Chapter 207: Half a Day to Handle, or Ban

Tang Jili was a bit helpless about the decision of several major investors to change the female lead.

This role was originally promised to Lin Xinru, but now he had no way out.

After all, who would be willing to offend four companies—Light Chaser, Lin Nan Film Industry, China Film, and Xiaoma Pentium—at the same time?

The answer is definitely: No one!

A phone call went out, and the person on the other end was clearly very angry.

"Was it Fan Bingbing who demanded I be replaced?"

"She was involved, but she wasn't the fundamental reason.

The actor who replaced you is an artist from Lin Nan Film Industry, and it was proposed by Chairman Wang of Light Chaser, and several companies supported it..."

Hearing Tang Jili's words, a cold laugh came from the other end of the phone.

"Heh, what is this? It was clearly a project initiated by you, are they bullying outsiders? Very good..."

"That's it, I'll compensate next time... Hello, hello?"

At this moment, Tang Jili wanted to curse. Based on his understanding of Lin Xinru, the latter would definitely have small moves.

"Damn it, my brain must have been flooded back then to let her into bed..."

Tang Jili was speechless for a while; after pulling and dragging for these years, he couldn't shake her off!

"Women's casual suit, are you serious?"

Lin Nan looked at Liu Yifei in a pure white women's casual suit and asked uncertainly.

Long hair draped over her shoulders, black and shiny; paired with diamond earrings and heavy makeup with red lips, so cool!

"Mm, please call me Producer Liu," Liu Yifei raised her eyebrows at Lin Nan, revealing a smile.

"I might as well call you Queen!"

"Mm? That works too, Lin Dao."

Liu Yifei smiled and walked up, hugging Lin Nan's arm.

"I was originally going to wear that pink strapless dress, but I discussed it with Brother Xun, and she's also wearing a casual suit.

By then, we'll be different from other actresses; most of them will definitely wear dresses and gowns."

Lin Nan nodded; she really had ideas.

"Then let's go."

How to evaluate the Huabiao Awards?

In terms of professionalism, it is definitely at the bottom, but its attributes are there.

This destined that the star lineup of the Huabiao Awards every year is the most top-notch!

Since he came to be a guest, Lin Nan wouldn't waste this opportunity; it was just right to promote "Passengers."

Outside the Beijing Exhibition Center, the place was not small.

A sea of people was blocked on both sides of the isolation fence, leaving a red carpet three meters wide and tens of meters long in the middle.

Lin Nan, Liu Dehua, Liu Yifei, and Zhou Xun arrived at the scene in the same business car.

"There are so many people outside! Did I see Brother Jackie Chan?"

When the car was about to stop, Zhou Xun saw Jackie Chan through the car window.

"I think he should have come from the crew of 'Chinese Zodiac'; that side hasn't wrapped up yet," Lin Nan added.

As the four got out of the car, there was another burst of enthusiastic cheers from the fans at the scene.

Looking at it, there were really quite a few people who came to promote films with the same idea as Lin Nan.

"'White Deer Plain' crew, 'Qian Xuesen' crew, 'The Sorcerer and the White Snake' crew, 'The Great Magician' crew, 'The Grandmaster' crew..."

The star lineups from the mainland, Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan gathered together; it was worthy of being Huabiao with attribute bonuses!

Chen Kaige and his wife, Feng Xiaogang and his wife, Wang Quanan and his wife, Gu Changwei and his wife, Jiang Wen and his wife, John Woo and his wife...

Lin Nan was a bit stunned; the directors were all showing affection in pairs.

The four waited in the waiting area and saw Ning Hao walking over with Xing Aina.

"You guys finally came out of the crew. I thought Lin Dao would not give face to Huabiao this time again. Haha..."

Lin Nan glared at Ning Hao indignantly; he really knew how to pick the sore spot!

"You two are definitely special today. I've been wandering around for so long, and among the actresses, I only saw you two wearing casual suits."

"They do whatever they want," Lin Nan took over Xing Aina's words and teased.

This was Lin Nan's first time coming to Huabiao; it was worthy of being held by the SARFT, fully considering the ideas of each crew.

On the red carpet, as long as it was the same crew, they would help introduce the film.

Lin Nan heard the "White Vengeance" crew and "Under the Hawthorn Tree" crew walk onto the red carpet one after another.

"It's our turn."

"Walking on the red carpet now is the 'Passengers' crew, Lin Dao Nan, Producer Liu Yifei, leads Liu Dehua, Zhou Xun..."

This host really knew how to ask questions.

"Mm, this is indeed my first time coming, but I have already won the Huabiao Award before..."

"'Passengers' will definitely be released next year, as for the specific time, it's hard to say."

In the huge awards ceremony venue, the people around Lin Nan were all familiar faces.

On the left was Zhang Yimou leading Zhou Dongyu and Dou Xiao, and on the right were Jiang Wen and Zhou Yun.

"If your 'The Fault in Our Stars' had been released half a month or a month earlier, you might have had an award today!"

"It is what it is," Lin Nan replied to Zhou Yun with a smile.

Huabiao is a commendation award, with no threshold, but Lin Nan is not interested in this; he hasn't signed up for domestic film festivals for several years.

Furthermore, there are so many mainstream films in the film list, so there is a count on how the main awards should be distributed.

For the next two hours, Lin Nan and others watched a scene of sitting in rows and sharing fruits.

Although Huabiao claims a 50% winning rate, the Outstanding Feature Film Award was all won by films like "Aftershock," "The Founding of a Republic," and "Sacrifice."

One by one, they were either mainstream films or those with deep qualifications...

Huabiao is held every two years, and the award settings are very united, with a special "Overseas Chinese Award."

Outstanding Overseas Chinese Director: Teddy Chan, "Bodyguards and Assassins"; Outstanding Overseas Chinese Actor: Chow Yun-fat, "Confucius"; Outstanding Overseas Chinese Actress: Deanie Ip, "A Simple Life"...

"It really takes care of every aspect..."

Lin Nan felt a bit emotional; domestic film festivals really each have their own characteristics.

The Huabiao Awards have exerted their purpose to the extreme, which is commendation! It's almost like everyone who comes has a share; even without big awards, there are obscure little awards that people can't name.

During the banquet, Lin Nan saw Yang Mi and Zeng Jia; these two looked a bit busy?

"Lin Dao, my flight tonight, I'll be back the day after tomorrow morning."

Liu Dehua was originally socializing, and when it was almost over, he walked to Lin Nan and Liu Yifei with a wine glass.

Lin Nan and Liu Yifei immediately raised their glasses, "Wishing Brother Hua success and winning the Silver Lion."

"Heh, then I'll borrow the auspicious words of this Golden Lion director!"

The next morning, as soon as Lin Nan arrived at the crew, he was reminded.

"Lin Dao, look at the news, it just came out."

"What do you mean?"

Lin Nan was a bit dazed; last night's Huabiao had nothing to do with him, and there were still more than ten hours until the Golden Lion awards.

When Lin Nan walked to the computer and took a look, he realized it belatedly.

Light Chaser and Xiaoma had already taken the lead in announcing the starring team of "The Patriot Loyal Yue Fei" to the outside world.

Among them, the male and female leads were Huang Xiaoming and Zhao Liying respectively.

There were also a large number of supporting roles behind, among which the female second lead was Tang Ren's Liu Shishi.

Netizens were all heatedly discussing this TV series that would start filming at the end of October, and many actresses in the circle were also very sour about Zhao Liying's resources.

But immediately after, other news came out, from Hong Kong media and Taiwan.

"Mainland crew bullies outsiders, forcibly replacing confirmed Taiwan actors..."

"Original female lead Lin Xinru was unilaterally replaced by an unknown actress!"

These reports were all very one-sided and looked very naive in the eyes of people in the circle, but it was different after fermenting on the Internet, involving both sides of the strait...

At this moment, netizens were saying everything, obviously being led by the rhythm.

"That woman still thinks it's how many years ago? Is there a problem with an artist acting in a play invested in by her own company?"

In "The Four" crew, Jiang Yiyan was the first to comfort Zhao Liying.

"That's the logic, it's a bit grandstanding," Deng Chao also added.

Zhao Liying's face was pale at the moment; she couldn't help but have already called Yue Jun, who told her to be at ease and ignore those things.

Lin Nan was on the phone with Chairman Wang.

"She is Tang Jili's person, I just called him, he asked us to give face and give him half a day to handle it..."

Hearing this, Lin Nan knew that Wang Changtian had agreed; the latter still wanted to win over Tang Jili.

Lin Nan could give half a day; this was entirely out of consideration for Wang Changtian's face.

"Then Chairman Wang, please convey for me, if it's not handled well after half a day, I will 'try my best' to make that woman disappear from the mainland film and television circle.

I think there should be many companies that will give me this face, including China Film, Shanghai Film, Xi'an Film... Huayi, Bona. Oh, by the way, there's also Hong Kong's Yinghuang."

Lin Nan said in a calm tone, as if saying something very ordinary.

"Mm, I'll convey it to Tang Jili in a while."

Wang Changtian could tell that Lin Nan wasn't lying. He could indeed do it easily, banning a Taiwan actress in the mainland.

In less than an hour, Light Chaser, Lin Nan Film Industry, Xiaoma Pentium, China Film, including Huang Xiaoming Studio and Fan Bingbing Studio, all announced the project details of "The Patriot Loyal Yue Fei" to the outside world.

It could be clearly seen that Lin Nan Film Industry was one of the investment producers, accounting for quite a lot.

At noon, it was really on time, Lin Xinru's side posted on Weibo:

"There is no such thing as me being replaced, it's just a scheduling conflict, I can't participate. I'm very sorry for adding trouble to everyone..."

Immediately after, the Internet was lively again.

"This looks like she tried to find trouble but failed, was taught a lesson, and chickened out!"

"She chose the wrong person this time, not everyone is as easy to bully as Zhou Jie. She hit an iron plate this time, right?!"

"What god? Isn't it the one surnamed Zhou who stuck out his tongue?"

Lin Nan had just hung up the phone with Chairman Cao when a strange number called in.

"Hello."

"Lin Dao, hello. I am Tang Jili..."

Not being able to control the lower body is the consequence; something will happen sooner or later.

When Lin Nan expressed his intention to ban, he was prepared for one more Tang Jili on the opposite side.

Now it seems that this was completely redundant; Tang Jili also chickened out.

In the eyes of the circle, this matter was completely Lin So-and-so hitting a stone with an egg, looking for death.

This circle has always been there, but it's completely different from more than ten years ago... ===== CHAPTER 208 =====