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

Chapter 982 "Hello Mr. Billionaire" Released (33)

Zhang Dun was a very interesting man; he was an iron-fisted prime minister.

Su Shi and Zhang Dun both served as officials in Shaanxi during their youth, and they often traveled and enjoyed the scenery...

Later, in the Wutai Poetry Case, Zhang Dun went to great lengths to save Su Shi.

Later, when the Conservative Party came to power, it ostracized the New Party, Zhang Dun was demoted, and Su Shi remained largely indifferent…

—Su Zhe first submitted a memorial entitled "Petition to Remove Zhang Dun from His Post as Privy Councilor," fiercely attacking Zhang Dun and requesting the emperor to dismiss him from his position as Privy Councilor.

Su Zhe's offensive was effective. Five days later, Zhang Dun was demoted to the position of prefect of Ruzhou, and later transferred to the position of supervisor of Dongxiao Palace in Hangzhou.

He went from being a Privy Councilor to a nobody.

After Zhang Dun was demoted to prefect, Su Shi added insult to injury by submitting a memorial entitled "Memorial on the Submission of Shen Qi's Memorial," accusing Zhang Dun of colluding with Wang Anshi to seek military merit on the frontier and disregarding human life...

Later, when Zhang Dun came to power again, he began to target Su Zhe and Su Shi.

It feels like... Zhang Dun is a bit of a one-sided person.

He considered Su Shi a friend, but Su Shi may not have considered him a friend!

They were close friends in their youth and helped each other in their middle age.

Later, when he lost power, Su Shi remained unmoved…

Then my mindset became distorted!

But he practically manipulated the Su brothers—Lu You's *Notes from the Old Study* states that Zhang Dun chose Danzhou because Su Shi's courtesy name was Zizhan, and the characters Zhan and Dan look similar. Su Zhe was demoted to Leizhou because his courtesy name was Ziyou, and both You and Lei have the character "田" (field) at the bottom…

……

"I'll see if I can get it into next year's Berlin Film Festival...after all, this type of film is hard to sell!"

"…Um!"

At the wrap party, Shen Yan chatted with several actors about the release date and casually mentioned participating in overseas film festivals…

The main business is selling copyrights!

They didn't have any objections...

Films and television dramas featuring historical figures have never been very popular with the market.

The TV series "Yan Zhenqing," starring Tang Guoqiang, has yet to air. Tang Guoqiang risked his life to play Yan Zhenqing, even breaking his collarbone and ribs. He said he wouldn't take any pay and was determined to make a good film...

"The Strategist Guiguzi", starring Duan Yihong and Qi Wei, was filmed in 2013;
"Qingfeng Mingyue Jiaren" was also filmed in 2013. Many people are not familiar with this name, but this drama also has another name—"Li Qingzhao"...

Yes, it hasn't aired yet!
The most regrettable historical drama is... "The Turbulent Times of the Nation"!
Starring Tang Guoqiang, Chen Daoming, Chen Baoguo, Bao Guoan, Wang Gang, and others!

Unfortunately, it's a story set in the late Ming Dynasty...

It failed to be broadcast on satellite!

Most TV dramas about the late Ming Dynasty are difficult to broadcast on satellite TV, such as "Who Will Prevail" (starring Xie Zhenwei, Chen Jie, Liu Xiaoqing, Jiang Wen, and Yan Danchen) and "The Storm at the End of the Ming Dynasty" (starring Ning Jing and Deng Chao).

Ahem...

"The Berlin Film Festival..."

Shen Yan said directly, "The chances of winning the Golden Bear are slim. After all, this isn't a political subject... and it's not related to current events. I'll probably win a director's award or an actor's award!"

"The Berlin Film Festival does indeed lean towards political narratives..."

"Furthermore, foreigners probably don't understand the Confucian concepts of engagement with the world and detachment from it..."

"Isn't it said that Confucius Institutes are in Europe?"

"The most important task of the Confucius Institute is language teaching, just like the Cervantes Institute in Spain, the Goethe-Institut in Germany, and the Alliance Française in France... It has nothing to do with cultural dissemination!"

Shen Yan changed the subject: "Let's not talk about that. Does Teacher Wang have any recent works?"

Wang Jinsong asked in confusion, "Me?"

"Yes!"

"I'm just acting casually..."

"Make sure to reserve time for next year's Berlin Film Festival!" "Okay!"

……

Actors like Wang Jinsong usually get their scripts explained by acquaintances.

Similar to Liu Yijun, Ni Dahong, and Hu Jun...

I was offered a role and happened to have the time, so I accepted!
I rarely play the absolute lead role...

"Zaijiutang" is the only work in which he starred in the last thirty years!
Wang Jinsong started out in the Nanjing Drama Troupe. Later, persuaded by his brother Fu Biao, he came to Beijing to develop his career. Fu Biao would drive him to the film set every day and say to the director, "This is my good brother, a good actor. His price is not high. As long as you use him, I will let you act in a few days for free. You decide how many days to film."

He eventually became famous thanks to director Zhang Li's "The Embroidered Robes" and "Ming Dynasty 1566"!
Especially Yang Jinshui in "Ming Dynasty 1566", every move he made was a performance. This character is both righteous and evil, and he brought to life the character's greed in the early stage and his madness in the later stage.

He was known as "the first eunuch on the Chinese screen in nearly thirty years".

He did a lot of preparation work to portray Su Dongpo…

Researching, watching documentaries, and even making your own inkstone...

This forced Shen Yan to take it very seriously...

During filming, we also used classical Chinese for everyday communication…

Barring any unforeseen circumstances, Wang Jinsong should be able to win the Best Actor award at next year's Berlin Film Festival.

Juliette Binoche will be the jury president for next year's Berlin Film Festival…

French actress!
She won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in "The English Patient"...

In fact, Shen Yan really felt that the three major European film festivals were all pretty much the same. Essentially, they reflected European aesthetics and held a condescending attitude towards films from "backward" regions such as Asia, Latin America, and Africa.

Many industry insiders are praising Cannes…

It's mainly because they do a good job with marketing!
A masterpiece like "A Brighter Summer Day" was rejected outright by Cannes.

Zhang Yimou also had a falling out with Cannes...

Don't just say his work is artistically superior—Sean Penn's work, which was shortlisted for the Cannes main competition, would have been shortlisted simply by submitting it…

artistry?
……

Back in Beijing, Shen Yan first sealed away the footage from "Zaijiutang"...

He planned to edit and color grade the footage three days later...

Just then, "Hello Mr. Billionaire" was released, and Shen Yan also wanted to have a good laugh at the cinema, so he actually went to the premiere...

Oh right, with Song Yunhua gone, we've lost a Taiwanese-accented female accountant who supervises Wang Duoyu's spending habits...

Ma Li plays a shop owner who is carefree but often makes mistakes in accounting. She and Wang Duoyu are childhood sweethearts.

In order to quickly squander his 10 billion yuan fortune, Wang Duoyu hired her as his accountant, but unexpectedly discovered that she never made a mistake in the accounts involving Wang Duoyu's assets...

Actually, there are still many flaws!
But it's just too hilarious!

"It's a deal, double happiness is on your side."

"I originally planned to interact with you as an ordinary person, but instead I've been met with estrangement. I'm not pretending anymore, I'm a billionaire, and I'm coming clean."

"I, Wang Duoyu, am investing in this project!"

"Mr. Wang, I also have a dream! / We must respect dreams."

"Hehe, you're really good at judging people!"

"It's truly a miracle that an ordinary primary school could produce both of you!"

"Congratulations on obtaining both the Crouching Dragon and the Young Phoenix!"—From then on, "Crouching Dragon and Young Phoenix" became derogatory terms in many contexts.

This movie achieved its high box office success purely because of Shen Teng's unparalleled charisma and image!
Even if the logic of this timeline, especially the romance, is slightly more plausible—after all, they're childhood sweethearts…

But in the final battle, Evergrande…

The film feels incredibly jarring, prioritizing action and sentimentality for the sake of action, thus ruining its overall structure!

But it's just funny!
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