Director’s Legend

"Painted Skin" is an oriental love magic film co-produced by Mainland China and Hong Kong. It is based on the story of "Strange Stories from a Lonely Studio", starring Zhao Wei, Chen Kun, and Zhou Xun. It is a love-hate drama. The investment is claimed to be 100 million, and the final box office is 250 million, which is still a success, and the sequel is 500 million at the box office.

It’s just that the lens of the movie pays more attention to love and lacks a real magical atmosphere. Except for the success of Southeast Asia, the movie is completely unreadable in other places. Shao Shuaijun felt that it was necessary for him to make a lot of changes to "Painted Skin" to make the script more magnificent and easier to understand.

Not only the pursuit of special effects, but also the pursuit of the scene, 200 million to practice hands, not extravagant, I am sorry. After all, the movie is successful, he is the true king of the mainland, no one dares to take lightly. In case of failure, it will not be like Chen Kai who was filming "The Promise", who hasn't slowed down for several years, because he is the boss himself, so he doesn't worry about not investing in new movies.

"200 million, I hope Lin Feizhong and Yu Dong will not be scared away."

Li Xiuxiu went to contact investment, and Shao Shuaijun finally wrote the script of "Painted Skin" three days later. The changes from the original version are mainly focused on the end, using a large-scale dialogue, rather than a few people lovingly in the cave.

"During the Qin and Han dynasties, Duwei Wangsheng and his wife Pei Rong were well-known loving couples in the town. Wang Sheng led Wang Jiajun in a fierce battle with sand bandits in the Western Regions and rescued a beautiful woman, Xiaowei. Xiaowei was a nine-tailed fox The skin of Shangren must be maintained with human heart. Xiaoyi, who was transformed by desert lizards, would kill people and worship Xiaowei in Jiangdu City every few days, causing the whole city to panic.

Xiao Wei falls in love with the heroic and handsome Wang Sheng, uses magic to charm Wang Sheng, trying to replace Pei Rong's position. However, Pei Rong found out that she was not an ordinary person. She invited Pang Yong, the former commander of the Wang’s army, to investigate secretly. In the end, it was found that Xiaowei was a nine-tailed monster fox, but Xiaowei was a monster with tens of millions of people. In order to save the king’s life and the people, Pei Rong determined. Decided to become a demon, leave Wang Sheng, and let Xiao Wei be Wang's wife.

Wang Sheng, who was awakened by Pang Yong's scolding, begged Xiaowei to save Pei Rong. Only then did Xiao Wei discover that Wang Sheng was only deceived by magic and didn't really love her. She angrily told Wang Sheng that to save Pei Rong, she must defeat her army of monsters. In the end, Wang Sheng led the Wang Family Army to strangle the monster army, and everyone was killed and injured. Wang Sheng was already unable to continue.

So Wang Sheng and Pei Rong decided to die together. Xiao Wei was moved by their love and took out the elixir he had cultivated to save them. And she was beaten back to the fox's original form and returned to the mountains. Wang Sheng and Pei Rong resumed their loving lives. "

The whole script is more simplified, it is a battle between monsters, and with a little understanding, you can understand the story of the movie. Shao Shuaijun always believes that if you want a good movie to get a high box office, you can't make a fool of yourself. The simpler it is, the more impressive it is.

After the script was completed, Li Xiuxiu called. More than a dozen film and television investment companies interested in "Painted Skin" decided to let Shao Shuaijun elaborate on the script to see if it was worth investing in. The time is set for June 12, at Nortel’s International Exchange Center.

The next day, Shao Shuaijun took the photocopied script and went to Nortel. This time, heads of more than a dozen companies came over, plus Shao Shuaijun, the most popular director in the mainland, and Zhang Huijun, the principal, came to receive him personally. The exchange center was closed and students were forbidden.

Wang Shiheng, deputy general manager of China Film Warner Hengdian Film and Television, Zhang Jing, general manager of Century Hero, Zhang Qiang, general manager of Forbidden City Pictures, Wang Zhonglei, vice president of Huayi Brothers, Teng Zhan, general manager of Jinyingma Film and Television, Yu Dong, general manager of Poly Bona, Media Asia Variety Show Film and television manager Lin Feizhong, Huaxia Films General Manager Wu Zhan, Universe Films owner Lin Xiaoming, Emperor Films Manager Li Shubao, and several smaller film investment company heads gathered together.

Shao Shuaijun briefly introduced the script of "Painted Skin" on stage, and then said: "This movie, I want to keep up with the "Lord of the Rings", the filming cost is expected to be 50 million, and the special effects of the movie may be It will cost 150 million or more. In terms of film actors, I hope to use some young actors who are in the limelight, such as Zhao Wei, Chen Kun, Zhou Xunzhi and others. If you have any questions about the movie, you can Just ask."

"Mr. Shao, I would like to ask, what are your box office expectations for movies and how do you think about overseas markets? You know that we invest in movies and all like to make money instead of losing money, ha ha." Lin Xiaoming, Huanyu The owner of the movie, what impressed Shao Shuaijun the most is the story of his collaboration with Zhou Xingxing in "Shaolin Football", and then a fallout.

"The box office has always been a college question. You may expect it to be extremely high, and it loses. You may also play casually, it makes a lot of money. But I think that as long as the investment is in place and the shooting is careful, the market prospects of Painted Skin can be expected. My positioning is 500 million in Southeast Asia box office. As for North America and Europe, it’s hard to say."

"Then President Shao's ascend to the sky, will he participate in this investment?"

"Don't participate." Shao Shuaijun shook his head.

"why?"

"Dengtianshuaijun has three movies to be produced this year. For a new company, three movies are enough. Moreover, the investment direction of Dengtianshuaijun is very clear. Small cost plus comedy, "Painted Skin" is too high-end."

"In other words, "Painted Skin" is very risky?"

"If you only make money and don’t lose money, there’s no risk, I’m definitely borrowing money to shoot on my own, and no longer looking for investment. When making a movie, you can’t know for sure whether it’s a loss or a profit. Okay, I’ve said the script very clearly. It's up to everyone's opinions." Shao Shuaijun waved his hand and left the stage.

To be honest, he didn't want to shoot "Painted Skin" that much. He really used it to practice hands. It didn't matter if he couldn't get the investment. It didn't matter if he got it. However, it is clear that the success of the previous films gave these bosses great confidence. After a short discussion, the investment intention was confirmed in the afternoon.

After a long period of wrangling, there were six film companies left to jointly film "Painted Skin". Shao Shuaijun did not question the specific division mode. The director's compensation he got was 5% of the box office share, which is worth the price with his current reputation.

The owners of more than a dozen film companies gathered at Nortel and soon attracted countless reporters. At the beginning of Hua Deng, the reporters finally waited for Shao Shuaijun and others who were about to go to the restaurant to have dinner and celebrate.

As the host, the principal Zhang Huijun was very pleased to tell the reporters: "Today, I think it is an epoch-making day, a film with the highest investment in the Mainland, announced in our school. As an outstanding student of our school, Shao Shuaijun’s latest film, investment The 500 million "Painted Skin" has already reached an investment agreement. I believe that in the near future, everyone will be able to see this, Oriental Magic Blockbuster!"

Five hundred million is naturally a boast. The film industry has long been used to blowing ten million into thirty million, and one hundred million into three hundred million.

Click! Click! The flash fired.

The next day, countless newspaper headlines appeared with a headline: The largest investment in a new film project in history, Shao Shuaijun challenged the cost of 500 million.

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