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

Chapter 515 Resistance? (44)

Following the huge success of "Charlotte," Mahua FunAge immediately became a hot commodity in the eyes of investors...

A bunch of people are throwing money at it!

Mahua FunAge also launched "Never Say Die".

After the huge success, Mahua probably thought they were very powerful and could mass-produce Shen Teng!
His mentality is similar to that of a fat guy who knows nothing about table tennis: Whoever I let play, they will win the gold medal and the championship!
And then... the person they were supposed to nurture never won a single championship.

Tournament results varied, ranging from Round of 32 to Round of 16...

The same goes for Mahua FunAge; their sequel, "Li Cha's Aunt," received such terrible reviews that it was unwatchable, and Huang Cailun was also heavily criticized.

Then they changed tactics, vigorously promoting Shen Teng, and even invented the term "Teng content".

For example, in order to maintain Shen Teng's reputation, when promoting "Super Family", the posters featured Allen and Shen Teng each occupying half, which can be said to be the main focus on Shen Teng!

After the film's release, it flopped both at the box office and with critics. Seeing that there was no chance of making a high box office, the production company anticipated the box office failure and immediately changed the poster to a big headshot of Allen, while Shen Teng's headshot was turned into an invisible small headshot.

(before release)

(After its release)

Do I, Allen, not have any pride?

Ahem...

However, after the box office failure of "Li Cha's Aunt", Zhang Chen and Liu Hongtao, the bosses of Mahua FunAge, learned their lesson and focused their investment on Shen Teng!
Mahua FunAge generally doesn't participate in films directed by Chang Yuan, Wei Xiang, Allen, or even Mary.

Mahua FunAge did not participate in "Warm Hug", "Li Mao Plays the Crown Prince", "Desperate Househusband", or "What's in the Zoo".

Yan Fei, Peng Damo, and Shen Teng are the ace combination.

This combination doesn't even need Mary—in "Hello Mr. Billionaire," if you replaced Wang Duoyu with another actor, the movie would be ruined!
However, if "Never Say Die" is approved, investing a little money and making some money would be a great idea.

Ji Xiang then added a compliment: "Huayi is not satisfied with the box office performance of 'Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon'..."

"...Didn't break even?"

"Yeah, even with overseas rights included, we didn't break even..."

"It's their fault for insisting on scheduling the same time as us."

Ji Xiang was speechless: "...The other movie, 'Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon,' announced its release date for this year's National Day holiday last year... Our 'Goodbye Mr. Loser' was announced later!"

Shen Yan's eyes widened as he retorted, "They can move up the filing date or withdraw it... I didn't force them to fight us!"

"Why should they withdraw their application?"

“I already said that ‘Goodbye Mr. Loser’ would surpass ‘American Dreams in China’ at the box office… I’m just reminding other movies in the same release window to leave if they can, and not to join the fray…” Shen Yan shrugged: “If they don’t leave, is it my fault?”

"...By the way, we were told not to target Hong Kong and Taiwanese actors!"

Shen Yan looked completely bewildered: "Who's targeting them?"

"Zhao Youting..."

"Is telling the truth considered targeting? Does he have incredible resources? Can't he even speak Mandarin properly?"

"...I know you're unhappy, but harmony is the priority now..."

"Fine, I got it!"

"Be careful, someone has complained about us!"

"No... what's there to complain about? I'm speaking on my own behalf!"

"They don't care about these things..."

Did you mention the Tokyo Film Festival incident 10 years ago?

"I said..."

"What did they say?"

"I already warned them..."

"Warning? Where was there a warning? Xu Ruoxuan is still active in mainland China!"

Ji Xiang sighed: "They have value..."

Shen Yan was speechless…

Why do we have to wait until people take advantage of us?

Why is there no mention of the current treatment of Celestial Dragons?
After hanging up the phone, Shen Yan cursed several times before regaining his composure...

On the 13th, Shen Teng returned to the film crew…

He originally thought that everyone's attitude towards him would change... but he was overthinking it.

The Martian team was built by Shen Yan, and everyone trusted Shen Teng from the very beginning...

—Because Shen Teng was the male lead chosen by Shen Yan!
After the release of "Goodbye Mr. Loser", people became more critical of him.

The general consensus was: We can't afford to lose face. If The Martian's box office can't beat Goodbye, that would be embarrassing!
Oh, at this point, "Goodbye Mr. Loser" has been in theaters for 17 days, with a cumulative box office of 14.07 billion yuan, surpassing "Lost in Thailand" and temporarily ranking second in film history—the box office on weekdays is still over 4000 million yuan, and it is estimated that by the end of this week, the total box office will reach 16 billion yuan!
It's only a matter of time before the box office record of "American Dreams in China" is surpassed—the official Weibo account of "American Dreams in China" has already prepared a poster to mark the handover of box office revenue.

Shen Yan didn't show anything particularly special.

No, that's not right either. The food on the set of "The Martian" was a whole new level...

Anyway, the production team has plenty of money!
What's wrong with eating well?
……

Yang Mi's return to the "Swords of Legends" crew was met with a stark contrast to Shen Teng's return to the "The Martian" crew!
The crew of "Swords of Legends" threw her a celebration banquet.

Although Yang Mi wasn't the female lead in "Goodbye Mr. Loser," her character Qiu Ya was very important...

Okay, the main thing is that "Goodbye Mr. Loser" is about to top the all-time box office charts.

Yang Mi also officially became a 40 billion yuan box office actress with "Goodbye Mr. Loser"...

Upon hearing Zeng Jia's words, Yang Mi couldn't help but point to herself: "Box office queen? Me?"

"Yes, the movies you starred in have grossed over 40 billion yuan at the box office!"

"...So many?"

"Of course! 'Telephone' grossed 380 million, 'Finding Mr. Right' 7.84 million, the two 'Tiny Times' films grossed 7.54 million, 'Goodbye Mr. Loser' has already surpassed 14 billion, and there's also 'Mysterious Island,' 'The Bullet Vanishes,' 'All's Well, Ends Well 2011'... I know you didn't include 'Painted Skin 2' because you weren't the lead... but it still surpassed 4 billion!"

"...My box office is higher than Liu Shishi's?"

"Liu Shishi doesn't have a single movie that grossed over 1 billion! Currently, the only actresses with movies that grossed over 1 billion are you and Nini!"

"Where's Fan Xiaopang?"

"She had a cameo role in 'Lost in Thailand,' not a lead role!"

Yang Mi did the math herself, then smiled and said, "...I didn't even notice..."

"We only have one film contract left with Spark Studio. Should we renew it?"

"...Renew the contract?"

"Hmm, I'm asking for 2000 million per film!"

Yang Mi waved her hand: "...You're overthinking it. Shen Yan told me that starting next year, Xinghuo Studio will start promoting its own people, one is Dilraba, and the other is Chen Yao...they are artists signed by Ji Xiang!"

"Did they say what the last film would be?"

Yang Mi glanced at Zeng Jia, then said, "He didn't say!"

When will it be filmed?

Yang Mi couldn't help but ask Zeng Jia, "Why are you asking this?"

Zeng Jia didn't hide anything and said directly, "I want to participate in the investment and make it our company's flagship project!"

Yang Mi thought for a moment, then said seriously, "I think it's impossible..."

"why?"

"Spark Studio has no shortage of investment..."

What if you talk to him about it?

"...Why should I look for him?"

Zeng Jia replied matter-of-factly, "You have a share in the company too!"

Yang Mi retorted, "I can invest personally, so why should I invest in the company's name? Just like this time when I received my share of the profits, I signed the contract in my own name!"

Zeng Jia was surprised: "You're not going to give your salary to the company this time?"

Yang Mi shook her head: "The fees for the five films I signed before were already factored in..."

(End of this chapter)