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

Chapter 576 Wan Qian (44)

Shanghai International Film Festival…

Shen Yan has come three times already!
The first time they came, they were simply promoting the movie and didn't leave any famous quotes.

The second time, he directly confronted Manfred Wong!

The third time, they directly criticized the organizers... and the "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" painting;
One person accounted for most of the media exposure at the Shanghai International Film Festival…

Of course, it was also because of him that the Shanghai International Film Festival gained a reputation.

This year's Shanghai International Film Festival is preparing to hold a high-level forum and has invited a group of big names...

Currently, the Chinese film industry has formed a pattern of five major, two minor, and one studio. The so-called five major refers to the five major film production companies, including Bona Film Group, Huayi Brothers, Wanda Pictures, Enlight Media, and Le Vision Pictures.

Two small companies: Edko Films and Emperor Motion Pictures;
Studio One, of course, refers to Spark Studio!
For the past two years, Studio One has held the top spot in box office share, and judging from the current situation, it will most likely remain number one this year…

But Wanda is the richest, and its cinema chain has become the largest in the country.

Although Huayi Brothers fell behind in this quiet transformation and proposed a "de-filmization" development strategy, and despite its rapidly declining market share in the film industry, it still maintained strong profitability at the listed company level, ranking first among film and television listed companies last year with a net profit of 9.8 million yuan…

Close collaboration with Hong Kong filmmakers is a hallmark of Bona Film Group, earning it the nickname "bridgehead of Hong Kong films." However, the Hong Kong film market has been performing poorly in recent years. Last month's "Overheard 3" boasted a star-studded cast, including Louis Koo, Sean Lau, Daniel Wu, Zhou Xun, Alex Fong, Michelle Ye, and Huang Lei…

However, the final market performance did not meet expectations—the final box office barely exceeded 3 million…

The last of the five major companies, LeTV, beat BAT (Baidu, Alibaba, Tencent) to the punch by proposing the slogan of an internet film and television company. It also took over from Zhang Yimou from New Pictures, with Zhang Yimou on the left and Guo Jingming on the right.

Oh, the biggest highlights of this year's Shanghai International Film Festival were actually Guo Jingming promoting "Tiny Times 3" and Han Han promoting his debut film "The Continent"...

The film "The Continent" used Shen Yan's song "The Continent" as its ending theme song and promotional song of the same name...

However, it was completely outclassed by "The Ordinary Road"...

Pu Shu is truly amazing – "Life is Like a Summer Flower".

The phrase "Life is like a summer flower" comes from a line in Rabindranath Tagore's "Stray Birds": "Life is as brilliant as a summer flower, death as serene as an autumn leaf."

Summer flowers, flames, a fleeting glimpse—different kinds of beauty, yet equally short-lived, just like life itself.

He expanded on that sentence, and then came, 'I came from afar, and you happened to be here too, lingering in this world, captivated by its beauty…'

But "Life is Like Summer Flowers" was eleven years ago. That year, in 2003, Pu Shu was 30 years old. His album "Colorful Days" included "Life is Like Summer Flowers," which topped the Chinese music charts for six consecutive weeks!
Then, from 03 to 13, Pu Shu did not release any new songs.

One day in 2014, "The Ordinary Road" was released...

After ten years of silence, I have never been forgotten. With the release of this song, all those who love me have been awakened.

In the car, Shen Yan listened to "The Ordinary Road" several times, then posted on Weibo:

A pure Hip Hop rhythm track, with synthesizers driving the melody.

The song rises in a spiral from low to high, the chorus is quite pleasant to listen to, the overall melody is smooth, it's easy to listen to on repeat, and it's suitable for large-scale sing-alongs.

As a "popular song" in a broad sense, the melody of "The Ordinary Road" is flawless.

Compositional concept: Starting with a single instrument as the lead, other instruments are gradually added to build up the emotion, and finally the emotion explodes at the climax.

I quite like it. If I had to nitpick...

Oh well, no one's asking me to find fault with it!
Everyone should give it a listen, it's quite nice.

……

After arriving in Shanghai, Shen Yan first confirmed his itinerary with the organizers, and then went to find the crew of "Brotherhood of Blades"...

Lu Yang is under a lot of pressure! After all, there's another martial arts film airing at the same time – "The White-Haired Witch of Lunar Kingdom", directed by Zhang Zhiliang and starring Fan Xiaopang and Huang Xiaoming!
It can be described as top-of-the-line.

Not only "The Moon in Heaven," but also "The Four Great Constables: The Finale"...

Shen Yan laughed: "What's wrong? In terms of script, actors, or distribution team, in what way are we inferior to them?"

"...Fan Xiaopang..."

"Fan Xiaopang has already earned a reputation for making bad movies in the eyes of the audience... This has begun to drive away potential viewers..."

"The customer-driving effect?"

"It's because she's acted in too many bad movies, so when people see her, they subconsciously think it's a bad movie... Besides, Zhang Zhiliang doesn't know how to film martial arts movies at all!"

"I heard he was involved in 'Flying Swords of Dragon Gate'..."

"...You don't actually think 'Flying Swords of Dragon Gate' is a passable wuxia film, do you?"

One sentence shut Lu Yang up...

Yes, Flying Swords of Dragon Gate had a high box office, almost beating The Flowers of War, but... the plot of the whole movie was too stupid!

After thinking for a moment, Shen Yan said, "You should comfort Deng Chao more!"

"Brother Chao?" Lu Yang asked curiously, "What happened to him?"

"His self-directed and self-acted film 'The Magic Hour' was promoted for half a year and scheduled for release on June 27. Then, 'Transformers 4' announced that it would be released on June 27!"

"Pfft...haha," Lu Yang couldn't help but burst out laughing...

That's normal. Right now, the only Chinese-language film directly competing with Hollywood blockbusters is still *Transformers*...

Dead!
As the two were chatting, a woman walked over, and Lu Yang immediately said, "...Let me introduce you, this is Wan Qian!"

“I know,” Shen Yan nodded to Wan Qian, “I’ve seen your performance in ‘Liu Rushi,’ it was excellent!”

"Thanks…"

Wan Qian looked flattered...

"Liu Rushi," adapted from "The Biography of Liu Rushi" by Chen Yinque, a master of Chinese classical studies, was jointly produced by the Central Newsreel and Documentary Film Studio and the Changshu Municipal People's Government. It was one of the last films made on celluloid in China...

By the way, the actor who played Qian Qianyi, the leader of the literati, was Qin Han!

Liu Rushi was Qian Qianyi's concubine.

Qian Qianyi was that scholar whose "water was too cold"...

—With the Qing army about to capture Nanjing, Qian Qianyi decided to drown himself in a lake. However, he ultimately did not go into the water, explaining that the water was too cold.

Not only that, he was the first to surrender to the Qing army, and led the city's ministers to open the gates to welcome the Qing army commander Dodo. He was also the first scholar to shave his head, claiming that his scalp was itchy!
He even wrote letters to his relatives and friends to shave their heads, but was rebuked. His friends Yue Qijie and Yuan Shu, among others, vowed to die rather than surrender and eventually starved themselves to death.

Lu Yang continued, "She's playing Zhou Miaotong... the female lead this time!"

“It’s quite suitable,” Shen Yan nodded, then casually asked, “Was it Rao Xiaozhi who introduced you?”

"Yes...how did you know?"

“He mentioned it to me before, but there hasn’t been a suitable role yet…” Shen Yan said a little awkwardly, “But don’t worry, I’ll definitely contact you as soon as a suitable role comes along!”

"Haha, then I'll wait!"

(End of this chapter)