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

Chapter 430 Refusal (14)

TVB Hong Kong dramas, the number one should be "The Greed of Man"...

Although it was a TV series from 92, the character Ding Hai remained "active" on various text and video platforms for the next 30 years.

Later, with the rise of Hong Kong variety shows, Ting Hai became a character that was inevitably mentioned in various articles about Hong Kong variety shows...

The character Ting Hai is a classic.

In all kinds of film and television works, no matter how strange, evil, perverted, or antisocial the villains are, they all follow basic logic.

Ding Hai broke free from these constraints, yet it was all within reason.

After the millennium, especially 10 years later, Hong Kong dramas have had a tough time!

Twenty years later, it will be even more difficult…

The overhyped "Queen of the News" is utterly ridiculous...

No, it's just a job, a working-class job. Is it really necessary to make such a huge fuss about it?
I can't tell if they're in a company or in the palace!
The Hong Kong film and television industry has basically formed a three-dimensional defense: if a film is well-made, it is heavily promoted while the mainland is belittled.
Those who produce poorly made films desperately use the strict censorship in mainland China as an excuse…

And a bunch of self-media outlets are joining in the hype…

By putting down one and praising another, and stirring up conflict between mainland China and Hong Kong film and television, the same tactic was used in "Warriors of Future"... and then Louis Koo said, "Even if I cut my own salary, no one would invest"...

Ahem...

The buzz surrounding "My Love from the Star" continues, and Shen Yan has been staying on set these past few days, not going out much. She only took two days off to record two episodes of "Sound of My Dream," and she can clearly feel her popularity…

But Yan Ge has always been very popular, so he didn't pay much attention until a couple of days ago when his staff told him that several thousand people had surrounded the "Goodbye Mr. Loser" film crew...

He then realized just how popular "My Love from the Star" had become!

Oh, about the thousands of people surrounding the "Goodbye Mr. Loser" film crew... The crew almost called the police, but Shen Yan stepped in, said a few kind words, and bought each of them a cup of milk tea before they left.

Shen Yan glanced at Yang Mi, who had already opened her tablet, and asked softly, "Is this show really that popular?"

"It's really hot!" Yang Mi said casually. "I heard that Zhang Ziyi lost her temper with her management team... and almost fired her manager!"

"No way? Didn't she make a comeback with 'The Grandmaster'?"

"But her public favorability isn't high enough... Jing Tian gained 500 million followers because of this drama, and it's still growing!"

"That's because she didn't have enough fans before!"

"They've officially announced 13 brand promotions and endorsements... I heard there are over 20 more under negotiation..." After a pause, Yang Mi added, "I heard her salary is 800,000 yuan per episode!"

"...Isn't that a bit of an exaggeration?"

"Not an exaggeration at all..." Yang Mi waved her hand, "Don't disturb my drama..."

Shen Yan got up... He was going to go to the balcony to call Shi Shi...

The popularity of "My Love from the Star" must be quite upsetting for Shi Shi, considering that Shen Yan didn't even cast her in the drama.

……

Shi Shi was alright; she also watched "My Love from the Star," but felt she couldn't relax as much as Jing Tian...

Of course, there's definitely a sense of regret.

After all, Shen Yan told her that the success of "My Love from the Star" was due to a combination of favorable timing, location, and people—it was exclusively broadcast on CCTV, which had sufficient platform power; it received collective recommendations from celebrities; and as for the people involved… it was because the other shows airing in the same time slot were generally weaker!

"Romance of the Sui and Tang Dynasties," "Beauty Without Tears," "Innocence Meets Reality," "Tonight Angels Descend," and several anti-Japanese war dramas...

They were no match at all.

"I don't have any plans this year... Besides filming 'The Martian' and helping Zhao Liying act in another movie, do you want me to help you with a film?"

"...Didn't you want to rest?" "You seem to be in a bad mood..."

Shi Shi shook her head: "I'm also planning to take a two-month break. I don't want to film..."

Shen Yan nodded: "Then we'll go together then..."

Just as I was about to go back to my room to rest after hanging up the phone, I received a call from Yang Siwei: "The premiere of 'The Grandmaster'... I don't want to go!"

"I could never work with Wong Jia-wei; he's too indecisive..."

To make a film starring Wong Kar-wai, you not only need to be handsome and a good actor, but more importantly, you need to have a good temper…

You have to accept his ink!
The project cycle is too long, the script is changed at any time, the schedule is unpredictable, and even after the actors have acted for a long time, you still don't know how it will be edited in the end. You might not even have anything to do with the final film.

You can't even complain!
Chang Chen, such a good actor, debuted with "A Brighter Summer Day," and acted in four Wong Kar-wai films, two of which were cut...

My personal suggestion is that Wang Jiawei is very suitable for learning modeling and animation. Stop messing with living people!

Okay, Wong Kar-wai is actually alright; at least he's produced some quality work. Many directors, lacking his talent, have adopted his methods. They mistreat and torture actors, ultimately producing mediocre or even terrible films.

A prime example is Lu Chuan, who tormented actors in films like "Nanjing! Nanjing!" and "The Last Supper"...

To solve the location problem during the filming of "Nanjing! Nanjing!", Gao Yuanyuan was invited to dinners and drinks with various local officials and businessmen.

—This is what he said as a good thing during an interview with reporters.

For "The Last Supper," the plan was to put a snake next to Chang Chen to film his fear. Chang Chen almost broke the contract, but in the end, Lu Chuan compromised and filmed the man and the snake separately.

Including "Bureau 749"—according to the actors, there was no script when it was filmed, and the content was based on the director's verbal instructions.

By the way, here's a little anecdote: When they first approached him to guide the Asian Games, it infuriated the organizing committee. Now, they don't even mention that he was the chief director anymore; all the official websites list him as Sha Xiaolan. This kind of behavior—being only interested in making promotional videos and not wanting to do anything else but collect money—is really infuriating to many people…

Far away.

"I'm not going..."

"Many people are mocking Zhang Ziyi... What does that have to do with me? It's her own fault for not accepting the role in 'My Love from the Star,' it's not like I didn't want to approach her!"

"...I will not work with Zhang Ziyi either; her temperament doesn't match my film."

"Okay, that's all. I'll hang up now."

After hanging up the phone and glancing at the time, Shen Yan simply turned off his phone…

……

The film market has finally seen "CZ12" overtake the competition, but it's a bit late...

From December 31st to January 8th, in eight days, the box office reached 280 million yuan, with a cumulative box office of over 750 million yuan. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, it should be able to reach over 850 million yuan, but exceeding 900 million yuan will be a bit difficult!

After entering January, the box office growth of "Lost in Thailand" slowed down significantly.

As of January 8th, "Lost in Thailand" had been in theaters for 28 days, accumulating a box office of 11.82 billion yuan. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, it should be able to surpass 12.5 billion yuan in box office revenue.

Shen Yan posted on Weibo: "Congratulations to 'Lost in Thailand' on its box office success, congratulations to director Xu Zheng... In another half month, 'Lost in Thailand' should surpass the box office performance of 'The Big Shot'... Keep up the good work, may Chinese films get better and better, and look forward to more excellent Chinese films in the future, and also look forward to another Chinese film breaking the record of 'Lost in Thailand'!"

After he posted on Weibo, Feng Xiaogang also posted: "Bought tickets and saw it, and I was happy too. Congratulations to Xu Zheng for winning at the box office. I've been there too, the road ahead is long, keep up the good work!"

Uh, the feedback they received was different...

The former is considered grand; "The Big Shot" grossed $3800 million overseas, including over $260 million in North America and over 375 million viewers in South Korea, with a box office of nearly $1900 million.
Feng Xiaogang, on the other hand, received comments such as "too sour!" and "Director Feng should stick to comedy; his attempts to explore human nature are ineffective and hesitant to delve deeper, resulting in something neither fish nor fowl, and too pretentious."

Xu Zheng adopted a very humble attitude, replying to both Shen Yan and Feng Xiaogang with great respect: "In the field of directing, I am still a beginner and need the guidance of my seniors. I also hope that everyone will not only look at my films based on box office numbers, but also contribute some positive energy to the Chinese film market."

(End of this chapter)