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

Chapter 638 Filming Wrapped Up (33)

Under normal circumstances, Shen Yan rarely gives bad reviews during the movie's release!
There are also very few insightful reviews…

Even if we're going to give a review, we should wait until the movie's run is over, or if it's a good movie, then Shen Yan will give it a good review...

The Crossing...

It means they couldn't control themselves.

However, it didn't really matter. The main investor in "The Crossing," Galloping Horse Pictures, was embroiled in internal strife, and the distributor, Le Vision Pictures, was busy expanding into Hollywood. They had also lost patience with "The Crossing," which was already destined to fail...

So, Ji Xiang didn't call him to delete the Weibo post!

They must have been desperate. Yesterday, "Wolf Warrior" opened for the first time and grossed over 6800 million yuan.

Wu Jing already has the "Big Shot" series, plus the promotion from "Running Man"...

Popularity skyrocketed!

That's understandable. In the original timeline, even a terrible movie like "Love in the City" managed to gross 2.67 million yuan!
They relied entirely on the unparalleled appeal of Yang Tianbao and Chen He after "Running Man".

Wu Jing is quite entertaining on variety shows.

At this stage, he remains quite low-key and humble, which has earned him a lot of goodwill…

"Wolf Warrior," directed and starring Wu Jing, attracted a large audience.

In the original timeline, after "Wolf Warrior 2," he always seemed extremely excited and tense, whether giving interviews or participating in variety shows…

That's too formal; it's not fun when you're too formal!
"Wolf Warrior" feels like an early example of the "power fantasy" military-themed novels on Qidian.com...

Special forces soldier, genius king of soldiers!

Wolf Warrior is a very sincere film with a clear narrative, tight pacing, and over ninety minutes of visceral action without any unnecessary dialogue. Moreover, all the weapons and equipment in the film are genuine.

Of course, there are bugs too!

The biggest bug is the design of special forces and mercenaries.

The part about mercenaries infiltrating the exercise area to assassinate Leng Feng is ridiculous! Putting aside how the villainous leader got Leng Feng's photo, the leak of the PLA's exercise time and location is already a major issue. Furthermore, these mercenaries were able to confirm that Leng Feng participated in the exercise and determine the retreat route of Leng Feng and his five-man team...

This setting is just amazing...

It's obvious that this part sacrificed narrative coherence for visual spectacle.

But for viewers who are looking for entertainment, they don't need to care about rationality—the point of watching this movie is to be entertained. As long as the entertainment value is guaranteed, even if it involves Leng Feng fighting aliens, it will still be very popular.

A 90-minute movie, packed with entertainment, that's enough!

After watching the movie, Shen Yan stood up and praised it, saying, "Wolf Warrior is of great significance to Chinese cinema, as it has reshaped the military action film genre. Sammo Hung made a film on the military action theme in Chinese cinema years ago called 'Eastern Condors,' but his protagonist was a mercenary. Without the support of a patriotic theme, its audience was limited."

In 2002, mainland China also produced "Out of the Amazon," a standard patriotic military film, but it was too rigid and lacked entertainment value.

"Wolf Warrior" is fast-paced and has a powerful China as its backdrop! Especially the equipment in the movie—it's very realistic; even as a military enthusiast, I can't find fault with it! It's much better than the 400 million yuan blockbuster "The Crossing" from a couple of days ago, which even featured an M26 Pershing heavy tank in its promotional video…that's a very basic mistake!"

"Ahem... So, do you have any suggestions for our 'Wolf Warrior'?"

"The main characters' names are so cringeworthy, especially the female lead... she's called Long Xiaoyun! I bet that name was given by Fenwu Yaoji, at least it's better than Zhan Ge Xia!"

"The Enchanting Dancer?"

"One of the screenwriters of 'Wolf Warrior' previously wrote military fiction on Qidian's main website, with representative works including 'Bullet Scars' and 'The Devious Assassin'..."

"So how much box office do you think 'Wolf Warrior' will generate?"

"I think it should be able to surpass 800 million..."

……

"Wolf Warrior" didn't actually need Shen Yan's promotion...

The movie "Fleet of Time," which aired at the same time, was terrible!

Even if the female lead is Nini…

Selling nostalgia!

In fact, these kinds of movies targeting the post-80s generation are essentially about selling nostalgia.

Zhang Yibai's control this time was quite precise...

"Fleet of Time" did well at the box office, earning 3400 million on its opening day and 4600 million on its second day...

While it may not be as good as "Wolf Warrior," it should surpass "Women Who Know How to Flirt Are the Luckiest"...

Shen Yan is quite worried about the upcoming movie version of "The Best of Us"—the audience for youth dramas has already been thoroughly exploited.

It's not bad. "The Best of Us" was released on December 12th and grossed 46 million yuan on its opening day!
With total box office predictions exceeding 4 million and a Douban rating close to 7... then the film versions of "Hello, Old Times" and "Unrequited Love" could be approved!

Oh, as of December 20th, Shen Yan has been filming non-stop. Even when he does a live stream, it's only for about an hour—he needs to wrap up filming quickly. The crew of "Life's Big Events" has already assembled in Changsha, waiting for him to join…

Under these circumstances, Shen Yan had no choice but to work overtime to film.

On average, we film for ten hours a day…

I simply don't have the energy to pay attention to trivial matters...

He even ignored the invitation to the premiere of "Gone with the Bullets"...

……

On the 21st, Shen Yan filmed her final scene…

The ending of "Eternal Love" is beautiful.

In order to seal away the evil Wing Lord Qing Cang, Ye Hua sacrificed himself to the Eastern Emperor Bell, causing his soul to be scattered.

Fortunately, three years later, Ye Hua miraculously awoke and rekindled his romance with Bai Qian…

It's a happy ending...

After filming, Shen Yan took photos with the director, crew, and actors as usual.

Then we prepared to leave.

Yang Mi saw him off to his car: "Are you going straight to Changsha?"

"Yes, Han Yan contacted me last week!"

"Aren't you going to the premiere of 'Gone with the Bullets'?"

Shen Yan waved his hand: "Jiang Wen's movie has a huge audience, so one more or one less won't make a difference!"

"…Right."

"Alright, you can go back to the film set now. There should still be about two weeks of filming left, right?"

"Correct!"

"...I had the screenwriter make some changes to Bai Qian's character design. Could you discuss that with her?"

"it is good!"

Oh, Bai Qian's character is very contradictory, for a simple reason: Song Yao in "Peach Blossom Debt" is an open-minded and insightful person who doesn't have any great ambitions and just wants to live a peaceful and happy life. Many of Bai Qian's behaviors are copied from Song Yao, but Song Yao's personality is not fun enough. So Bai Qian adopts Song Yao's happy and silly behavior pattern, but does things that only want to beat up all women, marry a rich and handsome man, and reach the pinnacle of a cool and awesome life.

Her behavior and inner self are not the same. As a high and mighty god, she does nothing all day and spends her time indulging in pleasure. Every time she does something, it's either tearing apart the female supporting character or trying to win the favor of handsome men. And it's not just her. Many of the great gods in the story do nothing. The problem is that the gods who are in charge are so busy. What use are you if you do nothing?

In "Peach Blossom Debt", Song Yao is a petty official with nothing to do, and many of the gods who appear are marginal figures among the gods, so naturally they have nothing to do!

In the later novel, *The Pillow Book*, Feng Jiu's character was less fragmented and felt more natural...

Since Shen Yan is going to be playing the role, his character design will definitely need to be modified...

At this moment, Shen Yan opened the car door: "Then I'm leaving!"

"Kiss me."

Shen Yan shook his head: "...Big sister, look over there..."

Yang Mi followed the direction he was pointing, and lo and behold, there was a group of 'fans' taking pictures with their phones…

"Damn, when did you find out?"

"I already noticed... They're probably just proxy photographers... Ignore them, I'm leaving!"

Just as he closed the car door and was about to tell the driver to start the car, Dilraba and Zhang Zhixi came running over from a short distance away: "Wait a minute!"

Yang Mi, who hadn't left yet, asked curiously, "What's wrong?"

"I'm going to record a show, and I was thinking of doing it with Brother Yan..."

"Filming 'Running Man'? Wasn't it already finished?"

"I heard the TV station added two more episodes..."

Shen Yan interjected, "What about Xiao Zhang?"

"She's this episode's guest; I invited her!"

(End of this chapter)