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

Chapter 622 The Nobel Prize in Film (33)

"Nirvana in Fire" became a huge hit a week after its premiere...

In the original timeline, "Nirvana in Fire" benefited from "The Disguiser," as the latter aired first and achieved an average viewership rating of over 2 on Hunan TV. With the same production team, it was bound to attract a lot of attention...

But it won't become a viral sensation until the marketing is in place!
The midday sun, you know!
The production company has a clear positioning, is good at online marketing, has a good understanding of the audience's psychology, and achieves good results at low cost.

Many of its filming features are actually common techniques used in older dramas, not unique, yet they are touted as being exceptional.

A bunch of marketing accounts followed suit, praising it in various ways...

Of course, the quality itself is not bad.

However, Shen Yan felt that the midday sun was just so-so... not that magical!
Apart from director Kong Sheng, no other director possesses the ability to create long narratives.

The difference between short and long-running TV dramas: Long-running TV dramas have many characters and span a long period of time, making it easy for the main plot to deviate. Short-running TV dramas, like "The Beginning," only have 15 episodes. Even if they stray from the main storyline, they still stay within the core narrative of the main characters. As long as the main characters don't underperform, there are generally no problems.

"When We Met Again", "The Children of Qiao Family", "Serenade of Peaceful Joy", and "Like a Flowing River 2" are all typical examples of dramas without a main storyline.

As filming progressed, the director forgot what the central theme of the play was.
Wanting everything, yet ending up with nothing but a few superficial strokes.

Then, they bought trending topics and hired online trolls to whitewash their image.

Anyone who says they don't understand is a loser, just like a new type of fandom.

Even director Kong Sheng has his off days; "The County Party Committee Compound" was really not a good film!
The actors they found were also incompetent. Despite being severely disconnected from the lower classes, they couldn't portray the life and human touch of middle and lower-level officials. Yet, they couldn't let go of the traffic-driving formula and insisted on acting as if they cared about the working class, desperately trying to ride the wave of trending topics. No matter how you look at it, it just feels awkward.

The entire series, seemingly comprehensive, is like a dragonfly skimming the water, leaving no trace.

What impressed me most were the various meetings and speeches, all full of empty talk; yet in practice, they were completely detached from reality, filled with strange and unrealistic elements, ultimately piecing together a hodgepodge...

Oh, back to "Nirvana in Fire"...

This drama brought Hu Ge back into the spotlight, and Wang Kai also became popular as a result!

Then the reaction was given to "Burning".

If "Running Man" hadn't aired yet, otherwise, with Dilraba's explosive popularity, "Burning" would have had a real chance to hit 10 billion yuan at the box office!
……

Shen Yan's main reason for returning to China this time is to join the cast of "Eternal Love"...

The filming period for this show was 5 months, but he only gave the crew 100 days!
There was no way around it; Shen Yan was very busy.

Besides that, the main purpose was to promote "The Big Shot 2".

"The Big Shot 2" stars Wu Jing, with Deng Chao playing the villain.

In the death game mode, Wu Jing needs to take on four people single-handedly!

Xie Miao, Wu Yue, Zhang Jin…

The final challenge is a gunfight, with Deng Chao personally defending his position!
His character was based on Sun Xiaoguo, and he changed his name to Sun Xing…

After being released from prison, he sought revenge on Wu Jing, kidnapped his wife, and set up a deadly game...

The background is still Jinghai City!

Unlike the first film, *The Big Shot*, this one is more action-oriented…

The production cost was 7500 million, and the action scenes were still handled by the Donnie Yen Stunt Team.

To be honest, the plot is a bit unrealistic... After all, in reality, no one would be so bold as to kidnap a police officer's relative!

But movies can transcend reality!

China Film Group invested 30%, Spark Studio invested 40%, and the remaining 30% was split 50/50 between Wu Jing's Dengfeng International and Lu Yang's Free Whale... The box office forecast is 600 million yuan.

You're sure to make money!
However, it was released in the same period as "Breakup Buddies"...

And Guardians of the Galaxy will be released on the 8th of next month.

After discussion, it was decided that the film would be released on September 25th—the same day as "Dearest".

Oh, there are so many movies crammed into the National Day holiday this year, including "Breakup Buddies," "Dearest," "The Golden Era," and "Black & White: The Dawn of Justice"...

The competition is quite fierce!

However, from the perspective of theaters, the top contenders are either "Breakup Buddies" or "The Big Shot 2"...

Shen Yan certainly knew that "Breakup Buddies" was a good movie.

But that doesn't change his desire to be the box office champion in its release period!

Back then, Tsui Hark's "Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon" was overshadowed by "The Big Shot," so there's no reason why switching to Ning Hao would make it work!
……

"Yes, I just got back from New York... The copyrights are almost all sold, we've sold the copyrights to 130 countries and regions worldwide... and the online rights have also been sold to Netflix, who agreed to release it directly after next year's Oscars!"

"Of course I'm aiming for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film. Otherwise, why would I go to North America to attend so many film festivals?"

"...It depends on how things go after the film's release in November, but I feel there's some hope!"

"It will be released gradually in Europe starting around October, and MK2 will be handling the distribution..."

Shen Yan was surrounded by reporters as soon as he got off the plane…

Shishi used the VIP channel; the two of them went separately!

Well... even though there are photos of the two of them attending a film festival together on Weibo, as long as Shen Yan and Shi Shi stubbornly deny it, there's nothing we can do!
Oh, Shen Yan responded to his fans on Weibo, saying he's returning to China today…

That's why so many reporters and media outlets surrounded them!
After chatting for a while, they asked, "Where's the trophy?"

"Oh, I was worried about it getting damaged, so I checked it in as luggage..."

"You've won three awards this time, what are your thoughts?"

"At first I was quite excited, and I felt pretty awesome, on par with the masters... But in the last few days I've attended a lot of film festivals and met many famous directors, such as Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Michael Lee, and Martin Scorsese. Compared to their works, I feel quite insignificant... especially Martin Scorsese, his [film title missing]."

After thinking for a moment, Shen Yan added, "In addition, during my live stream, I talked to many netizens about 'Burning' and found that most of them were not very interested in the movie. They only watched it because I was the director and it won three major awards... Essentially, people are not very interested in art films!"

"If the audience doesn't appreciate it, even if I win the Nobel Prize in Film... it won't matter!"

"There is no Nobel Prize in Film!"

"I know, I was just using an analogy..." Shen Yan quickly said, "I really know that there is no Nobel Prize in film or mathematics... Don't report this nonsense!"

Damn, did you lose your mind?

It's easy to imagine that the Nobel Prize in Film will be associated with Shen Yan!
If we were to list illiterate celebrities in the future, Shen Yan, the inventor of the Nobel Prize for film, would be the first one to come to mind!

"Of course I have awards plans for next year. Otherwise, why would I go all the way to the United States to shoot a musical?"

Wish me luck!

After saying that, Shen Yan strode towards the car. Just as he was about to get in, he remembered something and waved to the group of reporters and media: "Don't forget to report on 'The Big Shot 2'! I came back to China early just to catch up with the promotion of 'The Big Shot 2'!"

(End of this chapter)