

"Hmm?" Gong Huang tilted her head to look at Liu Yifei, her smile gradually deepened, and she looked back and forth between Wu Yuan and Liu Yifei, "You are the heroine of this movie, right?"

After seeing Liu Yifei nod, she said, "It is a very lucky thing for a newcomer to play in Director Wu's work. I hope you can grasp this luck."

Perhaps thinking of something, Gong Huang's smile was a little disappointed, "Director Wu, then I will go in first."

"Please."

Next, the invited guests arrived one after another, and each of them caused the exclamations of reporters on both sides of the red carpet outside, followed by a round of crazy shooting.

Although the premiere of "Your Name" was not as impressive as "Hero" in terms of momentum, the premiere of "Your Name" far exceeded "Hero" in terms of star brilliance.

In particular, when the last guest arrived, the reporters outside were stunned.

"Why is Cheng Long here too?"

"I haven't heard that Director Wu knows Cheng Long?"

"Have they met in Hollywood?"

"Never mind, take pictures!"

Hundreds of reporters gathered outside, all pointed their cameras at Cheng Long.

Cheng Long's influence in the Chinese entertainment industry is even more exaggerated than 20 years later.

He is very popular in Hollywood, and now he is at the peak of popularity!

Although he is definitely not as good as Wu Yuan in Hollywood in terms of status, he is a public star and Wu Yuan is a director.

In the eyes of many reporters at the scene, Cheng Long was definitely given a chance to attend Wu Yuan's film premiere.

But in the inner hall, the situation is different.

As soon as Cheng Long entered the inner hall, he smiled quickly and walked towards Wu Yuan, holding his hand firmly.

"Director Wu, why did everyone else invite me to the premiere of the new movie?" Cheng Long pretended to be dissatisfied and said, "If Ziyi hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known about it!"

Yes, he came to the premiere of "Your Name" on his own initiative.

"I'm not afraid of delaying your work." Wu Yuan smiled and hugged him: "You have so many work arrangements at home and abroad."

"Eh." Cheng Long shook his head repeatedly: "No matter how busy you are, I still have to come to the premiere of your new movie."

Cheng Long was filming "New Police Story" in Hong Kong Island. As soon as he heard that Wu Yuan had a new movie to be released, he asked for leave with the crew and flew directly to the capital.

"Please come inside, please come inside." Wu Yuan also had a bright smile on his face.

In any case, Cheng Long came to cheer him up, which was a very honorable thing at the moment.

Cheng Long was already the last guest to arrive. Wu Yuan, the reporters behind him, didn't care. Naturally, there were staff to arrange for them to watch the movie.

Wu Yuan took Cheng Long and the actors of the crew to the screening room.

When the guests who were already in the screening room saw Wu Yuan and Cheng Long walking in side by side, except for the four major directors, Gong Huang, and International Zhang, the others also exclaimed like the reporters outside.

When did Wu Yuan meet Cheng Long?

Why did Cheng Long come to support Wu Yuan?

Two questions suddenly appeared in many people's minds.

When Director Han saw the two people walking in while chatting hotly, his heart immediately became excited.

Wouldn't it be great if these two actors and directors, both well-known in Hollywood, collaborated on a mainland blockbuster?

The combined influence of these two people is probably greater than that of Zhang Yimou's "Hero"!

But how to bring two people together to work together?

Director Han became worried again.

"Come on, come on, sit down quickly." Wu Yuan didn't know that Director Han was a flirt, so he happily took Cheng Long to sit next to the four directors, which was in the second row.

On the left are the four major directors, and on the right are Gong Li and International Zhang. No one else has this kind of treatment.

After Cheng Long sat down and started communicating with Chen Kaige, Wu Yuan led the leading actors of the crew to the bottom of the screen.

A staff member handed over the microphone.

Logically speaking, this is usually the time when the main creators talk about how hard and difficult it was to shoot the movie, how beautiful the movie is, and what a special and novel experience it will bring to everyone.

But Wu Yuan just didn't follow the routine.

He doesn't like to have long talks at premieres, so inviting guests to the premiere means just inviting everyone to watch a movie together.

Wu Yuan picked up the microphone and said neatly: "Thank you everyone for coming to support me and attend the premiere of "My Name"."

"This is my second commercial film in China after three years since "The Night the Comet Came."

"Hope you guys will enjoy the movie."

After saying that, he took the leading actors back to sit in the front row.

They were not even given a chance to speak.

No matter it is Hu Ge or Liu Yifei, after seeing so many top actors and directors at the premiere in a few days, they have already been nervous to death, not to mention the other supporting actors, whose hands and feet are trembling with nervousness.

They really don't have the courage to talk in front of these big names.

Following Wu Yuan and quickly sitting back in the first row, they breathed a sigh of relief.

"Is this the end of the speech?" Jiang Wen, who was sitting in the second row, said blankly, "That's so damn easy."

No one responded to him, and the lights in the theater dimmed.

The logos of Light and Shadow Times and China Film Group lit up one after another, and then the familiar dragon logo appeared on the screen.

As the dragon logo also dimmed, all the whispers fell silent, and the movie officially began.

The opening scene is a beautiful scene of a meteor shower streaking across the night sky.

Seven or eight brilliant meteors streaked across the sky, fell onto the clouds, and then passed through the clouds and fell straight to the ground.

The camera has been following the meteorite as it passes through the clouds and then falls.

This is a picture made entirely with special effects, but it is extremely realistic.

A shot that only lasts for ten seconds is enough to attract the attention of all viewers.

There has really never been such a special effects scene in a domestic movie.

"Tsk, tsk, just these few seconds will cost millions, right?" Director Feng sighed in a low voice.

On the screen, the movie continues.

As the meteorite was about to fall to the ground, the scene suddenly stopped and fell into darkness.

The voice of the heroine Mitsuha sounded from the loudspeakers on both sides.

"When I woke up in the morning, I didn't know why I was crying."

"Things like this happen from time to time."

The screen lit up again, but it was Lin Wenjie, the male protagonist played by Hu Ge, sitting on the bed and staring blankly at a tear in the palm of his hand.

"I've obviously had dreams, but I can't always remember them."

"only."

A ray of light lit up, splitting the scene into two halves. In different bedrooms on both sides, Lin Wenjie and Sanye were sitting on the bed, staring blankly at the tears in their hands.

"I just feel like I've forgotten someone important."

The camera quickly zoomed up, the scorching sun in the distance was looming in the clouds, and the movie title written in thin gold script lit up on the screen.

"your name"

Directed by Wu Yuan.

The movie theme song sung by Mayday sounded.

With intense pop rock accompaniment and Ashin's youthful voice, the images on the screen keep jumping.

Lin Wenjie was holding a bun in his mouth, wearing a high school uniform with a white shirt and a suit that is only available in the capital, and trotted to the bus stop.

Luo Sanye, who was wearing a classic big-pocket sports uniform, tied her hair with a red hairband and hurriedly said "I won't eat breakfast" to her grandma. Under the eyes of her sister, "It's like this again." He trotted out of the house.

On one side are modern cities filled with high-rise buildings, and on the other side are rural towns with green mountains and green waters.

Two worlds and the lives of two high school students with different situations are constantly interspersed on the screen.

No background introduction is needed. Through such a short scene, all viewers know the identity and background of the two male and female protagonists.

As the theme song gradually comes to an end, there is another freeze-frame scene where the screen is split on both sides. One of the male and female protagonists is on a high building and the other is on the mountainside looking up at the sky.

The main film officially begins here.

"Wenjie, don't you remember?"

"My name is Sanye."

With a snap, Luo Sanye woke up from the bed and looked around the room in confusion.

Although the walls are peeling off and the wooden windows are a bit crude, there is no doubt that this is a room full of feminine atmosphere.

There was still a bit of panic on Luo Sanye's face, as if he had woken up from a nightmare, and he lowered his head and looked at his body.

"Sister, what are you doing?" My sister, who was leaning at the door at some point, asked with a puzzled look on her face.

"I'm thinking, this thing is really real." Luo Sanye replied subconsciously, then realized and pointed at himself: "Eh, me? Sister?"

"Sister, what are you talking about in your sleep?" Luo Siye shouted impatiently: "It's time to eat, get up quickly!"

"You ask me to call you every day, is there anyone like you like a sister?"

With a "dong" sound, the door was slammed shut.

There was laughter in the screening room.

Chen Kaige shook his head and laughed: "The male and female protagonists swap bodies. This setting is quite interesting."

Liu Yifei, who was sitting in the first row, heard the laughter coming from her ears, and her entire earlobes turned red.

When filming this scene, she was so embarrassed. It was really shameful to do such a thing in front of the camera teacher and Wu Yuan.

Fortunately, it seems that the audience responded well to this scene.

"Zi——"

The scene in the movie changed again, Luo Siye was frying eggs in the kitchen.

Putting the fried eggs on the dining table, she smiled and said to her sister and grandma sitting on both sides: "You can eat!"

She enthusiastically packed the rice and served it to her grandma and sister.

"Well, today is finally normal." Grandma took the rice and smiled happily.

"Yesterday was really bad." My sister said in agreement.

"Huh?" Luo Sanye, who was serving himself a meal, was stunned, "What do you mean?"

She wasn't the only one stunned.

All the guests who were watching the movie were also stunned.

what does this mean?

What happened yesterday?

Looking at the beginning, the male protagonist must have just swapped bodies with the heroine, right?

Also, why is it that after switching bodies for the first time, the male protagonist can so skillfully display the temperament of a "cook" and communicate so well with the heroine's family?

Did we miss a plot point?

Only Wu Yuan raised the corner of his mouth slightly, revealing a sinister smile.

I have to write three chapters today and finish the movie adaptation in one go. However, the third chapter should be released after midnight. You can watch it in one go tomorrow.