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

Chapter 1013 National Day Files

On September 29th, Shen Yan left the "With Wind" crew again—at the opening ceremony of the New York Film Festival!

Actually, the New York Film Festival is most famous for its short films.

The film festival itself isn't very well-known...

When it comes to independent films, the United States has the Sundance Film Festival, and New York even has the Newtraceca Film Festival!
Film markets… Toronto has it all—the world’s largest film market in the fall, and even the US has the American Film Market (AFM): held annually in November, hosted by the Independent Film and Television Alliance (IFTA)…

AFM, as the name suggests, is an event specifically for film transactions!

See, doesn't the New York Film Festival have no prestige at all?
Then the organizer, the Lincoln Center Film Society, simply abandoned its avant-garde and independent spirit, and instead positioned itself as an Oscar outpost...

It's useless!

The odds of winning are too low; so far, only "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," "Pan's Labyrinth," and "Birdman" have received numerous nominations…

Last year at the New York Film Festival, the highly acclaimed film was *Wonder Wheel*, starring Kate Winslet and Justin Timberlake, and directed by Woody Allen…

That's right, last year, the Me Too movement erupted, and Woody Allen was the first to fall!
Then "Ferris Wheel" was only shown on a small scale in the United States.

Not a single award was mentioned!
Even in the original timeline, "Eternity's Gate," which shone brightly at this year's New York Film Festival, only received an Oscar nomination for Best Actor...

However, the Lincoln Center Film Society belongs to the mainstream group of the Motion Picture Association of America.

The renowned film magazine, Film Review, is affiliated with the Film Society of Lincoln Center.

Film Review, Cahiers du Cinéma, and Sight & Sound are widely recognized as the world's three major film magazines!
Moreover, Shen Yan's first film to gain recognition in the United States, "Burning," was promoted through the New York Film Festival...

Both logically and emotionally, Shen Yan should go!

……

Attending a film festival is actually quite a busy schedule…

Fortunately, "Parasite" was just the opening film; after the screening, there were interviews...

Oh, in this interview, Shen Yan praised the actors in various ways: "If you compare a movie to a cake, the actors are the strawberries on top. Actors are like the most exquisite glass plates on earth. You must make them feel comfortable to perform, because you can't have good acting skills when you're nervous. I only gave them the general framework of how to perform; the rest is up to the actors to figure out!"

“I rarely give acting instructions; I mostly rely on the actors to understand the story themselves… The characters in this story are very clear, and I want to objectively analyze the two families from the same perspective… Although they live in the same country and city, the rich and the poor may never have the chance to meet!”
So, I want to tell a story about poor people and rich people living together...

Of course, the completed film follows the perspective of impoverished families, giving the feeling of invading their mansions.

"Uneven development...it's the same all over the world!"

"The richest 1% of the world's population controls 45% of the wealth, while the bottom 50% of the population owns only 2% of the assets... The most crucial question is whether this wealth will circulate. Take Germany as an example: 71% of billionaires' wealth comes from inheritance, forming a solidified chain of 'being born rich'."

Then, reporters at the scene asked him to comment on the US president.

Shen Yan was completely stunned…

No, buddy, I'm Chinese!

My opinion on the US president?

The key point is that Shen Yan didn't feel any impact...

“This is a problem of global development imbalance, and it has little to do with who is president…” He then looked at Sandra Bullock, who immediately chimed in, “Our film doesn’t involve politics!”

Uh…

Sandra Bullock has never given a public speech on politics…

She is one of the few Hollywood stars who doesn't get involved in politics much!
You should know that there's a huge anti-Dong-Wang wave in Hollywood right now...

The New York Film Festival runs until October 5th…

Shen Yan returned to China on the 4th. By then, the winners of the National Day film season had already been decided!
On September 30th, three movies were released: *Shadow*, *Hello, Mrs. Money*, and *Fat Buddies*.

"Hello, Mrs. Money" grossed 1.27 million yuan on its opening day...

Then its reputation collapsed!

"Li Cha's Aunt" is a complete disaster!

This year's National Day holiday film season, industry insiders, including cinemas, generally believe that the top film will be "Hello, Mrs. Money"...

After all, Zhang Yimou is already past her prime!

Let alone Bao Beier, whose reputation is even less well-known, and Wen Zhang, whose reputation is already tarnished.

Later, "Earth Fire" was officially scheduled for release!
So it'll be between these two!

After all, Shen Yan is the lead actor, so the box office will be at least 20 billion...

Who would have thought that "Li Cha's Aunt" would be so bad...

Actually, Happy Twist's comedies have been criticized by many people before for lacking substance...

But as a comedy, it has already succeeded if it can make the audience happy.

At least it was a box office success!
"Goodbye Mr. Loser," "Never Say Die," and "Hello Mr. Billionaire"...

In other words, the audience bought it.

But this time, the audience wasn't buying it!
"Li Cha's Aunt" is indeed quite bad. It uses exaggerated performances for the sake of being funny, and it skirts the line between "sex" and "sexual innuendo" in various ways...

The way it's wiped is disgusting!
Then... on October 1st, "Earth Fire" was released, with 32% of the screenings, and grossed 2.76 million yuan!
The second-ranked film, "Shadow," has a budget of 8700 million!
On its second day of release, "Hello, Mrs. Money" saw its daily box office revenue drop to 7900 million yuan...

As for "Fat Buddies", it still grossed 3412 million yuan the next day!

In the original timeline, "Fat Buddies" ultimately grossed over 2.5 million yuan.

Compared to the cost of less than 4000 million, it's a huge profit!
Many people dislike Bao Beier, but his ability to organize events, or rather, his ability to integrate resources, is indeed quite good!

Not only do they often assemble a lineup of "all comedians," but the selection of supporting actors is also very particular.

By directing and starring in multiple films (such as "The Big Villain" and "Sunny Sisters"), the company has achieved high productivity and adopted a distribution strategy that combines online and offline channels to ensure stable returns on its projects.

—He participated in 8 projects within half a year, and starred in 4 of them. By accurately targeting the lower-tier market and the mid-tier audience, he filled the gap in top-tier comedy actors.

Bao Beier has a market, mainly because there's a lack of mid-tier comedians in my country's comedy market: Shen Teng's comedies are worth over a billion yuan each, but these kinds of works take time to develop. Bao Beier's works don't need that; he just remakes them directly, and without even buying the rights...

However, later on, online distribution also became unfeasible!

During the film and television industry downturn, video platforms are also short of funds.

Oh, as of October 4th, the night Shen Yan returned to China, "Earth Fire" had grossed 11.75 billion yuan in its first four days of release…

It directly occupies 60% of the market!
On October 3rd, "Priceless Treasure" was released, and its opening day box office reached an astonishing 97 million...

On October 4th, however, it reversed course and dropped by 1.08 million!
Maoyan predicts that "Priceless Treasure" will gross 8.5 million yuan!
This completely shocked the industry: Did you two manage to monopolize the National Day film season?
(End of this chapter)