The script of "Buried Alive" is quite thoughtful. The main character is an American, a hired driver for a multinational company who works for the CRT company. He was abducted somewhere in Iraq and buried alive in the ground. The robbers left him a flashlight, a cell phone, two glow sticks, and a knife. He himself had a small jug of wine, a bottle of medicine and a lighter. The robbers asked him to call himself to raise $5 million.

The whole story is not set in the context of terrorist attacks or retaliation against Americans, but just the process of Iraqis who have lost their jobs due to the expansion of American companies in Iraq. In the eyes of this robber, Americans are rich. But from the whole process of hostage self-rescue, what the film shows is that as an ordinary American, they are also poor and have no security in life.

Throughout the struggle to save himself, the American named Paul called 911, and the State Council~House, the FBI, the company he served, his family, friends, etc., were all subjected to varying degrees of indifference, blame-shifting, and bureaucracy. The film is quite ironic, and it also explores the relationship between people in modern society.

has connotation, depth, low book, and simple content, which is a very suitable script for Shao Shuaijun's current situation of being poor and white.

Such a script is made into a movie, and from the perspective of positioning, it is not suitable for large-scale screening. In fact, "Buried Alive" was originally bought by Lionsgate for $4 million at the Sundance Film Festival, and after a small-scale screening, it received $20 million at the box office. After the DVD was released, the sales were quite good, and it made a lot of money.

In order to move the story to the Chinese background, Shao Shuaijun had to restructure the content, but fortunately, the attraction of the whole story is not the content, but the connotation, which is not difficult to change. First of all, the place where the story takes place is still somewhere in the desert of Iraq, or in a coffin, but the protagonist is renamed Luo Shan.

Roshan also called many organizations, mostly American, after all, at that time, the Iraq war had just ended and was taken over by the United States. In the end, the agency that came to the rescue, Shao Shuaijun coincidentally changed to the troops sent by the Chinese government~government. belittles the United States imperialism and elevates the country, which can make the final review of the film easier.

The general story content was completed quickly, and the rest was carved. As a low-budget, single-role, single-scene movie, if you want not to become dull, you have to work on the details. Shao Shuaijun had to go back and forth to scrutinize the highlights of the American version of "Buried Alive" and retouch various sub-shots of the Chinese version of "Buried Alive", which was a laborious task.

Early the next morning, Shao Shuaijun was woken up by the ringtone of his mobile phone, revised the script until late at night last night, slept late, and was still confused when he answered the phone.

"Hey, who's that?"

"May I ask if it's Mr. Shao Shuaijun, I'm director Zhang Yimou's assistant, and my surname is Pang."

"Hello Miss Pang."

"That's right, the script you handed over yesterday, Director Zhang read it and wanted to talk to you specifically. Do you have time to come to our crew this morning? ”

"Yes, I'll be right there, and I'll be there in thirty minutes."

"Okay, I'll pick you up outside the crew."

After hanging up the phone, Shao Shuaijun washed his face and brushed his teeth, bought a breakfast on the street, and hurried to the crew of "Ambush on All Sides". Under the leadership of Miss Pang, I came to the studios of the crew and met the famous director Zhang Yimou. As the banner figure of the fifth generation of directors, Zhang Yimou has been in the limelight in the past two years. A "Hero" opened the era of domestic blockbusters, and this recent most popular and anticipated "Ambush on All Sides" topped all mainland directors.

When Zhang Yimou saw Shao Shuaijun, he was taken aback, he thought that the person who could write "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" was at least thirty or forty years old, but he didn't expect it to be a young man.

"You really wrote this script?" Zhang Yimou couldn't believe it.

Shao Shuaijun nodded: "Of course." "In the face of a big director, he is not cramped, although he was not famous in his previous life, he also drank and ate with many big directors. The entertainment industry says that it is big and big, and it is very small when it is small, and the mixed is long, and all kinds of characters have more knowledge, and the big stars and small actors are all people, there is no difference.

This calmness somewhat made Zhang Yimou look twice: "It's not simple, are you eighteen years old this year?" ”

"Just turned eighteen."

"Tsk, tell me how you came up with the idea of writing such a story?"

"The story originated from an elder I knew, and I wrote it on a whim, and in order to restore the background of that era, I also consulted a lot of older generations. Director Zhang, what do you think of this script? Shao Shuaijun made up an excuse.

"I'll just say it bluntly, I like the script very much, and I plan to buy it, but I won't shoot it now, I already have a plan to make a film this year, and it is also a literary film. When you write the script, you definitely don't want to be buried, I will definitely shoot it, but it will drag on for a few years. I'll make up for the price, how much are you going to price? ”

Shao Shuaijun knew that Zhang Yimou would shoot "A Thousand Miles to Ride Alone" this year, and he didn't care whether "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" would be filmed now or not. As for the script, Amy published the original work in 06, what should I do if the two conflict, after Shao Shuaijun thought about it, Amy only started writing novels in 05, and it is completely possible to make money in the future, find the door to go, solve the incident, and strangle the situation of Li Ghost hitting Li Kui......

"I'm just a newcomer, I don't know the rules of the industry very well, Director Zhang, you can set a price." Shao Shuaijun kicked the ball back, and a well-known director like Zhang Yimou would not blackmail him.

Zhang Yimou thought for a while: "That's it, how about a fixed price of 150,000?" ”

150,000 is much better than Shao Shuaijun imagined, according to the price of the script on the market now, 100,000 is basically the ceiling price. The extra 50,000 yuan should be moved by the script, after all, Zhang Yimou himself was a person of that era, otherwise he would not have rushed to shoot "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" with others later.

"Okay."

Signing a contract, getting money, and transferring money, it was almost noon, Zhang Yimou planned to invite Shao Shuaijun to have a meal, Shao Shuaijun politely refused to refuse, drinking and eating was the thing he was not good at, especially with some unfamiliar people.

After returning to the rental house, Shao Shuaijun buried himself in the creation of the script again. It took three days to finally sort out the storyboard script, and then write the actors' script. As the name suggests, an actor's script is a script for actors to read, in which only two characters appear to speak, the protagonist and the female surname in the mobile phone video.

But the person the protagonist calls has a lot of dialogue.

It took another day to incorporate props, equipment, lighting, scenes, etc. into the script, "Buried Alive" was officially launched, and it was time to find the protagonist.

The American version of "Buried Alive" is starring popular Hollywood movie star Ryan Reynolds, with a salary of up to $2 million alone. But Shao Shuaijun felt that he didn't help much with the film, this kind of movie does not win by attracting attention, the connotation is on the one hand, and the acting skills of the actors are also on the other.

Just find someone who can act and has no reputation, there are many such people in Hengdian.