Chapter 688 Rejection, "The Great Wall"

Lin Nan's smiling question made the atmosphere at the dinner table suddenly awkward.

"How could a director be scolded? Unless the movie made by this director is really a bad movie recognized by the whole people!

But Director Lin is not that kind of director. Your reputation has always been excellent, whether it is the quality of the film or the box office appeal, it is the best!"

After a few seconds of silence, Dong Ping continued to lobby.

Xu Zheng also nodded in agreement. Just now, he didn't know how to respond to Lin Nan's words, but fortunately Dong Ping took over.

"Haha, although Lin Nan Pictures is not listed, I know clearly that after a director finishes shooting a movie, he needs to do publicity, marketing, and hype. Generally speaking, it is operation, after all, it is also a commodity.

Does the director have the final say in the operation of a listed company's movie? No! Listed companies mean capital. And capital is profit-seeking and will do anything to achieve its goals. Ghost theaters, box office, stock price speculation, and then harvesting... repeated operations.

How many listed companies can keep their original intentions and not do such operations that make money quickly? The public does not know the specific situation of these inside stories. They will only remember the director, because they all go to the cinema for the big director!"

Lin Nan said he was tired and picked up the red wine on the table to moisten his throat.

"Xixi, we will go back later. You have to drive."

"Well, no problem."

Liu Yifei smiled and nodded. Lin Nan's words were really sharp!

There was complete silence at the dinner table.

Ning Hao and Xing Ai had no expression on their faces, but they were struggling with something in their eyes.

Dong Ping and Xu Zheng were speechless for a while.

If listed companies don't do that, why do they still want to go public? Learn from Huayi to cross-industry real estate, finance, and the Internet?

Even if Huanxi wants to do that, how can it keep up with the late start?

The first film and television company to go public is completely incomparable to the companies that come after.

What's more, Huanxi is equivalent to a backdoor listing, while Huayi is a direct IPO. The gap in strength between the two is too great!

"Director Lin's analysis is quite detailed. It seems that he has thought about the company's listing a lot?"

"If I didn't understand it clearly, how could I firmly not let Lin Nan Pictures go public? You know, a lot of capital has offered me olive branches several years ago...including banks and Alibaba..."

Faced with Dong Ping's somewhat sarcastic words, Lin Nan chose to confront him head-on.

Huanxi, which can be bought with 1 billion, actually has the biggest capital in their "big director alliance system". The more big director shareholders, the greater the influence, the higher the market value, and the easier it is to harvest...

Lin Nan glanced at Ning Hao, who was a little silent. He could understand the other party's thoughts. After all, only by becoming a capital can one have the right to speak. Joy is Ning Hao's shortcut.

After the banquet, Lin Nan and Liu Yifei did not choose to stay longer, because today was not a pure gathering of friends. Ning Hao, Xing Aina and Xu Zheng sent them out.

"Keep your heart."

Lin Nan patted Ning Hao on the shoulder and then got on the co-pilot.

"Well, don't worry. Will you go to the charity dinner later? See you then."

"Yes."

"Director Lin, Yifei, see you another day."

Liu Yifei had already found a pair of her white shoes from the trunk and put them on. After all, she had to drive.

"Let's go, bye."

"Drive slower, Yifei." Xing Aina reminded.

Dong Ping did not come out of the villa until the black G-Class drove out of everyone's sight.

"I just went to the bathroom, why did Director Lin go back? I said I would chat for a while."

Everyone knew this perfunctory remark and did not say anything.

"Since Lin Nan refused, let's stop here and don't bother him anymore." Ning Hao said.

"Okay, let's start with the three of us, and then continue to develop other big directors..." Dong Ping agreed decisively.

Xu Zheng followed behind him and agreed. Today's result was beyond his expectations. He never thought that Lin Nan would refuse.

So it seems that Ning Hao and Xing Aina guessed it right!

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The advertisements of "Running Man" have almost been laid out in a carpet-like manner, and the interest of the entire network audience has been mobilized by several promotional videos.

Looking at the movie market again, the most eye-catching this month are Chen Kexin's "Dear" and Ning Hao's "Heart Flower Road" at the end of the month.

These two movies are only a few days away from being released.

Once October comes, the market will be more fierce.

Movies such as "The Golden Age" and "Black and White 2" are waiting during the National Day!

"On the 26th, the 'indifferent' full moon banquet; on the 27th, the Hundred Flowers Awards, which has nothing to do with us; on the 28th, the premiere of "Heart Flower Road"... Well, the nearest one is the Bazaar the day after tomorrow..."

After Liu Yifei returned home, she sat at the door and began to count her schedule.

She doesn't have much free time. In October, she will most likely be out for a month to promote "Interstellar".

At this moment, Lin Nan is browsing the news online.

It seems that Director Wang will be the same as Huang Haibo, half a month later, and then half a year!

"Tsk tsk tsk, the madam is only 18 years old, one against two, and two 30-year-olds..."

Lin Nan felt a little sympathetic to Xiying. After all, Director Wang is one of the few big directors who sells face to Xiying, and he is also from the direct lineage.

Liu Yifei's cell phone suddenly rang. It was a call from Hongxingwu.

"Take it for me." She shouted to Lin Nan.

"Hello?"

"Director Lin, Warner sent an email to the company. It is a very formal work email."

"Forward it to me."

"Okay, Director Lin."

"What's wrong?"

After a while, Liu Yifei asked doubtfully.

Lin Nan pretended to sigh, "Let's take a look at your latest work schedule, Princess Sissi."

"Ah? Is it from "Interstellar"?"

After asking, Miss Liu walked over from the gate and took the tablet Lin Nan handed her.

"No. 5? So fast!"

"Well, it's No. 5." Lin Nan nodded and confirmed.

Starting from October 5th, Liu Yifei will have to follow Nolan, Matthew McConaughey, Jessica Chastain and others to promote the film.

Moreover, the promotion of the "Interstellar" crew will start in North America and Europe, and finally come to the mainland market in late October and early November.

"I can still play at home for half a month, so there's no rush."

Looking at Liu Yifei, who had a "sad face", Lin Nan smiled and comforted her.

"Well, that's all. Come and help me see what to wear the day after tomorrow?"

"Wear whatever you want, anything you wear will look good."

"Hehe, I think so too."

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China Film, Chairman's Office.

"What's wrong with them?"

La Peikang asked the secretary angrily.

"That's right, they crossed out Director Li An from the director list. They said that Director Li An is planning to make a war movie and is seeking investment... and will not consider taking on external films..."

"Huh? He still wants to attract investment? He still lacks investment? Are you kidding?"

Hearing this, La Peikang was very happy. Isn’t it a joke that the Best Director Oscar lacks investment?

"I heard that the new movie is about the Iraq War, and no one from Hollywood voted for it." The secretary also smiled.

"Hahaha, what about freedom? Isn't this a typical lack of freedom?"

La Peikang said with a smile, and nodded: "In that case, Lin Nan will be the first one on the list."

"La Dong, there is one more thing. Legend has sent over the outline of the script. They will bring the complete script early next month."

Taking a few pages of A4 paper from the secretary's hand, La Peikang flipped through them, nodding from time to time.

""The Great Wall"? "The Great Wall"! What a great name. It has distinctive Chinese elements and is the only one in the world."

The more La Peikang watched, the more satisfied he became. Isn't this smaller than Han Sanping's achievements when he was in charge? And it was completely shot from a Chinese perspective!

Thinking of Li An just now, La Peikang looked at his secretary, "Lin Nan doesn't have any movie plans recently, right? Don't miss it again."

"I haven't heard of it, probably not. It's time for public relations in Hollywood soon, and Director Lin shouldn't be distracted. Even if there is a new movie plan, it will most likely not be until next year."

"That's good, that's good."

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When La Peikang was talking about Lin Nan, the latter was taking a call from Cao Baoping.

As expected of a senior professor within the system, he was always arrogant when asked about things.

"Do you think my film "Heart of the Burning Sun" will be able to successfully meet the audience?"

Lin Nan wanted to say it, but couldn't.

The schedule has been set. If he leaks the news, Cao Baoping will definitely withdraw the schedule and make changes temporarily.

The Children's Bureau strictly required confidentiality at that time, and even used the word "discipline".

Think about the administrative level of the General Administration. Who would dare to leak the contents of meetings in that kind of unit privately? Something big is going to happen!

"Teacher Cao, please don't make things difficult for me. The Children's Bureau said that the documents will be officially issued before the National Day. That is at the end of this month, just a few days away. Please wait. Well, there is no requirement to keep it confidential at this time!"

"Okay, you are quite strict! Then I will wait for another twelve days. In addition, the script of "The Murderer" will probably be available to you in December. Prepare the funds..."

"This is absolutely no problem! Who doesn't know at Nortel that Professor Cao's scripts are not bad! Haha..."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Nan started to sigh.

Although there are not many scenes of Huang Bo's good friend, the frontal scenes will definitely not appear and will most likely be edited out, because the cost of finding someone to reshoot is obviously higher.

With the influx of the Internet industry, the film and television industry seems to have been equipped with an engine, and publicity channels have suddenly exploded.

TV series began to talk about traffic, and the same goes for actors.

What is traffic, that is: appearance rate, topic volume, discussion, exposure...

As a charity dinner full of entertainment, Bazaar just meets all the requirements of "traffic"!

Lin Nan can already predict that this year's Harper's Bazaar Charity Dinner will be special. There will definitely be a lot of "popular fried chicken"!

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