Director’s Legend

Christopher Nolan, British director, screenwriter, photographer and producer. In 2000, he was nominated for Oscar and Golden Globe for Best Original Screenplay with the super cult film "Memory Fragment". In 2005, he became the top Hollywood director with the pioneering work of the heroic epic film "Batman: Hour of War".

"Fatal Magic" released last year was also well received. This year, Nolan announced that he would continue to film "Batman: The Dark Knight."

Nolan is a director whom Shao Shuaijun admires very much. The quirky narrative techniques and the visual style of deep artistic accomplishment make his films fascinating. In particular, "Fragments of Memory" is a magical work in Shao Shuaijun's mind. He has observed it countless times in his previous life to deliberate the plot of the story.

After contacting Nolan, they met at a Warner Bros. studio. Nolan has already begun to arrange the Batman scene on the set.

"Hello Nolan."

"Hello, Shao."

Because he is not familiar with Nolan, Shao Shuaijun has no courtesy, and directly said the reason for his coming: "That's it. I heard that you have a story about dreams. I want to find out if you have written it in a script or something. . You know, "The Night Watcher" is not a success, I want to try a new theme."

Nolan spread his hands: "Shao, I'm so sorry, I don't know where you heard it from, but I don't have any idea about dreams. Maybe I will try it out in the future. Now I really can't do anything."

"That's really a shame." Shao Shuaijun secretly breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that Nolan had no idea about Inception. This saves much trouble.

"It's really regrettable. By the way, Shao, I also have a lot of questions to ask you about imax. You know that I plan to shoot with the imax camera in "Batman: The Dark Knight". I watched your "Nightman" Many thoughts are too implicit and not expressed. But the pictures taken by the imax lens are really cool and the texture is very shocking. Can you tell me some of your thoughts on imax shooting?" Nolan put aside the script and started talking about imax.

In fact. Imax’s commercial pioneering work should have belonged to Nolan. It was only advanced by Shao Shuaijun. Therefore, Shao Shuaijun began to talk about imax with Nolan with a sense of sorry. Nolan is a firm anti-digital and anti-3d director, insisting on choosing film. The rise of digital cinema and 3D cinema. It made Nolan very distressed. Fortunately, "The Night Watcher" was released. Let him find hope from imax.

Shao Shuaijun asked: "Have you rented an imax camera?"

"Of course, we rented two."

"I can share my experience with you on the spot."

"That's great, thank you. Shao."

"You're welcome."

In the Batman crew, Shao Shuaijun spent half a day passing on the imax knowledge he knew to Nolan. He is not a self-respecting director, and it is very enjoyable to be able to guide an international director. Moreover, multiple friends and multiple paths will definitely help him in his future career as a director.

Furthermore, the promotion of imax requires more directors to work together. All directors who have enjoyed imax are all impressed by its charm. This kind of projection system, this kind of movie, is the real movie, is closer to the real world, and is worthy of the director's woven world. Of people have a swim together.

When the topic of imax was finished and they shared their own film experience, Shao Shuaijun left, and after the conversation, Nolan would instill the film-only arguments in him. Nolan opposes digital movies and 3D movies. This is very stubborn, but Shao Shuaijun doesn't matter. As long as it is helpful to movies, it is a technology worth encouraging and trying.

His idol Cameron is making a cross-epoch 3D movie "Avatar", which will sweep the world in the future, so Shao Shuaijun never denies that 3D has its uniqueness.

After returning home, Shao Shuaijun still avoided reporters.

This time, he learned the lesson and wrote the "Inception" script carefully, and compared the original movie in his memory, and wrote a detailed outline. Then took this outline and started to calculate the cost of each shot and the cost of each scene, and finally came to a conclusion of 120 million US dollars.

120 million U.S. dollars, or about 1 billion yuan, is more expensive than "The Night Watcher".

When Shao Shuaijun brought his new movie to the meeting, the company executives were in an uproar. The film "The Night Watcher" was just a hit, and now there is a larger "Inception".

"President Shao, can this plan be postponed? Is it to be more stable now? We admire Mr. Shao's talent, but the company is still in its infancy after all..."

"Yes, Mr. Liu is right. If Mr. Shao is interested, he can shoot a few low-cost romance films in the United States. With Mr. Shao's talent, he will surely be able to create the miracle of "33 Days of Broken Relationship".

"It makes sense. The risk of a big production is too great. For the company's consideration, Mr. Shao should shoot some movies like "Twilight" with a small cost and a big return."

As expected by Shao Shuaijun, the script was proposed, and there was a lot of opposition.

Shao Shuaijun smiled and said, "I'll go outside to drink, you continue to discuss." Then he gestured to Li Xiuxiu and opened the door of the conference room and went out. Dream Chasing Entertainment Company is personally owned by him and holds 100% of the shares. However, once it is reorganized into a group company, it is bound to reorganize the shares of the branch and head office to attract more shareholders.

He needs to respect the opinions of his subordinates.

I don't know how Li Xiuxiu persuaded everyone. Two hours later, she pushed the door and told Shao Shuaijun: "Everyone has accepted the facts, but they hope to find partners to jointly develop this movie and take risks together. "

"I'm going to make appointments with the bosses of various film companies." Shao Shuaijun nodded.

He can rely on power to make Dream Chasing follow his path and invest exclusively in movies, but in this way, the cohesion of the company is dispersed. Because now Shao Shuaijun does not have enough reason to tell them how wise his decision is and how profitable the movie will be.

His cornerstone lies in the company and in these talents. It is enough trust to persuade them to support the big production once again. He doesn't want this kind of trust to turn into disgust. The long way to chase dreams and a harmonious and stable atmosphere can make chasing dreams keep running.

The first Shao Shuaijun to fight over was Wang Zhonglei of Huayi Brothers.

"Hey, Brother Lei, I’m Shao Shuaijun. I’m sorry about "The Night Watcher", and everyone lost money, but I now have a new plan, a very cool science fiction movie. The total investment is about 120 million US dollars, I hope we Able to work together again."

Wang Zhonglei on the other side of the phone hesitated for a while, and then said: "In business matters, there is a profit or loss. Before a movie is released, it is difficult to tell whether it will earn or lose. "The Night Watcher" has passed. , Junzi, let me be honest. I invested 50 million and returned less than 20 million. This is a big blow to our Huayi Brothers. You are also one of the shareholders of Huayi Brothers. You should know our finances. Let's do it again. Can't survive."

"Brother Lei, I know that in the spirit of being responsible to Huayi Brothers, I am also responsible for my own shares. I dare say that this time the movie can't be lost..."

"Junzi, I believe you, but the risk is too great. Huayi Brothers is not my own. We can no longer accept such a risky investment plan. If you open a movie of RMB 100 or 200 million, I will just say nothing. Get involved, but this time... I'm sorry."

After hanging up the phone, Shao Shuaijun shook his head helplessly, then dialed Yu Dong's number to explain the meaning.

Yu Dong immediately complained on the other end of the phone: "Mr. Shao, it's another big deal with more than one billion yuan. How can I put it. Poly Bona is not a bank. Participating once has already messed up our finances... In any case, I will never invest in Hollywood movies again this time. Mr. Shao, I also advise you to lay a solid foundation in China first, and then it’s not too late to venture into Hollywood."

After a few calls, the other party didn't even ask about the script, and immediately refused when he heard the cost.

It seems that "The Night Watcher" scared these bosses very much.

"I can't send money even if I want to send it. Is this tragedy or luck for me?" Shao Shuaijun let out a long sigh of breath, and did not force it. When he made money in the film department, these people came by like something. Now that he has lost his money, he immediately evades like a plague.

Destiny is so cruel, giving you a stick at your most proud moment, and ambushing opportunities when you are most disappointed. Big sticks are easy to endure, and opportunities always slip away inadvertently. Therefore, most of the stories end in tragedy.

Shao Shuaijun has given them a chance to make up for their losses, and if they can't catch it, they can ignore him.

If cooperation fails, then choose to go it alone.

Dreamcatcher Entertainment includes two film and television companies, Dream Dream Golden Harvest and Summit Entertainment, which use capital as collateral. If they borrow from the bank, they can still squeeze more than one billion US dollars into filming. Of course, this must first persuade its management staff.

Summit Entertainment can say that although "The Night Watcher" has lost money, "Twilight" has lived up to expectations and won three consecutive North American box office championships. Coupled with the rising ratings of "The Big Bang Theory", the high-priced screening rights for the sequel are extremely sought-after.

Coupled with the sequels of "Twilight" and "Dance Out of My Life", the company has a strong momentum of development. Currently, about 30 million U.S. dollars can be used to support filming. Twilight Entertainment Company is seeking to merge with Summit Entertainment, but even though the company's book profit is not much due to several milkings, it can still provide about 20 million US dollars.

The North American branch settled 50 million US dollars, and the remaining 70 million US dollars needed to be settled from the mainland.

Handing this complicated matter to Li Xiuxiu, Shao Shuaijun began to concentrate on writing the script.

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