On November 20, 2010, Shao Shuaijun came to Taoyuan, Baodao, where the 47th Golden Horse Awards Ceremony was held. He arrived in Mongolia at about noon, and Li Yu personally came to pick him up at the airport, and then they went to Li Yu's home together.
Eat, drink wine, and chat about trivial matters.
While chatting, the director plan came up. Before Shao Shuaijun asked, Li Yu said to himself: "I have read "The Life of Pi" many times during this period. It is a large-scale project.
It is a fable about faith that is rich in content and far-reaching in meaning. It combines the esoteric and the grotesque, the epic adventure and the profound introspection. I think if I were to direct it, using 3D would be a good choice."
"So you agreed to direct?" Shao Shuaijun said with a smile.
Li Yu nodded and said matter-of-factly: "It's such a good book, but you can't photograph it well. If I don't photograph it, who will."
"Stop bragging. Who said I can't take good pictures? Do you think my nickname as the new King of the World is just random?" Li Yu became irritated, and Shao Shuaijun also followed suit.
"Those are all exaggerated claims by reporters. King of the World's box office will not stop at 1 billion US dollars. When you have a movie that exceeds 1 billion US dollars, you can use this banner again."
"Is it difficult to make 1 billion US dollars? My plan for directing "Avengers" next year is to aim for the top three box office records in film history." Shao Shuaijun said coaxingly that the era of superhero box office explosion is coming, and comics
The Marvel Cinematic Universe trio is no casual joke.
"Okay, I'm just waiting to see how much box office you can earn."
After some digressions, the two began to discuss "The Life of Pi". When they talked about it, they didn't even bother to eat. It was Li Yu's wife who came over and stopped the two from using the dining table as an office.
Table plan.
"I will discuss with the screenwriting department how to adapt the script. After the project is established, I will hand it over to you. When you have time, we will have an in-depth discussion. I will inform Wang Wei and ask her to act as executive producer on my behalf.
My schedule for next year is quite full, so I might be able to learn some art film techniques from you."
"You've been doing this for a long time, and you want to come over and steal my master?" Li Yu was nervous for a while.
Shao Shuaijun was speechless: "We can learn from each other. I also have a lot of experience in directing commercial films. "The Incredible Hulk" failed. It's time for you to make progress in business."
Li Yu chuckled: "That's true, then I'll be waiting for you to supervise the production?"
"Let's watch it then. You're not making movies very fast. I'm afraid I can't afford it."
"Slow work can produce fine work." Li Yu added another sentence, and suddenly remembered something, "Tonight's Golden Horse Awards, you must be mentally prepared."
"What's wrong?"
"Didn't your "Oldboy" receive seven nominations, but only one award for Best Director? I won it for you." Li Yu said self-deprecatingly, "I came to participate in the Golden Horse Awards jury this year, and I don't know.
Whether it's wrong or right, you just have to wait and see. Once the awards are over, there will definitely be a lot of criticism from outside, because I think this time it's all nonsense, but some people just can't let go of their prejudices."
"How did you fix it?"
"At the end of our voting, we did the math and found that basically it was Baodao films that won the prize, and they were all literary and artistic films with too niche tastes. Take the best director for example, when we voted for it, it was Chung Meng-hong,
I asked the judges of the nine treasure islands at that time if no one voted for Shao Shuaijun? Then they all had nothing to say." Li Yu smiled bitterly.
Regarding the awards, Shao Shuaijun no longer cared so much. He thought Li Yu's words were interesting, so he asked: "You voted again, and then you voted for me?"
"I asked at that time. To be honest, I was very disappointed at the time. Later, Huang Jianye may have felt that the atmosphere was not right, so he said, let's vote again. When the results came out the second time, you were chosen."
"No, you really voted for the second time? Why does it sound like I kidnapped the Golden Horse Award? It seems that if you don't give it to me, there will be problems?"
"Can there be no problems? Just like when I attend the Golden Horse Awards, who should I choose for Best Director? I have won the Oscar for Best Director, the Palme d'Or, the Silver Bear, and the Golden Lion. Who will the audience be convinced of? This time
Come on, "Oldboy" has a global revenue of 321 million and has broken countless records for Chinese-language films. It has a good reputation and a good box office. In addition, you are now the sixth greatest director in the world. If someone else is chosen for the Golden Horse Award, how do you think it will be viewed outside?
?In the past few years, the Golden Horse Awards have almost become a treasure island for self-entertainment. If it continues to cause trouble, it will have no influence at all."
Shao Shuaijun said openly: "Actually, it doesn't matter whether you give it to me or not. I have been a commercial director for these years, and I am indeed a little behind in the pursuit of art."
Li Yu shook his head and smiled: "In terms of art alone, you have accumulated a lot of enthusiasm over the years, especially "500 Days with Summer" and "Pumping Heart", which have diluted your previous commercial atmosphere.
A lot. After "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" was released, I felt a lot more restrained. Your directing level has reached the stage where you should win an award. After we finished the selection, Huang Jianye himself knew that there was a problem with the selection, so he re-selected
Best Director has nothing to do with kidnapping. This year’s Golden Horse Awards have become increasingly niche, and bombardment is inevitable.”
"It doesn't matter to me whether it's bombarded or not. Anyway, I'm just here to have fun. Tsk tsk, I can still win the best director. Not bad."
Shao Shuaijun gloated and said: "To be honest, I have always despised the literary and artistic style of the Golden Horse Awards. They only see the art, not the box office. Just follow the Oscars, no matter how much they like the literary and artistic style, what they pursue is also influenced by
Movies that have a good reputation among audiences, rather than self-respecting movies that pretend to be popular. Therefore, they can add one or two hundred million to a movie's box office, because these movies can achieve good results with just publicity. This shows that the influence of the Oscars has always been
huge."
"How can it be compared? Twenty people serve as judges for the Golden Horse Awards, and only five people review the films when they are shortlisted. These people don't know what relationship they have to be selected. This year, a host will be chosen as a judge, and next year we will choose again.
An actress will serve as a judge, and a writer may be invited the next year. I can’t say that they have no appreciation, but the Golden Horse Awards claims to be professional and artistic, but at the same time invites unprofessional people to be judges, where is the authority?”
"It seems you have a lot of resentment."
"Because you care, you have a lot of resentment. When you gave a speech at New Electronic Technology, your resentment was even greater than mine." Li Yu took a sip of wine angrily.
Shao Shuaijun took a bite of the dish that was cold in his mouth: "Look at it, just like me, I also want to make Chinese movies better, but I know the water is deep here. So I won't touch it, which means I have nothing to do but yell.
, and then use my own way to influence and change. Youth League, Youth League and New Electronic Technology will have more director support plans in the future, and I also have plans to open a film and television university by myself, and I will do as much as I can.
How much do you do? If a Chinese-language film gets promoted, I have a share of the credit. If it doesn’t get promoted, I do my best. That’s enough..."
Li Yu quickly interrupted Shao Shuaijun: "Listening to what you said, why do you feel that you are trying to break away from the Chinese film industry? Next year, we will hold an exchange meeting of the Directors Association of the Cross-Strait and Three Places. I also hope that you can give it your full support. Let's gather together
The fire is firing."
"I'm a soft-spoken person, so don't take me with you. It's okay for me to cheer you up from behind. I don't want to use me as a shield. But I heard that the mainland director circle gave me a nickname called 'Inferior Bomb'
'. It means that I don't know when to explode and make them uncomfortable. My son will be born soon, and I have to learn to be calm."
"You are so calm, Chinese movies will be silent for many more years." Li Yu said bitterly.
"There is a saying in Spider-Man, 'With great power comes great responsibility,' so Spider-Man is chased and beaten by the police every day. It is also said in Batman, 'With great power comes great responsibility,' so Batman
I have become the target of everyone shouting and beating me. I am not that noble, I would rather be a rich man, you take the lead, and I spend money like water behind! This kind of feeling is suitable for me, haha."
"Do you really want to be silent?" Li Yu asked unwillingly.
Shao Shuaijun comforted him and said: "I will do what I have to do. I will also take the lead in the mainland directors' work and promote everyone's exchanges. But sometimes, when words come out of my mouth, a rich man, it is oppression. If it comes from your mouth,
If you say it, it is a declaration and a representative. So don’t worry, you are in front and I will support you, and I will give you as much help as I should!"
"I still have to do the dirty work."
"With great power comes great responsibility."
…
The two of them were so happy that they drank until three o'clock in the afternoon. They were both dizzy and walked the red carpet of the Golden Horse Awards. After three years, Shao Shuaijun and Li Yu came to the Golden Horse Awards again.
This time they appeared together and were more dazzling than all the stars on the red carpet.
"Director Shao..."
"Director Li..."
The reporters held cameras and wanted the two of them to pose together. Li Yu and Shao Shuaijun were still drunk and had no intention of stopping. They quickly walked across the red carpet. Then they went to their seats to rest and sober up.
.
Shao Shuaijun brought the entire "Oldboy" crew with him this time. Huang Bo, Liu Shishi and others had already entered the scene.
"Director, you smell of alcohol." Liu Shishi wrinkled his nose and smelled it.
"Correct answer, but no extra points!"
While bragging with friends from the crew, I was waiting for the awards ceremony. Soon, the awards began, and awards were awarded one after another. As Li Yu said, "Oldboy" was the most popular at this year's Golden Horse Awards.
Best Supporting Actor (Xu Zheng), Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography (Lu Le), and Best Editing all failed. Almost all of these awards were awarded to some less famous literary films.
Shao Shuaijun was calm, smiled, comforted the crew with a few words, and applauded happily.
Finally, it was time to award the best director. After the highlights of several shortlisted films were played, the award presenter read out the winner: "The winner of the best director is Shao Shuaijun."
"Congratulations to Director Shao Shuaijun, please invite Director Shao to come on stage." Hosts Cai Yongkang and Xu S shouted, clapping their hands.
Amidst the applause, Shao Shuaijun walked up to the stage unhurriedly and took over a group of little golden horses: "I am very happy to win this award, thank you." Then he raised the Golden Horse Award high, smiled, and prepared to leave the stage.
Cai Yongkang and Xu S hurried over... (To be continued. Please search Piao Tian Literature, the novel is better and updated faster!)