That year Huayu

It was around eight o'clock in the evening, China World Banquet Hall.

The dinner party prepared by Huanxi for Wang Jiawei and Chen Kexin was no lower than the signing ceremony and media conference in the morning.

On one side is a listed company with a market value of nearly 10 billion in the film and television industry, with two great directors and founder shareholders, Ning Hao and Xu Zheng;

On the other side are two new partners and shareholders, Wang Jiawei and Chen Kexin, who are veteran directors.

This powerful combined lineup directly brings together many big names from Hong Kong and the mainland, and the stars gather together and shine brightly.

How to describe this scene?

In other words, it is rare to see so many top figures in the industry at a mainland event. Maybe only the Shanghai International Film Festival can rival it, right?

However, although there were five to six hundred guests at the scene and the atmosphere was extremely lively, there was also a vague attitude of distinction.

After all, in general, in those years, the Hong Kong industry treated mainland filmmakers as idiots, and even more so when trying to extract money from them. This is a contradiction that has been grievances for a long time!

"Tsk, look, all those Hong Kong filmmakers who are rare to see in the mainland are here tonight."

Following Wang Changtian's voice, Lin Nan glanced at the group of pure Hong Kong filmmakers in the distance:

Zhou Runfa, Liang Chaowei, Liu Qingyun, Louis Koo, Eric Tsang, Zhang Jiahui, Ng Chun-ru, Ng Zhenyu, Wen Jun, Er Dongsheng...

Unlike Jackie Chan, Andy Lau, Xu Ke, Chen Jiashang, Wang Jing and others who can mingle with mainland filmmakers, those people are a bit like a small group in Hong Kong Island;

They seemed to have roots under their feet, chatting motionlessly, just waiting for the mainland artists to greet them.

"Others just come here for Wang Jiawei and Chen Kexin. Do you think they come for Huanxi Pictures?" Lin Nan joked with a smile.

He and Wang Changtian are also in the mainland camp, and they are rare people who are too lazy to pay attention to the film and television capital of that group of people. Of course, with the exception of Jackie Chan and others, everyone can still laugh and talk together.

"This guy is very good at pretending. He wears sunglasses all year round! Just wear them during the day, but also wear them at night?"

Looking at Wang Jiawei, who was changing glasses and changing glasses with a smile on his face, Wang Changtian, as a "family member", couldn't help but complain again.

The ones laughing the loudest tonight in Hong Kong circles are undoubtedly Chen Kexin and Wang Jiawei; they each earned 4 to 5 billion. Although they are shares, they are still worth that much money.

"Director Lin and Director Wang are resting here."

Just when Lin Nan was about to take over Wang Changtian's words and make a joke about Wang Jiawei, Yang Shoucheng suddenly came over.

"Are you sober? Director Yang is in good spirits tonight. I just saw you drinking several drinks."

Wang Changtian's face changed instantly and he greeted with a smile. You must know that Yang Shoucheng is not young.

"I'm in a pretty good mood. Director Lin, director Ye Weixin just told me that "Ip Man 4" will be finished smoothly around the 20th of this month."

Yang Shoucheng came here mainly to talk to Lin Nan about this matter. The finale of this series is about to come to an end.

"I understand, could you please Mr. Yang to convey it personally." Lin Nan picked up the red wine on the table and toasted.

"You're welcome, I'll go over there first, they're still waiting over there."

After watching Yang Shoucheng walk away, Lin Nan and Wang Changtian continued to chat. Well, the two of them have to deal with insiders who come to "please" from time to time.

In the distance, Liu Yifei, who is chatting with Xing Aina and Shi Nansheng, is undoubtedly the woman who gets the most attention tonight.

There was an endless stream of people from the mainland and Hong Kong who took the initiative to make friends and greet her, far more than Chen Hong on the other side.

And Miss Liu also looked down-to-earth and generous, as if she were a qualified producer with a strong aura. We can indeed learn more from Shi Nansheng on this point.

"You're really busy tonight. It's been an hour since the dinner before you even thought of entertaining us." When Ning Hao sat down with wine, Lin Nan immediately teased.

"Director Lin, I am the host and I have to entertain people! Didn't you see that I was free? Why don't you just pull away?" Ning Hao retorted angrily.

He did not lie, because both Lin Nan and Wang Changtian saw it.

Dong Ping, Xu Zheng and Ning Hao were all in good company tonight. Wang Jiawei and Chen Kexin were also half of the hosts, busy entertaining and entertaining.

"Why do I think you and Xu Zheng are entertaining Gu Changwei, chatting and laughing, what are you talking about?"

Wang Changtian asked curiously. Among the many mainland filmmakers tonight, Gu Changwei really stood out and was toasted by the three major shareholders of Huanxi Pictures.

Yes, when Lao Wang asked this question, Ning Hao fell silent for an instant, followed by Lin Nan who realized something;

In the end, even Wang Changtian himself was confused and looked at the two of them suspiciously: "What's wrong? Which of my words is wrong?"

"Director Wang, you may have touched on the topic accidentally. Right, Director Ning?" Lin Nan smiled pointedly.

"What do you mean?" Wang Changtian looked at Lin Nan and then at Ning Hao.

I saw a speechless expression on Director Ning's face, and then lowered his voice: "We are talking.

Director Wang Jiawei and Director Chen Kexin are just examples. Director Gu is a little tempted, and a decision is expected to be made soon, but there must be a time interval before the company expands its share capital again..."

Although Ning Hao spoke vaguely, Wang Changtian understood. Staring at the former, he was extremely shocked for a moment: "You, you, you guys... are so courageous!"

"Keep it a secret, keep it a secret, you two must keep it a secret. It's not appropriate to spread this matter at the moment!"

It has to be kept secret. For the industry, this is no small matter, comparable to an earthquake.

The dinner continued and became more and more lively. Tonight's protagonists Wang Jiawei and Chen Kexin also rarely picked up the microphone and delivered some "remarks."

The former didn't say much, but he was very polite. He didn't have a complete sentence, but talked about movies and works intermittently;

But Chen Kexin was different. He spoke very beautifully, saying that he hoped to become a link between mainland and Hong Kong films and jointly promote the development of Chinese films.

If Lin Nan remembers correctly, at the Hong Kong Film Awards 4 years ago, this guy and Wen Jun made a lot of "unbelievable" remarks.

The general meaning is: if Chinese-language films want to prosper and even compete with Hollywood, there is only one way;

That is to say, Hong Kong Island filmmakers provide creative ideas, are responsible for the crew team and operational management, while the mainland serves as the production base and market.

Mainland investors only need to provide money and market, and the Hong Kong team will take care of other things. It is best for investors not to interfere with the production of the crew...

It can only be said that this society is more suitable for people who sit on the fence and do nothing but do nothing, and Chen Kexin is a typical person who "knows the current affairs and is a hero";

After being beaten by China Film Group that time, he has become much more honest, at least he is "high-sounding" both verbally and openly.

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In one day on the 3rd, Ning Hao's net worth increased by several hundred million;

After the Hong Kong stock market opened on the morning of the 4th, Huanxi was still rising slightly, which was enviable to a lot of people in the industry.

Sometimes, there is some use in throwing those imported blockbusters into unpopular schedules.

No, "X-Men: Apocalypse", which was just released yesterday, grossed 112 million on its first day.

Now, it is very likely that the summer season will be promoted by a large number of imported blockbusters by a month, or even the summer season will be moved forward to June.

All in all, several Hollywood imported big IP commercial movies came together to accomplish something incredible;

They are most likely going to turn an unpopular month into a peak season, which is something that currently domestic movies cannot do!

On the set of "Marriage Story", the dressing room door was ajar.

Liu Yifei and Zhou Xun were all looking at the door, but they were too embarrassed to go in and disturb them.

Lin Nan looked on, speechless at the behavior of these people.

The next moment, he walked over, pushed open the door, and joked: "If you want to see it, just watch it. Can Director Jiang chase you away?"

That's right, the makeup used inside is Tian Zangxiang and Lao Jiang. Originally, Lin Nan only invited Tian Zhuangzhuang, but at last thought, he packed Lao Jiang as well.

Tian Zhuangzhuang will play Lin Nan's lawyer, and Lao Jiang has found a guest role for him. He is idle in school anyway.

"Young people are active." Tian Zhuangzhuang stood there, smiling and making fun of Lin Nan and the others.

Lao Jiang complained a little, "Can't you find me a role with a lot of scenes? I am an associate professor and deputy director of the directing department, and I will come to act as a supporting role for you?"

"But your acting skills are not as good as those of Director Wang Jinsong. Just a bit player will do, so just make do with it."

Lin Nan smiled and made a "please" gesture to turn on the phone.

Two minutes later, with the sound of "action", the show officially began.

The morning was the scene where the male protagonist and Tian Zhuangzhuang, a senior lawyer, met for the first time. In the movie, the latter was introduced to Lin Nan by Hui Yinghong, the mother-in-law.

In the afternoon, the start time is earlier, starting at two o'clock.

Lin Nan, the male protagonist, was busy with trivial matters in the stage drama company, and then Zhou Xun, the woman's lawyer, called and gave an ultimatum... He went to see Liu Yifei again, but the argument was fruitless.

After a night, it was the morning of the 5th.

Including Liu Yifei, all the leading actors are in very good condition.

Lin Nan's husband went to Liu Yifei again, who was resolute and wanted custody of the child... As a last resort, Lin Nan secretly took away his daughter, so let's file a lawsuit!

"I'm a little excited just thinking about this shot below." Zhou Xun and Shu Chang, who had just flown back from Hengdian, muttered quietly.

"Me too. Bah, you scumbag!" Shu Chang glanced at Lin Nan and cursed with a smile.

"I said that's enough for you two, right? It's just one scene." Lin Nan was quite helpless and wronged.

"Hmph." Liu Yifei also snorted coldly, looking like a knife in her eyes as she gave Lin Nan a fierce look.

She is adjusting her state and taking on the emotions.

At this moment, in Liu Yifei's eyes, Lin Nan was already a cheating bastard.

After five minutes of emotions brewing, Lin Nan noticed that the way Liu Yifei looked at him was so cold that it made his heart tremble.

"Director, let's start." Her eyes were slightly red and she said coldly to Lin Nan.

"Good guy, when a couple shoots a scene like this, they get twice the result with half the effort. Are you going to get completely involved and start calling 'director'?"

Zhou Xun was stunned as he ate the melon. It was so exciting!

Shu Chang couldn't help but swallow his saliva. Did Sissi use too much force? How long will it take for the show to happen next? My brother is so pitiful and miserable!

Nearly 20 days since the filming of "Marriage Story" started, Lin Nan and Liu Yifei's first conflict scene is about to begin.

It is true that the two did not quarrel in the movie, but this scene went beyond the quarrel and went straight to scolding!

When the two called to talk about the divorce lawsuit, they rushed there and rushed there.

Liu Yifei lost control of her emotions, lost her inner self, and her psychological defenses completely collapsed. She cursed Lin Nan on the phone in a heartbreaking manner;

Because she peeked at Lin Nan's work emails, her husband slept with his actress when their marriage first started to have problems!

She has hidden it in her heart for so long, and she doesn't want to hide it anymore, or pretend not to know... She has been working hard to maintain the family, and she is the only one...

"Everyone prepare, 3, 2, 1, action!"

The main and auxiliary cameras were turned on at the same time, and the radio equipment was fully turned on on the balconies of the two rooms.

The five-minute scene from beginning to end took a whole morning to shoot, and even lunch time was delayed.

Lin Nan admitted that Liu Yifei was crazy and he couldn't handle the scene. He was pressed down and beaten by Liu Yifei, which was no longer performed by an actor;

This is Liu Yifei teaching and scolding him. She is so excited that she looks like a shrew!

This emotion was mixed with Liu Yifei's "imagined" plot. She didn't know what kind of bastard Lin Nan was at this moment in her mind.

I'm afraid if I give her a knife, she can kill the imaginary "Lin Nan" on the spot, right? !

…………

"Co-produced by Red Starwood Pictures, Guangguang, Dengfeng International Pictures, and Lin Nan Pictures, directed by Wu Gen, starring Wu Gen, Frank Grillo, Lu Jingshan, Wu Gang, Yu Nan, Yu Qian and others;

The production amount is as high as 200 million. The military-themed commercial blockbuster "Wolf Warrior 2" lasted one and a half months of training and was officially launched in South Africa two hours ago..."

"Many film professionals in the industry once again stated that military-themed movies are not the mainstream of commercial films in the current film market, and "Wolf Warrior 2" with a production cost of 200 million yuan will undoubtedly face huge box office pressure..."

"Tudou.com's second round of financing dinner will be held in a high-profile manner at 7 o'clock tomorrow night in the Qunxian Banquet Hall, covering an area of ​​more than 2,000 square meters, at the China World Hotel. At that time, multiple industries and capitals, including film and television, finance, and the Internet, will All will be present;

It is reported that this financing is most likely to be the last round of financing before Tudou.com goes public; in addition, Tudou.com President Wang Wei said in an interview that the scale of this financing still does not exceed 10% of the total shares..."

On the afternoon of the 5th, the crew of "Marriage Story" stopped production again. Liu Yifei needs to slow down a bit. She used too much force in the scene in the morning and she hasn't come out of it yet.

Lin Nan was sitting cross-legged on the sofa, busy with other things; while Liu Yifei just held his arm and rested on his shoulder to recover, it was quiet and warm.

But her eyelids that trembled from time to time told Lin Nan nakedly that her subconscious was still in the play.

"Have you made an agreement before? Just like last year, you just have to be present. To be honest, it was originally an unofficial decision. But since the penguins were given a stage last year, it's not easy to favor one thing over another this year."

Lin Nan was holding a video conference with Wang Wei, Wang Changtian, and Liu Xiaobin with a Bluetooth headset, but he just turned off the camera, making noise but not showing his face, and the screen was black.

Several people across from me also saw Liu Yifei sleeping just now, and Wang Changtian even made a joke. But when I heard that Ms. Liu had used too much force during filming and was nervous, she didn't say anything more.

"Penguin will send a senior vice president over tomorrow. Although they have no decision-making power, they are shareholders after all." Wang Wei nodded.

"I'm looking forward to Tudou's latest market value after this financing." Wang Changtian said with a smile, feeling very happy.

"How much is it now?" Lin Nan asked.

“After Penguin’s financing came in last November, our market value was 40 billion; now more than half a year has passed, and only 1.53 billion is left of the 4.445 billion that Penguin raised.

The current approximate valuation of us is between 44 billion and 45 billion, and basically all financial capital values ​​us within this range! "

Wang Wei took the initiative to explain, but then added: "Conservative price reduction is definitely inevitable."

"The quotations of financial capital? They are much more bloody than Internet capital and film and television capital! Although Internet capital is more greedy, it is a qualified catfish."

Liu Xiaobin joked that his big boss has suffered a lot from Ali's Jack Ma recently, verbally!

“Has there been any adjustment to the external ‘pricing’ of potatoes?”

"I just made the final adjustments two days ago, and I'm going to quote 45 billion tomorrow night. After that, it's up to them to bid. We can see what's the highest valuation outside of Potato?

Of course, we are more looking forward to the quotation and sincerity from Weibo. Only 8%. I wonder if Cao Guowei has wavered in his thoughts after getting this inside information, or can he swallow it in one gulp? "

"Mr. Wang, you must underestimate Director Cao. They are an Internet company there, and Weibo is a US-listed group. They are not short of money. The complementarity between the two companies is very high!" Wang Changtian joked with a smile.

"I was distracted, haha..."

Lin Nan stroked Liu Yifei's hair and said, "Let's stop here. It's good for us to report 45 billion to the outside world. Let them compete."

"Hey, it's another group of companions, haha..."

"That's it. Let's see you tomorrow night. Director Lin's filming went well."

"See you tomorrow night."

Lin Nan took off the headphones with one hand and threw them on the table. Then he stood up slowly, held Liu Yifei's back with his left hand, reached under her legs with his right hand, and hugged her gently.

"Sissi, go to bed and sleep?"

"Um……"

A soft and waxy voice murmured; she was very sleepy, mentally sleepy.

While Lin Nan was resting at home with Liu Yifei, the news of Tudou's second round of financing was making a lot of noise.

Especially the report that "this round of financing is very likely to be the last round of financing before Tudou.com goes public", which made all the major investors sit up and take notice.

Because everyone knows that high-quality companies do not need multiple rounds of financing; and Tudou, it seems that there is really nothing missing? !

Zhang Qiang is having a headache again. He is not only the president of Alibaba Pictures, but also the vice president of Alibaba. And this time, the Tudou incident undoubtedly fell on his head again.

"Gu Yongqiang is still the chairman of Youku. He is very opposed to opening up traffic and diverting it to Taobao. But this does not affect us trying Tudou again..."

"Last time, everyone clearly rejected Mr. Ma. Is there any need this time?" Zhang Qiang looked at another old friend from the group and couldn't help questioning for a while.

"Mr. Ma doesn't have the concept of 'necessary or not'. Since he can give the order, it should be done. People are changing all the time, but interests are the only thing that never changes!

Even if they rejected us once in person, the spirit of our Ali is not to give up. How many companies have rejected us once, twice or even many times, but in the end? Didn't they change their names to 'Ali system'?"

Zhang Qiang certainly knew this, but the shareholders of Tudou all rejected Ali, and they were not short of money, so it was not that simple! But he couldn't refuse, so he had to bite the bullet.

"Okay, I'll go again tomorrow. As for the quotation this time, I won't get involved. The board of directors will give me the result. I'm only responsible for communicating with Tudou."

"Well, that's for sure. I'll also tell you something. You were not here this morning, and Mr. Ma called us to a meeting."

"What did he say?" Zhang Qiang asked curiously.

"In the second half of the year, completely kick Gu Yongqiang out of Youku!"

...

Last night, Lin Nan went to bed early, and he worked hard for a long time to ensure that he was "loyal".

I don't know if Liu Yifei deliberately took out her anger on him in the play. She was really "retaliating" like a life-threatening person!

During breakfast, Liu Hanhan looked at Lin Nan with a bit of hostility, and finally said with a hum: "If you perform well recently, I may feel better..."

Haha, Lin Nan is a big director, how can he not see her little thoughts. This is already recovered, but still pretending.

"Okay, I'll perform well. Before leaving for the crew, I'll clean up the trash can in the room first..."

"Say it again, I'm eating!" Liu Yifei glared at Lin Nan with a pink face.

When it was close to eight o'clock, Lin Nan drove Liu Yifei straight to the crew. Because the distance was not far, they could arrive before nine o'clock.

While the two were still waiting for the red light on the road, the heavy news of the film industry came out; the entire film and television industry immediately cast its eyes and heatedly discussed it.

It has been two and a half years since the 15th Huabiao Awards in 2013. Today, the 16th Huabiao Awards finally "started".

"This morning at half past eight, the General Administration, the Film Bureau and the Central Propaganda Bureau issued a joint announcement. After two and a half years, the list of nominees for the 16th Huabiao Awards was announced as follows:

"Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy", "Wolf Totem", "Coming Home", "Lost and Love", "The Hundred Regiments Offensive", "Wolf Warrior", "Dear", "Go Away! Tumor", "Mountains May Depart", "Charlotte's Troubles", "Monster Hunt" and other 18 films were nominated for the Outstanding Feature Film Award;

Zhang Yimou, Lin Nan, Jia Zhangke, Chen Kexin, Peng Sanyuan, Xu Anhua, Guo Fan, Lu Yang and other 8 people were nominated for the Outstanding Director Award =Acting Award;

Chen Daoming, Liu Dehua, Zhang Hanyu, Huang Bo, Feng Shaofeng and other 5 people are nominated for the Outstanding Actor Award;

Gong Li, Zhao Tao, Tang Wei, Shu Chang, Bai Baihe and other 5 people are nominated for the Outstanding Actress Award;

…

Outstanding Animation Film Award Nominations: "Journey to the West: Hero is Back", "Boonie Bears"…

Outstanding Screenwriter Award: "Blade Master 2" Lu Yang; "Mountains May Depart" Jia Zhangke…

Outstanding Rural Theme Film…

…"

The nomination list of the Huabiao Awards spread all over the Internet at the first time and landed on the headlines of major film and television entertainment news.

The Huabiao Awards Ceremony on the 24th of the month will be the second film festival of this month after the closing ceremony and awards ceremony of the Magic City International Film Festival on the 19th of the month.

This month, the film and television industry will undoubtedly be extremely lively. I think the nomination list of the Magic City International Film Festival should be in the next two days!

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