Director’s Legend

After the speech of Xindian Technology, the freshman ceremony was basically over. Shao Shuaijun and a group of people surrounded the vice premier and got into the car. The deputy prime minister has a lot of opportunities every day, and being able to attend this restaurant is to give the sky a big face, so naturally he will not stay for dinner.

After getting in the car, the vice premier rolled down the car window and said to Shao Shuaijun: "The speech was thought-provoking. We are lucky to have more generous and elegiac people in the Chinese film circle. Xiao Shao, you must lead the pursuit of dreams and do your best for Chinese films down-to-earth." Do your best, and the country will support you in the future.”

"Please rest assured, Prime Minister, we dare not do our best to pursue our dreams."

"That's good, you all go back, I have to leave beforehand."

After seeing off the prime minister, the leaders of Radio and Television, the Ministry of Culture, and Beijing City also left one after another. Shao Shuaijun and Zhang Yimou took a few directors with them and went for a drink. They are all directors, no matter what their hobbies are, they always speak the same language and can talk together. After ordering food and wine, everyone chatted.

"Shuai Jun scolded me very much today, and scolded well. We used to be immersed in self-entertainment, and we went into a misunderstanding without knowing it." Zhang Yimou said with a glass of wine, "Our current movies are not booming, but It’s the downturn. Many new movie theaters have opened, especially Shuaijun’s Wanda Cinemas, which has grown so fast in the past two years. It is the largest theater chain in the country, but we don’t have any movies to show.”

Jia Zhangke said: "I remember the last time I went to Xingmei Cinema and looked at the show schedule. There are seven shows a day, "Transformers", "Painted Skin", "Inception", "Ice Age 1, 2", "Crazy Stone" and "Spider-Man" were covered by Shuai Jun and Hollywood. This is not the release date. But the best test of a movie's quality, counting and counting, are just a few."

"Old Jia, what you said is not entirely true. Some movies are not bad, but there is no chance to show them at all. There are not many theaters to show them during the release period. What's more, in the future, if they are made, they will be thrown away. Good audience I have no chance to see it either." Wang Xiaoshuai said.

"Xiao Shuai, you will complain. First of all, you need to know what you are shooting. You are making a literary film. It makes you confused. Of course no one will watch it." Zhang Yimou said with a joke.

"Shuai Jun's shooting is not a literary film. "500 Days with Summer" has chaotic editing and lengthy shots. It is not much smoother than ours. But this mainland is probably going to cost more than 200 million. What do you want me to think? .It’s just that no one gave us a movie anyway.”

Shao Shuaijun laughed, Wang Xiaoshuai's resentment did not accumulate in a day or two, many directors have resentment. Complain about the problems with the scheduling of the film. He casually said, "Don't complain. Although I own shares in Wanda Cinemas, it is also the main operation of our dream pursuit, but the arrangement of the movie is decided by the higher authorities. "500 Days with Summer" has opened up word of mouth in North America. , Radio and TV watched it without cutting it before getting enough film volume. Besides, my editing relies on skill, not random editing, which is much better than yours."

A few people often hurt each other for fun, and it doesn't matter if they hurt a few words.

Wang Xiaoshuai was speechless, and then said: "Aren't you going to make a commercial film? How come you squeezed into the ditch of literary and artistic films to grab our jobs? Director Zhang's "Love in the Hawthorn Tree", your "He Shamo" 500 Days of China, with such a commotion, we won’t be able to sell our literary films in the future, and we won’t even have an excuse to hide our shame. If your films sell well, can we just lose money?”

"In fact, what is a literary film and what is a commercial film is a story. It depends on which aspect you focus on. If you focus on storytelling, you are a commercial film. If you focus on reasoning, you are a literary film. It doesn't have to be "Inception". This kind of special effects and big scenes are commercial films. The reason why commercial films are more successful may be because they put the truth in the story. After watching a story, you accept the truth without knowing it. Literary films are too reasonable, and you reduce the storytelling. I feel that no one likes to listen to other people's rationale all day long, except for film judges."

Zhang Yimou smiled: "You are resentful. You have made so many blockbuster movies, but you just don't win awards, haha."

Shao Shuaijun shook his beer: "It's good for me to make money, anyway, I'm still young, so there are plenty of opportunities. By the way, Director Zhang, last time I recommended two films from the Youth League of Directors, were they both good?"

""Night.club" is a bit like the rocks you made back then. It's a low-budget comedy. It's okay to watch. It's unrealistic for you to expect it to make a lot of money. But it is a good investment for the Youth Daomen League At least it’s much better than those messy movies in the past two years.” Zhang Yimou thought for a while and said, “Zhang Mo’s "Life is Beautiful" seems to have changed its name to "No Longer Let You Be Alone", and she didn't show it to me. Not sure yet."

"The filming is not bad. With you as a great director as my mother, she learned a lot. The filming is unhurried and full of tension. The emotional scenes are especially valuable." Jia Zhangke said.

"It depends on her ability. If I don't have the ability, I will pay more attention to it, and the audience will not buy it. I originally wanted her to learn from me for a few years, but who knew that when the Youth League came out, she kicked me away. "

"You have to give her a chance to use it. Maybe Zhang Mo is the female version of Shao Shuaijun."

"Ha ha."

Shao Shuaijun waved his hand: "Don't be me. I'm arrogant and arrogant. If Zhang Mo can't learn it, it's best not to learn from me."

"People don't frivolously waste youth. Some people want to be crazy but can't be crazy. For example, Wang Xiaoshuai, have you made money after making movies for so many years? If you don't make money, you can only be a bum." Jia Zhang belittled Wang Xiaoshuai with a smile.

Wang Xiaoshuai snorted: "You are not much better. With the money given by Lao Mei, you make some kitsch Western movies. If all Chinese directors are like you, it will be ruined."

"I'm comfortable. I just take foreigners' money and make Chinese movies for foreigners to watch. So what. I will shoot whatever foreigners like to watch, and give them political lessons by the way. How good it is."

Drinking, bragging, insulting each other, the meal is over, they are all busy people, did not talk much, and left in a hurry. Shao Shuaijun also returned home, preparing to continue his and Li Xiuxiu's two-person world, he had to take advantage of this little free time tonight, and spend a little more time with Li Xiuxiu, and tomorrow he would continue to be a trapeze artist.

"I drank so much wine that I smelled of alcohol all over my body. Quickly change your clothes and go wash them." After opening the door, Li Xiuxiu could smell Shao Shuaijun's body reeking of alcohol.

Shao Shuaijun laughed, and took a sip with his arms around Li Xiuxiu: "I don't drink much wine, and I don't like to drink too much. When I was clinking wine glasses with Wang Xiaoshuai, I spilled a little on purpose. I didn't know how to do it, and it spilled on my clothes."

"Hey, you haven't mastered the tricks on the wine table yet?" Li Xiuxiu said angrily and funny, and brought a pair of slippers for Shao Shuaijun to change into.

"Give me a speech today. I scolded several of their directors. I was not happy, so I wanted to think about putting me down on the wine table. Unfortunately, I made a fuss first. Jia Zhangke and Wang Xiaoshuai were drinking, and I was there Watched from the sidelines. Didn’t play a hero. Drank more than three bottles of beer and went to the bathroom twice. Haha.”

While talking, Shao Shuaijun took off his shirt, revealing that he was not considered strong. But also a bit muscular body. He is less than 1.75 meters tall, and his figure is fairly well-proportioned. After practicing, he is also a standard inverted triangle, but he is too lazy to practice.

"Your speech, there is already a complete video on the Internet, and I have watched it. It is very high-spirited, and it offends people. After several years of work, you have denied it in a day. I am not afraid of Zhang Hongsen making noise with you, they But to report to the higher-ups, how much box office revenue has increased in the film market this year, and how good the results are? You are slapping him in the face."

"Why would I slap him in the face? I have to support his whole family every year. I just don't want everyone to cover up. If the movie is not well done, why do you say it is well done? The audience is a fool. Count it , How many domestic films are good-looking this year? You can’t always be naked and say that you are wearing new clothes, someone has to tell the truth and expose the fact that you don’t have clothes, so you can learn to wear clothes.”

Li Xiuxiu put away the dirty clothes, and said angrily: "Okay, all the crows in the world have black hair, but my husband is as white and clean as a little white rabbit, hey, what are you doing, go to the bathroom and take off your hair." pants, are you ashamed?"

Shao Shuaijun said with a shy face, "I'm an old man and wife, so why not be embarrassed, wife, put down the clothes and clean them up later, why don't you wash them with me."

"Are you ashamed? Let's wash together."

"Come on." Shao Shuaijun said, grabbed Li Xiuxiu's wrist and dragged Li Xiuxiu into the bathroom.

Then there was a frank meeting, and the sound of water splashed.

...

On October 7, 2008, the weather was fine.

Tired and bent over, Shao Shuaijun flew to Hong Kong early in the morning. After arriving in Hong Kong, he immediately found that his itinerary had been leaked, and hundreds of reporters surrounded him. Fortunately, Shao Shuaijun now travels with more than a dozen bodyguards and assistants, who surround him and want to go to the hall, and the reporters follow around.

"Shao Dong, Shao Dong, the Hurun Report was announced today, and you topped the list with assets of 63 billion yuan, becoming the richest man in mainland China. Hurun said that this is only a conservative estimate of assets. Your actual assets must be far more than Can you tell us this number is real?"

"Shao Dong, you are the richest man in mainland China for the first time on the Hurun Report, and your wealth far exceeds the 43 billion yuan of the second place. And you are only 22 years old this year. What is the secret that allows you to accumulate such wealth? .There are rumors that you are the spokesperson of the mainland government, please confirm to us?"

"Director Shao's speech at the New Electric Research Institute has been spread across the Taiwan Strait. Some people praised you, saying that you have a pure heart, while others criticized that you deliberately belittled and smeared Chinese films, and all the efforts of the predecessors. Negative, what do you think of these voices of praise and criticism?"

""500 Days with Summer" hit 300 million US dollars worldwide. A small-budget literary film has achieved such brilliant results. Director Shao has extraordinary magic power. Can you tell me the reason for this success? "

Even with the protection of the bodyguards, the reporters continued to surround them, making a section of the road very congested.

"What's wrong, the itinerary was leaked again." Shao Shuaijun complained.

Assistant Zhang Huahua smiled wryly: "Boss, no matter how low-key you are now, you can't stop your charm. It was better before, but now that the Hurun Report is out, the flight attendants know your newsworthiness, so they will definitely not help you. Keep it safe."

"Depressed! Xiaohua, give me your phone."

Shao Shuaijun picked up the phone and dialed Li Xiuxiu: "Hey, wife, help me check how much money I have in my private account."

Li Xiuxiu's voice came: "It seems to add up to 1.8 billion yuan, why did you remember to check the accounts?"

"So what, my itinerary for today has been leaked again, and now the reporters are surrounding me. So I'm going to buy a plane, buy a private jet."

"What plane do you want to buy?"

"It seems that the Airbus A380 is pretty good now, and the price is only more than a billion yuan. How about buying one? Then buy a small passenger plane and a helicopter. By the way, Dream Chasing Entertainment Group is now so huge that it needs to be equipped with several A special plane, you, the vice chairman and general manager, should at least be equipped with a special plane."

"Really planning to buy it?" Li Xiuxiu's voice was a little expectant and a little hesitant.

"If you have money, don't spend it on what to do. Buy it, wife. You arrange someone to buy the plane as soon as possible. I'm too lazy to take other people's planes anymore. I'm not low-key at all."

Zhang Huahua looked at Shao Shuaijun, who was complaining on the phone, and was speechless for a while. Could it be very low-key to buy his own plane? To buy the largest plane, the Airbus A380, and to buy several planes at once, what a weird world view does it take to feel that doing so is relatively low-key?

However, this seems to be quite good. When the boss buys a plane, it means that I bought a plane. Hey, I will have a special plane when I go out in the future. I don’t have to work hard to book tickets and schedule itineraries. I can fly whenever I want. good. Zhang Huahua thought proudly again.

He decided to buy the plane, but if Shao Shuaijun didn't answer a few questions this time, it would be difficult for him to leave the airport hall.

Sighing, Shao Shuaijun took a microphone and said: "I don't know Hurun, and I don't know how he knows how much money I have, because I haven't calculated it myself, and the company doesn't pay dividends. I still use it now." My director’s fee supports my family. The Hurun Rich List is meant to make everyone laugh, so don’t take it seriously.”

"Dream Chasing Entertainment Group has many subsidiaries, including Dream Chasing Golden Harvest in Hong Kong, whose market value is about to exceed 70 billion yuan, and Summit Entertainment, which is located in North America, has total assets estimated to be as much as 1.5 billion U.S. dollars, which is more than 10 billion yuan. Regarding the share value of Wanda Cinemas and other subsidiaries, economic experts have judged that the total capital of Chasing Dream Entertainment Group is about to reach 100 billion yuan. At the age of 22, you have mastered such a valuable group company. What do you think, Director Shao, is the biggest secret of your success? What is it?"

Shao Shuaijun frowned and said, "I'm lucky. Besides, my company has not yet reached 100 billion. How can Hurun judge that my worth is more than 90 billion? I don't seem to own much of the total shares? It's too exaggerated. As for your question just now, my speech, I can only say that I interpret it from the perspective of an angry youth, and whether I agree or not has no big impact on me. Let’s talk about "500 Days with Summer", can get Such a good result is beyond my expectation, the secret to success is very simple, if you shoot with your heart, the audience will reward you. Okay, I’m still in a hurry, let’s give way?” (To be continued...)