Chapter 1105: Disney's Idea—Golden Globes and Oscars; Overseas Release!

"The closing ceremony and awards ceremony of the 72nd Cannes International Film Festival concluded successfully at around 3:00 am domestic time today;

The Palme d'Or for Best Film was won by the South Korean film *Parasite*, while the Chinese film *The Wild Goose Lake* regretfully returned empty-handed..."

"As a guest presenter at the Cannes Film Festival, Zhang Ziyi said bluntly in an interview with domestic media outside the venue:

*Parasite* is indeed very exciting, and winning the award is beyond doubt, but its plot and related settings do not fit the humanistic atmosphere of China, and it is completely contrary to the social pattern of the mainland... things like those in *Parasite* cannot exist on our side..."

"This morning, Huayi and Qiyinxiang Film Industry released a joint announcement:

After careful discussion and consideration by the main creative team, it has now been decided to make some adjustments to the release schedule of the mainstream commercial film *The Eight Hundred*, that is, it will be postponed from June 25 to July 5."

On the morning of the 26th, the eyes of the entire Chinese film circle were undoubtedly all grabbed by the results of the Cannes International Film Festival awards ceremony.

Was it an Asian film that won the Palme d'Or? And it was a South Korean film...

For many mainland netizens, everyone could already guess what tricks the neighbors next door would make soon:

The bottom-level sticks will absolutely start to get high collectively on the foreign internet because of the film and the status of the great power, as if they have taken drugs;

They will also absolutely step on Chinese films and the former suzerain state, no, for the former suzerain state, it is not just stepping on, there is a high probability of smearing.

After all, in the past two years, since that system, since the restriction on Korea, and after their wild father became more and more arrogant and technological sanctions... aren't the sticks just following along, becoming more and more "united against the enemy," arrogant, and fox-like?

"It is indeed a good film, but I think this film can win the Palme d'Or, and it is inseparable from the external situation now.

I even think that by virtue of the big environment outside now, this film is very likely to continue to sweep the European and American film awards...

This is the tacit understanding between the two sides, and it is also the reward after our neighbor next door submitted a letter of submission to them, after all, obedient and filial children will always have lollipops to eat!"

To be honest, Lin Nan was shocked by Ning Hao's confident analysis, and then he couldn't help but tease the other party:

"So our Director Ning is not very 'short-sighted', and not only cares about his own one-acre-three-points of land, but also cares about the global situation."

"I really don't like listening to you say that, always stabbing with a gun and a stick, yin and yang."

After glaring at him, Ning Hao's eyes moved to Liu Qianqian, Shu Chang, Han Jia, and Xing Aina who were walking on the lawn in the distance.

"Lin Nan, you are really amazing. It's already showing, and we just found out. Well, listen, Han Jia is scolding you there again."

Lin Nan could naturally hear it, although because of the distance, he could only hear it faintly.

Han Jia was scolding him and Liu Qianqian for being dishonest, hiding it from her for so long, completely treating her as an outsider to guard against, not trusting her ability to keep secrets... This is a trampling and insult to her personality... a small mouth chattering, really too able to talk!

"Follow her, as long as the red envelope is enough when the time comes. By the way, you two should also prepare in advance, it won't work without seven figures, haha..."

"Good guy, when you two got married, not counting those gold jewelry and other gifts, the gift money alone collected hundreds of millions. Why, this time giving birth to a child, are you preparing to collect hundreds of millions again?"

"What do you mean by giving birth to a child, that's giving birth to two!" The smile on Lin Nan's face overflowed completely, and he emphasized to Ning Hao while biting the words.

"What?" Sure enough, Ning Hao's eyes widened instantly, and he looked at Liu Qianqian, who was being held by Xing Aina, with an unbelievable expression.

"Old Lin, I think I envy you a little." As soon as Ning Hao finished speaking, he retracted his gaze abruptly, his expression and demeanor shrinking.

Lin Nan originally wanted to joke, but seeing Ning Hao like this, he was suddenly curious and looked at Liu Qianqian's group.

Well, it turned out that the sharp eyes of the great screenwriter "retaliated", like a needle piercing Director Ning.

Obviously, the great screenwriter should have also learned about the twins from Miss Liu just now;

Look, she immediately gave her own Old Ning an envious look, scaring the latter into a stress reaction, shivering...

In the distance, Liu Qianqian, Shu Chang, and Han Jia also noticed Xing Aina's strangeness; Miss Liu immediately understood and teased:

"Na Jie, if you and Director Ning want to, you can completely seize the time to have a second child."

"Ah? Is Na Jie's look what that means?"

"Ooh~~, no wonder Director Ning reacted so quickly, he turned his head with a swoosh." Following Han Jia, Shu Chang also laughed.

"You three better stop teasing me, we are both old couples.

To use Ning Hao's words, don't think about things that don't exist, I am two years older than him, there is a risk..."

Xing Aina smiled embarrassedly. Although she was envious, she was already forty-five years old, and if she wanted to have a second child, the risk was indeed not small.

"If I had known, you guys in the past few years..."

"Haven't we been busy in the past few years? Always thinking about waiting for a while, and as a result, waiting and waiting, in a blink of an eye, it's all over forty!" Xing Aina smiled and interrupted Miss Liu's words.

On the other side, Ning Hao had already talked about business with Lin Nan, so as not to keep the latter teasing him:

"I, Xu Zheng, and Dong Ping discussed it, and we decided not to wait for the box office performance of *My People, My Country* anymore, and directly set the 'sequel' project.

However, the real preparation and project establishment will have to wait until *My People, My Country* is released.

Because in these 4 months, Xu Zheng and I still have to participate in the film's post-production and promotion, and at the same time, the company also needs to communicate and determine the behind-the-scenes team and director personnel..."

"Look, Han Jia over there. When the time comes, she will join the director team on behalf of Lin Nan Film Industry." Lin Nan nudged his chin towards the distance and took over Ning Hao's conversation.

Hearing this, Ning Hao's eyes lit up, and he nodded busily, laughing: "Good, this candidate is good, this is another 'original director team'!

When promoting the new film to the outside world, even if we emphasize that it is not a sequel to *My People, My Country*, I guess no one will believe it..."

From the 26th, the sound of *Godzilla: King of the Monsters* on the whole internet began to rise straight up.

Even Zhang Ziyi, the female third lead, added bricks and tiles to the heat of the film's release with a frequency of several Weibo posts a day.

On the 27th, 28th, 29th...

Five days passed, and by the morning of the 31st, this Hollywood blockbuster jointly produced by Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures really did not exceed the expectations of the Chinese film circle...

Although its screening rate was not as terrifying as *Avengers: Endgame*, which was 82.6% on the first day, it was still high enough to make all other films in the same release window jealous, which was 52.5%!

Just don't know if such a high screening rate can get a correspondingly high box office?

You have to know that this time at the end of May is the time when the film market is cold, and *Avengers: Endgame* has just squeezed the Chinese film market dry, and squeezed the wallets of the audience and fans dry.

"The time difference between us and Europe is 6~8 hours, and the time difference between us and North America is 13~18 hours.

That is to say, starting from one or two o'clock tomorrow afternoon domestic time, *The Wandering Earth* will be released in Europe and America one after another."

"To be honest, my mood is still a bit complicated right now: there is a trace of nervousness, and also some excitement and expectation." Taking over Ren Zhonglun's words, Wang Changtian couldn't help but sigh.

"How much expectation does Lin Dao have for the overseas box office?" Liu Xiaobin asked very seriously.

Lin Nan, whose thoughts were interrupted, immediately looked at the computer screen. Except for the Aerospace Science and Technology Group, several producers were there.

"Hard to say, I can only say don't have too high expectations. Everyone knows what the survival environment of Chinese films is overseas, we can't do global bestsellers like Hollywood IP blockbusters..."

Lin Nan poured a basin of cold water bluntly, instantly extinguishing the flames in the hearts of several people, and even the smiles on their faces became a bit reluctant.

"You, you said discouraging words before you even started." Wang Changtian opened his mouth unhappily.

"Lin Dao, is there no bottom-line estimate?" Liu Xiaobin did not give up, still chasing and asking with a smile.

Of the 5 people participating in the video conference, only Director Zhao from West Film did not speak the whole time; he just listened silently and accompanied with a smile.

Of course, he also knows that this kind of dealing with people can only be maintained until *The Captain* is released; after that, West Film will be left behind again, and next year it will be Shanghai Film... and these are all things that everyone knows well.

"Why, Wanda wants to transfer the overseas box office share of *The Wandering Earth* in advance?" Lin Nan asked with a smile.

"Haha, Lin Dao is joking." Liu Xiaobin waved his hand, his smile awkward and bitter.

"I think it should be at least 300 million US dollars or more, right? Otherwise, it would be really sorry that I invited Leonardo and Ma Te Damon to guest star.

Two days ago, I personally sent emails to a large number of Hollywood stars, consuming a lot of personal favors... they will all help promote and shout."

Hearing Lin Nan say this, confidence appeared on the faces of several people again.

Before long, Ren Zhonglun, Zhao Wentao, and Liu Xiaobin exited the video conference one after another, leaving only Lin Nan and Wang Changtian.

"Actually, the sentence you teased Liu Zong just now was really not teased wrong.

He did talk to me, Director Ren, and Director Zhao privately about transferring the overseas box office share of *The Wandering Earth*, just like transferring the share of *The Captain* before.

But because the three of us are not very sure about the overseas box office, we didn't nod. You should have noticed it, right? When you teased Wanda just now, his expression was obviously a bit awkward."

Well, Lin Nan was completely speechless, "Forget it, just pretend Liu Zong never said this. In the next month or two, watching the overseas box office will be it."

*Godzilla: King of the Monsters* was released on the first day, and the daily box office reported 135 million.

Although it occupied 76% of the daily box office market, compared with the first-day box office of *Avengers: Endgame* more than a month ago, this figure still looks very insignificant.

However, the industry can also understand, first, the market is cold, and second, in terms of film plot, *Godzilla 2* is indeed not as cool as *Avengers 4*.

It was also the first day of June, the Hong Kong film *The White Storm 2* and the youth film *Better Days* held premieres in Beijing at the same time.

The former is starring Tony Leung, Louis Koo, Gordon Lam, etc., and the latter is starring Chen Feiyu...

The contrast between the cast is undoubtedly a world of difference, I think netizens will definitely pay more attention to the former;

But the reality in the industry has always been different from the internet. There are many, many more actors and stars in the circle who came to support *Better Days* than the former.

The reason is also very simple, although this is just a youth film, it is produced by China Film and starring Chen Feiyu.

Sitting at his workstation in Tiangong Color, Lin Nan didn't pay attention to the various film and television information and gossip in the circle, he was looking at the email sent by Disney, and the other party was asking about the progress of *Mulan*'s post-production.

Because the promise Lin Nan made at the beginning was to complete *Mulan*'s post-production before the end of June; and now, there is only at most one month left.

"As expected of Disney's big heroine blockbuster, this degree of importance is really nothing to say." Lu Yang tilted his upper body, looked at the content of the email on the computer screen in front of Lin Nan, and couldn't help sighing.

"That's right, speaking of the degree of importance, they are indeed very important." Lin Nan nodded in affirmation. At the same time, he also started to type on the keyboard and reply to the email.

"Disney produced, big heroine blockbuster... Mulan's loyalty, filial piety, perseverance, courage, independence, bravery, growth..."

Lu Yang's muttering voice sounded in Lin Nan's ear, he became more excited as he spoke, as if he thought of something incredible, and finally interrupted Lin Nan:

"Lin Dao, *Mulan* seems to have too many points for awards, it perfectly fits many film festivals!"

"Oscars and Golden Globes? Or Cannes, Venice, Berlin?" Lin Nan's mouth curled slightly and asked back.

"I think they are all suitable!" Lu Yang nodded affirmatively.

"Disney told me their thoughts, they will sign up for the Golden Globes and Oscars."

After being silent for a long time, Lin Nan finally opened his mouth, this was the first time he revealed this matter to someone other than the core creators of the crew.

Lu Yang was so shocked that he didn't know what to say, swallowed his saliva, and murmured: "Disney spends money on public relations, Lin Dao, you go to pull votes, and the film quality is absolutely excellent... The probability of success seems to be really big, really big?!"

"Pay attention to being low-key, remember to keep it confidential." Lin Nan pressed the enter key, and also exhorted very seriously.

"Don't worry, my mouth has always been tight.

Lin Dao, to tell you the truth, I am looking forward to your third battle for the Oscars and Golden Globes. Of course, the most important thing is that this time it is the two of you together!"

Lin Nan smiled and nodded, then got up to turn off the computer, and joked with Lu Yang: "I'll leave work early this morning, you continue to be busy."

"Lin Dao, you are a bit..."

"By the way, I have to correct and emphasize to you: the protagonist of *Mulan* is not me!"

Until Lin Dao's figure disappeared at the door, Lu Yang reacted to the subtext of Lin Nan's words, "Got it, the focus is on the Best Actress Award!"

On the morning of the 2nd, *The Wandering Earth*, which had been off the screen in the Chinese film market for two months, once again strongly topped the film and entertainment headlines, dominating the Weibo hot search.

All because this film was officially released overseas, and the Hollywood A-list stars who stood up for it were really so many that people were dazzled...

"Lin Dao Nan's sci-fi blockbuster *The Wandering Earth* has landed in the European and American film markets one after another since yesterday afternoon domestic time; among them, the North American film market opened 4,800+ screens on the first day, ranking third in the release window..."

"It is reported that as of nine o'clock this morning domestic time, dozens of well-known Hollywood directors and superstar actors have promoted *The Wandering Earth*, a film work by Lin Dao Nan, on their personal social accounts;

They are: Christopher Nolan, James Wan, Leonardo DiCaprio, Ma Te Damon, Jessica Chastain, Naomi Watts, Marion Cotillard, Ryan Reynolds, Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway, Scarlett Johansson, Tobey Maguire, Kristen Stewart, Dakota Johnson..."

"Lin Dao has pulled out all the connections he has accumulated in Hollywood for more than ten years at once?"

"The most critical thing is that these people are really all big names and superstars above the first line, there are no second-line stars and below, this point is very terrifying."

"Upstairs, are you looking down on the connections of a self-made boss of a medium-sized film production company who has been rooted in Hollywood for 13 years? Looking down on the appeal of an Oscar and Golden Globe Best Director in Hollywood?"

"I wasn't very optimistic about *The Wandering Earth*'s box office overseas. But Lin Dao pulled out dozens of Hollywood superstars with high popularity and many fans in one breath... This is really hard to say!"

Outside, the internet was extremely lively, all about *The Wandering Earth*'s overseas release, and the information and discussions about many internationally renowned actors helping to promote it; and the heat was undoubtedly high.

However, Lin Nan was not concerned about these at all, he was arranging the itinerary for the Shanghai Film Festival.

"Opening on the 15th, you help me book the flight on the morning of the 14th. Yes, only book my ticket. Accompanying personnel? Accompanying personnel as usual.

Also, let Director Yue take people there in advance, keep a close eye on the promotion of the two films *Ne Zha* and *The Captain*, and set up the exhibition booth in advance.

Remind Director Li Yang and all the actors of *The Captain* crew... no, I won't walk the red carpet with them, so as not to steal the limelight of the crew..."

Lin Nan held the phone and ordered the company's people chattering.

And Liu Qianqian was lazily lying on the sofa on the side, also pouting. Lin Nan is going for 9 days, leaving her at home! ===== CHAPTER 1106 =====