In the summer of 2007, the most noisy moment gave Shao Shuaijun the biggest blow. There were voices criticizing him all over the world. Shao Shuaijun never thought that he was a coward, but at this moment, he really hid, hiding in Jiuzhaigou.
In a small town far away.
No one knows why he came here, including Li Xiuxiu.
"Ajun, who are you waiting for here? It's been half a month, and everyone is worried about you." Li Xiuxiu asked Shao Shuaijun casually while making the bed for Shao Shuaijun. He had asked Shao Shuaijun this question no less than dozens of times, and every time
Shao Shuaijun was confused.
Shao Shuaijun sat in front of the computer with an unshaven beard. He was not playing games or surfing the Internet, but simply watching "Night Watcher". Ever since he came to this small town, he had watched "Night Watcher" over and over again, deleting all copies.
Reduced, uncensored, discarded.
After freezing the movie, Shao Shuaijun turned his head, his eyes full of sadness: "Sister Xiuxiu, do you think I failed? The box office of "The Night Watcher" was a mess. It cost 100 million US dollars, so I failed like this."
"How could it be? You just encountered a little setback. One movie can't explain anything. You have made so many successful movies, right? Don't deny yourself in a hurry. In my heart, you have always been the best."
Li Xiuxiu smiled softly.
Shao Shuaijun was silent for a while before speaking: "How is the box office of "The Night Watcher" going?"
"Good news or bad news?"
"Bad news."
"Now it is basically showing in all the places where it should be released, and the box office is not very good. In ordinary theaters, North America is 29 million US dollars, Asia including the mainland is 36 million US dollars, Europe is only 18 million US dollars, plus some scattered countries and regions.
The global box office is approximately $67 million."
With a wry smile, Shao Shuaijun asked: "Where's the good news?"
"The good news is that in global IMAX theaters, "The Nighthawks" received US$29.6 million, which is almost half of that of ordinary theaters. There are only more than 200 IMAX theaters. Facts have proved that you are right to shoot in IMAX. As the first movie
By shooting commercial films with imax, you will definitely influence more filmmakers to go the imax road. You are a pioneer. You have not failed." Li Xiuxiu said with a smile.
"I am not. The success of imax is not caused by me. It should have succeeded. As a director, I have completely failed." Shao Shuaijun couldn't help but rub his hair when he thought of the shabby box office.
"Ajun, don't be like this. This is just a temporary failure. Cheer up and you will succeed."
"You don't understand." Shao Shuaijun has a thousand words to say, but he doesn't know how to say them. "Sister Xiuxiu, do you know that I was able to succeed before because... because of "Crazy Stone", "Source Code", "Painted Skin"
》They should have been successful, they were like an inspiration put there, and I just took it over... "Nighthawk" is different, it was something I thought about, not an inspiration taken from me, it was me
Really created...how should I say, maybe, I am not suitable to be a director at all."
Rebirth is Shao Shuaijun's biggest secret, he cannot tell anyone.
But as a director, Shao Shuaijun is extremely eager to prove himself. What he can use to prove it is of course his own movies. He will not be satisfied with plagiarizing other people's movies. This is indeed simple and casual, but what can he prove in the end?
.Prove that you can plagiarize?
Or is it proof once again that these movies can be successful?
They should have been successful. Regardless of whether Shao Shuaijun is included or not, they are all successful movies.
For money and life, Shao Shuaijun chose to plagiarize. But he couldn't plagiarize for the rest of his life. He only had a few years to plagiarize. Once the time pointed to 2013, what would he do to continue?
He once stood under the billboard of "Source Code" and told Li Xiuxiu that he would be the next king of the world and let everyone wander in his movie world. But what can a director who only knows how to plagiarize do to others?
Wandering in his world? Therefore, the success of "Painted Skin" suddenly inflated his self-confidence and began to weave his own dream story.
But this time the blow was so great that Shao Shuaijun could not bear it.
Ask yourself.
Indeed, he was impetuous and arrogant.
He performed a comedy that made people laugh like a clown.
No applause, no praise.
He had a thousand reasons to convince himself that it didn't mean he didn't have the ability, but that he didn't find the right path. He was still young, and he still had a chance. But the huge haze blocked his heart, making it impossible for him to breathe and plagiarize others.
With his works, he can have unlimited glory and follow his own path, but he is stuck in the mud.
"One day, I will be abandoned by the world!" Shao Shuaijun said with his eyes closed.
"Won't."
Li Xiuxiu hugged Shao Shuaijun from behind and rested her head on his back. She lost her usual strong woman demeanor and said quietly but firmly: "Ajun, even if the world abandons you, I will not."
Shao Shuaijun didn't know what to say and choked up: "I think if I continue to make movies, one day I will lose my dream, and then I will have no money. I won't be able to buy a house or a car.
I’ve given you diamonds and jewelry, but I can’t afford a yacht… No, I can’t afford it now, the company is losing so much.”
"Do you know what the old butler said to Batman in Batman Begins?" Li Xiuxiu said something confusing.
"What?"
"Batman asked him, haven't you given up on me yet? The old butler told him, never. Ah Jun, I also want to tell you, I like bungalows, cars, diamonds and jewelry, and even more, yachts, but that's not important.
The important thing is that we can be together. If I don’t have the person I love, even if I have gold and silver, what’s the point.”
"Sister Xiuxiu..."
"Wang Xiaojian told Huang Xiaoxian that there must be me within one meter of you. Ajun, can you tell me that you must be within one meter of me?"
"Of course." What else could Shao Shuaijun say? He held his hand. What more could I ask for?
"No matter how time passes, we must trust and help each other, cherish each other and know each other, okay?"
"certainly."
Only then did Li Xiuxiu raise her head with satisfaction. Her previous gentleness faded away. She looked at the moved Shao Shuaijun and asked with a gossipy face: "Now you should tell me who you are hiding here waiting for, right?"
"Uh..." Shao Shuaijun blinked, feeling that he had been fooled. However, after Li Xiuxiu's play, he felt that his depression was much relieved. Putting Li Xiuxiu into his arms again, Shao Shuaijun pursed his lips and said: "
I'm here to find a person, a director. I want to ask him why he wants to be a director and why he doesn't want to be a director."
"Who is he?"
"A... director who I have been friends with for a long time. Everyone calls him Lao Bai. He is a bit salty and vulgar. The movies he makes have never been released on a large scale. He loses money every time. But he is good at deceiving people, and many upstarts are willing to pay
He makes movies with money. Well, by the way, this guy has no lower limit. His favorite thing is to be a starlet under the guise of a director."
Li Xiuxiu frowned: "Why do you have contact with such a director?"
"Nothing, I just wanted to ask what other people think of the career of being a director."
Shao Shuaijun chuckled and said, but his memory turned to another distant time and space. It was also at this time, the summer of 2007. He met a crucial person in his life. Someone who told him how to distinguish
Women's tears, how to act in bed scenes, how to direct kissing scenes.
At that time, he was still working as a prop master in Hengdian. Lao Bai's crew was looking for people and gave him a lot of money, so Shao Shuaijun went there. It was Lao Bai's second movie, and it seemed to be called "The Lonely Bird in the Tree" or "The Tree".
"The Silent Birds" tells the love story of a man and three prostitutes.
Shao Shuaijun had almost forgotten the specific content, because Lao Bai never followed the routine and filmed wherever he thought. Sometimes, for the sake of unspoken rules and to vent his desires, he would add or delete scenes with certain women.
At that time, Shao Shuaijun started working with props, and was appreciated by Lao Bai and promoted to director assistant. As a result, after the filming of the movie, Shao Shuaijun forgot the entire plot. He only remembered that he shot the sex scene today and the kissing scene tomorrow, and then... nothing more.
, this film did not pass the review and could only be released secretly, just like a Category III film.
Working as a juggler on the crew of such a movie had a great impact on Shao Shuaijun. When Lao Bai became interested, he didn't care about the crew's life and death, he only cared about his own happiness. One time, he even asked Shao Shuaijun to take his place in filming for a day. That was from then on.
From then on, Shao Shuaijun gradually came into contact with the director's monitor, gradually got involved, and became an errand assistant director.
On the day when the crew wrapped filming, Shao Shuaijun still remembered that Lao Bai gave him an extra five thousand yuan in red envelopes.
Later, Shao Shuaijun continued to work hard for various film crews, recruiting workers wherever they could. And Lao Bai made another movie, which had almost zero box office. From then on, he took the only woman who was willing to follow him and returned to his hometown to sell leather shoes.
Went there. After that, Shao Shuaijun had no news about Lao Bai.
Lao Bai is a failed director, Shao Shuaijun never doubted this.
But he is also a director that Shao Shuaijun will remember for his whole life, not for those sex scenes and kissing scenes, not for the extra 5,000 yuan. But he was the first to tell him, "Young man, it's just a play, it's simple!"
The director, even though he has never seen the movie, he doesn't know if the scenes he directed are still there.
"The Night Watcher" has an unprecedented impact on Shao Shuaijun. Even if Dengtian Entertainment replaced him in his previous life, he has never been so confused and hesitant. Being replaced does not mean that he has no ability, it is just that he was distracted by the unspoken rules. "The Night Watchman"
"But it truly denied him.
Every time I hear people say how bad "The Night Watcher" is, Shao Shuaijun is like a helpless passerby walking on the streets of ghosts, surrounded by cannibals.
He didn't know why he asked Lao Bai. Maybe it was just to hear another encouragement from "Young man, just direct a play, it's simple!" or maybe it was just a subconscious impulse.
When the weather was at its hottest, Shao Shuaijun finally arrived and Lao Bai's crew came... (To be continued, please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!
ps: I finished the 12,000+ words today, and the most depressing and worst chapter was finally over.
My original plan was to slowly write about a person's changes, but I never stopped getting scolded in the book review section.
Everyone doesn’t like to read articles like this, so I’ll try my best to write as cheerfully as possible in the future!
Thanks to Wild Queer for the reward!
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