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

Chapter 553 Interested in participating in a reality show? (44)

"Stop playing on your phone and eat something!"

In the hotel restaurant, Shen Yan ate breakfast while greeting Zhao Liying…

The latter is browsing Weibo!

"Let me see if there are any movies that are criticizing us!"

"Of course there are...I could find a whole bunch of flaws myself,"

Shen Yan casually remarked, "The humor is awkward, the plot is illogical, and I don't understand what this movie is trying to express..."

"Yes, what are you trying to say?"

"I don't want to express anything, I just want to play Shen Teng's father!"

Shen Yan waved his hand: "A qualified film script is generally composed of two types of material. One is unstructured material, which strives for resonance through authenticity; the other is structured material, which tells the story through metaphors of values. Therefore, from a film perspective, 'Duckweed' only has emotions and no structure... so it is not a good film!"

"Then why are you still filming?"

"...I find it interesting!"

Shen Yan waved his hand: "For me, when it comes to making movies, there's only one thing I need to consider!"

"What's the matter?"

Do you like it or not?

Zhao Liying immediately asked, "So you mean that many directors actually don't like the movies they make?"

Shen Yan asked in surprise, "There's a term in the film and television industry called 'professional work,' haven't you heard of it?"

"Uh…"

"The term 'going through the motions' means treating the film and television creation process like clocking in and out at work: standardized production, professional attitude, and then leaving. Most Hong Kong TV drama directors have this mentality; they come from TVB and have long since honed their skills… clock in and clock out on time…"

"Then why not find a class to attend?"

"Maybe it started out because of passion..."

Zhao Liying nodded thoughtfully: "It seems I also need to take a break for a while."

"What are you taking a break for? We still have to go back to the 'Boss & Me' set to film in five days!"

Zhao Liying immediately replied, "...I was just saying it offhand!"

"By the way, is there any role you'd like to challenge yourself with?"

"What's wrong?"

"You've signed on for five movies. 'Duckweed' is just the first one; there are still four more to go!"

Zhao Liying thought for a moment, then said, "...I want to play a powerful businesswoman, an independent woman."

"Are you trying to make things difficult for me?!" Shen Yan rolled her eyes. "You're at your age to play a powerful businesswoman? And then get married first and fall in love later?"

"...Then you can arrange it as you see fit, I won't be picky."

Shen Yan glanced at her, then remembered a movie—"Cell Phone," adapted from "Perfect Strangers"...

Mary's character in the film is a strong, independent woman!

The original version is about homosexuality…

This was a brief discussion about the difficulties women face in the workplace!

Many people have commented on the adaptation of "Call Me By Your Name": it is a textbook example of "removing the essence and keeping the dross", turning a film that explores human nature into a comedy with no depth or meaning.

Is it possible that... they only wanted to make a comedy from the beginning?
What kind of discussion is this about human nature?!

In the Chinese film market, do you still want to explore human nature?
"What are you looking at?"

“Strong woman…” Shen Yan said, “Have you ever heard of a game called mobile open-world game?”

"What?"

"Let's assume there are 7 people, all good friends, having dinner together. Someone suggests playing a game where everyone's phones are exposed: sharing every text message, phone call, and pop-up message they received that night with everyone present... and then the story that unfolds!"

Shen Yan briefly described the characters: two couples, a pair of lovers, and a strong, independent woman…

“Now that the characters are decided, the story is simple…it revolves around them…” “Tsk tsk…” Zhao Liying said, “…How is your brain structured?”

"What's the matter?"

"How could you possibly have thought of such a story?"

"...I'm a screenwriter by training..."

……

Actually, "Duckweed" didn't receive particularly good reviews, scoring 7.2 on Douban and only 6.8 on Mtime...

Because this film isn't cinematic enough!

The biggest problem is—reconciliation between father and son…

Why did they reach a settlement?

There is no reason.

Upon traveling back in time, he became his father's best friend, joined his father's small gang, and then fought, drank, and boasted with his father...

But the Spring Festival film season...

Sometimes you don't need to get 100 points; you just need your competitors to fail.

"Duckweed" really chose a good release date. Compared to other films released during the same period, it's really unwatchable. At least this film is watchable.

"Xu Tailang was merely an observer, experiencing his father's youth firsthand... He couldn't change anything..."

"As for the town's lack of connection with the outside world... that's just his dream."

During the roadshow, Shen Yan answered many questions from the audience.

"The entire story after the time travel is half true and half false, containing both dreams and reality. In fact, removing Xu Tailang from the story would not change anyone's fate. Putting Xu Tailang into the story, although he disagrees with Xu Zhengtai on many things, he does not affect every decision Xu Zhengtai makes that concerns his fate. There are even very few arguments; instead, he provides more off-screen commentary."

"Does anyone else have any questions?"

Then a man wearing glasses stood up angrily: "Why are you bashing programmers?"

Shen Yan was stunned for a moment: "Huh? No!"

"The ultimate test set by the young boy was passed by only one person besides the protagonist: an idiot and a programmer... Isn't this a smear campaign against programmers?"

The group of people were both amused and exasperated. Shen Yan quickly explained, "I was praising the programmer for his noble character!"

……

The promotional tour for "Duckweed" actually only lasted five days...

The main characters are Shen Yan, Zhao Liying, and the character "Shan Shan Comes" who need to be filmed.

Of course, the subsequent promotion will mainly rely on Shen Teng and the other actors.

Lei Jiayin, Guo Jingfei, Li Guangjie, Dilraba Dilmurat, and Chen Yao all came!

The promotion of a blockbuster movie attracts a lot of attention and media exposure.

After several rounds of promotion, many people now know your name!

The box office figures for "Duckweed" in the five days following its release were 1.4 million, 1.3 million, 1.2 million, and 1.1 million respectively, and 1.24 million on the seventh day of the Lunar New Year!
It grossed 9.64 million yuan in 7 days.

The total box office for the entire Spring Festival film season was 19.89 billion yuan, with "Duckweed" accounting for nearly half of it…

Then there's "The Monkey King" with 3.34 million, "Where Are We Going, Dad?" with 2.96 million, and "From Vegas to Macau" with 1.89 million...

As for the fact that "Ex-Files" didn't even reach the box office of "Frozen" after two days of release—the latter grossed 3574 million yuan in two days, while "Ex-Files" grossed 3553 million yuan in seven days…

As an aside, Frozen grossed a staggering $13.06 billion worldwide, and Elsa and Anna's princess dresses are star products among Frozen merchandise. In the first fiscal year after Frozen's release, Disney's related merchandise business generated $50 billion in sales…

That's right, Disney has already made a fortune just from selling dresses.

Ma Yun entered the film and television industry because she saw the huge market for derivative products—estimated to be at least 3000 billion yuan!
Of course, so far, very few works have been developed into corresponding derivative products.

After the seventh day of the Lunar New Year, Shen Yan and Zhao Liying prepared to say goodbye to the cast and crew—they were about to return to Hengdian to film "Boss & Me"...

Suddenly, something came to mind: "Brother Teng, would you be interested in doing a reality show?"

(End of this chapter)