Chapter 569: Mo Du International Film Festival, Jiang Wen Arrives!

Time entered June.

Mi Guo NiuYue.

Times Square, a newsstand in a certain building unusually formed a long line.

Indeed, the cover of the latest issue of Times Weekly is looping on the electronic screen.

Lin Mo holds a WALL·E model with one hand, the background is the Rendering Center of Morning Light Animation, with gold‑embossed title characters: "Lin. Mo: The. Dream. Maker. Bridging. E. West!" (Lin Mo: the dream‑maker bridging East and West!).

"This issue is selling like crazy!" the Boss at the newsstand said to the reporter while counting money: "Usually at this time selling 20 copies is good, but today in two hours since opening we sold over 200 copies!"

Lin Mo is no longer just a somewhat famous director.

The world's number‑one box‑office director!

Countless fans at home and abroad!

Many foreign movie fans, upon learning that Lin Mo made the main cover of this issue of Times Weekly, had already said on social platforms that they would buy it as a collectible.

Meanwhile.

Online, the special video on Times Weekly's official website is soaring at tens of thousands of clicks per minute.

In the video, Lin Mo takes Times Weekly's editor‑in‑chief James Wilson to tour Morning Light Base; he casually picks up a WALL·E model and explains: "Actually the robot doesn't need many lines; see, its eyes speak."

The camera zooms in; WALL·E's electronic eyes flicker with lively light.

The interview video was trimmed to 56 minutes.

Some attentive netizens discovered that this issue's video of Times Weekly actually has both Chinese and English versions.

It should be noted, this is the first time in Times Weekly's hundred‑year history!

Even more shocking to the industry, Times Weekly for the first time made the film industry its cover theme.

In a 12‑page special report, it detailed the full‑process industrialized production system of Morning Light Animation, accompanied by photos of Lin Mo directing work at the motion‑capture site.

The magazine article specifically mentions that this base located in Huaguo Mo Du is redefining the production standards of animated films.

"We've made a bold decision!" James Wilson also posted on Twitter, "This issue is released simultaneously in Huaguo, and scanning the QR code inside lets you watch unpublished interview footage."

This move directly sparked sales. Data from a domestic e‑commerce platform shows that three minutes after pre‑sale opened, the one‑million‑copy limited edition sold out.

And netizens who snagged the Times Weekly magazine posted their receipts.

"Snagged it by waiting! The cover texture is amazing!"

"I'm in Mi Guo, and the newsstand downstairs has it; the Boss said this is the third batch restocked today!"

"Slow hands get nothing! It vanished the moment it refreshed, harder than grabbing concert tickets!"

"WTF, are you guys that fast?"

"I'll pay 800 for a collector's edition, any bros willing to sell?"

"I'll pay 1000!"

"......"

What a guy!

The Scalper Gang's spring has returned!

Times Weekly's Lin Mo special edition is split into Standard and Collector versions.

Standard is 128 yuan, Collector is 298 yuan.

This is only a few short hours.

The Standard price has spiked to 500 yuan per copy, Collector even to over a thousand.

Moreover...

This is still a case of price without market.

The original price is cheap; even if you spend 1000 to buy, nobody is selling it.

If you spend 10,000, probably many would sell.

But the problem arises...

No fool would spend 10,000.

Meanwhile, on the other side.

Song Wanwan pushes open the dorm door, and her three roommates swarm around like hungry wolves.

"Wanwan, my dear sister!" Zhang Tong grabs her arm, "Did you bring the magazine back?"

Song Wanwan smiles, pulls three copies of Times Weekly from her backpack, and before she can speak, the whole dorm erupts with scream‑like noises.

Seeing this, Song Wanwan hurriedly covers her ears: "If you keep shouting, I won't give you any!"

"No no no, sis, dear sis!!!"

"Wanwan, from now on you're my dear mom!"

"Wanwan, you are my god! My light! My superstar!"

Seeing their exaggeration, Song Wanwan can only laugh and cry, looking at the three drama queens: "It's just a few magazines~"

If this were a male dorm.

Probably they'd have to kneel on the spot and sing a song: "Always asking from you yet never saying thank you..."

Ahem, got off track.

"How many magazines?" the three scream in unison.

"Wanwan, you don't know, the Times Weekly Director Lin special edition has been snatched madly, especially the Collector version; I have to post on Moments to show off!" Wang Xue says excitedly.

This thing, you know.

Mainly it's netizens following the trend.

Something that was originally worthless becomes rare once the crowd rushes for it.

Song Wanwan watches their excitement and also smiles.

She and several roommates have a very good relationship.

There's no way around it—this person keeps giving you emotional value, even if you know they have an agenda.

But...

For such a small matter, she is still happy to help.

June 11.

The Magic City International Film Festival is opening!

Song Wanwan already got the list in advance.

The jury chairperson is Director Jiang Wen!

There are five judges for the main competition unit, including two foreign directors, one producer, one actress, and one actor.

Song Wanwan also knows Gong Li and Duan Yihong.

Then comes confirming attendance on the red carpet, for example Wu Jing, Shen Teng, Yi Yang Qianxi, Zhou Dongyu...

And there are international superstars.

Song Wanwan looked around and didn't see her older brother's name, but she did notice a spotlight filmmakers section that had specially set up a film retrospective of Lin Mo...

If Lin Mo knew about this, he wouldn't even need to think—it's definitely Jiang Wen's older brother who arranged it.

Here.

At the Morning Light Animation Base, Lin Mo is busy filming.

Filming of 'Robots' has been going for over a month, and the progress is going well.

Having just finished a segment, Lin Mo is discussing with Chen Xing and Yang Sheng.

Suddenly his phone rang.

He picked it up and saw the caller ID showing Jiang Wen's older brother.

Lin Mo picked up his phone, walked outside, and answered the call.

"Hey, big brother!" Lin Mo shouted with a laugh.

"Little brother, I just arrived in Magic City; send me the location of your animation base so I can come take a look!" said Jiang Wen on the other end.

"Sure, I'll send you the exact location on WeChat later!"

"Okay, let's talk when we meet!"

"Good!"

After a few words, they hung up.

Lin Mo didn't feel particularly surprised that his older brother had come to Magic City.

The Magic City International Film Festival is about to open, right?

Jiang Wen is serving as the chair of this year's jury, and he knows that.

Not long after.

Jiang Wen's older brother arrived, and Lin Mo had his assistant go outside to pick him up.

Soon.

Lin Mo then saw Jiang Wen, as well as Gong Li, Duan Yihong, Wu Jing, and Shen Teng.

Although Wu Jing and Shen Teng are Lin Mo's artists.

But they are also visiting the animation base for the first time.

"Boss!"

Even though they hold high status in the industry, they still have to respectfully call Lin Mo 'boss' when they see him.

Lin Mo laughed and patted Wu Jing on the shoulder.

Gong Li, also familiar, greeted Lin Mo: "Director Lin!"

As for Duan Yihong, this was his first time meeting Lin Mo, and he was still a bit nervous.

"Director Lin!"

"Teacher Duan!"

Next came the most familiar person, Jiang Wen's older brother.

He smiled and gave Lin Mo a hug.

"Little brother, your animation factory is impressive—if I had known, I would have brought Luc Besson and the others over to show them around!"