In the summer of 2007, the most noisy moment gave Shao Shuaijun the biggest blow, and the world was full of voices criticizing him. Shao Shuaijun never thought of himself as a turtle with a shrunken head, but at this moment, he really hid and hid in a small town not far from Jiuzhaigou.

No one knows why he came here, including Lee so-so.

"Ah Jun, who are you waiting for here? It's been half a month, and everyone is worried about you. Li Xiuxiu asked casually while making the bed for Shao Shuaijun. He had asked Shao Shuaijun this question no less than dozens of times, and every time Shao Shuaijun was vaguely confused.

Shao Shuaijun sat in front of the computer with a stubbled beard, not playing games or surfing the Internet, just watching "Night Watchman". Since he came to this town, he has watched "The Night Watchman" over and over again, all copies, cut, uncut, and discarded.

Freezing the movie, Shao Shuaijun turned his head, his eyes were full of gloom: "Sister Xiuxiu, do you think I'm a failure, "Night Watchman" is a mess at the box office, 100 million US dollars, just give me such a defeat." ”

"Why, you're just having a little setback, a movie doesn't say anything, you've made so many successful movies, haven't you. Don't be in a hurry to deny yourself, in my heart, you have always been the best one. Li Xiuxiu smiled softly.

Shao Shuaijun was silent for a while before he spoke: "How is the box office of "Night Watchman"? ”

"Good news or bad news?"

"Bad news."

"Now it's basically released where it's supposed to be released, and the box office isn't very good. In ordinary theaters, North America is $29 million, Asia including the mainland is $36 million, Europe is only $18 million, plus some fragmented countries and regions, the global box office is about $67 million. ”

With a wry smile, Shao Shuaijun asked, "What about the good news?" ”

"The good news is that in IMAX theaters around the world, "Night Watchman" got $29.6 million, which is almost half of the average theater. There are just over 200 IMAX theaters. It turns out. You are right to shoot in IMAX, as the first commercial film to shoot in IMAX, you will definitely influence more filmmakers to go down the IMAX path, you are the pioneer. You didn't fail. Li Xiuxiu said with a smile.

"I'm not. IMAX was able to succeed and it wasn't brought to me that I could. It was supposed to succeed. As a director, I was a complete failure. Shao Shuaijun couldn't help but rub his hair when he thought of the shabby box office.

"Ah Jun. Don't be like this, it's just a temporary failure, cheer up and you'll succeed. ”

"You don't understand." Shao Shuaijun has a thousand words, but he doesn't know how to say them, "Sister Xiuxiu, do you know, I was able to succeed in the past because of ...... Because "Crazy Stone", "Source Code", "Painted Skin" should have been successful, they were like an inspiration put there, and I, just took it...... unlike "Night Watchman", it was something I thought about, not an inspiration, it was something I really created...... What should I say, perhaps, I am not suitable to be a director at all. ”

Rebirth is Shao Shuaijun's biggest secret, and he can't tell anyone.

But as a director, Shao Shuaijun is extremely eager to prove himself, and what to prove, of course, is his own movie. He won't be satisfied with copying someone else's, it's really simple, and he succeeds casually, but in the end it proves something. Prove that you can plagiarize?

Or is it another proof that these films can be a success?

They should have been successful, with or without Shao Shuaijun, they are all successful movies.

For the sake of money and life, Shao Shuaijun chose to plagiarize. But he can't plagiarize for a lifetime, he only has a few years to plagiarize, once the time points to 2013, what else can he do?

He once stood under the billboard of "Source Code" and told Lee so-so that he wanted to be the next king of the world and let everyone wander in his movie world. But a director who can only plagiarize, what can he do to let others wander in his world? Therefore, the success of "Painted Skin" suddenly swelled his self-confidence and began to weave his dream story.

But this time the blow was too big for Shao Shuaijun to bear.

Ask.

Indeed, he is impetuous, he is arrogant and complacent.

He acted like a clown in a comedy that made people laugh.

No applause, no praise.

He has a thousand and ten thousand reasons to convince himself, which does not mean that he is not capable, but that he has not found the right way. He's still young, and he's still having a chance. But the huge haze blocked his heart, so he couldn't breathe, plagiarized other people's works, he could be infinitely beautiful, go his own way, but he was mired in the quagmire.

"One day, I will be abandoned by the world!" Shao Shuaijun said with his eyes closed.

"No, it won't."

Li Xiuxiu hugged Shao Shuaijun from behind, pillowed her head on his back, lost her usual strong woman's demeanor, and said quietly but firmly: "Ah Jun, even if the world abandons you, I won't." ”

Shao Shuaijun didn't know what to say, and choked up a little: "I think, if I continue to make movies, one day, I will lose my dream, and then I will have no money." I can't afford to buy you a bungalow, a car, diamonds, jewelry, or a yacht...... No, I can't afford it right now, the company is losing so much. ”

"Do you know what the old butler in "Batman: The Mystery of the Shadow" said to Batman?" Li Xiuxiu said a puzzling sentence.

"What?"

"Batman asked him, haven't you given up on me yet. The old butler told him that never. Ajun, I also want to tell you, I like bungalows, cars, diamond jewelry, and yachts, but it doesn't matter, the important thing is that we can be together. If I don't have someone I love, even if I have mountains of gold and silver, what's the point. ”

"Sister Xiuxiu......"

"Wang Xiaobei told Huang Xiaoxian, there must be me within one meter of you. Ah Jun, can you tell me that there must be you within a meter of me? ”

"Of course." What else can Shao Shuaijun say, holding the hand of the son. What more could you ask for?

"No matter how time passes, we must trust and help each other, cherish each other and know each other, okay?"

"Of course."

Li Xiuxiu raised her head with satisfaction, the previous gentleness subsided, looked at Shao Shuaijun who was moved, and asked with a gossipy face: "Now tell me, who are you waiting for when you are hiding here?" ”

"Forehead......" Shao Shuaijun blinked, feeling that he had been fooled. But. After Li Xiuxiu's frolic. He felt much more depressed. Holding Li Xiuxiu back into his arms, Shao Shuaijun pursed his lips and said, "I'm here to find a person, a director." I want to ask him. Why be a director. Why don't you become a director again? ”

"Who is he?"

"One...... A long-time friend. Everyone calls him Lao Bai, a little salty, wet and a little obscene, and the movies he makes have never been released on a large scale. Lose money every time. But it's quite good at fooling people, and many nouveau riche are willing to give him money to make movies. Well, by the way, this guy has no lower limit, and his favorite thing is to be a starlet under the unspoken rules of the director's banner. ”

Li Xiuxiu frowned: "How do you have contact with this kind of director?" ”

"It's nothing, I just want to ask what kind of profession a director looks like in the eyes of others."

Shao Shuaijun smiled softly, but the memory turned to another distant time and space, which was also at this time, the summer of 2007. He met a very important person in his life's path. A director who told him how to distinguish a woman's tears, how to act in a bed scene, and how to shoot a kiss scene.

At that time, he was still working as a props master in Hengdian, and Lao Bai's crew recruited people and gave a lot of money, so Shao Shuaijun went. It was Lao Bai's second movie, which seemed to be called "Lonely Bird in the Tree" or "Lonely Bird in the Tree", telling the love story of a man and three maids.

Shao Shuaijun almost forgot the specific content, because Lao Bai has never played cards according to routines, he shoots wherever he wants, and sometimes for the sake of unspoken rules and desires, he will add and delete some female scenes.

At that time, Shao Shuaijun started from props, and was appreciated by Lao Bai and promoted to assistant director. As a result, after the movie was filmed, Shao Shuaijun forgot the entire plot, and only remembered to shoot the bed scene today, the kiss scene tomorrow, and then ...... There is no then, this movie has not been approved, and can only be released secretly, just like a tertiary film.

Doing chores in such a movie crew touched Shao Shuaijun a lot. Lao Bai was interested, he didn't care about the life or death of the crew at all, he only cared about his own happiness. once even asked Shao Shuaijun to shoot a scene for a day instead of him. It was from then on that Shao Shuaijun began to gradually come into contact with the director's monitor, and slowly mixed up and became an errand assistant director.

On the day the crew finished filming, Shao Shuaijun still remembered that Lao Bai gave him an extra 5,000 yuan in red envelopes.

Later, Shao Shuaijun continued to work hard for various crews, where to recruit workers. And Lao Bai made another movie, and the box office was almost zero, and since then he has taken the only woman who is willing to follow him back to his hometown to sell leather shoes. Since then, Shao Shuaijun has not heard from Lao Bai.

Lao Bai is a failed director, which Shao Shuaijun never doubted.

is also a director who allows Shao Shuaijun to remember his life, not for those bed scenes and kiss scenes, not for the extra 5,000 yuan. Instead, he was the first to tell him, "Young man, it's just a show, it's simple!" Although he hadn't seen that movie, he didn't know if the scene he directed was still there.

The blow to Shao Shuaijun in "Night Watch" is unprecedented, even if he was removed by Ascending Entertainment in his previous life, he was never so confused and hesitant. Being removed doesn't mean that he is incapable, it's just that he was hit by the unspoken rules, but "Night Watchman" really denied him.

Whenever he heard others say how bad "The Night Watchman" was, Shao Shuaijun was like a helpless passer-by walking on the ghost street, surrounded by ogres.

He didn't know why he was asking Lao Bai, perhaps, just to listen to another sentence "Young man, just direct a play, simple!" The encouragement, perhaps, was just a knee-jerk impulse.

When the weather was the hottest, finally, Shao Shuaijun waited for Lao Bai's crew...... (To be continued......)

PS: Today's 12000+ words are over, and the most depressing and worst chapter has finally survived.

Originally, my plan was to slowly write about the changes of a person, but the book review section never stopped being scolded.

Everyone doesn't like to read such articles, so I'll try to write as quickly as possible in the future!

Thanks to the wild finches for the tip!

By the way, really, ask for a monthly pass and a recommended ticket, a huge climax is coming!