Director’s Legend

When he remembered the death of Michael Jackson on his bib, Shao Shuaijun felt that his mood became low as MJ passed away. As a young man, Shao Shuaijun also grew up in the singing of MJ and the charming spacewalk.

When Shao Shuaijun was young, it was the most glorious era of MJ. When Shao Shuaijun grew up, the mythology of MJ began to be worshipped in China. How many young people have been swept by the spacewalk, and how many people have been grinding the soles of their shoes day and night, just to be handsome in front of girls.

There is also the crotch-grabbing action that many girls scolded as "indecent", watching the girls squirming, wanting to see but not daring to look, not to mention it.

For Shao Shuaijun, and for many people who are now becoming adults, MJ is equated with the age of youth.

Now, the memory of an era has fallen.

Although he is not a fan of MJ, he knew about MJ's death a long time ago, but he still felt very heavy.

At night, Shao Shuaijun looked at the script of "Rise of the Apes" in the study. This is the movie he intends to direct after the end of "Stunned". "Teddy Bear" and "The Hunger Games" are already behind him. However, now Shao Shuaijun suddenly loses his passion.

After a long time, Shao Shuaijun closed the script and dialed Louis Leinard. As Mitchell Bruce became more and more involved in the company's operations, Louis Reinard replaced him as a producer and has been identified as the casting director of "Rise of the Apes".

"Hey, Louis, this is Shao Shuaijun. Has your actor invitation plan been handed over to the Actors Guild?"

"Not yet, what's wrong with Shao?"

"In this way, the plan will not be handed in for now. I have decided to postpone the shooting of "Rise of the Apes". I may have other plans now."

"Want to change the script for shooting?"

"Yes, but it may not be filming in Hollywood. If nothing happens, I will go back to China to make a film."

"Back to China? Shao, why didn't you shoot in Hollywood. This is the global film center. You should film here." Louis asked puzzled.

"Hehe, I suddenly feel in no mood and want to go back. Louis, it's not early, so let's just say it. You prepare first, and I may come back to film "Rise of the Apes" in a few months.

After hanging up the phone, Shao Shuaijun rubbed his forehead.

MJ passed away, and the filming time for the movie "Old Boy" he had determined early on has arrived. Shao Shuaijun wanted to shoot this movie very early to remember his lost youth. Only because of some concerns, it has been delayed so far. Now that MJ has left, Shao Shuaijun finally decided to complete this memorial to his dream.

Now that it was decided, Shao Shuaijun no longer hesitated.

The next day, I rushed back to China with Li Xiuxiu. After returning to the dream chasing apartment, he immediately found out the outline of the "Old Boy" script that had been sealed for more than a year.

"Husband, this "Old Boy" is the story that you wrote in "The Voice of China" at the beginning?" Looking through the script outline, Li Xiuxiu asked.

Shao Shuaijun nodded: "Yes, there are some stories that I have buried in my heart for a long time and want to tell them."

"Old Boy" is a micro-film derived from the song of the same name by Chopsticks Brothers. It is called "Old Boy" of the Eleventh Youth. It was created by China Film Group in collaboration with Youku.com and brought together eleven new directors to create eleven films about youth struggle Of micro movies. The most popular one is "Old Boy".

The movie tells the story of two ordinary young people who participated in the audition and found their youth. One of the male protagonists, Xiao Dabao, was a rogue leader in the middle school era. He once bullied many classmates including one of the male protagonists Wang Xiaoshuai and the future *OSS Bao Xiaobai.

During a confrontation against off-campus gangsters, Xiao Dabao and Wang Xiaoshuai, together out of their love for Michael Jackson, became good friends, practicing singing and dancing together. After many years, the two who had failed careers, one became a wedding host and the other became a barber.

Life is unsatisfactory. In order to get the bonus, the two people participated in the program "Happy Boys" by Bao Xiaobai, who has become a producer, in an attempt to regain their youth.

Because it is a micro-movie, only 42 minutes, the content is not explained, but at the end of a song, accompanied by countless people with unhappy lives watching the show, still infects countless people. The number of official on-demand broadcasts on Youku.com alone reached 88.98 million.

The film mocks and remembers the lost youth in a unique black humor way, which is straightforward.

The only shortcoming is that it is restricted by the production cost and length of the micro-film, the scenes are simple, the makeup is not good, and the actors' acting skills are also exaggerated. Many plots ended in a hurry without unfolding. I have to say that this is a pity. To make it into a movie, Shao Shuaijun needs to repackage the story and package it into a real movie.

Since returning home, Shao Shuaijun can't wait to devote himself to the transformation of the movie, and he is fighting at night.

Li Xiuxiu came several times to urge Shao Shuaijun to rest. Shao Shuaijun said well, but did not act. The story of youth is springing up at this moment, and he is eager to capture these inspirations and create a youth movie that can touch the soul.

Finally, after a week of fighting, the script of "Old Boy" was completed.

The story takes place in this era. On the draft stage, the wedding host Xiao Dabao and the hairdresser Wang Xiaoshuai stand together on the stage, preparing to perform. In the unrelenting questions of the judges, "What do you do?", "How old are you?", "Do you know that you look very old?", "Do you think you will be popular?" In the embarrassing question of waiting, the two recalled the past.

In middle school, Xiao Dabao was the head of the school gangster, and Wang Xiaoshuai was an admirer of Michael Jackson. Both of them liked school flowers. Xiao Dabao often took pleasure in bullying other classmates. At the same time, he often brought a group of friends and friends, such as Bao Xiaobai, who stopped on the way the school flowers passed by, playing guitar and singing, hoping to attract the attention of the school flowers, but it was often that Luo Hua deliberately flowed ruthlessly. .

Once Wang Xiaoshuai was in the playground to learn MJ dancing and playing handsome, the girls clapped around Wang Xiaoshuai, Xiao Dabao asked Bao Xiaobai to push the garbage truck and pass by quietly. Then, seeing Xiao Dabao talking and laughing with Wang Xiaoshuai, Xiao Dabao was very angry. In fact, the school flower is just a MJ tape for the fat girl classmate to give her crush Wang Xiaoshuai.

The next day Xiao Dabao led Wang Xiaoshuai to be arrested, and took off his pants in front of the girls, especially the schoolgirl. The humiliated Wang Xiaoshuai was in distress, and could only resolve his depression by continuing to imitate MJ. And Xiao Dabao continued to bully his classmates, continued to show love to the schoolgirl, and showed his heroism by bullying Bao Xiaobai and others, but all ended in failure.

Knowing that the schoolgirl didn't like her Xiao Dabao, she threw away the guitar.

Later, an off-campus **** heard that Xiao Dabao was very troubled, so he took someone to beat Xiao Dabao and Xiao Dabao's friends, and Wang Xiaoshuai, who saw the uneven road, did not care about the predicament, and joined the classmates to drive the off-campus **** away. Since then, Wang Xiaoshuai and Xiao Dabao have become good friends.

Two people often play together, singing MJ songs and dancing MJ dances together, which gradually attracted the attention of the girls, and the school flowers also favored them. Later, the two decided to collaborate on MJ's classics at the school's New Year's Day party. They were welcomed by the girls as soon as they appeared on the stage. The school flowers cheered especially vigorously.

Unexpectedly, Bao Xiaobai, who had a grudge, also had a secret love for the school flower. Seeing the school flower cheering for the two, he was guilty and cut off the school's electricity. The only chance to show off was gone.

Many years later, Xiao Dabao became the host of the wedding celebration, often because of poor host, unable to receive the activities, life is poor. On the other hand, Wang Xiaoshuai married a fat girl who had a crush on him and ran a small barber shop. Life was equally difficult.

On the way off work, Xiao Dabao got distracted when he heard the news of MJ's death and crashed a Mercedes-Benz. As a result, the owner turned out to be Bao Xiaobai, who was often bullied by him, and became the producer and judge of the popular talent show "China Good Boy". Even worse, the school flower married Bao Xiaobai.

The life with Bao Xiaobai is not satisfactory. The schoolgirl feels that he is a canary in a cage, and Bao Xiaobai often goes out to fool around and socialize. So when the old classmates met, the school flowers were very enthusiastic. After learning that Xiao Dabao and Wang Xiaoshuai were not living as they wished, after returning home from the school, Bao Xiaobai asked them to participate in the draft.

And let Bao Xiaobai promise to let them enter the top ten and get a bonus of 50,000 yuan.

"The Good Boys of China" is a talent show, divided into auditions and semifinals. The auditions have no audience, and the semifinals are broadcast live on TV. Entering the top ten of the competition area, you can get a bonus of 50,000 yuan.

Bao Xiaobai still vividly remembered the past ten years ago, and didn't like the school's enthusiasm for them, so he agreed on the surface and secretly decided to let the judges pass the audition for the two, and then he would be ashamed of them after they were on TV. , And eventually eliminated. At the same time, they told the two that as long as they use original songs in the semi-finals, there is a great possibility that they will impress the judges and be promoted successfully.

Xiao Dabao, who didn't know, actively urged Wang Xiaoshuai to join the team. But the fat girl disagrees, feeling that the two are not good enough, and it is ashamed to go up. Therefore, Wang Xiaoshuai did not agree, and Xiao Dabao returned disappointed. But at night, Wang Xiaoshuai had something in his mind and couldn't sleep, so he quietly got up to practice dancing.

After the fat girl got up at night, she found out that her husband was so eager to perform. She relentlessly agreed to Wang Xiaoshuai and Xiao Dabao to team up to participate in the draft. The two left their work, concentrated on dancing and singing, and wrote an original song, hoping to be included in the top ten in the region.

The audition passed smoothly.

It was finally live on TV. The audience all came to see the post-90s contestants. No one welcomed the two old boys. Only the fat girl cheered for the two in the audience, and kept calling to let her old classmates watch TV.

Then, returning to the competition scene, the judges humiliated the two of them in accordance with Bao Xiaobai's instructions.

The two people who were humiliated, with the last trace of dreams, sang the original song "Old Boy" firmly...