"I want to sing and come back to make movies."

Zhu Yawen's tone was sour.

The box office of "Initial Text" can have such an increase, and it is indeed supported by Jay Chou's fans, at least more than half of the credit.

The media has reported wildly about this recently, and several old people in the mainland music industry have a little impulse to make movies.

"Forget it, you're better than me, but it's also featureless."

Lin Nan complained mercilessly.

"Don't talk about me, you still care about your movie, it's going to be released right now."

"The publicity that should be done has been done, and Mr. Li Baotian is such a low-key person, so I asked me to record an interview, and all I can do now is to wait and see the results."

Zhu Yawen has not been very busy recently, and often goes back to school to chat, plus "Initial Text" won more than 30 million in a week, which is why he has those sour words.

Traditional filmmakers, including old-school directors and actors, scoff at the box office success of "Initial Text", and it is unknown how much of it is out of cinematic considerations and how much of it is envy and jealousy.

"Next month, when 'Hidden in the Dust' comes out, I'm going to fly to Los Angeles."

Lin Nan said suddenly.

"You don't even stare at the movie when it comes out, what's the important thing?"

Zhu Yawen asked curiously.

"Lionsgate has made the first movie, and it will be released in July, so I have to go over and follow along."

"I'll go, how long has it been, and it's been filmed?"

"After signing the contract in the first half of April, they began to prepare, started shooting at the end of the month, filmed for a month in May, and told me at the beginning of this month that it was almost over, and this time is in the late stage, and it can be done before July."

Zhu Yawen was dumbfounded when she heard this, "This speed, this efficiency, that's how Hollywood makes films?" ”

"In Hollywood, except for some special feature films, even if it is a big production, the actual shooting time will not be too long, at most the post-production is time-consuming and labor-intensive, not to mention that "Dead Silence" is a B-class horror film, which is characterized by fast."

Lin Nan introduced Zhu Yawen.

"Yes, it's really a lot more important over there, and this is your first battle into Hollywood."

Lin Nan nodded, the box office performance of "Dead Silence" is very important to him, and it will directly affect his right to speak in cooperation with Hollywood companies in the future.

In the June market, "Initial Text" dominates, many movies have been suppressed, and many people are looking forward to watching Lin Nan's jokes.

The media doesn't seem to be a big deal to see the excitement, and came to interview Lin Nan, will there be pressure in the face of the rising box office of "Initial Text".

"First of all, I want to congratulate the film on the good results it has achieved so far, but it seems that everyone is asking a bit of a general question.

The subject matter of the two films is completely different, "Hidden in the Dust" is set in the countryside decades ago, it is a realistic theme, and this film helped me win the Silver Bear Award for Best Director in Berlin......"

Lin Nan was unlucky and was blocked at the door of the company, so he had to be interviewed, and he estimated that he was deliberately squatted by these reporters.

Since the first time he was forced to be interviewed, the media seems to have begun to arrest Lin Nan.

"Hidden in the Dust" is about to be released, and Lin Nan is the youngest big director in China, with all kinds of topics, hot spots, and attention.

Staying in the dormitory, Lin Nan browsed the portal, "These people are so annoying, they can't provoke me to hide, so fly over to the head office in advance." ”

Zhu Yawen smiled on the side, "Are you going to Los Angeles in advance and hide from this group of reporters by the way?" ”

"Yes." Lin Nan replied simply.

"Didn't you notice, although those reporters were very annoying, they also helped promote "Hidden in the Dust" in disguise."

Lin Nan ignored Zhu Yawen, but called Han Sanping and said his itinerary, and asked China Film to keep an eye on the movie when it was released, after all, the publicity and distribution costs are shared by the box office.

Han Sanping has also been very annoyed recently, and he is a little skeptical that his decision to exchange the publicity and distribution fees for the box office sharing settlement was wrong, but he can't show it.

"You can go over with peace of mind, I'll let people stare at it here, looking forward to good results at the box office over there, and then you will be completely different, hehe."

……

"You're going to Los Angeles?"

"Yes."

"To Lionsgate?"

Liu Yifei's eyes were hot, and Lin Nan was a little hairy.

"Yes."

"Can I come with you?"

Hearing Lin Nan's affirmative answer, Liu Yifei asked happily.

"I can't."

"Why?"

Lin Nan made a bitter face, "I'm afraid that my aunt will kill me." ”

"Hey, coward."

Liu Yifei was obviously a little frustrated and helpless.

"You better continue to train at home, Auntie won't agree to you running to America with me alone." Lin Nan said softly.

"And how long are you going?"

Liu Yifei couldn't help but turn her head and asked.

"I'm sure I'll be back before your birthday."

Liu Yifei smiled happily, she was very satisfied with this answer.

Lin Nan got on the plane, thinking about "Dead Silence".

He referred to the failure of "Dead Silence" in his previous life, focused on deep processing of the script, and told Lionsgate at the time that the cost must be controlled.

I remember that the original Lionsgate blindly expanded the production cost of "Dead Silence" to tens of millions of dollars because of the popularity of the "Chainsaw" series, but the box office did not reach the expected goal in the end.

When I landed, it was still Tom picking up the plane, dressed as a cowboy, with that body shape, it was really funny.

"Oh, Lin, I haven't seen you for more than two months, and I miss you."

Tom came over and wanted to hug Lin Nan, but the latter reached out to stop him.

"Tom, you're fat again, it's only been two months."

"Shit, don't mention this, those girls said the same thing."

Tom instantly turned into a constipated face.

Getting in the car, Tom began to tell Lin Nan about his achievements in the past two months, in addition to continuing to register the script, how many stocks he bought......

"Didn't you say you only came here in July, why did you come a few days earlier?"

Tom asked, when he received the news from Lin Nan, he still suspected that he had misremembered the date.

"The movie I won the Silver Bear Award is about to be released, and the reporter is so annoying." Lin Nan said casually.

"I know, it's the same in Hollywood, you should take care of two bodyguards, so that those people will know how to converge." Tom gave his own advice.

"It's different, we don't have this kind of thing in our place."

Lin Nan knew what Tom meant, the bodyguards here were the kind who really went up to do it when necessary, and if this was the case in China, he would probably be sprayed to death by public opinion.

This time he flew to Los Angeles ahead of schedule, and Lin Nan also greeted the people from Lionsgate and agreed to go directly to the company.

Walking into the Lionsgate Film Headquarters again, Lin Nan noticed the number of people here when he came last time, only twenty or thirty, and this time again, there is still not much change, ordinary people may not believe it, this is second only to Hollywood's film companies with several old forces.

"Director Lin Nan, you seem to be very interested in the number of people here, we have nearly 100 employees, many of whom are resident in the crew."

A gray-haired and curly-haired gringo greeted Lin Nan.

"Meet again......"

Lin Nan stepped forward and shook hands with foreigners, although nearly 100 employees are not many for a large factory like Lionsgate, but it is better than twenty or thirty.

"Follow me, they're already waiting for you."

Unlike the last conference room, this time the place is much larger.

"Welcome, Lin."

……

There were eight people in the large conference room, except for Wen Tsairen, the other seven were all Western faces.

"Good afternoon, everybody."

Wen Ziren took the initiative to hand a piece of information to Lin Nan.

"Director Lin Nan, according to the plan, the post-production of "Dead Silence" has been completed, we have just graded it, and it can be released at any time, do you want to see the finished film?"

Lin Nan looked at the materials in his hand, this is the production process of "Dead Silence" and the cost statistics so far.

Lionsgate listened to Lin Nan's suggestion, and so far, including the publicity expenses, it has only spent 2.8 million US dollars, while the actual production cost is 2.4 million US dollars, which is twice that of "Chainsaw".

Horror films don't need to be promoted as much as other films, just one or a few posters, with information about the production company, directors, and actors.

Looking at the machine on the long table, Lin Nan nodded, "Then take a look." ”

The 100-minute film is full of horror between the shots, the background sound effects are full, the rhythm is extremely tight, and several people watching the movie in the conference room have different degrees of palpitations watching horror movies.

"Actually, we've seen it once, but it doesn't affect the feeling of watching it at all, and I have full confidence in it."

Wen Ziren said to Lin Nan.

"Then how is this release arranged?"

As soon as Lin Nan opened his mouth to ask, a bearded foreigner replied.

"It will be released in full on Friday, and in some other countries in two weeks at the latest, and we have a strong distribution network in many places......"

Lin Nan knew that he would have to stay at Lionsgate for at least three days, until the box office came out.

……

On the domestic side, "Hidden in the Dust" is ready to be released at any time, just waiting for July 1.

As the director, Lin Nan is nowhere to be seen, and the media is also surprised, it stands to reason that it shouldn't be.

On the 30th domestic time, one of the portals took the lead in hanging a news with pictures, from the release poster of the North American theater "Dead Silence", which clearly stated the release time.

Director: James Win.

Writer: NanLin.

Producer/Producer: Lionsgate.

…………

The emotions of netizens exploded, I only heard that Lin Nan and Lionsgate cooperated in April, but I didn't expect the film to be released in another thirty or forty hours! There was no wind at all before.

Then a photo of Lin Nan and Tom appeared on the website, the two came out of the Lionsgate building, accompanied by three foreigners, talking and laughing.

Judging from the photos, the photographer was more than thirty meters away from them, but it did not affect the clarity, and everyone recognized it as Lin Nan at a glance.

"Two movies, released at the same time, he went over there to stare?"

"This is really killing the other side of the ocean!"

There are not many people who know Lin Nan's itinerary, and even fewer companies.

Han Sanping looked at the news that broke out and smiled, "Let people write a manuscript, and take this opportunity to raise the popularity of "Hidden in the Dust". ”

Many companies and artists in the industry are attracted by Lin Nan's news, and the latter can ignore the release of his award-winning works and go to Lionsgate to stare at "Dead Silence", the stakes are definitely not simple, or he is very sure that he can pry open the door to Hollywood.

Once Lin Nan succeeds, does that mean that there will be another ship that can cross the ocean?