The editing work of "Journey to the West" is going relatively fast, but because Lin Nan's requirements are relatively high, it is estimated that it will take at least one and a half months to complete, and then add the time required for review and scheduling, the release of "Journey to the West" should not be able to catch up with this year's Chinese New Year, and the official release should not be until about March next year.

Lin Nan is not in a hurry at this point, and it is bitter for those fans who have been looking forward to it for a few months, but fortunately, now that it is the New Year, there are only a lot of excellent movies, and fans are not completely without movies to watch.

In fact, this is also Lin Nan's miscalculation, he originally wanted to catch up with this year's Lunar New Year file to shoot "Journey to the West" and release it, but he didn't expect that the shooting and post-production time far exceeded his expectations, so that the film had to be postponed, which also made Lin Nan quite helpless, after all, not catching up with the Lunar New Year file will have more or less some impact on the box office of the movie.

However, there are also advantages, missing the Lunar New Year, although missing the consumption period of a fan, but there are many fewer movies in the same period, which means that "Journey to the West" will be able to get more big screens and more intensive films when it is released, in general, although it is not as good as the Lunar New Year, but it is not much worse.

During the Chinese New Year, Lin Nan was getting busier and busier year by year, just because with the increase in fame and age, his friends were also increasing.

After finally surviving a year, Lin Nan also quickly returned to work in the company, and the employees of Nanshan Film and Television Company related to the post-production of "Journey to the West" were also reduced in annual leave and had to return to work in the company. However, when they saw Lin Nan, the big boss, working hard with them, they had no complaints.

At the beginning of January, the editing and post-processing of "Journey to the West" were completed;

In mid-January, "Journey to the West" was submitted to the Cultural Affairs Bureau for review by Hantang Media, and the approval was completed at the end of January, and then Nanshan Film and Television Company handed it over to Hantang Media for distribution;

At the beginning of February, Hantang Media negotiated with the theater company, and finally decided that "Journey to the West" will be officially released at the end of February;

On February 6, Lin Nan held the premiere of "Journey to the West" in Haidu.

On the day of the premiere, the leading actors of "Journey to the West" were all present. Various media also came. I hope to be able to witness what this long-awaited movie looks like.

After the premiere began, Lin Nan first screened a wonderful clip of the film that lasted for more than 20 minutes on the big screen, which can be regarded as giving these reporters and film critics a taste of sweetness, and then announced the official release time of the film on behalf of the entire crew - February 28!

After Lin Nan announced the release time. The premiere entered a live question-and-answer session. And the main objects of media attention are naturally the king of nonsensical comedy Zhou Xingchi, the national school flower Lin Qingyi and Lin Nan, the film directors.

Zhou Xingchi is a veteran superstar. No matter where you go, you will inevitably be the target of media siege, and Lin Qingyi has been named the national school flower since the filming of "Those Years", and the momentum is strong. It also has a lot of weight in the minds of the majority of fans.

But today, the limelight of both of them was faintly suppressed by Lin Nan, because the reporter's attention was obviously more focused on Lin Nan, the director.

"Mr. Lin, what made you want to shoot a movie like "Journey to the West"?" A reporter asked.

Faced with this panacea question, Lin Nan naturally gave a panacea answer: "Occasional inspiration bursts out!" ”

"Mr. Lin, is there any difference between this "Journey to the West" and the real "Journey to the West"?" Another reporter saw that Lin Nan had finished answering the previous question, and hurriedly asked.

Lin Nan replied with a smile: "Except for the general direction of some characters and learning from the West, the movie "Journey to the West" has nothing to do with "Journey to the West" at all!" Originally, I just wanted to tell you a story, but then I found that if I simply told this story, it would seem a bit too dignified, so I put on the skin of "Journey to the West"! ”

"Mr. Lin, I just happened to see the movie "Journey to the West" in the movie information column that is actually 192 minutes long, is this a mistake caused by the negligence of the staff or is it true?" After answering the previous question, another reporter immediately stood up and pointed to the movie information on the promotional poster behind Lin Nan and asked.

After hearing this, the reporters from other media also followed the direction pointed by the reporter and saw the one hundred and ninety-two minutes, and their faces were all stunned, waiting for Lin Nan's answer.

Lin Nan saw that a reporter finally noticed this problem, and he didn't hide it, but said directly: "It's true, the duration of the movie "Journey to the West" is indeed one hundred and ninety-two minutes!" ”

"May I ask why "Journey to the West" is so long as 192 minutes?" A reporter asked.

Lin Nan's face remained unchanged: "Because the story of "Journey to the West" cannot be told in just one and a half hours or two hours!" ”

"Then why don't you split the movie into two parts, a lot of longer movies seem to be handled like this!" The reporter continued to ask, obviously wanting to break the casserole and ask to the end, because this can be said to be a big news, at least the title of the longest movie in history is enough to attract attention!

Lin Nan replied: ""Journey to the West" is a very coherent story, if it has to be divided into two parts, it will give fans a very abrupt feeling when watching the movie, I want it to maintain its due coherence!" ”

"Have you ever thought that having fans sit in the theater for more than three hours is also a big test for movie fans?" This time it was not the previous reporter who asked the question, but a young female reporter on the other side, and the female reporter showed an embarrassed smile to her colleague after the question, and an apology flashed in her eyes.

The female reporter's question did not make Lin Nan angry, but replied calmly: "I think letting fans sit in the theater for three hours is not a test for fans, but a test for me, the quality of the film!" But I'm confident in my film, and I'm sure it will give fans peace of mind to sit in theaters for three hours! ”

After answering this series of questions, the reporters were very satisfied, because they had already got enough news material, and they only needed to add fuel and vinegar to edit it when the time came, which was the selling point, if it weren't for the fact that communication equipment was not allowed at the premiere, they all wanted to call the company directly now to publish this very breaking news.

After this question ended, the reporter's questions were still ongoing, some asked about Lin Qingyi's life in the crew, asked about the harsh environment in Shaanxi and Gansu, and asked about the anecdotes in the crew; Some were asking Zhou Xingchi about his feelings about this cooperation with Lin Nan and his views on the movie, but Zhou Xingchi was relatively cold in the face of the media, so the reporters turned the finger to Lin Nan when they couldn't answer their questions, which made Lin Nan secretly complain.

"Mr. Lin, as we all know, how much impact star effect has on the box office of a movie, many directors and producers also like it very much and are good at using star effect to add points to the movie, but as far as I know, you have not used stars in any movie since your debut, and you are basically newcomers, so this time, what is the reason for you to give up your habit and cooperate with Zhou Xingchi?" A reporter harassed Zhou Xingchi for a long time without any effect, and finally threw the problem at Lin Nan.

After this reporter asked a question, the other reporters around him instantly fell silent, obviously they were also very interested in this question.

Because Lin Nan has always used newcomers in the circle, it can be said that everyone knows it, and there are even rumors that Lin Nan doesn't like to work with actors who have become famous, but now Lin Nan has crushed these rumors with his own actions, because Zhou Xingchi is really a big star, so they began to wonder what changed Lin Nan's persistence.

Lin Nan thought about it for a while, and then said with a smile: "I know very well how much the star effect affects the box office of a movie, which can be seen from the high salary of the star, after all, if the star has no impact on the box office of the movie at all, then who will give him such a high salary?" ”

After Lin Nan finished saying this, there was a burst of laughter in the audience, and then Lin Nan continued: "The reason why I never used famous stars to shoot TV series and movies before is very simple, the most important point is that because newcomers are cheaper, tens of thousands of dollars can fool them into making a movie with me, and a star has to be millions to say the least, in case I encounter tens of millions of stars like me, I can't cry blind?" Just kidding, the production cost of my first few movies was about 10 million! ”

Hearing Lin Nan ridicule himself like this, the reporters let out a burst of good-natured laughter again, and even the staff in the venue couldn't help but smile.

"Then why did you choose to work with Xing Ye to make a movie this time?" The reporter asked

Lin Nan smiled and glanced at Zhou Xingchi on the side: "Because I can't think of anyone more suitable than him!" ”

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Within a few minutes after the premiere, the news about the release of this premiere had spread all over the Internet and was known by countless netizens who were looking forward to it.

But there are countless pieces of news that can't compare to one of them: the longest film in history - 192 minutes!

The information that has been circulated alone has made fans full of curiosity about this film that has not yet been released! (To be continued......)