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

Chapter 362 I reckon we're going to lose! (14)

Director Wang Jing was the first to jump out and refute Shen Yan…

He said, "The decline of Hong Kong cinema is due to the opening of the Taiwan market..." and mentioned Stephen Chow's "The Mad Monk"...

He really hated Stephen Chow – he felt that "The Mad Monk" was the beginning of the decline of Hong Kong films!
Because of "Ji Gong", Taiwanese film producer Wang Yingxiang suffered huge losses!

Wang Yingxiang, founder of Longxiang Film Company, one of Taiwan's eight major film distributors, later released films such as "Cape No. 7" and "Lovers' Discourse"...

Oh, Wang Jing has always believed that losing the Taiwan market was the root cause of the decline of Hong Kong films.

In fact, this is only one of the reasons. "A Chinese Odyssey" and "Out of the Dark" also suffered huge losses. In 95, Wang Yingxiang and Cai Songlin spent HK$2400 million to buy the Taiwan rights to the two parts of "A Chinese Odyssey", but still lost money!

This forced Wang Yingxiang to curse him as a traitor!
When it came to "The God of Cookery," the Taiwanese distributors lowered the price to 900 million...

"The Prankster" is actually "The Mastermind"...

Yes, the Taiwan market was lost.

Why was it lost?
Is it simply because Taiwanese film companies have allowed Western films to be released?

Ultimately, we still can't beat Hollywood!
Hollywood's revolutionary digital special effects technology, from Terminator 2 in the early 90s to the Jurassic Park series, and then Cameron's Titanic, directly delivered a devastating blow to the world.

Hong Kong films nowadays…

Who's the best fighter in Foshan? Of course it's Ip Man! Could it be me?

Now, the question is: Who is the most capable fighter in Hong Kong? Of course, it's the left wing! Who else could it be but me?!

The guy on the left, with his looks, would have a hard time finding a wife in the village. Despite all that time and effort, his acting and movements are not only awkward but also a little stiff.

When Andy On acted opposite him in "Treasure Land in Front of the Door", he probably had a million curses running through his mind.

Earning a pittance is really hard work!

The left side is starting to take on more and more major responsibilities...

The worst thing is when a rich kid takes things too seriously even when they don't have much ability!

Ahem, besides Wong Jing, other Hong Kong filmmakers also spouted a lot of nonsense, like To Man-chak and Pang Ho-cheung…

Shen Yan completely ignored them.

He hasn't logged into Weibo these past few days either…

Busy filming!

However, "Battle of Changsha" will definitely need to be promoted!
……

"I'm from Changsha. Sometimes when I look at history, I think our ancestors were really great. It's human nature to be afraid of death, but they were not afraid to sacrifice themselves, which is why we have what we have today!"

"I really like the script for 'Battle of Changsha.' The first third of the story has almost nothing to do with war. There's no youthful passion, no fiery battlefield; all there is are a few mischievous kids causing endless trouble, and the elders protecting them... until the Changsha Fire and the eventual Battle of Hengyang..."

"The fighting and commotion of those naughty kids were all meant to highlight the tragic final scene of the entire family."

They were so happy then, but war took everything from them!

"I couldn't bear to read the script for the last few episodes. It felt like a visceral pain, the agony and sorrow of the Japanese army occupying our land and slaughtering our compatriots, and a surge of indignation!" "From the perspective of a family, 'Battle of Changsha' depicts the joys and sorrows, the national hatred and family feuds during the War of Resistance Against Japan. Each character is a vibrant life, with their own personality and flaws. In today's world, they would simply be ordinary people, their lives passing by uneventfully. But in wartime, everyone's life was brutally crushed; their lives were scattered before dawn..."

"The film 'Battle of Changsha' doesn't excessively glorify patriotism, nor does it promote the heroism and greatness of the War of Resistance. It doesn't deliberately portray sorrow; it simply and naturally takes you into that era and into their lives. Eight years was a lifetime for many people at that time!"

"I used to suspect that if I had been born in that era, I would definitely have been a traitor, but now I think I was overthinking it..."

"Hatred can fill a person with courage!"

"I really like the TV series 'Battle of Changsha,' and I hope everyone likes it too!"

After posting on Weibo, Shen Yan picked up his cup, took a sip of tea, and then opened the comments.

At first, everything was normal, just comments like "Looking forward to Yan Ge's new drama!" and "There's a new drama to watch!" Then one comment broke his defenses: "Being a traitor? We ordinary people can only dream about it. When that time really comes, most people can neither resist the Japanese nor become traitors. They can only go out with good citizen certificates and bow to the Japanese. The traitors have long been taken by those rich second-generation and official second-generation kids. How could it be our turn?"

Cough cough, that makes a lot of sense!
But damn it, after I wrote so much, you only noticed the words 'traitor'?

Even more outrageous: "The traitors you think they are: those who raided the widow's village at night, those who led the way, those who secretly entered the village to shoot; please do not."

The true traitor: He associates with learned scholars and avoids the uncultured; he profits from his fellow countrymen, secretly changes his nationality, leaves his debts in China, and transfers his assets abroad!

Okay, that makes sense!

One netizen countered: "Let's put it this way, even a useless person, as long as they're determined to betray their country, will always find a way. As long as their resolve doesn't waver, there's always a way out!"

"That's right. Traitors are also ranked. Don't refrain from doing something just because it seems insignificant. Start from the bottom, don't be ambitious but unrealistic, and work hard step by step to become a master traitor."

Shen Yan was speechless...

I'm promoting a TV series!
Don't use memes.

And this joke is really not funny!
He immediately replied to the netizen: "Stop making jokes. What I want to say is that the story of 'Battle of Changsha' is not the legend of a certain anti-Japanese hero, but the story of every weeping soul. This drama is different from most anti-Japanese war dramas. Most anti-Japanese war dramas revolve around one or a few heroes and highlight their heroism from the perspective of men. 'Battle of Changsha' is a story that uses a small story to illustrate a larger one, depicting the connection between a family and the war... the helplessness of an ordinary family in a chaotic world, which is real and cruel."

We chatted for a while...

Shen Yan suddenly realized why "Battle of Changsha" had poor ratings: it wasn't exciting enough!

Even relatively good war dramas like "Bright Sword" and "Snow Leopard" still highlight individual heroism...

Tragic is also heroic!
There's a market for this type of drama...

Battle of Changsha is different...

Even with Shen Yan's support, the ratings probably won't be very high!
I quickly checked the TV series airing around the same time, and well, there were *iPartment 3*, *Xuan-Yuan Sword: Scar of Sky*, *Floating Life*, and *The Magic Blade*...

Damn, they're all popular TV dramas...

I reckon "Battle of Changsha" is going to lose in the ratings!
Just then, I received a call from Ji Xiang: "What's up?"

"Nini's coming to visit the set? What kind of set?"

"She... wants to get to know me?"

Shen Yan frowned: "Tell her that after filming for 'My Love from the Star' wraps up next week, I'll be going to Beijing to see her... Even if Zhang Yimou has blessed her, this is still too much!"

(End of this chapter)