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

Chapter 438 The Spring Festival is Approaching (14)

These issues are simply no big deal for Shen Yan!
But if you ask someone else, it's a different story...

Ma Hao also asked Zhou Jielun about this, and Zhou Jielun replied, "News like this often comes out, but I always say that those aren't my fans. My fans are very rational and sensible; that's why they're my fans."

In a sense, that makes a lot of sense!
His popularity is high, but his fans don't become a niche group, leading to an unbalanced mentality and a fatal self-indulgent cycle of thinking, "Nobody else understands, only I do."

This is different from the traffic-driven ones...

There's a pattern: the fewer fans a celebrity or industry has, the more hostile they tend to be; and the lower the quality of a celebrity's work, the greater their hostility.

For celebrities whose actual performance is poor and whose works are of low quality, he will forcefully oppose all audiences, distort artistic concepts, and forcibly make niche feelings into artistic standards.

The next step is to suppress opponents who are accused of "not understanding aesthetics" and "not understanding art."

The most typical examples are Hua Chenyu and Zhang Nuli…

What Shen Yan needs to do is exaggerate his popularity and traffic to make himself the undisputed number one!
In this way, even if fans say 'Shen Yan is number one,' although it may not be 100% accurate, at least they feel less wronged.

Let small circles become big circles!
Oh, and the questions asked by the youth representatives afterwards were all very mild, like, "What kind of film do you want to make?"

Shen Yan replied, "I want to make interesting movies. For me, being interesting outweighs being meaningful!"

'So far, which film have you made that you truly enjoyed?'

Shen Yan thought for a moment and said, "I think they're all pretty good... The most unforgettable one is definitely the first 'Introduction to Architecture,' which was my first time making a movie and also my first movie to be a box office hit!"

"What about 'The Big Shot'?"

"The Big Shot...that movie did very well at the box office, creating considerable market value, and I really enjoyed playing the role...actually, playing a villain is a very satisfying thing. Everyone has a shadow phenomenon within them, which is the negative tendencies of human beings such as immorality, aggression, and impulsivity, and it has always been hidden in the deepest part of people's minds. The villain is the one who brings out this immorality and aggression..."

Someone else asked, "What do you think of Stephen Chow?"

"The King of Comedy, undisputed, what else can I say? I can only look up to him with awe!"

……

Actually, from the audience's perspective, Stephen Chow... is quite a pity!
He could have reached a much higher level in the film industry, perhaps even several levels higher, and come close to or even reached the level of Jackie Chan.

However, due to his extremely awful personality, many of his friends left him, and he ultimately chose to retire from acting in his forties, when he should have been at the peak of his career, which is extremely regrettable...

His movies are really interesting!
It cannot be summarized as nonsensical or simply about toilet humor; it subtly reflects the myriad aspects of life.

But those who had the most serious falling out with him and who criticized Zhou the most were often the ones who had collaborated with him on several projects. Some had even had a friendship with Zhou for decades, but in the end, they still tore off their relationship with Zhou in anger and broke off all ties...

Stephen Chow himself retired from acting at the peak of his career. Even after switching to directing, his artistic achievements were completely blocked by his poor interpersonal relationships, and he was never able to break through.

He was born in 62. Kung Fu Hustle was released in 2004. At that time, Stephen Chow was just over 40 years old. For a male actor, the early 40s are the beginning of his peak.

Many Hong Kong and Taiwanese male movie stars of similar age and fame to Stephen Chow have produced numerous representative works after the age of 40.

However, Stephen Chow's acting career came to an abrupt end with "Kung Fu Hustle". His subsequent transformation with "CJ7" was unsuccessful, and his behind-the-scenes work, such as the Journey to the West series and the Mermaid series, received mixed reviews. "The New King of Comedy" was neither a critical nor commercial success, and was a complete flop.

In just a few years, he almost completely squandered the valuable resources around him, such as the Chow Chow Stunt Team, the "Star Girls," the people who initially mentored Stephen Chow, and the financial backers he collaborated with...

For example, in the ending of "The God of Cookery," a mechanical deity suddenly appears, negating the championship that Tang Niu should have bought with money, and telling Stephen Chow his divine identity and the reason for his demotion.

If the protagonist of this storyline weren't played by Stephen Chow, or if the villains weren't played by Vincent Kok or Ng Man-tat, it would definitely be a universally panned and terrible ending. The reason is simple: we've seen deus ex machina before, but what officially released film features such a purely deus ex machina story?

But as soon as Stephen Chow and those familiar actors appeared, the audience was immediately drawn into the story.

Unfortunately, these people all fell out with him!

Kung Fu Hustle is awesome, but as a comedy, it's not as good as films like Flirting Scholar, From Beijing with Love, A Chinese Odyssey, Hail the Judge, and King of Beggars.

In fact, according to common sense, Jackie Chan's daring personality should have allowed him to completely retire from the front line after the age of 40, occasionally making some money and leaving a few minutes of action scenes in each movie to entertain the fans.

Stephen Chow, who seeks profound meaning in comedy, should have been more prolific after 40. After all, men in middle age should have deeper insights into various aspects, and comedy films are not as dangerous as action films.

The two turned out to be completely opposite – Jackie Chan was still full of energy after the age of 40, even made it into Hollywood, and his career reached new heights. He was still doing action movies even in his 60s.
而周星弛刚过40就归隐了，在42~63多岁这20来年时间里仅以男二号演了一部电影，然后编剧+导演了四五部电影，20多年的工作量还不如1992年一年多！

Only Stephen Chow and his stunt team can handle his films. Because Stephen Chow's personality is difficult to get along with, he cannot find a good team or sufficient funds, thus theoretically missing out on at least 10 good movies, which is a great loss for movie fans.

In addition, Ng Man-tat passed away…

We'll never see them work together again!

……

"Thank you, Teacher Sa... I'll be going now!"

After the recording ended, Shen Yan chatted briefly with Sa Beining, then said goodbye and left. He went to the underground parking garage and saw a figure rushing towards him…

His sister came to pick him up!
It's almost Chinese New Year, so my grandparents, uncles, aunts, and even my sister have all come to Beijing.

"I heard that Sa Beining and Zhang Ziyi are dating, is that true?"

"It should be true!" Shen Yan nodded: "Zhang Ziyi went to the Berlin Film Festival, and Sa Beining posted an acrostic poem on Weibo!"

"An acrostic poem... Let me see!"

My sister immediately opened Weibo…

Goodness, there really is an acrostic poem!

The core message is "Gong Er Ruomei, blooming in Berlin"...

Wow! How romantic!

“…They’re from Peking University…” Shen Yan changed the subject: “Have Grandpa and Grandma arrived yet?”

"We arrived a long time ago..." The younger sister remembered something: "Are you going to invite Sister Shishi over this year?"

"Did she text you?"

"That's not true..."

"She's filming 'Legend of Dance and Music' in Yunnan, and her aunt and uncle went to spend the Chinese New Year with her!"

(End of this chapter)