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

Chapter 742 I Don't Want to Be a Variety Show Star

"Moon" will be released on June 24, avoiding the release of "Warcraft" and "X-Men: Apocalypse".

It was released on the same day as "Independence Day: Resurgence".

There aren't many films from Spark this year.

Detective Chinatown, Hot Pot Hero, Saving the Suspect, Finding Mr. Right 2, Ex Machina, Moon, Zhou Chu Eliminates the Three Evils, Big Shot 3: Breaking the Ice, and Northeast Folk Tales: Wong Tai Sin.

The Lunar New Year film season only features two films that the company primarily controlled and distributed: "Hello, Crazy!" and "Mr. Donkey"...

There's a movie called "Door Lock" coming out for the New Year's Day release.

There aren't many movies that can achieve high box office returns.

Based on Andy Lau's star power, "Moon" will at most gross 3 million...

However, being released on the same day as "Independence Day 2" will definitely give it an overwhelming advantage in terms of word-of-mouth!

After all, Independence Day 2 was pretty bad...

In fact, a lot of big-name directors have flopped this year. Among the big-name directors in China, films such as The Great Wall, See You Tomorrow, and I Am Not Madame Bovary are not considered masterpieces.

Foreign directors include Spielberg, whose film *The BFG* received the lowest rating; Bryan Singer, whose *X-Men: Apocalypse* received the lowest rating in the X-Men series; and Jodie Foster, whose film *Money Monster* received the lowest rating of her directorial career…

Gary Marshall, a legendary romantic comedy director whose representative works include "Pretty Woman," "Runaway Bride," and "The Princess Diaries," has this year delivered "Mother's Day," which has also set a record for the lowest critical reception of his career...

This also includes Roland Emmerich, the director of "Independence Day 2"!

However, this director, whose quality has declined since White House, is not a famous director. If you think Independence Day 2 is bad, then watch Moonfall.

They can't even do the most basic thing like watching the excitement!

Because the plot is so stupid...

……

"According to previous reports, Han Duoduo had 81 days to live, but she chose euthanasia... she didn't want to be covered in tubes! And Liu Qi didn't get to see his mother one last time, so he deeply resents Han Zi'ang and Liu Peiqiang..."

"Film a story about choosing euthanasia?"

"No need... just make a funeral photo, a shot of him lying in the coffin, and explain that it's because of radiation..."

—The solar helium flash produced even stronger radiation, which could directly cause various diseases in humans, and Han Duoduo was just one of them!

The details of Dilraba's cameo role were finalized in just a few words, then the production team found her an outfit, and filming began immediately...

Oh, Wu Jing hasn't joined the crew yet. Anyway, most of his scenes are on the space station, so we can just film them together when the time comes.

On May 24th, "Ex Machina" had grossed 4.94 million yuan in its first five days of release…

The box office was 1.4 million yuan on the first day and 4.06 million yuan in the first three days.

The figures for the two weekdays are 4600 million and 4200 million respectively…

Judging from the trend, it's a typical fan film, but the box office drop isn't particularly large. This week, there's also "Alice Through the Looking Glass"...

Alice in Wonderland 2 received poor reviews and performed poorly at the box office, with a budget of $1.7 million but only grossing $2.9 million.
According to many media reviews, the original film only achieved its global box office success of over $10 billion thanks to the 3D trend sparked by *Avatar*. Disney failed to capitalize on this success, increasing investment in the sequel and replacing Tim Burton with James Bobin. Without Burton, Johnny Depp reverted to being box office poison, resulting in a 70% drop in box office revenue for the sequel—unwittingly setting a record for the worst box office performance of a Hollywood sequel!

If Ex Machina can compete with Alice in Wonderland 2 at the box office... it might just be able to reach 10 billion!
Oh, Dilraba went straight to Shen Yan's RV after filming...

……

For celebrities, motorhomes are very important!

You can enjoy air conditioning on the bus, and have everything you need for makeup, rest, and meals – it's practically a must-have for any film crew.

When the crew ate, Shen Yan rarely ate in the RV. He usually ate with the crew members. The food for "The Wandering Earth" was a bit like a buffet. He insisted on taking a one-hour break at noon. Meals were served under a huge tent with a dozen long tables. Everyone had a table and chairs, and each table had a set amount of food. The chef would come over and ask each person individually whether they wanted fish or beef, and then bring the main dishes up one by one from the food truck.

After the meal, there was dessert and coffee.

Moreover, everything from setting up the tent to cooking to serving and cleaning up the dishes is done by two people, making it extremely efficient!

This is Shen Yan learning the dining style of the "La La Land" crew and then improving upon it...

However, if he were to go to a film crew where he had little say, he would definitely still want to make a grand entrance.

They'll bring their own chef!
To be honest, our production team's management level is very poor.

Previously, media reports praised Bale's professionalism, saying he came to China alone to film "The Flowers of War" without any security guards or assistants...

Bale was eating well on the Warner Bros. set, and there were no paparazzi around, so of course he could get the job done all by himself.

If you let Bale stay on the Chinese film set for a while longer, and he's chased by dozens of paparazzi every day, do you think he'll bring bodyguards? If he gets diarrhea a few times from eating the film set's boxed meals, do you think he'll bring a chef?

If you make Bell sleep in a drafty, leaky cubicle where cockroaches crawl all the time, do you think he'll want a motorhome?

Let's get back to the food on set.

The key point is that even with this method, food expenses haven't increased by much...

Back to the RV, about forty minutes later, Shen Yan finally had time to chat with Reba about something.

"Are you done with your promotion?"

"...Not yet, but I'll be filming the fourth season of 'Running Man' next month..."

Shen Yan nodded: "I heard that the variety show 'Twenty-Four Hours' has a terrible reputation and very low ratings..."

"I don't know... I don't care about these things."

"Did Running Man sign a new contract with you?"

"Yes, three seasons..."

"What about the pay?"

Dilraba glanced at him, then said, "...300 million per issue..."

"Wow, that's really high!" Shen Yan nodded subconsciously, then asked in surprise, "How much? 300 million per episode? Wouldn't that be 3600 million for the whole season?"

Dilraba was a little embarrassed: "...Sister Zhao helped me negotiate...I signed a three-season contract directly..."

In the first season, Dilraba's earnings per episode were 30...

The second and third seasons saw the price increase to 80 per episode!
Then it surged fourfold?
It's safe to say that variety shows are indeed profitable!
"Besides 'Running Man,' you'd better not go on other variety shows to make your presence known... After all, your main job is acting!"

"I know... a lot of variety shows have approached me, but Sister Zhao rejected them all!" Dilraba then added, "I don't want to be a variety show personality!"

Shen Yan waved his hand: "...Don't look down on variety show personalities; they all serve the people and contribute to the building of spiritual civilization..."

"... "

Dilraba was speechless...

After checking the time, Shen Yan stood up and said, "Let's go have lunch. I'll have a staff member take you to the airport..."

"...Not eating in the car?"

"Our entire crew eats together..."

(End of this chapter)