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

Chapter 346 Naza (24)

Eating leftovers...that's how their relationship began.

At least that's how it is for Shishi...

So when she saw Shen Yan pick up the leftover bun without thinking, Shi Shi couldn't help but kiss him.

Shen Yan glanced at her and grinned mischievously: "Don't you want to start work?"

"...No, it hurts..."

"So, we need to train more... the worse we are, the more we practice!"

"what?"

"It's alright," Shen Yan glanced at the time and wiped his hands. "Let's go. You're in a period drama, so you'll probably need to get your makeup done. We can't keep the makeup artist waiting any longer."

"it is good!"

She slowly stood up and glanced at the messy dining table: "Should we clean up?"

"It's alright, staff will be there soon!"

"What about my underwear..."

"It's okay... the hotel staff here are very tight-lipped!"

Wet...

Even the bed sheets need to be changed.

As expected of Shishi, she really has a lot of water.

The staff at the Hengdian hotel are generally quite professional and reliable…

Otherwise, so many film crews wouldn't come to report every year.

You have to understand that Hengdian isn't that big, and there are only a few hotels where A-list celebrities stay. If they can't keep secrets...

The entire Chinese entertainment industry has collapsed!

……

Before the release of "The Avengers," Marvel was just a concept in China...

At first, the Marvel Cinematic Universe couldn't compare to Transformers in China!

When Iron Man was released in China in 2008, it only grossed 9000 million yuan, ranking 13th for the year. China's box office accounted for only 2.2% of the film's total global box office. In contrast, Transformers 1, released the previous year, grossed 2.7 million yuan in China and topped the annual box office chart.

They're not even in the same league!

The first phase of the MCU ran from 2008 to 2012. In the first three years, Marvel released five solo films, including the first two Iron Man films, The Incredible Hulk, Captain America, and Thor.

Apart from the already well-known sequel "Iron Man 2" which grossed $1.75 million, the other origin films did not gross more than $100 million, and were even less than one-tenth of the North American box office.

In 2012, "The Avengers" grossed 5.7 million yuan in China, accounting for 3.4% of the country's total box office that year, ranking 6th. This was the first time that a Marvel Cinematic Universe film had entered the top ten of the annual box office chart in China.

Then Marvel enjoyed a seven-year golden age in the Chinese market…

Even a single superhero movie can easily gross over 5 million!
The MCU has become the number one IP in the Chinese market. Initially, Iron Man's box office in China accounted for only 2.2% of its global box office. By the end of Phase One, The Avengers had risen to 5.4%, and by the end of Phase Two, Avengers: Age of Ultron had reached 14.9%!

I don't understand what Marvel is thinking...

They probably really don't care about the Chinese market!

Speaking of Marvel movies, "Eternals" is truly a groundbreaking product. Perhaps it didn't do well at the box office or in terms of quality, but it is a movie that future generations will definitely emphasize when talking about Marvel.

Starting with this film, Marvel officially announced that it would incorporate political propaganda into its movies, integrating the real world into the cinematic universe. From the scene in this film where a Black man kneels down to repent for being bombed by Japan, subsequent films will periodically feature scenes that use film to distort reality and history…

Of course, most importantly, it doesn't look good anymore!
To put it simply, Marvel movies belong to the spectacle genre. Spectacle movies are all about seeing spectacles that defy reality, but the audience's threshold for spectacle is constantly rising.

For example, when you see Tony Stark using missiles to create armor and then putting together a complete Iron Man suit, it's a process of appreciating a spectacle.

In the next installment, a simple suit won't work anymore, because you've already seen it before, and your threshold for appreciation has been raised. So what do you do?
Let's make a suitcase-style portable combat suit, add new elements, and make laser-cut combat armor.

The third part features various portable and modular battle suits. Then comes nanotech battle suits.

Then again?

That's it. Once you get to the nanotech armor stage, there's no turning back.

Superhero movies are the same; first you use fists, missiles, and energy blasts, then you snap your fingers and destroy the universe, and then that's it.

First, heroes gathered; then, cosmic heroes gathered; then, multiverse heroes gathered; and then it was over.

Even the grandest fantasy eventually becomes an empty concept, unable to be perceived through visual effects, nor can it evoke surprise or awe.

Therefore, the strongest bosses stop with Thanos. Any subsequent multiverses and even more powerful bosses are just data and language stuff; they offer nothing truly impactful.

But The Avengers is really good!
Joss Whedon certainly has a knack for it.

When superheroes are brought together, it might seem like a chaotic mess, but the roles are clearly defined and the characters are very distinct. Coupled with the relentless barrage of action and the occasional witty banter and cute moments, these characters are even more endearing than when viewed in individual films.

The only downside is that the villainous aliens haven't broken free from the traditional image of pests; their spaceship even looks like a mantis shrimp…

As for why he left Marvel after Avengers: Age of Ultron, it was because he had a conflict with Kevin Feige…

Kevin Feige wants to replicate the format of Avengers 1.

However, the creative alliance of Marvel's main comic book creators and Joss Whedon wanted to explore something new, using *Age of Ultron* to usher in a dark chapter for the heroes and ultimately create a sense of despair. But Feige wouldn't budge, and after a tug-of-war, *Avengers: Age of Ultron*, a complete mess, was born…

After Avengers: Age of Ultron, the Marvel Creative League disbanded, Kevin Feige took sole control, and Joss Whedon also chose to leave...

……

It was already eight o'clock when the movie ended. Shen Yan asked, "What do you want to eat?"

"I don't know," Shi Shi shook her head, "Anything is fine!"

"Let's have roasted lamb leg," Shen Yan glanced at Nazha, "Do you want some?"

“I’ll eat it!”

"I know a girl from Xinjiang who also loves roasted lamb leg!"

Oh, Naza came along too…

The little girl is quite pitiful; she doesn't have a girlfriend or boyfriend, so he just takes her out to play occasionally!

I heard that Sister Shi was going to see a movie, so she insisted on coming along...

Then... I saw Shen Yan interacting with Shi Shi in the movie theater...

Now she feels like she needs to pee.

Upon hearing the words "Miss Xinjiang," Shi Shi immediately asked, "Who is that?"

"Her name is Dilraba, an actress from the Shanghai Theatre Academy. Ji Xiang signed her last year!" Shen Yan asked Nazha, "Do you know her?"

Before Nazha could speak, she said casually, "How could she possibly know that Xinjiang is so big..."

“I know her…” Naza whispered, “We’re both from Xinjiang Art Academy, she’s my senior… two years ahead of me!”

Shen Yan was surprised: "She said she was born in '92, what about you?"

"I was also born in '92, but I started school relatively late..."

Shen Yan looked at her and then said, "Dilraba's appearance is a bit more heroic than yours. You're a little too beautiful!"

Naza paused for a moment, then looked at Shishi with a bewildered expression. Shishi immediately asked, "Isn't it good?"

“Well,” Shen Yan scratched his head and said, “From a producer’s perspective, her facial features are very angular, her makeup is too sharp, and she looks too aggressive. This kind of appearance is not innocent enough… She looks very scheming… She’s not very suitable for playing the female lead!”

As they were talking, Shen Yan's phone rang. He glanced at the caller ID, answered it, and after a while, said to Shi Shi, "Jing Tian is coming too!"

"...Great, I haven't seen her in ages!"

(End of this chapter)