Director’s Legend

In view of the recent popularity of Dream Chase Entertainment, this celebration party did not invite guests, that is, the main creative staff, some popular stars and a small amount of media were invited. Shao Shuaijun was only when he was breaking the ice, he came out to break the ice sculpture with the main creative staff, and then hid in the box without being interviewed.

As long as he shows up now, the media will definitely ask about his worth. Last year's richest man had a net worth of more than 30 billion yuan. This year, he is determined to secure the top ten list of Hurun Report in October. The more money you have, the more you have to keep a low profile. This is Shao Shuaijun's principle. He must keep his own value secret.

Others can guess wildly, but he is trembling, and he must be jealous. Especially as a rich man, tens of billions of worth can only be regarded as a rich man on the face of it. The real rich are hidden behind the media. Without hundreds of billions of assets, they are embarrassed to call themselves invisible rich.

The reason for this celebration banquet tonight is that Shao Shuaijun is actually giving out red envelopes to the crew of Inception. This is a form of motivation to demonstrate Shao Shuaijun's generosity and the generosity of the producer. With a reputation, the staff are naturally willing to cooperate with generous companies and bosses.

The staff of the crew went to China when they had free time, and then happily received the red envelopes from Mitchell and Wang Wei on behalf of the company. This time it was a real deal to give out 30 million U.S. dollars to distribute red envelopes. Ten million is the old rule and remitted to Dream Chasing Charity Fund for charity.

Ten million is for the cast members, and ten million is for the crew. Let the cast and crew continue to promote in front of the camera. In the box, Shao Shuaijun discussed with several members of the Youth League about investing in movies. "Night. Shop" and "Beautiful Life" are both movies recommended by Shao Shuaijun. Shao Shuaijun’s meaning is very simple. If the committee members disagree, he will invest in dreams. If they agree, it’s better to use the Youth Guide League. It is more meaningful to promote.

With Shao Shuaijun's recommendation, the committee members will not find it uncomfortable. Naturally they all agreed.

A happy situation for everyone.

Shao Shuaijun did not stay. On March 6, he flew to Hong Kong, spent a while with Li Xiuxiu, and flew to the United States. Shooting of "500 Days with Summer" will start soon.

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"Shao, congratulations on becoming the youngest rich man in China." On the sunny beach of Santa Monica. Shao Shuaijun looked at the busy arrangement of the crew in the distance. Accepted an interview with The Hollywood Reporter. The interviewer is a blonde cutie. Winster is an acquaintance, and he has a good cooperation with Summit Entertainment.

"Thank you."

Winster asked: "After the success of Inception. Many people think you will continue to work hard, shoot big productions, and suddenly want to shoot low-cost literary films, which is unexpected to many people. It seems that you said you want to relax yourself. So, why not take a break for a while and still rush to film?"

The sunshine in March was very warm, and Shao Shuaijun smiled: “I have a lot of ideas now, and I want to express them. I think I can take more shots when I’m still young. When I have a family, I I hope I can spend more time with my family."

"I see you have a ring on your hand, do you already have an object?"

"Yes." Shao Shuaijun admitted openly and showed off the ring. "We have been together for almost four years."

"Can you tell us who your target is?"

"The general manager of Dream Chasing Entertainment, my good helper, haha."

"Wow, do you have any plans to get married?"

"I don't know this yet."

Winster had a look that he had expected. In fact, basically everyone knew about the relationship between Shao Shuaijun and Li Xiuxiu, and there were reports on the gossip. After all, both of them are young and shameless, and running Dream Chasing Entertainment together, Shao Shuaijun can rest assured that he can hand over power to Li Xiuxiu. How could it be possible without a little tricky.

It's just that the media didn't pay too much attention before. After all, Shao Shuaijun is an honest child and has no scandals, and everyone rarely guesses about it.

After chatting for a few words, Shao Shuaijun didn't want to say more. He just showed his emotions, which is also a kind of frankness and respect for Li Xiuxiu. But he doesn't like to show off his love everywhere, and he wants to protect Li Xiuxiu from excessive media attention.

Soon we talked about the movie.

"Can you tell us briefly, what does "500 Days with Summer" mean? The propaganda says it's a love story, not a love story?"

"Hehe, in fact, this is a very interesting story. The reason why it is not said to be a love story is because when it happened, there was no love. Just use the 500 days of the story to talk about the essence of love. ."

"Wow, it's very mysterious. Now there is a saying that you have made a Chinese movie "33 Days of Broken Relationship", but it was not released in the United States. Many American youths searched after "Inception" I saw it, and it was very interesting. So is this an American version of "33 Days of Broken Relationship"?"

Shao Shuaijun shook his head: "The stories are different, but they are all small and clear. "500 Days with Summer" should have a different focus. I want to say in "33 Days of Broken Love" that love is everywhere, here. , I want to say what love is."

"I heard that you chose the heroine from Ellen Page and Scarlett Johansson. What made you choose Scarlett?"

Shao Shuaijun thought about it and said: "These two people are my friends. We cooperated well in Inception, and their acting skills are very good. This is a difficult thing to choose. However, Alan's schedule It's not ideal. She has already taken another play, and the timing may not be very staggered."

"So what made you choose Joseph Gordon Levitt?"

"The temperament, I think Gordon is very suitable for the actor Tom."

"...Time flies so fast. Finally, I want to ask, Director Shao, you have always claimed to be a commercial director. Although this is a small and fresh literary film, you must have an attempt at the box office. "What are your expectations?"

"I don't know. I rarely predict the box office. As a director, you only need to shoot the story. The box office is caused by factors such as theme, time, publicity, etc. It is difficult to predict specifically. I think, If the audience can find resonance from this story and are willing to go through this journey with the protagonist, I will achieve my goal of making this movie."

"Well, thank you very much Director Shao for being able to accept the "Hollywood Entertainment Report" interview. I won't interrupt your filming. Thank you."

The reporter was sent away. Shao Shuaijun felt a sigh of relief.

In fact, he dislikes interviews very much, but sometimes he has to go to interviews. As a director, even the Wachowski brother and sister who never interviewed in private. The pair of reclusive directors who filmed "The Matrix." In the filming and promotion of the film. I also had to appear in front of the media for publicity.

Movies are for people to watch. If you want others to go to the cinema to watch, you have to let them have the interest in watching it.

Shao Shuaijun is very satisfied now. Go for interviews from time to time to cope with a period of time. Instead of being exposed to flash light all day long.

This can leave him more time to think and organize his thoughts.

The sun at noon makes people feel a little hot, winter has passed, and another gorgeous summer is coming. The crew chose to shoot in Los Angeles and Santa Monica, both for accommodation and transportation. In fact, the shot we are going to take now is in Mitchell's private villa.

Of course, Shao Shuaijun also owns a villa, but his is newly renovated and he is reluctant to contribute, so Mitchell's turn is unlucky. Fortunately, he has more than one house, and took his wife and children to the big city of Los Angeles.

"Gordon, Scarlett, come here, let me talk to you."

When Shao Shuaijun entered the villa, he took a trip to the sofa, called Gordon and Scarlett, and began to explain the shots to be taken today. When Scarlett finished her makeup and walked over, Shao Shuaijun took a closer look and shook his head: "Scarlett, you should lose weight. Your current plumpness does not match the role I imagined."

"Why, I feel that I am Summer, I have found her feeling." Scarlett took a look at her figure and protested. She has always been very confident in her figure, although Hollywood regards thinness as beauty, she still insists on her self-confidence.

There are many tall children in Hollywood, but Scarlett is not. She is only 160cm, so she looks a little plump. This may be the reason why Shao Shuaijun chose her to play in Inception. Being too tall will put pressure on Shao Shuaijun. Shao Shuaijun always believes that 155cm is good for women like Ellen Page, and there is no need to grow too tall.

Although, sometimes height represents a sense of conquest.

Regarding Scarlett’s blind confidence, Shao Shuaijun said with contempt: “Samo has never been a very hot girl. Look at you, and your chest is like a sponge cushion. I don’t think I saw you. A fresh breath, you will put pressure on female audiences. So..."

Shao Shuaijun turned his head and shouted to the makeup artist: "Makeup artist, come here."

"Director, what's the matter?"

"Are there any cloth strips that can be tied to make Scarlett look like her **** are not so prominent?"

Scarlett suddenly exploded: "Impossible, I will not make any action that damages the chest, China Shao, you cannot make such unreasonable demands."

Shao Shuaijun was speechless: "I'm thinking about the movie. As an actor, you need to be more dedicated, Scarlett."

"I will never!"

Gordon wanted to laugh but was embarrassed to laugh, and quietly turned his head. He has not seen the director who does not want female stars to have chests.

The makeup artist is an aunt, kindly said: "In fact, it doesn't have to be tied with cloth strips. It can be covered by some tailoring at the clothing store."

"Yes, you can tailor the clothes." Scarlett said hurriedly.

Shao Shuaijun put his hands on his chest and thought about one or two: "As long as you promise to lose weight and make yourself look thinner from today, instead of continuing to gain weight, I can agree."

"Don't worry, director, I am very professional. Starting today, I only have three meals a day."

"Only eat three meals?" Shao Shuaijun was surprised at first, and then recovered calmly. The celebrities' schedules may cause them to have an extra midnight snack, especially for stars with rich nightlife. "No matter how much you eat, weight loss must be carried out. In many scenes, too much fat will affect the look of the lens!"

"You are fat..." Scarlett was unable to complain.

The crew just started shooting, and neither the progress nor the effects of the shooting were very good.

If it were the past, Shao Shuaijun would definitely give full play to his subwoofer function and bomb the cast and crew again. However, "500 Days with Summer" was originally meant for relaxation. Shao Shuaijun didn't urge much. Generally speaking, the shooting was still very pleasant.

Filming during the day and calling Li Xiuxiu at night to whisper, days passed quickly. At this time, an interesting list of Forbes China Celebrity List in 2008 was announced in Beijing. Almost all of the celebrities under Dream Chasing Entertainment were on the list.

The highest ranked is Sun Li. With the popularity of "The Legend of Harem. Zhen Huan", she killed all the first-line actresses and ranked fifth on the list. Li Bingbing even squeezed into tenth place with the most covers. Liu Shishi, Wen Zhang, Huang Bo, Xu Ceng, Deng Chao and others have all entered the top 50, while others are in the top 100.

Shao Shuaijun is also on the list, ranking 63rd. In fact, he was also on the list last year, ranking in the 40th. The reason for the retreat is that from March 2007 to March 2008, the downturn of "The Night Watcher" and the loss of awards caused his income and exposure to be very low.

Although "Inception" is very popular, and the director's share of the box office alone is more than 300 million, it can only be counted in the next issue of the celebrity list.

The celebrity list only calculates the exposure rate and performance income of public figures. This includes actors’ remuneration, endorsements, commercial activity fees, etc., and does not include income such as investment. Shao Shuaijun never advertises and rarely appears on shows. His calculated income is only director fees. This is the reason for the low ranking.

Among Chinese directors, Zhang Yimou devoted himself to directing the Olympic Games this year, but relying on endorsements and program interviews, ranked 24th, and Feng Xiaogang ranked 46th. It can be seen that the director is not a celebrity, even Shao Shuaijun, who is promoted to the international director, has to be crushed by more than 60 stars...

Of course, if it is in terms of value and status, there is no comparison. Shao Shuaijun's absolute combat effectiveness is exploding.

The celebrity list is just a joke, the accuracy of the calculation is very low, Shao Shuaijun didn't care, just took it out and cheered. Subsequently, continue to invest in filming. Now he can count the money leisurely while filming leisurely. The total assets of Chase Dream Entertainment Group are increasing every day, and it feels good.

Time flickered, and it was mid-March in a blink of an eye, and most of the filming progress was completed.

The global box office of "Inception" officially ended, with US$922.5 million, which finally surpassed the US$921.4 million of "Finding Nemo" and squeezed into the top ten in the world. This data directly increased the highest box office record of a Chinese director by as much as 400 million US dollars.

When "Painted Skin" was drawn, the media raised a question: "How long will it take for Shao Shuaijun to surpass Wu Yusen and become the top Chinese director at the box office."

Now, a perfect answer sheet is handed in.

Two years! (To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!