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

Chapter 920 Casual Chat (33)

Deyun Society is being reported every few days!

Many people say it was done by the mainstream crosstalk community…

It's really not.

They have neither resources nor the ability.

If you have that kind of traffic and ability, why not first make yourself famous?
In the world of crosstalk, only Yunshe, along with Crosstalk New Force and Xiha Baofu Shop, have a little bit of this ability, but they can't compare to the entertainment industry at all.

Furthermore, they had no motive.

If the mainstream crosstalk community wants to establish a Yunshe (a crosstalk troupe), they often start with toilet humor and vulgarity, aiming to smear it.

The main reason: They've jumped on the fan economy bandwagon!

The essence of the fan economy is to select a group of loyal fans and then constantly exploit them – which is why Guo Degang's assistant, Wang Nan, angrily scolded the fans during the live broadcast, "Look how poor you all are!"
If you're playing the fan economy game, you're bound to encounter malice from non-fans...

Previously, only the audience and listeners cared about Deyun Society; outsiders would at most glance at you sideways.

Now, a bunch of haters are using microscopes to wait for you to make a mistake. They can't find any fault with you, so they accuse you of being lazy and taking the blame yourself. If you've ever listened to Guo Degang's crosstalk in the small theaters back then, you'll know that by the standards of that time, these people would have to execute Guo Degang eight times over. Many of his jokes have long been discontinued by the Yunshe troupe, and many of his punchlines have been changed. Yet, even so, he's still being criticized for a lot of mistakes...

The joke "Lunyu" is funny, but it's not exactly hilarious...

Adding it to the program by force doesn't make much sense!

It's easy for people to find fault with it, so let's just forget about it!

……

After a satisfying meal, the group started talking about movies, specifically those released during the Spring Festival!
I really don't understand why "Operation Red Sea" was released during the Spring Festival...

"The Spring Festival film season has always been a big pie, and it's become the norm for the whole family to go to the movies together..."

"to be frank!"

Shen Yan spoke frankly: "I have 'Dying to Survive', 'Hello Mr. Billionaire', 'Project Gutenberg' and 'White Snake' coming out this summer. The schedule is already full with four movies... We can't just drag it out until the National Day holiday, can we?"

"But there's already a 'Detective Chinatown Prequel' film in the Spring Festival lineup!"

"It's okay, that movie only has Baoqiang... at most it will only gross 2 billion yuan. I estimate that Operation Red Sea will also be worth 3 billion yuan!"

Yang Mi asked in surprise, "A 3 billion yuan box office? Then why don't you act in it?"

Shen Yan shrugged: "I didn't have the time at the time... and I had already acted in 'Wolf Warrior 2,' so I didn't really want to do a similar film..."

"Thirty billion in box office revenue!"

"I am an investor..."

Shi Shi interjected, "So what do you think of 'Journey to the West: The Land of Women'?"

Shen Yan curled his lip: "Most likely not very good..."

"Why do you say that?"

"Who watches Journey to the West movies to see Tang Sanzang fall in love? Everyone watches to see the monkey... Even in 'A Chinese Odyssey,' it's Sun Wukong falling in love!" After a pause, Shen Yan added, "They didn't even understand the core characters of the IP. I really wonder who gave them the courage to make 'The Monkey King 3' and spend so much money on it!"

"...If you were to direct 'Journey to the West,' which segment would you choose?"

"I never thought about it..." Shen Yan waved his hand: "I think Brother Jing acted in 'A Chinese Odyssey Part Three'... Are you interested?"

Wu Jing scratched his head: "Shall I take one?"

"Yes! We could call it 'Battle Monkey'!"

"Get lost..." Wu Jing glared at him, then continued, "I can't come. 'A Chinese Odyssey Part Three'... was filmed terribly!"

"A Chinese Odyssey Part Three"... It's obvious that Liu Zhenwei wants to make some money for his retirement! In fact, he has been trying to make money before—although Liu Zhenwei was also living off the legacy of "A Chinese Odyssey" before, he was just riding on it, for example, by giving it names that skirted the line like "The Fairy Tale of the Great Sage" and "The Treasure Box of Yue Guang". But this time, he is directly using "A Chinese Odyssey" to make money!
This year he also put together a film called "Where Are You Running To?", which cost 6000 million yuan to produce but only grossed 99 yuan at the box office!
But it's okay, he even put together a web series—"A Chinese Odyssey: Love You a Million Years"...

Making money, doing business, not shabby!

Shen Yan interjected: "If I were to film 'Journey to the West,' I would assume that Tang Sanzang banishes Sun Wukong, and then Flower Fruit Mountain becomes a tribulation!"

"what?"

"The Flower Fruit Mountain will definitely be the strongest challenge, after all, it houses a wild Sun Wukong, and he has the backing of the Slanting Moon Three Stars Cave and the Spirit Platform Square Inch Mountain..."

Shi Shi couldn't help but ask, "Is that still 'Journey to the West'?"

"Adaptation...adaptation is about adding imagination to the original work!" Shen Yan curled his lip and muttered, "You guys don't know anything!"

Yang Mi looked at Wu Jing: "What's Brother Jing filming lately?"

"If Brother Yan isn't going to play Liu Peiqiang in 'The Wandering Earth,' then I'll take his place!"

"Did you finish filming?"

"Well...the first part is finished filming, and Guo Fan asked me to go there in March to film the second part!"

What is the total cost?

"Ask Brother Yan, I don't really know!"

Shen Yan said, "The total cost is about 7.5 million RMB... two films shot back-to-back!"

"So expensive?"

"That's already very cheap, two movies combined, not even $1.2 million!"

Yang Mi asked Liu Shishi, "What role did Shishi play?"

"Andy Lau's character's wife... didn't have many scenes, just a brief appearance, and then she died in a car accident..."

Yang Mi instantly understood that this was just a minor role to make her appearance, so she said, "Maybe I'll have a role in the third installment!"

"Even if she has screen time, it won't be much... After all, in a hard science fiction film like 'The Wandering Earth,' female characters have very little screen time!"

Xie Nan interjected, "Dilraba has quite a few scenes; she beat up Liu Peiqiang as soon as she appeared on stage!"

Wu Jing explained, "Yan Ge gave me this suggestion... He said Dilraba used to be a dancer, and her action scenes are very beautiful, so Guo Fan modified the plot and character settings..."

Shen Yan said, "I think it's great that the two of them train together, showing a progression of feelings from brothers and comrades-in-arms to husband and wife!"

Xie Nan added, "The special effects of the space elevator are truly amazing!"

"Guo Fan discussed with the scientific advisor for a long time, and then referred to 'The Fountains of Paradise'... and finally decided on a two-stage propulsion system. The first stage uses chemical fuels and a ramjet engine to provide a low-cost, high-thrust propulsion method to get out of the thick atmosphere; the second stage uses electromagnetic propulsion and a cable traction method to provide high-speed, sustainable, non-reactive traction."

What is "The Fountain of Paradise"?

"Arthur C. Clarke's novel, written in 1979... Clarke is Liu Cixin's most admired science fiction writer! His masterpiece is '2001: A Space Odyssey'!"

Yang Mi asked him, "Have you seen it?"

Shen Yan nodded: "In fact, I've read most of the famous science fiction works... *Foundation*, *Hyperion*, *Dune*, *Foundation*, *The Three-Body Problem*, *Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?*, and *The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy*..."

Yang Mi suddenly remembered something: "By the way, why aren't you making works like 'Ex Machina' anymore?"

"Will AI awaken and replace humanity?"

"Yes!"

Shen Yan waved his hand: "I used to worry about this issue too. Later, I figured it out. What is there to replace humans? Artificial intelligence is not a copy of humans, but another species... Maybe they don't even care about humans!"

(End of this chapter)