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

Chapter 526 The Creative System of Art City? (23)

Xiaohua's accusation against her grandfather is the same as Alang's accusation against his father: "My father is a test pilot. I never met him when I was a child. He didn't even come to such an important event as my wedding."

They are indeed quite similar. Ah Zheng was imprisoned for six years, and Ah Lang never met his father.

However, when Xiaohua was holding Azheng, who was covered in blood, she saw three J-10 fighter jets in the sky—a wedding gift from her father.

Like the pager that Ah Zheng left for Xiao Hua and her son: a cheap yet profound fatherly love.

Ah Lang found a suitable excuse for his father's mistakes—for the sake of brotherhood.

Forgiveness and acceptance; after many years, father and son have become like brothers.

In A Lang's eyes, his father in his youth was a free spirit.

He has a group of brothers who have been through thick and thin with him, and women he has known since childhood and with whom he is engaged.

When my father, Ah Zheng, was young, he must have been chivalrous and had talked about some unrealistic ideals: "I would sing in the dance hall and take a bath in the sauna."

Of course, these are all Xu Tailang's imagination. He imagines his father as a chivalrous rural Batman and his mother as a gentle and capable virtuous wife and mother.

This is the most beautiful home he could imagine.

Even in dreams, many things cannot go as planned!

Ah Lang and Ah Zheng made a pact: "No trouble for the next few months."

I will take care of your wedding.

"After you have a child, never kick him in the face."

But after Liu Yi was killed, it was still him who got into the car and took his father to seek revenge.

As for the mother…

She is mature and tactful in her dealings with people, and can switch between various roles with ease.

She pouts like a young girl in front of her lover, wanting Ah Zheng to praise her acting skills.

She would also hug Ah Zheng when he failed in his business and comfort him, saying, "It's okay, it's okay, I'll take care of you~"

She was much more mature than Ah Zheng; she was both a well-behaved and sensible lover and a mature and intellectual mother.

She knew that although Zheng was four years older than her, he was still like a reckless teenager at heart.

She knew that Ah Zheng had plenty of passion and ideals but lacked business acumen, yet she was still willing to share his joy when he was successful and his comeback when he was down.

She will protect the little boy who never grows up in his heart!

So, where would such a woman exist?

They were all images of the perfect mother that Ah Lang had imagined.

Since it's fantasy, then it doesn't concern itself with realistic logic...

Look, Shen Teng may not have money, but he can still change his clothes, and he knows where he lives and how he makes a living.
None of this has been explained!
This results in the entire movie actually being quite small...

There was almost no major dramatic conflict...

It's just a story of the cringeworthy days in a small town!
It's very easy to shoot...

Yan Fei was in charge of Group 1, focusing on the main scenes starring Shen Teng and Shen Yan; Peng Damo was in charge of Group 2, covering Luo Li's storyline; and there was also a separate group dedicated to shooting outdoor scenes…

You might need to use it during post-production editing!
Proceeding in an orderly manner…

The entire crew didn't need a break-in period at all—they were directly transferred from the "The Martian" crew.

The filming process naturally proceeded quickly...

There were only 1600 shots in total, but more than 600 were shot in just over ten days!

……

"Actually, I originally designed the character Jiayi to say that Jiayi raised Xu Tailang... But that would be too melodramatic. Wouldn't that tell the audience that she likes Xu Zhengtai? That would be unfair to Xiaohua and Jiayi: 'I treat you as my best friend, but you only want to steal my man, you green tea girl?'"

"Let's keep it mysterious and say you're obsessed with the songstresses in nightclubs..."

During the dinner party, Shen Yan explained the character settings.

"Furthermore, Xu Tailang doesn't know Jiayi, which is hard to explain!"

“Yes…” After chatting for a while, Li Guangjie asked, “What about Huang Zhiqiang?”

"Villain, when we film your scene tomorrow, remember to speak with a strong Hong Kong accent!"

"Hong Kong accent?"

"Ideally, with a Cantonese accent, maybe even a few Cantonese phrases..."

Li Guangjie nodded: "Okay!"

"I feel so sorry for Luo Li!"

Shen Yan nodded: "...Loves his wife, follows the rules...is ambitious, and very trendy!"

He loves his wife, that goes without saying; he follows the rules: he doesn't tie up women or children; he's ambitious: he wants to transition into politics and business in the future…

"Trendy?"

"You were already taking your wife to have sex in a car back in '98, wasn't that trendy enough?"

"...Why did his wife get together with Huang Zhiqiang?"

"The characters' helplessness..."

Shen Yan glanced at Zhao Liying: "Who are you messaging?"

"Your girlfriend..." Zhao Liying blurted out without thinking, then realized something and quickly corrected herself, "No... I mean your on-screen girlfriend..."

"Alright, no need to explain, we're all on the same side!" Shen Yan waved his hand: "What are you talking about? 'Northeast Lover' did well at the box office today, 4100 million, directly suppressing 'Storm,' 'The Four 2,' and 'No Man's Land'!"

"It was mainly the theaters that supported us, giving us 35% of the screenings..."

"You can't say that. When 'No Man's Land' was released, theaters gave it 38% of the screenings!"

"...I'm just being modest!"

A lot of people online are amazed by Shi Shi's influence—she actually managed to get Sun Honglei involved!

You should know that Sun Honglei is a notorious box office poison.

The box office for "Border Town" did not reach 2500 million;
Drug War grossed 1.1 million yuan, but was crushed by the combined efforts of Finding Mr. Right and Blind.

The subsequent film, *Silent Witness*, received rave reviews, but its box office revenue still didn't reach 200 million...

You should know that we're now in the era of billion-dollar box office revenue.

A star doesn't deserve to be called a celebrity if they don't have at least one movie that grossed over a billion yuan!

However, "Northeast Love Brother" only received a 6.8 rating...

Well… that’s normal. It’s a very cliché story: a man falls in love with a woman, and then the man gets cancer and dies…

It's all thanks to the actors' acting skills!

Or rather, it's all thanks to Sun Honglei's acting skills.

Lei Jiayin suddenly remembered something: "By the way, Brother Yan, I heard your company is going to film 'Northeast Police Story,' and Brother Hong Lei is the male lead?"

Shen Yan nodded: "Yeah, it's an action-packed movie that imitates 'Police Story' and 'The Big Shot'. I feel that Hong Lei's image is very suitable for playing a single-minded policeman... and he's very responsible. I heard he's been working on building muscle recently!"

"Building muscle?"

"If you're interested, you can join us... just think of it as experiencing an action movie. The director is Lu Yang, and I even found two assistant directors from Galaxy Impression to help out!"

Guo Jingfei scratched his head: "Director Lu Yang...we don't know each other!"

Shen Yan waved his hand: "We're all buddies. He, Guo Fan, Rao Xiaozhi, and Han Yan all rent office space near our company... We share resources when we're working on the script..."

Yan Fei: "Is it somewhat similar to the Cinema City creative system?"

“No, not exactly…” Shen Yan thought for a moment and then said, “Although Cinema City is a collective project, the profits aren’t split among all employees… We keep the accounts separate when we work on a project… to avoid disputes later…”

This is true!
Cinema City went bankrupt one after another because of unequal revenue sharing...

Shen Yan will definitely learn from this lesson.

The project is made public, and the profits are split among the respective investors according to their investment costs!
(End of this chapter)