Director’s Legend

() Xu Zheng, Wang Baoqiang, Xiaolongnv, Huang Xiaolei sat down with Shao Shuaijun and Liu Yifei, and the reporter began to ask questions. Maybe it was a good greeting in advance. At the beginning, Xu Zheng, Wang Baoqiang and others were asked about some trivial matters about "People on Journey". For example, what is the relationship between the sexy young woman played by Huang Xiaolei and Li Chenggong played by Xu Zhen? Not long after, the topic turned to Shao Shuaijun. "Director Shao, you are the screenwriter and producer of "On the Journey". How did you come up with this story? What do you think of Wang Baoqiang?" "Actually, I only thought of such an idea when I saw Baoqiang To be precise, it was because Xu Zheng and Wang Baoqiang had a comic temperament that I wrote the screenplay "People on the Journey". I won't talk about Xu Zheng, everyone has already recognized his talent. As for Baoqiang, I especially like it. His silly roots in "A World Without Thieves" are natural and simple, which makes people reflect his own shadow in the bottom of his heart. I believe that Baoqiang's development in the entertainment industry will have a limitless future." Shao Shuaijun highly praised Wang Baoqiang. I like Wang Baoqiang very much, he doesn't have the airs of a big-name star, and he is happy wherever he goes. "Some people say that Xu Zheng is Ge You's second. Director Shao, is that why you chose Xu Zheng to act in a comedy movie? We know that Xu Zheng has played in two crazy movies, and this one is the leading role." Shao Shuaijun laughed. Said: "Once others see Xu Zheng's bald head, they will naturally compare it with Ge You. There is no way, these two bald heads are the most popular in the mainland. But I don't think Xu Zheng is the second Ge You, Ge You's The style is more humorous and ironic, irony in life. Xu Zheng's style is more of the humor of passers-by. If you look at him casually, he is just a passer-by character, but if you experience it a little bit, you will feel that it is really wonderful The two people have different styles." "Liu Yifei, can you tell us what kind of role you and Director Shao Shuaijun are playing as a cameo?" Liu Yifei chuckled and said, "The role must be kept secret, but I can tell you , It’s so funny, my stomach twitched from laughing when I watched the camera. I don’t know how Brother Xu thought of it, this episode is absolutely classic.” Xu Zheng added: “No way, the most popular in the country now These two are the ones who are the most important. In order to relieve the pressure, I had no choice but to play tricks on them. Not to mention, Shao Shuaijun's acting skills are vividly displayed in this cameo. You can wait and see." "So, Xu Zhan you As a film director for the first time, can you predict the box office of "On the Journey"?" Xu Zhan thought for a while: "After all, it is a low-budget film, if the box office can exceed 30 million, I will be satisfied. "So what does director Shao think?" Shao Shuaijun said seriously: "Although the cost is small, the behind-the-scenes personnel of the film are still very strong. The modeling, art direction, soundtrack, and photography are all top domestic masters. I think the requirements should be Set it higher, 31 million." Is there a gap between 30 million and 31 million? The reporters immediately laughed when they heard this, knowing that it was a cold humor. However, it can be seen that Shao Shuaijun is not very optimistic about the box office expectations of "People on Journey". In fact, Shao Shuaijun really didn't think the box office would be very high, because he had already rejected Huayi Brothers' investment for this movie, and even the distribution of the movie had to be considered separately. After the incident of box office compression, Shao Shuaijun also understood that it is best to slowly digest good things by yourself. The box office of "People on Journey" may not be high, but the key is the box office of the sequel, which is a myth. Such a myth must be kept to oneself, and others are forbidden to get involved. Therefore, without the vigorous promotion of Huayi Brothers, no matter how good the movie is, the box office will not be very high. Everyone laughed and interpreted the movie, and the topic gradually led to "Source Code". "Director Shao, "Source Code" has a global box office of 800 million yuan and has become the highest-grossing movie in the mainland. What do you think makes the movie so successful?" I think, there are the following aspects... The first point is the reason for the gimmick, China's first sci-fi movie with an investment of over 100 million. Many people may disdain domestic sci-fi movies, thinking that no good sci-fi movies can be made in China, and think that we In terms of sci-fi, it lags behind Hollywood by ten years or more. But it is undeniable that everyone is looking forward to this movie, and expects that the East can compete with Hollywood in sci-fi movies. The second point is the synchronization of North America. The world-wide success of Hollywood movies, coupled with the economic prosperity of the United States, has a strong movie consumption power. A trend has been formed in the world. Any movie that is successful in North America is a good movie. On the contrary, in North America Waterloo movies, everyone should be cautious. "Source Code" was lucky to be recognized by the United States, and Lionsgate Films arranged for 2,000 movie theaters to be released, which directly led to the settlement of our overseas negotiations in Asia. Many The country even begged us to release it. The third point is the quality and taste of the film. Needless to say, the quality, we specially invited experts from the Institute of Theoretical Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences to construct the entire theoretical system, and no matter how bad I am, I am also a screenwriter for the Golden Horse Award , the movie is a very powerful hard science fiction. In terms of taste, I changed the niche of domestic movies and used personal heroism to beautify the movie. No matter when, personal heroism is the most popular. No Preaching, without profoundness, is to make people enjoy watching, entertain the public, and let everyone dream. This is how good movies are. You can tell the most beautiful pictures with the simplest truth.

The more you try to stuff a lot of things into it, the more unacceptable it will be. Take my favorite movie "The Shawshank Redemption" as an example. There are no twists and turns in the movie, no ups and downs, just a banker escaped from prison to complete his own salvation. The movie doesn't forcefully tell you how much truth there is, it just tells a story. Through this story, let the audience understand it by themselves, but the effect is more impressive than pretending to be profound. "Director Shao, the domestic box office of "Source Code" was only 98 million. How do you feel about it?" We saw in front of major theaters that the supply of tickets for "Source Code" was in short supply, but in the end it failed to exceed 100 million. For you, for "Source Code", can it be said that it failed in the mainland? "Shao Shuaijun smacked his mouth: "I don't think "Source Code" has failed, uh, how should I put it." I don't know when, everyone has gradually accepted that breaking 100 million has become the standard for measuring the success of a movie. But the fact is that there are very few movies released in the Mainland every year that exceed 100 million yuan. Not to mention, "Pearl Harbor" in 2001, "Hero" in 2002, "Kung Fu", "House of Flying Daggers", "A World Without Thieves", "Crazy Stone" in 2004, plus this year's " "Crazy Racing", there are only a few of them. The box office of "Source Code" is not low, and the overseas box office is currently the number one. It hasn't failed in any way. "

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