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

Chapter 520 Parent-Child Relationships, I think it's worth a try! (23)

Shen Yan only has time to browse Weibo after work each day…

Most of the time, he stayed with the film crew.

By the way, Shishi stayed for half a month.

She's going to film "One Servant, Two Masters," co-starring with Zhang Jiayi and Yan Ni...

A lot of pressure!

This role was recommended to her by Gai Lili, the wife of the owner of New Classics Media, which was a co-producer of "Northeast Lover"...

That's how the relationship developed.

Shi Shi has always wanted to try a slice-of-life drama, and "One Servant, Two Masters" is just the right choice...

As for the originally planned female lead, Jiang Shuying, well, I'm sorry to say...

After all, Shishi's popularity speaks for itself!

Moreover, Shi Shi comes with her own fashion designer—the previous production by New Classics Media, "Hot Mom!", was widely despised. Sun Li played Xia Bing, a fashion magazine editor at the forefront of trends, sporting a middle-aged woman's perm and a passion for colorful-framed sunglasses and high-saturation fluorescent color-blocking outfits…

So incredibly tacky!
Later, showing off wealth on screen was no longer allowed!

So much so that in recent years, the only memorable image that reeks of money is the group photo of wealthy women carrying Hermès bags in the TV series "Nothing But Thirty"...

This thing is far superior to "Tiny Times," let alone "My Love from the Star" and "Love Through a Millennium"!
Shi Shi has a fixed team of clothing and stylist designers—all of whom are tied to her endorsements.

After she left, Shen Yan didn't feel too much reluctance.

In a sense, I've gotten used to it!
As for the neighboring drama "Swords of Legends"... Yang Mi appears and disappears mysteriously—during the agreed three-month filming period, she always takes leave to attend commercial activities, making it difficult for the crew to even see her, let alone Shen Yan.

So, in his spare time, Shen Yan either scrolls through Weibo or has meals with the other actors from the film crew…

Xiangshan has a lot of seafood, including small yellow croaker, East China Sea white pomfret, ribbonfish, wild bamboo shrimp, squid with roe, and abalone...

There hasn't been any major news in the industry lately.

Well, on October 27th, "Goodbye Mr. Loser" surpassed 16.6 billion yuan at the box office after 31 days in theaters, officially becoming the highest-grossing Chinese film in history. That's news.

The production team decided to throw a celebration banquet for Shen Teng…

It's really just an excuse to embezzle public funds for meals!

The previous gatherings were also paid for with public funds—meal allowances for the actors and directors…

The Martian was, after all, a legitimate film crew, and there was a meal allowance—basically 500 yuan per actor per day, and 200 yuan per assistant for other staff…

If we can't finish the food, we'll have a group meal together!
Once all the actors had arrived, Guo Fan said, "Don't drink baijiu (Chinese liquor), we have to film tomorrow... let's just have some beer!"

"Row!"

"Then let's congratulate Brother Teng..."

Congratulations, Brother Teng!

A group of people raised their glasses... well, actually there were fewer than 20 people...

After a few drinks, the group started chatting.

The recent divorce of Wendy Deng has been making headlines!
"I heard Wendy Deng and Rupert Murdoch are getting a divorce!"

"That closes one of the avenues for Chinese actresses to break into Hollywood..."

"I heard that Wendy Deng is a madam, is that true?"

"What madam? They call her a middleman..."

It is said, just said...

However, for a time, anyone wanting to break into Hollywood had to get in touch with Wendy Deng. If you dig deeper, you'll find she was very close to Michelle Yeoh, and both of them had been involved in some international pimping operations... "Does Brother Yan know her?"

“We’ve met before,” Shen Yan nodded. “She came to the premiere of ‘The Beauty Inside’…”

"and then?"

"Back then, I hadn't reached that level yet; I was just a small-time actor..."

"What about your investments in Hollywood?"

“I only make independent films, and I have nothing to do with 20th Century Fox…” After a pause, Shen Yan added, “These days, major Hollywood studios only do big projects worth over $50 million. They don’t invest in medium- or low-budget films!”

"Not making money?"

"It's not that it doesn't make money... it just makes less. For example, Iron Man 3 grossed $12.6 billion worldwide. In comparison, would a medium-budget film, even if it does very well at the box office, make more money than Iron Man 3? Obviously not!"

"Hollywood is now in the era of professional managers. They don't care about art or anything else, they only care about making money! Remakes and IP adaptations are starting to replace original films as the mainstream of Hollywood creation... Now, only Nolan, David Fincher, and Quentin Tarantino can get the director's rights to original films... It's too difficult for other independent films to get investment!"

Guo Fan interjected: "Cinematic Universe!"

“Yes!” Shen Yan nodded: “Marvel has the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Warner Bros. has the DC Extended Universe…and then Universal is going to release the Dark Universe, and Paramount is also preparing to make the Hasbro Cinematic Universe…In short, they are all series!”

What is the Dark Universe?

"Universal Pictures started with cut movies. They launched a large number of classic screen monster images such as Dracula, Frankenstein's monster, and werewolf. Now they want to combine these monsters into a worldview and form a cinematic universe. The first one is 'The Mummy,' starring Tom Cruise."

"The Mummy?"

Shen Yan nodded: "...Mm."

"How do you know it?"

“I read The Hollywood Reporter every week… After all, it’s the world’s largest film market, there must be things we can learn from it!”

Qin Hailu interjected, "Director Zhang Meng is preparing to shoot a zombie film called 'Guns and Roses'..."

"Filming a zombie movie in the country...I don't think that's very realistic!"

"Unrealistic?"

"I can't imagine how high-tech the zombies must be to be that even the People's Army can't handle!"

Qin Hailu thought for a moment and nodded: "...That's true..."

Guo Jingfei suddenly remembered something: "After Brother Teng became famous, didn't any projects come your way?"

"Yes, there are... mostly cameo roles..." Shen Teng said, "Director Ning Hao is preparing to film 'Playing with Fate,' and he wanted me to play a supporting role... Oh no, Director Zhang Yuan's 'There's a Kind' also invited me..."

Shen Teng has a good relationship with director Zhang Yuan and starred in his short film "Bed Relationship". That's why Shen Teng made a cameo appearance in "Lobster Cop".

As an aside, Li Xinyun, the director of "Lobster Cop," is Zhang Yuan's girlfriend.

It's said that this movie was basically directed by Zhang Yuan!
"Doesn't Happy Twist have any suitable movies for adaptation?"

"There are some... but I won't be playing the lead role!" Shen Teng said, "We have to give other people a chance!"

"Does Brother Yan have any ideas for making a new comedy film?"

“…No…” Shen Yan shook his head: “I’m not a professional comedian…”

Lei Jiayin asked curiously, "Haven't you thought about trying any roles?"

"I'd really like to try a father-son relationship in a comedy..." After thinking for a moment, Shen Yan said, "Brother Teng will play the son!"

"What?"

"...Yes, we could use the character structure of 'The New Brothers' to make a comedy... The male protagonist accidentally travels back 20 years and meets his father... We could also incorporate some gangster elements..."

(End of this chapter)