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

Chapter 517 Daily Life (23)

Zhao Liying's life experiences, along with her personal temperament and image, make her particularly suited to playing small-town girls...

Therefore, she acted very well in "Duckweed".

However, his performance in the following films wasn't as good...

As for acting skills…

Objectively speaking, Zhao Liying owes more than 90% of her current status to her incompetent colleagues.

My luck is off the charts! It's like the Purple Star has descended to earth!

He's born with fire in his destiny, and his peers bring him fire; you can't argue with that.

I imagine actresses born in the 75s must be feeling extremely disheartened looking at those born in the 85s, because the competition among actresses born in the 75s was beyond brutal...

She caught the wave of the internet celebrity era, where the quality of artists declined with each new generation, and everyone was slacking off and being lazy…

Logically, the higher you go, the more talented and hardworking people you become.

However, her luck lies in the fact that this is an era that breaks with convention; the higher you go, the more people falter, which only highlights her value.

Actresses born in 85 are a generation that doesn't need to talk about acting skills.

They didn't start out based on acting skills, nor did they have many opportunities to hone their acting abilities...

These people are now successful celebrities, living in the self-hypnosis of their fans, each one so incompetent yet still the most marketable artists.

However, she really doesn't have much talent...

Compare this to Baoqiang, who is also a grassroots actor from the countryside.

It also has a very strong appeal to the audience.

If Baoqiang had even half of her talent and half of her acting skills, she would have been the number one actress born in the 85s!

Upon hearing Shen Yan's suggestion, Zhao Liying became very interested: "What's wrong? Are you going to promote me?"

“Yes…” Shen Yan nodded: “You’re clearly on the rise right now, but you haven’t reached the top yet. The maximum salary for signing a contract for five films is only 300 million…”

"Then why don't you sign a film contract with Shi Shi?"

“Shi Shi is different… I usually show her a good script first when I receive one. If she thinks it’s good, then I’ll start the project right away!”

“That’s true,” Zhao Liying said, “She’s your girlfriend.”

Shen Yan nodded, then, as if remembering something, asked, "Shi Shi, do you care about the box office?"

"Of course I care!"

"You must care a lot about Yang Mi's title as the box office queen, right?"

“…Thank goodness,” Shi Shi remembered something: “Didn’t you say that actresses can’t carry a box office?”

"Yes!"

"Then why does Yang Mi have a box office of 50 billion?"

"...50 billion?"

Zhao Liying reminded everyone: "Plus 'Painted Skin 2'..."

"In *Painted Skin 2*, she only played a supporting role. Is that considered a major role?" Shen Yan paused, then continued, "In the century since cinema was founded, there's never been a concept of actresses carrying the box office. Even Audrey Hepburn in *Roman Holiday* and Vivien Leigh in *Gone with the Wind*, the main focus when the projects were greenlit was on the male leads, Gregory Peck and Clark Gable, because the two female leads were newcomers at the time, and they didn't have box office appeal..."

"During the golden age of Hong Kong cinema, the box office was carried by 'two Chows, one Jackie Chan and one Jay Chou,' as well as John Woo, Tsui Hark, and Wong Jing."

"Wow? There were so many actresses back then!"

"If you look through them, you'll see that the highest-grossing films in their acting careers featured Jackie Chan, Li Lianjie, Stephen Chow, and Chow Yun-fat as the main box office draws, and the directors were John Woo, Tsui Hark, and Wong Jing."

Among actresses, only Brigitte Lin has box office appeal... her martial arts films were very popular for a time!

What about Hollywood?

"Hollywood... Julia Roberts, Cameron Diaz, Sandra Bullock, and Angelina Jolie... These four have earned over $2000 million per film, either through romantic comedies or action movies... But now romantic comedies are no longer popular, that track is completely blocked... Action movies aren't doing so well either, only comedy movies are still going strong."

"comedy?"

"Yes... Mary and Jaring..."

Zhao Liying immediately asked, "Can I...can I act in comedy?"

"Sheng, Dan, Jing, Mo, Chou. According to this classification, female comedians are clowns, and most comedies use ugliness in a broad sense to highlight beauty."

If you make an actress ugly, and ugly in every way, it will be very difficult for her to become beautiful again.

"…Why?"

"On the one hand, the audience doesn't accept it; on the other hand, she herself is resistant..."

……

After chatting for a while, Zhao Liying returned to her room, leaving Shen Yan and Shi Shi alone. Shi Shi had recently gone on a trip, bringing her best friends Liu Xinyou and Ye Qing…

I spent half a month traveling in Southeast Asia!
Yes, I have plenty of energy.

Brother Yan hasn't fired a shot in almost half a month...

Dry wood and a raging fire, ready to ignite at any moment...

However, Shen Yan was quite surprised that Shi Shi had actually learned several new things…

She was a dancer herself, with a background in dance, but she just wasn't willing to learn before.

I might be feeling a bit of a rush lately.

After all, Shen Yan is really a hot commodity right now...

Producer, executive producer, screenwriter, director, actor... He's proficient in several fields, and most importantly, he has an accurate eye for talent, like a Midas touch. If he says a movie will be a big hit, it definitely will be!
Although Shishi wasn't very involved in the entertainment industry, she had still heard about it...

In the world of fame and fortune, whoever can make money is the boss!

Although Shen Yan doesn't go to nightclubs and rarely attends so-called industry gatherings, there are just too many women throwing themselves at him...

It's normal to be a little worried!
It took me half the night to sort it out...

I simply changed rooms to sleep in.

……

At 7:30 in the morning, Shen Yan got up...

The film crew starts work at nine o'clock. If you drive, it takes about twenty minutes to get to the film set.

When Shi Shi wasn't there, Shen Yan would usually go to the film set to have breakfast and discuss the day's shooting with the photography crew.

Once your girlfriend arrives, you won't need to do this anymore.

After washing up, Shen Yan changed into clean clothes and went to the living room... Shi Shi had already set out breakfast.

"Have a glass of milk first!"

"it is good!"

Taking the milk, Shen Yan drank it all in one gulp, then sat down to eat the rest of the food. Then, remembering something, he asked, "Is Southeast Asia fun?"

"...Actually, we just lay on the beach, occasionally went scuba diving, there wasn't much fun, it felt pretty much the same as Sanya!"

"When I was on tour before, I hired a local translator, and he also said that tourism in Southeast Asia is basically all about seascapes..."

Shen Yan wasn't telling the truth; the translator had also described many fancy tricks...

After all, Southeast Asia is known as the backyard of white men!
That area is quite developed.

There are even dedicated tourist routes.

Of course, Shen Yan definitely doesn't need this kind of service...

How much longer will it take you to make this movie?

"...There are still about two months left, what's wrong?"

"So you'll finish filming this movie and then go film 'Boss & Me'?"

Shen Yan nodded: "Yeah, playing a domineering CEO will be a two-month break..."

"I want to act in idol dramas too!"

"...After a while, once 'Legend of Fei' is finished filming, I'll find an idol drama script, and we'll film it together!"

"Ok!"

Shi Shi nodded happily.

What acting roles are you planning to take on next?

"...I get a lot of offers...but they're mostly for youth dramas featuring school beauties!"

"That's normal, youth films are all the rage right now!"

"But I feel like I can't play the role... I'm already 26, and playing a high school student again feels like I'm trying to look young, and the plot... I don't enjoy watching it!"

What show?

""Left Ear"..."

Upon hearing the film title, Shen Yan immediately understood: "That's a problem with the movie, not with you!"

"But I've seen 'The Left Ear' before... and I thought it was pretty good back then..."

(End of this chapter)