It took a whole day and night to film the scene in the bathtub. The camera was out of focus, and the actors' expressions were not in place. The expressions were in place, but the angle was wrong again. In short, this scene was far better than expected.
It was difficult to shoot. Lan Yan, who was still in the mood to seduce Shao Shuaijun, finally lost the energy to even raise her eyes.
As you can imagine, the initial stage of filming was indeed sexy and exciting, but as the situation became more frequent, the filming of romance films was no different from ordinary films.
Shao Shuaijun still holds a book and comes to the set to read when he has time, or flies back and forth to Hong Kong and the United States to pay attention to the company's affairs, get together with old friends and so on.
This day is August 1st, and the Olympic Games are getting closer and closer.
Shao Shuaijun was trying to start writing the movie script of "The Hunger Games". Assistant Zhang Huahua came in and said: "Boss, there is a director from the UK looking for you. He wants to buy your "Q※A" (Question and Answer) novel.
film adaptation rights."
"Q※A" is the debut novel of Indian writer Vikas Swarup. It was published in 2005 and the film rights were purchased by Shao Shuaijun in 2006. This novel tells the story of an uneducated 18-year-old who lives in a slum.
The life of the young waiter Rama Muhammad Thomas.
Rama participated in a popular TV quiz show "Who Will Be a Millionaire?", answered 12 questions correctly and received a prize of up to one billion rupees, becoming the largest prize winner in the history of the show. TV production
The company accused Rama of cheating because it could not pay the huge bonus, because a slum youth who had never gone to school, never even read a newspaper, and had no education would never know these twelve facts about astronomy, religion, history, and sports.
, answers to questions about literature and more.
Just when the police were about to force Rama to sign a confession, a mysterious female lawyer Smita Shah appeared and rescued him. He needed Rama to state the truth in order to defend him, so Rama recounted his own experience.
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Shao Shuaijun closed the script and asked: "Which director?"
"His name is Danny Boyle. He is a British director and the director of a very famous movie "Shallow Grave"."
Shao Shuaijun understood, nodded and said, "Invite him to come over and talk."
Soon, Danny Boyle was brought by Zhang Huahua to Shao Shuaijun’s office in Chasing Dreams Jiahe. He was a middle-aged man with a round head and spoke a fluent London accent: "Director Shao, I am very happy to meet you.
Coming to you, I am Danny Boyle, a director from the UK. "Inception" is so wonderful, you are an amazing director!"
"Hello, Director Danny, thank you for your compliment. Are you here to buy the movie rights of "Q※A"?" Shao Shuaijun motioned for the other party to sit down and talk.
"Yes, my friend recommended this novel to me. He told me that if the novel was adapted into a movie, it would be very interesting. When I found out that the original electronic music copyright had been purchased by Director Shao, and it had been put on hold for a long time.
Since we haven't started shooting for a long time, I came here in person, hoping to buy it."
Shao Shuaijun shook his head: "I'm sorry Danny, "Q※A" is a movie copyright that I value very much. I originally planned to direct the movie myself when there was a schedule. It's just that I have too much work and I'm not very familiar with India.
, that’s why it’s delayed like this, I won’t sell the rights to the movie.”
After 2006, the pursuit of dreams has been put up. Shao Shuaijun specially sent people to India to buy the film and television rights of two novels. One is "Q※A" and the other is "Five Points Man". If this is the case
The two names are very unfamiliar, so the movie adapted from them will definitely become very famous in the future.
The movie adapted from "Five Point Man" is called "Three Idiots" and the movie adapted from "Q※A" is called "Slumdog Millionaire". At the press conference of "IMAX-3D Yupu Tuan" that day, there were
A reporter asked Shao Shuaijun why he switched from Hollywood to Hong Kong. Shao Shuaijun replied that as long as it was suitable, he was willing to make movies anywhere, including Bollywood, India, Thailand and other places.
In fact, at that time, Shao Shuaijun had planned to take time off to shoot a movie in India. But because he heard that India was too chaotic, and there were many other plans to buy the copyright, Shao Shuaijun did not plan to start filming immediately, and it has been delayed until now.
Whether it's 3 Idiots or Rich Man, they are all excellent Bollywood movies that have impacted the world. They have made huge profits at the box office and word of mouth. Shao Shuaijun is reluctant to sell them casually.
Even if he remembers that Danny Boyle was the director of the original movie, he will not sell the rights.
"Director Shao, can you really not be accommodating? You are so busy now, you don't care about this two movies. I really like "Q※A" and I hope Director Shao can part with it. I am willing to pay a high price."
Shao Shuaijun still shook his head: "I won't sell it."
"Is it really impossible?"
"No."
"Oh, God, this is really tragic news." Danny Boyle said painfully. After pleading to no avail, Danny had to turn around and leave.
At this time, Shao Shuaijun suddenly called out to Danny: "Director Danny, please wait a moment. Do you really like this movie?"
Danny said in surprise: "Yes, I like it very much. What does Director Shao mean?"
"I originally planned to shoot it myself, but I feel that my enthusiasm for this novel is not as good as that of Danny directing you. So, we can change the way of cooperation. I will invest in the film, and director Danny can first come up with an adaptation.
If I'm satisfied with the script, I'll hand over the movie to you to direct, how about it?" Shao Shuaijun said with a smile.
"Slumdog Millionaire" has a good reputation and box office. I remember it won 8 awards at the Oscars, including two heavyweight awards for Best Picture and Best Director. But there is a regrettable problem.
The film received serious boycotts from India, as it was suspected of insulting India and was very controversial.
India is such a mess, Shao Shuaijun has plans to start a film branch in Bollywood, and there will be many blockbuster Indian movies in the future. If he directs and has a bad reputation, I thought about it for a while and decided, why not restore history and let Dan
Neil Boyle should bear the reputation and the blame, he can just get the benefits from behind.
Danny Boyle was overjoyed after hearing this and immediately said: "I am going to adapt the script right now. I will live in Hong Kong and try to write the script within a week!"
"Don't be so anxious. I will provide you with food and accommodation in Hong Kong. How about you write slowly and keep it for you for a month."
"good."
Shao Shuaijun was a little reluctant to hand over "Slumdog Millionaire" to Danny Boyle. This is a movie that can really win awards. Shao Shuaijun only won a Saturn Award after working for so many years.
A good director has long been thirsty for awards.
Fortunately, he can comfort himself by relying on the movies in his memory. Even if he wins an award, he will not feel at ease. Only by truly using his own ability to make a good movie and win an award, that is what he is capable of. To put it bluntly, Shao Shuaijun has decided,
Even if the movie is handed over to Danny Boyle, he will be the producer himself. Then, once he wins the Oscar for Best Picture, he can still show his face and say a few words of pretense.
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At 19:00 on August 8, 2008, the 29th Summer Olympic Games opened at the Bird's Nest Stadium in Beijing. Shao Shuaijun and a large group of relatives and friends were watching from the VIP seats. His family and Li Xiuxiu's family were all together, chatting lively.
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"There are too many people here today. Hurry up and take pictures." Li Xiuxiu clapped her hands and said.
Shao Shuaijun held a SLR camera and said: "Turn your back to the stadium and let the entire stadium serve as your background."
Click, click, Shao Shuaijun immediately captured Li Xiuxiu's cheerful smile into the camera. He is a director, but he also worked as a photographer, just for the sake of taking pictures.
"Let me take some pictures for you." After Li Xiuxiu finished taking the pictures, she changed seats with Shao Shuaijun.
Shao Shuaijun posed for the camera in various poses and took a few pictures. At this time, Li Bingbing came over and shouted: "You are playing with yourself, come on, I will take pictures for you, and you can take some group photos."
"Sister, please take better photos and don't make me look bad."
"Don't worry, I'll make you look beautiful even if I make you look ugly."
"Hey, Sister Bing, you can't be partial, I also want to be more handsome."
While laughing and joking, Shao Shuaijun and Li Xiuxiu put their arms around their shoulders and made old-school victory gestures to each other. Then they changed positions, and finally Shao Shuaijun simply kissed Li Xiuxiu on the face. The SLR camera firmly locked this happy and happy moment.
"Oh, you are not ashamed at all. What are you doing in public?" Li Xiuxiu said with a blushing face. The VIP table was also very lively, but in fact not many people paid attention to the two of them.
Li Bingbing joked: "Junzi must have been affected by the salty and wet films, and his face has become thicker."
"He has always been so shameless!" Li Xiuxiu quickly ran over and stood with Li Bingbing, flanking Shao Shuaijun.
Shao Shuaijun blew his breath and said in a nonchalant manner: "If a man is not bad, a woman will not love him, do you understand?"
At this time, Shao Shuaijun's mother shouted from behind: "You guys, what are you doing? Come over and get it done. Didn't you see that the leaders are here?" As the time approached 20 o'clock, the leaders also arrived one by one.
He was waving his hands everywhere.
Soon, it was time for the opening ceremony and the lights in the entire venue were turned off.
Then on the top of the big screens around the stadium, the fireworks were like a fire dragon that circled around the stadium. Then the sundial symbolizing time slowly appeared on the big screen, then became bigger and brighter, and suddenly emitted a
Fireworks, symbolizing the light of time, shot into the center of the stadium.
The 2008 fou array (percussion instruments) that had been waiting for a long time began to perform. When 20 o'clock was approaching, the countdown timer began to appear in the fou array, and the audience shouted, Shao Shuaijun, Li Xiuxiu and others,
He also shouted: "Ten, nine, eight, seven...three, two, one!"
When the countdown was over, countless fireworks soared into the sky from the ring-shaped top of the Bird's Nest, making it infinitely more dazzling. Then there was another flute performance, and then on the big screen of the Bird's Nest, accompanied by the ringing of the bell, the fireworks set off in the capital formed a
There were huge footprints, like a giant walking in the sky, walking step by step to the bird's nest.
Amid the brilliant fireworks displays, each performance at the opening ceremony was more exciting than the last.
The opening ceremony of this Olympic Games is undoubtedly the most brilliant in the world. Everything Zhang Yimou painstakingly rehearsed perfectly presented China to the world.
Shao Shuaijun shook his fan, fanned himself and Li Xiuxiu, and said, "Honey, I bet that China will take first place in gold medals at this year's Olympics. Do you believe it or not?"
"Who is your wife? My parents, your parents, and sister are all here, telling people to tell jokes." Li Xiuxiu pinched Shao Shuaijun's arm.
Shao Shuaijun laughed loudly, put his arms around Li Xiuxiu, and said in her ear: "What's a joke? We have met the parents seriously. This was legal in ancient times. It's just a missing piece of a marriage contract. By the way, wife,
After the Olympics, we will get married. I have already planned the proposal ceremony you requested."
Li Xiuxiu stopped watching the show, turned around and asked softly: "Is it true or not, so fast?"
"Of course it's true. You think I make salty movies every day. In fact, I'm planning proposals and weddings under the guise of a producer."
"How did you plan it?"
"As I said, there will be no surprises. Anyway, just prepare yourself as a bride and push out everything you can about the company. Just wait and become the second happiest person in the world."
"What is the second happiness?" Li Xiuxiu asked sweetly.
Shao Shuaijun affectionately said something disgusting: "Because of you, I am the happiest person in the world."
"The face of death is so sweet."
"Hehe, of course."
At this time, Li Bingbing stretched his head over again: "Hey, what are you two talking about, biting your ears so hard?"
"Hey sister, please don't attack me so suddenly, we are talking about work."
"You dare to fool even your sister, right? You deserve a beating."
"Ah, haha."
Li Xiuxiu and Li Bingbing had a quarrel, regardless of whether the weather was hot or not. Shao Shuaijun couldn't get in the conversation, so he had to stick his head in to talk to the elder sister: "Sister, when are you going to find a partner? I'm not too young anymore, so don't get married."
"Go, go, worry about yourself, you dare to worry about my sister's affairs!" Shao Xiaoling shouted. In her previous life, Shao Xiaoling naturally got married before Shao Shuaijun, started a family, and opened her own accounting firm. However, Shao Shuaijun had no respect for his
My brother-in-law has a bad impression. I always feel that his brother-in-law is a kind-faced person with a dark heart, and is a bit lecherous.
Shao Xiaoling's life trajectory is different in this life. She has never met her brother-in-law again, so naturally, they will not get together. Shao Shuaijun will not be stupid enough to find her former brother-in-law and help them get married. Seeing that he is about to get married,
The elder sister was still single, so Shao Shuaijun started to worry blindly.
It's a pity that my sister is not very cooperative.
Watching the program, talking and laughing, the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games ended with singing. Shao Shuaijun and Li Xiuxiu took their parents back to the Dream Chasing Apartment. For this Olympics, the four parents have decided to arrange accommodation in the Dream Chasing Apartment.
Convenient to watch the Olympic Games.
It was still early when we arrived at Dream Chasing Apartment, so we all crowded into Shao Shuaijun’s home and talked about everyday things.
After chatting for a while, my father called out: "Junzi, come here with Xiuxiu. I want to ask you, before you said you wanted to get married during the summer vacation. There was a big earthquake and it was postponed. Now it's time to discuss it. This rural area
There are still rules in the countryside. When are you going to give me a gift? I want to hold a few banquets and invite Xiuxiu's relatives over there for a casual drink. What do you think?"
"Uncle, isn't it too much trouble?" Li Xiuxiu said embarrassedly.
Dad said seriously: "What's the trouble? We'll take care of it. Just come out and have a toast." (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)