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

Chapter 650 Variety Show Movie (34)

What creators fear most is achieving fame and success!

Once you achieve success and become a boss, you become distant from the lives of "ordinary people," and it becomes difficult to connect with and experience the joys and sorrows of ordinary people.

Writing stories naturally leads to a broader perspective and more presumptions, but it also diminishes the quality that brings a smile to the reader's face.

The little poetry prodigy is a perfect example!

How does his poem "Porridge in Popularity" express poverty?

Wilderness, minority population, poverty, boundless love, bare walls, eating from basins, officials who have cars and ride horses even when sick…

He wasn't the only one unaware of the policy...

Article 20 also concerns a director's son engaging in bullying? Bullying is one thing, but to assault a prosecutor's son? And what's more, his uncle is the captain of the city's criminal investigation team…

If it weren't for the outstanding storyline of Hao Xiuping, played by Zhao Liying, "The Twentieth Article" would have been mediocre!
Ning Hao and Xu Zheng were the same; one didn't understand internet celebrities, and the other didn't understand food delivery, yet they insisted on filming, and then it became awkward...

This phenomenon doesn't just occur with directors; it exists in every creator who started from humble beginnings but has already achieved success, such as Jia Zhangke and Guo Degang.

For the next few years, Lao Jia (Old Jia) made a bunch of random stuff, full of concepts but rarely putting any details into practice. He only had concepts, fragmented stories, no details or characters; all that remained were archival footage.

Guo Degang is even worse; his crosstalk is getting more and more boring…

In the early days, the audience of Deyun Club consisted of long-time listeners who were very good at finding fault. If you didn't practice enough, the audience would know. There were times when audience members went backstage to give the actors feedback, and Guo Degang basically accepted it humbly.

Later, the old listeners were scared away by the loud and boisterous Deyun Girls, and these new fans, let alone supervise, in their eyes, whatever their idols said was the truth, so how could they supervise them?
In the old days, no matter how big a star you were, you could still get good treatment even without putting in any effort. Now, if he tells a joke that's been chewed over and over again online, the audience will still fawn over him.

Why stand up when you can make money lying down?
Shen Yan was also worried that he might find himself in this situation...

Qiao Shan asked in confusion, "But you have a lot of fans in your live stream, right?"

"There are also netizens... and even haters who regularly criticize me!"

"Insult you? Why would I insult you?"

“…There are many reasons…” Shen Yan said casually, “Some people accuse me of plagiarism, some accuse me of not donating money…and some accuse me of whitewashing the entertainment industry…there are too many!”

Even you get criticized...

"I'm not a Renminbi, how can everyone like me?"

Shen Yan waved his hand: "Let's rehearse our lines!"

……

During the New Year's Day holiday, "The Taking of Tiger Mountain" undoubtedly took the top spot at the box office.

However, the second-ranked book is "100,000 Cold Jokes," and the third is "Records of Swordplay in the Martial World"...

"Love on the Cloud" grossed over 3000 million yuan on its opening day, but its box office performance declined steadily afterwards.

First of all, this is a terrible movie;
Secondly, Chen He's popularity isn't enough, and as for Yang Tianbao... without the boost from "Running Man," her popularity isn't sufficient to carry a movie...

However, I heard that Yang Tianbao has joined "Challenger Alliance"...

On January 4th, "Night at the Museum 3" was released...

It snatched the top spot from "The Taking of Tiger Mountain" at the daily box office.

"Night at the Museum" is a project starring and controlled by Ben Stiller, the self-proclaimed leader of the Hollywood scumbag gang.

The "Bad Guys" group assembled a host of talented and bankable Hollywood comedy stars, led by Ben Stiller, with core members including Vince Vaughn, Will Ferrell, Owen Wilson, Luke Wilson, Jack Black, and Steve Carlisle. They frequently made cameo appearances in each other's films, and their style tended to be absurd and exaggerated.

In its early years, films like *40-Year-Old Virgin*, *Meet Polly*, *The Announcer*, *Dodgeball*, *The Ultimate Scoundrel*, *Meet the Parents 1 & 2*, *Night at the Museum*, *Singles*, *The Two Cops*, *Night in Tarradgar*, *God of Rock*, *Wedding Crashers*, and *Zoolander* were all works by the "Bad Boys" gang…

These films all did well at the box office!
In their early years, Ben Stiller and Adam Sandler were known as the two kings of comedy in Hollywood!
The latter has won the People's Choice Award for Most Popular Comedy Actor ten times.

The former should also give way more!

As for Jim Carrey…

Jim Carrey is an exception; he's not usually compared to others because he's just too good!
Later, this group's style became unpopular.

Ben Stiller's self-directed and self-starring film "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" was a box office failure...

Then he transitioned to producing TV series, creating shows for Apple TV and Showtime streaming platforms…

Adam Sandler specializes in making videos for Netflix!

Night at the Museum, released in 06, was the first film in the series. It grossed $2.56 million domestically in North America and over $5.74 million worldwide.
The second film, released in 09, saw a decline in box office revenue, grossing $1.7 million in North America and $4.2 million worldwide.
The third film... was even worse, grossing only $1.1 million domestically in North America and barely breaking $3 million worldwide...

Then the series was shelved…

However, this series still has quite a few viewers in China. The first film grossed 7000 million yuan, the second film grossed over 1.2 million yuan, and the third film grossed over 3 million yuan!
Oh, after Ben Stiller botched "Zoolander 2", it's all over - more than $100 million in investment, and only $20 million in North American box office!
Furthermore, "Zoolander 2" received nine Golden Raspberry Award nominations, even surpassing "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice"...

Keep in mind that the latter only received 8 nominations…

On January 8th, "Whiplash" was released, grossing 978 million yuan on its opening day…

This result isn't great, but it's not bad either. I estimate it will reach around 3000 million in the first weekend.

Compared to the $50 acquisition cost, it certainly won't be a loss.

As of January 12th, "The Legend of Swordsmanship" had been in theaters for 23 days, accumulating a box office of over 3.95 million yuan…

It's estimated that "The Taking of Tiger Mountain" will gross over 4 million yuan at the box office. With a total box office exceeding 8.3 million yuan, surpassing "Wolf Warrior," it became the box office champion of the Lunar New Year film season…

Shen Yan has lost his title as the top-ranked actor for his time slot for the first time!
Wu Jing felt quite embarrassed and specifically called to apologize…

After all, because of him, Spark Studio's undefeated record in the same time slot was broken...

"Calm down, consider the first one as building a reputation, then we'll push it to the limit in the second one..."

"...Nobody said anything?"

"...Brother, the cost was 8000 million, and it sold for 8.2 million. What's there to say?"

Wu Jing smiled and then said, "Running Man is going to make a feature film!"

"I've heard about it..."

"You won't stop it?"

"Why should I stop it? I'm not even an investor..."

The investors in the "Running Man" movie include Zhejiang TV, Xinghuo Entertainment, Wanda Pictures, and Aimei Pictures…

Aimei Film & Television was founded by Ma Tianli, who previously worked at Zhejiang Radio & Television…

Of course, it can't be said that it has nothing to do with Shen Yan, after all, he is also one of the shareholders of the production company, Xinghuo Entertainment, and his shareholding ratio exceeds 60%...

"Do you approve of this kind of short-sighted variety show movie?"

"I don't care," Shen Yan scratched his head, then replied, "However, I won't publicize it..."

(End of this chapter)