The acquisition of Lucasfilm will also have to be reviewed by the US antitrust organization, and the procedures will be cumbersome. Therefore, after the press conference, Shao Shuaijun did not have a more in-depth conversation with Lucas, in case the acquisition failed, the conversation would be a joke.

Li Xiuxiu, as the hostess, invited Lucas to dinner together, and there was no official discussion at the table, Lucas was more interested in Shao Shuaijun's movie "Night Watchman: Reflection", so Shao Shuaijun discussed his setting plan with Lucas.

There are not many opportunities to communicate with legendary directors.

"Listen to your explanation, "Night Watchman: Reflection" is a complete subversion of the plot of "Night Watchman", but it is more reasonable, and the intention is sublimated a lot, it is conceivable, this is definitely an amazing modification!"

"George, do you think this modification will be successful?"

"Why not, I think it's a cool story, albeit with a dark bias. I've watched the IMAX version of "The Night Watchman", the picture is very shocking, your first plot processing is a little frizzy, this subversive change, with the impact of such a picture, will surprise the audience. ”

"Thank you." With Lucas's affirmation, Shao Shuaijun is more confident.

The next day, Shao Shuaijun returned to the crew again, and it took three days to shoot the last set of shots, so "Night Watch: Reflection" was finished.

"Hi guys, it's been a hard time. To be honest, I don't know if this reconstructed plot can be recognized by the audience. But I want to say, thank you for your hard work over the past two months. Regardless of whether it was successful or not, we mustered up the courage to make up for the regrets of the year. November of this year is the time to test the results, no matter whether we can see each other again in the future, at least, we are happier than most crews who can only get together once, thank you. Cheers everyone! ”

Bang, full of champagne collided, and it was not wine that was spilled. It's laughter.

The filming of "Night Watch: Reflection" ended. Shao Shuaijun finished editing the film and handed it to Louis. Lenard helped oversee post-production. Now that there is Golden Harvest D2 and ILM is about to be owned, the special effects of the movie can be produced and sold by themselves. Wrap up work in this area. The filming of "The Avengers" is on the table.

In the case of the assembly of actors and the preparation of the crew. Shao Shuaijun flew to India.

The crew of Life of Pi is holding a casting event in Mumbai, India. The casting event organized by Dream Chase South Asia attracted tens of thousands of Indians to participate. Countless people come to sign up every day, and the number of people is unimaginable. There is no way, the three films released by Dream Chasing South Asia last year have refreshed the Indian box office three times and made several Indian superstars popular.

These Indians, who are full of expectations for this movie, naturally want to be selected and then become big stars one day.

The casting will take place for six months, and the right "Pi" will be selected in Lee's mind. At the same time, it is also very important to build shooting bases in Hong Kong, Treasure Island, French India, and Magic City.

The world's largest fully automatic wave device tank will be built in Hong Kong to mimic the wind and waves at sea. In the White Banyan Garden in Kenting, the treasure island, the magnificent mysterious floating island on the sea will be filmed in the movie. The city will be photographed in the magic city. On top of that, it will be filmed locally in French India and shoot the film's pre-scenes.

Shao Shuaijun did not participate in the casting, Li Yu is the director, and he has his ideas. Shao Shuaijun mainly went to French India to choose a suitable shooting location.

French India is the general term for the territories occupied by the French in India in the past, which were later returned to India, and these places are still referred to as French India. Because it has been ruled by France for a long time, the customs and customs have been Frenchized, and there are many people who still retain French nationality and live a French life, plus the proximity to the sea, the scenery and environment are just like France, which is very suitable for tourism and filming.

Local governance is a city, the most famous place in French India, with picturesque scenery.

With several assistants, bodyguards, and the crew's cameraman, accompanied by the Indian staff who are chasing dreams in South Asia, Shao Shuaijun has been in local governance for a long time. In Life of Pi, Pi's childhood life is in the fictional Pondy Zoo, where there is no zoo and the decision is made to transform the local botanical garden into a zoo.

The local government also supported the filming of the film, and deliberately opened the thousand-year-old Virianur Temple for the crew to shoot. All in all, the trip was very fruitful, with a total of 18 locations in local governance and French India, and a studio set up in the Muslim quarter.

When Li Yu came from Mumbai, he was very satisfied with these scenes: "Director Shao, this place is really beautiful, I feel now that you can shoot anywhere with a camera, and the lenses are all beautiful." ”

"It's good if you're satisfied, you're in charge of shooting, I'll do the logistics for you, if there's anything missing, you just say, if I'm not there, Sister Wang Wei will cooperate with you." I am an old friend of Sister Wang, and I have collaborated on many movies, and she has a strong ability to do things. ”

I discussed the script with Li Yan for a few days, and I saw that the time was about to reach the end of February, and the 83rd Oscars were about to hold the awards ceremony. However, Shao Shuaijun did not plan to participate in this award ceremony, because the whole 2010 Summit Entertainment was noisy and achieved outstanding commercial achievements, but it was completely wiped out at the Oscars.

Only "Iron Man 2" and "Rise of the Planet of the Apes" were nominated for Best Visual Effects, or competitors. However, these two movies have little chance of winning, because this year out Martin. Scorsese's "Hugo", although Shao Shuaijun doesn't like this director who has despised China, he knows with his toes that "Hugo" is destined to win the award.

Sitting in the theater for half a night, just to applaud others, Shao Shuaijun is not interested.

In communication, Shao Shuaijun has always been a bit nonsense. is unwilling to engage in messy things, such as the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences inviting him to be an Oscar judge, but Shao Shuaijun refused. Let him be the guest of honor, the same refusal. The reason is very simple, he has not won an Oscar for an individual, and he is embarrassed to go up!

Others squeezed their heads and wanted to go up. Shao Shuaijun was invited by others several times, but he didn't do it. Just like he never went to the Berlin Film Festival, the Cannes Film Festival, or the Venice Film Festival, he felt that he was quite far from art, and it would be good to be able to make a movie and make a scene, and it would be too hypocritical to talk about art.

When the Oscars ended, sure enough, "Hugo" won the Best Visual Effects award.

In March, Shao Shuaijun left India and flew back to the United States, which also represented the official entry of "The Avengers" into filming. Of course. In the assembly of members of the Women's Federation (that is, the Avengers). Louis. Lenard and Gao Zhisheng, as the assistant directors of the crew, first began to set up the studio, and Shao Shuaijun went to Golden Harvest D2 Studio in Florida. This is where Post-production takes place for Night Watch: Reflection.

He was going to spend two or three days. Deal with the problems encountered in the production.

It was at this time. There was a news outside, and it was noisy again.

"Great news! Mitchell, general manager of Summit Entertainment. Bruce appeared in Glendale, California, with DreamWorks Animation President Lewis. Coleman meets. Summit Entertainment's fourth acquisition of the year has surfaced. Acquired DreamWorks Animation and entered the animation film industry in full! —The Sun.

The Sun, which claims to be the most pervasive, revealed the shocking news, accompanied by a somewhat blurry photo, which can still be seen in the photo of Mitchell and Coleman shaking hands together in the parking lot.

"Shao, I'm sorry, my whereabouts have been followed." Mitchell called Shao Shuaijun as soon as possible.

Shao Shuaijun frowned: "It's not your fault, Mitchell. Now that this is known to the media, will it have an impact on our acquisition of DreamWorks? ”

"The impact will definitely be there, before Walt. Disney is also looking to work with DreamWorks, and I'm worried that Disney will compete with us for the takeover. ”

"Cut through the mess quickly, spend more money, don't be afraid to spend money, how much you spend and then earn as much as you want, we must not give up on animated films. If you really can't make an acquisition, then prepare for second-hand now and go and buy Armand Animation! ”

"Well, I'll hurry up and negotiate with DreamWorks, Shao, if I can, how about I invite you to dinner with Katzenberg? You are the most discerning director and boss on the planet, you can sketch a beautiful blueprint for the future to him, and you have your back to the Chinese market, which is much more effective than what I say! ”

"Hehe, forget it, I won't negotiate."

"You don't need to negotiate, you just have to sketch out the prospects to Katzenberg, we are professional businessmen, the convincing words are too low, you say it's different, you are the most discerning director in Hollywood! Just tell him about the prospect of joining Summit Entertainment. ”

"That'...... I'll give it a try, but don't expect too much, I might be able to 'talk to him for more than half a sentence'. Shao Shuaijun was a little hesitant, what he hated most was dealing with people in a commercial way.

DreamWorks started out as just a studio by the great director Steven Brown. Spielberg, animation geek Jeffrey. Katzenberg and the godfather of music, David. The Geffen Trio was created with 1994. In the 90s of the last century, when Hollywood was monopolized by big studios, in order to pursue the freedom of creation, the three of them created DreamWorks with a dream.

With their talents and their respective appeal, they built DreamWorks into a dream kingdom, and at its peak, even the Big Six in Hollywood had to retreat. However, it is difficult for independent film companies to reach the height of the Big Six, and without the support of big entertainment groups, they cannot compete with their opponents in terms of financial resources and available entertainment resources.

Plus Jeffrey. Katzenberg only likes to do animation, David. Geffen got tired of the risks of investing in films, and eventually, in 2004, DreamWorks spun off into DreamWorks Films and DreamWorks Animation, with Spielberg in charge of the studio, Katzenberg in charge of the animation company, and David Brown. Geffen announced that he would no longer meddle in DreamWorks affairs.

That same year, Katzenberg went public with DreamWorks Animation.

And DreamWorks Films, first sold by Spielberg to Paramount, and then left Paramount with "Transformers 2" in 2009 and invested in Walt. Disney's bosom.

The free film kingdom that was established with dreams back then finally collapsed completely due to various reasons.

And DreamWorks Animation, despite its ups and downs, is still the first of the three major Hollywood animation companies, even if Disney swallows Pixar, DreamWorks still has not fallen into the name, last year's production of "How to Train Your Dragon" global box office 495 million US dollars, "Super Villain" 320 million US dollars worldwide, "Shrek 4" even achieved a global box office of 750 million US dollars.

It can be called the big boss of the animation industry.

Let Shao Shuaijun convince this big boss in the animation industry, Shao Shuaijun feels that this is really a difficult job, he is more accustomed to taking money and smashing it down, not talking nonsense. (To be continued......)