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

Chapter 333 Yang Mi (24)

Vancouver…

Joey Wong settled here!
I heard that a moxibustion clinic has opened now…

Alas, what a beauty!

In the history of Hong Kong cinema, there are four classic shots: Brigitte Lin drinking, Joey Wong getting dressed, Chingmy Yau biting a playing card, and Athena Chu blinking.

These four are all top-tier beauties and witnesses to the glorious history of Hong Kong cinema.

Of the four goddesses, three have happy marriages, but Joey Wong has gone abroad and is all alone...

In fact, Joey Wong basically faded out of the film industry in 1994. The reason is very simple: firstly, she was directly insulted by Peter Lam's mother.
Secondly, the overall environment was unfavorable. By the mid-to-late 90s, apart from Wang Jing, it was difficult for others to start work. Jackie Chan, Jet Li, and Chow Yun-fat went to Hollywood, and Stephen Chow reduced his output.

Even a star like Leslie Cheung experienced a significant drop in box office revenue and a substantial decrease in his output. Resources are highly concentrated on male actors with box office appeal, making it naturally more difficult for female actors who lack such appeal to find work.

After 93, there were more than one or two actresses who retired year by year. Brigitte Lin was still a box office legend in 92. Wang Jiawei said that as long as Brigitte Lin and Jin Yong were together, they could attract investment. That's how "The Eagle Shooting Heroes" and "Ashes of Time" came about. As a result, they were a box office flop in 94 and retired in the same year.

Zhang Min's self-invested film "The Dream" flopped in 95, and she retired after filming "Ten Brothers" in the same year.
Although Rosamund Kwan officially retired quite late, she couldn't even guarantee one film a year after 95.

Vivian Chow retired from public life after 94;
Li Lizhen...started making Category III films in 93...

This is actually a normal process of change in the entertainment industry. Sigh, unlike the Chinese entertainment industry, where a bunch of post-85s, who are already old aunties, still occupy the central positions...

Ahem...

Shen Yan chose Vancouver because, firstly, film production costs are lower in Canada, and secondly, Vancouver's film production base is more mature compared to Seattle!
Another point is that Canadian films also want to enter the Chinese market…

The box office of Avatar in China exceeded 13 billion yuan, which shocked the world.

This is the world's second largest market after North America!

Therefore, the crew of "Finding Mr. Right" received a 25% tax refund.

Canada offers a wide variety of incentives for film production, with application periods ranging from several months to half a year. These incentives apply not only to co-productions but also to overseas filming or simply hiring Canadian professionals…

If various incentives from the federal and state governments are combined, filmmakers could receive subsidies of up to 43%...

However, Shen Yan's "Finding Mr. Right" was only filmed in Vancouver for one month...

Relatively speaking, the tax refund isn't that much...

Oh, Shen Yan arrived in Vancouver on April 2nd, and Yang Mi arrived on April 3rd…

……

Yang Mi actually knew very well why Shen Yan had specifically invited her to Vancouver…

Is this a scenic spot?

She's just an actress, what role does she play?

It's more like a site visit...

Alas, this is immoral and disgraceful!
But she found it exciting…

She closed the door, kicked off her shoes, and rushed into Shen Yan's arms like the wind, her voice slightly coquettish: "These next few days, you belong to me!"

Why do you sound so excited?

"How exciting... I just finished talking to Shishi on the phone!"

Shen Yan shook her head with amusement, but of course, she didn't stop what she was doing. She said with a serious expression, "You're really good at being a best friend!"

"You got off easy!"

"Ha ha…"

Don't you feel any guilt?

"I... experience it occasionally, but most of the time I feel quite comfortable..."

Yang Mi rolled her eyes at him, pushed him over, climbed on top of him, and said, "You have no conscience at all! How can you face Liu Shishi?"

"...Don't mention her now!"

"I felt guilty, I was excited... ah..." Yang Mi said confidently, letting out a long sigh... Shen Yan smiled but didn't say anything more...

The soft, seductive music played for a full three hours…

Finally, Da Mimi gave in: "Let's eat something... I'm too tired..."

"Okay, I'll order room service..."

……

Western food…

It looks fancy, but it doesn't taste good at all!

When in Rome, do as the Romans do!
After eating one plate, Shen Yan picked up a hamburger... took a bite, and found the fried chicken too greasy to handle...

"Wow, this tastes awful!"

"...I asked them to buy it from KFC..." Shen Yan put down the hamburger in his hand and threw it directly into the trash can: "No wonder they looked so strange when I said I wanted to buy a hamburger!"

"what happened?"

"I've heard that KFC in North America is basically frequented by the homeless or the poor... It's completely different from China. In China, both the recipe and the ingredients are more suited to Chinese tastes. Think about it, even kids love it, so how bad could it be?"

Yang Mi didn't answer, but instead held the sandwich in her hand to Shen Yan's mouth: "...Try this sandwich...it's not bad!"

"…good."

Shen Yan took a bite…

The taste is alright.

Where to go tomorrow?

"I need to go to New York... I invested in a company, and they've selected a few films; I need to go check them out..."

Yang Mi was taken aback for a moment, then quickly asked, "You invest in American companies?"

“Just an independent film company, there are tens of thousands of such companies in the United States… Their main job is to go to film festivals overseas to select films, then bring them back to the United States, package, promote, and distribute them… If the box office is good, they can make a fortune…” After a pause, Shen Yan added, “That’s how Miramax Films started… He re-edited the film Cinema Paradiso!”

Yang Mi: "Cinema Paradiso?"

"Yes, I've seen the director's cut of Cinema Paradiso. The story is long, the structure is chaotic, and it's incomprehensible... It's nowhere near as good as Harvey's cut!"

"...So the boss of the film company you invested in is very famous?"

Shen Yan smiled and countered, "If the boss is very famous, do you think I would have a chance to invest?"

"So you're... just throwing money away?"

"Just consider it making friends... I don't need that $200 million anyway!"

"Wow, you talk about $200 million so casually..." Yang Mi glanced at him and whispered, "Give me a hint, how much money do you have?"

"...Anyway, I'm not short of money!"

"Tell me... I saw in Forbes that you earned 300 million last year!"

"...That's nonsense..." Shen Yan waved his hand, "I have to give a share of my earnings to the company..."

"I heard that Huayi wanted to acquire your Spark Studio for 4.5 million yuan, but you refused?"

"Hmm..." Shen Yan nodded, then added, "He has conditions; there's a performance-based agreement..."

Yang Mi pressed further, "What is a performance-based agreement?"

"It means... I need to meet profit targets within a specified time, otherwise I have to buy back the shares... For example, if I agree to the merger, then I have to achieve the specified profit targets every year..."

"Is there... a problem with this?"

"It's easy to be swayed by capital and end up taking on roles you don't want to act in!"

(End of this chapter)