That year Huayu

Chapter 975 Gift film - fan movie? Pay close attention to the Hong Kong circle...

“At eight o’clock in the morning, China Film Group issued an announcement:

Produced by China Film and Television, and co-produced by Bayi Film, Bona, Media Asia, and 3D Pictures. Han Sanping serves as the film's chief planner and art director, Huang Jianxin produces, and Liu Weiqiang directs;

The tribute film, "The Founding of the Army" in the "Foundation of the People's Republic of China" series, will be open to casting for the domestic film and television industry from now on... The film is scheduled to be officially launched on Army Day! "

"Dengfeng International Pictures, under the name of director Wu Gan, announced that the second part of the "Wolf Warrior" series, "Wolf Warrior 2", has been submitted for script review a few days ago;

"Wolf Warrior 2" is jointly produced by Hongxingwu, Guangguang, Dengfeng International, and Lin Nan Pictures, and is directed and starred by Wu Gen;

From now on, the film is open to industry auditions and casting... The main actors need to follow director Wu Pan to go abroad for a 30-60 day field military training, during which they must not be left behind..."

"Mr. Ge Cunzhuang, the famous performing artist, yesterday...Tian Zhuangzhuang, Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang...Chen Daoming, Zhang Guoli, Guan Ru, Zhang Ziyi, Feng Yuanzhuo, Feng Gong, Liu Xiaolingtong and nearly a hundred other film and television actors Celebrities from the cultural circles arrived at the Babaoshan Assembly Hall this morning to pay their respects and say farewell."

Information about the preparations for "The Founding of an Army" and "Wolf Warrior 2" have become hot topics on Weibo and entertainment headlines;

But for the mainstream circles in the domestic film and television industry, the matter of Mr. Ge's family is undoubtedly the big news.

No, Lin Nan was on the phone with Yue Jun while eating breakfast; an old-timer in this kind of circle had to show respect, even going to Tian Zhuangzhuang.

"I heard that a farewell ceremony will be held at Babao Mountain the day after tomorrow. The superiors have approved that he will be buried in a special cemetery."

"Well, send me an elegiac couplet. I am an acquaintance with Teacher Ge You. But when I talk about this, I think of the Xiang family member again.

At that time, I wanted to enter Babaoshan, but the superiors did not approve it. In the end, I had to hold a memorial service at Babaoshan Funeral Home and then ran back to Hong Kong Island in despair. It's so ridiculous. "

Lin Nan murmured that in this comparison, the attitudes of the relevant parties are completely different.

"What you said, Director Lin, is it comparable? This is the people's artist who sealed the deal!"

"That's the truth, there's nothing wrong with it."

Lin Nan couldn't help but smile. Mr. Ge played many villains when he was young, but he is not "black" in reality, and the older he gets, the more positive his image becomes.

"By the way, there is one more thing I need to talk to Director Lin. Director Liu Weiqiang's team sent audition invitations to Zhang Yi and Lei Jiayin's studio. Is this about it?"

Hearing this, Lin Nan suddenly fell silent, a little helpless. He just broke up with her yesterday...

"They should make their own decision, right?"

“Isn’t this the case, Director Lin, who often names Hong Kong Island and says they can’t make historical blockbusters?

"The Founding of the Army" is also modern history, so Zhang Yi and Lei Jiayin thought about rejecting it;

But after all, it was a gift film, so I was afraid of offending... so I came to ask for my opinion. "

"Well, this idea is right, so let's reject it."

Lin Nan affirmed immediately. Afraid of offending China Film Industry? He, a great director and the boss of Zhang Yi and others' studio, has been offended recently!

"Okay, I'll just reply to the two studios."

As soon as he hung up the phone, Lin Nan heard footsteps and a slight yawn.

He looked up and saw Liu Yifei, wearing pink printed pajamas, walking lazily down the second floor.

Her long black hair is draped loosely over her shoulders, her oval face is as beautiful as a painting, and her skin is as smooth as mutton-fat white jade...

"Here, I've prepared everything for you. Come over and eat."

"oh."

Seeing several delicious foods bought by Lin Nan on the table, the dazed Liu Yifei instantly became energetic and quickened her pace with pleasure.

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Actors and artists in the film and television industry have already started to move.

There is no doubt that the tribute film with the main theme requires zero pay, but it is completely worth it.

Because the actors who appear in this kind of movie are all modern celebrities, the blessing effect on the artist's career is simply unmatched by other film and television works.

The "Great Cause of the Founding of the People's Republic of China" and "The Great Cause of the Founding of the Party" have long verified this point.

Therefore, the enthusiasm of actors in the industry for "Wolf Warrior 2" is far less than their longing for "The Founding of the Army"; after all, the latter will definitely receive special care from the authorities!

But at the same time, the film and television entertainment capital in the industry also saw the opportunity to take advantage of the loopholes.

Liu Weiqiang was reporting the audition and casting plan to La Peikang. Han Sanping, Huang Jianxin, Yu Dong and people from Bayi Factory were also nearby.

"La Dong, "The Founding of the People's Republic of China" was launched in February 2009, and "The Founding of the Party" was launched in August 2010. It has been six or seven years since these two films were launched; and the Chinese film market has also undergone changes. There have been earth-shaking changes.

Therefore, in response to today’s film market and audiences, we have made bold adjustments and changes to the casting plan for “The Founding of an Army”:

That is to say, in addition to ensuring that the core roles are played by actors with professional skills and talents, as many young popular idol star artists as possible are used. These artists all have a huge fan market and can help expand the popularity of the theme gift film among young people. Spread and influence..."

"A gift film, a fan movie?"

Before Liu Weiqiang finished speaking, Han Sanping and Huang Jianxin made eye contact. Both of them had complicated expressions. The same thoughts flashed through their minds, and they were very conflicted.

"No, "The Founding of the Army" is not an ordinary tribute film. The founding of the country, the party, and the army require solemnity, seriousness, and heroism. Most of the actors must be professional and capable; only in this way, the characters can be seen on the screen His temperament, aura, and spiritual ability are in place and up to standard, and he will not disgrace those ancestors..."

Han Sanping interrupted, expressing his views firmly and decisively. Huang Jianxin followed closely and nodded in agreement: "That's the truth!"

Liu Weiqiang was momentarily speechless. He glanced at the two bosses, Han Sanping and Huang Jianxin, and then looked at La Peikang, who didn't seem to object. And the real decision-maker is undoubtedly La Peikang!

"But in my opinion, Director Liu's statement is also very reasonable; actors can be trained, and Director Liu is also a great director, so he can naturally do this.

China Film produced "The Founding of the Army" firstly as a gift, and secondly to promote that epoch-making, generous and tragic history among the masses.

Since it can help expand the spread and influence of the main theme gift film among countless young people, it is not a bad idea to use some young idol stars, which can be regarded as advancing with the times. "

Although La Peikang's tone was light, it contained a final word that could not be refuted;

Han Sanping and Huang Jianxin are both old foxes for many years, and they understand the subtext of La Peikang's words - he is the helmsman of "The Founding of an Army" and also the helmsman of China Film!

More than half an hour later, the "The Founding of an Army" meeting at China Film Group ended.

Huang Jianxin and Han Sanping, who were classmates in the 1983 class of Nortel's Directing Department and have been old friends and partners for many years, walked out of China Film and Television side by side.

Although Huang Jianxin's 3D Pictures is one of the producers, he still can't help but complain:

"Old Han, this is a bit messy, isn't it? Using an idol star for the gift film? I'm lucky he agreed!"

Mr. Han was a little speechless at the moment, but he was even more helpless because he was the chairman now. La Peikang has the final say on what to do!

"During "The Great Cause of the Founding of the Party", I gave Xiao Ming a face and used Yang Ying. That's it, we almost regretted it later!

Now he wants to use a large number of idol stars? Hey, that's it, we can just do our best in our positions. Well, when casting, try to focus on the core characters. "

Liu Weiqiang and other Hong Kong team members, who were more than ten meters behind Han Sanping and the other two, were very happy at this moment.

Because the power of casting for "The Founding of an Army" can be turned into a bargaining chip for resource exchange and realization in their hands...for the entire film and television industry.

In fact, ever since the "Army Founding" project spread in a small area within the circle, there has been an endless stream of people contacting Liu Weiqiang; how could he let go of this rare opportunity to have top-level resources for personal gain? ?

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In the morning, not long after Lin Nan arrived at the company, he received an email from Weibo and received a call from Cao Guowei.

How to describe Weibo as a platform? Although it is an Internet social and media platform, its biggest feature is the celebrities and official accounts that have settled there;

Undoubtedly, the main point of its profit lies in traffic, which means that its roots must be deeply rooted in the film and television entertainment industry, because this is where the most topics and traffic are.

No, a few years after the Weibo Internet Festival around January every year was renamed Weibo Night, Weibo has launched a second large-scale event.

"So, this is another 'Weibo Movie Night'?" Lin Nan answered the call and asked subconsciously.

"Yes, Director Lin, this matter will be publicly announced to the outside world at the beginning of next month, and then invitation letters will be sent to the entire film industry;

Invitations include: crews of films that have been released in the past year, crews of films currently being filmed and unreleased, actors, stars and entertainers in the industry... The event involves awarding awards and helping to promote the film.

Unlike Weibo Night, which is scheduled in January every year, Weibo Movie Night is scheduled in mid-June every year. This year is the first one. We plan to hold it on June 13th. We hope Director Lin and Producer Liu can come and sit down by then..."

"Isn't that during the Shanghai International Film Festival?" Lin Nan muttered.

"Yes, we chose the location of the first Weibo Movie Night in Shanghai to take advantage of the Shanghai International Film Festival.

Of course, we already have great charisma, but this way we get twice the result with half the effort, right? At that time and place, the number of guests who can be present will be more, and it will not be too troublesome and tiring..."

I have to say that the Weibo company is quite thoughtful.

Lin Nan agreed: "Okay, although the Shanghai Film Festival has not sent out an invitation yet, Yifei and I should be eligible. After all, there are still films competing this year."

"Okay, thank you, Director Lin."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Nan smiled and shook his head.

In his opinion, the more Weibo can do in the film and television entertainment industry, and the better it can do, the more beneficial it will be for him, the largest individual shareholder!

Glancing at the news, Lin Nan found that it was exactly as he expected.

After the film schedule of "Zootopia" increased by 6 points, yesterday's daily box office nearly tripled compared to the first day of release, soaring from 22.42 million to 60.35 million.

If nothing else goes wrong, the daily box office should continue to soar in the future!

The new domestic film box office leader "Mermaid" is hanging on the daily revenue of about 12 million, and continues to "forge ahead", approaching 3.3 billion.

Speaking of "Mermaid", we have to talk about Zhou Xingchi.

Although the biggest profit maker of this movie is Lin Nan Pictures, all the fame must fall on Zhou Xingchi.

But it is indeed funny to say that the higher the box office of "Mermaid" is and the greater Zhou Xingchi's reputation is, the more harshly he will be scolded in Hong Kong circles, and even scolded everywhere.

Of course, people over there have learned the lesson now. When they scolded Stephen Chow, they didn't mention "Mermaid" at all, and they didn't cross the border to the mainland, and were limited to Hong Kong Island.

Lin Nan also discovered a problem. The success of "Mermaid" made this "star"'s desire and ambition for money even more intense.

He has been staying in the mainland during this period and has been contacted by various capitals...I heard that someone even gave him a good idea to "trap money":

That is to say, let him develop his previous classic and emotional film IPs, such as "The King of Comedy" and "Shaolin Football"...

Not to mention, in Lin Nan's opinion, this is indeed a good idea - a good idea to make money!

Near noon, Yue Jun came over with a copy.

"Director Lin, this is a copy of "Operation Mekong" prepared by Tiangong Colors. Don't lose it. If it leaks out, you will be in big trouble."

"I can bring it in the same day and bring it back the same day, there will be no problem. By the way, we will soon be able to select people from Tiangong Color and Lin Nan Pictures to form a comprehensive film production team;

At that time, it will be sent to Warner, and we will participate from the pre-production to the end of the shooting. We will also get part of the post-production..."

Lin Nan told him that not only his own side, but Xiying and Guangguang would also send people to join the team;

Why do the above have strict cooperation rules for co-productions and give such great preferential treatment to co-productions?

This is because there is an advantage to co-productions: domestic producers or producers can learn from each other while cooperating, especially for major Hollywood studios, which is even more encouraged!

"Okay, I'll make arrangements as soon as I get down."

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The news of the completion of "July and Ansheng" spread throughout the film and television circles in the afternoon.

Unlike Bimasichun, who only posted a simple Weibo post about the finalization of the project, which was created by Aite and others, Zhou Dongyu was different. She thanked many people eloquently.

Taiyang Chuanhe, the artist director of the agency department is "coaching" a group of contracted artists.

"In the film and television industry, we all know one truth, that is, we need resources. But where do the resources come from? All the company can do is matchmaking, and whether it can win them depends on itself.

There are so many big directors and film and television giants in the industry. They are all producers of resources and have the right to speak! And a large number of actors with connections, connections, and backgrounds will always be the first-hand contacts of those high-quality resources.

Baby and Chen He are not here today, so I will take them as examples. They are the type of people who have no shortage of resources... And how many people here can compare to them? "

After a pause, the artist director of the agency department looked at Zhou Dongyu:

"Dong Yu, Mou Girl's debut has given you a high starting point. But we all know that except Gong Li, no Mou Girl can do it without lack of resources. Zhang Ziyi can't do it either, and Director Zhang is a A 'unfeeling' person, haha...

So, now that you have come into contact with the Hong Kong scene, met Director Peter Chan and been recognized, you must seize the opportunity and seize the Hong Kong scene... Although the Hong Kong scene has declined, there are still great directors in the field of literary films and award-winning films. You are still very capable, have great energy, and have wide connections... This is your opportunity! "

All the artists looked at Zhou Dongyu with envy. The latter also had bright eyes and seemed full of courage.

"I will."

"good."

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A very inconspicuous question posed before Liu Yifei and Lin Nan, that is, should "Wolf Warrior 2" include people?

But when he thought about it carefully, it was Wu Gan's personal heroism and male protagonist movie, and it seemed that there was really no one to fit in!

"Well, the female lead who has a lot of scenes is actually very good, but Reba may not be released on the wrong schedule. "Pacific Rim 2" will most likely conflict with "Wolf Warrior 2" in terms of time... Zhang Chang's appearance It’s not sharp enough and not suitable for military movies…”

Liu Yifei tilted her head and muttered to Lin Nan.

"If there's no suitable candidate, forget it." Director Lin gave up because he couldn't think of a suitable candidate for a while, so let Wu Dan do it.

"That's okay, maybe Wu Dan himself has a favor to reserve. Let's respect the director!"

Hearing what Lin Nan said, Liu Yifei nodded immediately and chose to give up.

But the next second, she complained to Lin Nan about Zhou Xun again:

"When I was shopping with brother Xun today, after she answered the phone, she hurriedly left me and ran away, saying she was going to talk about a big drama...I don't know what it was? Really! Let her do it some other time I was 'asking for forgiveness', and it was obviously her who asked me out, but she let me go in the middle..."

"Then I'll ask her next time I catch her. It won't be easy to make a play appointment that makes her care so much." Lin Nan said with a smile.

"Yeah, I think so too!"

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