That year Huayu

The box office performance of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" is better than the original "囧", second only to "The Genius Gunfighter".

At the end of the first week, the box office revenue was 510 million. Among all the Spring Festival movies, it stood out from the crowd and won the championship!

"Love in Seattle" followed closely behind, earning 103 million in three days, making all the production companies in the industry envious.

In just three days, "Love in Seattle" has completely recovered its costs and made a lot of money.

If any company in the industry is not jealous, it is definitely a lie.

Several movies that have attracted much attention in the industry have also been completed during this Spring Festival.

"Produced by Enlight Pictures and directed by Director Chen Jiashang, "The Big Four" and "The Big Four 3" took eight months to shoot and were officially closed yesterday afternoon at Hengdian Film and Television City."

"It is reported that the second and third parts of "The Four Famous Catchers" will be produced in 3D versions, which is worth looking forward to..."

"The first and second parts of the movie "Little Times" written and directed by Guo Jingming, starring Yang Mi, Guo Caijie and others, and co-produced, were completed today..."

"Director Guo Jingming made it clear that the first part of "Tiny Times" will meet the audience in the second half of the year."

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Lin Nan Pictures, Tiangong Color and Shanhai Media have all started working normally.

In the office, Lin Nan met Zhao Liying, who flew back to the capital last night.

"How have you been on the set these past six months?"

Hearing Lin Nan's inquiry, Zhao Liying nodded excitedly: "I have had a very fulfilling life. I have learned a lot, and Director Chen will teach me patiently."

"You've been busy for so long, so let's take a rest for a while. An actor can't work continuously. He has to leave time to digest the things and experiences he learned on the set."

"Thank you, Director Lin, for your guidance. The management team has also decided this. The drama will be put on hold for a while. The main work for the next period of time will be announcements, endorsements and commercials, and I will take a vacation at the same time."

Zhao Liying said it very seriously. These are also the actor development plans formulated by Yue Jun and Jiang Yuerou for Shanhai Media, rather than turning artists into pure money-making tools.

"Next month, Yang Mi's contract will expire. She had already negotiated with the company a few months ago and the contract will not be renewed after it expires."

"In the company's film planning, some resources originally reserved for her will be allocated to you when the time comes. I'll let you know in advance."

Lin Nan had a faint smile on his face and spoke casually.

But when these words were heard in Zhao Liying's ears, the latter's brain instantly went blank and buzzed.

After being lost for a moment, she felt a little embarrassed and couldn't restrain her excitement:

"Thank you, Director Lin. I won't let the company down."

When Zhao Liying spoke, she stuttered with excitement.

"Okay, there are not many people in Shanhai Media, and we still have excess resources. If nothing happens, you can go back."

Lin Nan said with a smile. In Zhao Liying's eyes, this smile was like a spring breeze.

"Well, goodbye Director Lin, I'm leaving first."

"Oops, I almost forgot. You and I will go together. We just need to go to the Tiangong Colorful floors."

Lin Nan patted his forehead and muttered with a smile.

Under the company building, Zhao Liying was still thinking about what Lin Nan said just now.

"Not renewing the contract? What does she think?"

Zhao Liying was puzzled.

It wasn't until her agent called her in the car that Zhao Liying stopped thinking about the problem.

"Whatever, maybe she has never struggled at the bottom and is a little wild, right?"

In Zhao Liying's opinion, Yang Mi has never suffered as much as she did when she was in Huayi!

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Lin Nan also admired Wang Xiaoshuai and the others.

There are some terrifying scenes in "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".

For example: a shot of horrific corpses hanging in the fireplace;

The scene where the fish monster opens its bloody mouth and eats a human head;

The scene where the succubus cuts off human flesh bit by bit with a knife and fork and eats it.

These terrifying scenes scared many children in the theater to tears.

Wang Xiaoshuai and others used this topic to once again talk about the movie classification issue two months ago and attack the higher authorities!

A group of people posted a strange and strange article online:

"I blushed when I heard the child's cry. I don't understand why uncles don't classify movies? What are they afraid of? What are they afraid of?"

"When parents are unable to protect their children, only the film rating system can protect them for them."

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To be honest, Lin Nan felt that these people were crazy. If he continued like this, he would probably kill himself, right?

Sure enough, just one day later, Lin Nan received an invitation from this group of people, and they wanted to do what they did two months ago again.

This time, Lin Nan was in the country and couldn't hide.

But before Lin Nan could come up with an idea to refuse, the higher-ups had already taken the lead.

The children's bureau directly held a meeting and spoke:

"It's also censorship, so why are some directors able to make high-grossing movies? Can they pass censorship and win awards abroad?

And some directors will only blame their own incompetence on the system?

Or does it mean that these people have impure intentions from the beginning and only choose bad things to shoot in order to shape their own image? "

Okay, now it gets interesting.

Lin Nan heard that not long after the meeting, some of the film projects that had been finalized by Wang Xiaoshuai and others were almost completely canceled.

Those who received support funds were stuck or discounted. All state-owned enterprises that participated in the investment withdrew their capital.

When the other investors saw this situation, what else could they not understand? Decisively, all run away!

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Heavenly colors.

The second part of "The Four Famous Catchers" prioritized special effects.

Wang Changtian called specifically to give instructions, hoping that the special effects of the second part would be completed as soon as possible, and the lighting schedule was still waiting to be arranged.

But this kind of thing, how can it be done quickly, unless the quality of special effects is sacrificed, Lin Nan "rejected" him.

I just say that I will try to get the second part in the first half of the year. As for the release time, I have to wait until the second half of the year at the earliest, forget about the summer release.

At the same time, Lin Nan was not idle, busy with the post-editing work of "The Invisible Guest".

At this time, news of the Hollywood Oscars spread back to China.

"The foreign language film "The Invisible Guest" directed by Lin Nan, the lead actress Naomi Watts and the second lead actress Jessica Chastain both lost to Jennifer Lawrence at the Oscars and missed out on the Best Actress award. Actor Award!”

Domestic media rushed to report on it, and many people in the circle were either regretful or gloating about the misfortune.

Most people on the Internet felt sorry for Lin Nan.

"I almost had an Oscar winner in Director Lin's new movie!"

"It's such a pity. So far, there has never been a movie directed by a Mainland China that has an Oscar-winning actor or actress starring in it. Director Lin, it's just that little bit worse!"

"Isn't that Jennifer Lawrence too unscrupulous? When accepting the award, she actually shouted: Thank you Weinstein for eliminating all her opponents!"

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If Liu Yifei hadn't called and told Lin Nan about this, the latter would still be working hard at Tiangong Color.

"Send an email to comfort me. After all, we are friends now."

Lin Nan muttered something and said, "Just do it."

To be fair, he has watched all those movies, and he really doesn't think Jennifer Lawrence is better than the others.

But this result just shows one thing. At the Oscars, public relations is really the top priority!

"Well, I have to send a congratulatory email to Li An. This is his second Oscar for Best Director, right? Not to mention, I'm a little envious..."

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Several movies from the outside world are still competing fiercely.

"Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" earned 640 million in eight days, and reached 700 million in nine days!

The industry is applauding, and it seems like this will be the case throughout this year.

Although "Love in Seattle" ranked second, it was already far behind, with revenue of 180 million in 5 days!

However, as the old saying goes: happiness comes from contrast.

Looking back, I saw that other movies were just a bunch of chickens and dogs, and I felt better all of a sudden.

Huayi's side.

"It will take a month to apply for the extension key for "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons"."

Wang Zhongjun's face was rosy, and he also responded to the old saying: People are in high spirits when happy events happen!

Huayi holds 70% of the mainland box office revenue of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons". Because the production cost of this movie was only a little over 100 million.

Huayi had previously provided a total of 88 million as a deposit for distribution. According to the agreement, this money also belongs to film investment funds.

Wang Zhonglei nodded, also in high spirits.

After losing money for several months, I finally saw the money coming back.

But it’s a pity that the stock price remains motionless, which is strange!

"Okay, I'll go now, I'll definitely make it this time!"

Wang Zhonglei said confidently.

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On the other side, Lin Nan returned to the villa.

Like a little daughter-in-law, Liu Yifei poured him a glass of water.

"Leon will probably die of pain. The supporting actor in the same cast won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, but he didn't have as many scenes as him."

Miss Liu joked with a smile.

Lin Nan also nodded, this is indeed sad news.

It’s fine if I wasn’t shortlisted, but if I compare myself to someone from the same crew who won the award, I’d probably feel even more uncomfortable.

Suddenly, Lin Nan's cell phone on the table vibrated.

"Director Han's phone number."

Liu Yifei handed the phone to Lin Nan.

"It's already after get off work, what's the matter? If you ask me to go out to socialize, I won't go. I'll just say you won't let me."

Looking at Miss Liu's pretty face, Lin Nan teased her with interest.

"Okay, if you're not afraid of being laughed at, then I'm not afraid either."

Liu Yifei held her chest with both hands and looked at Lin Nan, very arrogantly.

"Let me answer the phone first."

Lin Nan shook his head and answered the phone.

"Director Han, it's already this time, is there anything else?"

"Good thing. You can ask someone from your company to apply for an extension key for "Love in Seattle" tomorrow, and it will be extended to the end of March, half a month."

Hearing this, Lin Nan was stunned for a moment, he had this idea.

But when Han Sanping called to tell him about this, he really didn't expect it.

"When did you take the initiative to care about this kind of thing?"

"When? Right now! The number of movies that can get the extension key in the same schedule and time period is stuck. Basically, there is only one."

Lin Nan seemed to understand something and reacted the next moment.

"Hua Yi, have you applied for an extension key for "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons"?"

"Haha, you reacted very quickly. That's right, that's it."

Han Sanping's laughter was so loud that Lin Nan could already guess what he was going to do.

"If you do this, nothing will happen, right?"

"Tell me, what did I do?" Han Sanping felt very good and asked Lin Nan with a smile.

"Haha, nothing to do. I will ask Yue Jun to apply tomorrow."

"Well, as soon as possible."

After saying these three words, Han Sanping hung up the phone without any hesitation.

Liu Yifei looked at Lin Nan with a shocked expression: "Isn't that what Director Han wants?"

Lin Nan nodded and couldn't help laughing:

"I kind of sympathize with Hua Yi. It's not good for Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei to offend anyone, but they offend Uncle Han! Hahaha..."

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