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

Chapter 618 First Live Broadcast (34)

At 7 a.m., Shen Yan got up and washed up.

I changed into a black formal suit, ate something, and told Shishi that I was going to do a live stream, and told her to behave herself and not to appear on camera.

At 7:50, Shen Yan opened Douyu TV and went directly into his live stream room.

I had already promoted it on Weibo, so many users came specifically because of it…

Approximately 300 million+.

It's estimated that it will increase further, but the retention rate depends on whether Shen Yan will pull any funny stunts...

The live stream started very quickly!
Shen Yan greeted the camera: "Hello, everyone, good evening, I'm Shen Yan!"

"...I'm currently in Telluride, a small town in the United States, here to attend the Telluride Film Festival..."

“I was invited here, and they reimbursed my travel expenses and gave me a bonus… Let me tell you, there are over 200 film festivals around the world. If you get into one film festival, other film festivals will invite your film, and then you can travel to various countries around the world for free.”

"Most A-list film festivals, such as the traditional European Big Three: Cannes, Berlin, and Venice, generally require that most of their competition sections be 'world premieres'... After participating in an A-list international film festival and failing to win a major award, you can continue to participate in a film festival in mainland China, for example. If that mainland Chinese film festival requires your film to be a 'Chinese premiere,' then it does not conflict with the aforementioned 'world premiere' requirement..."

"You can't hide it. If you try to deceive the film festival organizing committee by pretending that it has already had a 'world premiere' but not admitting it, you may be blacklisted by the film festival once you are discovered."

"Burning won three awards at the Venice Film Festival, and film festivals all over the world want to invite us to screen it... But it's already September, and most of the major film festivals have ended... After returning to China, we may screen it at the Busan International Film Festival and the Tokyo International Film Festival... It's also a kind of publicity."

Shen Yan spoke while reading fan comments and answering their questions…

"There are usually prizes, and the prize money is quite generous, ranging from $1500 to $10. The film festivals with the most generous prize money are the Abu Dhabi International Film Festival and the Gothenburg International Film Festival, one in the UAE and the other in Sweden..."

"Actually, the prize money for the Five-One Project Award in China is very high!"

"The prize money can reach up to 600 million yuan, and the Huabiao Award also has a high prize pool, starting at 100 million yuan!"

"Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards, Golden Horse Awards, Hong Kong Film Awards... I've never won any of them, how would I know about the prize money?"

"Just kidding... I won the Best Newcomer Award at the Hundred Flowers Awards, and the Hainan government gave me a prize of 500,000 yuan."

"Burning is bad... that's normal. It's not a genre film, nor is it an action movie. When filming, I didn't consider the audience's viewing experience; I just enjoyed myself... What's the point of making an art film if you don't enjoy yourself? So, it's understandable that many people don't like it!"

"I used a vague narrative; many things in this film are ambiguous from beginning to end. The relationship between reality and fantasy, and the boundary between fantasy and reality, are not so clear... I weakened the storyline through camera work, dialogue, and music, enhanced the sensory enjoyment of sight and sound, and then gave the audience ample room for imagination and self-creation..."

"From my personal perspective, filming 'Burning' was a very enjoyable experience... and the cost wasn't high, so I decided to do it!"

"The cost was less than 1500 million... the actors all took on low-paying roles, and I was the sole investor..."

"Initially, we predicted that the box office would be around 5000 million, so we had to prepare for the worst, such as not winning any awards or not being able to sell the copyright. In that case, the cost had to be controlled at around 1500 million!"

"Only by doing it this way can we break even." "Any form of cinematic art must pursue commercial returns, unless a big tap is handing over the money!"

……

After chatting about "Burning" for a while, Shen Yan brought up "Boss & Me" on his own initiative.

"I took on this role last year. I saw that I had a good relationship with Sister Zhao. After 'The Number,' I had been wanting to work with her again. It just so happened that Huace had a drama called 'Boss & Me' that they wanted to cast her. Our company has always cooperated with Huace... so I took the role!"

"I agreed to take on 'Boss & Me,' but I didn't like the original directing team, so they changed to Sha Weiqi's team... The previous one was from Taiwan and made some very offensive remarks..."

"You can check it online..."

“Let’s continue talking about ‘Boss & Me’… I took a look at the original novel, and it’s too short, only 6 words, and it’s mostly about domineering CEOs… But the foundation is very good, and the core plot includes light comedy elements such as ‘pig liver rice’ and ‘vegetable picker’… It’s very suitable to be made into a sweet romance drama!”

"Sweet romance dramas are different from regular idol dramas... I don't know if any of the people following my live stream are heads of major film and television companies, but let me briefly explain. So-called sweet romance dramas mainly focus on the emotional journey of the male and female protagonists, with a positive development and no twists and turns or hardships."

Its core appeal lies in "sweetness" and "pampering," showcasing the interactions between the male and female leads through "sweet moments" to ignite the audience's romantic feelings. Therefore, "Boss & Me" doesn't have a warm-hearted second male lead, nor a rich and beautiful second female lead... and certainly no suffocating mother-in-law...

"Of course, that's also why 'Boss & Me' only has 24 episodes. At first, they wanted to make Shan Shan's master the second male lead... but I didn't think it was necessary!"

"The second male lead was given a very clear-headed and realistic character... Li Guangjie even called me yesterday and said he wanted to treat me to dinner..."

Indeed, Li Guangjie's portrayal of Zhang Chenghao became his breakout role, with his constant refrains such as, "Even cattle and horses should have the awareness of cattle and horses, and leeks should have the ambition of leeks," "What's the difference between not slacking off at work and doing charity?", "I have no regrets about my salary!", and "If you work hard and strive, and the company uses you to the fullest, you can be a cattle and horse forever! If you're good at making PPTs, you'll always have PPTs to make!"

Of course, Zhang Chenghao is very capable and has a good network of contacts. His team is the model team for business in the entire Fengteng Company!
Capable of…

Shen Yan continued the live stream: "Why film TV dramas..."

"First of all, current shooting technology is advancing, and the playback clarity of streaming platforms is also improving. In the past, TV drama shooting hardware was poor, and the resolution was only the standard definition standard of 720*572 for TV stations. Now the clarity can reach 4K level!"

"With the improvement in clarity, hardcore TV series like 'Game of Thrones' are more popular all over the world... because people can see every detail clearly on their computers! If you have an old black and white TV... that resolution is simply not clear enough!"

"I remember in the old version of 'Romance of the Three Kingdoms,' the Battle of Red Cliffs involved an entire division that burned 72 ships, resulting in a large amount of footage just showing a ball of fire..."

"Advances in streaming platforms have spurred upgrades in television drama filming equipment... My Love from the Star used eight high-definition cameras, which is even more advanced than typical film shooting equipment!"

"Secondly, for us actors, good scripts and good projects are rare, especially film scripts. At my age, there are actually very few film scripts that are suitable for me... The script for 'Boss & Me' is good, and I would definitely be willing to take it!"

"Finally, there's the issue of salary... I've seen many self-media reports claiming that 'Shen Yan earned 6000 million yuan from just one 'Boss & Me'... That's bullshit!"

"My role in 'Boss & Me' was more of a guest appearance; I didn't receive any profit sharing, just a fixed salary..."

(End of this chapter)