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

Chapter 936 March (13)

Li Lianhua has been quite disappointing in recent years…

She initially benefited from the backing of Huayi Brothers, enjoying the benefits of being their top star and receiving all the resources she could. She collaborated with many renowned directors, but the problem was that she lacked a unique selling point…

Later, Peng Yuyan used her position to climb to the top at Weibo Night...

She was one of the "Four Dan and Two Bing" actresses, a top-tier actress, and one of China's leading actresses.

Are Peng Yuyan's team out of their minds?

What exactly happened to Lotus?
To make her someone others can step on to rise to power?
The root cause lies in age, the fate of most female stars in China. The direct cause is resources; poor resources lead to a faster rate of production cuts.

I am highly ambitious and possess strong abilities, so given the opportunity to leverage good resources, I will definitely seize it to reach new heights...

However, in recent years she has been unable to secure top-tier resources in China and is unwilling to condescend to play supporting roles. So she has worked hard to land a few Hollywood films, which can be considered a small gain after a loss. However, such opportunities are few and far between, and she is cautious in accepting roles and has no intention of playing minor characters. Her choices are really limited, and coupled with age restrictions, her output has obviously decreased in recent years.

Last year I churned out a movie called "The Nest," which was a complete flop at the box office and received terrible reviews!
Her situation is somewhat similar to Sammo Hung's...

Back then, when Sammo Hung left Golden Harvest and started Po Cheung, Sammo Hung became the director and Po Cheung produced films including "Ghostly Feet", "Dragon and Phoenix", "The Crazy Pillow Talker", and "No Face to Give", all of which lost money.

Among them, the one that suffered the most losses was "No Face to Give," which brought together a large number of Sammo Hung's stunt team members, including Yuen Biao as the lead actor, as well as Sammo Hung's two grown-up sons, Timmy Hung and Timmy Hung, who also starred in the film.

What was the final box office figure? In Hong Kong alone, it was HK$508 million. In the same year, Jackie Chan's "Rumble in the Bronx" grossed HK$5700 million in Hong Kong. Sammo Hung's box office was less than 1/10 of Jackie Chan's.

The continuous losses resulted in many of his colleagues in the film industry no longer calling him "Big Brother," but instead referring to him by his nickname, "Sanmao."

The situation is similar now—"Wolf Warrior 2" and "Operation Red Sea" have made military action films a new trend, and Sammo Hung, who directed "The Millionaires' Express" and "Eastern Condors," is trying to follow suit with "Medal of Dawn," starring Ou Hao and Shi Xiaolong…

However, there was no follow-up...

It's highly likely the project will be abandoned!
Sammo Hung, the big brother of the Hong Kong entertainment circle...

However, everyone in the industry knows that Li Lianhua is Shen Yan's mentor...

Therefore, she held a very high position in the underworld…

……

Upon hearing Ji Xiang's statement, Shen Yan asked in confusion, "Didn't she sign with Wang Junkai?"

"It's because we signed Wang Junkai that we felt being an idol had a future!"

Shen Yan shook his head, firmly opposing: "If you want to do it, then do it yourself. I'm not interested!"

"Then... we won't participate in the idol market?"

"The Chinese entertainment industry has no idol market at all; those idols still have to act in the end..."

"That's true..."

Ji Xiang nodded and continued, "Sister Lianhua is preparing to return to the mainland to develop her career!"

"Go back to China to develop her career? She's 45 already, what kind of career development can she expect if she goes back to China?"

"I don't know..."

"Retreating behind the scenes?"

"more or less!"

Has Li Lianhua stepped back from the limelight? Does she mainly maintain relationships within her industry, promote artists within her company, find suitable new talent to sign, occasionally take on luxury brand endorsements, and attend high-level social events to cultivate connections?
Shen Yan suddenly remembered something: "I heard Wang Yuan signed with Fan Bingbing?"

"right…"

Shen Yan sighed, "Tsk tsk, the 'Four Dan Actresses' and 'Two Bing Actresses' have all signed new artists... They're clearly at the age where they should be retiring, yet they're all training their own successors!"

There's been a recent topic of discussion: Will the successors of the "Four Dan and Two Bing" (referring to four top actresses and two top actresses, respectively) be the "Four Beauties and Two Ying" (referring to two top actresses and two top actresses, respectively)?
This is utter nonsense!
Do you think they'll let you take over?
They haven't been buried yet!
For example, Shanghai Feibao Culture Media was initially lukewarm at first, but after Zhang Ziyi joined, things immediately changed!

Actors such as Zhang Xinyu, Li Yitong, Liu Yun, Chen Xiaoyun, Liang Jingkang, and Wang Ruichang are all artists under Feibao Entertainment. Furthermore, at Zhang Ziyi's "strong invitation," rising stars like Zhang Xueying and Meng Meiqi have also transferred their film and television contracts to Feibao Entertainment…

Li Lianhua, on the other hand, was a strong advocate for Zhou Ye;
Zhou Xun also stars Zhang Jingyi; Xu Jinglei stars Li Gengxi…

Acting is definitely a young person's game; when you get old, you retire behind the scenes to support newcomers!

If things develop normally, they might actually be able to proceed step by step...

The problem is that the film and television industry is experiencing a downturn...

Let alone these younger generation members, even they themselves are having a hard time...

They all retreated into hiding, leaving only Zhang Ziyi and Li Lianhua still active in the martial arts world…

Zhang Ziyi's new film, "Everyone Come and Beat Up Zhang Ziyi," has received terrible reviews...

Lianhua hasn't acted for several years; her last film, "Ordinary Heroes," was a huge financial loss…

……

Throughout February and March, apart from helping promote the film during the Spring Festival season, Shen Yan spent the rest of the time working on post-production!
Aside from her regular live streams, she has never shown her face in public...

In the film market… "Operation Red Sea" ultimately grossed 39.87 billion yuan, temporarily ranking third in film history—"Wolf Warrior 2" and "The Wandering Earth" are the top two…

March's film market has always belonged to Hollywood!

However, imported films performed poorly this year – Black Panther, Tomb Raider: The Origin, and Pacific Rim: Uprising were all released…

None of them are good movies!
There's really nothing to say about the movie "Black Panther"!

The plot goes like this: Wakanda was originally just an African tribe, but due to some vibranium falling from the sky, it instantly became the richest place in the world, with the world's most advanced technology...

No, a country with technology decades ahead of the world, a royal palace as magnificent as the stars in the sky, yet its people are still struggling to make a living on the dirt roads.

In monarchical countries, challenging the king requires either the head of a major clan or direct lineage of the king.
Even in a society that has mastered high technology, the customs of piercing lips and worshipping the ape god Hanuman to learn how to be an ape are still preserved?
Wakanda: A nation that loves living a primitive life no matter how advanced its technology!

When Westerners see Wakanda in the movie as a powerful and technologically advanced nation, yet filled with so-called "traditional African elements," they don't find it absurd, but the Chinese do.

In traditional Chinese education, there are certain behaviors that are absolutely taboo.

For example, kicking a lame person, calling someone an idiot, hitting a blind person, and cursing a mute person.

There were also acts like kicking down widows' doors and digging up graves of childless women.

Black Panther is a film that is a culmination of many achievements.

First of all, there is nothing wrong with being backward. On the contrary, under the "modern" perception, the original and retro style has unique value.

But this is a blatant lie, and Africa is a perfect example of it.

Because of backwardness, not only were resources plundered and people sold, but future generations were enslaved and even became bandits who raised bandits to enhance their own power.

As Chinese people who have summarized the adage "backwardness invites aggression," we should have a deep-seated vigilance about this.

As for why this movie grossed $7 million in the US?
It's very simple: the movie wasn't made for Black Africans, it's for Black Americans. Most of them know less about Africa than some Chinese people do!

Shen Yan hated the movie, but he didn't say much about it—it had nothing to do with him!
After the later stages of "Parasite" were completed, he went to Xiangshan, where Guo Fan and Lu Yang were.

(End of this chapter)