Chapter 1142

66.85 million! The first-day box office of 'Sheep Without a Shepherd' was simply unexpectedly good for the film circle, and the reviews on the internet were also very good.

This made many companies in the industry sigh again: Sure enough, the failure of 'The Whistleblower' was just an accidental interlude!

"When I was joking with Director Wang the day before yesterday, I used the 90 million total box office as an example; but looking back now, I only feel that we were really a bit funny at the time.

'The Whistleblower' had a daily box office of 440,000 the day before yesterday, and yesterday it was only 210,000, how can this trend qualify to look forward to 90 million?

Even if it stretches to death, it can only climb to the shore of 87 million, it absolutely cannot reach 88 million!" Lin Nan affirmed decisively, and was also laughing at himself.

"I'm very curious, what are Director Xue's thoughts now?" Old Jiang asked with interest.

"A few months ago, I told her not to worry about losing money, if it's lost, it's lost, but she still specially called yesterday morning and said some apologetic words."

"Tsk tsk tsk, have to admit, this kind of human interaction is indeed heartwarming." After sighing deeply, Old Jiang immediately talked about serious business:

"When taking the exam on the 20th, let Yifei try to dress up as a commoner as much as possible, so as not to cause a commotion and affect the order of the school's examination room."

Hearing this, Lin Nan was still a bit confused, and it was only after a while that he reacted: "Good fellow, I forgot about the admission ticket being issued today. Are you sure she is taking the exam at our school?"

"Nonsense, in the large conference room this morning, many teachers instantly became noisy after seeing the person with the same name, same surname, and same information on the list.

The school leaders and the cinematography department emphasized it for a while, and everyone guaranteed not to spread it out; if you don't believe it, you and Yifei can go see the information on the admission ticket in a while.

But I still want to remind you, you can't 100% trust the confidentiality ability of that group of people in the school, you two had better be mentally prepared to be on the headlines at any time..."

"Fine, I know. But I think that group of young teachers won't be too rash, unless they are willing to offend me." Lin Nan responded with a smile.

"But it will be made public sooner or later."

"Then try to drag it to the day the admission list is announced."

Lin Nan chatted with Old Jiang while walking quickly toward the study. There was a printer there, which could directly print the admission ticket.

Outside, 'Saturday Fiction', which held a high-profile premiere, had already successfully made it to the hot search; this film will be officially released in 4 days, joining the competition for the New Year's slot.

It's just that the industry is clearly not optimistic about the box office of this film, only because 'Sheep Without a Shepherd', which also belongs to the suspense crime genre, is powerfully pressing in front.

And films of this genre have a considerable probability of forming a siphon effect in the competition of the same slot.

After all, it's not a comedy, but a realistic theme with "dark" emotions, so most of the audience, without a doubt, basically won't watch the second one in a short period of time.

Under such circumstances, an unfavorable result will inevitably appear, that is, the box office performance of the two films—the strong get stronger, the weak get weaker, and the one released first always has the advantage.

Unless the quality of the latter film can be so good that it leads by a gap, so good that it breaks out of the circle and causes social repercussions, otherwise it will definitely be a passive disadvantage and will be constantly siphoned by the former.

Dirty Monkey.

"On the Shanghai Film Group side, Director Ren seems to have already started handing over work."

"How do you say that?" Xing Aina looked at Ning Hao suspiciously.

"Isn't Director Zhang preparing to set off for Mudanjiang, Director Wang of the Shanghai Film Group went to Director Zhang's studio an hour ago, taking over from Director Ren to fully dock the project 'Cliff Walkers'."

As he spoke, Ning Hao was a bit emotional. The era of Han Sanping and Ren Zhonglun, which is also a golden era of Chinese cinema, is about to completely end and turn the page.

"We almost won't deal with the Shanghai Film Group, no need to worry about these." After Xing Aina finished speaking, she buried her head again in the unit script of 'My People, My Homeland'.

"By the way, is there any reply from Lin Nan and Yifei? Zhang Yi and Lei Jiayin are must-haves, don't they have any actresses they want to insert?"

"Yifei sent me a message, saying Shu Chang, Reba, and the others are not interested."

"Really, having eaten too many good resources, one is more picky than the other." Hearing this, Ning Hao was speechless and criticized with a smile.

"I think it's because the pressure is not high, so they are all so casual, just like Lin Nan and Yifei." Xing Aina added with a smile.

"Since that's the case, then these more important roles can be released directly."

Starting from the 2nd, the tense atmosphere of the New Year's slot suddenly went up a level.

69.72 million, 70.15 million, 68.18 million... For three consecutive days, the box office and word-of-mouth of 'Sheep Without a Shepherd' maintained a quite stable state.

And 'The Whistleblower' was also very "stable", the daily revenue finally fell below 50,000, starting the final countdown.

At the same time, gossip also spread in the capital circle.

That is, the central-level enterprise took back the Bandar Malaysia project from Wanda at a crushing price.

Undoubtedly, the latter paid a heavy price for its arrogant and self-important poaching behavior two and a half years ago.

However, Wanda was only limited to successfully abandoning the car to save the handsome in this project, but the chain reactions brought about by the previous poaching could not be recovered at all.

To put it bluntly, the withdrawal of loans is still continuing, and there is no intention to stop at all...

The reason is that after two and a half years of blows, this giant ship of Wanda has already exposed the posture of sinking at any time!

And as a bank that has always strictly implemented the policy of "sending umbrellas on sunny days and taking them back on rainy days", how could it stop withdrawing loans? They will only withdraw more ruthlessly, more fiercely, and more decisively...

"It's going to be released on the 9th, they are announcing a withdrawal from the slot at this moment? Did they say what the reason is?"

On the morning of the 5th, Lin Nan couldn't believe the news he heard. Lou Ye's 'Saturday Fiction' suddenly issued an announcement, announcing an emergency withdrawal from the slot!

"They directly issued a withdrawal announcement, didn't give a reason at all, and currently no one in the circle knows the exact reason.

But thinking about it carefully, it's nothing more than those two things: either it was killed by the secondary review, or the promotion was not in place, and there was no confidence to be released.

I see most people in the circle are very certain, all thinking that it is highly probable that it was secondary reviewed, after all, the director is Lou Ye; everyone knows what kind of person he is, and he also filmed that kind of theme and background..."

"These words are correct, nine times out of ten it is this reason." Hearing Yue Jun's joke, Lin Nan couldn't help but laugh out loud, the reason for this suspicion is really TM impeccable!

After all, some people have too many previous records, isn't that what will lead to their films being reviewed, especially films involving special eras, the one being reviewed is you.

The matter of 'Saturday Fiction' temporarily withdrawing from the slot did not splash much of a wave in the industry and on the internet. After just one night, it was as if it had been forgotten into a corner by the industry.

Time came to the morning of the 6th, 'The Wild Goose Lake' starring Hu Ge, Gwei Lun-mei, and Liao Fan was officially released.

Its first-day comprehensive screening rate of 26.9% is undoubtedly the cinema line's respect for Golden Bear director Diao Yinan.

As for whether it can maintain this screening resource later, that depends on the specific performance of the film.

Anyway, after 5 days, 'Sheep Without a Shepherd' had already obtained a box office of 340 million.

However, 'The Whistleblower' was not so appropriate, the daily revenue completely fell below 10,000.

In view of this, Lin Nan directly called Wang Changtian, "Contact all cinema lines, it can be withdrawn, no need to be eye-catching on it anymore."

"Fine, it will be handled today, and it will be taken off the screen directly in the evening." Wang Changtian didn't say any "cool words", and agreed very decisively.

At 6:00 in the evening on the 6th, the news that 'The Whistleblower' was taken off the screen in advance was pushed to the Weibo hot search by industry peers.

Its final total box office was fixed at 87.06 million, and Shanhai Media's final loss was also reported, close to 60 million... just because the investment amount was 80 million.

The 6th, 7th, 8th, the first weekend of three days flashed by.

For the film 'The Wild Goose Lake', these three days were simply torment, and it directly determined the "life and death" of the film!

44.38 million, 53.41 million, 38.61 million, just after two days on the 6th and 7th, its reality was tested by the entire market;

The box office on Sunday was actually lower than on Friday?! Then no need to say, the box office on Monday will only be halved and halved again, directly entering a downward period, until it dies young—withdrawn from the screen in advance.

On the morning of the 10th, Lin Nan was looking at the daily box office information of 9.07 million for 'The Wild Goose Lake' while answering Yue Jun's phone call.

"CCTV's New Year's Eve art gala? They sent tickets over? Forget it, the elders at home are not interested in these, it's better to stay at home and take care of the children."

"Then I'll let the company's employees draw lots." Yue Jun laughed decisively. "This group of people was still asking me about the annual meeting this morning, I told them directly, no annual meeting this year, but there will be bonuses issued directly, and there will be surprises.

Lin Dao, I calculated it these two days: giving them paid annual leave in advance, and there's no need to hold an annual meeting, this account is simply too cost-saving. After all, the expenses of previous annual meetings were in the tens of millions, these tens of millions can pay two or three months of wages, hahaha..."

Hearing this, Lin Nan was really speechless for a moment. After all, the starting point for Yue Jun and him was not to save money!

"Then give out more bonuses, so they don't chatter and calculate accounts for the finance department, saying: clearly the performance this year is so good, the boss also had twins and became a stay-at-home dad, but why is the company's welfare so much less?" Lin Nan said, almost laughing until he was out of breath.

"Lin Dao, you reminded me of this. When drafting the holiday notice later, I will let the assistant use your tone. Haha..."

After hanging up Yue Jun's phone, Lin Nan looked at the weather outside, it was a rare sunny day, not only was there sun, but it was also a bit warm.

"Xixi, today is suitable for holding the children and walking in the manor, seeing the sun, do you want to hold the son or the daughter?"

"Can't we push the stroller?" Liu Yifei put down the book in her hand, smiling and looking at Lin Nan.

"Mm? That works too!"

The 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th... With the New Year's slot in full swing, the atmosphere of the New Year is also becoming more and more intense.

After all, there is only a 23-day interval between the New Year's Day of the Gregorian calendar and the New Year's Eve of the lunar calendar, time flies, and the Spring Festival is just around the corner.

"Jointly produced by Shanghai Film Group, China Film Group, and Emperor Motion Pictures, written and directed by Director Zhang Yimou... spy action film 'Cliff Walkers' starring Zhang Yi, Yu Hewei, Qin Hailu, Zhu Yawen, Liu Haocun, Ni Dahong, Li Naiwen, etc., officially started filming this morning at the Yangcaoshan Scenic Area in MDJ City..."

"According to Director Zhang Mo, during the filming process of the film 'Cliff Walkers', the main creators of the crew will face the extreme temperature challenge of -20°C to -40°C, which is also to restore the hardships and unyielding spirit experienced by the predecessors..."

"Produced by Happy Mahua, the small-to-medium budget literary romance comedy film 'Half a Comedy', held its premiere ceremony in Beijing this morning; Lin Nan Film Industry Director Yue Jun went on stage to support..."

"Around 10:00 in the morning, Huayi Brothers and Dongyang Haohan Film Industry released a joint announcement to the outside world:

The 5-year gambling agreement between the two sides that took effect from 2015 has expired as of today, and has been successfully completed... looking forward to having the opportunity to cooperate in the future."

"It is reported that Dongyang Haohan Film Industry, 100% held by Yang Ying, Feng Shaofeng, Li Chen, Du Chun, and others, successfully completed the 5-year gambling agreement with Huayi Group, and pocketed 756 million RMB completely.

At the same time, this also means that in the past 5 years, the artist brokerage business has been truly vibrant; it also means that in the past 5 years, the problem of sky-high remuneration in the film and television entertainment industry is indeed very serious... seriously damaging the ecology of the film and television production industry, and damaging the healthy development of the industry..."

"It is reported that Huayi once signed a 5-year gambling agreement with three companies: Zhang Guoli, Dongyang Haohan, and Dongyang Meila;

As of today, Zhang Guoli's gambling agreement failed, Dongyang Haohan's gambling agreement succeeded, and only Dongyang Meila, controlled by Director Feng Xiaogang, is still in the gambling period, and no result has been produced.

But according to insiders in the industry, the gambling situation between Director Feng and Huayi is not optimistic, only because he and Dongyang Meila have failed to complete the prescribed performance for several consecutive years..."

On the morning of the 16th, Lin Nan was a bit emotional, those few artists in Dongyang Haohan are indeed powerful. Not only did they not have to spit out that 756 million, but they also earned a lot in these 5 years.

And as some press releases said, the problem of high remuneration for actors and stars is indeed a big tumor. Look, Zhang Guoli, who does production, lost, while Yang Ying and the others, who earn remuneration, easily completed the gambling agreement, making money is too easy.

"Lin Nan, if you go out recently, pay attention to keeping warm. Also, unless the sun is very good and there is no wind, otherwise you are not allowed to hold the children and walk in the yard."

Just as Lin Nan was preparing to call Wang Changtian to tease Huayi, Liu Yifei, wearing sportswear, suddenly returned from outside, and warned her great director with a serious and solemn expression.

She had just sent Liu Xiaoli and her grandmother and grandfather out of the manor gate, saying they were going to watch a stage play together. As for Old Lin, he went out earlier, and didn't know where he wandered, anyway, he was driving Lin Nan's car.

"Why did you suddenly remind me of this?" Lin Nan asked curiously with a smile on his face.

"Grandmother reminded me when I went out just now, saying that the flu in our hometown is very serious these two days, and it seems to be spreading very fast..."

Lin Nan could no longer hear what Liu Yifei was saying, he couldn't hear it at all.

At this moment, he only felt as if he had fallen into an abyss, falling... his body couldn't help but tremble, his mind was blank, he only felt his heart beating very fast, beating very heavily, smashing heavily in his chest, smashing a bit painfully, as if it was about to stop at any time... there was also a heavy tinnitus in his ears, stinging his brain painfully...

Fear, should this be the feeling of fear? Lin Nan only had this one consciousness.

"Lin Nan, what's wrong with you? What are you dazing for? Sigh, don't be distracted. I'm talking to you, you really don't take me seriously, I..." Liu Yifei puffed her cheeks, shaking Lin Nan's shoulders a bit angrily.

"I'm fine, I remembered there's an important matter that hasn't been handled well, I'll go to the study..." Lin Nan gave Liu Yifei a smile, then went straight upstairs.

Two minutes later, Lin Nan sat in his chair. He supported the desktop with both elbows, supported his forehead with both hands, covering most of his face.

He didn't know how he walked up, he only felt that his hands and feet were still trembling uncontrollably at this moment, his mind was messy, it was completely a paste.

"I am very healthy, I have a daughter and a son, I have Xixi, I have a home, I have a career, I have so many friends... This is not a dream, I am in reality!"

Lin Nan's lips were trembling slightly, he said these words, only he could hear them, "But, it still came?"