Chapter 1063

On the first day of December, the curtain of the New Year's film season was pulled open with a bang.

*Crazy Alien* was released strongly with a super high screening rate of 40.4%, leading the way... it can be called the leader of the New Year's film season.

At the same time, Teacher Six was once again "mocked" onto the trending searches and headlines.

Just because when he posted to congratulate Fatty Liu on being elected as the chairman of the National Table Tennis Association, he once again carried private goods, and high-profilely promoted his China-US co-produced magic blockbuster—*Dare to Ask Where the Road Is*.

Actually, the reason why countless netizens have laughed at Teacher Six over the years is not really because they are mocking his behavior of selling nostalgia;

Nor is it because they reject his domineering attitude of occupying the "orthodox position" and pointing fingers at other Journey to the West works.

Even everyone believes that Teacher Six really wants to carry forward the Journey to the West culture.

However, everyone really can't stand his "eating appearance" of self-promotion regardless of the occasion and inserting himself everywhere, which has even made people feel a bit disgusted.

Look, just like the copy congratulating Fatty Liu in the morning, at the end, the rhetoric turned, and he promoted *Dare to Ask Where the Road Is* again.

Now it's good, the netizens who couldn't bear it anymore sent him directly to the trending searches, and also summarized the "fixed sentence pattern" that Teacher Six uses every time he speaks, and threw it out:

"Happy to hear/shocked to learn of a certain event, I sincerely congratulate/empathize from the bottom of my heart... In the second half of this year, the China-US co-produced *Journey to the West* is about to start filming, and I will continue to play Sun Wukong..."

Look, the mockery followed: Why has the same set of promotional rhetoric been said for so many years, but it is still "starting filming in the second half of this year"?

Is it possible that when promoting next year, it will still be "starting filming in the second half of this year"? Having talked about starting filming for so many years, it turns out it has never started filming at all?!

Bored netizens parodying, that is really awesome.

Immediately, someone imitated Teacher Six's congratulatory copy for Fatty Liu, and satirized him with Teacher Six's own fixed sentence pattern. Hmm, they also added supplements and modifications:

"... In the second half of this year, the China-US co-produced *Journey to the West* is about to start filming, and I will continue to play Sun Wukong... Blooming in both literature and sports, carrying forward Chinese culture!"

Good grief, once the phrase "Blooming in both literature and sports, carrying forward Chinese culture" came out, the whole internet was instantly covered by all kinds of "Blooming in both literature and sports", all of which were disparagement and mockery of Teacher Six.

It must be admitted that to this day, Teacher Six's behavior of frequently marketing himself with the image of Sun Wukong has truly ushered in the biggest backlash.

After all, the internet will always amplify and retain shortcomings, and Teacher Six's long-term self-proclaimed "orthodox Sun Wukong" and disparaging other adapted works are completely verifiable, traceable, and cannot be erased;

Added to this is his own constant commercial behavior, such as endorsing games with the "Sun Wukong" image, signing books... but at the same time, he has named and criticized others' commercialization of *Journey to the West* as an insult to the classic, and that they should apologize.

Oh, after these double-standard words and deeds were dug out and thrown on the internet, it was truly difficult to evaluate. Funny, ridiculous, the public image completely collapsed. So much so that the heat of the group mockery on the internet became even more unscrupulous, soaring in a straight line...

In all fairness, after finishing the morning scenes, Lin Nan was startled by the storm of public opinion from the outside world. What is this doing? This has a trend of developing into cyberbullying!

"Has Teacher Six offended anyone during this period?" Lazily slumped on the lounge chair, Lin Nan stretched and asked the assistant beside him.

Compared to him, it is easier for the assistant and staff class to hear gossip from the lower and middle levels of the circle.

And the higher the position in the industry, the easier it will be to hear news from above, while towards below, it will become increasingly deaf and blind.

"Lin Dao, I haven't heard of such a thing." The assistant shook his head, also looking confused.

"." At this time, Guo Fan and Han Jia, who had directed the logistics personnel to complete the work, came back, the latter's tone complex.

"What do you mean? Is there any big event happening today?" Lin Nan reacted belatedly.

Only this reason can explain why such a well-known old artist like Teacher Six was sent to the whole internet's black trending search. Is this being pushed up to attract firepower, to cover up other things?!

"Lin Dao, it can indeed be considered a big event. While you were directing this morning, Director Yue called me and said that a large number of first and second-tier actors and artists were interviewed today." Guo Fan sighed.

Hearing this, Lin Nan understood in a second, "Interviewed by the tax bureau?"

"Hmm, they said this round of interviews will last for several days. Not just actors and stars, but also directors, producers, screenwriters, agents, and other practitioners in various positions will all be interviewed."

"All of them have relatively large amounts of back taxes." Han Jia added with a final word. She said the biggest news in the film and entertainment industry this morning, and this news didn't even spread a whisper on the internet.

"Got it. This is more than half of the industry fueling the fire for Teacher Six, hoping he can hold on for a few more days on the whole internet's black trending search!" Lin Nan muttered speechlessly.

"Anyway, the media side is being jointly pressured, it's absolutely airtight, no one dares to cause trouble."

"Teacher Six is also unlucky enough. Of course, the problems everyone mocked are indeed facts, there's no way to argue." Guo Fan shook his head with a smile.

"The scene of the centralized interviews this morning should be quite lively. After all, looking at it, they are all big names with countless fans and moviegoers." Lin Nan's thoughts had already drifted away, teasing with a laugh.

No need to think, he knew that in that scene of the interviews, there must be people in the circle he knew.

"News came from Sister Gong Li, saying she will enter the crew on the 5th to prepare." Liu Yifei, who had taken off half her makeup, walked out of the tent with her phone and said to Lin Nan and the others.

"Then let the logistics team prepare too, a welcome banquet is indispensable." Lin Nan looked at Guo Fan, and the expressions of everyone immediately became serious.

Everyone knows very well that in the past half month, Gong Li can be said to have never been in a good mood; even when she was blocked by the media and asked about the Golden Horse affair, she even cold-faced several times openly.

Because she was completely humiliated twice by the Golden Horse side in front of the entire Chinese film and television industry.

As the saying goes, even a clay figurine has three parts of temper, not to mention someone as incomparably proud as Gong Li. The anger in her heart can never be put down, this is a deadly feud, there will never be a third time.

"Understood, everyone try not to mention those people and things that are not appropriate."

Starting from the afternoon, the various nitpicking press releases about *Crazy Alien* on the internet continued to increase, even showing a trend of eruption. The degree of "professionalism" and "sharpness" in their wording was even astonishing.

And it is obvious that the vast majority of these negative film review press releases and nitpicking remarks were not issued by ordinary audiences and movie fans, but by a large number of professional media people, writers, and film critics, almost all of them are big Vs!

Dirty Monkey, Ning Hao was already cursing.

"I just made a sci-fi film, and it's a fucking sci-fi comedy film, how did it become inciting China-US contradictions? How is it grandstanding and arrogant?"

"Damn it, they also said our plot and lines are too frivolous, and mindlessly stepping on and smearing that side to please the audience... what kind of bullshit logic is that, what is called not respecting the old US is not respecting ourselves?"

"It turns out I can only praise the US in my own film, right? I have to kneel down and lick, and I must not satirize, otherwise it's low-level and can't be on the table?"

"I made a film, and the plot satirized that side, it turns out I dug up the ancestral graves of this group of people?"

Ning Hao cursed for a long time, until he was panting and couldn't curse anymore, then he stopped, sitting there panting heavily.

"Public intellectuals, they do this job after receiving dog food, that is, to maintain the reputation and interests of their masters as much as possible, and be a dutiful good dog. After all, the master is watching, and will check performance and KPIs at any time.

Do you believe it, even if Lin Dao came to shoot this kind of plot himself, he would still be mocked and satirized by these public intellectuals, picking bones in an egg, and nitpicking in various ways."

Dong Ping comforted helplessly. Fortunately, judging from the attendance rate obtained from the cinema line, the situation is still very good, and it has not been affected too much by the concentrated fire of the public intellectuals.

"Heh, scold Lin Nan? Do they dare? Do those dog things want to give up their big V accounts with hundreds of thousands, millions, or even tens of millions of fans? Lin Nan will ban all these grandsons and cancel their accounts..." The cursing stopped abruptly.

Xing Aina and Dong Ping looked at Ning Hao, who had an "enlightened" look, and both faintly guessed the latter's thoughts.

"Ban... cancel account..." Ning Hao's eyes flashed with cunning, looking at Xing Aina and Dong Ping as if asking for advice.

"Then, you have to go tell him yourself." The big screenwriter nodded, her expression serious.

"Lin Dao and his wife have a 40% investment share. If they don't care, it really won't make sense." Dong Ping took over Xing Aina's words, inciting eagerly.

Because he also knows very well that if Lin Dao can take some time out of his busy schedule to give a hand, it will definitely be able to solve the current trouble easily, and it will be violent and unreasonable. No, the reason is already on the side of *Crazy Alien*, on our own side!

"Okay, then I'll make this call and tell Lin Nan personally."

On the morning of the 2nd, the film circle opened their eyes and saw the first-day box office answer sheet handed in by *Crazy Alien*.

The box office result of 310 million RMB is definitely a good start for the New Year's film season.

And at the same time, careful netizens also discovered a situation:

That is, those public intellectuals who stood on the moral high ground, political angle, and international relations angle yesterday to spray the plot design of *Crazy Alien*, seem to have been banned in large numbers?!

A small number of big V accounts were even permanently banned, and at the moment, accounts are still being constantly banned... it gives people a posture that no one should think of running, everyone must die!

"I knew this group of public intellectuals couldn't jump for a day or two, they would definitely be banned and deleted by the 'administrator'. Look, as expected, right? Hahaha..." Wang Changtian tapped the table, laughing and talking with Li Xiaoping and Zhang Mo.

"There are already small accounts being sarcastic, saying Lin Dao is too arrogant and domineering. Seriously destroying the rules of the film review circle, blocking mouths, and restricting the freedom of comment." Zhang Mo accompanied with a smile.

To be honest, she envied this treatment of *Crazy Alien*. After all, every big director's film will more or less encounter deliberate difficulties and unreasonable trouble from film critics;

These people are like toads lying on your feet, they can't bite you, but they can disgust you to death. And the most frustrating thing is that you have no way to deal with this group of toads.

Because others will shout slogans at every turn, saying you big director can't afford to play, have a glass heart, can't listen to well-intentioned criticism... of course, nitpicking criticism with ulterior motives is also "well-intentioned".

Comparing this, isn't Lin Dao's domineering behavior of not caring at all today refreshing to the extreme? It's really cool!

"Lin Nan won't bother with these public intellectuals. His company was just forcibly bought by Hollywood, this group of public intellectuals who lick that side, he has no psychological burden at all when he takes action.

Public intellectuals, they rely on internet channels to eat, and spread influence on the internet. Lin Nan can ban them once, he can ban them a second time, let them jump a few more times and try?" Wang Changtian teased with a smile.

As Li Xiaoping and Zhang Mo nodded with a smile, Wang Changtian spoke again, returning to the main topic: "So, are you sure the 100 million budget is enough?"

As the words fell, several people immediately became serious. Zhang Mo nodded and replied: "That's right, we have repeatedly calculated it in the past two days, the 100 million shooting cost is enough.

Because it's an urban background, the budget in this area is very low, and the rest are basically actor salaries and crew operating costs. My father can just take the box office share, it's not in the salary budget."

Wang Changtian and Li Xiaoping looked at each other, and both nodded. A big director taking a box office share is the best model, and the burden on the crew will also be reduced a lot.

"No problem, that is 150 million production cost." Old Wang smiled and agreed.

Zhang Mo knew very well what the extra 50 million was, she didn't say much, because her family would get half of it.

"Alright, I'll go back and tell my father about this later. Also, the *Ash in the Snow* script should be finalized and submitted for review within these few days."

A moment later, Li Xiaoping, who sent Zhang Mo into the elevator, returned to the office. As soon as she entered the door, she heard Wang Changtian's sigh: "Having a big director of our own in the company really makes things much easier."

"Chairman Wang, although we don't have our own big director, it doesn't hinder us from already being a giant in the industry, right?"

"Although that's how it's said, but... I still feel a bit regretful. By the way, on what date is Bao Bei'er's film scheduled?" Wang Changtian looked up and asked.

"New Year's film season, January 10th. Lin Dao evaluated him before, saying his appearance can't play the upright male lead, can't play a good person. Then let's see if this villain can be brilliant.

No matter what, it's a remake of the South Korean film *Veteran*, which is a bright crime-themed film. I went to visit the set before, his villain this time is very good, very feeling..."

"The interviews are still continuing... how many today?" After nodding, Wang Changtian suddenly asked about this matter that everyone in the industry knows, but is completely blocked on the internet.

"There should be thirty or forty people, right?" Li Xiaoping replied uncertainly, and then couldn't help laughing, "Speaking of which, it's funny. They probably never dreamed that they had already paid their back taxes, and yet they still had to be interviewed? Hahaha."

"Paid too much, naturally have to be called over to be knocked: pay attention next time, absolutely don't commit again!"

*Mulan* crew, the morning scene is Liu Yifei's solo scene, a literary scene.

This is the battlefield after all, no matter how good a person's skills are, they can't avoid getting hurt; and bandaging wounds is a very easy thing to expose oneself, so Mulan has to do it herself, hide and bandage it herself.

In the lens, her face was pale, sweat was seeping from her forehead, her hair was wet and stuck to her temples, stuck to her face; the expression on her face had also become unnaturally ferocious, that was the expression of pain.

But even so, she couldn't make any sound or movement. She gritted her teeth and finished treating the arrow wound on her right collarbone... trembling with pain, slowly putting on her clothes, sticking to her shoulder...

"Okay, very good." After Lin Nan shouted "Cut", he gave a positive evaluation.

"Tsk tsk tsk, this can be considered the first 'large-scale' scene filmed since *Mulan* started filming." Han Jia clapped her hands and teased.

"Are you funny? Exposing a shoulder is a large-scale scene?" Liu Yifei really couldn't hold back, and laughed with disdain.

"Fine, just pretend I didn't say anything."

Too lazy to bother with the chattering of the two ladies, Lin Nan took a Coke and went out of the tent. He had to see the efficiency after greeting Weibo yesterday, whether it was "killed off" on time.

Five minutes later, Lin Nan slumped on the lounge chair to the side quite satisfied. The bans and account closures on Weibo were done very thoroughly.

Suddenly, a scream rang out from afar, scaring Lin Nan so much that he almost didn't hold his phone steady and smashed it on his face.

He sat up immediately and roared at Han Jia, who was "acting recklessly" in the distance: "Han Jia, what are you doing?"

"Hahaha..." Little Han cast a disdainful look from afar, ignoring Lin Dao.

It was Liu who explained with a smile, "The school called and invited her to be an art exam judge in February and March. She has already agreed."

"Tsk, I thought it was something, making a fuss all day long."

"Life and death in one's hands, power in one's grasp, isn't this feeling good?" Han Jia retorted indignantly.

"Your idea is really too childish." Lin Nan also retorted with disdain.

Liu also nodded at Han Jia, "Of course, if you insist, maybe you can really change the fate of some art candidates."

"Is it really that chaotic and rotten?" Little Han didn't believe in evil.

"You'll experience it yourself when the time comes." Liu raised her eyebrows with a smile, everything was unspoken.

Just at this time, Guo Fan hurried over, "Something happened outside!"

"What is it again?" Lin Nan said speechlessly, glancing at it.

"I don't know what the Hong Kong media is thinking, they posted a list of back taxes for the mainland film and television circle online... I just glanced at it, it's a bit hard to draw a conclusion..."

Well, Guo Fan's "hard to draw a conclusion" is the conclusion, the implication is that it doesn't look fake!

"Wouldn't that explode?" Han Jia said in astonishment. But on her face and in her eyes, there was an undisguised look of wanting to watch the excitement.

"More than just exploded! The whole industry is moving right now, grabbing time, pressing, deleting..."