In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, China topped the list with 51 gold medals, which ended perfectly. Shao Shuaijun's busy schedule was about to begin. After studying the filming progress of "IMAX-3D Yupu Group", he and Ning Hao and others
People rushed to the United States with "No Man's Land".
"No Man's Land" will be screened on a small scale in North America to test the response, and then gradually expand the scale of the screening. The Chinese community in North America is the highlight of "No Man's Land". After arriving in the United States, Summit Entertainment mobilized a team to
Specializing in the production of "No Man's Land". With more manpower, the company began to work on the release of "500 Days with Summer".
The schedule has been confirmed. It will be released in North America on Friday, September 5th, and will be released in North America and overseas. One day in advance, on September 4th, the premiere will be held at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood.
"Hey, Sister Bing, the premiere of my movie "500 Days with Summer" is on September 4th. Be sure to come and attend." Since September 1st, Shao Shuaijun has been calling to invite guests.
Li Bingbing's voice came from the other end: "I'm not a big-name celebrity. Why do you want me to attend? Do American audiences know me?"
"Come, you must come, I've invited a lot of friends, let's all have fun."
"All right."
After hanging up Li Bingbing, Shao Shuaijun called Liu Sanxi again: "Brother Xi, you and your sister-in-law come over to attend my movie premiere."
"Going to America?"
"Yes, I will send someone to pick you up when the time comes. By the way, help me inform Anan, Sishui and Zebra." After Shao Shuaijun received the notification, he called Mahu again, "Hey, Mahu, on September 4th, my movie will be released.
The premiere, don’t forget it.”
"Yixue...yes, you must come to the movie premiere. Okay, I'll be waiting for you."
"Xiao Gang, you are with Gao Zhisheng, and Li Fangfang. Just in time, I won't notify you one by one. You must come to my movie premiere on September 4th."
"Sister Mei..."
"Sister Wang..."
Shao Shuaijun called one by one, notifying the company's executives and old brothers who used to film. Then he started calling Wen Zhang: "Wen Zhang, my movie premiere is on September 4th, right?
,Come."
Then came Master Liu: "Master Liu, who do you think I am, Shao Shuaijun... Yes, September 4th."
Then Fan Bingbing, Zhao Wei, Chen Kun and other old acquaintances in the entertainment industry who were well connected were also notified one by one. After a pause, Shao Shuaijun called Liu Yifei again: "Qianqian, this is Shao Shuaijun. On September 4th,
Please come and attend the premiere of my movie "500 Days with Summer"."
"OK."
"Okay, that's it, I still want to inform others." After hanging up the phone, Shao Shuaijun shook his head and smiled, throwing away some inexplicable things. He and Liu Yifei now only have a relationship as friends, and they are also drifting apart, even very far.
No contact for a long time.
Domestic entertainment industry artists with whom Shao Shuaijun felt they had good connections were notified. No matter who they were, they did not refuse Shao Shuaijun's invitation. Then they called Wang Zhonglei, Wang Zhongjun, Yu Dong, Wu Kebo and other film industry bosses.
Several second-generation officials in the capital.
After calculating that nothing was missing, Shao Shuaijun started to contact familiar directors again. Zhang Yimou, Wang Xiaoshuai, Jia Zhangke, Bai Jifei, etc. Finally, it was my friend from the entertainment industry in North America, Leonardo DiCaprio,
Jake Gyllenhaal, Ellen Page, etc.
Recently, Li Yu was also studying movies in Hollywood. Shao Shuaijun also called and asked Li Yu to come and support him. Li Yu was very talkative and agreed immediately.
It took a whole day or two, and Shao Shuaijun was busy making phone calls.
Then he called the creators of "500 Days of Summer" over, and while drinking coffee, he said: "Gordon, Scarlett...you all know, wait until the Easter egg at the end of the movie appears. How should you cooperate?
, you must remember it and don’t let me get into trouble.”
Gordon patted his chest: "Don't worry, director, as an actor, it's easy to perform on the spot, so don't worry."
"Where are you Scarlett?" Shao Shuaijun looked at Scarlett fiercely.
Scarlett pouted: "Okay, I will cooperate perfectly."
"That's good. As long as the show is successful and "500 Days with Summer" makes money at the box office, your red envelopes will definitely be there."
"There is red envelope and motivation, director, don't worry!"
Everything is ready, September 4th has arrived.
In the morning, Shao Shuaijun drove to the airport to pick up Li Xiuxiu.
After a big hug, Li Xiuxiu hurriedly asked: "Ajun, does this movie have any significance? You invited many friends to come over to attend the premiere?"
Shao Shuaijun laughed: "The main thing is to invite everyone to come over and get together, and inspiration comes from me. I just think about the friends I met along the way. I don't have time to get together, have a good meal, and watch a movie. It feels very good."
It’s a pity. It’s just a good time to use this movie premiere to bring everyone together and have fun.”
"It's quite interesting. Let's go. I'm going to catch up on my sleep, and then go to the movies in the evening. After the movie, we'll go to eat. What shall we eat? With so many people, we definitely can't eat Western food. It's better to go back to China to eat hot pot.
Let’s eat, um, let’s have a pool party, don’t Americans all like to hold parties?” Li Xiuxiu began to plan the evening’s program.
"It's up to you."
Time passed by little by little, and in the afternoon, the movie premiere began. People who were not in the entertainment industry entered the cinema early, while those in the entertainment industry were busy walking the red carpet.
Shao Shuaijun is no longer a rookie in Hollywood. He can be called a great director or an entertainment tycoon. Therefore, there are many media circles, and the red carpet is even more star-studded.
The red-hot Leonardo DiCaprio, A-list youngster Jake Gyllenhaal, rising star Ellen Page, the new generation of sexy goddess Scarlett Johansson, Hollywood Chinese superstar Chow Yun-fat, etc.
These are all the stars who have worked with Shao Shuaijun.
When he appeared on stage, he immediately attracted a burst of flashlights and reporters.
Then Channing Tatum, who plays the male lead in "So You Think You Can Dance", and Jenna Dewan, who plays the female lead, walked arm in arm on the red carpet. Harry Shum, the male lead in "So You Think You Can Dance 2", and
Brianna Yinweigen, who plays the heroine, also walked on the red carpet hand in hand.
When "Twilight" actor Robert Pattinson and actress Kristen Stewart, two red and purple new-generation stars, stepped onto the red carpet, there was a burst of flashes.
Wave. The just-passed "The Twilight Saga: New Moon" grossed US$600 million globally, and it is still being screened one after another. It can still earn at least US$100 million at the box office.
Other actors in Twilight, such as Taylor Lautner and Ashley Greene, were also baptized by the flash, adding countless brilliance to tonight's premiere.
Soon, Anne Fletcher, the director of "So You Think You Can Dance" and the great director Christopher Nolan, also walked on the red carpet together. The director of "You Can Dance" has a good relationship with Summit Entertainment, and Nolan has a good relationship with Shao Shuaijun.
So they all came to cheer. Soon Catherine Hardwicke, the director of "Twilight" and Chris Weitz, the director of "New Moon" also came together.
During this period, directors Zhang Yimou, Director Li Eucalyptus, Director Guy Ritchie, etc. all attended the premiere and walked on the red carpet.
There is also the most popular comedy TV series "The Big Bang Theory" in which the four male protagonists surround the female protagonist and appear together, which also killed a lot of reporters' footage. There are far more Hollywood stars than the above-mentioned ones. With the relationship network of Summit Entertainment
, coupled with the network of our old neighbor Lionsgate Pictures, we invited a lot of stars.
Not to mention domestic celebrities. Hollywood reporters may not be interested in them, but domestic reporters are very busy. Li Bingbing, Fan Bingbing, Liu Yifei, Liu Shishi, Huang Bo, Wen Zhang, Xu
Earn... In Hollywood, they are all unknowns, but in China they are as bright as anyone tonight.
Regardless of whether the movie is good or not, the red carpet at this premiere is absolutely beautiful.
The appearance of these big directors and big stars wastes countless amounts of film for the reporters, and the harvest is huge. The red carpet that lasted for more than an hour finally ended, and the door of the cinema slowly closed, and the audience gradually became quiet. The big screen
Turn on the light and the movie starts.
Chasing the Golden Harvest, the logo of Summit Entertainment ends, the title "500 Days with Summer" appears, and the plot slowly unfolds. The movie starts from the 488th day, Summer played by Scarlett and Tom played by Gordon, sitting on the long
On the chair, Summer had a ring on her finger, pressing it on Tom's hand.
Narrator: "This is a story about a boy who meets a girl."
Then jump to day 1.
Tom was wearing a cardigan and listened listlessly at the meeting. The narration sounded again: "The boy's name is Tom Hansen. He comes from Margate, New Jersey. When he grows up, he believes that he will never be truly happy until he meets a person.
…”
The screen switched to Summer, who was at the front desk and was busy answering the phone. The side said slowly: "This girl's name is Summer Fannie, from Shinnecock, Michigan. She has never believed this. Since her parents divorced
After that, she only loved two things, the first was her long black hair, and the second was how easily she could cut it off, and then she wouldn’t feel anything anymore..."
"Tom met Summer on January 8th, and he knew almost immediately who she was looking for... This is a story about a boy meeting a girl. But you should know from the beginning that this is not a love story.
.”
After such a narration-style opening, the names of the leading actors and creators appeared on the screen one by one. Amidst the beautiful singing, two sloppy movie shots were on the left and right sides of the screen, slowly showing the growth of the little boy and the little girl.
Process. Finally, the English letters "Works by Director Shao Shuaijun" appeared. After freezing for a few seconds, the title ended.
Jump directly to day 290, Tom and Summer have broken up. Tom recalled the entire relationship process to his friends, and he still wants to continue with Summer. The next plot will not follow the complete 500 days.
The playback is divided into many act combinations, day 1, day 4, day 154, then jumps back to day 11, day 27, day 28, then day 282 and so on.
With such a very disordered story structure, we can restore and interpret Summer and Tom's various views on love from their acquaintance to falling in love to their respective life situations after breaking up.
Tom believes that there is something called destiny, that there is a feeling that can be described as true love, and that there is an encounter that is destined by God. Just like when he met Summer, he told himself that this was the love of his life. He pursued Summer's back,
Approach Summer in a romantic or coy way.
Summer doesn't believe in any love fairy tales, nor does she believe that two people will be together. For her, being together is just a lot of fun, nothing more. She went into dating Tom with the idea that happiness would be good, and she didn't want to go further.
Tom thought that one day he would be able to take off Summer's guard, so when Summer took him to her space, Tom naively thought that he loved Summer and Summer also loved him. However,
Fantasy is just fantasy after all. Less than a year later, anxiety began to spread.
They finally broke up.
In the following time, Tom was distressed and confused, and was still looking forward to getting back together with Summer. Until the 488th day, Tom was in the park, missing the past. Summer came over, bringing the ring given by others. Tom about
Those ideas of destiny, true love and destiny collapsed in an instant.
"You didn't want to be anyone's girlfriend, and now you're someone's wife." Tom said bitterly, self-deprecatingly and indignantly.
"I'm surprised too."
"I don't think I'll ever understand that it makes any sense."
"It just happened."
"This is what I don't understand. What happened?"
Summer smiled and shook her head: "I woke up one day and I knew it."
"Know what?"
"I've never been sure about being with you."
Tom turned his head, unable to bear the collapse of his worldview, and even wanted to cry in sadness: "You know what's terrible? It would be terrible to find out that everything you believed in was all an illusion!"
"What's the meaning?"
"Destiny, spiritual companionship, true love, and nonsense fairy tales, you are right, I should have listened to you."
"No." Summer smiled, "I think it's because... I was in the deli, reading "The Picture of Dorian Gray", and a man came over and asked me about this book. He is now my husband.
"
"so what?"
"What if I go to the movies? What if I go to lunch somewhere else? What if I go ten minutes late? It's... it's meant to be. I keep thinking... Tom is right."
Originally, Summer absolutely didn't believe in what Tom believed in destiny. But now that Tom didn't believe it, Summer told him that she did.
"No." Tom wanted to deny.
"Yes, really...it's just that you are wrong about me." Summer pressed her hand on Tom's hand, and the ring was particularly conspicuous.
At that moment, Summer seemed so far away in Tom's eyes. They said a friendly goodbye, and Summer walked away, taking Tom's unrealistic fantasies with her.
On the 500th day, Tom picked up his old dream of becoming an architectural designer. During the interview at the company, he met another girl who also came to apply for the job. They chatted awkwardly at first.
After a while, I discovered that they actually knew each other and had the same hobbies.
The girl had seen Tom in the Angel Square, but Tom had not seen her.
"You must not be paying attention."
The girl smiled slightly.
At that moment, Tom felt that all the innocence and illusions he had destroyed by Summer were back again. Nothing is destined by God. You just meet the right person at the wrong time, or meet the right person at the right time. The wrong person. But if you search carefully, you will find that at the right time, there will always be the right person.
There is no destiny, it's all coincidence.
Love is also a coincidence.
Tom invited the girl to drink coffee and get to know her again: "Nice to meet you, my name is Tom."
"I know you very well, my name is Autumn."
So, the 500 days with summer have passed, and the first day with autumn has begun. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)