Director’s Legend

"First of all, thank you for your applause, which made my heart feel at ease. To be able to direct a movie, to be honest, I am quite emotional. I have only directed TV dramas before. On the night of last year's Golden Horse Awards, director Shao Shuaijun and I, and Huang Bo and Guo Tao had dinner together, and Ah Jun said, I have an idea, why don’t you come and make a movie. The brothers made a fuss, so they made "People on the Journey". Now that I think about it, it’s really amazing, thank you Not much to say, thank you all for coming.”

After the premiere, Shao Shuaijun returned to Hengdian to continue filming "Painted Skin".

At the same time, the data of "People on the Journey" are also transmitted every day.

Relying on the good word-of-mouth of the premiere, Shao Shuaijun's screenplay was already famous. After the film was released, it immediately got off to a good start. In the entire month of August, there was only one blockbuster movie, Steven Spielberg's "War of the Worlds". It was released for a week and a half, and it has already taken in 38 million at the box office.

Other than that, there haven't been any movies released on a large scale.

After all, Dengtian Entertainment is a newly established company. No matter how powerful Wu Kebo's network is, he still didn't get a high number of films for "On the Journey", only 25%. However, the box office still won 6 million on Sunday. For a comedy with a small cost and no big-name stars, it can be said to be a good start. A week after its release, the total box office was 24 million, which is a surefire hit.

With a good mood, Shao Shuaijun and Zhao Wei went to the awarding ceremony of the 11th China Radio, Film and Television Awards "Film Huabiao Awards". In the capital, Shao Shuaijun met Ning Hao who also came to the awards ceremony, and Liu Yifei. Ning Hao's previous unknown work "Green Grass" was nominated for the Outstanding Digital Film Technology Award, and "Crazy Racing" won the award. Nominated for Outstanding Feature Film.

Zhao Wei came here because she was nominated for the Outstanding Actress Award. Liu Yifei came tonight as an award presenter. She came yesterday, and she participated in the Fei Tian Award for TV drama, but she didn't seem to win.

As for Shao Shuaijun, he received many nominations for "Source Code", five nominations for Outstanding Feature Film, Market Development Award, Outstanding Foreign Co-production (because Media Asia Hong Kong is one of the investors), Excellent Feature Film Technical Award, and Outstanding Director. Among them, there are no nominations for the Market Development Award, that is to say, "Source Code" has already won the Market Development Award due to its excellent overseas box office.

As an award sponsored by the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television and Radio Film Group, the Huabiao Award can be said to be an official authoritative award. Of course, the consistent style of the Huabiao Awards is that everyone ranks up and down. The official word is correct, and the authority is just right.

To celebrate the centenary of Chinese film, many old artists came to the scene, and Shao Shuaijun had to go to say hello all the time, exhausted. Shao Shuaijun was the first to receive the award for the Market Development Award. Facing the camera, as well as the stars and audience of the entire Beizhan Theater, holding the award certificate and trophy, he gave a speech.

"Thank you to the organizers for awarding this award to "Source Code". As a Chinese director, I am very proud that "Source Code" has achieved good results. I will continue to work hard to spread Chinese films to the world."

The style of speaking has always been simple and clear, or not nutritious.

Then, "House of Flying Daggers" won the Outstanding Feature Film Technology Award, and "Source Code" missed out. And Ning Hao's "Green Grass" did not win the Excellent Digital Film Technology Award.

Next is the outstanding foreign co-productions. A total of three films won awards, including "A World Without Thieves", "New Police Story" and "Source Code". This award was not awarded to the director, but to the production unit. Shao Shuaijun applauded from the audience, and Wang Zhongjun won two awards alone. "A World Without Thieves" and "Source Code" were both invested and issued by Huayi Brothers.

Subsequently, both Zhao Wei and Zhang Ziyi won the Outstanding Actress Award.

Whether Shao Shuaijun won the award for outstanding director, Lu Chuan and Yin Li won the director award.

As for the last item of this awards ceremony, the Outstanding Feature Film Award, a total of 20 films were nominated, and 10 of them won the award. Ning Hao won this award for "Crazy Racing" and Shao Shuaijun for "Source Code". Ten directors came on stage together, standing side by side, it felt like children sharing candy, everyone got a share.

If it wasn't for making a good impression in front of the leaders of the SARFT, Shao Shuaijun wouldn't be willing to participate in the hot weather. It would be too boring to participate in this so-called official awards. Isn't it nonsense that there are ten winning films for one award?

After the awards were presented, the Wang Zhongjun brothers treated guests at the restaurant, and Shao Shuaijun, Ning Hao, and Lu Chuan, as directors under Huayi Brothers, had a meal together. Although the two sides were a little tense after the establishment of Dengtian Shuaijun, but with the filming of "Painted Skin", Huayi Brothers still invested in what should be invested, so the relationship on the surface was cordial again.

When the wine was half drunk, everyone chatted about the last fight. Although the media didn't mention it much, in the circle, the gossip basically spread. Even Ning Hao, who was filming "The Golden Heist" in Shanghai, called to express his condolences to Shao Shuaijun's injury.

"Didn't you tell Lao Qian last time that there was something wrong with Huang Qunfei? Lao Qian told me about it later. I inquired about it secretly, and this Huang Qunfei really has dirty hands and feet." Wang Zhonglei hiccupped.

"How to say?"

Wang Zhonglei shook his head: "Xiao Shao, just listen and don't ask anything. Isn't this Huang Qunfei the chief assistant of China Film Import and Export Corporation? He is the leader of the old factory and decided to invest in "Painted Skin" , is the leader of the joint venture factory. In a word, there is a lot of struggle in China Film, and it has affected "Painted Skin". Some people want to get rid of "Painted Skin" and then pull down a few leaders."

"Let's not get involved in this kind of thing. China Film's joint venture factory has said hello and sent someone to warn Huang Qunfei to be honest. Gao Linbao has also been warned, and he dare not talk nonsense in the future. You, just Make a movie with peace of mind, the crew, Lao Qian, or Yang Hongtao can all rely on you. Whoever makes trouble, just fight.” Wang Zhongjun dipped in the wine and ordered it on the table, “Our family has established a good relationship. The biggest job now is to ensure that you make good movies."

"With Mr. Wang's words, I feel relieved." Shao Shuaijun nodded. He was actually very annoyed by this kind of boring struggle. Someone solved it, which is very good.

"Come, drink."

Bang Dang, the wine is overflowing...

After the Huabiao Awards, life continued and movies continued.

The box office of "People on the Journey" is also continuing. Although it failed to reach the crazy level of the crazy series, it still won 16 million box office in the second week, and the total box office accumulated 40 million. It is inevitable to make a lot of money. At this time, "Hero" was released in North America, with 2031 theaters in the first week, and won 17.8 million US dollars, becoming the champion of the week.

This is the first time a mainland director has won the next week's championship in North America. For a while, "Hero" was unparalleled in the limelight, and Zhang Yimou's reputation was in full swing. The title of King of the Mainland was mercilessly crowned to Zhang Yimou by the media. As for Shao Shuaijun, the former King of the Mainland, the media agreed that Shao Shuaijun still has a long way to go.

"It's still long, isn't it?"

Shao Shuaijun didn't know either, but "People on the Journey" counted money to the point of softness.

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