That year Huayu

Chapter 1216: Mr. Zhou is chosen; meeting...

"Hehe, I'm back. Let me show you what I got from this trip, as well as their entire big family!"

"See the big trophy in my arms? It's not mine. Look at the trophies on the table next to me... They're not mine either, wuwuwu."

The photo on Liu Yifei's Weibo shows a happy family. She is sitting cross-legged on the carpet in the living room with her Volpi Cup in her arms and two silver lions with spread wings on her legs.

On the low table behind her were twenty or thirty neatly arranged, shining brilliantly:

The Golden Man, the Golden Globe, the Golden Lion, the Golden Bear, the Silver Bear, the Silver Lion, the small-sized Palme d'Or, the Golden Horse, the Huabiao...

In the past, awards such as the Hong Kong Film Awards, Hundred Flowers Awards, and Golden Horse Awards, such as the Screenwriting Award and the Best New Actor Award, could only huddle in the corners of the last row and could not enter the front row.

Her beautiful smile fully revealed her inner joy and satisfaction, as well as an endless supply of new energy and vitality.

Compared to Miss Liu, Shu Chang's solo photo on Weibo is much more ridiculous;

She was pouting because among all the trophies around her that made people in the circle jealous, none of them belonged to her.

If her Golden Horse Award for Best Supporting Actress were put here, it seems that she can only be ranked in the last row or barely in the second to last row?

Fans online always praise Liu Yifei better than she does herself, and she feels a little embarrassed after reading the comments.

Huh? Why are so many people still paying attention to the villa? Isn't this the point? Look at my trophy!

Looking at Shu Chang's fans, they are already giving her advice, but all of them are "wrong" ideas that are just for fun:

"Go, knock down Liu Yifei, pack up all the trophies in her house, and take them all away... Believe in yourself, you can do it!"

"You are Tong Lao, who can control Wang Yuyan and Xiao Longnu with one hand. If that doesn't work, then switch to silly girl and little fox mode, science fiction plus mythology, the ultimate evolution of combat power..."

…

Although the black swan looks quite elegant, it is still a "goose" after all, so the sound it makes is naturally not very pleasant.

Lin Nan, who was lying on a rocking chair in the backyard, enjoying the vast space and the warm midday sun, had his good mood ruined by two goslings in the distance.

"I don't know what black swan meat tastes like. Forget it, Liu Qianqian will kill me."

Muttering to himself and laughing, Lin Nan then picked up the mobile phone on the small coffee table beside him, opened the address book, and made a call.

Just ten seconds later, Xing Aina's teasing voice came from the other end: "Director Lin, you just returned to China and you are going to show off another award to our Ning Hao? Purely to provoke people, right?"

"Yeah, that's right. I plan to visit the set in a couple of days and show off to him in person." Lin Nan followed up the conversation and responded with a smile.

"Then you better be careful or you might get beaten up by him when you get here. Hahahaha."

"So, you're still in Oriental Movie Metropolis? You're not going abroad to shoot any scenes recently, are you?"

"We just came back from filming in France and Russia the day before yesterday. We will be in Oriental Movie Metropolis until the end." Xing Aina said truthfully. Ning Hao was filming at the moment.

"That's fine. I'll tell you in advance that I'll come over before the 20th. We have something important to discuss in person. Also, please keep my schedule a secret from the crew for the next few days."

In an instant, Xing Ai heard the seriousness in Lin Nan's words and nodded immediately: "No problem, I will tell him when we have lunch later."

"Okay, that's it, I won't bother you anymore."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Nan did not put down the phone, but frowned.

He had previously told the screenwriter department that there was no rush, as long as they could give Ning Hao a suitable script before the end of the year. But now, it was clear that they had to rush because time was very tight.

"Director Lin?" The phone was connected again, and it was the head of the screenwriting department of Lin Nan Pictures.

Many first- and second-tier celebrities were semi-publicly named, often attending Bazaar charity dinners, rubbing shoulders with the red carpet, the cameras, the traffic, and the persona, but they never gave a penny...

In addition, all the negative issues that Bazaar had accumulated over the years were exposed like a blowout.

Su Mang made an emergency public relations move, and the word “sorry” appeared more than 6 times in his long Weibo post.

But it was obvious that her PR not only failed, but even pushed the negative public opinion to a climax;

Because her long post on Weibo was a disguised acknowledgement of everything that had been revealed by the "insider"!

"If nothing unexpected happens, she, as the president of Harper's Bazaar, will have to shoulder the blame and bear all the public opinion. I'm afraid she won't be able to attend the annual meeting of their head office at the end of the year."

Light, Wang Changtian vowed to guarantee it. In other words, Su Mang had to pack up and leave.

On the side, Lin Nan was flipping through the calendar and picking a date. Wang Changtian called him to urge him to come. Since the distribution department of Guangguang had already approved the project, Lin Nan had to set a date as soon as possible.

"No one in the industry cares whether she will be kicked out or not. But it is inevitable that she will go from being full of guests to being deserted. This is the entertainment industry, and she can only blame herself for messing up.

This kind of scandal has caused such a stir that even the higher-ups have been alarmed. Where else can she go except to die? There must be a scapegoat to bear the fire from the outside world, right? Well, let's do it today!"

Muttering, Lin Nan pushed the calendar on Wang Changtian's desk back in front of him.

"October 28, Saturday? Well, it's really the most suitable time for this movie, just in time to wrap up before the Lunar New Year holiday."

Wang Changtian glanced at it, then looked at the secretary beside him, "Go and inform the distribution department. The release date is October 28th."

"Okay, Mr. Wang."

When there were only two people left in the office, Wang Changtian talked about the urgent matter: "Do you have any good ideas to solve the negative public opinion problem of "Sewing Machine Band"?"

"Mr. Wang, you are just overthinking this. This is not a problem with the movie at all, it's a problem with the director. There is no shortcut, he can only use two or three good quality movies to slowly pay off the debt.

Even so, he can't win back all the fans and moviegoers he lost. At most, he can win back 70% to 80% of them in a few years. Because many viewers are very vindictive, and if they are 'disgusted' once, they will boycott him for life!"

Lin Nan spoke the truth and advised Wang Changtian not to make a fearless struggle.

But then again, how could they persuade people to do something like this? Without spending a lot of money on publicity and trying it out, without seeing the final results, how could Wang Changtian and Liu Xiaobin give up?

…

One night has passed, and the online storm of public opinion about Bazaar continues.

At 8:30 in the morning, Lin Nan drove out alone and headed straight for the Film Academy; Liu Yifei was too lazy to join him because she was still lying in bed.

At the main gate of Beijing Film Academy, less than a month after the start of the new semester, the banner welcoming new students has not been taken down. "Well, that's good. They didn't hang a banner for me this time... otherwise it would be so embarrassing."

"Director Lin, are you back?" The security staff greeted him with a smile, and then opened the electric retractable door.

"Well, I came back for something. The school seems a little deserted. Wasn't the military training reduced from three weeks to two weeks this year?"

"No, not only has the time not been cut, but it has been extended to a whole month. I heard that Director Jiang from the Directing Department raised the issue at the conference, saying that students nowadays are becoming increasingly fragile and that the military training time needs to be extended..."

"Ah?" Lin Nan almost burst out laughing. Is Lao Jiang going to the performing arts academy?

The car drove slowly into the campus. At this time, the Beijing Film Academy was not as deserted as Lin Nan said. He just thought that the freshmen had finished their military training and returned to school, so there was a little difference in perception.

When passing by the Academy of Performing Arts, Lin Nan decisively took back the words he had just muttered at the school gate.

Because even though the school didn't hang a banner for him, the acting school did hang one for Liu Yifei, "Huh? Hehehe, take a picture of her and bring it back."

"What's with your gloating expression?"

"Because I can imagine Yifei's expression after seeing this banner. She must be disgusted on the outside, but happy inside."

After Lin Nan took two photos, he answered Xue Xiaolu, who was holding a textbook, apparently having just finished class.

"Are you so sure? I remember you always disliked hanging banners. Is Yifei the opposite of you?"

"I feel bored and embarrassed because I have been hung with banners too many times. But she is different. She has been hung with banners less often. Plus, she is the winner of the Venice Film Festival, so she will definitely like it. She is full of girlish heart."

Lin Nan and Xue Xiaolu walked together, chatting as they walked, and headed towards the Department of Literature together.

"Sister Xue means that you are preparing a new movie?"

"I'm thinking about the script. I want to try to transform and break through... I'm likely to do a niche subject. Will I contact you then?"

"Of course."

"But for a niche subject, the box office market may not be ideal..."

"The 'Love in Seattle' series has made a lot of money, so just consider it as an investment for Sister Xue."

"Okay, as long as you say that, it's fine."

…

Cao Baoping had obviously been waiting for a while. After nodding and greeting Xue Xiaolu, he immediately invited Lin Nan into his office.

“This is the filming permit I just got two days ago.”

Lin Nan took the document with a bright stamp from Cao Baoping, which was the filming permit for She Killed. "It's already mid-September. If Mr. Cao wants to go to the three universities, Berlin is impossible."

“Yes, so now I can only choose between Cannes and Venice, and I have to cast and start shooting as soon as possible.

So Lin Nan, I still insist on choosing Fan Bingbing, she is my first choice for this movie." Cao Baoping spread his hands and made up his mind.

"I don't think she's suitable. I still hope to schedule Zhou Xun." Lin Nan had a smile on his face, and his tone remained calm.

"You, even if you bring Yifei here, you will have an advantage over Zhou Xun. But Yifei just won the Best Actress Award at the Venice Film Festival. It's impossible for her to win the Best Actress award at the three major film festivals consecutively!"

Cao Baoping was so angry that he laughed. He was speechless for a moment. Why did he insist on following Zhou Xun?

"She Kills, let's go to Venice." Lin Nan picked up the script on the table, put the filming permit in it, and handed it back to Cao Baoping.

"Venice?"

"Choose Zhou Xun and go to the Venice International Film Festival next year." Lin Nan looked directly into Cao Baoping's eyes and said very seriously and formally.

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The latter frowned, very puzzled, "You won three awards this year, but next year's Chinese films may not have such good luck in awards."

"I am the chairman of the jury of the main competition unit next year. Remember to keep it a secret for me, Teacher Cao." Lin Nan smiled, his voice a little low.

In an instant, Cao Baoping's eyes widened a little. His lips trembled several times before he spoke tremblingly, extremely excitedly and restrainedly, and his voice was even lowered:

"Okay, I choose Zhou Xun!"

"Teacher Cao, you should understand one thing: after a film is registered for an A-level film festival, whether it can be shortlisted and which category it is shortlisted for depends on the quality of the film itself. Before reaching the last step, you can only rely on yourself."

Lin Nan reminded him again solemnly, which could be regarded as a warning in advance.

Because if a movie is not of top quality, it is impossible to win an award; he will not do things like wasting favors and "lifting" it into the shortlist - such a movie does not deserve the award.

"Of course. I will put 200% of my energy into making this movie, plus Zhou Xun..."

At this moment, Cao Baoping seemed to have taken drugs and looked extremely excited.

But he is also very clear that next year's Chinese-language films will definitely have a lot of competitors, because the chairman of the jury of the main competition unit is Chinese.

…

To be fair, Bazaar should thank "Shagen" because it was the latter who saved them.

On the morning of the 14th, exactly 13 months after the "late-night adultery incident" in mid-August last year... a large number of cases involving Wang, Ma, and Song, including civil cases, criminal cases, divorce cases, economic crimes... defamation cases, privacy rights cases, etc., have all made breakthrough progress and been characterized!

The focus of the entire network and society was all on the official media conference.

That’s right, because the incident had a huge social impact, the relevant departments directly held a media conference to inform the public.

Song was formally arrested and criminally detained on suspicion of "embezzlement". His trial will be held at a later date. The sentencing standard is imprisonment of not less than three years and not more than ten years.

Ma and his mother are suspected of privately engraving official seals, transferring public funds, concealing the couple's common property, and attempting to escape as emigrants... They are immediately restricted from leaving the country.

The woman’s charges of domestic violence and invasion of privacy were not established...all accusations were not established.

As for the divorce lawsuit? Keep fighting!

Because even a clay man has some anger, with the support of the law, the man decisively withdrew his previous choice of submissive measures over the child custody issue.

Thus, in just an hour, "Shagen"'s popularity reached the top of the entire network; I believe that within these two days, he will also become the most recognized male actor in the country in terms of character!

Because to put it bluntly, the combination of "bedmate + agent" should be able to 100% kill a male star;

Because it is difficult for most stars to have spotless and impeccable conduct!

But unfortunately, this time there really is such an outlier among the male actors, an outlier who is very self-disciplined, so much so that if his partner and his agent want to kill him, they have to rely on rumors and slander, without any substantial evidence!

"In the past year, both the man and the woman insisted on getting a divorce, and the divorce case was all about property division and custody issues.

But guess what just now? The woman actually changed her mind 180 degrees in a public announcement. She refused to divorce, claiming that there was still love between the couple, and she just made a mistake and could change..."

"My goodness, what is this? The mistress is finished, she is afraid? She doesn't want to lose her rich life and cash cow? She is really shameless and invincible!"

When Lin Nan arrived at Tiangong Colors, a group of technical geeks were working and gossiping at the same time.

For technical science and engineering guys like them, isn’t “green hat” the most unacceptable thing?

"Director Lin, come over and work quickly." Guo Fan looked at Lin Nan and urged with a smile.

"They've been gossiping all morning, haven't they?"

"Of course not. Everyone is filled with righteous indignation. Hahaha."

Sitting in front of the computer, Lin Nan also started to get busy; Lu Yang was not there, so he had to help Guo Fan share the work.

"How long will the post-production of Operation Red Sea take?" Lin Nan asked.

"It should be done by the end of next month. After all, three months is enough time. By the way, I heard from Lu Yang that Detective Chinatown 2 is also scheduled for the Spring Festival?"

"Well, when we do the promotions later, Operation Red Sea will be handed over to you. Lu Yang will mainly be in charge of Detective Chinatown 2, and will also take care of this side."

…

China Film Group, conference room.

There is only half a month left until the National Day holiday, and China Film Group, as one of the main controllers of "Sky Hunter", is fully responsible for all publicity and promotion matters of this "mission film".

But La Peikang had to admit that he was under a lot of pressure at the moment.

Because let's not talk about how many viewers and fans "Sky Hunter" will eventually attract from "Wolf Warrior 2", just counting its competitors in the same period is enough to give people a headache, because each of them is not easy to deal with.

The result was doomed from the beginning. This period was a life-and-death struggle. Either the winner takes all, or he becomes cannon fodder.

“Let’s talk about Sewing Machine Band first. Although there is a lot of criticism against Dong Chengpeng and a lot of resistance to the film, in today’s market, anything can happen, even if it’s a bad movie.

In addition, Jackie Chan's "The Foreigner" seems to have the style of his many years ago. Nostalgia is also a killer weapon that cannot be ignored...

There is also "Chasing the Dragon", which was recently scheduled to be released. The promotional video was very well received online and received a lot of attention.

Finally, there is Feng Xiaogang’s “Youth”, which needs no further explanation… Now it seems that the main competitors of “Sky Hunter” are these four films.”

After La Peikang finished speaking, he glanced at everyone present, especially those from the Air Force Political Department.

"Don't worry, Mr. La. Main-theme movies are in vogue right now, and Sky Hunter is the only main-theme commercial blockbuster during the National Day holiday. We have an inherent advantage.

Plus, Wolf Warrior 2 has made a good start, so we just need to take advantage of it." Li Chen replied without hesitation, almost patting his chest to issue a military order.

"Okay, your words are enough." The people from the Air Force Political Department nodded and gave their affirmation.

"Then let's prepare for the next premiere, and let's try to do it in one go." La Peikang instantly mobilized everyone's energy.

…

Liu Yifei received a call from Lin Nan at the company, asking her to invite Zhou Xun to have dinner at home tomorrow morning.

"So, are we going to tell her?"

"Well, she has to know. It's better to know in advance, because she will work harder and be more demanding on herself when acting in that movie. After all, there is hope."

"Okay, then I'll call her later and tell her in person tomorrow. Okay, I'll call Changchang as well."

"Well, it's up to you. I won't go home for lunch today. I'll eat at the company with Guo Fan."

After hanging up the phone, Liu Yifei couldn't help but think of next year's Venice International Film Festival.

She knew of three Chinese-language films that would be registered for the Venice International Film Festival, namely Cao Baoping's "She Killed", Zhang Yimou's "Shadow", and Ning Hao's - to be determined!

Although the latter movie has not yet been confirmed, one thing is certain:

Director Ning will definitely go crazy when he finds out that Lin Nan is the chairman of the jury for the main competition unit, as will screenwriter Xing... They will most likely not celebrate this Lunar New Year and will focus solely on the movie.

The pleasant ringtone of the cell phone rang again, and Liu Yifei quickly put down the tablet in her arms and picked up the cell phone. She saw the caller ID, and her spirits instantly perked up, and she was a little nervous.

"Hello?"

"Crystal?"

"It's me."

“Nice to meet you. We last met in July, during the second interview for Mulan… I’m the person in charge of Disney’s Mulan project…”

"so?"

"I think we can arrange a time to talk again. Um...how about during your China's National Day?"

"Okay." Liu Yifei tried hard to calm herself down and adjust her tone so that she would not be so excited and excited, and then show it in the conversation.

"That's good. But this time we don't just want to talk to you about Mulan. We also want to talk to Director Lin Nan in person. We want to meet with both of you at the same time..."

"Of course. I can answer you on his behalf. We have time." At this moment, Liu Yifei's eyes were shining brightly and her tone was extremely affirmative.

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