Director’s Legend

On October 30, 2008, Shao Shuaijun, who was learning to fly a plane while writing scripts, received a call from Li Xiuxiu. Forbes China released the 2008 Forbes China Rich List, and Shao Shuaijun became the richest man in China with RMB 41.5 billion. According to the Forbes Global Billionaires List released in March this year, Shao Shuaijun should be ranked 172nd in the world.

Compared with the Hurun Report, which is rooted in China, Forbes is a global authoritative organization, and the information it releases has more global influence. When Hurun, a foreigner, came to China in the name of a Forbes commissioner, he made the Hurun Report, and then became an independent portal. Of course, his global influence is not as good as Forbes.

There is a big difference between the two lists. Shao Shuaijun on the Hurun Report has RMB 63 billion, while Shao Shuaijun on the Forbes China Rich List has only RMB 41.5 billion. But no matter what, no one can erase the fact that Shao Shuaijun is the richest man.

As soon as the Forbes rich list was released, it immediately set off a huge impact around the world.

Among the 200 richest people in the world, one is Shao Shuaijun!

A mainland Chinese, a young man who is only 22 years old, a self-made man, and a world-renowned director. The aura of all this was completely ignited with the 2008 Forbes China Rich List. Especially in China, Shao Shuaijun is already the spiritual representative of the grassroots.

If Shao Shuaijun is said to be the second generation of rich people, or the second generation of officials, everyone will definitely curl their lips and scold the second generation ancestor.

But Shao Shuaijun's background is very clear, his parents are elementary school teachers. There has never been any celebrity in the ancestors, and there are no rich and powerful relatives. All his success comes from his hard work, making movies that sell well all over the world, starting a company that grows bigger and bigger, what could be more dreamy than this?

Parents nowadays will say when educating children: "Look at Shao Shuaijun, he is so capable at such a young age, and you, if you don't work hard, you can only watch others succeed and drink the northwest wind yourself!"

In short. Shao Shuai is on fire. Not just any fire.

From the entertainment industry to the Internet and financial circles, the fire is huge. Starting from Hurun, followed by Forbes, the announcement of the double list. Let everyone talk about Shao Shuaijun.

For example, the cooperation and partners of Chasing Dream Golden Harvest. Ma Yun of Alibaba said: "Shao Shuaijun is the most courageous and visionary person I have ever met. We do the Internet, and at least know a little about the Internet. He doesn't even know what 'c++' is. But he opened Mtime.com is already the largest Internet company in China, always one step ahead of others.”

Ma Huateng of Penguin also said: "We have almost unified the domestic instant messaging market. I don't know how Shao Shuaijun did it, but obviously, Penguin is no longer the biggest instant messaging software. But we will continue to work hard , The competition on the Internet is a marathon, running one step first does not mean that you will always be ahead.”

The South Korean media said heartbrokenly: "Shao Shuaijun and his Dream Chasing Entertainment Group are robbers, and dnf and cf belong to South Korea, but now they start to use dnf and cf to make money from us, developing the smile-gate and Neople companies are all sinners of South Korea!"

Wang Zhongjun of Huayi Brothers Media Group has repeatedly emphasized: "Shao Shuaijun is our shareholder. We are very happy to cooperate with Dream Chasing Entertainment. We also hold a part of the shares of Dream Chasing Golden Harvest. This is a very successful investment and cooperation. Follow Shao Shuaijun , there is meat to eat!"

Yu Dong of Poly Bona was more depressed. The media turned over the old accounts. "Buried Alive" was not bought, and "Inception" was not invested. After being ridiculed, Yu Dong counterattacked: "When everyone makes mistakes, if I I am the richest man now! However, there is no longer any barrier between us and Shao Shuaijun, and we have many business cooperations now. Chasing Dream Entertainment wants to build an entertainment industry chain, and we are also involved in it."

Zhang Yimou, the famous director of the Five Dynasties, said: "Facing Shao Shuaijun, the only thing I can do is that I have won more awards than him. But he is younger than me, and I dare not think about it. After a few years, will he conquer the world?" Conquered Hollywood and conquered the Oscars, I hope he doesn't, otherwise I'm really useless."

Zou Daheng, who has retired and enjoyed his old age in Hawaii, also appeared in the media: "I am very pleased to see Golden Harvest becoming stronger and stronger, becoming a leading company in the Chinese film industry. This is what I most yearned for back then. My dream can be realized in the hands of Shao Shuaijun, I think there are two most correct decisions I made in my life, one is to enter Hollywood with Bruce Lee, and the other is to hand over the company to Shao Shuaijun.”

Li Xiuxiu's assistant, Yang Ying, who is now the chief information officer of Dream Chasing Entertainment Group, said in an interview: "Chairman Shao is very calm about being the richest man. For him, wealth is not the most important thing. Pursuit, he always thinks his main job is directing."

Seeing that there was no more news about Shao Shuaijun coming out of Yang Ying's mouth, the reporters began to turn to this beautiful news officer: "Ms. Work at the workplace?"

Yang Ying blinked her big eyes: "Our chairman once wanted to direct "The Twilight Saga: Twilight", and he said that there was a role suitable for me. After I went to the United States, the chairman suddenly gave up the directing plan, so I I lost my job. The chairman felt sorry, so he handed me over to the general manager, and then I became the assistant to the general manager. I enjoy my current job very much, without the pressure of the entertainment industry, working from nine to five, very relaxed."

News about Shao Shuaijun is very valuable, and gossip about his private life is even more valuable. One time Li Bingbing was asked: "What kind of person is Shao Shuaijun in private? Some people say that he is arrogant in private, a hungry ghost, hangs around nightclubs, and often holds beauty pageants at home, isn't that true?"

Li Bingbing was speechless: "Shao Shuaijun is very difficult to see him in private, because he is always busy making movies, he is a very boring person, he doesn't care, he is too lazy to socialize, and he doesn't even want to go out. I think he is the most romantic ever. The most important thing is to propose to my sister. When it comes to movies, he can talk non-stop for five days and five nights. If you want to chat with him about important things, he will definitely doze off immediately. And in private, he is very unkempt and has no taste in life , drink red wine with Sprite, five yuan a piece of fried chicken can also eat with gusto..."

"So how did he get together and become the richest man? So successful in the entertainment industry and on the Internet?"

"I don't know much about business, and I rarely pay attention to how Shao Shuaijun manages the company. In my opinion, he is different from any other business owner. He rarely participates in the company's operations. As you know, most of his The time is used to make movies. He may not show up in the company for a few months. He is to the company. It should be more about guiding some forward direction." \u003cbf, after he found out, he asked the company's people to acquire these two games . Then it became popular in China. And then he has a lot of great ideas. The time scarf was proposed by him. There is also time yy and so on. He doesn't care what the company does, he just tells them what to do. OK, let's stop. Are you interviewing me or Shao Shuaijun? That's all I know! "

...

Li Xiuxiu called Shao Shuaijun and told Shao Shuaijun that he had become the richest man in China announced by Forbes. He also told him that the American "Time Magazine" had invited him again, hoping to interview him.

"Help me refuse, I want to keep a low profile now."

Shao Shuaijun responded very simply, with Hurun and Forbes, he was completely exposed on paper, which is not good, and people who are too publicized seem to have no good end. In the past, "Time" interviewed him, he would feel it was an honor, but now it's so-so, it's better that no one knows him, let him make a fortune silently.

He was not interviewed, but Time magazine is still featuring him on the cover of this issue's Asia and US editions.

A large profile picture with the title: "Shao Shuaijun and his Movie Kingdom."

"Two years ago, Times interviewed Shao Shuaijun. He was a director who had just made his mark in Hollywood and had a thriving film company. Two years later, we paid attention to Shao Shuaijun again. He is already a world-class director and the richest man in China. super rich."

"Shao Shuaijun's wealth comes from the listing of the company and the marketing income of the film... As a director who has been in the industry for five years, Shao Shuaijun's success has attracted worldwide attention, and after four years of company management, Shao Shuaijun's brilliance is undoubtedly huge. Accompanying From the various management directions of Chasing Dream Entertainment Group, we can see that Shao Shuaijun is creating a movie kingdom that belongs to him.”

"I still remember that on the cover two years ago, we used 'Shao Shuaijun, and his young film kingdom' as the slogan. Now his film kingdom is no longer young and young, but has become a huge, full of Vitality and energy, a real kingdom."

"This young man weaves dreams with his talent. When he picks up the director's microphone, he is the master of the world. Starting from "Buried Alive" by one person, he has made eight films in five years. Worldwide, "Source Code", "Painted Skin", "Inception" and "500 Days with Summer" have a box office of more than 100 million U.S. dollars. Among them, "Inception" has become the largest box office with 922.5 million U.S. dollars. It is one of the top 20 films in the world, and it is also his masterpiece as a world-renowned director."

"He once said that he made movies to dream with more people and share his dreams. Regardless of business, he has indeed influenced many people and passed his dreams to all over the world. As The youngest director in Hollywood, he is the representative of the American dream and the Chinese dream, and he has influenced a generation of young people to work hard for their dreams."

"When many young people are asked about their idols, they are not the handsome men and women on the big or small screens, but this Shao Shuaijun behind the scenes. Back then we could still see him in "Source Code" The figure, now he is more and more low-key, and more and more adapted to the status of a king. He began to accept the worship of his subjects, and to be the most authoritative one in his kingdom."

"Whether he is chasing Golden Harvest or Summit Entertainment, he has used an alternative method to change the film situation of the two major countries. In the era when the eight major film companies in Hollywood are declining, Summit Entertainment has the best chance to be among them An independent production company. Since the opening of China's film market, Golden Harvest is the first listed entertainment company in the mainland, and also the first private company to surpass a state-owned company to become a leader in the entertainment industry."

"Behind his success is China's increasingly open policy, and he is also a hero created by current events. The open entertainment industry has given him the soil to take root, and his talent is his wings to help him fly. It is hard to imagine that four years ago he She was just a part-timer in a film and television city in China. She dropped out of school and lived in hardship. She often lay on the cold ground for hours in the snow and ice for a salary of 50 yuan a day, which is less than 7 dollars. "

"Shao Shuaijun at that time never imagined that one day he would stand on the most shining stage in the world and accept the worship of everyone. But at that time, the young Shao Shuaijun absolutely gritted his teeth and waited for the opportunity to soar into the sky. Because Shao Shuaijun He seldom mentions his private life, and we don’t know what forces support him to become a self-taught and embarked on the path of director.”

"However, we know that setbacks gave him a fortune, and he used this wealth to earn his own movie kingdom. It is even more difficult for us to avoid a problem. He is only 22 years old this year. At the same age, Bill .Gates still relies on his mother's support, struggling to maintain the young Microsoft!"

"He is the most outstanding figure of this era!"

"Time Magazine" gave Shao Shuaijun the highest respect, almost calling Shao Shuaijun the next Bill Gates. Unlike Bill Gates, whose mother is an IBM director, Shao Shuaijun is more grassroots and more representative of something called "dream". Whether it is the United States or China, it is this kind of dream that makes human beings forge ahead.

Under the influence of Time Magazine, Hurun Report, and Forbes China Rich List, Shao Shuaijun's movie "500 Days with Summer" has a perfect figure of 320 million US dollars worldwide, becoming the best-selling small-budget literary film of this year , surpassing the US$230 million of "Juno" and becoming another miracle of low-budget literary films.

Paired with the high box office, the word-of-mouth of the film is also high, with a score of 8.3 on imdb and 8.2 on mtime.com, which can be said to be highly acclaimed. Many people call it the pinnacle of pure love movies. Affected by this trend, coupled with the power of "Inception", the two leading actors, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Scarlett Johansson, have become first-line Hollywood stars.

Some media called Scarlett the brightest rising star in Hollywood, with a perfect figure and appearance, her prospects are far more brilliant than Ellen Page in "Juno". Joseph, on the other hand, is known as Hollywood's new young king. He was ranked behind Jack Harlan Hill in "Inception" at the beginning, and now he is basically on par.

Shao Shuaijun's title as a great director is also more solid.

It doesn't mean that you can be called a big director if you direct a blockbuster movie. At least the directors of "Harry Potter" and the two directors of "Twilight" have not gained the title of world's top directors. A director, either purely commercially burns the box office, or can control various types of movies.

For example, James Cameron and George Lucas are all made by burning box office, while Spielberg can control all kinds of movies.

Now, Shao Shuaijun can be said to have become a great director like Spielberg. The bad thing is that there are few representative works, and there are few awards... Time will fill all this. (to be continued..)