Chapter 176 "Blind Mountain", Red Carpet Speech

Liu Yifei didn't know what was wrong with her.

She started to learn how to cook.

Lin Nan told Liu Yifei that she was not suitable for this job at the cost of a day of stomach upset.

"God is fair. You are so beautiful. Don't worry about not having a talent for cooking. Just know how to use a microwave oven..."

Liu Yifei nestled in the cradle in the garden, holding the cat, nodding with a smile on her face, without any modesty.

"Well, I just had a whim. Isn't it your birthday..."

"So, I ate everything you cooked."

Lin Nan said softly, with tenderness in his eyes.

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"The Sun Also Rises" was completely silent after less than two weeks of release.

The box office stopped at 16 million.

Only 6 million could be distributed to Ying Huang, and that was before tax.

This means that Yang Shoucheng's investment this time was a huge loss.

Jiang Wen was even labeled a box office poison by some media.

The subject matter of "Blind Mountain" is special.

It cannot be promoted like a commercial film.

Yu Dong promised Lin Nan that he would increase the distribution of "Blind Mountain", and now he has indeed done it.

Posters of "Blind Mountain" have appeared in major theaters, and there are several kinds.

With the gray mountains as the background, a woman wearing a red jacket, black cotton pants, and a headscarf is running in a panic...

The woman's eyes are dead and lifeless, and she is holding a child wrapped in a small quilt in her arms...

From the moment he decided to invest in this movie, Lin Nan was ready to lose money.

While he and Li Yang were on the talk show, he mobilized the people around him.

All the people in the circle who have Lin Nan's contact information are forwarding news about this movie in their blogs and forums.

"Based on real events, Director Li Yang has another movie that touches people's hearts."

...

There are official media, which also gave publicity support.

The discussion of this movie has reached a high level.

"Just wait until it is released in November, Brother Li Yang doesn't have to worry about anything."

Li Yang thought about the problem of Lin Nan's return on investment, but the latter didn't care.

After watching Blind Mountain, Lin Nan felt only heartache, and the subject matter is more extensive, more real, and more resonant with the general public than that of Hidden in the Dust.

So the box office is definitely not something to be expected.

But some movies exist for their own significance, and such directors are also respectable.

Lin Nan is willing to lose money to invest in such movies.

Among the movies to be released in November, Blind Mountain finally received some attention.

Lin Nan and Li Yang discussed the premiere and press conference for a long time, and finally decided not to hold them.

All the places that can be promoted have been promoted, and there are official media reports, so there is no need for premieres.

The National Day has begun. There are no blockbusters in October this year, but those domestic films that backed out at the last minute in the first half of the year have finally squeezed into these three months.

The number of movies released in October is twice that of September and nearly four times that of August.

On average, two or three movies are released every day.

Lin Nan took time to pay attention to the Busan Film Festival, and many people from China went there.

Xijie had told Lin Nan with certainty that "New World" would be shortlisted for the Busan Film Festival, but the nomination list had not yet been released.

Soon after, it really came true.

"New World" was nominated for an individual honorary award, and Lin Nan's name was written behind it.

"This internal appointment feels really good!" Lin Nan muttered.

Chengtian brought a large team to the Busan Film Festival and signed a cooperation agreement with a South Korean company.

They signed some actors and artists from each other and made economic contracts in the entertainment industry of the other country.

Jiang Yiyan, who was just signed by Wu Kebo this year, was also included.

I heard from Zhu Yawen that Jiang Yiyan was not very peaceful...

On the 12th, the Busan International Film Festival awards ceremony.

Since many domestic actors and crews went there, the movie channel gave a special live broadcast report.

"New World" won the audience award and honorary award.

When the presenter called out the Chinese word "Lin Nan".

The live camera cut to the domestic crowd.

The crew of "Assembly", Deng Chao, Sun Li, Wang Jinghua and others were all looking around.

The last to go on stage were the crew of "New World".

"Director Lin Nan was promoting the movie, so he couldn't get away, so the crew accepted the award on his behalf..."

Busan time is one hour faster than China.

The live broadcast of the award ceremony on the movie channel ended, and within half an hour, the domestic media had already reported it.

"Director Lin Nan, won the Busan Film Festival Individual Honor Award!"

...

Xijie is really sincere.

Lin Nan got up early in the morning and received a call from the company. Xijie sent someone to deliver the certificates.

"It's just a small award, just like the Shanghai Film Festival, sitting in a row and sharing fruits, all to take care of the face of foreigners and raise their own status."

Lin Nan explained to Liu Yifei.

The Busan Film Festival is very strange in the establishment of awards. There are no traditional awards such as best director and best actor.

It's just a very general documentary award, short film award, etc.

The individual award is: honorary award.

…

Ning Hao took the crew back to the capital and held a wrap-up press conference.

“Originally I was thinking of taking my time and wrapping up before the closing ceremony, but who knew that Huang Bo was chosen by the Golden Rooster Awards to perform at the opening ceremony.

I can only speed up the process, I can’t even be lazy.”

When Ning Hao saw Lin Nan, he started to complain.

"Let's rest as usual when we come back. Anyway, we just need to show up at the closing ceremony. We're going to prepare the words first and use them to promote the movie then."

Lin Nan said with a smile.

Liu Yifei has already left early. The crew of "The King of Kung Fu" are important guests on the red carpet of the opening ceremony.

"How about Director Chen being a great director? The treatment is just different." Ning Hao was a little envious.

Not many crews can enter the Forbidden City for filming, and even fewer can enter unopened areas.

Chen Kaige successfully led the "Mei Lanfang" crew into unopened areas such as the Emperor's Palace.

This kind of treatment is something most directors would never dare to think about.

On the afternoon of the 26th, Lin Nan and Ning Hao arrived in Suzhou together.

Huang Bo, wearing short sleeves, jodhpurs and sunglasses, drove to pick them up.

"Guo Tao and I sang the song "I Love You Dear Girl" at the opening ceremony, didn't we do well?"

"To be honest, neither of us watched the opening ceremony."

Ning Hao said something.

He was doing preparatory work before post-production, while Lin Nan and Li Yang were recording a legal program, because the theme of "Blind Mountain" is suitable for this.

"That's a pity, brother, what I sang was called "Hi", and many actresses called my name.

Even the singing and dancing of Huang Xiaoming and Huang Shengyi may not be as good as mine..."

Huang Bo's face is getting thicker and thicker.

"Let's go, this year's star lineup is very strong."

As he spoke, Huang Bo stepped on the accelerator and the car sped out.

When they arrived at the hotel, Lin Nan and Ning Hao understood what Huang Bo said about the strong lineup.

All the top actors in Hong Kong are here.

Jackie Chan, Jet Li, Andy Lau, Tony Leung Chaowei, Lai Ming...

The number of Hong Kong and Taiwan artists has definitely more than doubled than before.

There are also Gu Changwei, Tian Zhuangzhuang, Jia Zhangke, Jiang Wen, Jiang Wu, Zhang Ziyi...

In the hall, there are many entertainers socializing.

Lin Nan and the other three walked in and entered the elevator without lingering.

"It seems that several big directors all arrived today?"

"Indeed, Director Jiang Wen and Director Jia Zhangke have just arrived."

Many people know in their hearts that they don't care if they are stuck in rush to the closing ceremony.

Jiang Wen didn't sign up for Golden Rooster, and Jia Zhangke didn't even get nominated. It was a Golden Lion Award-winning movie.

Lin Nan and Ning Hao separated and went to find Liu Yifei alone.

While others were socializing outside, Liu Yifei stayed in the room and watched TV.

"Why are you here?" The girl patted the sofa next to her and asked Lin Nan to sit over.

"I went on a law popularization program with Director Li Yang, which can be regarded as helping to promote the movie."

Lin Nan sat next to Liu Yifei, and she instantly relaxed a lot and felt peaceful.

The two leaned against each other, and Liu Yifei talked about interesting things in the past two days.

She was arranged to walk on the red carpet of the closing ceremony with Jackie Chan, and Li Bingbing and Li Lianjie walked together, divided into two teams.

Not long after, Liu Xiaoli came back with her assistant.

"Aunt."

"Sissi, get ready, the makeup artist will be here soon."

Liu Xiaoli looked at Lin Nan and smiled, but didn't care, she was used to it.

"Oh well."

After saying that, Liu Yifei got up and walked into the house.

"Auntie, I'll leave first."

"Um."

…

Lin Nan saw from a distance that several people were joking with Ning Hao.

One of the women looked familiar.

After they left, Lin Nan walked over.

"Going to find Yifei?"

"Yeah. Who else can recommend actors to you?"

"Yes, she still has a background. The girl who is in the show is named Han Qian."

"Oh, I know, Hu Ge's classmate, I don't know how good his acting skills are, but there is never a shortage of official resources..." Lin Nan replied.

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On the red carpet, Lin Nan was with Ning Hao and Huang Bo.

"Three movies."

"I know, one person will promote one thing."

Interviews on the red carpet will be reported by all media and are the best publicity opportunities.

In the evening, an endless motorcade drove towards the awards ceremony.

Lin Nan and three others, in suits and leather shoes, were eating melon seeds in the waiting area.

"I find that following you two, my image is gone. You are the director, so you don't care, and no one dares to say that I am an actor."

Huang Bo complained while eating.

"Image? You are mainly interested in acting." Ning Hao said with certainty.

"Yeah, haha. No, you're saying I'm ugly!"

"Pack it up, it's probably our turn soon." Lin Nan reminded.

I saw Li Bingbing holding Li Lianjie on the red carpet, and I could already hear the host introducing "The King of Kung Fu".

The number of celebrities in the waiting area gradually decreased.

Liang Chaowei, Liu Jialing.

Liu Dehua, Hong Jinbao.

Li Ming, Chen Hong, Chen Kaige.

Chen Kun, Ren Quan, Dong Jie.

…

"Let's go, it's our turn."

"Directors Lin Nan and Director Ning Hao are both guests of this film festival. They also have films completed this year. Can you introduce them to everyone?"

The host was very smart and took the initiative to pass the message over.

Lin Nan and Ning Hao smiled and handed the microphone to Huang Bo.

"I'll go first. Although I am the star of "Racing", what I want to talk about is "Painted Skin". Director Lin's magical love blockbuster, I believe it will not disappoint the audience."

Ning Hao took the microphone, "I want to talk about "Blind Mountain", which is a work that touches people's hearts. I hope all of us can sympathize with the weak, save the weak, and fight crime."

"Crazy Racing has six story lines, which is more exciting than Stone..."

Lin Nan spoke at last.

"It's a pity that these three works will not be seen in the Golden Rooster Awards this time.

Then I would like to ask the two directors, will you take the movie to participate in the next Golden Rooster Awards?"

This question made Lin Nan and Ning Hao stunned, and the two looked at each other.

"Probably not."

Ning Hao's words made the media on the scene smell performance again.

"Why?" the host asked.

"Haha, the threshold of the Golden Rooster Awards is too high."

"What about Director Lin?"

"I think it's better for me to rush for the Golden Bear and Golden Lion awards first.

They may be relatively simpler and easier..."

Huang Bo looked at Lin Nan and the others blankly, which was too bold.

The surrounding media reporters were no longer excited at this time, but excited.

Add to that the mocking remarks made by Jia Zhangke, Wang Quanan, Jiang Wen and others on the red carpet.

Did this group of big directors discuss this collectively today?