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

Chapter 304 The New Year is almost here (24)

After its premiere on four major satellite TV channels, "The Indelible Number" was immediately broadcast on CCTV-1 and six other major satellite TV channels for a second run...

This is a very rare situation!
It usually premieres on CCTV, and then other satellite TV channels broadcast it a second time…

This is also enough to prove the influence of "Number" itself...

This drama greatly boosted Huang Haibo's career, making him a top-tier actor!
After that, she starred in Guo Jingyu's "The General," Zheng Xiaolong's "New Editorial Department Story," and two dramas directed by Liu Jiang, "The Three Heroes of Chaos" and "Let's Get Married"...

It guarantees high viewership!

The top male actor in mainland China—the kind who earns over a million yuan per episode.

Li Jian, who played Sun Chenghai, also became famous overnight and received a constant stream of acting offers…

However, he didn't regain mainstream popularity until 12 years later with "The Storm," where he played Li Xiang...

Needless to say, the other actors all became familiar faces thanks to the rise of war dramas, and they earned a lot of money!
However, Gao Changhao, who played Ding Dasuanpan, was quite unlucky. Later, while filming "The Good Guys," he fell off a steep slope while riding a frightened donkey, causing him to fall heavily into a 20-meter-deep ravine, where he died despite rescue efforts.

I wonder if the fact that "Goodfellas" was shelved for four years has anything to do with this...

Returning to "The Number," this drama greatly enhanced Shen Yan's career...

Many people, especially in the industry, previously considered him to be an idol-type actor.

In today's media and among audiences, there is an almost insurmountable barrier between idol actors and serious drama actors.

Mainstream TV dramas and mainstream film and television directors will not focus their attention on an idol!

Things changed later...

Because the market is collectively focused on traffic, the three major platforms are dominating film and television production, gradually forming a combination of big IPs, traffic stars, and veteran actors...

Bring it back...

In short, with the airing of "The Number" and the ongoing filming of "Battle of Changsha", Shen Yan has become a popular choice for many mainstream anti-Japanese war dramas!

It's time to make an idol drama combined with a spy thriller!

"The Rebel" or "The Disguiser"... choose one.

Let's stick with "The Rebel" instead, since the most outstanding character in "The Disguiser" is actually Ming Lou!

……

On January 15th, "Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows" was released in mainland China, grossing 19 million yuan on its opening day…

On January 17th, "The Viral Factor" was released, and its box office on the first day was 9.8 million!
The appeal of Zhou Jielun and Xie Tingfeng is clearly not as strong as that of Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law...

In 09, the first Sherlock Holmes film grossed $5.24 million worldwide and redefined the character of Sherlock Holmes for modern audiences.

The second film, *The Game of Shadows*, grossed $5.43 million worldwide…

Logically, a third part should have been a natural progression!

But Robert Downey Jr. is too busy.

After "Game of Threats," Downey's schedule was packed. From 2012 to 2019, he was busy with the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

During this period, he participated in seven of the nine films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and the other two were a cameo appearance in "Chef" and a leading role in the drama "The Judge".

Many movie fans are eagerly anticipating the third installment of the Sherlock Holmes series…

Honestly, if Jude Law doesn't make this soon, he'll go bald!

Ahem...

"The Viral Factor"... In fact, many viewers subconsciously felt that this was a bad movie as soon as they saw Zhou Jielun's name!
After all, Zhou Jielun's movies have a very high probability of being bad. Plus, the quality of other films released at the same time wasn't bad...

Before "The Viral Factor," this was the period when Dante Lam gained prestige in Hong Kong cinema.

Films like *The Witness*, *Fire Dragon Showdown*, and *The Informant* belong to the unconventional police thriller genre. The police officers in these movies are typically disheveled, greasy middle-aged men with full beards, and often portrayed as conflicted and eccentric figures…

This filmmaking habit continued and eventually culminated in Dante Lam's later film "That Demon Within," a bizarre movie that created Daniel Wu's ugliest look.

Returning to "The Informant" and "The Witness," both films won the Hong Kong Film Awards for Best Actor and the Hong Kong Film Critics Society Award for Best Director!

It was the success of these three films that built up Dante Lam's reputation, which finally led to a 2 million yuan investment to direct "The Viral Factor".

Then the movie was a complete flop…

After that, he went silent for half a year before filming "Unbeatable," and then "To the Fore"...

They're all low-budget films!
Actually, both "The Rescue" and "Burning Point" were quite unsuccessful. I don't understand why Yu Dong didn't interfere with "Operation Jiaolong"...

Ahem...

There's been a lot of discussion in the industry lately about the "Memorandum of Understanding on Film Cooperation between the United States and China"...

There were hardly any people discussing the movie.

It's normal—once the floodgates are opened, Hollywood's high-quality films will flood the domestic market. Even if ten more are added, that's thirty films imported every year, which averages out to two or three per month!
There's nothing left to play.

A group of people expressed their opinions...

Feng Xiaogang said, "The more Hollywood films we import, the more creative space Chinese filmmakers will have. Because the censorship standards are consistent, we can share the same content they're allowed to make—that's a good thing!"

Wang Jingze said, "The crowd immediately erupted in shouts and screams, some weeping, others filled with grief and indignation, as if 2012 had truly arrived for Chinese films. In reality, only about 20 American films have grossed over 100 million yuan at the Chinese box office. Think about it: which major commercial film wasn't released in mainland China last year? Even if there were, either it couldn't pass censorship or the subject matter wasn't to the audience's taste!"

Others also took the opportunity to promote the film. For example, Lu Chuan said, "My only hope right now is that 'The Last Supper' can be released as soon as possible. This is a film made for Chinese audiences, and I believe it will generate a lot of discussion."

Uh… Shen Yan hasn’t been logging into Weibo much lately; he’s basically on vacation…

……

After filming wrapped on "Battle of Changsha," he returned to his hometown. He originally wanted to take Shishi with him, but there wasn't enough time; she had to leave for Yunnan immediately…

The production schedule for "The Legend of Mu Mansion" is still very tight.

Shen Yan had no choice but to go home alone…

It's not exactly a vacation—the recording of "I Am a Singer" continues, so there's still work involved.

In addition, I participated in two rehearsals for the Spring Festival Gala…

Oh, Shen Yan had a solo performance at this year's Spring Festival Gala. Very few artists receive this treatment; only Liu Huan and Sun Nan...

This year's Spring Festival Gala encourages live singing!

Shen Yan saw Wang Fei and Eason Chan, and yes, they sang "Because of Love" together—which was rated as one of the top ten train wrecks of the Spring Festival Gala.

And then there's Wang Luodan and Cai Guoqing, whose drama "Come Home Often" is also one of the top ten car crash scenes...

There were too many car accidents this year.

It might even surpass Jam Hsiao's "Collection" from last year—Jam Hsiao insisted on singing live despite having a severe cold, resulting in a terrible voice crack!

Comparable to "A Man Should Be Self-Reliant"... Be a true hero!
Shen Yan's performance of "Youth" was virtually impossible to crack... but participating in the joint audition, aside from familiarity with the song and the stage, was primarily about timing—accurate to the second. The black three minutes of the 07 Spring Festival Gala have likely served as a warning to the directors ever since...

(End of this chapter)