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

Chapter 186 Tsk tsk, this is terrible! (4/4)

Shen Yan took the initiative to fire!

Because the cinema chain gave "Wuxia" more than 30% of the screening schedule, arranging screenings on the first day...

After all, after Chen Kexin went north, "If Love", "The Warlords", "October Besieged City", except for "If Love", the other two movies have all exceeded 200 million in box office...

It still has great box office potential.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have been able to get over 100 million to casually shoot "Wuxia"...

Many people say that "Wuxia" is half a masterpiece - the lighting, camera movement, composition, scenery, action design, and background music are all first-class...

But the plot is too simple: the former top killer is tired of fighting and killing, chooses to retire, and then successfully whitewashes himself by plotting self-harm and protecting his family...

So...what does this have to do with "Wuxia"?

And the wrong protagonist was chosen!
Who would believe that kung fu star Donnie Yen would play a person who doesn't know kung fu in a movie with a kung fu setting?
If you let Donnie Yen play this role, the narrative in the first half of the plot will be basically ineffective, because the audience doesn't need to guess, they all know what the reversal is, so why do you lay the groundwork?
Chen Kexin probably also realized this, so the movie is very twisted...

However, Shen Yan was not criticizing the movie, but the money-sucking scam!

This matter is considered a scandal in the circle!
In fact, everyone is familiar with the issue of crew reimbursement. Many directors like to report higher bills in order to make more money. There is nothing wrong with this, as everyone is here to make money!
But the operation of "Wuxia" is really without thinking...

There are many ways for film crews to cheat money, such as inflating budgets, inflating personnel expenses, inflating production costs, and falsifying post-production costs...

Any one of them can take a big piece of cake.

The crew of "Wuxia" really didn't do anything to save face. They dared to quote the price of a five-star hotel for the price of renting an ordinary house...

Director Chen's actions almost wrote on his face that he was just here to make money...

After this, who will dare to fully trust the so-called Hong Kong team in the future?

No one who knows what’s going on will be killed without knowing how they died.

His Weibo post definitely sparked a lot of discussion...

Lu Chuan also joined in the fun—when he was filming "Nanjing! Nanjing!", he publicly complained, "The quote for replacing a light bulb is 6000 yuan, and there's no way I can save money."

Why can’t we save?

It’s obvious that the money that Xingmei, the investor of “Nanjing! Nanjing!”, used to make the film…cannot be disclosed!
The producers may not understand, but the money of many investors may not be clean...

Many clean investors really don’t understand the business, and don’t even understand the distribution of movie revenue. They think that the amount of money they make is based on the box office!

Very easy to deceive.

Moreover, the recent "Butterfly on the Shoulder" directly deceived the investors to the point of jumping off the building...

This movie is an art film, originally budgeted at most 2000 million, but they've added investment all the way to 8000 million. Furthermore, the company that made the special effects and props is the director's company, so a lot of the funds were transferred to this company...

Honestly speaking, it's better to make a joke of 8000 million than to promote Jing Tian in "Warring States". At least turning a costume blockbuster into a romance is much better than turning a romance into a disaster movie.

Zhang Xiaobei and Guan Yadi also posted on Weibo to discuss the matter...

"Sunlight is the best disinfectant. It won't hurt the industry to take more things out to dry in the sun!"

Sohu and NetEase immediately followed up with reports, and even Southern Metropolis Daily gave an in-depth report.

……

On the set of "Number", Shen Yan continued filming...

He was in a good mood today, so he asked the production staff to buy 80 kilograms of five-spice sauced donkey meat...

The specialty of Linyi is Junan donkey meat, which is tender and has a mellow taste!
No wonder Dingxianglou (from "Underground Traffic Station") does donkey meat business - it really smells good!

The crew had a meal, and everyone, including the director, came over to try the donkey meat...

Shen Yan said, "Eat it all. I bought 80 kilograms!"

“…Isn’t that a bit too much?”

"That's nothing. Qiao Feng goes out to eat and just orders 20 kilograms of beef..."

“Is donkey meat expensive?”

"He's rich..." Xiao Zhao said, "'The Beauty Inside' was a huge hit recently, and he invested in that movie!"

Huang Haibo was curious: "How did you know?"

"Shi...her girlfriend told me..."

"Eat your food... I can't even stop your mouth from opening!"

"Xiao Shen, you've never eaten donkey meat before, right?"

Shen Yan waved his hand: "No, I'm from Hunan. I've never even seen a donkey, let alone eaten one!"

Zhao Liying was surprised: "You've never eaten donkey meat?"

Shen Yan immediately retorted: "Have you ever eaten flavored snake?" "...Snake meat?"

"Yes!"

"without…"

"There's also an insect feast. We'll eat silkworm pupae, dragonflies..."

"what?"

"Just kidding, I don't eat it either..." Shen Yan laughed: "But people in Xiangxi do eat these!"

"Have you been to Xiangxi?"

"…What's going on? I want to ask if there's any corpse-carrying service?"

"Do you have?"

This time, not only Xiao Zhao was interested, but Huang Haibo, Li Jian and even the director pricked up their ears...

Shen Yan was speechless: "How could such a thing exist... We have all been educated in materialism..."

Xiao Zhao didn't give up: "Is it possible that you don't know?"

“…Forget it, if you think there is one, then there is one!”

Xu Jizhou interrupted: "Xiao Shen, what you said on Weibo about the reimbursement, is that true?"

"Of course it's true," Shen Yan replied, "Since I dare to say this publicly, it means that many people have discussed it!"

"Will that offend people?"

"I just can't stand them... How dare they charge for such a rubbish... I heard Chen Kexin bought two villas in Daxing right after filming 'Wuxia'!"

"...That's too..."

"'Butterfly on the Shoulder,' a romantic film, saw incremental investment, ultimately costing 8000 million... I heard the film's special effects and props were all produced by Zhang Zhiliang's company..."

“This is too much!”

"You're taking advantage of me!"

After chatting for a while, Shen Yan asked the director: "How long will it take for us to shoot this play?"

Xu Jizhou called the on-site producer, who said, "It will take about forty days to wrap up!"

"What about my part?"

"About twenty-five days..."

There were a few horseback fighting scenes, which were quite time-consuming, but Chen Feng didn't need to show up...

"What's wrong? You want to ask for leave again?"

"Well, I have to run some promotions..."

"Isn't your movie coming out next month?"

"It's a TV series," Shen Yan explained. "The Lotus Tower, starring me, will be aired next week... This is my first time playing the leading male role in a TV series!"

Zhao Liying raised her hand: "Director, I need to take a leave too!"

"you?"

"The New Return of the Pearl, starring her, will also be aired next week..."

Upon hearing this, Huang Haibo next to him immediately asked, "'New Return of the Condor Heroes'? Who are you playing? Xiaoyanzi or Ziwei?"

"I play Qing'er...Princess Qing..."

“That’s one of the main actors too!”

"Amazing! New Return of the Condor Heroes!"

"I saw entertainment news a few days ago that Sohu Video bought the exclusive broadcasting rights to 'New My Fair Princess' for 3500 million..."

A few people chatted about "New Return of the Pearl"...

Shen Yan couldn't help but interrupt: "No, shouldn't you sympathize with me?"

Xu Jizhou remembered and gave him a sympathetic look: "...You just said that your first starring role in a drama... was broadcast at the same time as "New My Fair Princess"? "

"Well... the next day, 'Lotus Tower' will air on July 7th... 'New Return of the Pearl' will air on July 15th..."

Huang Haibo patted Shen Yan's shoulder...without saying anything!

But his expression showed, "Tsk tsk, good brother, this is fate!"

(End of this chapter)