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

Chapter 425 "My Love from the Star" airs (44)

"My Love from the Star is airing tonight... It's an idol drama!"

"Let me briefly talk about the creative process of this idol drama. I originally wanted to write that the male lead was a genius, skilled in both literature and martial arts, rich and ascetic... but I really couldn't explain why such a person would fall in love with the female lead... so I set him up as an alien!"

"An alien who has lived on Earth for 400 years, with encyclopedic knowledge, superpowers seven times that of an ordinary person, money, a house, and of course, good looks... And, he's leaving Earth in three months!"

"The female lead is set up as a big star... a woman who looks like a slut at first glance, and is also uncultured... So how do you make the audience like her? She needs a tragic family background, her parents are divorced, her mother treats her as a cash cow, and her younger brother looks down on her, thinking that she got to the top by using her body... So why would the male lead fall in love with her?"

A predestined relationship from a past life!

"So, at first I was worried it wouldn't pass censorship... because it involves many things that science can't explain..."

"Thanks to the directors of the TV drama production center, they told me, 'Just focus on filming, it's just an idol drama, it doesn't involve time travel or historical elements, we'll vouch for you!' Then I started looking for the female lead!"

"To be honest, the first actress I wanted to cast was Zhang Ziyi... Yes, that Zhang Ziyi. When I told Ji Xiang about it, he called me crazy, and Yang Siwei also called me 'completely delusional.' I didn't give up, so I sent the script to her studio, and then... nothing happened."

"Finding international movie stars to act in idol dramas with me? That's definitely not a reliable idea!"

"Later, I also considered casting Fan Bingbing and Liu Yifei... but I gave up on those too, since idol dramas are at the bottom of the 'hierarchy of taste'..."

"Many people might ask me why I didn't cast Shi Shi... Firstly, she wasn't available, and secondly, the female lead, Cheon Song-yi, didn't match her temperament..."

"In the end, Ms. Jing Tian was cast in this role!"

"When 'The Criminal' was released, many netizens asked me, 'What's Jing Tian's background?' Actually... I don't know. Also, I haven't been subjected to any unspoken rules..."

Shen Yan posted a promotional article for "My Love from the Star" on his Weibo account, and also commented on "Lost in Thailand," "CZ12," "The Guillotines," and "The Last Tycoon"...

"I've watched several movies released during the Lunar New Year season. 'Lost in Thailand' and 'CZ12' were both good."

"The Great Shanghai" is also quite good; when director Wang Jing gets serious, he still produces high-quality work.

As for *The Guillotines*, I feel it's just *The Heroines of the Yang Family* 2.0, and in some aspects, it's even inferior... Besides, they even approached me to play a supporting role for a Taiwanese actor back then. I was already quite famous at the time, so why would they offer me a supporting role for a Taiwanese actor just entering the mainland market? Think about it carefully... It's a very malicious film... I don't recommend anyone watch it.

Yes, one Weibo post dominated three trending topics: first, #MyLoveFromTheStarIsAboutToAir#; second, #ShenYanWasNotBeingGentlyHarassed#; and third, #TheGuillotines,AViciousMovie#.
The focus of our discussion is on the third point!
A group of insiders revealed that "the production team initially invited Huang Xiaoming to play the lead role in 'The Guillotines,' tricked him into signing the contract, and then cast him as the villain!"

'Ruan Jingtian, a completely unknown newcomer actor, was suddenly thrust into the lead role? How did he get the chance?'

Even Yang Siwei's previous Weibo post, "Our Brother Yan won't be a stepping stone for others!", has been dug up...

Then, an insider revealed that "The Legend of Di Renjie invited Shen Yan to play a supporting role to another Taiwanese actor..."

Of course, Ruan Jingtian also has fans. "Fated to Love You" aired on Hunan TV and achieved good ratings!
But let alone Shen Yan, Huang Xiaoming is no match for him either.

They were verbally abused...

I heard that screenings of "The Guillotines" were drastically reduced afterward, and the total box office didn't even exceed 6000 million...

As for "Detective Dee: The Prequel"... this was probably orchestrated by Yang Siwei – "Detective Dee: The Prequel" was confirmed for release during the 2013 National Day holiday, which coincided with the release of "Goodbye Mr. Loser" by the company during that same period...

Let's take a hit first, then launch a concentrated attack later.

Shen Yan didn't care about any of that.

Huang Xiaoming and Yang Tianbao's scenes were filmed in three days.

Shen Yan didn't linger; he took the materials and went to Dalian. "Goodbye Mr. Loser" was about to start filming, and they were waiting for him, Yuan Hua, to arrive!

……

"Goodbye Mr. Loser" was a film organized and produced by Shen Yan, with a budget of 2000 million yuan...

Shen Yan received a basic salary of 150 million yuan plus an 18% share of the profits…

Yang Mi... this time it's a 10% share of the investment.

Her salary had already been taken when she signed the five-film contract…

Logically speaking, there's no need to invest in her... It's just that Brother Yan is too soft-hearted!

It also implies a form of compensation—Qiuya is the second female lead, while the female lead, Ma Dongmei, is played by Ma Li…

At present, Ma Li has no status in the film industry. In the original timeline, when "Goodbye Mr. Loser" was first conceived, Ma Li almost didn't get the role of Ma Dongmei—the investors thought she wasn't pretty and lacked popularity.

Shen Yan would never do that, but Yang Mi's popularity definitely far surpasses Ma Li's...

So, they simply gave her 10% of the investment amount…

Oh, when Shen Yan arrived in Dalian, filming for "Goodbye Mr. Loser" hadn't started yet. He mainly spent two days playing with Yang Mi...

Okay, actually I didn't go out much, I basically stayed in the hotel.

I tried driving to see the sea around 10 pm once, on the coastal highway...

It was exciting and quite enjoyable...

But it was really cold!
It's already December, and Dalian is in Northeast China...

……

"Is 'My Love from the Star' really that popular?"

Yang Mi was holding her tablet, about to browse Weibo and catch up on some gossip, when... Weibo's trending topics were basically dominated by "My Love from the Star"...

She was a little surprised.

Shen Yan nodded: "Yeah, it's pretty popular. Yesterday I went to Hangzhou to record a show, and everyone was calling me Professor Do!"

My Love from the Star has aired…

After airing for just three days and six episodes, "My Love from the Star" achieved a viewership rating of over 4, setting a new record for the highest-rated drama series on CCTV-1 in the past three years.

While viewership ratings are one factor, "My Love from the Star" has already become a wildfire online…

The single episode garnered over 8000 million views online!
Cheon Song-yi and Do Min-joon became the most popular characters...

"Professor Do?"

"The character I played!"

"...Wow, this has broken CCTV's viewership record..."

Shen Yan corrected, "It's the viewership records for the past three years..."

Will the price rise further?

"It's still a long way off. This show has been cut down to 28 episodes. The first climax won't be until around episode 10... The rest is just setup!"

"The build-up... was this intense?"

Yang Mi decisively opened Tencent Video; she wanted to watch the drama…

The drama "My Love from the Star" is of high quality and standard. In just sixty minutes of the first episode, the relationships and personalities of the characters were established, including the three meetings between the male and female leads, and the "curiosity" of love was successfully built!

It would typically take three episodes for a domestically produced drama to achieve this!

Many highly-praised TV series have comments like, "After enduring XX episodes, the later episodes are amazing..."

Are you crazy? I came to watch a show, why the hell am I supposed to tolerate this?

What's even more frustrating is that when the audience doesn't have time to buy into it, the fans blame the audience for having low aesthetic standards and being brainless...

Then let you noble fans go binge-watch the show!

Even the main figure thinks, 'The Great Feng Night Watchman will kill everyone!'—he wants to trample the entire Chinese entertainment industry under his feet.

Ahem...

Shen Yan was also scrolling through Weibo when he suddenly saw a comment: "The greatest distance in the world is that I'm watching 'My Love from the Star,' while you love 'Country Love Variations'..."

Immediately commented: "I also like 'Country Love,' but that didn't stop me from making 'My Love from the Star'!"

(End of this chapter)