Chapter 162: Grass on the Camel's Back, Not Many Roots Left

New Year's Day holiday, first day.

"Let the Bullets Fly", which had been released for more than half a month, actually crushed "If You Are the One 2" by a large margin in daily box office.

The film circle couldn't accept it for a while.

Once upon a time, Feng Xiaogang's films were synonymous with the New Year's Eve slot!

Now, it was just knocked to the ground by Jiang Wen's "Let the Bullets Fly"?

"Director Feng Xiaogang has lost the position of the New Year's Eve slot..."

"It's not that 'If You Are the One 2' is not good, but that 'Let the Bullets Fly' is too strong!"

"New Year's Eve slot, Director Jiang Wen's new king is crowned..."

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Lin Nan flipped through the film information, and from time to time, he could see his own name.

That "New Shaolin Temple" was also about to be released, and all the lead actors were big names.

When promoting, Andy Lau and Fan Bingbing were inevitably asked about "Thieves".

"When I received the notification of the fixed role, my brain was bewildered; I was too excited; that was Director Lin's film!

Facts have already proven that being able to participate in 'Thieves' is my greatest honor; 900 million box office! Haha..."

Fan Bingbing answered with a grateful face, looking very sincere.

When it was Andy Lau's turn to accept an interview, it changed to the box office problem.

"Don't mess with me! Although I think 'New Shaolin Temple' is great, there are so many people like Jackie Chan, me, Bingbing, and Nicholas Tse.

But if you ask me if I have confidence that the box office of 'New Shaolin Temple' will catch up with 'Thieves', I am definitely empty..."

This answer, media reporters really couldn't pick faults.

After all, the current "Let the Bullets Fly", which was breaking through the bamboo, was also basically destined not to catch up with "Thieves".

Wu Jing sat silently on the side and kept smiling; no reporter asked him about "Thieves"; the warmth and coldness of human relationships were very realistic...

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The last part of the employees of Tiangong Color who stayed with the "The Sorcerer and the White Snake" crew returned.

This also meant that the film was officially killed.

"They are really capable; just after killing, they asked when the special effects would be finished. Looking like they are ready to be released to make money at any time..."

Yue Jun complained in front of Lin Nan, his tone carrying disdain.

"How long will it actually take?" Lin Nan asked.

"About three months."

"Then just tell them."

Hearing Lin Nan's words, Yue Jun smiled cunningly.

"I just notified that side; guess what? They asked for this time to also be kept confidential!"

"Oh?"

Last time they asked to keep the special effects costs confidential; this time they asked to keep the special effects production time confidential.

In Lin Nan's heart, he could already roughly guess Yang Zai's purpose.

"This kind of person, always taking crooked paths..."

Since the client requested it, Tiangong Color would just comply; after all, there was no reason to refuse.

However, to avoid unnecessary trouble, Lin Nan still exhorted the special effects group to do a good job of recording.

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The circle was shocked by the big move of New Pictures Film.

In order to hype "The Flowers of War", Zhang Weiping disclosed the salary of the male lead, Bale, to the media.

20 million USD!

This salary converted into domestic currency was 120 million!

Once the news came out, the industry knew how the 600 million production cost came about.

Emotionally, the male lead took one-fifth!

"This is too expensive, right?!"

Liu Yifei sat cross-legged on the sofa, holding a laptop, and said in astonishment.

This salary was ten times hers.

"I only found out in the last two days. Choosing Bale was just Zhang Weiping's second-best choice."

Lin Nan said casually.

"What do you mean?" Miss Liu asked blankly.

"They first looked for Leon, haha..."

Hearing this, Liu Yifei understood. "How much did he quote?"

"25 million USD, 5% global share."

"Then Producer Zhang must have been scared away." Liu Yifei's tone was slightly teasing.

Lin Nan nodded; it was indeed so.

He could imagine the expression of that old stingy Zhang Weiping when he heard the quote; it must have been like eating a fly.

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The post-production of "The Fault in Our Stars" was about to be completed.

Whether it was the filming process or post-production editing, the energy Lin Nan spent on this film was no less than any other commercial film.

The employees were all joking, saying that Lin Nan could try to rush for Best Actor at the film festival with this film...

Outside film market.

"Let the Bullets Fly" broke through the 600 million mark, and the daily box office growth finally dropped to 10 million.

Maintaining this trend, before the release ended, it was very likely to rush to 700 million.

Looking at "If You Are the One 2", the total box office also reached 400 million, but it showed a trend of decline in advance.

You know, it was released a week later than "Let the Bullets Fly", but the daily box office at this moment was the same, both 10 million.

Who won and who lost was very obvious.

Lu Chuan was quite capable of tossing; it was estimated that he got the money and was a bit floating.

He actually learned from Zhang Yimou, shouting the slogan of "giving newcomers opportunities", and prepared to hold a sea election for actors for the role of Consort Yu in "The King's Feast" nationwide.

In the eyes of many peers, this was a joke. Lin Nan estimated that this joke was absolutely authentic.

Every year in January or February, the two things that attract the most attention in the entertainment industry are the box office of New Year's Eve and Spring Festival films, and the other is the art exam.

Ever since Lin Nan graduated from graduate school, he had escaped from the sea of suffering.

Originally, the Beijing Film Academy intended to summon Guo Fan this year, but who knew he was sent to the "Pacific Rim" crew, so the school's abacus fell through.

Although the undergraduate art exam hadn't started registration yet, and the graduate exam hadn't moved, some people were already defaulted to be admitted.

For example, Zhang Dongyu, the "Zhang Girl".

For example, Han Sanping's own daughter, who was crossing schools and majors to take the graduate exam for the directing department.

For these people, the threshold was really too low, as if it didn't exist, and they could pass easily...

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After the New Year's Day holiday, the review results of "Painted Skin 2" were posted on the official website of the Film Bureau.

"'Painted Skin 2', written by Director Lin Nan and directed by Director Director Wu Ershan, has passed the screening review and obtained the public screening permit!"

"'Painted Skin 2' is very likely to be released in the first half of the year..."

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Lin Nan was answering Han Sanping's call.

"This time it was still Director Tong who greeted, otherwise that group of people would really have to 'review' for a month!"

"I was worried about this matter before, and I really guessed it." Lin Nan complained.

"Some people just pretend not to see. If the director column was your name, there would definitely be no such things. Alright, hurry up and decide on the slot..."

"Mm, I know."

To tell the truth, for this film "Painted Skin 2", Lin Nan was indeed prepared to choose a good slot, a big slot.

The quality of "Painted Skin 2" was absolutely enough; he had a count in his heart.

"May Day slot? Summer slot? Or National Day slot?"

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The highly anticipated "The Flowers of War" held a start-up ceremony in Nanjing.

Media from all walks of life swarmed and rushed to Nanjing.

However, immediately after, an interesting piece of gossip spread in a small range.

"Are you sure?"

Lin Nan didn't believe what Yue Jun said.

"It's true. If we had known, we would have made a move first; Director Zhang's film is in front, and we make a TV series behind, absolutely profitable..."

Lin Nan only wanted to say that Zhang Weiping was really awesome!

He slapped Zhang Yimou's face with a pop.

A long time ago, Zhang Yimou had taken a fancy to "The Flowers of War" and wanted to film it as a movie.

But to avoid being preempted by a TV series of the same name, he bought all the film and television adaptation rights.

The original author was also a celebrity in the industry, having communicated with Zhang Yimou before, wanting to buy back the TV series copyright.

Zhang Yimou was easy to talk to and agreed immediately, promising that after the film version of "The Flowers of War" was released, the copyright transaction could be completed.

Originally everything was agreed upon, but who knew that Zhang Weiping, behind Zhang Yimou's back, secretly sold the TV series copyright of "The Flowers of War" at a high price...

At the start-up site of the film, when the original author asked about this matter with dissatisfaction, Zhang Yimou knew for the first time what had happened; he was also the last to know.

"I heard that Director Zhang's face was livid at the time; fortunately, screenwriter Yan also saw the clues, so he didn't pursue it..."

"And then?"

"After the start-up press conference, screenwriter Yan left immediately. Afterward, it is estimated that the director and producer quarreled..."

Lin Nan nodded; Zhang Weiping was courting death himself, completely not taking Zhang Yimou seriously.

Thinking about it, the grass on the camel's back shouldn't have many roots left; it was about to reach the limit...

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The Berlin Film Festival announced the shortlist for the competition unit.

Several Chinese-language films sent from the mainland and Hong Kong/Taiwan were all wiped out without exception.

At this time, everyone thought of Lin Nan's "The Fault in Our Stars".

If he had agreed to go to Berlin at that time, how could it be the only seedling of Chinese-language films on the shortlist now!

It wouldn't have ended up in a situation of being wiped out now...

The matter of "The Fault in Our Stars" preparing to be sent to the Cannes Film Festival was currently only known to Lin Nan and Liu Yifei.

They also didn't intend to announce it in advance; if something went wrong, wouldn't it be a slap in the face!

After Tang Ren urged to visit the crew several times, Yue Jun took a break and flew to Hengdian.

No matter what, "Scarlet Heart" also had 40% of the company's investment, so it still had to be taken seriously.

"Mimi, the crew notified that we have to follow the promotion for the next half month, especially Mango TV."

"Palace" was broadcast on satellite TV on the first broadcast, and it was Mango's Golden Eagle Theater; this was very good news.

Yang Mi was looking at the news of "Scarlet Heart"; these two TV series were destined to be head-on.

"By the way, if media interviews ask about this 'Scarlet Heart', you must be careful in answering."

Ceng Jia reminded.

It was fine for other actors in the "Palace" crew to say, but Yang Mi was a bit special.

After all, she was from Shanhai Media, and Lin Nan Film was one of the producers of that "Scarlet Heart", so she was afraid of encountering some difficult questions...

Yang Mi came back to her senses and nodded. "I know."

In Yang Mi's view, the little friendship established when filming "Chinese Paladin 3" was completely worn away...

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