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

Chapter 87 Plan
The crew didn't hold a wrap party...

After all, Li Bingbing and Ren Quan are not here, so what’s the point of holding a wrap-up party?

As for the staff, they were to return to Hong Kong immediately after finishing their work - Du Qifeng was urging them to do so!
When the production crew counted the money, they were surprised to find that they still had hundreds of thousands of dollars left.

We simply opened two tables and had a sumptuous dinner...

There weren't many people, so there wasn't much etiquette.

You Dazhi is very grateful to Shen Yan - he knew that it was Shen Yan who recommended him that gave him the opportunity to direct the movie!

After a few drinks, they talked about why they left Milkyway Image: "There was no money... I hadn't made any money after filming several movies. After finishing today's film, I don't know where tomorrow's money will come from."

"At the time, Milkyway Image's films weren't doing well... No one was broke. But I'm not from Hong Kong. My family is from Malaysia, so we were just an ordinary family... We couldn't really make ends meet. My poverty was at its lowest when I was filming. I couldn't even afford to live, and I still wanted to marry my girlfriend and start a family."

“How did you get into this business?”

"After graduating from secondary school, I went to TVB with my classmates to work as a helper. We did odd jobs like serving tea and water and sorting documents... TVB was at its peak at the time, and they paid for us to attend night school to learn filming. When we came back, I was assigned to Du Qifeng as an assistant."

"I heard that Du Qifeng likes to curse people?"

You Dazhi smiled bitterly: "Yes, he often scolded me to death, but I still learned to look at the machine like him, learn to think about editing, and impress on the spot. As soon as I started working, I thought about how to make the picture more special..."

He continued, "At the time, my master hadn't yet set up his own studio. His main job was still filming TVB dramas, but he had already ventured into the film industry. He was super busy on the set of 'A Lang's Story' with Chow Yun-fat and had no time to spare for his TV work. He was out filming Chow Yun-fat and didn't have time. He called and asked me to film it for him first. I thought...how can I film it? I had no choice but to go ahead and film it. He came back to watch the playback and thought it was pretty good. That's how I gradually became a director."

"For Hong Kong films with large budgets, they go to big directors like Du Qifeng. For those with low investment costs, they go to younger directors, the new generation who have graduated from academies. People like me aren't often approached... Director Li Guoli invited me to shoot a TV series, so I came!"

After a pause, You Dazhi asked Shen Yan: "Why did you ask me to make a love movie?"

"I feel that if 'Very Sudden' removes the police and gangster elements and turns it into a love story, it can still be a very good love story!"

"Yes, I've always thought so. If you take away all the action and cops and gangsters in that play, it's just a love story."

"Very Sudden", You Dazhi's masterpiece...

The ending was 'very sudden'!
Throughout the play, when facing the three vicious gangsters who were doing evil everywhere, the agents were cautious and treaded on thin ice, and finally they managed to kill the opponents with powerful firepower.

However, just when they thought that the robbers from the remaining two continents were a mob and could be easily dealt with, fate played a joke on them all, and in the end they perished together with the robbers.

Li Xiaoping from Guangguang interjected: "...we asked Zhang Jingying to sing the song 'My Dearest'..."

"fine…"

"Do you have any suggestions for publicity?"

Shen Yan shook his head: "I don't understand the publicity... Anyway, we will cooperate with the arrangement of lighting!"

"Hmm," Li Xiaoping suddenly asked, "Did you also write the play 'Back to 20'?"

"…right!"

Shi Shi interrupted: "What's 'Back to 20'?"

Shen Yan: "A movie...how did Mr. Li know about it?"

“They contacted our company to issue…”

“…Is that so?” Shen Yan nodded, approached Shi Shi, and whispered, “I’ll tell you when I get back!”

"That script is really good. If there is another good script like this, please consider our lighting..."

Shen Yan replied...next time for sure!
……

"Brother Ji Xiang told me that a company was looking for scripts suitable for 20-year-old women... and they were willing to pay for it! So I wrote this "Back to 20"!"

In the room, Shen Yan introduced the situation of "Back to 20" to Shi Shi...

"Are you willing to give money?"

"Well, the script cost 100 million, they used three of my songs for 80, and they invited me to play one of the roles for 20!"

Shi Shi did the math... 200 million!
"So willing to spend so much? Which company?" "...It's called Starry Sky... The leading actress is Jing Tian. She was in 'A Woman's Epic,' the one starring Zhao Yanzi and Liu Ye. She played the second female lead, their daughter!"

"Wow, so big?"

Shen Yan smiled and didn't respond...

The main thing is that he doesn’t know Jing Tian’s background!

The powerful mutual benefit network in later generations has not been uncovered...

"So you're going to shoot this movie next?"

Shen Yan nodded: "...I'll play a supporting role, not a lot of scenes, about 20 days!"

"So you're going to film 'Lotus Tower'?"

"Let's not shoot for now. 'Lotus Tower' won't start filming until September... and I'm not a workaholic..." Shen Yan shook his head: "Actors must ensure their own condition before they can perform, and only then can they live up to the reputation and remuneration."

"Then you'll take a two-month break?"

“I’m recording an album!”

“…and you said you’re not a workaholic?”

Shen Yan waved his hand: "How can this be called workaholic? It's just singing, and I record albums very quickly, like playing, it can be finished in half a month!"

Shi Shi thought for a moment and asked, "Are you shooting a music video this time?"

"It depends..." Shen Yan scratched his head. "I think the title song 'Chasing Dreams' will have a music video... I'm planning to contact the Sports Bureau and use Chinese table tennis as the material... Well, this year is the World Cup year, and if the Chinese men's football team can show some spirit, I'll use them!"

Shi Shi had no interest in football and asked directly: "...you won't shoot the other songs?"

“…I’m not filming anymore. It’s too expensive and there’s no distribution channel!”

“…I filmed Lao Hu’s music video…”

Shen Yan understood instantly: "Okay, I'll pick two songs and we can shoot them together, okay?"

"I want a love song!"

"Love song, absolutely a love song!"

……

Actually, mainland singers at this stage rarely shoot MVs...

Because no TV station is willing to MV music program...

In the past, Channel [V] (Star Music Channel), MTV Chinese Channel, CCTV's China Music Television, and Hunan Satellite TV were constantly streaming music, playing singers' music videos every day...

Therefore, in that era, music videos accounted for a very high proportion of singers’ promotional budgets, because a good music video could really make a song popular…

Unfortunately, the current media environment has changed dramatically.

Things like MVs are heavily dependent on television media broadcasting!
Without channels, can we rely on Yin Yue TV?

Yinyuetai…

It has closed down!
In an era where people have more and more rights to choose their own content, MVs cannot be compared with other content at all. Whether it is iQiyi or Youku, they put the MV section in the most inconspicuous place, because the important position should be reserved for popular content!

However, since Shi Shi wants to take pictures, then just take pictures!

Anyway, the budget for the album "Chasing Dreams" is 300 million...

Two songs, "Can't Learn" and "Mercury".

(End of this chapter)