Director’s Legend

"Counting down, ten, nine, eight...three, two, one, take off!"

In the helicopter, Shao Shuaijun looked at the monitor on the left side of the back seat, while the photographer held the imax camera fixed at the door on the right. In this scene, after Thomas kills someone, he relaxes on the top of the building and overlooks the entire city. This section is a silent film, so no speaking is required.

But it will be accompanied by inner narration, highlighting Thomas's excitement as a self-proclaimed "night watcher".

Jake Gyllenhaal stood at the very edge of the top of the building, and he could fall down at any time if the wind blew. But it doesn't matter. There is a hidden mechanism in his shoes. There is a rope tied to his ankle. If he accidentally falls, the rope is connected from the sole of the shoe to the railing, so he cannot fall.

However, this is the Sears Tower, the tallest building in Chicago. It is 443 meters tall and cannot be seen clearly by anyone looking at the ground. In addition, it was still night, and it took almost half an hour for Gyllenhaal to stand up. He swayed many times in the wind before he stabilized his body, crossed his arms and looked down at the entire city.

"Turn around, I need to circle around here and get the entire city of Chicago on camera!"

Through the monitor, Shao Shuaijun was intoxicated by the cool footage of this scene.

When the last "card" was shouted out, Gyllenhaal almost climbed down softly, lying on the ground gasping for air. The feeling of his life hanging by a thread made his scalp numb...

During his break from filming, Shao Shuaijun took time to fly to the Baodao Provincial Capital Arena to attend the 43rd Baodao Film Golden Horse Awards. This time at the Golden Horse Awards, Ning Hao will be disappointed again. "Golden Heist" has not been nominated since Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers. Once again, there were no nominations for the Golden Horse Awards. Fortunately, Ning Hao has an easy-going personality and is currently tinkering with new movies and doesn't pay much attention to awards.

Shao Shuaijun's "Love Is Not Blind" won two nominations for Best New Actor (Wen Zhang) and Best Adapted Screenplay.

And "Painted Skin" won the best feature film, best director, best actor (Chen Kun), best actress (Zhou Xun), best cinematography (Huang Yuetai), best visual effects, best Nine nominations for art design, best action design (Dong Wei), and best original film song ("Painted Heart").

Although it is not as domineering as Chen Kexin's "If Love" with twelve nominations, it is still a king-level movie.

Two years ago, Shao Shuaijun walked on the red carpet of the Golden Horse Awards. He was accompanied by director Li Yu. At that time, Li Yu's "Hulk" failed and his popularity suffered severely, but Shao Shuaijun still overwhelmed Shao Shuaijun. At that time, Shao Shuaijun was basically a supporting role. Now he walks the red carpet with Zhou Xun. The applause and cheers were spectacular.

"What is coming to us now is Mr. Shao Shuaijun, the international director. His films "Source Code" and "Painted Skin" have both received over 100 million U.S. dollars in global box office, among which "Painted Skin" has reached 200 million U.S. dollars, which is comparable to He is called the new generation king of Chinese-language films! Let’s go interview him. And the beauty Zhou Xun beside him.”

The red carpet host did something strange to the live camera. Then he quickly started interviewing Shao Shuaijun: "Director Shao. With so many nominations today, which one do you feel most confident about?"

Shao Shuaijun smiled lightly and said: "It doesn't matter whether I win the award or not, being nominated is a kind of affirmation for me."

"So do you think Zhou Xun can win the Best Actress?"

"I'm very sure. I'm wondering whether she will win the award for "Painted Skin" or "If Love." Shao Shuaijun pretended to think for a moment. Tonight's weekly news is also the focus of attention. She has received two nominations for "Painted Skin" and "If Love", and she is very likely to win the best actress.

"So Zhou Xun, do you think Director Shao can win the best director?"

"Whether he wins an award or not, Shao Shuaijun is the best director in my mind!" Zhou Xun's words sounded especially beautiful to Shao Shuaijun's ears.

After the awards ceremony began, Shao Shuaijun's heartbeat accelerated slightly. Although the Golden Horse Award is not an international award, it is one of the three major awards in Chinese-language films. Naturally, he hopes to win more awards.

"The winner of the Best Art Design Award is - "Painted Skin"!"

Huang Jiahui happily went on stage to receive the award.

"The winner for Best Original Film Song is - "Painted Heart" from "Painted Skin"!"

Zhang Liangying went on stage to receive the award and sang the song "Painting Heart".

"The winner of the Best Cinematography Award is - "Painted Skin"!"

Huang Yuetai raised the trophy excitedly.

"The one that won the best visual effect is - "Painted Skin"!"

Producer Wang Zhonglei came on stage to receive the award.

"Painted Skin" received a lot of compliments and won four awards in a row. Although they were not important awards, they also proved the success of "Painted Skin". As for "33 Days Out of Love", it didn't win a single award. Soon, the final part of the night arrived, which was also the most significant award for Shao Shuaijun tonight, the Best Director Award.

He has made many blockbuster movies, but his directing ability has never been recognized by any awards, which has always been his regret. Tonight, I wonder if "Painted Skin" can help him win the first major award in his life, the Best Director Award!

The award presenters were Sandra Ng and Eric Tsang. They made fun of several directors. The nominees for best director this time were Johnnie To for "Exile", Su Zhaobin for "The Silk", Chen Kexin for "If Love" and Shao Shuaijun for "Painted Skin". . After laughing, Zeng Zhiwei began to read the list: "The winner of the 43rd Golden Horse Award for Best Director is..."

Shao Shuaijun started to get nervous, his hands in his trouser pockets became sweaty. There is a feeling in the chest that is almost unbearable, as if every word spoken by the two people on the stage is suffocating.

It felt like a long time, but in fact it was only a few seconds.

I saw Zeng Zhiwei tearing up the paper and loudly saying to Wu Junru: "Best Director Chen Kexin!"

"Ouch!"

The crew of "If Love" burst into loud cheers.

Shao Shuaijun suddenly lost his energy, and he felt a huge sense of loss, which made his face turn pale.

Another failed bid for Best Director.

On the stage, Wu Junru carefully found Chen Kexin's name on the torn pieces of paper, and then shouted loudly to the audience: "You are finally worthy of me!" Chen Kexin then stood up and walked to the stage, because he was Wu Junru's husband.

"Junzi, it's okay, it's just a Golden Horse Award." Wang Zhonglei comforted him.

"I'm fine." Shao Shuaijun smiled reluctantly, and then clapped. Although it was extremely regrettable, Shao Shuaijun was no longer the first brother. He quickly adjusted his mentality and continued to watch the award ceremony. After Best Director, it’s the turn of Best Actress.

Yang Caini and Guo Fucheng took the stage to present the Best Actress award. Zhou Xun held his hands tightly, feeling uneasy.

Shao Shuaijun also forced himself to keep his spirits up and waited for the announcement of the results. Without a lip-smacking director, winning the Best Actress was a consolation.

"The winner of the Best Actress award is——" Guo Fucheng deliberately delayed, and then said loudly, "Zhou Xun, from "If Love"!"

"Oh!" Zhou Xun jumped up suddenly, hugged Shao Shuaijun, and then ran to the "If Love" crew and hugged Chen Kexin tightly.

Wang Zhonglei clapped his hands and snorted from his nose: "The Golden Horse Award is really strange. Since Zhou Xun won the award for "If Love", why was it arranged for us? Isn't this deliberately embarrassing? Junzi, what do you think? , Zhou Xun, should you come back and sit down later or go over there?"

Shao Shuaijun looked at the crew of "If Love" and saw that there were still vacancies. It didn't matter if he didn't win before, it was arranged by the organizer, but now no matter what Zhou Xun chooses, it seems he will offend the other party.

"Why bother, do we still care about this?" Shao Shuaijun said generously, and then patted Huang Jiahui, who was sitting outside, "When the news comes back next week, you can point her directly to the crew of "If Love", don't make it difficult for her. people."

The decline of Baodao movies has always relied on Hong Kong movies to support the Golden Horse Awards. Now Hong Kong movies have also declined. Mainland movies have begun to rise and have begun to take over the traditional territory of Hong Kong. However, there is some gap after all, and the Golden Horse Awards are not open enough to mainland films.

No matter what their reasons were, Shao Shuaijun had a good personal relationship with Zhou Xun and he didn't want to make her look bad. Since you can't win the award, then show your magnanimity.

"The winner of the Best Actor is Guo Fucheng!"

After winning Best Director and Best Actress, "Painted Skin" lost yet another win, with Aaron Kwok taking away the Best Actor award for "Father and Son." Seeing Guo Fucheng's five-minute acceptance speech, Shao Shuaijun's face became increasingly ugly. Three of the four awards had already been won.

Chen Kun was even more depressed, and the entire crew was extremely depressed. Originally, with the momentum of "Painted Skin" winning awards before, it was very likely that it would win again in the future, but now, the situation is really depressing.

It’s even more depressing at the back.

"The winner for Best Drama Film is - "Fathers and Sons"!"

The camera panned across the crew of "Painted Skin", and there was little applause, especially from Shao Shuaijun, who didn't even smile. If he hadn't felt like he could win Best Director this year, he wouldn't have delayed the filming of "The Night Watcher" and come all the way to do it. But now that all four heavyweight awards have failed, I feel so aggrieved and angry that I can't put into words.

"Brother Lei, you take the "Painted Skin" crew to have a good meal, and I will go back to the United States to continue filming!"

After the show, countless reporters came over to interview Shao Shuaijun. Shao Shuaijun just said hello to Wang Zhonglei, then strode away without accepting any interviews, and flew to the United States overnight.

…

"After Guo Fucheng and Zhou Xun were awarded the title of emperor, Chen Kexin won the best director!"

"Kwok Fook-cheng and Wu Jingtao's 'Father and Son' show their prestige, and "If Love" competes at the Golden Horse Awards."

"Four technical awards, "Painted Skin" is the biggest failure!"

"Three attempts at the Golden Horse Awards failed three times. Shao Shuaijun refused to be interviewed by reporters!"

""Painted Skin" was not a hit at the box office, and all of the 'Big Four' failed!"

"The Golden Horse Award has declined. We focused on literature and art and missed "Painted Skin"!" (To be continued...)

ps:  Thanks to Hobby = Hooligan and Nicholas Tse for the reward, and thanks to Hobby = Hooligan and Silver Ingot Shanren for the evaluation.