Director’s Legend

() February 23, 2005 is the Lantern Festival in the lunar calendar. Shao Shuaijun flew back to China from the United States, accompanied by Li Xiuxiu, Zhao Cheng, Wang Yixue and Ma Hu are still sticking to the final production of "Source Code". A few days ago, Wang Zhonglei and Yu Dong flew to the United States to discuss with Lionsgate about the release of "Source Code" in North America.

Therefore, Shao Shuaijun was free.

Negotiations between "Twilight" and Felix Publishing House went very smoothly. The publishing house was very optimistic about the prospect of this book, and completely followed Shao Shuaijun's vision, adopting the method of linking sales and profit. Moreover, Felix Publishing House also bought the electronic audiovisual and comic peripheral copyrights of "Twilight".

These copyrights were deliberately left by Shao Shuaijun to Stephanie Meyer, so that she could write a better sequel with peace of mind.

Therefore, Li Xiuxiu was also free.

As soon as I got off the plane, I saw a large group of reporters gathering outside the terminal hall.

"Which celebrity is flying with us, so many reporters are waiting?" Shao Shuaijun asked casually.

"I don't know. We were flying in business class, and we didn't find any big stars. Could it be that big stars are sitting in ordinary class?"

The two walked out of the hall while chatting and laughing. They stayed abroad for more than a month, feeling very homesick.

Click, click, crash!

As soon as he went out, there was a burst of flashes in front of his eyes, and then a buzzing sound sounded.

"May I ask Director Shao, as the first mainland director to break into Hollywood this year, what do you think of "Buried Alive" earning 21.1 million at the box office?"

"Director Shao, as a director of the new generation of Chinese films, your "Buried Alive" has become the box office record for mainland Chinese films in North America. What do you want to say to mainland directors?"

"May I ask Director Shao, do you think domestic films can repeat the model of "Buried Alive", win word-of-mouth at the Sundance Film Festival, and then get a large-scale screening?"

"According to reliable sources, "Buried Alive" was forced to withdraw after only three days of its release. All box office results are fictitious. Director Shao, how do you explain this?"

"Excuse me, Director Shao, Huayi Brothers' President Wang revealed that "Source Code" has already contacted Lionsgate Films, which released "Buried Alive", and it will be released globally simultaneously, right?"

"May I ask Mr. Shao, is this beautiful lady beside you Li Bingbing? When did you start dating?"

"Miss Li Bingbing, what kind of man do you think your boyfriend Shao Shuaijun is? What do you think of sibling love?"

"Excuse me……"

"According to reliable sources..."

A burst of bombing almost stunned Shao Shuaijun, and Li Xiuxiu was even stunned by the flashing light. It took almost a minute for Shao Shuaijun to realize that his itinerary was revealed. Don't think about it, it must be a good thing done by the Huayi Brothers Propaganda Department, and only they can grasp Shao Shuaijun's itinerary.

Blocking the flash, Shao Shuaijun said loudly: "This is the airport, please don't be crowded. Regarding the release of "Buried Alive" in North America, you can find a place and ask the person next to me, Ms. Li Xiuxiu, the general manager of Shao Shuaijun's studio. As for me, "Crazy Racer" is already wrapped and waiting for me to participate in post-production, sorry, please step aside."

At the critical moment, Shao Shuaijun immediately left Li Xiuxiu behind and got into the Audi car driven by Liu Sanxi. This is a new car bought by Shao Shuaijun's studio, and the driver is Liu Sanxi. Now Liu Sanxi's position is tentatively designated as the logistics supervisor of the studio. His subordinates are Anan and Zebra, as well as his wife, Mrs. Xi, the current chef of the studio.

Ning Hao has already brought the film to China Film Group for post-production. In fact, there are several post-production companies in Hengdian that are not bad. However, Ning Hao is a director, and he prefers big companies. After calling Ning Hao, Xu Zhen and Huang Bo, Shao Shuaijun went back to Shao Shuaijun's studio first. The studio is still too short of people, empty.

The list given to Li Xiuxiu last time was not found. Those are all talents of various majors that Shao Shuaijun remembered.

"Ah Jun, you are really good. "Buried Alive" has won the highest box office in North America in mainland China. In the past few days, the studio's online recruitment information has increased by dozens of times, and many of them are from prestigious universities. Graduate, I want to come in and work. But you and Manager Li are not here, so no one accepts." Brother Xi said excitedly.

"The box office champion in North America? The box office champion with just over 20 million?"

"That's right, Sishui checked it out. In the 15 years from 1989 to 2004, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan, there were 26 films released in the United States in mainland China. About 1.7 movies were released every year on average, and the total box office revenue was 25.6 million. U.S. dollars, an average of $1.71 million per year. "Buried Alive" almost tops it all."

"Tell me in detail."

"Well, the previous highest box office was Chen Kai's "Farewell My Concubine" in 1993, which reached 5.2 million US dollars. In fact, Zhang Yimou and Chen Kai played the leading roles in these years. Zhang Yimou's 9 films and Chen Kai's 4 films accounted for 50% of the total number of releases. The total box office revenue of these 13 films is 21 million US dollars, accounting for 83% of the total box office revenue of mainland films in the United States. The combined box office of the other dozen directors is only 4.6 million US dollars, which is not as much as Zhang Yimou or Chen Kaige. But now there is "Buried Alive", which greatly raises the face of the Chinese people. Ah Jun, you don't know it in the United States. Recently, it's crazy here. The newspapers are full of news about you, calling you Li An from the mainland. If you give You invested a lot, and the performance of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is definitely not worse than that of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". In addition, all the media changed their tune and praised "Source Code", which is much more effective than publicity."

"So you changed your mind?" Shao Shuaijun suddenly felt that he, like the one who was beaten hard in the boxing ring, was about to muster up his strength to fight back, but the opponent admitted defeat. A punch on the cotton, the strength is nowhere to be used! I knew that journalists were undisciplined, but I didn't expect that in 2004, journalists in mainland China had already learned to be undisciplined. "Isn't this a cao egg?"

"It's not that everyone has changed their tune. There are still some media who say otherwise, especially the Hong Kong and Taiwan media, who are laughing at our fuss, saying that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" has a box office of 128 million in North America, which is its strength. Still Yes, I don’t know, Ah Jun, you and Feng Xiaogang are colleagues of Huayi, why did he jump out and talk about you again.”

"What about me?"

"If you say you're sensationalizing, "Buried Alive" is simply hugging Laomei's thighs and belittling Zheng Fu, so that's why Laomei likes it."

Shao Shuaijun frowned: "He really said that?"

"Well, at the "A World Without Thieves" celebration banquet two days ago, Sishui and I attended as representatives of the studio, and I heard him tell the reporter himself. You said Feng Xiaogang, and we didn't offend him. Why should we mess up? Speech, this kind of thing can't be spread indiscriminately, otherwise it will be blocked by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television."

"Don't think too much, I'll call and ask Mr. Wang." Shao Shuaijun realized the seriousness of the problem. In China, there are some things that cannot be said nonsense. Once the higher authorities take it seriously, the consequences will be disastrous.

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(About the characters in the book, they have nothing to do with reality. There is no slander or non-smear. I hope everyone will not substitute the characters and affect the perception of real characters. Otherwise, I will be guilty!)

(Today, the base station in the town is broken, and the network is disconnected. This is uploaded on the Internet by mobile phone ~ too much traffic, if the later chapters cannot be uploaded on time, don’t blame me)