Chapter 605: Selling, Celebrating the Feast, Stealing the Master

On a new day, the eyes of the film industry and the media have been attracted by Huayi.

As a fifth-generation director, Gu Changwei has become famous at international film festivals for his literary films and realistic films.

Today, half a year after joining Huayi, he finally opened his first commercial film - "Micro Love: Getting Better".

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

Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang, and Zhang Guoli in the guest seats...... It can be described as star-studded, so lively.

As the first commercial film directed by Gu Da, the selection of the male and female protagonists is naturally concerned and curious by everyone.

When Chen He and Yang Ying walked on stage, many insiders and reporters at the scene were stunned, and then they knew it.

Hua Yi is still the same Hua Yi, and it is impossible to use the male and female number one of big directors to support young actors or grassroots who have no heels.

No, the hero and heroine all have backgrounds, and the cousins and boyfriends in the first row are all there.

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

His good buddy Gu Changwei refuted his views with practical actions.

Big directors are also people, and they have to keep up 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 dares to use Yang Ying as the heroine?

You must know that this is a "character" that Xu Ke has publicly named in front of the media, and he will not cooperate for the second time!

"Director Lin, Director Lu Yang and the whole 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 came in to ask Lin Nan.

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

"You go and tell the road guide that they have their meeting. I'll go over if I have time. ”

"Okay, Director Lin."

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

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

"Dear boss, I don't want to bother you, but have you forgotten something?"

"What's the matter?"

"Have you thought about the "Price of Salt"? Didn't you say you wanted Crystal to try it?

But "Manchester by the Sea" is finished, and you still haven't given me an answer. Their offer has gone up again, urging me. ”

Speaking of this, Lin Nan really had a bit of a headache.

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

The operating costs of award-winning films are not low, and in terms of the current volume of Crystal Pictures, it is not easy to support the operation of two award-winning films at the same time.

And if it fails, the loss is huge.

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

The selection of actors for award-winning films of this theme must find a really top actress as the starring role.

But Liu Yifei is obviously still tender, Lin Nan is afraid that it will ......

"If a movie puts a wife in, or something is psychologically wrong...... Even if it's a 1 in 10,000 probability, what's the difference between that and just letting me die? ”

"Lin, what are you talking about? What died? ”

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

"What's their new offer?"

"$3.2 million, thanks to Matthew's Dallas Buyers Club."

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

"Sell it."

Tom was obviously taken aback by Lin Nan's sudden decisiveness, "Really selling?" ”

"Sell it."

"Okay, I'll get back to them tomorrow."

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

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

On the other side, there is the audition venue for "Flower Thousand Bone", and there are many agents and third- and fourth-tier actors waiting outside.

When these people saw Lin Nan's figure, they immediately greeted him, and he nodded and skipped it.

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

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

"We can't participate in the celebration banquet of "Outwitting Tiger Mountain"."

After some eloquent talk, Lu Yang complained, and Shu Zhan, Zhang Yi, and Lei Jiayin all nodded, looking sorry.

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

"Let's start the opening ceremony simply, I won't go, and the same goes for Yifei, the producer. If you have something, just call us. Lin Nan said with a smile.

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

Lu Yang said self-deprecatingly.

He is self-aware, and he is quite poor in terms of film cost control.

Half an hour later, Lin Nan told Shu Zhan to let him go to Hengdian to have a meal with Liu Xiaoli and Liu Yifei, and then he left the conference room.

Outside the world, Yang Tsai and Huang Shengyi both worked hard to intercede for Wenzhang online.

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

But coincidentally, on the day of the release of the movie on March 28, the "See you on Monday" incident officially broke out.

So much so that this movie was not welcomed and boycotted by nine out of ten audiences and fans.

The co-production with an investment of nearly 100 million yuan was released for 7 days, with a total box office of 19 million yuan, and the daily box office fell to 80,000, and Juli Pictures lost money again.

Sometimes I have to admit that Yang Zai really has Yoneda Gong in his head.

Huang Shengyi only appealed for forgiveness on the Internet.

said that Wenzhang is pitiful and pathetic, and hopes that the audience and netizens will not boycott the movie created by a team of hundreds of people because of a certain actor.

But Yang Zai is different, his shoehorn face doesn't know if it was caught by the door?

He directly brought out Cheng Long's "celebrity quotes" back then:

Just like Brother Cheng Long said, Wen Zhang just made a mistake that all men in the world would make.

What's more, the mistakes he made are not as serious as those of the eldest brother! I hope everyone can forgive Wen Zhang like he forgives his eldest brother, he is a rare and excellent actor......"

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

offended Li Lianjie because of "The Legend of the White Snake" before, but this time he helped Wenzhang exonerate him and disgusted Cheng Long.

Although after an interval of half an hour, perhaps because someone reminded him, Yang Tsai deleted Weibo, but the industry and the Internet have long taken screenshots, forwarded them, and spread them.

In the eyes of the film and television industry, if this guy didn't have a lot of feces in his head, he would never be able to do this kind of thing! It's better to leave the circle as soon as possible, don't struggle to be embarrassed.

…………

In the blink of an eye, two days passed.

The celebration banquet of "Outwitting Tiger Mountain" and the official launch of "Embroidered Spring Knife 2 Shura Battlefield" were on the front page of film and television entertainment news at the same time.

Because "Outwitting Tiger Mountain" is a main theme movie that broke 2 billion, Lapai Kang took the initiative to take over the celebration banquet.

Hosted by China Film, almost no one in the circle dares not to give face, and those who don't come are basically not qualified to come.

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

Lin Nan, as a director, and Liu Yifei, who is a producer, both took the initiative to give up their positions.

I saw that La, Han Sanping, and Tong Gang were in the middle, courtesy to the "little hammer"

At this scene, the corners of many people's mouths twitched, but they still had to smile on their faces and applaud their hands.

In the end, the three of them held the hammer at the same time and smashed the ice, and it was complete!

"I'm going to them."

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

"Well, whatever you want."

Lin Nan knew that Miss Liu didn't want to stay here, and what a group of big men were talking about was either movies or business, which was boring.

It's really boring, just like Jiang Wen was surrounded by many people at this time, asking him about "One Step Away".

Juli's "I Love You Most on the Road", which was deeply influenced by Wen Zhang, was already painted yesterday.

and "One Step Away", which is set in the Lunar New Year file, does not dare to guarantee that it will not be affected.

After all, there is now anger on the Internet, and countless people are shouting for Wenzhang to get out of the film and television circle.

"Don't say it, Ma Yili's sentence of 'do it and cherish it' is quite compelling, and the means are clever!"

Lin Nan walked over to Jiang Wen with champagne, which made many people around laugh.

Although the woman has a little relationship with men and women, she has a relationship in the Beijing circle.

But in front of Lin Nan and others, it's really not a problem, and you can ridicule it at will.

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

Lin Nan smiled, "Tsk, this doesn't look like Director Jiang's style, cowardly?" ”

", the investment of 300 million yuan is all from my company, can there be no pressure?"

Jiang Wenbai glared at Lin Nan and said angrily.

But in the next second, he changed his tone:

"Going back and looking at his clips, from the director's point of view, the acting is really good.

When playing, you can go back and forth with me and Ge Wei, and you are not weak at all! ”

Lin Nan could see that Jiang Wen admired Wen Zhang very much.

Suddenly, he remembered something, and his eyes swept over Jiang Wen, who noticed something unusual.

"You kid, don't you have the right eyes?"

Lin Nan shook his head, he wouldn't admit that he had just thought of Jiang Wen and Liu Xiaoqing. In this circle, they are all so similar.

"So to delete or not to delete?"

Lin Nan diverted the topic, he admitted that Wen Zhang's acting skills were indeed excellent, but it was really too smooth, so it didn't make a mistake.

"Delete? Don't delete it, and I won't delete a single shot! The movie I made is so good, what to delete? ”

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

Lin Nan's expression froze, good guy, to be able to say such shameless words, it's Jiang Wen!

Many people around wanted to laugh but endured it, and walked away quickly, for fear that they would not be able to hold back.

……

Once a movie actor is cold, the reaction in the market and the circle is the fastest.

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

still remember "Slaying the Wolf" released in November 05.

At that time, Donnie Yen was the absolute protagonist, and he treated Wu Yan, a small supporting role, as if he were anything in the movie.

But at this time, "Kill the Wolf 2" was announced, but there was no Donnie Yen at all.

Wu Yan, a small supporting actor who was once born in the mainland, has become the absolute protagonist.

The director of the Hong Kong circle, the screenwriter of Hong Kong Island, the team and actors of Hong Kong Island, but only the protagonist was quietly replaced by the mainland!

On the surface, it seems that it is just a change of actors, but what it does represent is the great changes in the mainland and Hong Kong circles in the past ten years, and the offense and defense are different.

Lin Nan congratulated Wu Yan on Weibo, this guy is also amazing, seeing that there is a wedding in the next month, he actually took on a new play!

It is estimated that there will be no honeymoon for the two of them.

"Dong Wang, are you still in the company?"

Lin Nan got in the car, and as soon as he got on the phone, Liu Yifei threw an apple through the car window, "Freshly washed, organic, no need to peel." ”

He smiled at Miss Liu and nodded, and made a lip shape: "I'll eat it in a while." ”

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

Wang Changtian's voice was very loud, obviously he had been waiting for this call for the past few days.

"Okay."

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

"Well, go ahead."

……

Light Building, Lin Nan is really familiar with the road.

Originally, this matter could be done by the people below.

But after all, it is a team that needs to rely on light, and Lin Nan feels that it is more sincere to talk to Wang Changtian in person.

Besides, the people in their own company will have to "steal teachers" at that time.

"Director Lin, Dong Wang is in the office, you can just go up."

When 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.

"yes, okay." Lin Nan nodded and coped.

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(End of chapter)