Director’s Legend

In the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008, China topped the list with 51 gold medals, which ended perfectly. And Shao Shuaijun's busy work is about to begin. After studying the shooting progress of "imax-3d Yupu Tuan", he and Ning Hao and others 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 screening scale. The North American Chinese community is the highlight of "No Man's Land". After arriving in the United States, Summit Entertainment mobilized a team to organize "No Man's Land". The company has more manpower and started to release "500 Days with Summer".

The schedule has been confirmed, and it will be screened in North America on Friday, September 5th, and then will be screened overseas in North America. One day in advance, on September 4th, the premiere ceremony will be held at the Chinese Theater in Hollywood.

"Hey, Sister Bing, on September 4th, the premiere of my movie "500 Days with Summer" must come and attend." Since September 1st, Shao Shuaijun has been calling to invite guests to attend.

Li Bingbing's voice came from the other end: "I'm not a big star, why do you want me to attend, do American audiences know me?"

"Come on, you must come. I have invited many friends. Let's have fun."

"good."

After hanging up Li Bingbing's phone, Shao Shuaijun called Liu Sanxi again: "Brother Xi, you and your sister-in-law came to my movie premiere."

"To the United States?"

"Yes, I'll send someone to pick you up when the time comes. By the way, please inform Anan, Sishui and Zebra for me." Shao Shuaijun made another sloppy call after the notification arrived. "Hey, sloppy, September 4th is the premiere of my movie, don't forget it."

"Yixue... Yes, the movie premiere, you must come, okay, I'm waiting for you."

"Xiao Gang, you are with Gao Zhisheng. And Li Fangfang. It's just right. I won't inform you one by one. September 4th is the premiere of my movie. You must come."

"Sister Mei..."

"Miss Wang..."

Shao Shuaijun made phone calls one by one. The executives of the company, the old brothers who used to film. All informed. Then he started calling Wen Zhang again: "Wen Zhang. The premiere of my movie is on September 4th, yes. Come."

Then came Liu Shishi: "Liu Shishi, who do you think I am, Shao Shuaijun... yes, September 4th."

Then Fan Bingbing, Zhao Wei, Chen Kun and other well-connected old acquaintances in the entertainment industry were also notified one by one. After a pause, Shao Shuaijun called Liu Yifei again: "Sissy, I'm Shao Shuaijun. On September 4th, my movie "500 Days with Summer" will premiere. Please come and attend."

"OK."

"That's all right, that's it, I have to notify others." After hanging up the phone, Shao Shuaijun shook his head and smiled, throwing away some inexplicable things. He and Liu Yifei are only friends now, and they have gradually drifted away, and have not even been in touch for a long time.

All domestic entertainers in the entertainment circle, Shao Shuaijun felt that they had a good relationship, so he notified them. No matter who it was, they didn't refuse Shao Shuaijun's invitation. Then they called Wang Zhonglei, Wang Zhongjun, Yu Dong, Wu Kebo and other film bosses. And several second-generation officials in the capital.

After calculating that there was nothing missing, Shao Shuaijun contacted familiar directors again. Zhang Yimou, Wang Xiaoshuai, Jia Zhangke, Bai Jifei and so on. Finally, there are friends from the entertainment industry in North America, Leonardo DiCaprio, Jack Gyllenshire, Ellen Page and so on.

Recently, Li An was also studying movies in Hollywood, and Shao Shuaijun also called to invite Li An to come and join him. Li An was easy to talk and immediately agreed.

After a full day or two, Shao Shuaijun was busy making calls.

Then he called the main creator of "500 Days with Summer" over, and while drinking coffee, he said, "Gordon, Scarlett...you all understand, wait until the easter egg at the end of the movie appears. How should each cooperate, You must remember, don’t give me any trouble.”

Gordon patted his chest: "Don't worry about the director, as an actor, it's a piece of cake to perform on the spot, so don't worry."

"What about you, Scarlett?" Shao Shuaijun looked at Scarlett viciously.

Scarlett pouted: "Okay, I will definitely cooperate perfectly."

"That's good. As long as the program is successful, "500 Days with Summer" will make money at the box office, and your red envelopes will definitely not be less."

"With red envelopes and motivation, the director can rest assured!"

Everything is ready, and September 4th is here.

In the morning, Shao Shuaijun drove to the airport to pick up Li Xiuxiu.

After a big hug, Li Xiuxiu hurriedly asked: "Ah Jun, what is the significance of this movie? You invited many friends to attend the premiere?"

Shao Shuaijun laughed: "The main reason is to invite everyone to come and get together. The inspiration came out of nowhere. I just thought that the friends I met along the way didn't have time to get together, have a good meal, and watch a movie. I feel very regretful." Yes. Just take advantage of the premiere of this movie to let everyone get together and have fun."

"It's very interesting. Let's go. I'm going to catch up on a good night's sleep, and then go to the movies at night. After watching the movie, we'll have dinner. What should we eat? With so many people, Western food is definitely not acceptable. It's better to go back to China to eat hot pot." , um, let’s hold a pool party, don’t Americans like to hold parties?” Li Xiuxiu began to plan the program for the evening.

"It's up to you."

Time passed little by little, and in the afternoon, the premiere of the movie began. People from non-entertainment circles all went to the cinema early, while those from the entertainment circle were busy walking the red carpet.

Shao Shuaijun is no longer a rookie in Hollywood. It is not an exaggeration to say that he is a great director or an entertainment tycoon, so there are many media circles, and the red carpet is even more star-studded.

The red-hot Leonardo DiCaprio, the first-line niche Jack Gyllenshire, the rising star Ellen Page, the new generation of sexy goddess Scarlett Johansson, Hollywood Chinese superstar Zhou Runfa, etc., These are all the stars who have worked with Shao Shuaijun.

When he appeared on the stage, he was immediately followed by flashing lights and reporters.

Then "Dancing Out of My Life" star Channing Tatum and lead actress Jenna Dewan walked down the red carpet arm in arm. "Dancing Out of My Life 2" actor Sam Yongkang and actress Brianna Yin Weigan also joined hands on the red carpet.

When "Twilight" actor Robert Pattinson and actress Kristen Stewart, the two red-and-purple stars of the new generation walked the red carpet. There was a wave of flashing lights. The "Twilight Saga: New Moon" just passed 600 million US dollars worldwide, and it is still being screened one after another, and it can still have at least 100 million US dollars in box office revenue.

The rest of Twilight's cast, such as Taylor Lautner and Ashley Greene, were also showered with flash lights, adding to the splendor of tonight's premiere.

Anne Fletcher, the director of "Dancing Out of My Life", and Christopher Nolan, the great director, also walked on the red carpet together. The director who danced had a good relationship with Summit Entertainment, and Nolan had a good relationship with Shao Shuaijun, so they all came to join in. After a while, Catherine Hardwick, the director of Twilight, and Chris Weitz, the director of New Moon, also came together.

During the period, director Zhang Yimou, director Li An, director Guy Ritchie and so on. They were all at the premiere. Walk the red carpet.

Also, in the most popular comedy TV series "The Big Bang Theory", the four male protagonists surrounded the female protagonists and appeared together, which also murdered a large number of film footage of reporters. Hollywood stars are far more than the above-mentioned few, with the relationship network of Summit Entertainment. Plus the network of old neighbor Lions Gate Films. There are so many stars invited.

Not to mention domestic stars. The Hollywood reporters may not be interested in them, but the domestic reporters are extremely busy. Li Bingbing, Fan Bingbing, Liu Yifei, Liu Shishi, Huang Bo, Wen Zhang, Xu Zheng... They are all unknown in Hollywood. In the country, it is as bright as anyone tonight.

Whether the movie is good or not, the red carpet for this premiere was definitely good.

The appearance of these big directors and big stars has wasted the reporters who don't know how many films, and gained a lot. The more than one hour red carpet was finally over, the doors of the cinema were slowly closed, and the audience gradually became quiet. The big screen lights up and the movie begins.

The signs of Chasing Dream Golden Harvest and Summit Entertainment ended, the title of "500 Days with Summer" appeared, and the plot slowly unfolded. The movie starts on the 488th day. Summer, played by Scarlett, and Tom, played by Gordon, sit on a bench. Summer wears a ring on his hand and presses it on Tom's hand.

Narrator: "It's about a boy who meets a girl."

Then skip to Day 1.

Tom wore a cardigan and listened listlessly in the meeting. The narration sounded again: "The boy's name was Tom Hansen, from Margate, New Jersey, and he grew up believing he'd never be truly happy until he met someone..."

The screen switched to Summer, who was the receptionist and was busy answering the phone. Next to it slowly said: "This girl is Summer Fanny, from Shinnecock, Michigan, and she never believed it. Ever since her parents divorced, she only loved two things. The first one was her long The black hair, the second is how to cut it off easily, and then I can't feel anything..."

"Tom met Summer on January 8th, and he knew almost immediately who she was looking for... This is a story about a boy who meets a girl. But you should know from the beginning that this is not a love story .”

After such a narration-style title, the names of the leading actors and creators appeared on the screen one by one. Amidst the beautiful singing, two sloppy movie shots are on the left and right sides of the screen, slowly showing the growth process of the little boy and the little girl. Finally, the English letters of "directed by Shao Shuaijun" appeared, and after a few seconds of freezing, the title ended.

Jump directly to day 290, Tom and Summer have broken up. Tom recalled the whole process of communicating with his friends, and he still wanted to continue with Summer. And the next plot will not be played according to the complete 500 days, but divided into many episode combinations, the first day, the fourth day, the 154th day, and then jump back to the 11th day, the 27th day, and the 28th day , followed by day 282 and so on.

Using such a very disordered story structure to restore and interpret Summer and Tom's acquaintance, love, and their respective life situations after breaking up, there are various views on love contained in it.

Tom believes that there is something called destiny, there is a feeling that can be described as true love, and there is a kind of encounter that is destined. Just like he met Summer, he told himself, this is the love of his life. He followed Summer's back and approached Summer in a romantic or shy way.

And 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 to associate with Tom with the idea that it would be good to be happy, and she didn't want to go any further.

Tom thought that one day he would be able to remove Summer's guard, so when Summer took him to her space, Tom naively thought that he loved Summer, and Summer loved him too. However, fantasies are fantasies after all, and within a year, anxiety began to spread.

They broke up after all.

In the following time, Tom was distressed and confused, and was still looking forward to reuniting with Summer. Until day 488, Tom was in the park, nostalgic for the past. Summer came over with a ring given by someone else. Tom's ideas of destiny, true love, and destiny crumbled in an instant.

"You don't want to be anyone's girlfriend, and now you're someone's wife." Tom said bitterly, self-deprecating and indignant.

"I was surprised too."

"I don't think I'll ever understand that there's no point in that."

"It just happened."

"This is what I don't understand, what happened?"

Summer smiled and shook her head: "I'll know when I wake up one day."

"what do you know?"

"I've never been sure about being with you."

Tom turned his head, unable to bear the collapse of the world view, and even wanted to cry sadly: "Do you know what's bad? Finding out that everything you believe in is all fantasy, that's terrible!"

"What's the meaning?"

"Fate, soul mate, true love, and nonsense fairy tales, you're right, I should have listened to you."

"No." Summer smiled, "I think it's because... I was at the deli, watching "The Portrait of Dorian Gray", and someone 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'm ten minutes late? It's...it's meant to be. I keep thinking...Tom was right."

What Tom originally believed about fate, Summer absolutely didn't believe it. But now Tom didn't believe it, but Summer told him that she believed it.

"No." Tom wanted to deny.

"Yes, really...it's just that you're wrong about me." Summer put her hand on Tom's, and the ring was very conspicuous.

At that moment, Summer seemed so far away in Tom's eyes. They said goodbye friendly, and Summer walked away, taking Tom's unrealistic fantasies with him, and kept going away.

On the 500th day, Tom picked up his 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, and then discovered that they knew each other and had common hobbies.

The girl had seen Tom in Angel Square, but Tom hadn't seen her.

"You must not be paying attention."

The girl smiled slightly.

At that moment, Tom felt that all his innocence and illusions destroyed by Summer had come back again, and nothing was destined by God. You just met the right person at the wrong time, or the wrong person at the right time. But if you search with your heart, you will find that there will always be the right person at the right time.

It's not fate, it's all coincidence.

Love, too, is a coincidence.

Tom invited the girl to drink coffee, and then re-acquainted: "Nice to meet you, my name is Tom."

"It's also very nice to meet you, my name is autumn."

So, the 500 days with summer (summer, meaning summer) have passed, and the first day with autumn has begun. (to be continued..)