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

Chapter 360: Chat (34)

Filming for "American Dreams in China" is tentatively scheduled to begin at the end of August. Once Shen Yan finishes filming "My Love from the Star," preparations will begin...

The three main characters are almost settled.

As for the female characters in the movie…

Su Mei, Liang Qin, and Li Ping.

Actually, the plot of "American Dreams in China" mainly revolves around Cheng Dongqing, Meng Xiaojun, and Wang Yang, and other characters don't have much screen time!
Liangqin and Li Ping were mostly there to keep each other company.

There aren't many scenes; just find a couple of actors for cameo appearances.

Sun Li and Guan Yue will do...

Su Mei has a fairly large amount of screen time...

Of course, it's just individual paragraphs...

A complete storyline can be pieced together: Like many international students of that era, Su Mei's family could not afford to send her to school, or could only afford the tuition. She had to work outside to earn money, and many of them even worked illegally.

The term "working illegally" refers to employers paying international students very low wages when they know the students cannot work.

For example, locals typically earn 20 yuan an hour, but international students might only get 10 yuan. International students have no choice; if they don't work, they won't get paid, but if they do, they can earn some extra money.

Therefore, Su Mei likely has to work a lot of jobs on a regular basis, just like the story says, "Besides going to class, she washes dishes in restaurants."

Life is so tiring every day, and she's all alone in a foreign land. Then a foreigner appears—there's a storyline where Su Mei goes out with the foreigner and they end up together.

This foreigner can give her citizenship, so she won't have to wash dishes anymore and can enjoy everything an American can have.

In contrast, what could Cheng Dongqing, on the other side of the ocean, offer her?
In such an environment, it was natural to abandon Cheng Dongqing.

Those past ideals and dreams, however, proved too fragile in the face of harsh reality; they shattered at the slightest blow.

In those days, countless female students studying abroad desperately wanted to marry a foreigner or a Chinese man with foreign citizenship, especially those from families of modest means; they were truly pulling out all the stops...

As for whether it's worth it or not?

Only they know the truth.

Thankfully, Su Mei isn't Liu Yue...

There's a term called Easy Girl!

There was a foreign duo, so shabby their names were practically commonplace—David and Alex. Before quitting their jobs, they'd never flown before. Then they came to Asia and made a documentary: "The Womanizing Masters!" These foreigners spent 16 months hunting for women in Asia and even made a documentary about it…

Later, he went on to teach people how to pick up girls, talking at length about women from different countries. When he got to Asian women, he said this: "Regarding Asian women..."
Actually, things are relatively better in mainland China. Hong Kong is even more ridiculous: a romantic evening costs HK$4800 for Hong Kong women, but admission is free for foreign men.
Back in the 90s, with the collapse of the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, the "collapse of the Soviet Union" theory was being shouted loudly...

They sacrificed themselves and gave up poverty—at that time, a month's salary in China was only a few dozen yuan, and buying a color TV was a luxury…

Actually, the most suitable actress to play Su Mei is either Joan Chen or Zhang Ziyi!
The original version of "American Dreams in China" cut a scene involving Su Mei and a foreigner...

After all, this is a commercial film; you can't be too cruel...

……

I originally thought Shen Yan's angry confrontation with Wen Jun would become the topic of conversation today...

You're overthinking it, Feng Xiaogang is here!
It's a small but powerful machine.

They snatched the top spot, first saying, "Many of our directors lack market appeal and box office success; they just can't make good movies. You can't blame others; you can only blame yourself!" Then, regarding the forum title "Telling China's Story to the World," they commented: "Telling China's story to the world? Who's interested in listening?"

During this period, Feng Xiaogang focused on the domestic market and paid no attention to overseas markets…

I previously tried making "Big Shot's Funeral," starring Donald Sutherland and Paul Mazursky, but it didn't even gross $6 overseas…

Then I gave up on the idea of ​​expanding overseas.

By the way, director Lu Chuan cried again—the release of "The Last Supper" was postponed, and Lu Chuan shed tears on the forum…

……

That evening, Brother Hu hosted a dinner party for a group of people... Liu Shishi, Joey Yung, Jing Tian, ​​Dilraba, Zhu Yilong, and Shen Yan also came.

Yang Mi... go back to continue filming the storyline of "Finding Mr. Right".

Her relationship with Brother Hu was rather awkward; in short, at private gatherings, he was always there, but she wasn't…

After sitting down, Shen Yan casually asked, "When will 'DIVA' be released?"

"I heard them say it's around August 18th..."

"That's still more than two months..."

"DIVA" is the same as "After the Glamour," a very clichéd romance movie that references "Notting Hill": a super popular Hong Kong pop diva and a mainland masseur who went blind after diving. They are not a good match, but that doesn't stop their love from blossoming.

Director Heiward Mak started as a screenwriter, working on Eric Tsang's "Men Suddenly in Black 2" and "I Love Hong Kong" series, and later co-wrote Pang Ho-cheung's "Love in a Puff"...

"DIVA After the Glamour" is her first feature film written and directed for theatrical release.

Oh, and afterwards, she directed "Fagara" and produced "Mad World"...

He's a pretty good director.

When will your movie be released?

"It should be around July 27th... Once 'My Love from the Star' finishes filming, it'll be time to start promoting it."

After chatting for a while, Brother Hu said, "You really got Wen Jun completely bewildered today!"

Shen Yan asked in confusion, "What makes you say that?"

Shi Shi interjected, "A lot of people on Weibo are discussing this..."

"Let me see…"

Shen Yan took out his phone and opened Weibo…

Wow, everyone's talking about it. There are two trending topics: one is #The Decline of Hong Kong Cinema Has Nothing to Do with Censorship#, and the other is #Chow Yun-fat's Salary is Five Times That of Ge You#...

Clearly, the second point has received far more discussion!

The first comment in the comment section was: "More than five times. Chow Yun-fat's salary for 'Let the Bullets Fly' was as high as 3900 million, while Ge You only received more than 530 million, which is eight times!"

A group of industry insiders analyzed that "between 2006 and 2011, Chow Yun-fat filmed a total of seven films, only two of which were profitable, while the rest all lost money. However, his salary remained high, reaching 30-35 million."

Two movies that make money?

Oh, it's "Curse of the Golden Flower" and "Let the Bullets Fly"!

There are countless films that lost money, such as *Confucius*, *Dragon Ball*, *The Children of Huang Shi*, and *Shanghai*.

Actually, that's not very accurate, because of these films, only "Confucius" is a Chinese-language film...

We need to look forward: *The Assassins*, *The Great Shanghai*, *Office*...

That's a real loss!
However, Ge You soon entered a period of decline – with films like "Gone with the Bullets," "Cook Up a Storm," and "The Loser of the Treasure Hunt"...

As for "If You Are the One 3," it's obvious that Feng Xiaogang doesn't understand AI; he was just jumping on the bandwagon of a concept…

Joey Yung, speaking in broken Mandarin, said, "Why do I get the feeling that you have such a strong opinion about Hong Kong films?"

"I have no objection. I just don't like some people making excuses. For example, Tin Kai-man publicly said that the decline of Hong Kong films was due to censorship in mainland China..."

"Tian Qiwen...Frog?"

"Don't underestimate him; he's the president of the Hong Kong Film Workers Association and a member of the Hong Kong Film Awards board..."

"Why didn't Stephen Chow win Best Actor for 'Kung Fu Hustle'?"

(End of this chapter)