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

Chapter 502 Don’t get involved (33)

The Martian was told from a Chinese perspective from the very beginning…

Therefore, the so-called overseas market was not considered.

Serving Chinese audiences first!
According to Shen Yan's prediction, the film's box office should be around 15 billion to 20 billion...

The release date is the 2015 Chinese New Year period…

The 2015 Lunar New Year releases included films like "Dragon Blade" and "From Vegas to Macau II".

Breaking even shouldn't be a problem.

It might even become the highest-grossing film of 2015, surpassing "Monster Hunt's" 24.34 billion yuan...

Oh, and in the end, the China National Space Administration collaborated with the US and successfully rescued the large aircraft…

After all, the major spacefaring nations are China, the US, and Russia, and Russia doesn't have the money to pursue space projects anymore.

Speaking of which, "The Martian" really shouldn't have been made by the US—in reality, last June, Boeing and NASA collaborated on a spacecraft called Starliner to send two people to the International Space Station for a few days. However, the spacecraft's engine malfunctioned, and the two people were trapped on the space station.

An eight-day business trip turned into nine months, but NASA doesn't seem to be in a hurry at all...

They repeatedly emphasized that there was enough food on the International Space Station, the two of them would not go hungry, and that it was safe for them to stay on the space station.

A Boeing spokesperson told reporters that the two astronauts were not trapped because the universe is infinite and the astronauts were not in danger. If they were not in danger, how could they be considered trapped?
Awesome!
You've grasped the essence of speaking.

Later, SpaceX stepped in and saved them…

Of course, it's reasonable at this stage—they cut off the power in Washington for an hour to save sparrows!
By the way, the NASA storyline was given to David Fenkel, who was given $100 million, and then he got someone to film it…

They didn't hire any big stars; it was mostly actors from "Mad Men"—he was the planner of this show, and he knew all the actors. They only filmed for three days in total, just to earn some extra money for everyone!
……

The Martian... didn't actually have any special filming techniques...

The original "The Martian" was fine, but not particularly outstanding.

Space movies actually have their own advantages in terms of visuals. Once you present sufficiently realistic space and alien scenes, shooting them in a typical style is enough to amaze most people. After all, just seeing such scenery on the big screen is a joy!

—Apart from "Jupiter Ascending"...

That movie was truly rubbish, a gorgeous pile of crap.

Returning to "The Martian," its storyline follows the approach of "difficulties arise – scientific solutions."

Space-themed movies often don't need elaborate plots or profound themes, because space itself is the perfect backdrop for both grandeur and adventure.

What a film needs most is to show the various details of the mission process as accurately as possible. This seemingly simple requirement is something that most countries cannot meet—it requires strong space capabilities and a sufficiently open cultural atmosphere as support.

By the way, the film needed a lot of Martian scenery shots, so the crew went to the Da Qaidam Red Cliff Martian Landform Scenic Area to shoot a bunch of scenes…

The Red Cliff Mars Landform is located in Qinghai Province, between the Kunlun Mountains, Qilian Mountains and Altun Mountains.

With its ravines and terrain resembling the surface of Mars, it is known as "the most Mars-like place in China"!
Okay, the crew went there specifically to film for a week—they needed to film a scene where Shen Teng was sitting alone on Mars…

Of course, these are mainly transition shots...

To put it bluntly, "The Martian" is mostly a one-man show, requiring Shen Teng to perform most of the scenes by himself!
As for changes in body shape…

They've found a body double!

After all, Shen Teng's spacesuit is already heavy enough; making him lose weight would be the death of him!
By the way, the production crew actually simulated a laboratory so that Shen Teng could produce water...

The principle is that hydrogen and oxygen burn to produce water.

The hydrazine that wasn't used up during the descent was extracted from the MDV's fuel tank, which was previously used for landing, and then decomposed using iridium catalytic decomposition to obtain nitrogen and hydrogen...

During the initial water production, the change in oxygen concentration caused by respiration was overlooked, leading to a hydrogen combustion explosion…

These are all going to be filmed on location... For Shen Yan and his team, the most challenging scenes in "The Martian" are the space capsule and the final rescue scene—adjusting the speed of the Tianwen-5 spacecraft, successfully catching up with Dafei, and having to blow up the airlock to boost the spacecraft.

An astronaut chemist used sugar and liquid oxygen to create a bomb…

These scenes were recorded in the production schedule.

The production schedule for "The Martian" is so detailed that it includes every scene filmed each day...

The total filming period was 97 days, but filming wrapped up in early December—leaving a two-week window for lead actor Shen Teng and director Shen Yan to promote "Goodbye Mr. Loser"...

That's right, they even recorded the time I took leave!

So, just film it step by step...

……

The next day, the Golden Rooster Awards were announced, with "A Simple Life" winning Best Feature Film and Ann Hsu winning Best Director...

"American Dreams in China" won Best Original Screenplay.

There's also... a special jury prize!
In addition, the Best Actor award did not result in a tie; Huang Xiaoming and Zhang Guoli both won Best Actor for their roles in "American Dreams in China" and "Back to 1942," respectively.

What's most frustrating is that Shen Yan didn't win Best New Director; the award went to Zhao Yanzi for "So Young".

However, Feng Xiaogang was even angrier—he didn't win the award either.

Feng Xiaogang had already won Best Film and Best Director once for "Assembly," and later won again for "I Am Not Madame Bovary"...

But surprisingly, "Back to 1942" didn't win any awards...

He was quite indignant; given his personality, he should have directly confronted them just now…

But not this time, mainly because the award presenter, Ni Ping, was already quite assertive!
She said directly, "I know a lot of people, but I didn't dare to go up and say hello to any of them, because I knew the outcome... Art is really not like that. Sometimes it's just a matter of one vote, and that vote might be cast on someone like me. It doesn't mean anything, but the result does!"

Huang Xiaoming also received an award... and it was like he'd won a Lifetime Achievement Oscar; they even invited his teachers and classmates onto the stage...

That's so dramatic!

Oh, and Ni Ping also said, "The movie 'American Dreams in China' is fantastic, but it didn't win any awards. I hope Shen Yan won't be discouraged and will continue to work hard... Didn't Shen Yan come?"

Ji Xiang quickly stood up and said, "He's on set, he can't get leave!"

It wasn't a big deal originally; the Golden Rooster Awards are, after all, a small-circle award...

Then, Shen Yan's fans went wild!

Who told Ni Ping to say something so truthful: "American Dreams in China is a fantastic movie, but it didn't win a single award..."
Shen Yan has 3600 million followers on Weibo. Although it is not as many as Weibo queen Yao Chen’s 4300 million, her follower activity is definitely number one!

Any random Weibo post gets hundreds of thousands of replies…

I don't care if you're a Golden Rooster or a Golden Ox, do you dare to look down on Shen Yan?

Let's go for it!
#GoldenRoosterAwards~Fake Goods# has become a hot topic...

There's another #GoldenRoosterAward? A dubious award! #
Shen Yan's fans started the drama, a bunch of onlookers followed suit, and the one who suffered the most was Song Jia—she won Best Actress for her role in "Xiao Hong," beating Zhang Ziyi in "The Grandmaster" and Yan Bingyan in "A Thousand Arrows Piercing the Heart"...

Anyone with a sense of aesthetics knows this is unreliable.

As for Shen Yan, he replied to his supportive fans in the comments section of his Weibo post: "I'm not getting involved, so stop making trouble!"

"Are you just going to let them bully you?"

"...Bully? That's a bit too strong a word. I think it's more like mutual dislike. They can't be bothered with me, and I don't want to bother with them either...I'm not even a member of the Directors Guild. Okay, stop messing around...Song Jia is a good actress, and I'll be working with her in the future!"

(End of this chapter)