0278 [500 Days with Shamo]
In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, China topped the list with 51 gold medals. And Shao Shuaijun's busyness is about to begin, after studying the filming progress of "IMAX-3D Yupu Regiment", 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 scale of screening. And the North American Chinese circle is the highlight of "No Man's Land". After arriving in the United States, Summit Entertainment dispatched a team to specialize in "No Man's Land". The company has more manpower and began to work on the release of "500 Days with Shamo".
The schedule has been confirmed, and it will be released in North America starting on Friday, September 5, and then it will be released overseas in North America. One day earlier, on September 4, the premiere will be held at the China Theater in Hollywood.
"Hey, Sister Bing, on September 4th, the premiere of my movie "500 Days with Shamo", be sure to come and attend." Since September 1, Shao Shuaijun has been on the phone and invited guests to attend.
Li Bingbing's voice came from the other end: "I'm not a big-name star, what do you want me to attend, do the American audience know me?" ”
"Come, you must come, I invite a lot of friends, everyone have fun."
"Okay."
After hanging up Li Bingbing's phone, Shao Shuaijun called Liu Sanxi again: "Brother Xi, you and your sister-in-law came over to attend the premiere of my movie." ”
"To the United States?"
"Yes, I'll send someone to pick you up then, and by the way, help me inform Anan, Sishui, and Zebra." After Shao Shuaijun's notice arrived, he made another sloppy phone call. "Hey, sloppy, September 4th, my movie premiere, remember not to forget."
"One Learn...... Yes, the movie premiere, be sure to come, okay, waiting for you. ”
"Xiao Gang, you are with Gao Zhisheng. And Li Fangfang. Just right. I won't inform you one by one, September 4th, my movie premiere, be sure to come. ”
"Sister Mei......"
"Sister Wang......"
Shao Shuaijun called one by one. The executives of the company, the old brothers who used to film. All notified. Then he started to call Wen Zhang: "Wen Zhang." My movie premiere, September 4th, yes. Come. ”
followed by Liu Shishi: "Liu Shishi, who do you say I am, Shao Shuaijun...... Yes, September 4th. ”
Then Fan Bingbing, Zhao Wei, Chen Kun and other old acquaintances in the entertainment industry who have a good relationship were also notified one by one. After a pause, Shao Shuaijun called Liu Yifei again: "Xiqian, I'm Shao Shuaijun, on September 4th, the premiere of my movie "500 Days with Shamo", please come and attend." ”
"Okay."
"Okay, that's it, I'll inform others." 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 are gradually drifting apart, and they haven't even been in touch for a long time.
Domestic entertainment artists, Shao Shuaijun felt that the relationship was good, and they were all notified. No matter who it was, there was no excuse for Shao Shuaijun's invitation. then called Wang Zhonglei, Wang Zhongjun, Yu Dong, Wu Kebo and other film industry bosses. and several second-generation officials in the capital.
After calculating that there is nothing missing, Shao Shuaijun began to contact familiar directors again. Zhang Yimou, Wang Xiaoshuai, Jia Zhangke, Bai Jifei and so on. Finally, there is a friend in the entertainment industry here in North America, Leonardo. DiCaprio, Jack. Gyllen Hill, Allen. Peggy and so on.
Recently, Li Yu is also studying movies in Hollywood, and Shao Shuaijun also called over and invited Li Yu to come over and cheer him on. Li Yu was very talkative, and immediately agreed.
It took a day or two before Shao Shuaijun was busy on the phone.
Then he called the main creator of the crew of "500 Days with Sammo" over, and while drinking coffee, he said: "Gordon, Scarlett...... You all know it, wait until the easter egg at the end of the movie appears. How to cooperate with each other, you must remember, don't give me a leak. ”
Gordon patted his chest: "Don't worry, director, as an actor, it's a piece of cake to play on the spot, you can rest assured." ”
"Scarlett, what about you?" Shao Shuaijun looked at Scarlett viciously.
Scarlett pouted, "Okay, I must be a perfect fit." ”
"That's good, as long as the show is successful and "500 Days with Shamo" earns at the box office, your red envelopes will definitely not be less."
"There is a red envelope and motivation, the director can rest assured!"
Everything was ready, and the 4th of September arrived.
In the morning, Shao Shuaijun drove to the airport to pick up Li Xiuxiu.
After a big hug, Li Xiuxiu hurriedly asked: "Ah Jun, is there any significance to this movie, you called a lot of friends to come over to attend the premiere?" ”
Shao Shuaijun laughed: "The main thing is to invite everyone to come and get together, I feel very sorry when I think about the friends I met along the way, I don't have time to get together, eat well, and watch a movie." It is just the premiere of this movie that everyone gets together and has fun. ”
"It's interesting, let's go, I'm going to catch up on some sleep, and then I'll go to the movies in the evening, and we'll go to dinner after the movies." What to eat? With so many people, Western food must not be eaten, and it is better to eat hot pot than to go back to China to eat, well, let's have a pool party, don't Americans like to have parties? Lee so-so began to plan the evening show.
"It's up to you."
Time passed little by little, and in the afternoon, the premiere of the movie began. Those who are not in the entertainment industry have entered the cinema early, and those in the entertainment industry are 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 big director and an entertainment tycoon, so there are many media circles, and the red carpet is even more star-studded.
Leonardo, who was red and purple. DiCaprio, first-line kid Jack. Gillon Hill, rising star Allen. Peggy, the new generation of sexy goddess Scarlett. Johnson, Hollywood Chinese superstar Zhou Yunfa, etc., these are all stars who have worked with Shao Shuaijun.
When he appeared, he immediately attracted a burst of flashing lights and reporters.
Then the actor in "Dancing Out of My Life" played Qian Ning. Tatum and the heroine played by Jenna. Diwan walked up the red carpet arm-in-arm. The male protagonist of "Dance Out of My Life 2" is played by Cen Yongkang and the female protagonist is played by Brianna. Yin Weigen also walked on the red carpet hand in hand.
When the actor of "Twilight" played Robert. Pattinson and the female lead actor Christine. Stewart, the two red-purple new generation stars walked the red carpet. There was a wave of flashing lights. The past "Twilight: New Moon" has a global surge of 600 million US dollars, and it is still being screened one after another, and there will be at least 100 million US dollars in box office revenue.
Twilight's other actors, such as Taylor. Lotner, Ashley. Greenie was also baptized with flash, adding a lot of sparkle to tonight's premiere.
Soon the director of "Dance Out of My Life" Annie. Fletcher and the great director Christopher. Nolan also walked on the red carpet together. The director of the dance has a good relationship with Summit Entertainment, and Nolan has a good relationship with Shao Shuaijun, so they all came to cheer. After a while, the director of "Twilight" Catherine. Hardwick and "Crescent" director Chris Brown. Weez, too, came with him.
During the period, director Zhang Yimou, director Li Huan, Gai. Director Richie and so on. All attended the premiere. Walk the red carpet.
There is also the most popular comedy TV series "The Big Bang Theory", in which the four male protagonists are surrounded by the female protagonist, appearing together, and also murdering a large number of films of reporters. Hollywood stars are far more than just a few of the above, with a network of pinnacle entertainment. Plus the network of old neighbor Lionsgate. There are so many celebrities invited.
Not to mention domestic stars. Hollywood reporters may not be interested in them, but domestic reporters are busy. Li Bingbing, Fan Bingbing, Liu Yifei, Liu Shishi, Huang Bo, Wen Zhang, Xu Yu...... It's a nobody in Hollywood. In China, it is no less brilliant than anyone tonight.
Regardless of whether the movie is good or not, the red carpet of this premiere is definitely good.
The appearance of these big directors and big stars has scrapped how many films the reporters don't know, and the harvest is huge. The red carpet of more than an hour finally ended, and the doors of the cinema slowly closed as the audience gradually quieted down. The big screen lights up and the movie begins.
The logo of Dream Chasing Golden Harvest and Summit Entertainment ended, the name of "500 Days with Shamo" appeared, and the plot slowly unfolded. The movie begins on day 488, with Scarlett's Shamo and Gordon's Tom, sitting on a bench with a ring on her hand pressed against Tom's hand.
Narrator: "This is the story of a boy who meets a girl. ”
Then jump to Day 1.
Tom wore a cardigan and listened listlessly at the meeting. The narrator sounded again: "The boy's name is Tom. Hansen, Margate from New Jersey, grew up believing that he would never be truly happy until he met a ......"
The screen cuts to Shamo, who is the front desk and is busy answering the phone. Next to him slowly said: "This girl's name is Shamo. Fanny, Sinnercock from Michigan, she never believed this. Ever since her parents divorced, she has loved only two things, the first is her long black hair, and the second is how easily she cuts it off, and then she doesn't feel anything......"
Tom met Sammer on January 8th, and he knew who she was looking for almost immediately...... 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 opening, the names of the leading actors and creators appear on the screen one by one. In the beautiful singing, two sloppy movie shots are on the left and right sides of the screen, slowly showing the process of the little boy and the little girl growing up. Finally, the English letters of "Director Shao Shuaijun's work" appeared, and after a few seconds, the opening film ended.
Jumping straight to the 290th day, Tom and Summer have broken up. Tom reminisces about the whole relationship with his friends, and he wants to continue with Shamo. And the next plot will not be played according to the full 500 days, but will be divided into many acts, day 1, day 4, day 154, and then jump back to day 11, day 27, day 28, then day 282, and so on.
With such a very disordered story structure, to restore and interpret, Shamo and Tom from acquaintance to love, and then to their respective life circumstances after breaking up, which contains all kinds of views on love.
Tom believes that there is a kind of destiny, that there is a feeling that can be described as true love, and that there is an encounter that is predestined by God. It's like when he meets Shamo, he tells himself that this is the love of his life. He traces Shamo's back, approaching Shamo in a romantic or shy way.
And Shamo doesn't believe in any love fairy tales, nor does she believe that two people will be together, for her there is just a lot of fun together, that's all. She went to date Tom with the idea of being happy, and she didn't want to go any further.
Tom thinks that one day he will be able to remove Shamo's defenses, so when Shamo takes him to her space, Tom naively thinks that he loves Shamo, and Shamo loves him too. However, fantasies are fantasies after all, and within a year, the unease began to spread.
They broke up after all.
In the time that followed, Tom was distressed and confused, still hoping to get back together with Shamo. Until the 488th day, Tom was in the park, nostalgic. Shamo came over, bringing the ring that someone had given her. Tom's thoughts about destiny, true love, and destiny collapsed in an instant.
"You don't want to be anybody's girlfriend, and you're somebody's wife now." Tom said bitterly, self-deprecating and indignant.
"I was surprised, too."
"I don't think I'll ever understand that there's no truth to that."
"And so it happened."
"That's what I don't understand, what happened?"
Shamo smiled and shook his head: "I'll know when I wake up one day." ”
"Know what?"
"I'm with you for sure."
Tom turned his head, unable to bear the collapse of his worldview, and even wanted to cry with sadness: "Do you know what is bad? It's terrible to find out that everything you believe is fantasy! ”
"What do you mean?"
"Fate, spiritual mates, true love, fairy tales and nonsense, you're right, I should have listened to you."
"Nope." Shamo smiled, "I think it's because of ...... I was in the deli and watching "Dorian. Gray's Portrait", a guy came up and asked me about the book. He's my husband now. ”
"So what?"
"What if I go to the movies? What if I go somewhere else for lunch? What if I'm ten minutes late? This is...... It was meant to be. I kept thinking...... Tom was right. ”
Originally, Tom believed that about fate, Shamo definitely didn't believe it. But now Tom doesn't believe it, and Shamo tells him that she does.
"Nope." Tom wanted to say no.
"Yes, really...... It's just that you're wrong about me. Shamo pressed her hand against Tom's hand, and the ring stood out.
At that moment, Sammer seemed so far away in Tom's eyes. They said goodbye in a friendly way, and Summer walked away, with Tom's unrealistic fantasies, and kept going.
On the 500th day, Tom picked up his dream of becoming an architect. During the interview at the company, he met another girl, who also came to apply. They chatted awkwardly at first, and then found out that they actually 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 corners of the girl's mouth smiled slightly.
At that moment, Tom felt that all his innocence and illusions that had been destroyed by Shamo had returned, and nothing was predestined by God. You've just met the right person at the wrong time, or the wrong person at the right time. But if you look for it carefully, you will find that in the right time, there will always be the right person.
It's not fate, it's all a coincidence.
Love, too, is a coincidence.
Tom invites the girl to coffee and then reacquaints: "Nice to meet you, my name is Tom." ”
"I know you very well, my name is autumn."
Well, 500 days of summer (shamo, meaning summer) passed, and the first day of autumn began. (To be continued......)