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

Chapter 137 Rejection (34)

Three movies grossed 1 billion at the box office, and Ge You was successfully crowned the Lunar New Year Emperor!

By the way, his salary also increased to 1200 million yuan...

That's right, 1200!
During the same period, Zhou Runfa's salary started at 4000 million...

However, his salary later increased to 3000 million - his salary for "Private Customization" was million!

He deserves that.

The media at the scene were stirring up trouble and asked him which movie he was more optimistic about. How could Ge Da Ge tell the truth: "They are all movies I acted in. How can I judge them by height, weight, or size? They are not even in the same genre!"

Then I asked which of the three movies paid the highest salary. Ge Da Ye continued to laugh and said: "Don't talk about money, it's so vulgar!"

By the way, Wang Xueqi also starred in "The Orphan of Zhao". A reporter asked him, "How do you feel about losing the Golden Horse Award to a young man?"

"At my age now, I don't take this matter as seriously as I did when I was younger. I just feel that others like this movie and have given me good reviews, and I'm already very satisfied. I really am."

"Have you seen Ruan Jingtian's performance?"

“I didn’t see…”

Ji Xiang, who was in the audience, glanced at Shen Yan and couldn't help asking, "Don't you have any ideas?"

Shen Yan was speechless and whispered back, "...It's called the Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards!"

"Alas, the Golden Horse Awards are indeed petty! But the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards are really not up to par!"

Oh, there was no movie playing...

The premiere is just a celebration!
……

Huang Xiaoming arrived at the hotel at 9: p.m.
"I'm sorry... I really can't leave here..."

"It's okay, it's just publicity, I understand!" Ji Xiang stood up and introduced: "Shen Yan..."

Shen Yan immediately greeted: "Brother Xiao Ming!"

Wen Zhang also stood up: "Brother Xiao Ming!"

"…Sit down. Have you ordered yet?"

"It's past time..."

Huang Xiaoming sat down and said, "I watched 20 Again a few days ago. The script is really good. If there is a movie like this next time, please find me!"

Shen Yan smiled: "...next time for sure!"

The article also asked with a smile: "Brother Xiaoming, aren't you afraid of being exposed if you go to see your rival's movie at the same time?"

"...Not really, and these two movies are not of the same genre at all." Huang Xiaoming then asked, "How did you come up with the idea for 'Back to 20'?"

Shen Yan explained, "There's a movie in the US called '17 Again' starring Matthew Perry, which I quite like... Brother Ji Xiang told me about Jing Tian's script search... and that's when I thought of '20 Again'... and then I happened to notice the reports about the aging population, so I added some of that element..."

"Sure enough, screenwriters are good at finding things in reality that we normal people would hardly think of!"

The article interjected: "I read his script for 'The Beauty Inside' and was completely shocked. Can a movie be played like this?"

Huang Xiaoming was curious: "The Beauty Inside? Li Bingbing's movie?"

"Yes," Shen Yan nodded. "I promised Sister Bingbing that I would write another movie for her... Then I thought of the theme of love. However, this time, in order to fully showcase Sister Bingbing, I set the male protagonist to have a different face every day when he wakes up..."

"Is this okay?"

"Movies, after all, are about creating dreams..." At this point, Shen Yan asked Wen Zhang, "Is Wen Zhang also going to play a face?"

“Well, I think it’s quite interesting!”

"I'm going to act a face too!"

Huang Xiaoming said: "...I want to go now!"

"If Xiao Ming-ge is interested, I'd love to hear from you."

"Where will it be filmed?" "Shenzhen...filming starts next week."

"Okay, I'll make time to go there..."

After chatting for a while, the dishes were served and everyone started eating...

No wine was served—Huang Xiaoming had to join the "Orphan of Zhao" crew for promotional activities later...

Director Chen's crew will not tolerate anyone. Those who have overlapping projects will be fired directly, and those who do not participate in publicity will naturally not be let off by Chen Hong. When "The Promise" was being promoted, Xie Tingfeng was absent several times and was criticized by Chen Hong in various ways. By the way, he was unilaterally banned!

……

Halfway through the dinner, Huang Xiaoming stated his purpose - to invite Wen Zhang and Shen Yan to act in a movie together!
"Do you know Chen Kexin?"

Wen Zhang exchanged glances with Shen Yan, then said, "Of course I know!"

Huang Xiaoming said, "That movie is called 'The Guillotines'... Produced by Chen Kexin, directed by Andrew Lau, a 3D martial arts film, with an investment of million!"

Ji Xiang spoke first: "...3D martial arts...is it reliable?"

"It should be OK. I think they are very confident!"

Shen Yan interjected, "...The most important thing about martial arts is editing. Xu Ke is known as the standard-bearer of the new martial arts film industry primarily because of his creative editing and action design... His shot cuts no longer pursue complete action logic, and he even switches between two shots to create completely different scenes. This, to a certain extent, gives the audience room for imagination... Generally speaking, fast editing is required to keep the audience focused... But 3D is best done in a static state!"

Everyone was silent for a while. Ji Xiang said, "...Have you studied these?"

"I looked at the information... Isn't Xu Ke going to shoot 'Flying Daggers of Dragon Gate'... I just want to know if it's reliable. I roughly learned about it!" After a pause, Shen Yan said: "I don't think it's reliable anyway. Brother Xiao Ming, do you want to reconsider it?"

Almost forgot...

It’s 3D movie season now!
"Avatar" created a box office miracle, with the final global box office reaching 27 billion US dollars - breaking the box office records in many countries and regions.

Then "Alice in Wonderland" immediately followed suit and was converted to 3D in post-production, selling over $10 billion worldwide!
Set the highest box office record for director Tim Burton...

Then mainland filmmakers followed suit.

After all, 3D movie tickets are five dollars more expensive than regular 2D movie tickets!

Huang Xiaoming shook his head. "Produced by Chen Kexin and directed by Andrew Lau... Such a behind-the-scenes team is too attractive... Are you two sure you don't want to appear in it?"

Wen Zhang shook his head: "I have to see the situation..."

Ji Xiang said: "...Actually, we had some unpleasantness with Liu Weiqiang before..."

"Ah? What's going on?"

"It's not a big deal," Shen Yan explained. "Guangguang wanted Andrew Lau to direct 'The Beauty Inside'... but I turned him down!"

"Reject Liu Weiqiang?"

“… The Beauty Inside is my movie.”

Shen Yan didn't say much, but Huang Xiaoming already understood what he meant...

Suspecting that Liu Wei interfered with money!
Wen Zhang's eyes widened: "Are you so awesome now?"

Shen Yan curled his lips: "… Mainly because Andrew Lau is so lame. He turned such a classic like 'Fist of Fury' into a piece of crap!"

The article pondered: "Fist of Fury is really bad..."

Huang Xiaoming quickly said, "This time, with Chen Kexin as the producer, it will definitely be different. Chen Kexin has never made a bad movie!"

"...Anyway, I won't participate..." At this point, Shen Yan suddenly remembered something: "Brother Xiaoming, when you played the leading male role in "The Guillotine", were you?"

Huang Xiaoming smiled: "I think so..."

After thinking for a moment, Shen Yan warned, "It's better to confirm it with the investor... and write it in the contract!"

"It won't happen!"

Ji Xiang also joined in the persuasion: "...it's better to sign it in the contract...what if they try to cheat you?"

(End of this chapter)