Five days of exchanges made Shao Shuaijun's thoughts feel like they had wings and were ready to fly. In the following two days, at the Beijing University Student Film Festival jury meeting, he saw many students' works. These works may be
It's immature, but the ideas inside are sparkling.
Looking at them, Shao Shuaijun can feel how many dreams of student directors they contain.
Every comment he wrote was very heavy, fearing that it would hurt a heart with dreams. Once upon a time, he also had dreams like this, stumbling on the road of life. More or less, the mission of revitalizing Chinese films
Feeling enveloped his heart, Shao Shuaijun felt that he should do something for them.
"Liu Dehua launched the Asian New Star Director this year. When the box office of "Source Code" comes out, I will organize a similar program to support new directors."
The days at Nortel were short, and April 20th came in a blink of an eye. The plane shuttled through the blue sky and white clouds, and Shao Shuaijun looked out the window, feeling uneasy about gains and losses. Will the revised "Source Code" be successful in the United States?
What is somewhat reassuring is that not many blockbusters were released throughout April and May. There was only one "Star Wars Episode III: Counterattack of the Sith", which was released on May 19. By then, "Source Code" would have been released earlier.
painted.
"Hey, what are you thinking about?"
Fan Bingbing, who was sitting not far away, was a little bored and asked softly.
"I didn't think about anything. Why don't you sleep? It's still a long time?"
"No, I can't sleep well on the plane, but Sissi sleeps really soundly. And Mr. Wang snores, it's so disgusting."
This time I flew to the United States to prepare for the premiere. Lionsgate Pictures is optimistic about "Source Code", so they held this premiere, hoping to use the media's comments to gain the first shot of fame. This time
It can be said that it is a huge effort, and the number of theaters in the first batch alone has reached 2,000, which is worthy of a lot of fanfare.
In order to prepare for the US premiere, the three protagonists, Shao Shuaijun, Liu Yifei and Fan Bingbing, all flew over. The mainland premiere was left to Huang Bo, Ren Quan, Zhang Hanyu and others. Wang Zhonglei was the leader.
"Then wake him up. Don't you women all say that lack of sleep affects your skin? Tomorrow's premiere will be watched by thousands of beauties. Don't smear us Chinese women." Shao Shuaijun said with a smile.
"Impossible, sister, I am naturally beautiful. It only enhances the beauty but does not darken it. However, Sissi's skin is the best, almost like a baby's. I'm so envious. Hey, Ajun, don't you think so?"
"how could I know."
"Haven't you all kissed?"
"Sweat!" Shao Shuaijun was speechless, "Are all women such gossips? We are here to make movies and dedicate ourselves to art. Please don't get it wrong. OK, classmate Fan Bingbing?"
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Lionsgate attaches great importance to "Source Code". To be precise, it attaches great importance to opening up the Chinese film market. The cooperation with Huayi Brothers is a signal they have released. The mainland's film market is doubling every year.
, just like the economy, movies develop with the prosperity of the economy.
Entering the 21st century, behind the increasing prosperity of Hollywood are high production costs and labor costs. As the economic industry shifts to emerging countries, American domestic films will inevitably be affected. As a world power with a population of 1.3 billion (at the time), China
Lionsgate is optimistic about her future.
Shao Shuaijun and his entourage were greeted by Rob Friedman, co-chairman of Lionsgate Pictures, a middle-aged man with a mustache and a few gray hairs. Of course, Morris was also accompanying them.
This executive.
"Wow, dear Wang, welcome." Rob Friedman was very enthusiastic. After hugging Wang Zhonglei, he looked at Shao Shuaijun, "This is the genius director, China Shao, right? Welcome to Santa Monica.
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After a day of rest and adjusting to the jet lag, the next afternoon, the premiere of "Source Code" was held at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood. The only place in Hollywood that has anything to do with China is probably this Chinese Theater. Yes.
The king of theaters, Sid Grumman, spent a lot of money to build the theater because he loved Chinese culture. The whole theater is full of Chinese style.
Of course, apart from the Chinese style of architecture, the Chinese Theater has no Chinese flavor at all. After all, China is too weak in movies. There are more than 140 hand and footprint prints in front of the theater, among which only Yusen Wu is a Chinese director living in the United States.
.Shao Shuaijun was unhappy with Wu Yusen, but he had to stand here and lament that Wu Yusen was a banner for Chinese films.
The aesthetics of violence conquered Old America.
"Xiao Shao, what are you looking at? Look at these fingerprints? As long as you keep going, it will happen sooner or later." Wang Zhonglei patted Shao Shuaijun on the shoulder. He was wearing an evening dress tonight, looking very chic.
"I don't care about this. It's just my emotion. For Chinese films to rise, it still needs a lot of efforts. We have the world's largest population, but we don't have many world-class superstars. The gap is huge."
"If you feel emotional, just make movies with your heart and strive to make more good movies. Let's go in, guests will start arriving soon, so be prepared to welcome them."
"There's no point in going in. I don't know anyone who comes."
"Let's make a scene. If you come to Hollywood in the future, these are all connections."
For Wang Zhonglei, these are all valuable connections. Hollywood in this era is still the most dominant entertainment industry in the world. Any second-rate star who can be brought to China can instantly kill a large number of stars who think they are high-end and foreign-style.
But for Shao Shuaijun, it has no deterrent effect and is just for fun.
"Hey, is that Cary Elwes?" As the heroines in the movie, Liu Yifei and Shao Shuaijun stood together to greet the guests present today.
"It seems so." Shao Shuaijun turned around and saw a middle-aged man in a suit waving around. This man was the doctor protagonist in last year's hit "SAW" (Saw). It is said that he was still very handsome when he was young, but
Well, now it looks more or less ordinary.
Holding hands with Cary Elwes was a beauty with an afro. Shao Shuaijun had studied the "SAW" series and knew that this was Dina Meyer.
The reporters who arrived at the scene were all crazy about lighting the two people. Last year's "SAW" was so popular. It not only created a Chinese director James Wan, but also created this group of actors.
The guests at the scene kept arriving, and there were no big superstars. Most of them were second- and third-tier stars who had collaborated with Lionsgate Pictures. Shao Shuaijun and Liu Yifei were not the kind of people who were good at dancing. Apart from nodding and smiling, they did nothing more.
conversation, and these celebrities looked down on the two of them and had no desire to talk.
Fortunately, this situation did not last long.
When the time comes, the doors of the Chinese Theater close and the movie begins.