Guan Pingping temporarily took over Gao Wen's assistant position from January 22, 2019 for a month, and Lu Lin gave the latter a month of marriage leave and annual leave.

As for Gao Wen's wedding, she also took the time to bring Jing Yan to attend, which surprised and honored the groom's family.

The net worth and influence of billionaires are not just talking. If Longlin Pictures wants to invest in the industry, wherever you go from all over the country, you will become a guest of the local parents.

Even the old man Wang, who has been rich for many years, often mentions Lu Lin to his friends in politics and business, lamenting that he divorced his ex-wife back then, and his son was taken away to change his surname, and clinker has achieved such achievements ...... now.

Those people have to boast about the box office of Lu Lin's works, saying that the income of a movie is more than what many listed companies make in a year, and ask if they can participate in the investment.

At this time, Mr. Wang felt very heartbroken, because he also wanted to participate in investment, but Lu Lin never ignored it. Except for a little false name, I haven't reaped any actual benefits, and it hurts to think about it!

The relationship between Old Man Wang and Lu Lin is difficult to ease, but several children of the Wang family are always proud of Lu Lin and are willing to get close!

After all, many people like to make friends with strong people, and resources like billionaires can make a lot of profits by borrowing a name.

At Gao Wen's wedding, in addition to Lu Lin, even his younger brother and sister came, which surprised many people.

Of course, whether it was Lu Lin or his younger brothers and sisters, they all came to send a congratulatory gift, said a few words of blessing and left.

Otherwise, it will not be good to be talked about and watched all the time.

After that, for a period of time before the year, Lu Lin kept doing trivial things. "Dayu Controls the Water" celebration, "Transcendent Time and Space Together" celebration, "Three-Body Problem 2" script seminar, "Soldier Company 3" preparatory meeting, "New King of Comedy", "Crazy Alien" publicity activities, etc., can be described as busy.

This still pushed a lot of media interviews, variety show invitations, advertising endorsements, etc.

One more thing to mention is that Lu Lin has been famous for many years, and he has not received a single advertising endorsement. He has always positioned himself as a director, and advertising is a matter of leaving it to traffic stars!

In Beijing, at the venue of the "Self-cultivation of Actors" press conference of "The King of New Comedy", Lu Lin arrived with his assistant Guan Pingping and the security team. Zhou Xingxing greeted him in the waiting area, stretched out his hand and said with Gangpu: "Thank you, thank you!"

Lu Lin smiled: "You're welcome, you also came to my side to make a cameo and publicize, everyone is mutually beneficial!"

Wang Baoqiao on the side said with a smile: "Director Zhou and Director Lu are together, our press conference will definitely be the headline of the entertainment edition tomorrow!"

Lu Lin shook hands with the bodyguard again, and politely asked him how he was doing, and the bodyguard said briefly, and then congratulated "Dayu Controlling the Water" on the mainland box office exceeding 5 billion.

When Zhou Xingxing heard this, his face also changed. Because of his background and growth experience, Xing Ye still loves money and is very calculating. However, since entering the mainland market, the best achievement is "Journey to the West" with Xu Ke, which is less than 2 billion, and it is only a hot seller in the mainland.

Lu Lin has one or two blockbusters every year, a single film starts from 3 billion in the mainland and 1 billion US dollars in the world.

"This era doesn't belong to me anymore!" Zhou Xingxing flashed such a thought in his heart, and immediately said to Lu Lin: "Here, please, to be honest, I really appreciate you coming, I just made a cameo at the beginning......"

Lu Lin said with a smile: "Friends, help each other, and don't suffer any losses!"

Although he knew that the reputation of "The New King of Comedy" was average after its release, Lu Lin was still happy to help Zhou Xingxing promote it. First, he watched this film, which was still very good.

Second, because he is a cameo, he made it very clear when he promoted that the quality of the film really has little to do with him.

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The next day, the celebration party of the mainland box office of "Dayu Controlling the Water" broke 5 billion yuan and was held in the banquet hall of the Sofitel Wanda Hotel in Beijing. In addition to the main creative staff, there were more than 30 guests who came to cheer. At this busier time of the year, it was not easy to have so many people.

At the celebration party, everyone talked about today's film market, Yu Dong sighed: "Hey, I look at my own data, and after I finish speaking, this year's income is less than expected, and this audience doesn't like to watch movies?

Wang Changtian said: "But this year's market is really not very prosperous. Although the total box office is okay, there are really too few hits, and too few can make a profit!"

Jiang Wei, CEO of Wanda Pictures, said: "To be honest, the current audience is really good at taste. Comedy, martial arts, love, action, none of the genres are big hits, it seems that except for Director Lu's special effects blockbusters, there is nothing they like to watch!"

Cao Huayi, who had a slightly dull personality, asked: "Director Lu, you are an expert, can you tell us?"

Lu Lin picked up the wine glass, took a sip first, and said with a smile: "Cheng, then I will say a few words casually, I will say it in vain, and you will listen to it in vain." Let's discuss it internally, don't spread it out, video or something, just skip it!"

Everyone at the table laughed when they said this, and some of them picked up their mobile phones and really wanted to record, so they silently put them down.

Lu Lin said: "I think the needs of the audience have changed. In the past, going to the theater to watch movies was still a relatively petty bourgeois lifestyle. Nowadays, the number of screens in China has exceeded 50,000, and more than 30 yuan can buy a movie ticket, watch movies and mobile phones, watch small videos, watch headlines and other entertainment activities, there is no difference, and the audience's requirements for quality are high.

Because of the fast pace of life now, the cost of watching movies is high, that is, it costs money and takes time. If the viewing effect does not meet expectations, the audience will be disappointed and feel that a small day has been wasted.

In a situation where the information is spreading too fast, the word-of-mouth of the film came out on the same day it was released. The audience is also more rational than in the past, and they will not fanatically support it just because they are fans of a certain star! It can be said that the era of traffic stars carrying the box office of movies has long passed!

Hearing Lu Lin say this, a vice president of China Film said: "Director Lu said this, will it be too arbitrary!"

Lu Lin didn't expect anyone to refute it, and he wasn't annoyed, so he asked with a smile: "It's not arbitrary, in fact, these conclusions are what I thought about for a long time!"

In fact, Lu Lin has also used traffic stars, such as Yingbao and Fat Di to make cameos in special effects blockbusters, but they are just interested in their promotional selling points, and they have never been expected to carry the box office.

The vice president of clinker continued: "I think it's a good way to add big IP and traffic stars plus science fiction themes and special effects!

Lu Lin thought about something for a moment, and asked, "What you said, could it be the ...... that you guys jointly produced!"

"Shanghai Fortress!"