Chapter 922 Low-Key Wrap-Up, Liu Dehua's Favor

It has been nearly five months since the mid-July incident of "Monster Hunt" stealing and inflating the box office.

During these five months, Enlightenment Cinemas has been the target of all the major cinema companies across the country to laugh at and watch the fun.

Who would have thought that since the beginning of July, so many movies independently produced, controlled and invested by Lin Nan Pictures could actually sweep the market?

This is the fourth movie to break the 1 billion box office alone;

And "Mojin: The Lost Tomb", which is currently being screened, is the third blockbuster that is expected to sprint to 2 billion box office and even has a great chance of success!

This has led to the 29 cinemas under Enlightenment Cinemas being "abandoned" by the market for five consecutive months;

This has seriously affected the flow of customers in the cinemas, and more than 3,000 shops are complaining...

"Why don't you cancel the lease if you are shouting about losses? Is it really a loss? It's just that you make less money than before!?"

Faced with the questions raised by the person in charge of the cinema company, Jiang Zhiqiang said unhappily.

"They shouldn't be losing money. After all, they are all cinemas in first- and second-tier cities, and the customer flow base is there; but it is absolutely true that the profit has been cut in half."

After the voice fell, the office was instantly quiet, and the atmosphere was unusually dead.

After a long time, Jiang Zhiqiang opened his mouth, but his tone was much lower, but he was still very angry after being tired:

"Hold on a little longer, it will be fine during the Spring Festival. In 12 months of a year, can Lin Nan Pictures still have movies and hit movies every month?"

"That's definitely impossible. But Mr. Jiang, the marketing department estimates that the "Detective Chinatown" at the end of this month is likely to be no weaker than "Mojin: The Lost Legend", or even stronger..."

"Then bear it!"

Jiang Zhiqiang bit the last word "bear" very hard.

Before the person in charge of the theater company replied, there was a knock on the office door. It was Jiang Zhiqiang's secretary.

"What's wrong?"

"Mr. Jiang, Mr. Liang and Ms. Liu are here."

Hearing this, Jiang Zhiqiang and the person in charge of the theater company were immediately refreshed.

"I told him to come whenever he was free, but he didn't expect it to be so soon? I remember he was filming the movie for Alibaba Pictures, wasn't he?"

"Mr. Jiang, that movie is produced by Wang Jiawei, but it's the same as if Wang directed it himself."

After hearing this reminder, Jiang Zhiqiang understood instantly that Alibaba Pictures was still too young. They pretended to be a big shot when they just entered the film and television industry. They were taught a lesson, right? !

"Let's go meet Tony Leung and Jialing. Huayi took advantage of them before, and after the reshoot, the male and female protagonists are theirs;

The script must be changed this time, and our big names in the Hong Kong circle will be the male lead to calm the place and suppress those people from the mainland.

By then, whether it is publicity or release, the gimmicks will be full, and the box office will only be higher! After all, Tony Leung has never made such a fantasy commercial movie, this is the first time!"

...

Lin Nan yawned and looked at the time. It was half an hour before ten o'clock in the morning.

I think the first large-scale media promotion conference of "The Mermaid" held in the capital should be about to start, right?

Compared with "Journey to the West: The Monkey King 3: The White Bone Demon" and "The Man from Macau 3" in the same period, "The Mermaid" is undoubtedly the most powerful.

Who let it be directed by Zhou Xingchi, and the lineup of producers is also the top lineup in the industry.

Although she didn't want to go to the scene, it didn't prevent Lin Nan from watching the news reports on the Internet at home to pay attention to the movie conference.

Hmm? There is also a live broadcast?

Click on the tablet, and you will see that there is a column for the "Mermaid" movie conference on the front page of film and television entertainment information, and there are several hot searches.

And on the huge poster, the four words "Lin Nan Pictures" are also particularly conspicuous in the producer column, ranking fourth;

This is really realistic, it is obviously the largest investor!

"You might as well go to the scene."

Liu Yifei's joking voice came from the second floor. She heard the sound of the live broadcast report, and the red carpet was in progress.

"Can I still lie like this when I go to the scene? I will definitely be annoyed. Of course, it's more comfortable to stay at home with you."

Lin Nan looked up and looked at Miss Liu, who had just put on light makeup and had bright eyes and white teeth, and said what was in his heart in a joking tone.

"You are so lazy, hehe..."

"Why do I feel a little awkward when you say this? Oh, now I think I was influenced by you, haha..."

"You are saying bad things about me again, I don't admit it!"

A press conference for "The Mermaid" directly exposed Lin Nan. At around 11 o'clock, the report on the Internet quickly spread.

"In the morning, the science fiction comedy romance film "The Mermaid" held its first large-scale media promotion conference in Beijing; the investment proportions of a number of producers were announced for the first time.

It is reported that the production amount of "The Mermaid" is as high as 300 million, of which Lin Nan Pictures has the highest investment proportion, 30%; China Film Group is second, 25%; Shanghai Film Group is third, 15%..."

"The Mermaid officially released the slogan for the Spring Festival battle: 2016, make waves, mermaids are invincible!"

...

The production industry was shocked by Lin Nan Pictures' 30% share.

Most of the peers originally thought that Lin Nan was just a participant in the investment, but unexpectedly, he was the main investor.

So, Lin Nan Pictures' movies really entered the Spring Festival from the beginning of July, and lasted for at least 8 months!

When this piece of movie information was sent back to Hong Kong Island, Anle Pictures was both shocked and thankful.

Because although "Mermaid" is controlled and invested by Lin Nan Pictures, it is not Lin Nan Pictures that has the right to speak;

Otherwise, during the Spring Festival period, Anle Cinemas would have missed out on Zhou Xingchi’s commercial blockbuster again!

…

The premiere of "The Master" didn't seem to cause much excitement because it coincided with the promotional conference of "Mermaid".

When Lin Nan and Liu Yifei went out for a walk in the afternoon, they received a harassing phone call from Jiang Wen, who had just attended the premiere of "Master".

This guy wanted Lin Nan to help him read the deleted script, but Director Lin refused immediately without even thinking about it.

Because this guy is really not a "good person" and won't listen to his opinions. He just makes fun of people and is thankless for his efforts.

"Have you watched others become big directors in the 1 billion box office club one by one? Does your proud vanity feel a little fluttering?"

Lin Nan teased Jiang Wen on the other end of the phone with interest.

He and Liu Yifei had just entered the cafe. Miss Liu was so greedy that she wanted to eat ice cream even though it was December... She even stuffed a spoon into his mouth. It was so ice-cold!

"As I said, brother, am I that kind of person? Well, a little bit. After all, I am also recognized as a great director..."

"I'm afraid it's difficult for you!"

"So disrespectful? Look down on me?"

"Director Chen would at most add half of the literary and youth elements to his movies, but you really want to add no movie elements to your private goods at all!"

Cough cough... cough cough..." Liu Yifei choked with laughter when she heard Lin Nan's words. Where can I describe it like this? But it is really vivid.

"Am I as... overbearing as you said?" Jiang Wen lost his confidence.

"The result of what you do is that your fans do 'worship' you, but the number is really small and it is difficult to increase. So, just do a good job of 'Jiang Wen'. There is only one 'Jiang Wen' in the industry. Wen', don't think about things that don't belong to you every day..."

"Hey, what do you mean you don't belong to me..."

Before Jiang Wen could curse, Lin Nan had already hung up the phone with a smile. Well, Do Not Disturb mode!

"I thought Director Jiang would ask you by the way, 'Do you want to make a guest appearance or be a guest?'" Liu Yifei put another scoop of ice cream into her mouth and joked with a smile.

"His movie needs to be prepared for at least more than a year, so it's early. Besides, I won't make a guest appearance in his movie. For the sake of 'gimmicks', there's no telling how they will punish me."

Lin Nan knew Jiang Wen, and the probability of this kind of thing happening was very high! Nude scenes, passionate scenes...Jiang Wenke doesn't care who you are or how crazy he is.

…

The next day, morning.

Entering the second week of its release period, the daily box office of "The Secret of the Dragon" finally dropped to 94.38 million after maintaining 103 million for a day; if nothing else, it should have been declining since then.

But even so, "The Secret of the Dragon" still ranks first in terms of daily box office share.

Lin Nan Pictures, office.

Looking at the invitation letter from the Golden Globe Awards to the awards ceremony and dinner, Lin Nan was a little confused.

The Golden Globe and Oscar awards ceremonies were separated by more than a month; he didn't really want to go back and forth there for two consecutive months, nor did he want to live there for more than a month.

After calculating the time difference, he called Tom. It was about six o'clock in the afternoon in Hollywood.

"Hi, Lin. What's going on? You didn't want to tell me that you were ready to fly over, right?"

Tom really understands Lin Nan.

"Well, it's about the Golden Globe Awards. Help me say no, just say that I have a movie that will be in theaters at that time and I can't leave."

"Okay. But in four days, the nomination list for the Golden Globe Awards will be announced, and Leon's call to defend his title is very high. And this award ceremony will be held in Beverly Hills... It's a pity that you won't come. ”

"Wish him well for me and see you at the Oscars."

"okay."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Nan immediately got up and went to Tiangong Color. It's only been a few days, it's easy to finish early!

Film Bureau.

Zhang Hongsen looked at the application for the extension key of "Searching for the Dragon" in front of him, and it was only for one month. He couldn't help but frown - it was another difficult problem!

At the same time, a certain crew.

Ren Zhonglun rushed over in a low-key manner, and he was greeted by Jackie Chan and Andy Lau who had just finished their guest appearance.

"Director Ren, actually you don't have to come here in person."

At this time, most of the main creative staff of "Railway Tiger Crew" could not contain their excitement, because they were finally free!

"It's finished today, let me take a look."

Ren Zhonglun nodded with a smile and glanced at Prince Long in the distance. This is the real second male lead!

The outside world is completely unaware of the movie "Railway Tigers"; even due to the extreme confidentiality, there is no news from the media.

In the film and television industry, at most, only a few companies know some information. After all, the actors on the crew belong to different companies, but no one dares to say anything.

For example, Hua Yi is completely honest and silent. Firstly, he is happy to be friends with Jackie Chan and Shanghai Film Studio. Secondly, Feng Xiaogang's wife is also on the set.

"Thank you for your hard work. As for the final ceremony, we won't do it. Let's just have a final banquet?"

"Okay, let Dong Ren do what he wants."

"Director Ren, please come this way..."

…

Liu Dehua followed beside him with a somewhat bitter smile; in fact, he was also helpless, but Jackie Chan and Shanghai Film Group... he couldn't refuse to show some favor.