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

Chapter 261: Poor Means (2/4)

In Hengdian, Yang Mi is filming Painted Skin 2...

In Painted Skin 2, her role is a functional NPC—not involved in the main storyline…

The main plot of "Painted Skin 2" is still a love triangle...

The reason for adding Yang Mi was clearly to take advantage of her popularity. In addition, Feng Shaofeng was also arranged to play a role as a happy enemy with Yang Mi.

But Yang Mi is very busy, and during the filming breaks, she is always sending messages to people...

In the lounge, Zhou Xun glanced at Yang Mi, who was fiddling with her phone, and asked, "Are you chatting with your boyfriend?"

"Where's my boyfriend from...work!"

"Are you that busy?"

Yang Mi casually said, "...This is my first time as a co-producer. There are so many things to learn and worry about!"

"Producer?"

Yang Mi nodded: "I took on a movie..."

Zhou Xun thought for a moment and said, "'BJ Meets...'...what was that?"

Uh, Zhou Xun probably heard that Shen Yan was going to collaborate with Yang Mi on a chick flick.

"For 'Beijing Meets Seattle', they said my salary was too low, so they decided to give me a bigger role and make me a co-producer... the kind where I could get a share of the box office!"

"That's not bad... What? Is there a problem?"

"The male lead hasn't been decided yet...either his image isn't suitable, or he's not well-known enough!"

"Who did you find?"

"Look..." Yang Mi took the phone over: "This is Jin Dong. Shen Yan said he's suitable... but I've never heard of him!"

"...a gentle, refined, handsome uncle...why not?"

"We want to get a big box office hit... we definitely have to find someone with a name recognition!"

"Who are you looking for?"

"Leung Chiu Wai or Lau Ching Wan..."

"How did he say?"

"He said... he didn't want to waste money!"

"What do you mean?"

Yang Mi explained: "Their salaries are too high, but the impact on the box office is not that obvious..."

"Isn't it obvious? Liang Chaowei's movies can sell all over Asia!"

"It's useless!" Yang Mi said, "Compared to his 1200 million yuan salary, the overseas copyright is not worth mentioning..."

Zhou Xun disagreed: "Liang Chaowei's box office appeal is very strong, he is the best actor!"

"Shen Yan doesn't care about that at all. He said, 'What's the point of an Oscar winner? Box office is king in the film market. Even an Oscar winner can only play supporting roles for Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Cruise!'... He prefers to use newcomers!"

"You can't say that..."

"This is a commercial film, a chick flick!"

When Zhou Xun heard about chick flicks, she immediately asked, "The recent 'Love Is Not Blind' has been going crazy at the box office... have you seen it?"

"I didn't see it...but I heard it made 2.4 million in the first week!"

“Making a fortune!”

"How do you know him?"

"We filmed a movie together before..." After a pause, Yang Mi added, "There's another thing. When I wasn't... famous yet, his agent asked me to sign a contract for five movies..."

"Huh? What does that mean?"

"I was betting on my success, so I signed five film contracts at a low price..."

"Low price? How low?"

"The five films combined total 150 million..."

“…That’s a bit low…”

"So, I want to make amends..."

Zhou Xun looked at her and said, "Does he seem nice?"

"Well, he's handsome, talented, and can make money!"

"How's your stamina?" "It should be okay... When we were filming, Shishi was always cheerful..."

"If you really like it, take the initiative..."

"Not really," Yang Mi shook her head, "I have a good relationship with his girlfriend!"

“Good men are rare…don’t miss them if you meet one!”

The two chatted for a while, and then Yang Mi's phone rang. She checked the caller ID and saw it was Shen Yan, so she answered it immediately...

"Hey…"

Shen Yan on the other end of the phone looked at the call with some confusion: "Are you Yang Mi?"

"Yes!"

"Then why are you holding your throat?"

"Leave me alone!"

The voice returned to normal, and Shen Yan said: "Now I give you two choices, Jin Dong or Duan Yihong..."

"Huh? No other options?"

"...That's all... I told you Jin Dong is a very good actor, he won the China Drama Golden Lion Award!"

“But he’s so unknown…”

"It's okay. If she's too well-known, how can we demonstrate Sister Mi's appeal?"

“…Are you mocking me?”

"You're overthinking it. I'm really praising you..." After a pause, Shen Yan continued, "Are you going to Hong Kong the day after tomorrow?"

"Eight Stars Embracing Happiness" premiered in Hong Kong, and as one of the leading actors, Yang Mi definitely had to attend the premiere press conference...

Huang Baiming really has been using the same trick for decades!
In 1988, there was "Eight Stars Reporting Joy", then "All's Well, Ends Well", "Happy Events in Flower Field"...

A unique Lunar New Year comedy starring many stars in the Hong Kong film industry...

Until 98's "Nine Stars Announcement", which was a box office failure. Starring Leslie Cheung, Jacklyn Wu, Wong Pak-ming, Kenny Bee, Gigi Lai, Lee Wai-man, Cheung Tat-ming, and Chow Man-kin, it only grossed 1003 million...

Huang Baiming was disheartened and left the film industry for 7 years!
It wasn't until Xu Ke started filming "Seven Swords" and invited him to come out as producer that he made a comeback!

Then he bet on action movies, teamed up with Donnie Yen, and made "Dragon Tiger Gate", "Flash Point" and "Ip Man"...

After that, relying on "All's Well, Ends Well 2009", they started to rehash old dramas, releasing a new wedding series every year - "All's Well, Ends Well 2010", "The Strongest Wedding", "Eight Stars Holding Happy Events", and later "Hundred Star Hotel" and "Six Fortunes", until mainland audiences stopped buying it!

Later, I also made "All's Well, Ends Well 2020"... This movie was not released in mainland China at all - no film company was willing to take over the distribution.

Pulling it back, Yang Mi immediately asked, "How did you know? Why do you care about me so much?"

"I'm going to Hong Kong too... I'm looking for a partner..."

Yang Mi was curious: "Why are you going to Hong Kong?"

"Shishi is filming over there, I'm going to visit her!"

"Shishi again... Can't you just care about me?"

"Hello...bad signal, hanging up!"

Shen Yan hung up the phone directly...

……

By the way, after Brother Yan became famous, he met many female artists and flirted with them...or even not secretly, but openly...

Especially after the huge success of "Our Girlhood"...

Trying to make friends with him in various ways.

This forced Brother Yan to adopt the persona of "No strangers allowed"...

This time, "Love Is Not Blind" became a big hit, and Spark Studio became famous. Many people know that the boss of Spark Studio is Shen Yan!

Some investment institutions have said that if Spark Studios chooses to go public, its market capitalization will be at least 20 billion!

It has also aroused the desire to conquer among many ambitious female artists!
After Shen Yan finished filming "Big Shot" and returned to BJ, his original plan was to take a few interviews and finalize the cast for "Beijing Meets Seattle." Then, a bunch of film and television companies and agents came knocking on his door...

I actually asked someone to visit her, saying something like, "This is a new actor, please give me some guidance, Mr. Shen!"

No, man...are pimps so direct these days?

You didn't even treat me to a meal, but you just asked for my advice and experience?

I can’t help but think of Old Lady Jiujin: Each generation is worse than the previous one!
(End of this chapter)