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

Chapter 713 Returning Home (33)

This shot suggests a sequel…

Logically, the second installment of "Detective Chinatown" should have continued filming in Thailand.

Actually, there's another explanation for Dan: Li killed him!

Li's profession is a junkyard worker; he has enough tools and skills to make a person disappear like a scrapped vehicle.

But doing it this way is not conducive to the development of the series—it would introduce the Q organization!

Why not introduce a woman who is the mentor of Sino and Dan... and also a member of the Q organization?

Why a woman?

Shen Yan had had enough—after filming for over two months, he was at his wit's end!

He almost developed feelings for Tong Yali.

About origami…

Actually, Qin Feng folded the paper twice. The first time was when Qin Feng told Si Nuo to look at the problem from a different angle, and Si Nuo replied, "It's that simple!"

It's somewhat ironic: even if he changes his perspective, he still finds himself in his own predicament.

The second time was a counterattack against Sino: I've seen through your tricks!
Of course, it can also be interpreted as: good and evil coexist. A paper with only one side (good or evil) cannot stand up!

It is both an admonition and a warning.

Oh, this scene being filmed means the whole movie is almost finished, with just a few more loose shots left…

However, Shen Yan's filming has wrapped up!

……

The production crew prepared a wrap party for Shen Yan...

Shen Yan agreed!
This is a break after a tense filming period...

For Shen Yan, playing Qin Feng in "Detective Chinatown" wasn't too difficult, but he had to maintain a high level of acting skill at all times—after all, he's a Venice Film Festival Best Actor winner…

It's quite a challenge!

On the other hand, the production team has plenty of budget...

The production budget for "Detective Chinatown" was 8000 million yuan. Shen Yan's salary was 10 million yuan plus a tiered profit-sharing arrangement, and Wang Baoqiang received 1000 million yuan plus a 500% investment share...

That's enough.

In addition, there are over a dozen product placements, including for beer, electric vehicles, mobile phones, and laptops…

In total, the cost of the implantation exceeded 1.5 million!
Profits are made even before the auction is held.

It is generally accepted that commercial films starring Shen Yan have a box office of at least 1 billion yuan, which means more than 30 million viewers.

This advertisement is extremely valuable.

These dozen or so items are already the result of careful selection!
Therefore, the "Detective Chinatown" production team is not short of money.

They booked an entire bar, and the bar owner... even arranged a lot of performances, including striptease and ladyboy shows...

However, Shen Yan only glanced at it a few times before discussing the sequel with Chen Sicheng…

"I think a sequel could be a prequel, telling the story of Tang Ren and Kun Tai..."

Chen Sicheng: "How will Dan's story continue?"

"Both projects are being developed simultaneously; Dan's story and Sino's teacher can both be filmed..."

Do you have any ideas?

Shen Yan shook his head: "No... I usually only conceive the plot for the first part; the subsequent plots are left to the screenwriters to create..."

"Is 'Northeast Police Story' also one?"

"Hmm...did you see it?"

Chen Sicheng shook his head: "No... but I heard about it!" "Northeast Police Story" is a huge hit. It was released on October 30th, grossing 97 million on its opening day, 1.23 million on its second day, 1.26 million on its third day, and 3.46 million in its opening weekend!
Even with the release of "Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials and Triumphs," "Everest," "The Leftover Princess," and "The Ex-Files 2" in its second week, "Northeast Police Story" still grossed 4.02 million yuan, bringing its cumulative box office to 7.48 million yuan after ten days of release…

Based on box office predictions, the first installment of "Northeast Police Story" should gross around 11 billion yuan.
Shen Yan estimates that it won't reach 11 billion, and even 10 billion would be quite difficult.

Because this week saw the release of "Spectre" and "Love in the Time of Anthony," starring Yang Mi...

Next week also sees four new films: *The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 3*, *The Transporter Reboot*, *The Vanished Murderer*, and *Bad Guys Always Die*…

Regardless of the final box office performance of these films, the diversion of screenings alone makes it difficult to guarantee that the box office potential of "Northeast Police Story" will be fully realized!
As an aside, Sun Honglei was enthusiastically promoting "Northeast Police Story," saying during the promotional tour: "I used to think I was box office poison. No matter how good or bad the reviews were, my movies never did well at the box office… until I met Shen Yan. To be honest, I didn't really like the script for 'Northeast Love Brother,' but it almost reached 500 million at the box office… This time, 'Northeast Police Story' is about to reach 1 billion… I truly admire his judgment of the film market!"

It was probably a genuine expression of emotion...

When Xu Zheng appeared on the variety show "Go Fighting!" to promote his film "Lost in Hong Kong," Sun Honglei couldn't help but ask him, "Director, how do you get the film to gross over 1 billion yuan?"

Of course, it could also be to promote Xu Zheng...

This comment went viral...

However, Shen Yan's biggest recent news has nothing to do with movies, but rather that he confronted Wu Fan in a live broadcast!

Then it became a trending topic...

Many of Wu Fan's fans said, "Shen Yan is just jealous," and "Who is Shen Yan?"

However, this trending topic was quickly removed by Yaolai's PR team...

Fans can be brainless, but the PR team absolutely cannot!
Shen Yan, the number one person in the Chinese film industry...

Moreover, Shen Yan is not alone; his circle dominates half of the mainstream film market!
You, a mere internet celebrity, dare to offend him?
Not only did they remove it from the trending topics, but they also privately apologized to someone…

Oh, back to the victory celebration banquet.

Shen Yan nodded: "The same goes for 'Northeast Police Story'. I constructed the villains based on three major elements: prostitution, gambling, drugs, gangs, and organ trafficking. The first part only involved gangs and prostitution, the second part involved overseas online casinos and organized crime, and the third part involved drug trafficking and organ trafficking. I only proposed a theme; I was not responsible for the specific script!"

"Is this okay?"

"What's wrong with that? At most, a little bit will be cut during the censorship process..." Shen Yan continued, "I have a little trick for getting it approved... do you want to hear it?"

Chen Sicheng asked curiously, "What brilliant trick?"

"I deliberately film some bloody and violent scenes, and they'll definitely make you delete them. But for the scenes they really want to keep, I'll do it very compliantly..."

Chen Sicheng pondered for a moment: "Is this acceptable?"

Shen Yan added, "...The premise is that you have to get in touch with Golden Shield Film and Television! Otherwise, you won't even have a chance to pass the review; it will be rejected at the project initiation stage!"

Actually, the reason why "Detective Chinatown" is called "Detective Chinatown" is to avoid censorship...

Because in detective movies, the police are always portrayed as stupid.

Regardless of whether such a thing could happen in the country, it's impossible for a movie to show these things!
In "Detective Chinatown," Tang Ren wreaks havoc at the police station, turning the place upside down.
Do you think this kind of storyline is appropriate in the country?

……

In mid-November, Shen Yan returned to China.

I went straight to Xiangshan. Guo Fan's "The Wandering Earth" is in pre-production, and most importantly... "Ex Machina" has already been filmed, with Dilraba Dilmurat playing the female lead...

Shen Yan went to visit the set.

I'll also be making a cameo appearance...

"Ex Machina" stars Zhang Yi and Liu Duanduan, with Zhang Yi playing a billionaire and Liu Duanduan playing a programmer who wins a mysterious grand prize...

Liu Duanduan is Ji Xiang's contracted actor...

The plot is simple: a mysterious billionaire invites one of his company's programmers, who has won a lucky prize, to spend a week at his boss's villa.

This villa, hidden in the woods, is actually a high-tech research institute.

There, the programmer was introduced to an AI robot named "Ava," who revealed that his real purpose in being invited there was to conduct a "Turing test" on Ava.

Shen Yan makes a cameo appearance as the robot servant in the villa…

There are only two shots—generally speaking, the wealthy don't need robot male servants!
(End of this chapter)