Chapter 488 I Feel a Little Sympathy for Hua Yi

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 cost and made a lot of money.

If you say you are not jealous of any company in the industry, that 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 shut down 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 been as miserable as she was in Huayi since her debut!

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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 is it that these people have impure intentions from the beginning and only pick 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.

Other investors, when they saw this situation, how could they not understand what it meant? Decisively, all ran away!

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Heavenly colors.

The second part of "The Four" is prioritizing special effects.

Wang Changtian specifically called to ask for the special effects of the second part to be as fast as possible, and Guangguang was still waiting to arrange the schedule.

But how could such a thing be fast just by saying it would be fast, unless the quality of special effects was sacrificed, so Lin Nan "retorted".

He only said that he would try to finish the second part in the first half of the year, and as for the release time, it would have to wait until the second half of the year at the earliest, and forget about the summer season.

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

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

"Lin Nan directed the foreign language film "The Invisible Guest", and the leading actress Naomi Watts and the second actress Jessica Chastain both lost to Jennifer Lawrence at the Oscars and missed the Best Actress Award!"

The domestic media rushed to report, and there were many people in the circle who either regretted or gloated.

Most people on the Internet felt sorry for Lin Nan.

"Almost, Director Lin's new movie almost had an Oscar winner!"

"What a pity. So far, no mainland director's movie has an Oscar winner as the lead actor or actress. Director Lin, it was just that little bit short!"

"That Jennifer Lawrence is too unscrupulous, right? When accepting the award, she even shouted: Thank Weinstein for cleaning up all her opponents for her!"

...

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 him. After all, we are friends."

Lin Nan muttered, and took action.

To be fair, he had watched those movies, and he really didn't think Jennifer Lawrence was better than the others.

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

"Well, I have to send a congratulatory email to Li An. This is the second Oscar for Best Director, right? I'm a little envious..."

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Several movies outside are still fighting fiercely.

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

The industry applauded, as if this good situation will continue for the whole year.

Although "Love in Seattle" ranked second, it was far behind, closing at 180 million in 5 days!

However, as the old saying goes: happiness is achieved through comparison.

Looking back, other movies are just a bunch of chickens and dogs, and my mood suddenly improved.

Huayi side.

"Submit the extension key application for "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", it will take a month."

Wang Zhongjun's face was ruddy, and he also responded to the old saying: People are refreshed when they are happy!

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

Huayi had previously paid a total of 88 million as a guarantee for the issuance. According to the agreement, this money also belongs to the 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 bit regrettable that the stock price is still motionless, which is strange!

“Okay, I’ll go now, and I will definitely succeed this time!”

Wang Zhonglei vowed.

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

Liu Yifei poured him a glass of water like a little wife.

“Leon must be upset. The supporting actor in the same crew won the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor, and his role is not as much as his.”

Miss Liu joked with a smile.

Lin Nan also nodded. This is indeed a sad news.

It’s okay if he didn’t make the list, but the same crew won the award. When compared, he must feel even more upset.

Suddenly, Lin Nan’s mobile phone on the table vibrated.

“It’s Mr. Han’s call.”

Liu Yifei handed the phone to Lin Nan.

"It's time to get off work now, what's the matter? If you ask me to go out for a social event, I won't go. I'll say you won't let me."

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

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

Liu Yifei crossed her arms and looked at Lin Nan, very proud.

"Let me answer the phone first."

Lin Nan shook her head and answered the phone.

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

"Good thing. Tomorrow you ask your company's people to apply for an extension key for "Love in Seattle", 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 he really didn't expect Han Sanping to call about this.

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

"When? Right now! The number of movies that can get an extension key in the same schedule is fixed, basically only one."

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

"Has Huayi applied for an extension key for Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons?"

"Haha, you reacted quickly. I guessed it right, that's it."

Han Sanping laughed loudly, and Lin Nan could guess what he was going to do.

"Will you get any problems if you do this?"

"Tell me what I did?" Han Sanping was in a good mood and asked Lin Nan with a smile.

"Haha, I didn't do anything. I'll ask Yue Jun to apply tomorrow."

"Yes, 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 surprised expression: "Will Mr. Han want it?"

Lin Nan nodded and couldn't help laughing:

"I feel a little sorry for Huayi. Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei could have offended anyone else, but they had to offend Mr. Han! Hahaha..."

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