Chapter 608: Selling, Celebration Party, Stealing Skills

A new day, the film industry and the media are all attracted to Huayi.

As a fifth-generation director, Gu Changwei is famous for his art films and reality-themed films at international film festivals.

Today, half a year after joining Huayi, he finally started his first commercial film - "Micro Love".

Wang Zhonglei personally hosted the film launch conference, and many big names and first-line actors in the circle were present.

Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang, Zhang Guoli... The guests were full of stars, and it was very lively.

As the first commercial film of Director Gu, the selection of the male and female protagonists was naturally paid attention to and curious by everyone.

When Chen He and Yang Ying walked onto the stage, many people in the circle and reporters at the scene were stunned for a moment, and then they understood.

Huayi is still the same Huayi. It is impossible to use the male and female protagonists of the big director's movie to support young actors or grassroots who have no background.

Look, the male and female protagonists both have backgrounds, and the cousin and boyfriend in the first row are all here.

Looking at the news about the launch conference of "Micro Love" on the Internet, Lin Nan recalled Zhang Yimou's "box office kidnapping" theory a few days ago.

His good buddy Gu Changwei refuted his point of view with practical actions.

Great directors are also human beings, and they have to be aligned with commercial films, box office and money.

I just don't know how much salary or dividends Gu Changwei can get in this movie, so that he dared to use Yang Ying as the heroine?

You know, this is the "character" that Xu Ke has publicly named in front of the media and will never cooperate with for the second time!

"Director Lin, Director Lu Yang and the entire crew are having a meeting on the third floor. Do you want to go over?"

At this time, the assistant knocked on the door and asked Lin Nan.

He was about to nod, but the mobile phone on the desk suddenly vibrated.

"Go and tell Director Lu that they are having their meeting. If I can make it in time later, I will go over."

"Okay, Director Lin."

After the assistant went out, Lin Nan answered the phone.

"Tom, I've only been back for two days and you called me again. What's the matter?"

"Dear boss, I don't want to bother you, but did you forget something?"

"What's the matter?"

"Have you considered the movie "The Price of Salt"? Didn't you say before that you wanted Crystal to try it?

But "Manchester by the Sea" has been completed, and you still haven't replied to me. Their offer has increased again, and they are asking me."

Speaking of this matter, Lin Nan is really a bit of a headache.

Once "The Price of Salt" is filmed, it will be a special theme of award-winning films, but it is only suitable for Europe and the United States.

The operating cost of award-winning films is not low. With the current size of Crystal Pictures, it is not easy to support the operation of two award-winning films at the same time.

And if the operation fails, the loss will be huge.

These are just one aspect. The most important thing is that this is a lesbian theme award-winning film.

When selecting actors for award-winning films of this theme, they must find truly top-notch actresses to play the leading roles.

But Liu Yifei is still young, so Lin Nan is afraid of the possibility...

"If a movie involves my wife, or if she has some psychological problems... even if the probability is one in ten thousand, what's the difference between that and letting me die directly?"

"Lin, what are you talking about? What's dead?"

Lin Nan came back to his senses, frowned and relaxed, and finally gritted his teeth and made a decision.

"What is their new offer?"

"3.2 million US dollars, thanks to Matthew's "Dallas Buyers Club" winning the award."

Lin Nan remembered that when Tom bought the copyright, he only spent 450,000 US dollars.

"Sell it."

Tom was obviously shocked by Lin Nan's sudden decisiveness, "Really sell it?"

"Sell it."

"Okay, I'll reply to them tomorrow."

After hanging up Tom's phone, Lin Nan got up and left the office.

The large conference room on the third floor, where almost all the main creators of the entire "Embroidered Spring Blade 2" crew are here.

On the other side is the audition venue for "The Journey of Flower", where many agents and third- and fourth-tier actors in the circle are waiting outside.

When these people saw Lin Nan, they immediately greeted him and he nodded and passed by.

Walking into the conference room, Lu Yang was talking about the shooting plan.

The logistics shooting team had already set off for Hengdian this morning, and the crew would start shooting the day after tomorrow.

"We can't attend the celebration banquet of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy."

After a long talk, Lu Yang complained, and Shu Chang, Zhang Yi, and Lei Jiayin all nodded with a look of regret.

The other actors just smiled, it had nothing to do with them, and they couldn't get involved.

"Let's keep the opening ceremony simple, I won't go, and the producer Yifei is the same. If there is anything, just call me." Lin Nan said with a smile.

"Then I have to prepare in advance, in case of overspending, I can give Yifei a reason when I call. Haha..."

Lu Yang said self-deprecatingly.

He knows himself well, and he is quite bad at controlling film costs.

Half an hour later, Lin Nan told Shu Chang to have a meal with Liu Xiaoli and Liu Yifei before going to Hengdian, and then he left the meeting room.

Outside, Yang Zai and Huang Shengyi both tried their best to plead for Wen Zhang online.

Because Juli Films is the main owner, it invested in a Sino-Korean co-production "I Love You Most on the Road", starring Wen Zhang and Huang Shengyi.

But as luck would have it, the "See You on Monday" incident officially broke out on the day the movie was released on March 28.

So much so that this movie was disliked and boycotted by 99% of the audience and fans.

The co-production, which invested nearly 100 million yuan, was released for 7 days, with a total box office of 19 million yuan, and the daily box office dropped to 80,000 yuan. Juli Pictures suffered another heavy loss.

Sometimes I have to admit that Yang Zai really has Yoneda Kou in his mind.

Huang Shengyi only appealed online to forgive Wen Zhang.

Wen Zhang is pitiful and pathetic, and I hope that the audience and netizens will not boycott a movie created by a team of hundreds of people because of the incident of a certain actor.

But Yang Zai is different. I wonder if his shoehorned face was caught by the door?

He directly copied Jackie Chan's "famous quotes" from back then:

"Just like Jackie Chan said, Wen Zhang just made a mistake that all men in the world make.

What's more, the mistakes he made were not as serious as his elder brother! I hope everyone can forgive Wen Zhang just like you forgive your elder brother. He is a rare and excellent actor..."

This argument can be regarded as an eye-opener for the film and television industry.

I offended Jet Li before because of "The Legend of White Snake", but this time I helped exonerate Wen Zhang, which disgusted Jackie Chan.

Although Yang Zai deleted Weibo half an hour later, possibly because someone reminded him of it, the industry and the Internet had already taken screenshots and retweeted it, and it had spread.

From the perspective of the film and television industry, if this guy didn't have shit in his head, he would never be able to do such a thing! It's better to get out of the circle as soon as possible and don't make yourself embarrassed by struggling.

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In the blink of an eye, two days passed.

The celebration banquet of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" and the official launch of "Xiu Chun Dao 2 Shura Battlefield" both appeared on the front page of film and television entertainment news.

Because "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" is a theme movie that has exceeded 2 billion, La Peikang took the initiative to take over the celebration banquet.

Organized by China Film Group Corporation, almost no one in the industry dares not to give face. Those who don’t come are basically not qualified to come.

In the ice cube, the words "2.053 billion" are extremely dazzling.

Lin Nan, the director, and Liu Yifei, the producer, both took the initiative to give up their seats.

I saw La Peikang, Han Sanping, and Tong Gang in the middle, giving way to the "little hammer"

This scene made many people twitch their mouths, but they still had to smile on their faces and clap their hands.

Finally, the three of them held hammers at the same time and smashed the ice cubes, complete!

"I'm going to their side."

Liu Yifei shook her head at Lin Nan and saw Xie Nan and Liu Yan smiling and waving in the distance.

"Well, it's up to you."

Lin Nan knew that Miss Liu didn't want to stay here. A group of grown men were talking about movies or business, which was boring.

It is indeed quite boring, just like Jiang Wen was surrounded by many people at the moment, questioning him about "One Step Away".

Juli's "I Love You Most on the Road" was deeply influenced by Wen Zhang and was downloaded yesterday.

As for "One Step Away", which is scheduled to be released during the Lunar New Year, there is no guarantee that it will not be affected.

After all, the Internet is now furious, with countless people shouting for Wen Zhang to get out of the film and television industry.

"Don't mention it, Ma Yili's words of 'do it and cherish it' are quite impressive and her methods are brilliant!"

Lin Nan walked up to Jiang Wen with champagne in hand, making many people around him laugh.

Although the woman has some connections in the Beijing circle by virtue of her relationship with men and women.

But in front of Lin Nan and others, it really doesn't matter, and you can make fun of them as you like.

"Don't join in the fun, I'm having a headache. Ma Ke also suggested that I delete all the scenes with Wen Zhang..."

Lin Nan smiled and said, "Tsk, tsk, this doesn't seem like Director Jiang's style. Are you scared?"

"Bullshit, the investment of 300 million yuan is all from my company, can you be stress-free?"

Jiang Wenbai glared at Lin Nan and said angrily.

But the next second, his tone changed:

"Looking back at his clips, from a director's point of view, he did a pretty good job.

When we were playing each other, he was able to go back and forth with me and Ge You, and he was not weak at all! "

Lin Nan could tell that Jiang Wen admired Wen Zhang.

Suddenly, he remembered something and glanced at Jiang Wen, who noticed something strange.

"You kid, is there something wrong with your eyes?"

Lin Nan shook his head. He would not admit that he had just thought about Jiang Wen and Liu Xiaoqing. In this circle, everything is so similar.

"Then should we delete it or not?"

Lin Nan changed the topic. He admitted that Wen Zhang's acting skills were indeed excellent, but it was too smooth, so he fell into trouble.

"Delete? No, I won't delete a single scene! The movie I made is so good, why should I delete it?"

Jiang Wen thought for a moment, nodded sharply, and made up his mind.

Lin Nan's expression froze. Good guy, it's Jiang Wen who can say such shameless words!

Many people around wanted to laugh but held back, and walked away quickly, for fear that they wouldn't be able to hold it back.

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Once a movie actor fails, the market and the industry will react the fastest.

In the same way, the Hong Kong circle has declined, so now it is also beginning to "flatter" to the mainland.

I still remember "Sha Po Lang" released in November 2005.

At that time, Donnie Yen was the absolute protagonist. In the movie, he treated Wu Gen, a minor supporting character, as if he were nothing.

But now, "Sha Po Lang 2" has been announced to be released, but there is no such thing as Donnie Yen at all.

Wu Gan, a minor supporting actor who was once born in the Mainland, has become the absolute protagonist.

The director from Hong Kong, the screenwriter from Hong Kong, the team and actors from Hong Kong, but only the protagonist was quietly replaced by someone from the mainland!

On the surface, it seems that only the actors have been replaced, but this does represent the huge changes in the mainland and Hong Kong circles over the past decade, with different positions of offense and defense.

Lin Nan congratulated Wu on Weibo. This guy is also amazing. Seeing that there is only one month left before the wedding, he actually took a new play!

It is estimated that the couple will not have a honeymoon.

"Mr. Wang, are you still in the company?"

Lin Nan got in the car and just got through the call, Liu Yifei threw an apple in through the car window, "Just washed, organic, no need to peel."

He smiled and nodded at Miss Liu, and made a mouth shape: "Eat it in a while."

"I'm in the company, you can come over now."

Wang Changtian's voice was very loud, and it was obvious that he had been waiting for this call these days.

"Okay."

"I'm leaving." Lin Nan waved his hand.

"Well, go ahead."

...

Lin Nan is really familiar with the Guangguang Building.

Originally, this matter could be done by the subordinates.

But after all, he needed to rely on Guangguang's team, so Lin Nan felt that it would be more sincere to talk to Wang Changtian in person.

Besides, the people in his own company would have to "learn from him" at that time.

"Hello, Director Lin, Mr. Wang is in the office, you can just go up directly."

While waiting for the elevator downstairs, he met Bao Bei'er. Looking at his smile, Lin Nan still felt that there was a lot of difference between him and Wang Baoqiang.

"Well, okay." Lin Nan nodded and responded.

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