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

Chapter 172: Battle of Changsha (2/4)

In the end, it was still two bottles of wine and two packs of cigarettes...

Zhang Li was also very kind to Shen Yan...

It was in the crew of "The Road of Life is Long and Difficult" directed by him that Shen Yan completed the transition from behind the scenes to the front of the stage!
Although we haven't been in touch since then, the relationship is real.

——When Shen Yan went to film "The Revolution of 1911", the director was Jackie Chan!
Of course, Zhang Li has brought out a lot of actors...

He didn't have a very deep impression of Shen Yan...

But, guests are welcome!

And they are all my fellow countrymen...

After meeting and greeting Zhang's mother, Zhang Li poured tea and the three of them sat down to chat...

Zhang Li handed Shen Yan a cigarette: "Xiao Shen has been very popular recently. Did the movie sell nearly 3 million?"

“…not that much, 2.36 million…”

Zhang Li waved his hand. "Generally, theaters will retain about 30% of the revenue. If it's over million, it's basically million!"

"That's also for investors to make money!"

"The coal boss is rich and generous... He gave you a red envelope, right?"

"Hmm..." Shen Yan nodded: "I'll pay 666!"

"666 million..." Zhang Li sighed, "What a big spend!"

Second Uncle interrupted: "...This kid is pretty good. He went home last year and gave his second aunt 500,000 yuan to renovate the house..."

"I wanted to buy you a house in Changsha, but you didn't want to!"

"Changsha isn't as comfortable as my hometown," said my second uncle. "If you have money, buy a house in Beijing!"

"Well, I'm already planning to buy a house in BJ..."

"How much is the difference?"

“We’re not short of money…”

In fact, Shen Yan can buy a house with full payment, it’s only around 1500 million anyway!
But his money is all in the stock market, so it’s not time to sell yet…

I plan to buy a house after receiving my share of the profits from "Our Girlhood"!

So Shen Yan is still too young.

Learn from Chen Kexin. The investors suffered heavy losses from his two dramas, "Wuxia" and "The Guillotine", but he bought two villas in Daxing!

By the way, he can also argue that "Money in filmmaking is not saved, it is earned!"

Well, inexplicable confidence.

Then the topic turned to TV dramas...

The most popular TV series this year is of course "Palace"...

Zhang Li was a little confused: "I also watched that 'Palace', it's just so made up... I don't understand why it's so popular~"

Second Uncle: "I've read many newspaper analyses saying it's because of the time travel element..."

"I don't understand... What does Xiao Shen think?"

Shen Yan smiled and said, "Actually, the "Princess Returning the Pearl" was also quite fabricated. I think most viewers don't care about history..."

"That can't be made up like that..."

"TV stations nowadays are too commercial, and only care about ratings..."

"Advertising is based on ratings...TV stations can only pursue ratings!"

“This is not right…”

Zhang Li said a lot, like TV stations should not only provide entertainment, but also undertake local public services and cultural promotion tasks...

Actually, what he said is quite right, but the local government does not allocate funds!

A typical example is Mango TV. Initially, Mango TV suffered from a serious brain drain and the provincial government's finances were tight, so it couldn't provide much subsidy. This was fundamentally different from the more wealthy Beijing Satellite TV, Jiangsu Satellite TV, and Zhejiang Satellite TV...

Then, after learning from their mistakes, Mango TV started thinking about how to make money and achieve self-sufficiency...

In 96, Wei Wenbin, then head of the Hunan Provincial Television Bureau, promoted the establishment of Hunan Economic TV as a test field for the reform of Hunan Satellite TV and promoted Ouyang Changlin as the director of Economic TV.

Under the leadership of Ouyang Changlin, Hunan Economic TV became extremely popular, forcing Hunan Satellite TV to reform and change more than a dozen departments of Hunan Satellite TV into six major centers, with all the persons in charge replaced by young people.

Long Danni, the producer of "Lucky 3721", the ratings champion of Hunan Economic TV at that time, was only 23 years old when she took office and had been working for one year.

Completely abandoning the so-called seniority system...

This thing is within the system, do you dare to imagine it?
However, Mango TV has indeed been pursuing entertainment in recent years!

……

"I've read the novel 'The Battle of Changsha'... 'The Battle of Changsha in the Deep of Night'... I feel like it's more of a romance novel!" We naturally talked about 'The Battle of Changsha'...

The reason why Second Uncle brought Shen Yan to visit Zhang Li was because of "Battle of Changsha"...

As a Hunanese, I still have feelings for the Battle of Changsha and the Battle of Hengyang, and I hope they can be filmed!
Shen Yan said: "The emotional line can be cut down a bit. I think we can focus on the changes of the Hu family. When the nest is destroyed, all the eggs will be broken. The changes of a family are the changes of a country."

Zhang Li nodded: "See the big picture from the small details!"

"Correct!"

"Okay, I'll come find Lao Jiang!"

Lao Jiang is Jiang Qitao. He wrote the screenplays for "The Emperor Wu of Han", "The Road of Life is Long and Difficult", and "The Young Marshal"!

Shen Yan suggested: "You can find Mr. Liu Heping. Liu Heping is from Hengyang, Hunan. The background of our play is the Battle of Hengyang..."

"Okay, I'll make an appointment..."

"Director Zhang, if everything goes well, when will this movie start filming?"

"I guess... around the end of the year!"

"That's fine..."

Zhang Li glanced at Shen Yan, then said: "Your image... is a bit too young... It's okay, you can ask the screenwriter to adjust it..."

"Thank you, director!"

This is what Shen Yan is most worried about. Gu Qingming requires that he be around 35 years old!
No matter how much makeup Shen Yan puts on, his temperament is still there - youthful.

"The Battle of Changsha" is different from "Lotus Tower". "Lotus Tower" is a costume drama, and Li Lianhua can be slightly disfigured, for example, with a sallow complexion and a beard...

"Battle of Changsha" is an anti-Japanese war drama, and Gu Qingming wears a military uniform.

The best solution is to adjust the age slightly to around 26...

Then Hu Xiangxiang was 16 years old...

Add two years to this one, and change it to 18...

As for who will play Hu Xiangxiang...

Shen Yan didn't care.

Anyway, he couldn't think of anyone suitable...

Let Zhang Li worry about it!

……

After leaving Director Zhang Li's house, Second Uncle asked Shen Yan, "What's the next play?"

"The day after tomorrow I'm going to the Qimeng Film and Television Base to film Xu Jizhou's "The Unforgettable Number"..."

“…Anti-Japanese drama?”

"Ah."

Second uncle was surprised: "You can star in an anti-Japanese drama at your age?"

Shen Yan explained: "I am the second male lead, and I play a national army officer... The lead actor is Huang Haibo..."

"Huang Haibo, that's no problem!"

"...Uncle, do you look down on me?"

Second Uncle rolled his eyes. "Huang Haibo has 'The Good Times of My Wife' and 'New Shanghai Bund'. What do you have? Don't be complacent and think you're great just because you have a little success... I'm telling you, there are many talented people in this industry!"

Shen Yan retorted: "I'm not complacent. Look, I'm still taking the second male lead."

"So what did you just say to Director Zhang Li: 'The audience doesn't care about true history'? Do you understand the audience better than Zhang Li?"

“…I was just saying it casually…I definitely won’t do it again next time!”

"I'm telling you, even if you understand, don't respond blindly and don't be the first to speak!"

"Oh... I understand!"

"Let's go and have something to eat..."

"What's Second Uncle's next movie?"

"…'Border Town', I'm assistant director for Teacher Cui this time!"

Shen Yan was curious: "Is Border Town going to be remade again? Who will play Cuicui?"

"It's not that Border Town, it's an anti-Japanese war drama. Border Town means the border city of Tengchong!"

Shen Yan was speechless: "Who the hell came up with this ridiculous name? You might as well just call it 'Border City'... If this were to air, it would definitely be criticized. Everyone would think it was Shen Congwen's 'Border Town'!"

(End of this chapter)