That year Huayu

Chapter 1212: Wishing you all the best; Humanity...

"Eight years ago, during the Golden Lion Award ceremony for Best Film, when you were giving your acceptance speech, Director Lin Nan, you confessed your love to your lover in public for the first time. Is that right?"

When Lin Nan and the four members of the organizing committee walked out of the meeting room, Liu Yifei came up to greet them with a smile. When the two of them escorted the four members of the organizing committee out of the hotel, the chairman of the organizing committee suddenly spoke.

"Yes, that time." Lin Nan smiled and nodded, admitting it openly. Looking at Liu Yifei next to him, her face was already slightly flushed, and her smile was as beautiful as a flower.

"After eight years, you are back together at the Venice Film Festival. Life is beautiful, isn't it?

Then please don’t ‘break your promise’ to attend the closing ceremony and awards ceremony in four days. I also wish you two a successful and happy trip to Venice after eight years… No need to say goodbye, bye.”

Liu Yifei smiled and politely thanked them, waving and watching them leave. However, Lin Nan's eyes were already shining, and he could think more than Miss Liu.

"Tell me quickly, tell me quickly, what were you talking about in there? You chatted for more than an hour?" At this time, Zhou Xun and Shu Chang also rushed out.

"Lin Nan, the organizing committee?"

Liu Yifei also cast an expectant look at him, but Lin Nan shook his head at her very subtly, very obscurely. In an instant, Miss Liu understood and remained silent.

"We didn't talk about much, just about the Chinese-language film market. The Venice Film Festival wants to reform, and the Chinese-language film market is a very important part of the global film industry that cannot be ignored. They asked me about some things about the Chinese market."

Lin Nan turned around and smiled perfunctorily at Zhou Xun and Shu Chang. Under the latter's half-believing and half-doubting eyes, he changed the subject again and kept the topic secret: "Also, there is one more thing."

"What's the matter?" Sure enough, the three women's attention was diverted by Lin Nan.

"Xixi, have you not reacted to what the chairman of the organizing committee just said? They are hinting to us in person to remember to attend the award ceremony."

"Ah, I didn't think that much!"

"Really?"

"Xixi, is that true? Can you notify me in person?" Shu Chang followed Zhou Xun, equally surprised and amazed.

"Yeah, I just mentioned the closing ceremony and awards ceremony in four days. We will at least win a trophy, hehe." Liu Yifei said proudly with a smile on her face.

Well, three women are making a scene, and they are chattering happily. Only Lin Nan is walking silently behind them, being ignored by them ruthlessly and indifferently.

However, his thoughts were also wandering at the moment: "We have to keep it secret! As for Ning Hao... there is also Zhou Xun's role, should we tell Cao Baoping about it? Once it is officially announced, the number of Chinese-language films registered for the Venice Film Festival next year should increase dramatically..."

Shaking his head, Lin Nan shook off the thoughts in his mind. At least he had to keep it a secret during the film festival. Well, let Liu Yifei keep it a secret for him as well.

As for other things, let’s talk about it after returning home... In a trance, the saying "If one person succeeds, the whole family will benefit" lingered in Lin Nan’s mind again.

Human nature is always unavoidable. But next year, I will be really busy!

"Lin Nan, let's go celebrate at noon today. Hey, why didn't you catch up? You're so slow..."

"Yes, I'll give you a chance to reorganize your words, and then Xixi will consider letting you go."

Looking at Liu Yifei, who was pretending to be angry with a proud look on her face, and the two generals who sang the same tune beside her, Director Lin decisively chose to give in:

"I mean, I'll treat you at noon today, let's go out for a big meal..."

"Well, that's better. Come on, go back and change into some outdoor casual clothes."

…

The wind of the Venice Film Festival's unspoken rules blew out in a directional manner on the afternoon of the 5th. The crews who received the news were all in a low-key and silent state.

For all the major film producers, this is the last and biggest gamble during this film festival, and now they can officially place their bets.

As for the target of betting, of course it is the twenty or so films in the main competition unit!

China Film Group, staying in a hotel.

"I wonder if Lin Nan's Marriage Story has received any notification from the film festival?"

“Director Lin Nan should be fine. He has a good relationship with Venice and is a direct descendant of the family. Most importantly, he is very young!

Young top directors are what the three major film festivals like the most. Because they are always looking forward to new vitality injection so that the film festival itself can keep pace with the times and always be at the top of art films..."

Wu Yusen couldn't help but take over La Peikang's words, and his tone was complicated for a moment.

Although he is reluctant to admit it, he has to admit that he has been abandoned by the times. These days, almost no one is interested in "The Chase", and even if there are interested film producers, the offer is very low!

"How's Sky Hunter going?" In the silent conference room, a question that a few people were most reluctant to hear was raised.

"There has been no interested film producer, and even the audience in the exhibition hall is very small. Mr. La, this is the main theme after all, and it is not easy to open up the market overseas." Li Chen did not dare to speak, and finally it was the producer who answered.

"As for the overseas copyright of The Hunt, if you can, sell it. It's better to have it than not to have it."

La Peikang was expressionless and remained silent for a long time before he looked at Wu Yusen in a low voice, ignoring Li Chen and the others. The copyright market was not performing well, so we could only count on the domestic box office, but fortunately, "The Chase" had some extra gains, although very little.

"Okay, I will inform Media Asia later and complete the overseas copyright transaction of "The Chase" tomorrow morning." Wu Yusen had no objection.

"Mr. La, Venice is asking if we want to attend the award ceremony. They need to plan a location." The secretary interrupted at the right time.

"Award ceremony? We won't attend it. We will return home early." La Peikang frowned slightly, then shook his head.

He knew very well that this trip to the Venice Film Festival had yielded almost nothing except for the fact that China Film spent a lot of money on buying a lot of films.

Not only that, it was also embarrassing, very embarrassing, because the two films brought by the team were almost ignored!

…

The next morning, even Lin Nan, who stayed in the hotel and did not go out, was forced to hear the big gossip outside.

This morning, at the press conference for the thriller "Mother!", Jennifer Lawrence showed off her body again - in a see-through outfit!

Except for three points, she looked like she was wearing nothing. But the hazy feeling was better than being naked, and it was extremely eye-catching. So much so that for the whole morning, the news focus of the film festival was all on this film.

We have to admit that when it comes to hype, this actress who has wrestled on the Oscars red carpet for two consecutive years is really good at it.

"More and more people are returning home early. We heard that China Film Group is also leaving. It seems that the overseas copyright of "The Manhunt" was only sold for a little over a million US dollars, and no one is interested in "Sky Hunter"..."

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Near noon, Liu Yifei and the other two returned from watching a movie, bringing back some gossip about China Film Group.

"Come with excitement, leave with disappointment?" This was the only sentence Lin Nan could think of, there was no other adjective.

"Anyway, it's a bit anticlimactic. But Zhang Mo said that she and Director Zhang will attend the award ceremony and will not return home early."

"Compared to before, Director Zhang seems to be more... more humane? Yeah, that's the feeling." Zhou Xun took over Liu Yifei's words and added.

"Yes, it has changed." Lin Nan also smiled, but didn't say anything more.

After Shu Chang and Zhou Xun went back to their rooms, Liu Yifei began to murmur suspiciously to Lin Nan, "It seems Director Zhang knows about you?

Today, when we were watching Takeshi Kitano's "Outrageous 3", we met Director Zhang. He mentioned to me out of nowhere that there was a high probability that you would be frequently harassed by domestic crews in the first half of next year."

"Well, no need to guess, he obviously knows it. Okay, Director Zhang is also an experienced person, he will keep it a secret."

"But Director Zhang will also sign up for the Venice International Film Festival next year. Doesn't that mean he knows that Shadow will have to go through your hands?" Suddenly, Liu Yifei thought of this question and her eyebrows immediately danced with joy.

"Don't think about it, it's still a long way off. You might as well think about the movie Mulan. It's been a month and a half since your second interview, and there's still no news."

Lin Nan's joke instantly made Liu Yifei lose her smile.

She has trained her abdominal muscles for this purpose. She can do more than 40 pull-ups in one breath without any pressure, and none of the actresses who interviewed her can be her match.

"Let's wait a little longer. If there's no news before the end of the year, I'll give up decisively."

…

On the 6th, the filming of "Knowing Your Destiny" started, and Zhu Yawen officially joined the crew.

On the 7th, Spider-Man: Homecoming was released in the Chinese market as scheduled, causing the screening of Goblin 2 to drop sharply. Of course, the Japanese box office will definitely be affected.

As expected, early in the morning on the 8th, as soon as the box office data came out, it attracted the attention of the entire industry... Compared with the box office on the 6th, "The Demons 2" plummeted by 15 million on the 7th, closing at 36.55 million.

So far, the total box office of this urban fantasy love comedy movie has successfully exceeded 800 million, reaching 812 million; and its release time has only been 10 days.

However, the final total box office of "The Goblin II" is already clear to many professionals - it will most likely stop at around 1.1 billion.

On the 8th, Venice time, the atmosphere of the film festival had already reached its climax.

All the filmmakers who chose to leave early have left; the guests who chose to attend only the closing ceremony have also arrived today, such as Gong Li, Zhang Ziyi and others.

In the morning, the dresses, shoes, jewelry, accessories and other high-end items for Liu Yifei, Zhou Xun and Shu Chang were delivered by the brands one day in advance.

Director Lin was a lucky guy, enjoying the services of the same brand as Liu Yifei.

In fact, Lin Nan could clearly feel that the brands were more attentive to him than to Liu Yifei... After all, in terms of status, he was higher than his wife, and he was getting it for free!

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