"I don't know, go back to the capital and see if you can find something to do." Yue Xiaojun is a little confused, he is a graduate of Chinese opera, before entering the crew, he wrote plays for others, and wrote CCTV's sitcom "Born to Be Talented", but the income of screenwriters in this era is very small, and it is enough to eat and dress in a year, and sometimes they can't even eat.

Not everyone can write "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" and then sell it for a high price of 150,000. Like Yue Xiaojun before, 80% of the scripts he wrote were not wanted.

"Why don't you do this, I have an idea here, and you can help me write a script?"

"Then dare to be kind, director, what do you think?"

"This is a story about a race car driver...... Shao Shuaijun said his idea at the moment, and this idea is "Crazy Racing", the second Guy Ritchie-esque comedy film created by the original team of Shi Yuan. Compared with the shabby release and box office of the first film, the racer stood on the shoulders of the stone and won more than 100 million at the box office.

Shao Shuaijun didn't plan to shoot this movie himself, this was for Ning Hao, as a director who admired him very much, Shao Shuaijun robbed his famous work, and he was a little reluctant in his heart, and he was ready to hand over this movie to Ning Hao to shoot, and he invested.

When Yue Xiaojun heard this idea, he immediately applauded: "Don't worry, director, I will definitely get the script done as soon as possible, by the way, what is the name of this script?" ”

""Crazy Racing", the script is not in a hurry, you have to wait for "Crazy Stone" to be released before you can prepare for filming, you have time to polish. If you are not in a hurry to go back during this time, stay in the crew and help me do something, well, I will get paid. ”

"Done!"

"Xiaojun, aren't you leaving, I can't go back alone?" Huang Bo was quite depressed.

"If you don't want a wife, just stay and eat in the crew, just right, the protagonist in "Crazy Racing", I'll leave it to you to play."

"Really?"

"Of course."

"Hey, what's the meal, go back and go back, Xiaojun go write the script, I'm waiting to be the starring role."

A few people were not interested in drinking any parting wine, ordered food and ate, and hurried back to the crew. At the moment, Yue Xiaojun and Huang Bo were helping out in the crew and were busy with the crew. Time flies quickly, and in a blink of an eye, it is June 12th, and it is time for the film festival to award awards.

Founded in 1993 as one of the nine major A-level film festivals in the world, the Magic City Film Festival was suspended last year due to SARS, and this year 578 films from more than 51 countries and regions have signed up for the exhibition. The main competition unit is to compete for the Golden Goblet Award, with a total of 16 films participating.

This has nothing to do with Shao Shuaijun, his film is participating in the Asian Newcomer Award competition unit. Compared with the live broadcast of the Golden Goblet Award, the Newcomer Award is too shabby, held in the side hall on the second floor of the International Convention and Exhibition Center, the venue is not large, and there is no live broadcast camera. There are not many films in this competition, only more than 40.

"Buried Alive" was shortlisted for Best Picture and Best Director, and in fact, there are only two newcomer awards. At 9 o'clock in the morning, the Asian Newcomer Award began, and there were three judges, female director Huang Shuqin, film theorist David Baldwell, and film critic Tadao Sato. The hosts are two unknown Modu TV hosts, with a round face and beautiful legs.

As a newcomer award, the Asian Newcomer Award can be called a film forum, and all film directors or producers who are shortlisted for the award must come to the stage to have a big talk. Shao Shuaijun is no exception.

Liu Junyi, the director of "One Million", spoke and imagined the future of the movie, Liang Zhiqiang, the director of "Run, Kid", talked about theory, and Long Yi, the director of South Korea's "The Man Who Watched the Tape", babbled and didn't know what to say. Shao Shuaijun was offstage, but chatted with Zhu Wen, the director of "The South of the Cloud".

Until he was invited to the stage by the judges and began to give his speech.

When he came, he was not prepared, so Shao Shuaijun said a few words shallowly: "I am very happy to participate in the Asian Newcomer Award at the Magic City Film Festival, thank you to the three judges for their love, as a newcomer who has just come into contact with film, I can't say what I think about the movie, just say a few words." I am more optimistic about the development of film technology, and this year there have been digital films shooting, from 3D movies to digital films, many of which need to be learned and explored by our directors. Hollywood movies have begun to burn money on special effects, while we in China, movies are still stuck in a simple hangweiya, a limited number of blockbusters, and the special effects are also produced in the West, which will inevitably lead to Chinese films being at a disadvantage in the competition in the entire film industry, we can't just focus on literary films...... It can't be said that special effects blockbusters are the way out for movies, but special effects blockbusters must be the cornerstone of supporting the film market......"

The speech was very brief, and it was just advocating blockbusters. As a director, I'm afraid no one doesn't want to make a visual blockbuster like "Avatar" one day. But as far as the entire Chinese film is concerned, after another ten years of development, it will still stay in the Weiya era, and those so-called special effects blockbusters are all selling dog meat on the head of a sheep, or they are the technology of the West five or six years ago.

There are many reasons why Chinese filmmakers are reluctant to invest in special effects, one is that they have no money to invest, the other is that they can't make special effects blockbusters, and the third is that they still make a lot of money without making blockbusters. For example, a "Thai Embarrassment", with a box office of 1.2 billion, shocked how many eyeballs. It is these positive factors that restrict the development of film technology, which has led to the fact that there are few Chinese films, not to mention blockbusters, even science fiction films.

"Hello Director Shao Shuaijun, I am your fan, I especially like your "Buried Alive", it has a small production cost, but it gives me a feeling of a blockbuster. I would like to ask Director Shao, have you ever considered shooting a special effects blockbuster? ”

Since it is a movie forum, interaction on and off the stage is indispensable, and a girl wearing glasses asks questions.

Shao Shuaijun nodded: "Of course, my dream is to shoot blockbusters." But I'm still a newcomer, and I don't have many achievements, so making blockbusters is a little bit early for me. Of course, if someone is willing to invest, I am more than willing to accept the invitation to shoot. "In his last life as an assistant director, he never made a movie with a cost of more than 30 million, and he has been longing for blockbusters for a long time.

Now he can only accumulate directing skills and money through low-budget films to realize his dreams.

"I want to ask Director Shao, will you still maintain the level of "Buried Alive" in your next movie "Crazy Stone"?" A boy asked.

"Well, "Buried Alive" is an experiment, and I was surprised that the response was so good. "Crazy Stone" is a comedy, and it is certainly not as profound as "Buried Alive", but I am confident that this is definitely a classic comedy, and we can wait and see. ”

Ask questions, and soon the time will be eleven o'clock, and the winners will be announced. Everyone stood on the stage, waiting for the three judges to make announcements.

"I am very excited and gratified to see so many young filmmakers, and the future of cinema depends on you to continue and carry forward. Well, the winner of the Best Director of the Asian Newcomer Award at the 7th Magic City Film Festival is ......"

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Happy National Day!