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

Chapter 303 "Number" Becomes a Sensation (14)

After a moment of immersion, Shen Yan slowly pulled himself out of his emotions…

Chen Xu waited until Yan Ge took out his phone and started scrolling through Weibo before speaking, "Brother Yan, Sister Shi Shi said she wants to treat everyone to dinner..."

"Let's do it the day after tomorrow. Everyone's been feeling pretty down these past couple of days... It's not a good time for a get-together!"

“Okay,” Chen Xu continued, “There’s been a lot of discussion about Han Han on Weibo lately… Do you think he used a ghostwriter?”

Shen Yan: "Whether he used a ghostwriter or not is not important. What is important is that some people have gone too far... Zhao Changtian, the editor-in-chief of Mengya, has a good-for-nothing son who failed to get into high school and then made money by hyping himself up as a child prodigy. There's also Yang Leshanshui, the son of Chen Chun, the vice chairman of the Shanghai Writers Association, who is also a child prodigy. His characteristic is that his language is mature and steady, and his language skills surpass those of many writers in their 30s. Oh, and when he was hyped up, he was only 9 years old... These people are all Han Han's good friends!"

"Is there such a thing?"

"That's just how the literary world is..." Shen Yan waved his hand, "Let's not talk about that. Has 'The Flowers of War' grossed over 600 million yet?"

"...Probably not, everyone's been reporting on the Golden Globe Awards lately..."

"Didn't win an award?"

"Hmm... 'A Separation' won an award!"

What about the North American box office?

"It wasn't all that great either. Zhang Weiping's claim of a large-scale release in 2000 theaters was simply hopeless. In the end, it only appeared in 30 theaters in North America... He said it was because of the obstruction from Japanese influence in Hollywood..."

"Actually, this movie is pretty good... The cinematography, art direction, and set design are all top-notch!"

Chen Xu was surprised: "Didn't you say you didn't like it?"

Shen Yan shook his head: "I just don't like the story... but the movie is still worth watching..."

"What's the difference?"

"The difference is that we can discuss it, but please don't mock us..."

Chen Xu chuckled: "Film critics are all mocking it, saying things like 'you deserve it'..."

Shen Yan chuckled: "Our film critics look down on Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, and even more so on Feng Xiaogang… They pontificate, pontificate, and write passionate articles criticizing their peers, saying this is no good, that is bad… They think that big directors have the best resources and connections, so they should make good movies… Film critics talking about movies is like eunuchs talking about sex~"

"It can't be that bad..."

"Haha... That's what Jiang Wen said, and it's indeed a bit of a stretch. According to his theory, food critics shouldn't talk about food; it should be the chefs who do..."

……

Most directors with strong personalities dislike film critics. Lars von Trier, in "To Each His Own Cinema: A Collection of Short Films Commemorating the 60th Anniversary of Cannes," personally directed a scene of "killing a film critic." The film critic sitting next to him kept pointing and commenting, and von Trier, unable to bear it any longer, grabbed an axe without saying a word and chopped off the film critic's head!
Fellini did something similar. In his classic film "8½", a film critic kept spouting psychological analysis and philosophical theories next to the director, and Fellini dragged him out and hanged him.

Of course, not all film critics are disliked.

Pauline Kayle, a legendary American film critic, can influence box office performance with a single sentence, leading to additional screenings of Godard's films in the United States.

Roger Ebert defended Bonnie and Clyde, 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Easy Rider when they were met with negative reviews, and engaged in heated debates with other film critics. It can be said that he single-handedly changed the fate of these classic films.

By the way, "The Flowers of War" was nominated for this year's Golden Broom Awards and even won the Jury's Special Award...

Shen Yan was quite interested in the Golden Broom...

Although Chen Qingsong's sexual orientation is unclear, he's still quite courageous!
He knocked out Lu Chuan directly...

—Actually, Nanjing-themed films are difficult to make, and it's hard to choose a good angle, but the angle of "Nanjing! Nanjing!" is not suitable for the title.

From this perspective, it's understandable that Chen Qingsong doesn't like "The Flowers of War".

Back at the hotel, just as I was about to call Shishi to have dinner together, I noticed she was sobbing while staring at her tablet…

Shen Yan was startled…

what's wrong?

In an instant, Yang Mi and Yang Tianbao flashed through my mind...

It shouldn't be that bad!
Shishi turned her head: "You're back!"

Shen Yan sat down next to her curiously: "What's wrong?"

"I'm watching 'The Number'... Sai Diaochan's death was so tragic!"

“…Oh~”

Turns out they were watching TV!

"The Indelible Number," Sai Diaochan...

Li Dabenshi and Sai Diaochan are truly regrettable...

Beautiful, heroic, passionate, pure and innocent, and a heroine—these words can all be used to describe Sai Diaochan.

The second-in-command of the Red Spear Society is a master of martial arts, capable of scaling walls and leaping across rooftops. He also possesses a bag of darts that never miss a shot.
Unfortunately, she had just blossomed into a relationship with Li Dabenshi, but before it could even sprout, the director orchestrated her demise...

So, when they first met, Digua said that Li Dabenshi was afraid of Sai Diaochan, and he replied, "She's my nemesis? I'm her nemesis!" And it turned out he really was her nemesis; if it weren't for Li Dabenshi, she probably wouldn't have died…

However, Sai Diaochan is definitely going to die.

If she hadn't died, Li Dabenshi would have been so lucky!
We can't let this kid be happy!
He's the male lead, he's going to suffer.

Shi Shi suddenly remembered something: "I heard from Xiao Zhao that you recommended her for the lead role in this play?"

"...Don't you know?"

Shen Yan reminded her, "It was when we were filming 'Our Times'!"

"...I can also play the role of Xiao Beiping, I'm from Beijing after all!"

"Didn't you take on 'Xuan-Yuan Sword' back then?" Shen Yan changed the subject: "When will 'Xuan-Yuan Sword' air?"

"It seems to have been during this year's summer season..." Shi Shi continued, "I really didn't expect a war drama to become so popular!"

"Hehe, let's go eat!"

"Um…"

……

"Number" has indeed become a huge hit, setting a new record for online viewership!

As an exclusive drama series broadcast on Tencent Video, it garnered over 3 million views in its first week and accumulated over 6 million views in three weeks, breaking the record for online exclusive drama series.

Its peak daily viewership exceeded 1500 million, and it consistently topped the Tencent Video drama charts…

In terms of viewership, it has repeatedly broken records, with episode 12 achieving a single-episode rating of 9.15 (Baidu local data), far exceeding its competitors in the same period.

Furthermore, during its second run on platforms such as Jiangsu Satellite TV, "The Number" also became Jiangsu TV's annual ratings champion...

Then Jiangsu TV embarked on a path of exclusively broadcasting anti-Japanese war dramas—basically every kind of anti-Japanese war drama you can think of has been broadcast on Jiangsu TV!
(End of this chapter)