Chapter 1123

"China Film, Shanghai Film, China Film Group and Emperor Motion Pictures will jointly produce *Cliff Above*. As for how they divide the shares among themselves, we don't know.

Because the transaction funds for the project will be paid to Huanxi by China Film as their representative for the four of them at one time, we cannot understand their share division situation from this process.

However, Dong Ping believes that in the distribution of the right to speak for this film, the three of them will likely have an advantage in Shanghai Film. Because Chairman Ren is the most old-fashioned and cunning, and because he is about to retire!"

Listening to Ning Hao's phone call, Lin Nan couldn't help nodding; it must be acknowledged that Dong Ping's analysis is indeed reasonable.

Chairman Ren, who is about to retire, will definitely become more domineering in his style of conduct, and will leave as much as possible for the group.

Because it is no exaggeration to say that from the time he officially took power in Shanghai Film after the millennium until now, the originally "broken" Shanghai Film was pulled up by him single-handedly.

To this day, Shanghai Film has grown into a towering tree, almost no different from Chairman Ren's own son!

"It is indeed surprising that the three strongest state-owned enterprises in the industry, China Film, Shanghai Film, and China Film Group, jointly produced the same film for the first time." Lin Nan sighed and echoed.

"That's right, China Film and Shanghai Film used to cooperate from time to time, and they cooperated many times on your side.

But China Film Group's strong joining is indeed unexpected. It can only be said that Chairman Fu does have two brushes, ambitious, hahaha...

Eh, no, this shouldn't affect Zhang Yi being the male lead, right? I heard that you refused Chairman La's invitation before and didn't let Zhang Yi act in *The Sacrifice*?"

"Hmm, I did refuse the role invitation, but things are different from things.

Since *Operation Meigonghe*, I have indeed been unwilling to cooperate with China Film on projects;

That's because Chairman La wanted to coerce me more and more before, and he did succeed once; and it seems that all the big projects on my side should naturally bring them along, must bring them...

Precisely because of this situation and trend, I decisively used two or three films to cut off all human feelings with that side; continuously reducing their participation share until the cooperation ended completely after *Operation Meigonghe*.

In addition, after *The Captain*, the relationship between me and Shanghai Film and Western Film will also be broken, because the previous cooperation was based on the private friendship between me and Chairman Ren and others.

Of course, these are things between companies, and I also have my own responsibilities. But refusing to let Zhang Yi act in *The Sacrifice* last time was really not intentionally refusing Chairman La's kindness, I refused..."

"Understand, you refused Guan Hu!" Ning Hao interrupted Lin Nan with a chuckle.

He understood Lin Nan's situation, because interpersonal relationships and business cooperation are really easy to lose balance when mixed together, especially when the other party is a relatively strong state-owned enterprise.

And in fact, Lin Nan did not control the scale between private friendship and company cooperation, which led to problems.

Look, now he is trying to make up for it, preparing to cut off the "private friendship" with state-owned enterprises in the industry after Chairman Ren retires.

"As long as you understand." With a laugh, Lin Nan affirmed.

"Understand, naturally understand. Doesn't your meaning mean that China Film's participation will not affect the addition of actors on your side, haha!"

"You, are you being yin and yang with me?" Lin Nan couldn't help laughing and scolding.

"Dare not, just teasing.

But I also indeed have some sighs, now choosing actors must be cautious and cautious; it is best to use trusted actors if you have trusted actors, so as not to have problems.

After all, as long as the actors in the crew have problems today, it is basically a big problem. For the film party, it is undoubtedly a devastating disaster..."

Ning Hao was chatting with Lin Nan on the phone, and the topic had switched to the high-risk casting in the industry today;

And Liu Yifei, who was leaning lazily on the lounge chair, listened from time to time, couldn't help laughing, and inserted a few words...

Coincidentally, at the same time in Shanghai Film, Chairman Ren was also frowning, listening to the secretary's report on the "background check" of the actors.

"Chairman Ren, although there is no definitive evidence, judging from the fragmented information obtained from certain channels in the circle, we feel that the possibility of 'having' is far greater than 'not having'.

My suggestion is that it is better to believe it exists than not. After all, you know how much money the top traffic in our industry makes; not to mention that he is the top of the top traffic, and how much capital has bet heavily on him..."

"Compared to the one surnamed Fan?"

"That naturally has no comparability, he is far behind the one surnamed Fan.

But if the news we got is indeed true, then this one should at least have hundreds of millions or even reached eight digits, and this is only in the first half of this year..."

"Beijing circle, Shanghai circle, Hong Kong circle..." Chairman Ren muttered with a solemn expression, "There is indeed too much capital betting, and they are all big capital."

"Chairman Ren, what now?" The secretary asked in a low voice.

"Can only stay out of it and play deaf and dumb." A sigh sounded, and he ordered.

Hearing this, the secretary was not surprised at all, because there were really too many interested parties involved.

"Notify now, or?"

"You go to the project team this afternoon and tell them that I said it, and replace the male lead they had already decided before.

As for the reason? Find some other reason for them, but also point out a few points at the end, let them realize it themselves.

It was the person they decided internally last year, I think they should be able to guess the reason why I want to change people." Chairman Ren scolded with a cold face.

"Understood."

The next morning, gossip came back from the Venice International Film Festival, which was halfway through:

It seems that Lou Ye's *Saturday Fiction* did not receive a hidden rule call from the organizing committee, and the film rights were also treated coldly, so the entire crew is preparing to return early.

For this news, almost everyone in the circle defaulted to it being true.

Because everyone knows what kind of color Lou Young Master is. He didn't gain anything, that is a normal phenomenon; if he won an award outside, that would be really seeing a ghost.

"Let's skip the celebration banquet, close the curtain low-key tomorrow, after all, *Ne Zha* has already shown enough limelight in the past two months."

Lin Nan ordered Yue Jun casually while scrolling the mouse to browse the gossip of *Saturday Fiction* on the Internet.

"Lin Dao, are you sure? Many media are paying attention to the celebration banquet, especially wanting to know about the sequel project."

"Then we can't hold a celebration banquet even more, so as not to be annoyed by them, haha."

After a laugh, Lin Nan immediately asked about serious matters: "Where is the itinerary for Director Jiang and the others today?"

"This question, Lin Dao, you really asked it. The roadshow location of the crew today happens to be your hometown, and Western Film took the initiative to take over the reception work, saying that it is to fulfill the friendship of the landlord."

"They are also one of the producers, it should be." Nodding, Lin Nan didn't say much more. This is the last project of cooperation with Western Film.

"By the way, how is the research progress of the three companies?"

"Speaking of this, I was just about to report to Lin Dao. They said that it might be delayed by another half a month to a month compared to the previously expected time, but at the latest by the end of November, they will definitely be able to hand over the research report to us."

"End of November is end of November, it's only less than 3 months left."

After speaking, Lin Nan glanced at the time, it was almost 11 o'clock in the morning. He stood up immediately and exhorted:

"I'm going to get off work. If there are financial documents to be signed in the next two days, you can have someone send them to my house, I won't come to the company.

By the way, there is one more thing, remember to notify Zhang Yi and tell him that Director Zhang Yimou's new film is about to be approved, let him prepare."

"Another new film? What kind of forbidden medicine did Director Zhang take? He is already 70 years old, and he can still film movies with such high intensity..."

Yue Jun followed Lin Nan quickly, asking as if he had seen a ghost.

When Lin Dao left the company and drove straight to buy snacks for Liu Yifei, on the Enlightened Media side, Zhang Mo sent the finished film of *Under the Light*.

"*One Second* was returned as a finished film at the beginning of the year, so my dad was not in a hurry about the post-production of that film at all;

Thinking of finishing the finished film of *Under the Light* first, and then slowly re-editing *One Second*, we intend to send it to other A-class film festivals again..."

Hearing Zhang Mo's last sentence, Wang Changtian was almost choked by the tea he drank into his mouth. Worthy of being Director Zhang, this idea is really eye-opening.

A film nominated for the main competition unit of Berlin suddenly withdrew from the film festival on the eve of the awards ceremony, and then wanted to sign up for other A-class film festivals again?

What do you take the Berlin International Film Festival for with this behavior? And what do you take the other A-class film festival for? Is it wearing a green hat for the former? Or treating the latter as a spare tire? Or is it a righteous one-woman-marrying-two-husbands?

"Then I wish Director Zhang's *One Second* all the best. As for *Under the Light*, I will have someone send it to the Film Bureau this afternoon..."

"Chairman Wang, then is our release date to be announced in these two days, or wait until after the review?" Zhang Mo asked with a smile, this matter also needs to be returned to pay the debt.

"I think it's better to wait until after the review, so it's safe." At this time, Li Xiaoping inserted a sentence.

Sure enough, Wang Changtian also frowned instantly, he thought of the encounter of *One Second*.

"Then wait until after the review to set the date. However, you can also make it clear to Director Zhang that we will start preparing for the promotion from now on, and it will not be affected by the release date."

"Okay, as long as there is a specific plan, I can also reply to my dad. Haha..."

After the 3rd, the Hong Kong film *Line Walker 2* was officially taken off the screen, and the total box office barely climbed to 700 million, closing at 702 million... the news popularity is really a bit low.

And it was different after the 4th, because *Ne Zha* swept the Weibo hot search list again, becoming the focus of the entire industry and the entire network; but this should also be the last time.

"Under Lin Nan Film, adapted from the traditional mythological super IP, the animated blockbuster *Ne Zha* was successfully taken off the screen last night; the film has been in theaters for 62 days, and the total box office has accumulated 5.22 billion!"

"It is reported that *Ne Zha* is the third film in Chinese cinematic history with a box office of 5 billion+, ranking third in the Chinese cinematic history box office list; it is also the champion of the Chinese animated film box office list, leading the second place *Monkey King: Hero is Back* by 3.854 billion!"

"Lin Nan Film Director, well-known producer in the industry Yue Jun said in a telephone interview with the film channel:

The second part of *Ne Zha* does exist and has been approved, but it will take at least three to four years before it completes the production of the finished film and meets countless fans and audiences;

Because the number of special effects shots in the second part far exceeds the first part, and the quality requirements of the finished film are also much higher than the previous work... so under the meticulous carving, the production time of the second part naturally skyrocketed..."

Shunyi, at home.

Liu Yifei has been pregnant for almost 8 full months, at most 10 days away.

In Lin Nan's eyes, she is really very hard at this time. Because whether it is getting up, walking, or sitting and lying down, she needs someone to help, her body is too heavy.

And in these nearly eight months, she has completely not touched cosmetics, and the look of her bare face almost made Lin Nan forget what she looked like when she put on makeup.

Hmm, she is just a mother-to-be now, and she is in the same file as Lin Nan, the father-to-be.

"I will always remember that at the art exam scene that year, separated by the sea of people, I was only lucky enough to have a glimpse from afar.

At that time, I really couldn't help but exclaim, although you were still a little baby-fat at that time, you were already showing signs of national beauty and heavenly fragrance."

"Lin Dao, is this the routine flattery session today? Why are you nostalgic? Speaking of which, you didn't make it up, right? That was almost 18 years ago."

Liu Yifei leaned on the single sofa with a smile, stroking her belly while looking at Lin Nan and laughing, her eyes bent into a pair of crescent moons.

"Make it up?" Lin Nan shook his head firmly, recalling in a very light voice, and laughed: "This scene is deeply engraved in my mind, I'm just repeating it.

Of course, you definitely didn't notice me at that time, an ordinary big handsome guy at the end of the line."

"Still a big handsome guy? You are really not humble..." Liu Yifei threw a tender white eye, and then began to recall the beginning of September that year, her face full of sweet smiles:

"I only remember that the first time we greeted each other was on the first day of school. After I finished my self-introduction and sat back in my seat, you actually said to me with a smile that you wanted to ask me for acting experience in the future.

At that time, I was really moved, because I was also acting in a TV series for the first time, and because I was young, almost no classmates talked to me on the first day, you were the most special one... Now that I think about it, you were really shameless at that time, you must have been planning something bad."

"What bad idea? You can't slander people's innocence out of thin air." Lin Nan rolled his eyes and retorted with a giggle.

"Bah, still asking me what bad idea? Look, this..." Liu Yifei had a proud smile on her face, pointing at her belly with the slender and good-looking index fingers of her left and right hands, accusing Lin Dao.

"Don't talk nonsense, how dare I think about these things at that time, this is a criminal case starting for several years... I just wanted to see if I could book you, thinking of getting the moon first near the water, hehe..." Lin Dao confessed shamelessly.

"So you bought the house next to me later?"

"Hmm, look how painstaking I am."

"Bah, you are thick-skinned." Liu Yifei smiled, her cunning and bright eyes like a shrewd female hunter.