I didn't want to be an actor

Chapter 808 Returning to China (23)

"You have to think about it this way. The establishment of industry standards requires a lot of long-term accumulation. It took less than ten years for the Chinese film and television industry to truly move out of the workshop stage and initially touch the threshold of industrialization."

"In fact, we have done a good job. The professionalism of the crew of The Wandering Earth 2 has greatly improved!"

Shen Liang is live streaming again...

He has quite a lot of free time, he only shoots for eight hours a day and has the rest of the time for free activities.

But Shen Liang is a little afraid of Eastern Europe——"The Human Skin Hostel"...

Although the story of "Hostel" takes place in Slovakia, that place is not far from Hungary - the two countries border each other...

They are all Eastern Europe!

Oh, and the movie Hostel was so devastating to the Slovak tourism industry that the government sued the film company.

But let’s be honest, even without this movie, most of Eastern Europe is still a tourist black hole…

In addition, Budapest's QS industry is also very developed...

If you just go out casually, you are likely to run into a woman soliciting customers!

Back then, after the collapse of the Soviet Union, a large number of women from Eastern European CIS countries went to Central and Western Europe to work. The Czech Republic and Hungary were important transit stations: their economies were developed, transportation was convenient, and prices were not too expensive.

Rice is expensive in Chang'an and it is difficult to live in a city. Many people who cannot make it in Western Europe or who lack travel expenses halfway through their journey will be stranded in the Czech Republic or Hungary.

Then, the porn industry was legalized!

Then, a bunch of film and television companies specializing in making SQ films were established...

I heard that there are SQ weekend activities, where you can pay a little money and visit the filming location in person. If you pay a little more, you can even be an actor in person!
Liang Ge has no interest at all!

He didn't even think of recording it with a camera, so how could he be interested in such a thing?

Continuing the live broadcast, he talked about "Alien: Taken" : "The "Alien" series belongs to the space horror series. Whether from the height of space or from the height of the monster thriller genre, it is a very high height. Let's discuss what standards a good monster thriller must meet?"

Thrillers are already good, but if they are more than thrillers and have a little bit of horror, it seems to be even better.

How to achieve this is actually very simple. The ancients talked about the three elements of harmony: the right time, the right place, and the right people.

Thrillers, on the other hand, often go the other way around - if the timing is not right, there will often be a countdown; if the location is not right - it's a closed space; if the people are not right - a, oh no, a group of top killers (aliens) are chasing you under the first two conditions.

Yes, that’s the trinity of thrillers.”

"I think it's pretty good, it has the flavor of a traditional popcorn horror movie!"

“Alien: Departure Ship… The background is the era of the great exploration of the universe. The planet where the protagonist team is located is a resource-rich mining planet. The company immigrated a group of poor people here to dig pits for mining… The character I play is a cyborg… Is he a good guy or a bad guy? I feel like he is a good guy, but I don’t know if the sequel will change!”

"How do I know if there will be a sequel... We'll have to see how the box office performs."

"The shooting was pretty quick. I think I'll be able to return home by the end of the month!"

“…”The Rescue”…I don’t know what happened in the domestic entertainment industry, so I won’t comment on it…”

"I must have been scared. One of the leading actresses is Miss Han, and the other is Tong Yali. Am I out of my mind to comment on such a crew?"

"…It's pretty boring, but I've read a lot of books recently, so that's a bonus!"

“…By the way, IQIYI told me that “Cang Lan Jue” will be aired at the end of May, so remember to watch it then…I’ve been reading books and watching “The Long Season” recently…It’s really good, an absolutely high-quality drama!”

“…No more chatting…I’m going to sleep first.”

After exiting the live broadcast room, Shen Liang walked to the balcony of the hotel, looked at the moon hanging in the sky, and suddenly felt a little bored... Oh, I really should bring a girl with me!
I took out my phone and looked at a series of contacts... I finally sighed and started browsing Weibo...

Art is art, feelings are feelings...

If you really call someone over, that would mean you're in love!
……

"Alien: Rescue", in fact, 20th Century Fox was not optimistic about it at the beginning, and originally wanted to put this movie on streaming media, commonly known as online movies.

From this, we can infer that the original investment in the movie "Alien: Taken" would not be large, but it is a space monster horror movie, and more than half of the scenes require special effects to support. Lack of funds is almost equivalent to dooming the film to failure.

Director Fede Alvarez is a fan of the "Alien" movie, and the co-creators finally convinced the producers to upgrade the film to a theatrical movie and made additional investments.

Then Shen Liang was invited to be one of the leading actors...

Shen Liang's box office appeal in mainland China has long been noticed by Hollywood!
Since 2018, in just four years, the cumulative box office has exceeded 500 billion yuan, a figure that even Tom Cruise at his peak could not achieve.

To be honest, the domestic box office of the "Alien" series in the United States is just so-so. Even James Cameron's "Alien 2" barely made over 1.26 million in North America. The so-called authentic "Alien: Prometheus" only made 7800 million US dollars in North America. When it comes to "Alien: Covenant", it only took in million US dollars...

Therefore, if this series wants to be successfully rebooted, the Chinese market is the key!

But Shen Liang is not good at inviting...

A bunch of Hollywood script invitations started in 19...

However, Shen Liang didn’t even think about flipping through it!
Hollywood's influence has long since declined.

This is a fact.

In Hollywood back then, stars who went to Hollywood to play minor roles were considered to be going abroad to gain experience, and they could brag about appearing on the big screen for three seconds and then come back for three years.

Now, after being disenchanted, netizens asked: "Are you sent by the monkey to make people laugh?"

In the past, people went to Hollywood to gild themselves in the broth, but nowadays, they might just get covered in shit.

Americans themselves don’t go to Hollywood to develop, so why should Shen Liang go?
Shen Liang was not interested in "Alien: Resurrection" at first, so he made a huge offer, offering a salary of 1200 million US dollars + 15% profit share!

Either accept it or forget it!
Then, the film crew actually accepted...

Then just act, just treat it as a money-making trip...

As for stealing...

To be honest, that's it...

"Alien: Resurrection" is just an ordinary popcorn horror movie, not that great.

Letteri Scott was rarely seen on the set either.

He was busy promoting "Napoleon: The Life of Napoleon" - a biopic of the great French man directed by a British director!

A joke movie that insults the law!
Shen Liang has seen this movie...

Completely abandoning the narrative of an outstanding male emperor, Napoleon is portrayed as "a man with height defects, sometimes cowardly and mean, and suspected of being in love, a man who is stared at by Josephine"...

No wonder the French and the French media are furious...

Boycott this movie!

At the end of May, Shen Liang finished filming and returned home that night.

(End of this chapter)