That year Huayu

On the first day of September, waves of domestic news hit the headlines and reached Venice.

"Ever Night", starring director Chen Feiyu's son, started filming in a high-profile manner at the Xiangyang Tangcheng Film and Television Base; Huang Xiaoming's "The Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons Strike Back" was officially announced to have won the Five First Project Awards.

In addition, "Dunkirk", which was previously artificially rescheduled to make way for "Wolf Warrior 2", was also officially released...

As for "The Goblin 2", it earned another 101 million yesterday.

In the morning, Lin Nan went out alone to meet up with Jiang Xingrou and went to the film exhibition area. Liu Yifei, Shu Chang and others were invited by the brand to watch the fashion show, which was the 2018 spring and summer fashion show.

"Director Chen and others are here too?" The promotional poster of "Legend of the Demon Cat" was extremely eye-catching. There were also many film producers and media reporters asking for advice in front of the booth. Lin Nan saw it at a glance.

"Director Chen Kaige and producer Chen arrived yesterday evening and did not attend the opening ceremony red carpet. We all think that their film Legend of the Demon Cat should be able to sell for a good price at this film festival."

Jiang Xingrou glanced at the lively atmosphere in front of the booth and said bluntly that she had watched the pilot of "Legend of the Demon Cat" a few days ago, and the picture and color were undoubtedly of top quality.

"Director Chen, it's very difficult for his movies to lose money. Especially this "Legend of the Demon Cat", he made a lot of money just from the Xiangyang Tangcheng Film and Television Base project... and it's a long-term profit.

The reputation of a city for a blockbuster is not just a boast, but something that has been built with real effort. "Lin Nan joked and continued to walk towards his own booth.

"There has always been a saying in the circle that Director Chen is the first among the fifth generation of great directors to become wealthy. Hahahaha..."

"There's really nothing wrong with that."

"Director Lin, according to the plan, starting from today until the afternoon of the 8th, we will show three screenings a day, a total of 24 screenings... It will be a small or medium-sized exhibition hall with 96 seats...

In addition, although the screening has just started today, many film producers have signed up a few days ago and are interested in participating in the copyright negotiation on the 10th..."

The employees under him were reporting the situation here, and Lin Nan had already looked through the information of the film distributors they had collected. It seemed that most of them were familiar companies, but this was also normal.

"Director Lin, there's an interview invitation from an internal publication." Suddenly, Jiang Xingrou interrupted Lin Nan's thoughts. She was holding her cell phone and had just hung up.

"when?"

"If it's convenient for you, Director Lin, then we can schedule it tonight. If it's not convenient today..."

"Okay." Lin Nan nodded almost without thinking.

When he first came to the Venice International Film Festival in 2009, as a contestant, he was naturally included in the internal publication. However, Lin Nan did not have a separate internal publication interview that time!

"Eh? I remember that those who were interviewed in the internal magazine every year seemed to be older filmmakers? I'm only in my early 30s." Suddenly, Lin Nan reacted to something with a strange expression.

"Director Lin, didn't the film festival organizing committee say at a press conference a few months ago that Venice chose change and breakthrough? Otherwise, how could a 'science fiction monster movie' like The Shape of Water be shortlisted for the main competition unit?"

“Yeah, that makes sense!”

…

After the opening ceremony, all activities of the Venice International Film Festival officially began from the morning of the 1st.

In addition to copyright transactions and the final review of each unit's films... a large number of film premieres also gathered;

Posts on film forums, cocktail parties and business invitations were also everywhere.

Zhang Yimou had just seen off the film festival organizing committee and turned around to see Zhang Mo. He said with some regret, "You should have come back earlier."

"I missed it today, but I will have the opportunity to meet these seniors in the future. Dad, have you discussed it just now?" Zhang Mo was about 80% sure in his heart, but he still couldn't help but ask.

"Well, since they took the initiative to ask, I will naturally agree to it. Besides, there is no reason to refuse. Shadow has been registered for the Venice International Film Festival next year. By the way, what did you bring back?"

After hearing this answer, Zhang Mo immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and her tone became much happier: "It was Director La who asked me to bring back the invitation to the 'Chinese Film Night'."

Taking the note from Zhang Mo, Zhang Yimou only glanced at it and returned it to her: "You can go when the time comes. It can also be regarded as a social event.

But for me, these activities are meaningless. It is better to go to the exhibition hall and watch more movies. To keep up with the current development speed of the industry, you have to keep learning..."

Zhang Mo nodded in agreement. To be honest, she admired her father's mentality; in order not to be abandoned by the market, he has been learning, even though the process is difficult, after all, he is already at this age!

"I'm too lazy to go. It's just like those fake sections that try to piggyback on the reputation of A-level film festivals. The event itself has nothing to do with movies. It's just a social event."

On the other hand, Lin Nan, who was "snagging lunch", also rejected China Film's invitation and passed the ball to Jiang Xingrou on the phone.

"Lin, welcome..." The person in charge of the brand raised his glass to this side with a smile, and Lin Nan also returned the toast.

That's right, Director Lin came to eat as a family member. But he also ate this meal in a reasonable manner.

"I received a call from Jia Nu this morning. Her crew of "Nobody" is going to have another holiday."

Liu Yifei handled the steak in front of her skillfully and elegantly, and was still teasing Lin Nan about Han Jianu. Less than 20 days after the start of filming, this was the third time the director had been lazy, although it had not yet been implemented.

"Why this time?"

"She accepted Bazaar's invitation. At noon on the day of the award ceremony, when we are doing her makeup, she should be attending Bazaar's charity dinner." Shu Chang took a sip of red wine and answered quickly.

"She is filming a movie and will need attention and exposure later, so she must have taken this into consideration. Well, plus she also wants to be lazy." Lin Nan guessed Han Jianu's thoughts.

"Great, that's what she said." Liu Yifei smiled and gave Lin Nan a thumbs up. But can you put down the knife in your hand first, even though it's not sharpened.

After a dinner, several people returned to the hotel together.

The ladies took a break from their busy schedule to go to the movies in the afternoon. Lin Nan was preparing for an interview in the evening, which would take place in the hotel conference room, so he still had to get dressed up a bit.

Outside, China Film Group has already started spending money. This morning alone, La Peikang and his team have acquired the copyrights of four foreign-language films in the form of a batch buyout.

Chen Kaige, Feng Xiaogang and others also filled their schedules for the rest of the week in the morning - almost all of them were for their own people!

The day ended quickly. Lin Nan’s interview started at six in the evening and lasted for three and a half hours.

The latest novel is published first on Liu9shuba!

But in the end it will only appear in the internal publication in the form of photos and text, and the content will be greatly simplified.

As for the complete video, it will of course be archived; but if the outside world wants to see it, they will probably have to wait until a future Venice Film Festival to release a "review of past editions" documentary.

On the 2nd, another day passed quickly. Lin Nan would rather accompany Liu Yifei to run announcements than get involved in social events, including the "Chinese Film Night" that he kept his promise.

Fortunately, Zhang Yimou didn't go either, which reduced the opportunity for many people to be sarcastic.

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"Starring Ma Yun, Chairman of Alibaba, and with Jet Li, Zhen Zidan, Xiang Zuo, Zou Shiming, Wu Tian, ​​Asashoryu, Tony Jaa, Jason Statham, Manny Pacquiao, Golovkin and many other Kung Fu superstars as supporting actors, the action micro-movie "Kung Fu" officially started filming at 9:00 a.m.;

It is reported that the film is directed by Wen Zhang and produced by Li Lianjie, with Hong Jinbao, Cheng Xiaodong and Yuan Heping serving as martial arts instructors. The creative team behind the scenes is also full of superstars..."

"Noon Sunshine Pictures has issued an announcement that the company will officially disband the artist management department starting today. All artists under the company, including Wang Kai, whose contracts have not expired, can unconditionally regain their freedom..."

On the morning of the 3rd, after sending Liu Yifei out of the hotel, Lin Nan dealt with domestic matters for a while, mainly returning Wang Changtian's call.

"SPL 2" and "The Breaking Bad" were withdrawn from theaters early with box office revenues of 522 million and 64.71 million respectively.

Wolf Warrior 2 only has 10.21 million yuan in daily revenue, and it is about to end. However, the figure of 5.65 billion is really overbearing and extremely eye-catching!

After finishing his chores, Lin Nan also left the hotel. While Miss Liu was busy with the announcement, he also had to study... learn the advantages of other movies, such as composition, color, picture, narrative techniques...

"Huh?" Before he and his assistant had walked far, the phone in his pocket began to vibrate. After taking a look at the incoming call, Lin Nan was quite surprised: "No way? It's from here. But, it's only number 3?"

"Hello?"

"Is that Director Lin Nan?"

"Yes, it's me. Who?"

"Director Lin Nan, I'm from the Venice International Film Festival Organizing Committee..."

When Lin Nan heard the first sentence, his heart skipped a beat: Such an early notice this year?

But when he heard the following words, the big stone in his heart suddenly lifted up again. After all this time, it turned out not to be a call about "hidden rules"!

However, this phone call is also somewhat interesting. It is so secretive...

"The day after tomorrow? Sure, I have time the day after tomorrow. But you have to at least tell me what it is, right?"

"It's like this..."

Lin Nan couldn't help but frown. My goodness, what is going on?

"Okay, I'll be waiting for you at the hotel the day after tomorrow afternoon. Please give them my regards too. See you the day after tomorrow."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Nan couldn't help but smack his lips, with all kinds of thoughts flying around in his mind...

"Let's go and watch... forget about Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri, let's go watch the Japanese movie The Third Murder first!"

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