This director lacks vision.

Chapter 261 Human Reality – The Unexpected Champion
On the morning of December 26th, Jiang Yifeng arrived at the Round House recording studio to prepare for recording the final episode of Sisters Who Make Waves.

Previously, Fengxing Media was going public, so Jiang Yifeng didn't have time to record the show. In addition, the sisters also had their own things to do, such as Zhou Xun promoting Flying Swords of Dragon Gate, Fan Bingbing promoting the new Legend of Wu Zetian, and Ayumi Hamasaki returning to China.

The recording of Sisters Who Make Waves was suspended for two weeks.

The show's update schedule has also changed. It used to be two episodes a week, but now it's one episode a week.

This is to address the two-week hiatus in recording.

Of course, the audience will have opinions, but there's nothing we can do; the recording schedule needs to be coordinated.

Therefore, the broadcast time of the finals was postponed to January 1st, New Year's Day.

Jiang Yifeng walked into the dressing room, where the four very sweet women were already sitting.

Upon seeing Jiang Yifeng, Yang Mi was the first to say, "It's unfair! It's extremely unfair!"

Liu Yifei chimed in, "What's unfair?"

Yang Mi said, "Our agents not only have to form teams and coordinate everyone's training, but also participate in performances on stage."

The agents worked so hard, but even though the group won the game, we didn't get any reward!

This is so unfair!

Jing Tian nodded and joined in: "Mimi, you're right, the manager definitely needs a reward."

Jiang Yifeng asked cooperatively, "What kind of reward do you want?"

Shu Chang revealed her true intentions: "The champion who debuted in the center position in the finals of Sisters Who Make Waves can become the female lead in your new movie. We don't ask for much."

"Whoever wins, you'll have to create a TV series tailored just for us."

Ultimately, the "Very Sweet" team just wants to film more dramas starring Jiang Yifeng; they've teamed up to make this demand.

Jiang Yifeng shook his head and said, "There is no such rule in the competition. Your suggestion came too late."

Seeing that Jiang Yifeng's attitude was clear, the four women did not persist.

Shu Chang said, "The atmosphere in the recording studio was very tense today. When I went to greet the group members this morning, none of them had a smile on their faces."

Yang Mi said, "In our group too, there's only one female lead in the movie, and everyone wants to get that role."

Especially after Lost in Thailand became a huge hit, who wouldn't want to act in your movies!

Look how popular Li Xiaoran is now. There are clips of her all over the internet, one minute she's showing off her sexy breasts, the next she's saying, "You need to pay more, handsome, this is a different price."

These past few days, I've been dreaming about the audition scene for Lost in Thailand.

I regret it so much! I should have practiced pole dancing beforehand!

After the box office success of Lost in Thailand, Li Xiaoran experienced the fastest growth in popularity.

She was at most a second or third-tier female celebrity before, but now her popularity has skyrocketed, almost reaching the top tier.

The main reason is that Jiang Yifeng is very good at filming, which adds two memorable points to the female lead, Bobo.

One of the shots was the "DuangDuangDuang" sound, which attracted a large number of perverts;

Another aspect is the persona of the "money-giving lay Buddhist."

Bobo only cares about money; he'll agree to anything if you offer more. This character is both funny and memorable because it's very realistic.

That's why Li Xiaoran became famous very quickly.

Yang Mi really regrets it. During the audition, she lost to Li Xiaoran because she couldn't dance.

Li Xiaoran only played a female lead role with relatively few scenes, yet she achieved such explosive popularity.

This gave the sisters on "Sisters Who Make Waves" a huge boost of energy.

Everyone is eagerly anticipating the role of "the female lead in Jiang Yifeng's new movie."

Even singers like Tian Zhenna and Ying would want to get this resource.

After all, Jiang Yifeng is known for his ability to teach according to aptitude. He could even train someone as pretty as Gao Yuanyuan. They wanted to give it a try too.

Liu Yifei asked curiously, "What movie are you going to make for the winner of this year's Sister Who Makes Waves? Have you thought of a script yet?"

Jiang Yifeng sat down in a chair and said with a smile, "I have two ideas at the moment, but nothing has been decided yet."

"Let's see who the champion is first, then I'll revise the script based on her characteristics."

Jiang Yifeng originally wanted to make an adapted version of "Youth" for the movie of this season's Sister Who Makes Waves champion, combining "Youth" with "Black Swan" and "Whiplash" to make an inspirational movie with two female leads.

It is the story of a female teacher who is obsessively strict to the point of being morbid, using harsh and even perverse methods to cultivate a genius dancer.

The winner of the show "Sisters Who Make Waves" will play a female teacher, and the talented dancer will be played by a teenage actress.

The concept of this project aligns with the theme of "Sisters Who Make Waves" pursuing their dreams.

However, since Jiang Yifeng criticized the Flowers of War, a voice has emerged on the internet suggesting that Jiang Yifeng should make a disaster-themed movie.

Zhang Weiping also posted on Weibo.

"Since comedy movies are so difficult to make, Jiang Yifeng is so talented."

He also criticized his fellow directors, first looking down on Lu Chuan's "Nan Jing Nan Jing", and then looking down on Zhang Yimou's "The Flowers of War".

Then let's invite Jiang Yifeng to make a movie on a similar theme, so that everyone can see how capable he is.

If he can make this kind of subject matter both critically acclaimed and commercially successful, I will apologize to him in public and bow my head to him whenever I see him in the future, respectfully calling him Master Jiang.

If you can't do it, then stop your whining and blabbing. Standing on your moral high ground, pointing fingers and acting all high and mighty—what are you trying to prove?

Zhang Weiping's words are sophistry, similar to the later "if you're so good, then you do it" rhetoric, which deprives the audience and onlookers of their right to comment.

However, it still received a lot of support.

Some of these supporters are Jiang Yifeng's haters; they criticize everything Jiang Yifeng does.
The other group consisted of spectators, or even fans who supported Jiang Yifeng.

People want to see Jiang Yifeng make a normal disaster film instead of disgusting stuff, but they also want to see him slap Zhang Weiping in the face and teach some idiot directors how to make films with the right subject matter.

In particular, Lu Taijun also retweeted Zhang Weiping's Weibo post and said: "Mr. Zhang is right. Jiang Yifeng is just talking without understanding the situation. He can only hide in the comfort zone of comedy."

He's simply not cut out for making serious films.

Lu Chuan's instigation further fueled the controversy, making the topic even more heated.

Netizens began calling for Jiang Yifeng to try his hand at serious dramas, as the system's evaluation of film and television dramas clearly favored realistic themes.

The Hunt deserves 5 stars, but comedies and special effects films rarely earn 5 stars in terms of quality.

The box office of Lost in Thailand was a huge success, but the final rating from the system will probably only be four stars.

Jiang Yifeng still wants to film more five-star movies and TV series to earn more gold awards.

So Jiang Yifeng came up with another project: to make a movie based on the story of Wang Xuan, one of the "2002 Touching China Person of the Year".

Wang Xuan gave up his high-paying job to collect evidence of Japan's germ warfare, expose the crimes of germ warfare, and seek justice for the victims.

She spent over a decade and went to court dozens of times, finally getting the Japanese courts to legally acknowledge the facts of germ warfare. Some Japanese textbooks even include this history of germ warfare.

Mr. Wang Xuan's story is compelling enough. If Jiang Yifeng can accurately recreate her story and make some minor adjustments to the pacing, he can create an excellent film.

Jiang Yifeng has already decided on the title of the film: "Common Victims," ​​taken from a quote by Mr. Wang Xuan: "All Chinese people are family members of victims; this is a common matter for us."

Jiang Yifeng was also aware that making this kind of film was quite sensitive, and getting it approved was a problem that had to be considered.

Directly filming "731" might attract attention and make it difficult to pass censorship.

However, if we take a slightly roundabout approach and film Ms. Wang Xuan's story to expose the crimes committed back then, it would be much easier to pass censorship.

Both of these films are on Jiang Yifeng's future film slate.

Which show the winner of "Sisters Who Make Waves" will star in depends on who the final winner is.

The final round of the Sisters Who Make Waves competition uses a three-round elimination format.

In the first round, each of the five groups will perform a program, and then one group will be eliminated.

The second round is a draw-based elimination round, with the four groups competing against each other in pairs, and the losers being eliminated.

The third round was a mixed performance by the last two groups.

That is, 12 people will perform together, and finally 7 people will be selected to form a group and debut.

These seven members then gave speeches about forming the group and campaigning for votes, and a champion was chosen to debut as the center.

The second season of the show is the same as the first season, with the scoring mechanism being that the managers and the sisters score each other.

The first 12 episodes were fine; everyone scored based on performance, so it was relatively fair.

In the final episode, the resources for Jiang Yifeng's film's female lead were involved, which was completely true.

Everyone started targeting specific threats, eliminating those that posed a threat first.

After the first round of competition, Shu Chang's group was eliminated.

Because Shu Chang's group was the strongest, they won the championship in 5 out of the previous 12 episodes.

The tallest tree in the forest is bound to be felled by the wind. Shu Chang was also very talented in the second season, but his performance in the final was dismal.

Fan Bingbing's dream of becoming a "Feng Girl" was shattered.

In the second round of the competition, Liu Yifei's group and Jing Tian's group were also eliminated.

Both of these groups are very strong.

In the end, the teams that remained in the finals were surprisingly the weakest: Yang Mi's team and Jiang Yifeng's team.

After this fierce battle among 12 people, the final winner was a huge upset – it was Yan Danchen, who replaced Zhang Ziyi!
Yan Danchen was a substitute. She has always kept a low profile, rarely appeared on screen, and never cried, made a fuss, or fought for anything.

Everyone thought she was just someone the production team brought in temporarily to make up the numbers, and that she posed no threat.

So everyone gave her relatively high scores. On a 10-point scale, Yan Danchen's scores were all around 70 or 80.

Ultimately, her total score was the highest.

Jiang Yifeng was quite surprised by this result.

Yan Danchen has a gentle and classical appearance. If she were to play Mr. Wang Xuan, she wouldn't have enough sharpness and angularity, so it definitely wouldn't be suitable.

It seems that the only option is to let her play the role of "Youth".

Changing the dance in "Youth" to a classical folk dance would perfectly suit Yan Danchen's temperament.

Upon closer reflection, Jiang Yifeng found Yan Danchen's unexpected victory quite interesting.

Because she was Zhang Ziyi's substitute.

I wonder how Zhang Ziyi felt seeing Yan Danchen win the championship.

If Yan Danchen wins the championship and then becomes a sensation or even wins an award for starring in Jiang Yifeng's movie, Zhang Ziyi will probably become a laughing stock online.

She lost 600 million yuan and withdrew from "Sisters Who Make Waves," choosing to side with the Hong Kong entertainment circle. If she doesn't perform as well as her replacement Yan Danchen, that would be truly shameful.

It just so happens that The Grandmaster was released in 2013, so it's quite interesting that Youth can compete with The Grandmaster in the same period.

And so, the film and television dramas that Jiang Yifeng was to film in 2012 were decided.

The filming schedule started with the idol drama "Youth With You," followed by filming "Stranger Things" and "John Wick" in Europe, and then "Youth."

My work schedule is packed.

There are also follow-up projects such as "The Witch", "Common Victims", and "Pacific Rim" movie.

Jiang Yifeng himself exclaimed that among billionaires, there aren't many as hardworking as him.

After the recording of the program ended, Jiang Yifeng called Yan Danchen over and said, "Filming my movie is very hard work. Starting tomorrow, you will have to undergo very strict dance training for at least six months."

Upon hearing this, Yan Danchen immediately assured him, "Director Jiang, don't worry, I'm very hardworking and will definitely complete the training meticulously to meet your requirements!"

For Yan Danchen, after more than a decade in the entertainment industry, she is still a third-tier female celebrity.

Classmates Zhao Yanzi, Chen Kun, Huang Xiaoming, and others are all top-tier celebrities.

As a member of the 96 class at Beijing Film Academy, Yan Danchen also wanted to become famous.

Winning the title of Sister Who Makes Waves feels like winning the lottery.

This is the best opportunity of her acting career, and she must seize it!
Let alone training, even if Jiang Yifeng asked Yan Danchen to do something excessive, she would do it without hesitation.

Despite being from Hunan, Yan Danchen has a fierce streak deep down.

(End of this chapter)