"The Martian" is finally about to start filming.

Qin Hailu and his team of six stayed in the training center for a month and finally got out.

The crew held a grand launch conference in Qing Province, and even the provincial leaders came to support it in person.

In fact, the cultural tourism industry in Qinghai Province is a bit backward. It is the first time that Qinghai Province has hosted such a large crew of "The Martian".

By the way, the cultural tourism units and film departments of Qingzhou Province have given great support to "The Martian", with investments, subsidies and sponsorships totaling 40 to 50 million yuan.

Not to mention some policy discounts.

Hongya is really beautiful in summer, but it is too dry and stuffy, which is a severe test for the entire crew.

Cheng Yuan specially arranged two ambulances and enough cold water on the set.

"Okay! Let's try it out. The actors are in place and all departments are ready!"

"Action!"

The main scenes of "The Martian" are quite simple.

The crew set up scenes for these three scenes: Mars, the Earth Aviation Command Center, and the spacecraft cabin.

There are also a few outer space scenes, which require special effects using green screen cutouts.

"The Martian" has no action scenes, but there are still certain dangers, and the Gobi environment changes too quickly.

The whole crew is scrambling for the weather.

And now in July, it’s the Gobi Desert again. Six astronauts have to wear spacesuits weighing more than 40 kilograms for filming, and the conditions can be imagined.

The other five people were all fine, but Xia Yu had to wear a space suit the whole time, and he fainted from heatstroke two days after the filming started.

Yuan Quan, who still stayed on the set to take care of him, was frightened to death.

But there's no way, that's how filming is.

Cheng Yu'an had no choice but to let Xia Yu rest in the hospital first, and now he filmed scenes with the other five astronauts in the cabin.

"The Martian" is expected to be filmed in Hongya for a month, mainly filming scenes where the male protagonist is on Mars, and then it will be transferred back to the capital to film interior scenes.

When Cheng Lingfeng came to Hongya to visit the team after half a month, all the main creatives collectively lost three degrees of darkness and lost a lot of weight.

The gay men, led by Cheng Yuan and Qin Ranqiu, simply worked shirtless on the set.

too hot!

Cheng Lingfeng smiled and said: "If my second uncle (Cheng Yu'an's grandfather) sees you like this, he will definitely scold me for not taking good care of you."

Cheng Yu'an's current appearance is as bad as his old age. His whole body is covered in black and red. Due to the intense shooting and neglect of exercise, the muscles he finally built up have collapsed, and his whole body is even a little skinny.

But fortunately, I ate well every meal and felt full of energy.

"The conditions here are too difficult." Cheng Yuan put a wet towel around his neck, "I thought it would be difficult before, but I didn't expect it to be so difficult. I don't care, these actors have really suffered."

There are only six astronauts who come to Hongya to film. The other five don't have to be stationed on "Mars", which is just a pity for Xia Yu.

Taking off the space suit every day can shed several kilograms of sweat.

Yuan Quan originally stayed on the set for two days and then left, but seeing that Xia Yu couldn't move around like this, fortunately she didn't have much to do this year, so she simply stayed on the set to take care of Xia Yu.

Xia Yu was as enervated as a dead dog every day after the show. Yuan Quan forced him to swallow every meal: "If you don't eat, you will collapse."

Seeing Xia Yu's behavior, she also complained about Cheng Yu'an in front of her husband: "This is not going to kill someone!"

Concern leads to chaos. It’s not that Yuan Quan really thinks Cheng Yuan did something wrong.

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On July 4, the premiere of "The Secret That Cannot Be Told" was held one week before its release.

The premiere ceremony in Beijing is scheduled at the CPPCC Auditorium.

This is Jay Chou's debut self-written and directed film, and he attaches great importance to "The Secret That Cannot Be Told".

After the film was completed, he specially sent the finished film to directors Zhang Yimou, Liu Weiqiang and Zhu Yanping who had collaborated with him, and all three directors responded with their impressions.

At the premiere, a reporter asked him about his future plans in the film industry.

Jay Chou replied: "I want to make more and better movies, and I will learn more about film expertise in the future."

"Is there any director that Jaylen particularly hopes to work with?"

"Yes." Jay Chou nodded, "I want to cooperate with director Cheng Yu'an. I have watched all the movies he made and listened to the songs he wrote. He is a very cool person."

Jay Chou still had certain ambitions for movies at this time.

"I think we can do a lot of learning and communication, both in music and movies."

Of course, Cheng Yu'an studied his music, and he studied Cheng Yu'an's movies.

"But it's a pity that I never had a chance to have an in-depth chat with Director Cheng. We only met once at the Academy Awards."

Then, on the entertainment page the next day, in addition to reporting on "The Secret That Cannot Be Tellable", Cheng Yu'an was also included: "Jay Chou calls out to Cheng Yu'an: I hope to have in-depth exchanges on music and movies."

Needless to say, Jay Chou's popularity, although Cheng Yu'an did not need to rely on the other person's fame, his remarks did attract a lot of attention to Yuan Yuan and Cheng Yu'an.

As a person behind the scenes, Cheng Yu'an's popularity is really not comparable to that of the stars in front of the stage.

Zhou shouted about Cheng Yuan, and many fans of Jay Chou paid attention to Cheng Yuan.

This film director is younger than Jay Chou.

You won’t know if you don’t look at it, but you will be shocked when you look at it.

The first and currently the only director born in the 1980s to have a box office of over 100 million.

After several years of competing in the Lunar New Year period, although I have not won the championship, no one can ignore the box office results achieved.

The most dazzling one on his resume is of course the youngest in history to win the Venice Best Director.

In addition, he won the Best Director at the Shanghai Film Festival and the Best Screenplay at the Academy Awards.

Other directors can live with one director for a lifetime, but Cheng Yu'an has three.

He is the owner of a media company and co-runs it with his sister-in-law. At the beginning of the year, Forbes said his income was 1 million, and his total net worth was conservatively estimated to be 150 million.

The latest blockbuster "The Martian" is aimed at space and is currently being filmed in Hongya, Qinghai Province, with a total investment of over 100 million.

The most important thing is that he is only over 5 years old this year and has no girlfriend or boyfriend.

Of course, Yuanyuan also responded to Jay Chou's call. Cheng Yu'an said: "I like Jay Chou's songs very much. After returning to the capital, we can have the opportunity to communicate and learn together. I hope "The Secret That Cannot Be Tellable" can be a big hit."

When Cheng Yu'an said these words, "The Secret That Cannot Be Tellable" sold 6 million on its first day and 10 million on its first weekend. On August 6, the box office had exceeded 10 million.

It became the highest-grossing domestic film in its opening weekend this year.

On the one hand, it is of course because of Zhou's fans, but on the other hand, it is also related to the fact that currently there are not many good domestic films released.

This year's high-anticipated films "Assembly and Call of Duty" are scheduled for the Lunar New Year, and "Lust, Caution," which won the Venice Golden Lion, will be released in November.

You mean Chen Kaige?

After suffering the loss of "The Promise", I went back to tinkering with "Mei Lanfang" in despair.

Just started production in mid-July.

"Farewell My Concubine" made him think he had found the master key to Peking Opera. After the failure of "The Promise", he quickly launched "Mei Lanfang".

Of course, the outside world is extremely optimistic, with Li Ming and Zhang Ziyi as escorts, and Mr. Xiaomei personally serving as art consultant.

It is also Chen Kaige's most "specialized" Peking Opera theme, and people expect him to create the myth of "Farewell My Concubine".
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