Director’s Legend

() The five days of communication made Shao Shuaijun's thoughts feel as if they were flying with wings. In the following two days, at the judging committee of the Beijing University Student Film Festival, he saw many students' works. These works may be immature, but the ideas in them sparkle everywhere.

Looking at them, Shao Shuaijun can feel how many dreams of student directors are contained.

Every comment he wrote was very heavy, fearing that it would hurt a heart with dreams. Once upon a time, I also had such a dream, stumbling on the road of life. More or less, the sense of mission to revitalize Chinese-language films enveloped his heart, and Shao Shuaijun felt that he should do something for them.

"Liu Dehua launched the Asian Rising Star Director this year. When "Source Code" hits the box office, I will also hold a similar plan to support new directors."

The time in Nortel is short, and it will be April 20th in a blink of an eye. The plane shuttled in the blue sky and white clouds, Shao Shuaijun looked out the window, feeling restless. Will a revamped Source Code succeed in the US? What is somewhat reassuring is that throughout April and May, not many blockbuster movies were released. There is only one "Star Wars Episode 3: Strikes Back of the Sith", which will be released on May 19, and "Source Code" will probably be released by then.

"Hey, what are you thinking about?"

Fan Bingbing, who was sitting not far away, was a little bored and asked softly.

"I didn't think about anything, why don't you sleep? Is it still a long time?"

"No, I can't sleep well when I'm sleeping on the plane, but Sissy sleeps really soundly. And this Mr. Wang actually snores, it's disgusting."

The flight to the United States this time is naturally a matter of preparing for the premiere ceremony. Lionsgate Films is optimistic about "Source Code", so it held this premiere ceremony, hoping to use the media's comments to gain the first shot of popularity. This time it can be said to be a labor of love. The number of the first batch of theaters alone has reached 2,000, which is worthy of great fanfare.

In order to prepare for the US premiere, the three protagonists Shao Shuaijun, Liu Yifei and Fan Bingbing all flew over. The mainland premiere ceremony was handed over to Huang Bo, Ren Quan, Zhang Hanyu and others. Wang Zhonglei is the leader of the team.

"Then wake him up. Don't you women say that lack of sleep affects your skin? At tomorrow's premiere, thousands of beauties are watching. Don't discredit us Chinese women." Shao Shuaijun said with a smile.

"Impossible, sister, I am naturally beautiful. It will only add luster and not tarnish. However, Sissy's skin is still the best, which is similar to that of a baby. I'm really envious. Hey, Ah Jun, don't you think so?"

"how could I know."

"Haven't you all kissed on the lips?"

"Sweat!" Shao Shuaijun was speechless, "Are all women gossiping like this! We are dedicated to making movies and art, please don't think wrongly, ok, classmate Fan Bingbing?"

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Lionsgate Pictures attaches great importance to "Source Code", to be precise, it attaches great importance to developing the Chinese film market. The cooperation with Huayi Brothers is a signal they have released. The movie market in mainland China is doubling every year. Just like the economy, movies develop along with the prosperity of the economy.

In the 21st century, behind the growing prosperity of Hollywood is the high production cost and labor cost. While the economic industry is shifting to emerging countries, American films will be impacted. As China is a world power with a population of 1.3 billion (at that time), Lionsgate is optimistic about its future.

The one who greeted Shao Shuaijun and his party was Robert Friedman, the co-chairman of Lionsgate Films, a middle-aged man with a mustache and a few gray hairs. Of course, there is also Morris, an executive, who is accompanying him.

"Wow, dear Wang, welcome." Rob Friedman was very enthusiastic. After hugging Wang Zhonglei, he looked at Shao Shuaijun again, "This is the talented director, China Shao? Welcome to Santa Monica. "

After taking a day off and adjusting the time difference, the next afternoon, the premiere of "Source Code" was held at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood. If you want to say that in Hollywood, the only thing that has anything to do with China is probably this Chinese theater. It was Sid Grumman, the king of the theater, who spent a lot of money to build it because of his love for Chinese culture. The whole theater is full of Chinese style.

Of course, apart from the architectural style of Chinese theaters, there is no trace of Chinese flavor. After all, China is too weak for movies. There are more than 140 hand and foot prints in front of the theater, of which only Wu Yusen is a director of Chinese descent living in the United States. Shao Shuaijun was not happy with Wu Yusen, but he had to stand here and feel that Wu Yusen is a banner of Chinese-language movies.

Violent aesthetics conquered old beauty.

"Xiao Shao, what are you looking at? Look at these handprints? You just have to keep going, sooner or later." Wang Zhonglei patted Shao Shuaijun on the shoulder. He was wearing an evening dress tonight, very chic.

"I didn't care about this. It's just a feeling. It takes a lot of hard work for Chinese films to rise. We have the largest population in the world, but there are not many world-class superstars. The gap is huge."

"If you feel emotional, you should make movies with your heart and strive to make more good movies. Go, go in, guests will start coming soon, and be prepared to welcome them."

"It's not interesting to go in. I don't know anyone who came."

"Make a scene. If you come to Hollywood to hang out in the future, these are all connections."

For Wang Zhonglei, these are all valuable connections. Hollywood in this era is still the most dominant entertainment circle in the world. Any second-rate star who goes to China can instantly kill a large number of stars who think they are high-end and foreign. But for Shao Shuaijun, there is no deterrent effect, just to watch the excitement.

"Hey, is that Cary Elwes?" As the heroine in the movie, Liu Yifei and Shao Shuaijun stood together to welcome the guests present today.

"It seems to be." Shao Shuaijun turned his head and saw a middle-aged man in a suit waving around. This man was the protagonist of the doctor in "saw" (Chain Saw), which was popular last year. It is said that he was handsome when he was young, but Well, it looks more or less ordinary now.

Arm in arm with Cary Elwes is a beautiful woman with an afro. Shao Shuaijun has studied the "saw" series and knows that this is Dina Meyer.

The reporters who came to the scene were frantically lighting up the two of them. Last year's "saw" was too popular. Not only created a Chinese director James Wen, but also created these actors.

The guests at the scene kept coming, and there were no superstars who were too loud. Most of them were second- and third-tier stars who had cooperated with Lionsgate. Shao Shuaijun and Liu Yifei are not the kind of people who are good at dancing with long sleeves. Apart from nodding and smiling, there is no further conversation, and these celebrities also look down on them, let alone have the desire to talk.

Fortunately, this scene did not last long.

As soon as the time is up, the doors of the Chinese theater are closed and the movie will start.

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