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

Chapter 390 Records (44)

Nini cherishes this collaboration very much…

During this period, numerous scandals about her, including those involving her mentor Zhang Yimou, were circulating.

The incident of Amou having more children than allowed has broken out.

According to reports, he may have seven children, leading netizens to jokingly call him "the father of the Calabash Brothers".

Zhang Yimou experienced a low point in her life...

A host of celebrities have come forward to criticize him, with Li Yinhe condemning the "excessive births" as shameful and demanding an apology to the public…

? ?
How is this shameful?

But Zhang Weiping was happy!

I think Zhang Yimou's reputation is ruined...

While he was at it, he also took the opportunity to post a bunch of negative information about Nini.

These so-called scandals are actually just an attempt to ruin her...

Shen Yan didn't care at all.

Are a few suggestive selfies really considered scandalous?
But for Nini, who was new to the film and television industry, it felt like the sky was falling...

After Shen Yan learned the reason for his resignation from "American Dreams in China," he was speechless: "If everyone thought like you, all those Hong Kong actresses could just die... Shu Qi could just die, Cate Blanchett and Kate Winslet could just die too..."

“Not many people care about these things; actors just need to perform well,” he paused, then added, “as long as it’s not illegal…”

Then they invited her to star in the film with a fee of 50 yuan…

Although I feel sorry for them, the price is still very reasonable!
Oh, the total cost of the actors' salaries for "American Dreams in China" did not exceed 1500 million RMB—including some local American actors invited to film in New York!
The highest-paid actor was Huang Xiaoming, at 280 million yuan.
Deng Chao's salary was 260 million yuan, and Tong Dawei's was 240 million yuan...

Several people chose to lower their fees...

After all, in their view, "American Dreams in China" required filming abroad and a large number of extras, so saving every penny was important...

Upon arriving in New York, I discovered that I was staying at the Conrad Hotel—a luxury brand under Hilton…

I inquired about the price and learned that it's around $1000 per night…

Deng Chao couldn't help but ask, "Do we really need to live in such nice accommodations?"

"This is alright?" Shen Yan exclaimed in surprise, "It's not a five-star hotel!"

Compared to the hotel where Zhao Wenzhuo stayed, it was already quite basic—the daily accommodation cost exceeded 50,000 RMB!

"Alright everyone, take a break. We'll start filming tomorrow!"

……

Nini had the intention of flirting with him...

After all, Shen Yan is handsome, talented, and most importantly, young; he's top-tier in both looks and personality…

However, once filming began, the crew lost interest.

Shen Yan personally oversaw Deng Chao's storyline—Meng Xiaojun came to America, then his dreams were shattered, and he slunk back to China…

Meng Xiaojun's American dream originated from his father and grandfather, both of whom studied in the United States. His wealthy upbringing and studies in the US further enhanced his romanticized image.

However, he ended up losing his lab job, being treated unfairly while working at a restaurant, and having his wife, who played the piano, become a clumsy ironing worker. This was clearly far from his ideals and must have made him deeply doubt his own abilities.

Oh, and they cast Sun Li to play his wife…

Anyway, Ryoko doesn't have many scenes, so let's just treat this trip to America as a vacation...

Lu Yang was in charge of operating the machine in Su Mei…

Koh Samui...lost her self-respect after coming to America!

Instead of filming a scene of her having sex in the wild, they arranged a conversation between her and a white man.

The conversation was simple, essentially saying, "You want to stay in America? Then accept me!"

This was a way of giving Su Mei some face—she was forced by others, not by her own volition…

The white actor they found is named Nathan Fillion, a TV actor with some fame, who was introduced to them by David Fenkel.

The filming schedule was very tight.

Only half a month!
The main event was the negotiation…

However, Nini felt that Shen Yan was very relaxed, and the crew was also in a good mood. Before each scene was filmed, everyone would rehearse several times...

In the first few days, there might have been some adjustment, and progress was quite slow. But by the third day, everything was going smoothly. A week later, her scenes were finished.

I also had time to stay on set and watch them film negotiation scenes…

This scene took five whole days to film!
Shen Yan was only adjusting the actors' state...

Includes English pronunciation.

Actually, her real intention was to get closer to Shen Yan...

Being near the water tower gives you an advantage!

Unfortunately, before she could put her plans into action, Shi Shi arrived…

"How does it feel?"

"...It's hard to say."

Nini and Shishi were chatting on the side...

Shi Shi's main job was to keep Shen Yan company.

However, she would also come over during filming.

He quickly became familiar with Nini, since they were about the same age.

Shi Shi asked her, "How is it different from director Zhang Yi's film crew?"

“…Director Zhang Yimou is very serious…” Nini thought for a moment, “Everyone on his film crew is usually very careful and dares not make mistakes!”

Shi Shi disagreed: "...Brother Yan is quite serious too."

"It's different..."

Nini shook her head: "Everyone's attitude is different... You see, Brother Yan rarely gives orders..."

"…hehe,"

Shishi was speechless...

Shen Yan isn't giving the order?

How can it be!

He was in charge of the film, and completing the filming on time and in accordance with the quota was the most basic requirement. Therefore, the actors and staff were not allowed to voice any opinions they had!

At least don't mention it during filming...

If you have any ideas or opinions, you can discuss them after the day's filming is over!

Otherwise, if this person has an idea and that person has a new creative idea, then... how can the movie be filmed?
"I just heard that I'm going to the New York screening of 'The Purge' tonight..."

"Okay, after we finish filming today, everyone can participate together!"

Has there been any media coverage of that?

"...I don't know. This film was distributed by A24 themselves. They're using a strategy of small-scale previews followed by a medium-sized release..."

There are generally two strategies for releasing independent films: one is to participate in film festivals, which may attract the attention of large companies, who may then buy the rights and distribute the films.
Either have limited screenings first, and then expand the scale of the screenings...

According to estimates, the A24 could be screened in up to 2000 cinemas…

—We did consider selling the film's distribution rights, but the offers from several companies were too low. Lionsgate's offer was only $1000 million, far below A24's expectations…

Let's just do it ourselves!
The promotional strategy was simple: use Twitter and Facebook to generate buzz.

They didn't know where they got the information from, but it seemed that the American government really did have a Kissinger Plan...

In fact, this plan has nothing to do with the human purge plan—the rich, in order to make global resources more evenly distributed, stipulated that ordinary people could kill each other for a period of time.

The Kissinger Plan's main strategy was to manipulate the leaders and people of those countries by providing or reducing aid, and by manipulating trade and investment, so that they would accept forced births or other methods of population control.

This thing has absolutely no direct connection to the movie...

But A24 is good at advertising...

They were forcibly connected!
America is very fond of conspiracy theories…

This has led to the movie becoming very popular!
During the preview screenings, the film was shown in 108 cinemas…

Oh, they chatted for a while, and then the filming over there ended.

Shen Yan instructed the staff to clean up the filming location, then walked towards Shi Shi…

(End of this chapter)