Chapter 1109

"Exclusively produced by Lin Nan Film Industry, directed by Xiao Yang, and starring Xiao Yang, Tan Chao, Yong Mei, Liang Jiahui, Zhang Zaifeng, and others;

The realistic suspense crime film 'Sheep Without a Shepherd' officially announced its wrap in Bangkok, Thailand, this morning; all main creators will return immediately to rush to the Shanghai International Film Festival."

"At 10:00 AM sharp, Lin Nan Film Industry's official Weibo released the release date announcement for the film 'Sheep Without a Shepherd': The film is confirmed to target the New Year's slot and will land in national theaters on Sunday, December 1st……"

"The opening ceremony and Golden Goblet Grand Ceremony red carpet of the 22nd Shanghai International Film Festival were successfully held last night;

Compared to previous years, the number of films competing and exhibiting at this year's festival has once again climbed significantly, and the number of guests is also more than 20% higher than last year; the star power is the greatest in its history……"

……

"Do you know what my most intuitive feeling about this year's Shanghai Film Festival opening red carpet was?"

"Although it was crowded with stars and everyone was competing for attention, the waves behind push the waves ahead; new people replace the old."

"Good grief, couldn't you be less direct? Couldn't you play dumb and ask me back?" Putting down his coffee, Ning Hao retorted to Lin Nan with annoyance.

"I indeed didn't go to the red carpet, but I watched the live stream, and that's my feeling too; Zhang Ziyi, Tang Wei, Shu Qi, Zhou Xun—only these four big names from the Chinese film circle came; the others are either soft-banned or have retreated to the second tier……

Although the generation of Shu Chang and Yang Mi is a thriving pillar of the industry, there are only a few of them;

The young ones are indeed becoming more numerous and are all very beautiful, but for now, they can only make up the numbers;

The traffic stars who debuted through talent shows are swarming in, but I basically don't recognize any of them……"

Inside the exhibition area, at the "The Father" side, Lin Nan sat with his legs crossed, saying with a chuckle. At the film festival, the middle-aged male actors ultimately occupy the mainstream.

"It's not just the artists; it's the companies too. The waves behind push the waves ahead, and the waves in front die on the beach. Huayi has completely collapsed; this is the second year they've been absent from the Shanghai Film Festival;

Bona didn't come this year either. Their IPO review, which they had waited two years for, was finally officially rejected. This morning, their status at the CSRC has already changed to 'Suspended Review'.

Cheng Tian, Tang Ren, StarMe, Xiaoma…… You count them; over these years, how many big companies that we are familiar with have already fallen? And how many have faded away to the second tier?"

Watching Ning Hao's sudden look of sighing and sentimentality, Lin Nan found it funny. Isn't the film and entertainment industry a high-attrition industry?

"Wait until your Huanxi collapses before you start sighing."

"If you don't know how to talk, shut up. Who curses people to their face?"

Just as Lin Nan and Ning Hao were laughing and joking, they saw Yue Jun leading people walking towards them from afar.

"It's the Weibo people! If nothing unexpected happens, it should be about the Weibo Movie Night tonight." Ning Hao glanced at them and immediately muttered to Lin Nan in a mocking tone.

"Lin Dao, Director Ning, you two are too low-key." The person coming over greeted them with a smile on his face.

"If it's about an event, then forget it. It's best not to talk about it; I didn't even go to the opening ceremony of the Shanghai Film Festival." Lin Nan spoke his mind first, and the other party's smile subconsciously stalled.

"Don't look at me either. There's a Golden Goblet Award jury meeting tonight. Although I am the chairman of the jury for the Asian New Talent unit, I still have to attend." Ning Hao followed closely, smiling and refusing.

Well, the two of them had directly blocked the other party into silence. After a few simple pleasantries, the other party had no choice but to leave empty-handed.

"It's fortunate that a mid-level person came. If a high-level executive had come, Director Yue, you would be in trouble. Because Lin Dao, who can't avoid human favors, would most likely send you to attend the Weibo Movie Night."

Ning Hao laughed non-stop, teasing Lin Nan to his face. And looking at Yue Jun, he also nodded and laughed in agreement.

"I just heard the news; something happened at Ning Ying." A moment later, Yue Jun became serious and said in a lowered voice.

"What happened?" Lin Nan and Ning Hao were both puzzled.

"It seems the debt generated by 'Asura' has matured, and the bank is explicitly demanding repayment. Their leadership temporarily canceled their Shanghai Film Festival schedule; they should be on the flight back right now.

Right now, in the small circles, everyone is saying that it's highly likely they can only continue to borrow to pay off old debts and keep mortgaging new properties; because there is simply no capital willing to help Ning Ying fill the hole……"

Hearing this, the expressions of Lin Nan and Ning Hao became complex. Especially the latter, who had just been talking about a similar topic: how many familiar big companies had fallen and collapsed.

"Director Ning, you really are a crow's mouth!" Lin Nan glanced at Ning Hao and couldn't help but tease.

"It can't be that serious, right? Ning Ying, they are a state-owned enterprise after all, how could they……"

Ning Hao had an expression of disbelief and immediately retorted; but there was absolutely no confidence in his tone.

Because he had also heard that it seemed over 70-80% of the $100 million cost of 'Asura' was borrowed from banks by mortgaging real estate and properties!

……

In the afternoon, the Golden Goblet Award Master Forum completely became Light Chaser's home court; Wang Changtian led Zhang Yimou to dominate the forum, giving a keynote speech on "Under the Light".

As the first attempt by the veteran director at a realistic anti-corruption film, "Under the Light" could be said to be the focus of countless media at the venue, especially foreign media……

And in the eyes of the vast majority of industry insiders and media, although this film had not yet wrapped and it was unknown when it would be released, it had already achieved great success;

Just because after today, more than half of the international film circle would pay attention to this film—Zhang Yimou's anti-corruption theme!

However, a very small number of people, including Lin Nan, had a different view from the vast majority of people in the circle. To be precise, they had a bad premonition.

How can such a modern-themed anti-corruption film be talked about so openly at an open forum of an A-list film festival? Who are you trying to annoy?

You, an internationally renowned director, are filming an anti-corruption theme, and you are high-profile about it in front of a large group of foreign media…… What do you want to express and reflect? And how will those media interpret and report it after they go back?

"If the probability of the film being blocked before was 50%, then now that Chairman Wang has led Director Zhang to do this, I think the probability of it being blocked will increase by at least another 30%?"

There was a 50% chance of passing censorship before because the director of this film was Zhang Yimou. And now there is an 80% chance it won't pass, and the reason hasn't changed—it's still because the director of this film is Zhang Yimou!"

In the evening, when Lin Nan was on a video call with Liu Yifei, he concluded the film for Light Chaser with such certainty.

"Then aren't you going to remind Chairman Wang?"

"It's meaningless to remind him now. This is Chairman Wang's first time controlling a big director's film; he's too high-profile, high-profile to a fault.

Let's wait and see the results. It seems they said it would wrap around the end of next month; with Director Zhang's efficiency, in at most another month, the finished cut will be sent for censorship."

In any case, Lin Nan felt that Light Chaser was beyond saving this time; Old Wang was a bit carried away this afternoon and would likely suffer for it.

For the whole night, the red carpet and awards ceremony news of the Weibo Movie Night was undoubtedly the entertainment section with the most traffic on the entire internet.

It was worthy of being a movie night held in Shanghai; Weibo was very sensible and bypassed "My People, My Country" to award the heavy-hitting gimmick of "Most Anticipated Film of the Year" directly to Shanghai Film Group's "The Climbers".

This flattery, I suppose Chairman Ren must have been very pleased with it. I just don't know what Chairman Fu of China Film thought; I suppose he must have had an opinion?!

……

An atrocity every two days, chaos every three days; continuous and constantly cycling……

On the morning of the 20th, the entire circle was inevitably focused on the events over there again.

Just because after the second Chinese Venice Best Actress, another singer exposed themselves.

What's interesting is that this person's name only differs by one character from the Cult Leader's; of course, this is an old thing nearly 60 years old.

"The monsters and demons that have exposed themselves in the past ten years have all popped out at once in these few days. It's already so chaotic that it gives me an illusion…… as if the villains are about to win completely?"

Just as he sat into Wang Changtian's car, Lin Nan was met with a sigh of emotion.

"Do you think it's possible?"

"This is definitely impossible, but…… it's too chaotic." Old Wang muttered in a low voice.

"We are all ordinary people whose ideological consciousness hasn't reached that height. Just trust the higher-ups on this kind of thing. Taking care of ourselves and not adding to the chaos is our contribution."

Lin Nan lowered his head, flipping through the news page on his phone while answering Wang Changtian calmly.

"Good awareness, that makes sense!" Hearing this, Wang Changtian was speechless and nodded repeatedly.

"Oh right, after we see Liu Xiaobin and the other vice president of Wanda in a while, should we have some emotional changes? After all, we partnered together to support Tudou for 9 years. It is 9 years, right?"

"Yes, it's been 9 years. I talked to Wang Wei in the second half of December 2010. I said I would inject capital into Tudou and told him not to give up and to continue helping with management.

Afterward, I pulled you and Wanda in, which established the initial foundation for the brand-new Tudou. com today." Lin Nan said very firmly.

Afterward, he also thought about Wang Changtian's suggestion and nodded, "You're right; we still need to have some emotional changes."

"Offer condolences? After all, an original shareholder and major shareholder is quitting the group; we should show some concern!"

"Concern? What are you going to use to show concern? Wanda only lacks money now; are you going to give them some money to support them?" Lin Nan teased with a chuckle.

"Stop joking; that's a bottomless pit. Even if we packed up and sold Light Chaser, it wouldn't be enough to fill one-tenth of that bottomless pit."

Wang Changtian blurted out a complaint. But a moment later, his expression changed, and he looked at Lin Nan, questioning: "You, what is that expression? What are you planning again?"

"We've been partners and allies for over a decade; not showing anything or just showing verbal concern—both are definitely not okay, and it would appear cold-blooded and too realistic." Lin Nan smacked his lips, smiling with hidden meaning.

"What do you mean?" Wang Changtian pressed.

"Even if we extend a helping hand, it can't be for free, right? Of course, Wanda definitely hasn't reached the end of its rope yet…… Shall we just go through the motions?"

"By the end of this, aren't you still just playing with words?" Old Wang glanced at him with disdain.

"Let's go through the motions in a while, and by the way, cast a straight hook. What do you think?"

Facing Lin Nan's inquiry with a raised corner of his mouth and hidden meaning, Wang Changtian was a bit slow to react, "Those who are willing take the bait?"

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(End of this chapter)