Who are you calling "little fresh meat"? I'm the king.

Chapter 1000 Daily Filming Experience (13)

Shi Shi's acting skills are actually not bad...

When I was young, I was on the path of idol dramas, relying on my "young and pretty face" rather than acting skills.

In recent years, I've worked as both a producer and an actor, gaining a new understanding of actors and roles...

I've also learned some ways to express my emotions...

Her face was delicate, yet possessed a subtle, elegant quality, along with a hint of fragility…

Therefore, she doesn't usually take on roles with intense emotions, nor does she accept roles that are too lively, cute, or naive...

She knew she couldn't act it out!

I tried it once—shaking my head and making my facial features fly wildly.

The kind that is totally uncontrollable.

It's a case of playing to one's strengths and avoiding one's weaknesses...

Moreover, in recent years, she has basically stopped playing leading roles, essentially withdrawing from the center stage, and instead playing beautiful older sisters, concubines, stepmothers, etc.

The audience will be much more forgiving.

Therefore, it's rare to see criticism of her...

The last drama in which she played the lead role was "Story of Yanxi Palace"...

In a sense, Shi Shi's approach was quite right!
Yan Ge's advice: Never try to get the lead role in a period drama. No older actress can get a good score in a period drama lead role, no matter how well you take care of yourself or how big your star is!
Even Zhou Xun and Zhang Ziyi have suffered setbacks, so why do you think people will be more tolerant of you than they are?

Shen Yan thought Shi Shi was quite suitable for tragic roles…

She plays a once noble and beautiful young lady who lived a life of luxury, but her life took a sharp turn for the worse after falling in love with the wrong person. After experiencing a series of betrayals and hurts, she became half-dead, her eyes filled with despair and emptiness, yet in occasional moments, she would reveal a trace of nostalgia for her past happy life...

Shi Shi is not Liu Yifei's competitor; her senior in the same field is, strictly speaking, Yue Ling.

Yue Ling: With soft facial features, she possesses an innate gentle temperament, and in her early years, she was charming and lively. She also had a natural air of elegance. However, her youthful beauty was short-lived; as she aged, the vicissitudes of life gradually became apparent.

Then she specialized in melodramatic roles!
Lin Jingyun in *The Mute Bride*; Du Qingqing in *Green Green Grass by the River*; Yuan Lemei in *Plum Blossom Trilogy: The Ghost Husband*; Xinyue in *Two Eternities: Princess Crescent Moon*…

They have successfully captured the middle-aged and elderly market!

Shen Yan discussed it with Zhang Yingji (the screenwriter) and decided to rewrite "Half a Lifetime Romance", find Zhang Xiaobo to be the director, and have Shi Shi play Gu Manzhen!
Gu Manzhen…

"Half a Lifetime's Romance," an adult horror novel!
The first half of the book slowly depicts a dreamlike world of romance with realistic strokes: a girl from a humble family, gentle and beautiful; a young master from a noble family, gentle and kind. Although there is a light layer of makeup, mentioning that the concubine of the Shen family, Manlu, works as a dancer, it is only a light layer. The main focus is on Shijun, Manzhen, and Shuhui, who are slowly falling in love, without mentioning even the mundane details of daily life.

Suddenly, reality shattered the dream, and it was an unstoppable reality!

With no money, the eldest daughter sold herself into servitude, and was naturally despised by everyone afterward. She even dragged her younger sister into it. Every single thing was so vile and terrifying, but the readers know that it was all true.

No one dared to step forward and say, "I won't do that!"
—In that small two-story building, my older sister entertained her patrons on the first floor, while my grandmother and mother lived upstairs. It's impossible that they couldn't hear any of this noise!

But Grandma had to eat a snack every afternoon—one that was bought from outside.

The whole family eats Manlu's (Gu Manzhen's sister) food, uses Manlu's things, lives in Manlu's house, and still looks down on her in every way. The mother is so young, yet she doesn't find a job and instead makes her daughter work as a dancer. Even her own younger brother despises his sister.

If it weren't for his older sister, his family would have starved to death long ago, how could they have gone to school?
Actually, Grandma Gu and Mom didn't need to paste matchboxes together, nor did they need to wash other people's smelly socks like Yueya's mom. They could have easily made a living by going back to the countryside, tidying up their house, and farming two acres of land. But they wanted to stay in Shanghai and continue to eat well and dress well...

All the children need to go to school, so we have no choice but to sell our daughters. If one isn't enough, we'll sell another!
That's right, Gu Manzhen being sold was, in a sense, tacitly approved by Gu's grandmother and mother! Uh, back to *With the Wind*…

This drama features over forty product placements; a whole host of brands are lining up to showcase themselves in the series…

The implantation cost alone was as high as 2.7 million!
The production cost of this drama was 2.5 million yuan—the product placement was enough to cover the costs…

After all, it's Shen Yan and Liu Shishi!
Their previous film, "How Long Will I Love U," grossed 29.75 billion yuan…

"Go to Where the Wind Blows" is a pre-order hit...

Shooting entirely on location increases costs for venue rental and art design.

The cast includes A-list actors: Shen Yan received a salary of 3000 million yuan, and Shi Shi also received 3000 million yuan. However, both of them are producers, and their remaining salaries each account for 15% of the investment!

The total remuneration for the cast and crew was approximately 1 million yuan, with the remainder primarily going towards filming costs…

In fact, the investment in costumes, props, and special effects for modern urban themes is relatively moderate...

Generally speaking, the cost per episode of similar domestic TV dramas typically ranges from several million to tens of millions of yuan…

"The Wind" is a TV series that the Dali Culture and Tourism Bureau is promoting, and many scenic spots are rented to the film crew for free!
……

Xie Zhiyao wanted Xu Hongdou to help train the employees…

But it was difficult to bring it up, since they were just tourists!

Why should we let someone help us for free?
So, I took her to eat the most famous local rice noodles early in the morning!
After taking only a couple of bites, Xie Zhiyao pondered for a moment, and after considering it over and over again, said, "I want to discuss something with you."

"Hehe, I knew there's no such thing as a free breakfast. So, what do you want to say that you called me out so early?" Xu Hongdou was speechless, thinking to herself that it was no wonder she felt something was off, and this feeling had been lingering around her lately.

Xie Zhiyao gave an awkward smile, much more shy than usual: "Well... I think we actually get along quite well. From our interactions lately, I've found you to be a very kind and good person. Most importantly, my grandmother likes you too!"

"stop!"

Xu Hongdou laughed happily and quickly stopped him from continuing, saying, "We haven't known each other for long, I don't know you, and you don't know me either."

I'm only staying here for a short time, and I'm not the kind of person who lives for the moment. I'm very serious about relationships. I don't accept any form of online dating or long-distance relationship!

She even gave him a "friend card": "Of course, you are excellent and a very good person."

Xie Zhiyao was completely bewildered.

“I’m done talking, you can continue…” But that wasn’t all. Xu Hongdou probably felt that her refusal wasn’t strong enough, so she added, “I’m very good at refusing people!”

Xie Zhiyao, also known as Shen Yan, froze completely...

He swallowed hard...

Then comes the transition!

"Click... Not bad!"

Yang Yang clapped his hands in satisfaction, checked the time, and asked, "Shall we take a break first?"

"OK!"

(End of this chapter)