Life after becoming the richest man is boring. Every day there are invitations to various banquets, charity galas, celebrity gatherings or invitation banquets from the government. To this, Shao Shuaijun's general answer is that he needs to prepare a new script and has no time! Then continue
Learn to fly a plane leisurely.
It was not until mid-November that Summit Entertainment in North America held a quarterly summary meeting that Shao Shuaijun ended his teaching. Together with Li Xiuxiu, who came to visit him, they boarded a newly delivered small passenger plane "BL901 Global Express" and flew to Los Angeles.
BL901 is a long-range, high-speed business transport aircraft developed in Canada. It can carry only a dozen passengers, but it is enough to accommodate Shao Shuaijun and his party, including assistants and bodyguards, and it is very fast. According to Shao Shuaijun's wishes, the cabin has been transformed into a small living room.
It looks like it has a bar, a kitchen, and a dedicated small cinema where you can eat and watch movies on the plane.
Shao Shuaijun had a hard time sleeping on the bus and didn't want to waste time, so he just happened to watch a movie.
The plane flew into the blue sky and white clouds. Li Xiuxiu and Zhang Huahua were chatting about skin care products. Shao Shuaijun opened the cinema and started watching movies.
"Thomas, you can't do this."
In the movie, Jake Gyllenhaal held a gun and pointed it tremblingly at the masked man who was committing a robbery in the alley in front. He was quite hesitant in his heart. He held the gun and wanted to pull the trigger but didn't dare. Finally, he
His eyes flashed, and a gunshot rang out.
This is a clip from "The Night Watcher", Shao Shuaijun's first original film and his only failed work, a product of being in a state of ecstasy. After freezing the film, Shao Shuaijun picked up a notebook on the table, opened it casually, and turned to
On a certain page, there is a detailed summary of the plot of the movie.
"The scenes of Thomas' murder did not show the strong inner conflict, and the crime of the robber did not express the evil concisely. There was not enough conflict between the two contrasts. Moreover, the use of the shots was too random, without a specific rhythm, and the combination of close-ups and long shots was confusing and confusing.
Fragmented. It is recommended to add a flash of memories here, and integrate the close-up into the shot more fully, rather than making it isolated."
Looking at the notebook and then at the frozen picture, Shao Shuaijun held his chin and thought. He didn't know how many times he had thought like this in private.
"This little girl is so interesting, Sister Xiu. She was fascinated as soon as she saw the little boy's blue eyes. How old was she at the time? Americans are so early in love. The little girl also said to herself, she
I have to save my first kiss for the little boy." The conversation between Li Xiuxiu and Zhang Huahua on the other side suddenly reached Shao Shuaijun's ears.
"Eye?"
Shao Shuaijun seemed to have thought of something and frowned tightly. Thomas's eyes in the freeze frame seemed to suddenly become bigger and bigger, and then reflected all the pictures. Shao Shuaijun was shocked, inspiration came to him, he grabbed a pen and added something in his notebook
a paragraph.
"Instead of a separate memory scene, add a close-up of Thomas's eyes before Thomas shoots. You can embed the memory scene on the pupils. Then the embedded scene becomes the reflection of the robber, so the conflict changes immediately.
Be subtle, rather than deliberately describing the actions of the robber and Thomas."
Putting down his pen, Shao Shuaijun seemed to have conceived this picture in his mind. It is a very cool way of expression. Especially the eyeballs presented in IMAX mode are absolutely cool. There are many special effects matte painting methods to express emotions.
changes.
After thinking for a while with satisfaction, Shao Shuaijun continued to watch other movie clips. "The Night Watcher" was his heartache. For more than a year, he could not really let go and kept thinking about how to make the movie more perfect. "The Night Watcher" is Shao Shuaijun's favorite movie.
His original idea was to create a superhero who was a lone hero.
But being too superstitious about his own storytelling and being too obsessed with this kind of implicit camera presentation made the audience confused and turned into a super bad movie. Christopher Nolan successfully created the most popular movie with "Spider-Man: The Dark Knight"
Epic dark superhero.
Shao Shuaijun couldn't bear to look at it. His Night Watchman was a joke compared to Batman. It made him feel like he had a lump in his throat. He couldn't calm down if he couldn't swallow it. Basically, most of his private leisure time was occupied by "Night Watch", shooting
No matter how popular other movies are, they can't fill the hole in my heart.
After watching the movie for a while, Li Xiuxiu suddenly came over with a book in her arms: "Look at this book, it's very beautiful."
"What?" Shao Shuaijun picked up the book and saw "FLIPPED" written on the cover. This English word means "flip, flip and jump". Its usage is very complicated. It can describe things flipped over, and it can also describe a mood flipped over.
.But when Shao Shuaijun opened the content, he saw what it was talking about.
He knew that the title of the book translated as "Pumping Heartbeat".
The novel written by American writer Wendelin Van Draannan was later made into a movie by Rob Reiner, the director of "Stand By Me", about two years later. The movie "Heartbeat"
Due to insufficient publicity funds, it failed to enter mainstream theaters. It was only released in dozens of theaters in North America and was hastily completed. However, it earned countless praises and praises.
"In the book, the two little girls and the little boy are very cute. The pure love between children is not mixed with any adult worries. It is carefree and just pure likes and dislikes." Li Xiuxiu said excitedly.
, and then looked at Shao Shuaijun with contempt, "If it is made into a movie, it will definitely be better than the "500 Days with Summer" you made."
Shao Shuaijun raised his eyebrows: "Who would watch two children playing house these days? In China, this is puppy love. You can watch the "Girls We Chased Together" by Eight Knives that we invested in, and you will think
It will probably take some trouble to release it in the mainland, and it will encourage puppy love, so it would be strange if the radio and television industry didn't click."
"I said whether it's good-looking or not, why are you talking about puppy love? Huh-huh, Huahua, tell me,
Is "FLIPPED" better than "500 Days of Summer"?"
"Of course "FLIPPED" is good-looking." Zhang Huahua joined Li Xiuxiu's camp without hesitation. She had already seen that between Shao Shuaijun and Li Xiuxiu, it was obvious that Li Xiuxiu had a higher status and was more worthy of joining.
Shao Shuaijun flat-mouthed: "I didn't say it wasn't good to watch. They are two different types of pure love stories. "500 Days with Summer" is about adults' view of love, and "FLIPPED" is about the superficial love between children.
Shallow love, not even love, just mutual affection. If you want to talk about pure love, "FLIPPED" will definitely win, but if you want to talk about true love, "500 Days with Summer" will obviously win.
One chip."
"It's so clear-cut, have you seen it?"
"Of course I have read it, don't doubt it, I am well-read!" Shao Shuaijun said proudly. In his two lifetimes combined, he is already in his thirties. In his previous life, in order to become a director, he studied many more books and movies than the average person.
times.
Zhang Huahua asked hopefully: "Boss, if you've seen it, why don't you make it into a movie? What a great story. It will definitely attract a large number of viewers. Maybe it will be another movie that attracts as much money as "500 Days with Summer"
Woolen cloth."
"Are you talking about puppy love?"
"What's wrong with puppy love? I think this kind of puppy love is more educational. Julie and Bryce's understanding and liking of each other is to establish a correct outlook on life for children. You can't like someone based on their appearance.
If you like it, if you like his connotation, that would be great, Sister Xiu, what do you think?"
Li Xiuxiu nodded: "Huahua is right."
"Let's talk about it later." Shao Shuaijun waved his hand, left the book behind, and flipped through it.
Seeing that Shao Shuaijun didn't move, Li Xiuxiu and Zhang Huahua sat back regretfully and started talking about skin care products again. After Shao Shuaijun flipped through "FLIPED" for a while, he simply put the "Night Watcher" notebook and the "Hunger Games" script on the
On the table, I looked again and again.
Soon, Shao Shuaijun put away the "Night Watcher" notebook. He didn't know what he was thinking. He studied "Night Watcher" every day, but "Night Watcher" was already a thing of the past.
Looking at the remaining book and script, Shao Shuaijun pondered. To be honest, "The Hunger Games" is a commercial film, just like "The Twilight Saga". Shao Shuaijun can direct or not, so for him
It seems that "Twilight" has been given up, and "The Hunger Games" doesn't matter anymore.
As for "Pumping Heart", it is indeed a good movie, but it was not in his plan before, and the box office is also unknown.
But Li Xiuxiu liked the book and wanted to make it into a movie.
Should you make money first or please women first?
This is a problem.
After looking left and right, love finally prevailed. Shao Shuaijun put away the script of "The Hunger Games": "Forget it, let's postpone "The Hunger Games" and shoot "Heartbeat" first." Shao Shuaijun made up his mind.
Immediately ask Zhang Huahua to contact Wendelin Van Draannan after getting off the plane and buy the copyright of "FLIPPED".
It is easy to buy an unknown writer and an average novel that sells well.
"Oye, the boss is wise." Zhang Huahua laughed loudly.
Li Xiuxiu also laughed, and then asked in a low voice: "Are you really planning to shoot? If you don't want to shoot, forget it. Shooting "The Hunger Games" is not bad. You have been preparing for a long time."
"For me, there's nothing wrong with filming. After all, I bought the copyright, and I can film it whenever I want, right? The story of "FLIPPED" is very simple, and the scenes are very simple, except for the little actors who need to act a little bit."
Everything else is very simple and can be done in a month or two without wasting my time."
Shao Shuaijun smiled nonchalantly. It was already the end of November in 2008, and the time was getting closer and closer to 2013. The money-making movies he could shoot first were all collected through screenwriting, acquisitions or directing by himself, and the remaining few novels were adapted.
The movie has also purchased the rights to adapt the movie and can be shot at any time.
Therefore, time does not seem to be that important to him.
It only takes a few minutes of thinking to decide what to film, but it takes a lot of time to prepare for filming. Before buying the copyright, Shao Shuaijun had no intention of adapting the script. After getting off the plane, he rushed directly to his villa in Santa Monica to rest for a day.
, Li Xiuxiu will have a meeting tomorrow. As for Shao Shuaijun, you can go and observe it, or you don’t have to go. Anyway, he rarely takes care of things, and the company is on the right track. It will be the same with or without him.
Zhang Huahua acted quickly. After contacting Wendelin Van Draanan, she bought the copyright of "Pumping Heart" at a not too high price. Wendelin was very happy to be able to cooperate with Shao Shuaijun.
However, she has one request, that is, she hopes to be the screenwriter of the movie and try to adapt the script to be more original.
Shao Shuaijun agreed. Wendelin is not only a writer, but also a screenwriter. She works in a TV station. With her joining the crew, the adaptation of the movie will be easier and more consistent with the flavor of the original work. At most, Wendelin can only give suggestions.
, the power of how to shoot is in the hands of Shao Shuaijun.
Originally, Shao Shuaijun still chose Mitchell Bruce as casting director and producer, but now that Summit Entertainment is preparing to go public, Mitchell has no time to take over. Fortunately, Summit Entertainment has a big business and is responsible for "The Twilight Saga"
Casting director Louis Renard will serve Shao Shuaijun and help the "Heartbeat" crew select roles.
"Pumping Heart" tells a very innocent and simple story.
Bryce Roski moved to a small town with his parents. The moment second grader Julie Baker saw Bryce's blue eyes, her heart was struck by him and her heart skipped a beat. She wanted to get close to him.
Bryce, but Bryce has no feelings for her. On the contrary, he hates her a little.
Because Julie likes to raise chickens and sit on the sycamore tree and watch the scenery, this makes Bryce very confused. How can a girl regard these as fun?
The big tree was blocking other people from building houses and wanted to cut it down. Julie vowed to defend the big tree and hoped that Bryce would defend it with her. Bryce did not understand Julie's approach and did not help her. When the big tree was cut down
After the cut, Julie was very sad and no longer went to school with Bryce on the school bus.
Later, Julie won first place in the science and technology exhibition with her chicken hatching project, eclipsing Bryce. Later, she raised the chicks and gave the eggs to the Bryce family. The Bryce family disliked Zhu.
Li's house was dirty and she suspected that the eggs were unhygienic, so Bryce threw them away.
This made Julie even more sad, and she began to feel that Bryce's blue eyes might be as empty as he himself. She no longer acted impulsively for Bryce, she looked at herself, and gave up the so-called "love" for the sake of dignity. She persisted
In my own life, I don’t think poverty is anything worth feeling inferior to.
By the eighth grade, Bryce gradually realized that Julie was unusual. She liked to sit in trees because it allowed her to see the farther scenery. She raised chickens because it allowed her to support the family. She was proud of her family.
Feeling makes her very attractive. Bryce begins to like Julie.
He told his friend that his friend laughed at him and also laughed at Julie's uncle with cerebral palsy. Bryce reluctantly agreed with his friend, and Julie happened to hear all this. He was very upset, but he didn't know
What should he do? When he saw Julie joking with others, he wanted to kiss her.
Julie ran away and never saw him again.
Bryce regretted it so much that he decided to plant a sycamore tree in Julie's yard... (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)
