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

Chapter 594 Honey (23)

In the original timeline, the appearance of the term "tap water" was accompanied by the box office miracle of "Monkey King: Hero Is Back"!

The main reason is that audiences have had enough of this kind of garbage—Hollywood Adventures, Forever Young, Monk Comes Down the Mountain, and Tiny Times 4, four bad movies in a row…

Audiences are engaging in "revenge viewing"!
Why is there tap water?

1. Psychological backlash against the long-standing and widespread "give one star to all domestic films" rhetoric on Douban and other forums;
2. While recognizing the backwardness of domestic films, we believe that domestic films can improve. We also believe that ordinary moviegoers should bear the responsibility of promoting the progress of films, and we are willing to give domestic films that we consider relatively good a rating higher than their actual level as encouragement.

3. Based on point 2, extreme dissatisfaction with trashy films like "Tiny Times," which "drive out good with bad" and hinder the progress of domestic films;

4. Based on points 2 and 3, it is argued that even if domestic films are not as good as foreign films, they should still be categorized into different levels, with filmgoers giving critical acclaim and box office recognition to films that show improvement…

Then… the positive word-of-mouth surrounding "Lost and Love" generated organic buzz…

Of course, during the initial promotion, they definitely hired a group of online trolls and a marketing team...

Hiring online trolls for marketing is a perfectly common practice for movies.

Think about it, even a simple campus event requires hiring online trolls to boost votes and positive reviews, let alone a commercial film. It would be illogical not to hire online trolls...

The term "internet trolls" is not necessarily a derogatory term; it is the internet trolls of trashy movies that are the target of criticism.

Fortunately, "Lost and Love" is an excellent film!
Moreover, there are a lot of viewers who dislike "Tiny Times 3"...

Tap water, first and foremost, is for the mainstream movie audience…

At least we need a reserve audience!

Besides being of high quality, a film that can generate widespread positive word-of-mouth also needs a highly cohesive group of viewers…

Coincidentally, viewers who disliked "Tiny Times 3" spontaneously organized themselves...

Supporting "Lost and Love," and let's also criticize "Tiny Times 3"...

They felt they were doing something meaningful!

Then, the criticism of "Tiny Times 3" went viral...

Actually, to be honest, "Tiny Times 3" couldn't have come up with anything new...

What new terms can you come up with to criticize a bad movie?

When the first "Tiny Times" film was released, it was already widely criticized—for its excessive fantasy and exaggeration, the soulless characters who didn't speak or act like human beings, and were just symbolic labels and assumptions. The story was terribly fragmented, strung together with pretentious monologues and voice-overs…

Or perhaps it's a case of 'flashy, extravagant, and empty values,' or 'most bad movies are like chocolate that tastes like shit, but is essentially chocolate; this film is like chocolate-flavored shit, though it's packaged like chocolate, it's actually a pile of pure shit.'

What else can you say to me?
Okay, I underestimated the imagination of netizens. For example, this comment: "Going to see this movie in the cinema was nerve-wracking, I was afraid of being caught by my friends, it felt like being caught soliciting prostitution," and "The product placement is so bad—a group of so-called socialites find lawyers through 58.com, I really want to say what the hell this is…"

I also know many people who don't come from wealthy backgrounds, but they pursue the right to be equal in big cities. Some of them haven't forgotten their origins and remain humble and ordinary.
But some people are ambitious and try hard to package themselves to completely abandon their past. These people often overdo it; there's a Cantonese saying, "they smell of mud on their feet," which describes this type of person. They pursue external glamour while forgetting inner cultivation, and this muddy smell can never be washed away. Mr. Guo is such a person.

Oh, post-production on "Burning" is finished. Shen Yan had that staff member send it directly to the Venice Film Festival...

So, he has time to look at these things!

……

Shen Yan came to visit the set in Hengdian to talk to her about the progress of "Eternal Love"...

Yang Mi is currently filming "The Four Great Constables".

Two days ago, she sent Shen Yan her work schedule, which stunned Shen Yan—three movies: "Women Who Know How to Flirt Are the Luckiest," "But Always," and "A Long Way to Go with Anthony."
Three TV dramas: "Eternal Love," "The Strategy of a Commoner's Daughter," and "I Love My Male Babysitter"...

This is just the workload for one year!
I'm really curious...

How did she manage to schedule her time?

"I Love My Male Nanny... was directed by Zhang Xiaobo. I especially love his film 'The Big Girl Gets Married'..."

"That was directed by Sun Hao!"

"I know, but he co-directed 'The Bachelor' with director Sun Hao!"

"What about 'The Strategy of a Concubine's Daughter'?"

"A domestic drama...it's a variation of a palace drama. Yang Siwei analyzed it with me, and she thinks this drama has potential! What do you think?" "It should have potential!"

"The Strategy of a Concubine's Daughter" was later renamed "The Sword and the Brocade," a period drama about family intrigue. The female lead was of low social status and married her brother-in-law's second wife... It was very feudal and outdated, but it still garnered considerable popularity and viewership.

It seems Yang Siwei isn't entirely without vision!

Actually, Yang Mi... has been feeling quite frustrated lately.

Her two films this year, "More Than Blue" and "More Than Blue", received a 5.2 rating on Douban and grossed 6.87 million yuan.
"Tiny Times 3" has a Douban rating of 5.1 and grossed over 400 million yuan in its first seven days of release.

A large number of haters have appeared!

When Shen Yan met her, before they even started talking about "Three Lives Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms," she sat down and immediately complained, "I don't understand. I've already said this is just a fan movie, so why is everyone still targeting me?"

"Who made you the most popular!"

"...Did you direct the film 'Lost and Love'?"

Shen Yan quickly waved his hand: "I only provided a reference, and was given the titles of planner and producer..."

"Why didn't you cast me in such a profound film?"

"No, who could you possibly play in 'Lost and Found'? Besides, you've never even had a child, how could you possibly understand that kind of pain?"

Yang Mi rolled her eyes at him: "I've never given birth, I've never been a daughter!"

"Fine, you always have a point!"

Yang Mi put her feet on his thighs, then deliberately stretched and said, "The movies they've been offering me lately, I'm too lazy to even read the scripts... They're terrible!"

"Then let's make a TV series!"

"Can't you help me?"

Shen Yan was speechless, glanced at her and said, "...I haven't helped you enough... 'Your Wedding' is a standard chick flick, with a box office of at least 500 million, I'll give it to you!"

"Why didn't you contact me for 'Burning'? You've never approached me for any of your films!"

Uh…it seems to be true!

Shen Yan subconsciously excludes Yang Mi from his movies, both those he stars in and those he directs…

There's no reason...

Isn't Yang Mi his favorite?

“The main problem is that there aren’t any suitable roles,” Shen Yan counted on his fingers. “Next year I’m going to act in two movies. One is ‘Life’s Big Events,’ which focuses on the funeral industry. I’ll play a funeral director, and the female lead is a child… an orphan. The other is ‘Zhou Chu Eliminates the Three Evils’… a violent crime film!”

"Zhou Chu Eliminates the Three Evils?"

"Fugitive Chen Guilin thought his life was about to end, so he decided to take down the two most wanted criminals on the list ahead of him and make a name for himself... It's a very violent movie!"

After thinking for a moment, Shen Yan added, "...There's a female character in 'Zhou Chu Eliminates the Three Evils'..."

"I'll act it!"

"That character is quite pitiful; she's practically a sex slave!"

"what?"

Shen Yan briefly described Xiao Mei's character, adding at the end, "This character is more of a plaything and assistant..."

Why create such a character?

"To satisfy the audience's curiosity... would you still act?"

"play!"

"Then... let's try it out!"

(End of this chapter)