That year Huayu

Not long after they separated from Leonardo and Matt at noon, Lin Nan and Liu Yifei learned that Liu Dehua and others came to visit in the morning but were rejected.

He and Miss Liu were watching a movie at that time. Naturally, their phones were in airplane mode, so it was normal that they couldn't get through.

No, after knowing this, Liu Yifei urged Lin Nan to call back quickly;

Immediately, everyone made an appointment for dinner to celebrate the Lantern Festival abroad together. After tonight, the Spring Festival will be completely over.

But what Zhang Yimou mentioned at the dinner table made Lin Nan laugh a bit.

He looked at Zhang Yimou with a smile on his face, trying to confirm from the other person's eyes whether he was joking?

Well, Lin Nan gave up in the end because the Imperial Master’s eyes were a bit cloudy, which was a double meaning of “turbidity”;

That's right, at this level, everyone is secretive. Unless they take the initiative to reveal something, how can they be seen through by you?

And over the years, the eyes have always been clear and shining, and Liu Yifei and Jing Tian were the only two people present. Even in the entire film and television entertainment industry, they are both very rare exceptions!

Even Lin Nan will only show this state at home or in front of particularly close friends, completely letting down his guard; while outside, he will always disguise it appropriately.

"If you ask me, Director Li is really stunned and makes people speechless."

Hearing Lin Nan teasing Li An like this, Zhang Ziyi and Liu Dehua who were present all closed their mouths tightly and just laughed.

“When he told me about holding a large-scale director forum in China, I didn’t think much about it at first. After all, it was a good thing;

But when I heard that he was going to organize most directors to discuss 120-frame 4K technology, I really didn’t react.

In my opinion, once a film director, and a big director at that, becomes obsessed with technology, he is completely putting the cart before the horse. "

Zhang Yimou did not object, he just stated his opinion. When the people nearby heard this, their first reaction was to think of Xu Ke.

"Director Li didn't say when to hold this 'Masters Forum'?"

Lin Nan asked curiously, for those in the domestic film industry, this is undoubtedly a "feast".

Because once invited, it means that Li An is placed in an equal position;

For those vain film directors in China, this is bragging rights - the "master" forum!

In China, there are really only a few film directors who can rival Li An, and Lin Nan and Zhang Yimou are the only two among them.

“I guess it’s the promotional period before “Billy Lynn’s Midfielder” is released in China. It’s the end of the year, so it’s still early.

Come, let’s eat, it’s rare to spend the Lantern Festival together here..."

Zhang Yimou said with a smile, changed the topic, and took the initiative to pour himself another glass of red wine, and also added some to Lin Nan beside him.

Lin Nan and Liu Yifei looked at each other, and they found that Zhang Yimou today felt a little special compared to the past... How should I put it? Happy? happy? Excited?

Anyway, it is different. There is a state of vitality and joy in the whole body. Yes, that’s the state!

Looking at the appearance of Liu Dehua and Jing Tian, ​​it seems that they have noticed Zhang Yimou's "strangeness" since they started from home together.

"Director Zhang, are you happy?"

Lin Nan asked tentatively, Liu Yifei also smiled and nodded, looking at Zhang Yimou.

When Liu Dehua, Jing Tian, ​​and Zhang Ziyi heard this, they immediately put down their chopsticks. They had already been curious.

I saw Zhang Yimou's face suddenly burst into laughter, as if he was waiting for others to ask so he could share his joyful mood:

"Well, it's a bit of a happy event.

Of course, it’s not something that needs to be kept secret. After a while, everyone will know that LeTV Pictures is about to go public, haha..."

"LeTV Pictures is going public?"

Zhang Ziyi was the first to exclaim, and then congratulated his "mentor" with an envious look on his face, followed closely by Liu Dehua and Jing Tian, ​​who also congratulated him repeatedly;

Lin Nan and Liu Yifei glanced at each other cryptically, without spoiling the atmosphere, and congratulated each other as well.

Zhang Yimou accepted all the orders and was in a very good mood.

"The stock price of LeTV is so high. Once LeTV Pictures goes public... I remember Director Zhang has 12 million original shares, tsk tsk..."

Liu Dehua's emotional intelligence is really high, making Zhang Yimou laugh out loud.

At around nine o'clock in the evening, everyone dispersed.

When Lin Nan and Liu Yifei left the Hilton Hotel and walked back, Miss Liu held Lin Nan's arm and couldn't help but ask:

"Director Wang called you a few days ago. Didn't he hear from the gossip that LeTV Pictures is not planning to go public? What's the matter?"

Lin Nan didn't know much about this issue either. But thinking about Boss Jia's "magical power", he couldn't help but have a bad feeling:

"Who knows, if you don't protect others, you may find some crooked ways.

But think about it, with 12 million original shares, how could Director Zhang, who had been poor for so many years with Zhang Weiping, not be excited and excited?

This uncontrollable mentality has destroyed his calmness as a great director. Hey, he is really afraid of poverty. only……"

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When Hollywood gets late at night, here in China it's past two in the afternoon.

On the Internet, the information about the two TV series has even surpassed the limelight of many movies, ranking first and second in Weibo's hot searches, simply because they are both big IPs.

"Adapted from Guo Jingming's best-selling novel of the same name, starring Feng Shaofeng, Song Qian, Ma Tianyu, Zhang Meng, Jin Xishan, Xu Jiao and others, the large-scale fantasy costume TV series "Fantasy City" was successfully completed this morning.

The producer and Mango Channel issued a joint announcement that the drama will be officially launched at the Mango Diamond Private Theater on July 24 during the summer vacation, taking over from Tangren Pictures' top IP and the third installment of the Sword and Sword series - "Legend of Sword and Fairy 5". Also known as "The Immortal Sword Cloud". "

"Produced by the owner of Huace Pictures, starring Huang Xiaoming, Song Qian, Sheng Lun, Zhang Li, Zhai Tianlin and others, the large-scale costume fantasy love TV series "Ancient Love Song" officially started in the morning..."

"The popular idol artist Song Qian made a seamless transition at Hengdian Film and Television City, with a large number of fans watching..."

Lin Nan Pictures, medium-sized conference room on the third floor.

Yue Jun sat at the head of a rectangular conference table seven to eight meters long, browsing the information on his mobile phone, and smiled lightly:

"The leading female role is not that big, but she can win big IPs one after another, partnering with first-tier or even top-tier male actors... There are indeed people who are praising her."

The door to the conference room opened, and people from the screenwriting department filed in; in less than two minutes, the seats were filled with 14 screenwriters.

Yue Jun took a look, waved to the people in the logistics department, and saw four good-looking female employees starting to distribute the things prepared in advance one by one.

After a while, the door of the conference room was closed tightly, and the atmosphere inside instantly became much more solemn.

"Director Yue, everyone is here." The assistant reminded Yue Jun.

"Well, I understand."

Yue Jun looked at the 14 people selected from the screenwriting department in front of him. Their ages ranged from 28 to 45, and they were all male screenwriters. He nodded with satisfaction.

"Everyone looks at what you have in front of you, a novel and a set of outlines. This is your next task.

Other scripts and other tasks in the screenwriting department will be handled by other screenwriters. You are only responsible for completing the movie script of this novel.

According to Director Lin’s original words: This is a script for a series of movies, which requires the highest level of script completion, excitement, and confidentiality during the project;

You can think of it as a long-term project. Our preparations will take a long, long time. After the movie is made, the post-production work will take even longer...

It’s no different now than when it was “The Martian”. Of course, there was no heavenly craftsmanship at that time... Now we can completely handle it ourselves, and we are confident enough to surpass the past to a great extent..."

While listening to Yue Jun's speech, the 14 screenwriters looked at the novels and outlines in front of them, and they were all in high spirits, as if they were in high spirits.

"Director Lin, are you going to restart the science fiction movie?"

Several screenwriters couldn't help but look at Yue Jun, but the latter just smiled and said nothing.

Science fiction is the dream of men in the film industry; and hardcore science fiction is the dream of male screenwriters!

"Everyone, it has been 10 years since the company started working on "The Martian" in 2006, and it has now been a hard-core science fiction film. In these 10 years, has there been another hard-core science fiction film in a domestic film?"

Yue Jun's tone was already a bit unruly, and the screenwriters present became even more excited when they heard this.

"Director Yue, how long does our project team have to work on the script?"

Some screenwriters got to the point and were a little impatient. The other 13 screenwriters also cast inquiring glances.

"There is a plan in the outline. This is a series of movies, so be mentally prepared for a long-term project. You have at least a year to focus on polishing the script;

But I hope that by this time next year, you will not be asked to produce the script for the second film in the series, but at least you must be able to produce the final draft of the first film, and it must be a perfect and impeccable script. draft! "

Yue Jun's tone became much more serious. This was his death order!

"No problem, Director Yue. Although adaptation is more difficult than original work because it has to be close to the original work, supplement the original work, and surpass the original work, so many of us still have the confidence. Besides, doesn't this also have Director Lin's outline?"

Yue Jun smiled and nodded: "Well, just have confidence.

In addition, I have communicated with the original author. During the script creation, he will join in from time to time to make corrections, references, and suggestions to jointly improve the film script.

It is said that Director Lin's "The Martian" played a decisive role in successfully obtaining the copyright of these novels; because at that time, Director Lin was the only major director in the country who had mastered hard-core science fiction. And the facts have proved that in the next ten years, there will be no second person in the country! "

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Not long after waking up in the morning, Lin Nan saw the domestic news in the Hollywood Daily, which was still the headline, which really caught him off guard.

The content of the news is that the richest man in the country has changed again. Big Laowang replaced Jack Ma and reached the top again.

Not to mention, if it weren't for the foreign media reports, Lin Nan really wouldn't know what the old man was busy with abroad before he hurried back to the country.

It turns out that it is acquiring land in several big cities such as the United States and the United Kingdom, and it seems to have been successful. It is worthy of Wanda, which is booming and buying and selling!

"Lin, the time has been set, it will be on the morning of the 29th."

Tom came in with "heavy" steps and was chewing a fried dough stick in his hand. He was really unkempt.

"Well, it's the day after the awards ceremony, not bad. After this matter is settled, Sissy and I won't stay in Hollywood any longer. The rest will be left to you, Tom?"

"No problem, Lin. I will be the producer myself this time, even though I am one of the producers.

By the way, where is Crystal, why didn’t I see her... Oh, I pretended I didn’t ask, I didn’t ask. "Tom patted his forehead and shut up quickly.

"Oh, remember better next time. Fortunately, Sissi hasn't come downstairs yet, otherwise I would definitely have to fight you."

Lin Nan crossed her legs and joked with a smile.

Although there are still 6 days until the Oscar ceremony, Lin Nan, last year's Best Director Award winner, is not idle.

Because people contact him from time to time and invite him to attend this cocktail party or that party;

Lin Nan wanted to refuse, but he definitely couldn't refuse them all, so he had to choose, the one that was close to him and had a better reputation.

People like Weinstein have to stay as far away as possible. Yes, Weinstein Pictures really invited Lin Nan.

"Oh, by the way, Tom, just take a moment to deal with this."

Lin Nan pointed to the invitation on the coffee table, which was sent by Weinstein Films.

"Lin, you have to stay away from this guy."

Tom picked up the invitation, opened it, and took a look. The expression on his face instantly became much more serious.

"Huh? Haven't I always dealt with people like this? It's not like you don't know. I even warned you."

Lin Nan didn't think much and immediately retorted. He was also amused by Tom, and actually warned him?

"No, no, Lin, the meaning of my words is more serious than what you think!"

Tom looked at Lin Nan very seriously.

Good guy, this is the first time Director Lin has seen Tom being so serious.

"What's wrong?"

"I heard that this guy has been in trouble recently. Weinstein Films is helping the founder and CEO wipe his butt. I don't know if they can completely suppress it and completely wipe away all the past..."

Listening to Tom's "gossip", Lin Nan also restrained the playful smile on his face.

The world-renowned number one person on the red sofa in the global film industry is starting to get backlash...

"Are you here early, Tom?"

At this time, I saw Liu Yifei finally walking out of the boudoir door with lazy steps, standing on the second floor looking towards the hall, and looking at Lin Nan and the two.

"Hey, Crystal, why don't you sleep more? Sleeping more is good for a lady's skin."

Mu De, Lin Nan is so disgusted by this bitch!

"Yeah, that's the truth, hehe..."

Liu Yifei immediately nodded with a smile, very satisfied with Tom's flattery.

"Get ready, we can go out for a walk."

Lin Nan urged Liu Yifei, and then she wrinkled her nose and snorted, and her fierce look returned.

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Hollywood time on the 23rd, 24th, 25th, and 26th.

For four days in a row, Lin Nan and Liu Yifei just had fun;

The two of them went to see a lot of movies, big and small, such as "Mad Max 4", "Shaun the Sheep" and other entertainment movies.

Compared with the two of them, Zhang Yimou, Liu Dehua, Zhang Ziyi and others are more formal and frequently attend parties of various large companies;

In addition, Universal Pictures also held a special reception for "The Great Wall"; Matt Damon and other Hollywood creators were also present.

I heard that the standards at the scene were quite grand, and Zhang Zhao from LeTV Pictures even boasted about it for a while!

Domestic time, finally arrived on the morning of the 27th.

When the box office information of a number of movies during the Spring Festival was reported online, the entire film industry paid attention and marveled at it, unable to control themselves for a long time.

Because starting today, the new domestic film's highest box office record has entered a new level!

After 11 days, "Mermaid" broke the 2.988 billion domestic film box office record set by "Detective Chinatown" and ushered in a new era of 3 billion box office.

"Co-produced by Xinghui, China Film, Shanghai Film, and Lin Nan Pictures, and directed by Zhou Xingchi, the Spring Festival sci-fi, romance, and comedy blockbuster "Mermaid" lasted for 19 days, and the total box office exceeded 3 billion, with a revenue of 3.0026 billion! The daily box office is still There are more than 50 million..."

"'Mermaid' officially breaks and refreshes the highest box office record for domestic films held by Lin Nan's 'Detective Chinatown'."

"After many years, the record holder for the highest box office of domestic films has finally changed hands. Most professionals in the industry believe that this means that the Chinese film market has completely ushered in an explosive period..."

"Director Zhou Xingchi is officially promoted to be the first 3 billion box office film director in the Chinese film industry and the first 3 billion box office director club member..."

"The movie "Macau 3" has been in theaters for 19 days, with a total box office of 970 million. The daily box office has dropped to more than 8 million, and there is still hope for a 1 billion box office."

"The movie "Journey to the West: Monkey King Three Fights the Bone Demon" was released for 19 days, and the total box office reached 980 million, with a daily revenue of more than 12 million..."

Zhou Xingchi replaced Lin Nan and became the new holder of the highest box office record for domestic films; this always feels like a dream in the film industry.

After all, everyone had been "suffering" from Lin Nan for a long time, and suddenly there was a new person above him, which was really a bit uncomfortable for a while.

"He has dominated the domestic film box office charts for many years, and now he has finally changed hands. With his personality, it will probably be a lot easier. It was definitely very tiring before."

Wang Changtian sighed with emotion. When it comes to relationships, he is on Lin Nan's side.

"As you said, Director Lin wants awards and a career. If he continues to dominate the box office list for a long time, he will really leave no way for others to survive. And Director Lin has two of the top three in the box office list. What? The majority of the split in "Mermaid" belongs to Director Lin."

Wu Dan joked with a smile on his face, the envy in his tone could not be hidden at all.

He can be regarded as someone who has changed his career to become a director. Of course, he will definitely not give up his career as an actor;

After all, the reason why he changed his career as a director was because no one asked him to film, and resources became increasingly scarce.

Now that he is a director, he must have the pursuit of being a director.

The director's pursuit is nothing more than awards or box office. No matter which of these two points, Lin Nan is out of reach, and he is naturally envious to the extreme.

There may still be a chance at the box office, because if you are lucky, you might be able to hit a high box office by combining the right time, place, and people;

But he doesn't dare to dream of winning a directing award! Now when I look at Director Lin's award-winning look, I feel even more envious, and my mouth is watering!

"That's true. But I'm afraid that after he loses the box office record, he will completely lose the pressure to maintain the top spot as a spur, and then it will directly fail.

After all, he has the largest number of grand prizes in the Mainland. With his personality, the possibility of failure is quite high. If this really happens, it won't be a good thing. "

Wang Changtian smiled, indeed a little worried.

Because in general, Lin Nan is lazy; after all, how many capital giants are like him, sleeping in all day long?

Wu Dan smiled and said nothing. Whether it was a show or not, only Director Lin was qualified.

"Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. What you mean by coming here today is that the script of "Wolf Warrior 2" has been prepared in advance?" Wang Changtian got to the point.

When Wu Gan heard this, he straightened up immediately and said, "Yes, I just finished it last night. I worked overtime!"

"Then just wait until Lin Nan and Yifei come back. Your third movie can be submitted for script review and casting selection. Oh, by the way, how much does it cost at Hongxingwu?"

"40%."

"It's indeed quite a lot. Then you can work overtime over there and make a budget quickly. When they come back, we can sit down and discuss it..."

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Huayi.

Ye Ning still did not appear openly in Huayi Group. He was still avoiding the media.

Because according to plan, his first public appearance will be at the Huayi Group press conference on March 1, together with the 34 theater managers. At this moment, all 35 people were hibernating.

"The board of directors has approved it. Is the announcement ready?"

Wang Zhongjun asked Wang Zhonglei without raising his head while flipping through the news.

On the news page, there is information related to Wanda; large-scale personnel changes are being made there, and announcements have been sent out.

The main ones are the appointment of new managers of the 34 theaters and the replacement of senior executives in Ye Ning's previous position. It seems that Wanda has also begun to conduct self-examination internally.

"The appointment announcement has been drawn up and the release date is... Should it be tomorrow or the day after tomorrow?"

Wang Zhonglei asked, his voice slightly excited, but he was suppressing it.

Because once this announcement is issued, Huayi and Wanda will be in a fight to the death, and they will inevitably have to face off in the future; the two brothers are not afraid of this situation, and they are even looking forward to it.

After all, Huayi and Wanda are competitors in many industries such as the film and television industry, real estate industry, Internet and financial industry.

"Time? This year seems to be a leap year. It happens once every four years...then it should be after noon on the 29th."

Wang Zhongjun smiled and said decisively.

It is said that Wanda is at its peak, but Huayi is not weak either. The richest man is indeed the richest man, but what if he owes the bank more money.

In comparison, Huayi is asset-light, with much more abundant cash flow than Wanda, and almost no burdens or liabilities. Go for it!

"Noon on the 29th? Okay, then the 29th. At that time, it seems that the Oscar awards banquet in Hollywood has just ended." Wang Zhonglei nodded and said with a smile.

"Zhou Xingchi, Zhou Xingchi, we didn't expect him to produce "Mermaid" at the beginning!"

Wang Zhongjun looked at the news and his tone became cold again;

The box office of "Mermaid" has already reached 3 billion. If I hadn't cheated on that 80 million, Huayi's market value would have increased a lot by now, maybe even several billion!

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