"I don't know, go back to the capital to see if you can find something to do." Yue Xiaojun was a little confused. He was a graduate of the Central Academy of Drama. Before joining the crew, he wrote operas for others and wrote CCTV's sitcom drama "Born to Me". However, screenwriters in this era earned very little, and they could only have enough food and clothing in a year. Sometimes they couldn't even eat enough.

Not everyone can write "Love of Hawthorn Tree" and then sell it for a high price of 150,000 yuan. Like Yue Xiaojun before, no one wants 80% of the scripts he wrote.

"Why not do this? I have an idea here. Do you want to write a script for me?"

"That's good, director, what's the idea?"

"This is a story about a racer..." Shao Shuaijun immediately expressed his thoughts. This idea was "Crazy Racing", the second Guy Ritchie-style comedy film created by the original Shi Tou. Compared with the first shabby release and box office, the racer stood on Shi Tou's shoulders and won more than 100 million box offices.

Shao Shuaijun did not plan to shoot this movie himself, but was prepared for Ning Hao. As a director who admired him very much, Shao Shuaijun stole his famous work and felt a little sad. He was preparing to hand over the movie to Ning Hao for filming, and he invested in it.

After hearing this idea, Yue Xiaojun immediately exclaimed: "Don't worry, director, I will get the script done as soon as possible. By the way, what's the name of this script?"

"Crazy Racing, don't worry about the script. You have to wait until "Crazy Stone" is released before you can prepare for filming. You have time to polish it. If you don't worry about going back during this period, just stay in the crew and help me do something. Well, I have a salary."

"become!"

"Xiaojun, don't leave, can't I go back alone?" Huang Bo was quite depressed.

"If you don't want your wife, stay and make a living in the crew. Just so happen, I'll leave it to you to play the protagonist in "Crazy Racing".

"real?"

"certainly."

"Oh, what else can I have to eat? Go back, Xiaojun quickly write the script, I'm waiting to be the starring actor."

The few people were not interested in drinking any farewell wine. They ordered vegetables and ate, and hurried back to the crew. At that moment, Yue Xiaojun and Huang Bo were helping with the crew and busy with their time. Time flies quickly, and it is June 12th in a blink of an eye, and the time for the film festival awards is up.

The Magic City Film Festival began in 1993 and is one of the nine A-level film festivals in the world. It was closed last year due to SARS reasons. This year, 578 films from more than 51 countries and regions have been signed up for exhibition. The main competition unit is to compete for the Golden Gogh Award, with a total of 16 films participating.

This has nothing to do with Shao Shuaijun. His films are involved in the Asian Newcomer Award competition unit. Compared with the live broadcast of the Golden Goblet Award, the Newcomer Award is much shabby. It is held in the side hall on the second floor of the International Convention and Exhibition Center. The venue is not large and there is not even a live broadcast camera. There are not many films participating in this competition, only more than 40.

"Buried Alive" was shortlisted for the Best Picture and Best Director, but in fact, there are only these two newcomers. At 9 o'clock in the morning, the Asian Newcomer Award began. There were three judges, including female director Huang Shuqin, film theorist David Baldwell and Japanese film critic Tadao Sato. The hosts are two unknown hosts of the Magic City TV station, with a round face and a beautiful woman's legs.

As a newcomer award, the Asian Newcomer Award can be called a film forum. All film directors or producers who are shortlisted for the award will come to the stage to discuss it. Shao Shuaijun is no exception.

Liu Junyi, director of "One Million", spoke to imagine the future of the movie, Liang Zhiqiang, director of "Running Man", briefly talked about the theory, and Long Yize, director of "The Man Who Watches Video Cassette", was yelling and didn't know what he said. Shao Shuaijun was in the audience, but he started chatting with Zhu Wen, director of "The South of the Clouds".

It was not until the judges asked him to come on stage and began to deliver his speech.

Unprepared when he came, Shao Shuaijun said a few words briefly: "I'm very happy to participate in the Asian Newcomer Award in the Magic City Film Festival. Thanks to the love of the three judges. As a newcomer who has just come into contact with movies, I can't say a little bit about the view of movies. Let's just say a few simple words. Movies are becoming increasingly innovative, and I am more optimistic about the development of film technology. Digital movies have started shooting this year. From 3D movies to digital movies, many of them require our directors to learn and explore. Hollywood movies have begun to burn money on special effects, while in China, movies are still on simple hanging wires. There are a few blockbusters, and special effects are also required to be produced by the West. This will inevitably lead to Chinese movies being at a disadvantage in the competition in the entire film industry. We cannot just focus on art films... We cannot say that special effects blockbusters are the way out for movies, but special effects blockbusters must be the cornerstone that supports the film market..."

The speech is very brief, 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 for the entire Chinese film, for another ten years, it will still remain in the Wia era. Those so-called special effects blockbusters are all selling dog meat under the guise of sheep, or they are the technology from the West five or six years ago.

There are many reasons why Chinese filmmakers are unwilling to invest in special effects. First, they have no money to invest, second, they cannot make good special effects blockbusters, and third, they still make a lot of money if they don’t shoot blockbusters. For example, a movie "Lost in Thailand" has a box office of 1.2 billion yuan, which shocked many eyes. It is precisely because of the development of film technology that has led to few Chinese-language movies, let alone blockbusters, even science fiction movies.

"Hello Director Shao Shuaijun, I am your fan. I especially like your film "Buried Live" filmed by you. Its production cost is very small, but it gives me a feeling of blockbusters. I would like to ask Director Shao, have you considered shooting special effects blockbusters?"

Since it is a movie forum, interactions on and off the stage are indispensable, a girl wearing glasses asked a question.

Shao Shuaijun nodded: "Of course, my dream is to shoot blockbusters. But I am still a newcomer now and don't have much success. It's a little earlier for me to shoot blockbusters. Of course, if someone is willing to invest, I am very willing to accept the invitation to shoot." In his previous life, he had never filmed a movie that cost 30 million yuan, and he had longed for blockbusters.

Now he can only use small-cost movies to accumulate directorial skills while accumulating money to realize his dreams.

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

"Well, "Burning Live" is an experiment, and the response is beyond my expectations. "Crazy Stone" is a comedy, and it is definitely not as good as "Burning Live" in terms of depth, but I have confidence that this is definitely a classic comedy, and we can wait and see."

Asked questions, it was soon eleven o'clock and the winning works began to be announced. Everyone stood on the stage, waiting for the announcement of the three judges.

"I am very excited and relieved. Seeing so many young filmmakers, the future movies will depend on you to continue and carry forward. Well, the best director who won the Asian Newcomer Award at the 7th Magic City Film Festival is..."

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Chapter completed!