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

Chapter 503 September
Shen Yan is the first, and not the last, to criticize the Golden Rooster Awards...

Even his tone wasn't the most forceful!
Back then, when Feng Xiaogang's film "A Sigh" was snubbed by the Golden Rooster Awards committee, he directly criticized them, saying it was due to the committee's prejudice. He argued that they believed films that were commercially successful were inevitably vulgar and lacked artistic merit, and that he, not being a professionally trained filmmaker, couldn't create art. He further claimed that the Golden Rooster Awards judges' understanding might need improvement, and declared, "I can never participate in the Golden Rooster Awards selection again, that's fine. But without my films, they'll lose face. I now understand their stance; they're at odds with the audience."

Regarding Feng Xiaogang's opinion, Zhang Sitao, then secretary-general of the China Film Association, bluntly stated: "We won't suffer any losses. I've never heard of him having such abilities!"

However, Shen Yan quickly posted a Weibo post explaining his absence from the Golden Rooster Awards: "I returned to China the day before yesterday and came to Xiangshan yesterday. 'The Martian' is the largest film I have ever made. If you include the post-production special effects staff, the entire film involved nearly 6500 people from its inception to production. I really couldn't leave to coordinate such a large project. I apologize to all the judges."

Ok?
Apologize?

This isn't Shen Yan's style at all!

The reason is simple: this year's secretary-general of the judging panel is Mr. Kang Jianmin, the former director of Xiaoxiang Film Studio and my second uncle's former boss!
It was through his persistent and reasoned arguments that "American Dreams in China" won the Best Original Screenplay Award and the Jury's Special Award...

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, he will likely remain the Secretary-General for the next Golden Rooster Awards…

However, he still complained a bit: "It's not so bad, at least my 30 million fans have won the Golden Rooster Award, but they may not even know about the Oscars! Also, let me remind you, film art is actually popular art. Popular art that is detached from the masses will naturally become lifeless!"

……

Circle culture!

Once you're in the circle, you don't need to work extremely hard anymore. With just a little effort, the people in the circle will praise you as a masterpiece, since the power of discourse is all within this circle.

How can a bunch of Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Award bigwigs blindly praise such a piece of crap as "Pure Hearts Pursuing Dreams in the Entertainment Industry"? What's the point of these awards?
This group has taken over the Chinese film awards market!

They have completely lost even the most basic sense of shame; now all they need to do is protect and flatter each other.

Every year when I watch some award ceremonies, politics, capital, seniority, factions, everything is balanced, but the purity of film is missing.

Awards are meant to encourage creativity, making film festivals and awards a guiding force for the film market and film production.

However, instead of becoming a barometer of the film market or a sensor of audience opinions and filmmaking trends, the Golden Rooster Awards have repeatedly aroused dissatisfaction among audiences and the media.

Well, after the Golden Horse Awards had that incident, the Golden Rooster Awards were designated to be held in Xiamen. The meaning is quite clear: the Golden Rooster Awards are going to be elevated to a higher level.

The first year was actually alright, as there were official requirements to control quality.

Starting from the second session, the circle itself began to engage in direct collusion for its own interests…

Later on, they simply stopped trying to hide it...

"Investiture of the Gods" won Best Film...

Tsk tsk…

However, Shen Yan truly ignored the award…

I made a comment, and then I just ignored it...

He's already in shooting mode!

As for the Golden Rooster Awards organizers... they didn't react at all!
A bunch of media outlets have criticized the Golden Rooster Awards for a long time, but they haven't responded at all...

In fact, the Golden Rooster Awards judges were still discussing the age-old topic of whether or not films should cater to the market!

Besides, they've already nominated "American Dreams in China," what more do you want?

Are they really going to give you an award?
Can you afford it?
……

September saw a downturn in the film market…

This summer's movie season really didn't have much protection for domestic films; "Fast & Furious 6" and "Pacific Rim" were both released at the end of July!
This resulted in a lack of major Hollywood films in the September release window.

There were only two films, Elysium and The Great Gatsby... The latter starred Leonardo DiCaprio, cost $1.05 million, grossed $1.45 million in North America, $3.5 million worldwide, and only 8000 million RMB in China!

That's right, it starred Leonardo DiCaprio, but the box office didn't even reach 100 million!

This movie is very good. On the surface, it's a story about a simp who ends up with nothing. At its core, it's a story of new money, born of a certain era, trying to gain legitimacy and become old money, only to fail.

It brings together a group of outstanding creators, including director Baz Luhrmann, whose representative works include "Moulin Rouge!" and "Australia".

Actors Leonardo Ricaprio, Carey Mulligan, Tobey Maguire, and others.

The film tried its best to recreate the original work in terms of details and spiritual connotations, including set design, costumes, props, and makeup... but the final result was disappointing.

The main reason may lie in the excessive use of commercial methods to depict Gatsby's extravagant and decadent lifestyle. The ball in the mansion was filmed like a stage play, a musical, or even an indoor carnival, which deviated too much from the basic rhythm of the film. Instead of enhancing the theme of the film, it actually harmed it.

Even if it's not a classic, with Leonardo DiCaprio's popularity, it shouldn't have failed to gross less than 100 million at the box office!

Most importantly, the film, which was heavily promoted as an art-house romance, once again suffered the same fate as imported art-house films such as "Les Misérables" and "The King's Speech"—low box office performance in China, grossing only 2730 million yuan in its first three days.

Later, seeing that not many people were watching, they simply switched to the American version of "Tiny Times"...

And... even fewer people will watch it!

However, Shen Yan actually quite liked it, and even posted a Weibo post about it: 'The Great Gatsby, a movie where a simp dies a horrible death... Even if you look like Leonardo DiCaprio, it's no use!'

Oh, Shen Yan is filming in Xiangshan, but he has a pretty flexible schedule. He only works about 10 hours a day and rarely works overtime…

Once a film adopts an industrialized production process, it becomes very much like a factory assembly line...

Each step has strict standards and operating procedures.

Of course, the film itself is primarily story-driven.

The so-called industrialization level is also in service of telling a good story. To pursue the so-called industrialization level of film without pursuing a good story is to put the cart before the horse.

To be honest, filming *The Martian* wasn't particularly difficult...

When problems arise, solve them.

Just like a scientific experiment, you can do it step by step, slowly and steadily.

Shen Teng suffered a lot...

Spacesuits are just too heavy!

He was covered in sweat every day after filming…

Well, at first he didn't want to wear diapers, thinking he would try not to drink water or go to the toilet while filming.

But no, you definitely need to drink water!

Later, it just got too much—it took more than half an hour each time I dressed and undressed, which was such a waste of time, so I had no choice but to wear diapers in a humiliating way…

To comfort him, Shen Yan looked up some information and said, "You should know that real astronauts wear diapers! Even Yang Liwei wore them!"

Shen Teng rejects PUA: "But I'm just an actor!"

"...So, are you going to wear it or not?"

　Something came up, so only two updates today...

　　
　
(End of this chapter)