Chapter 208: Stopping Before 500 Million, Market Value Rises

The speed of gossip spreading is always as fast as expected.

Within a day, more than half of the film and television circle knew about Lin Nan's warning.

No one in the circle would question whether Lin Nan could ban Lin Xinru in the mainland.

Because he could definitely do it easily, and the result was already obvious.

In order to protect herself, Lin Xinru took the initiative to admit defeat, and it was said that even Tang Jili had sacrificed quite a few favors.

"Now, even if Lin Dao doesn't ban her, it won't be easy for her to mix in the mainland."

Many mainland actresses were gloating.

Everyone was happy to see the jokes of Taiwan actors, including Fan Bingbing.

Lin Nan didn't stop the spread of the "ban" in the circle.

Then, when many companies' film and television works choose people later, they will all more or less consider Lin Nan's face.

Even if the role conditions are all suitable, Lin Xinru will likely not have a chance...

From the moment Lin Nan expressed his intention to ban, the "ban" had actually already begun.

Because this is a circle, whether it's Lin Nan Film Industry or its partners and allies, they are all companies with huge influence in the industry!

No one will offend these big companies for the sake of an actor, even if Lin Nan might not remember this matter by then.

"The Four" crew.

Facing the news that was spreading wildly in the circle, all the main creators of the crew were incomparably shocked.

Everyone looked at Zhao Liying from time to time, feeling a bit emotional.

"Why are you all looking at me like this?" Zhao Liying said with a smile.

"Envious that you have a strong company, heh..."

Jiang Yiyan joked, and Deng Chao and others nodded along.

This made Zhao Liying a bit embarrassed, and she also had many feelings in her heart.

When she was at Huayi, she was like a transparent person.

Given a small role, she was thrown to the crew, relying on herself for everything, and suffered quite a few cold eyes and white eyes.

Discriminated against for her background, targeted, and the company didn't care much, just because she was a small artist with no value...

But now, it's completely different, Shanhai Media is very good, very good.

Zhao Liying showed a smile on her face, looking at everyone, her voice a bit hoarse:

"Mm, I am really grateful to Lin Dao and the company. Being able to sign with Shanhai Media is my greatest luck..."

Not only Zhao Liying had feelings, but Zhang Yi, Yang Mi, Lei Jiayin, and Reba were also very excited.

Thinking of themselves, if a similar thing happened to them, the result would definitely not be bad!

When Lin Nan arrived at the studio, he saw a group of people gathered together gossiping.

Zhou Xun was sitting on the ground with her legs crossed, laughing very loudly, so bold, just like a rough man.

Lin Nan was speechless; he had to let Liu Yifei have less contact with Zhou Xun in the future, lest she be led astray.

"Sigh, Lin Dao, alone again today?"

"Right, Yifei has a schedule, for a fashion magazine."

Walking up, Lin Nan knew what these people were laughing at.

At the Huabiao Awards the night before last, Yuan Li walked the red carpet with Yu Dong in a hollow-out perspective outfit, which really attracted a lot of media attention, suppressing Li Bingbing's limelight.

The next day, employees of Li Bingbing Studio used private small accounts on Weibo to mock her.

Bluntly stating that she had no film works, and as a TV actress, she always followed Yu Dong to rub the red carpet of film festivals, dressing boldly to fight for attention, and the desire to climb up was written on her face...

Unsurprisingly, they were traced back to Li Bingbing's side, and the "war" was successful.

Yuan So-and-so, backed by Bona, directly threw out fierce material:

"What kind of low-class and shameless hype methods hasn't Miss Li used? What kind of 'dirty' deals hasn't she done? The person least qualified to preach to others is Miss Li. Do you want me to give some examples..."

Neither of them was a fuel-efficient lamp; when they tore into each other, it was very direct!

One scolded the other as a "prostitute," and the other mocked the opponent as a "bitch."

Although Li Bingbing left Huayi, this didn't affect Huayi standing up for her; after all, she was an old person holding Huayi shares, and her sister was also a Huayi executive.

This became a matter between Huayi and Bona...

Lin Nan just said how Zhou Xun laughed so loudly; it turned out Li Bingbing was involved.

Back when they were at Huayi, the two were mortal enemies.

"Lin Dao, you know many big shots, tell us, was Yu Dong's divorce because of this Yuan?"

Zhou Xun asked unexpectedly, and Lei Jiayin and Reba next to her also looked at their boss with curiosity.

This question was really asked to the right person; Lin Nan had heard Han Sanping scold a few times.

This woman actually sent text messages to provoke Yu Dong's original wife, who was also very clear-headed, knowing that a broken mirror couldn't be reunited, and decisively left...

"This kind of woman who is ambitious but too stupid won't go to the end, she'll be kicked out sooner or later."

"Oh, got it!"

Zhou Xun and others nodded, looking like it was as expected.

Liu Dehua, the male lead, was away, so the crew could only film some trivial scenes, and after he returned, they would make up the male lead's shots.

"The Fault in Our Stars" really seemed to be unable to move.

After the total box office reached 478 million, the daily revenue fell to 2 million. In the last few days, there was definitely no hope for 500 million.

As a romantic art-house film, this film had already created a box office miracle, crushing most domestic commercial films.

Liu Yifei's market value and salary rose again.

Lin Nan didn't know much about endorsements, but he knew about film salaries.

Liu Yifei's film salary in China rose by 2 million, reaching 14 million!

This film salary belonged to the highest small group among all actresses in China. It made the vast majority of actresses envious, but it was also out of reach.

Nowadays, among the artists of Shanhai Media, only Reba was still a pure newcomer.

After "Painted Skin 2," Yang Mi's film salary also grew to 3 million, and her endorsements soared to 5 million for two years, with a very fast promotion speed.

The entire circle was watching the news of the Venice Film Festival.

The media jokingly said that this year was the most anticipated year for Chinese films because four Chinese films participated in the competition for the Golden Lion.

Lin Nan stayed up late at night to watch the red carpet show.

Several crews shortlisted for the competition section were very formal. Liu Dehua accepted an interview on the red carpet and even joked that he had asked for leave from Lin Nan's crew.

When the "The Sorcerer and the White Snake" crew walked the red carpet, it was really a bit embarrassing.

Originally, Yang Zai had been promoting it for a long time, saying that Jet Li would walk the red carpet together, but in fact, the latter didn't come and didn't give this face.

These were all small things; the most important thing was that Yang Zai and Huang Shengyi looked left and right on the red carpet to attract the lens, having a feeling of not wanting to leave.

After being urged by the staff on site many times to no avail, the security personnel politely "accompanied" them to finish the red carpet.

In Sina's live broadcast room, everyone was scolding them for losing face...

In the end, Lin Nan couldn't hold on and fell asleep.

The next morning, early morning.

Liu Yifei left half an hour earlier than Lin Nan; one went to the China Film Digital Production Base, and the other went to shoot a fashion magazine.

"Brother Hua is a pity, just a little bit."

"But two out of four Chinese films this year is already very rare and very uncommon!"

"How? Which two were hit?"

Lin Nan walked in with a bun in his hand, asking while eating.

"Director Cai Shangjun's 'People Mountain People Sea' won the Silver Lion for Best Director, and Deanie Ip won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress for 'A Simple Life'!"

Lei Jiayin answered first.

"Deanie Ip?"

Lin Nan nodded and muttered.

Regarding this person, he wouldn't comment; Hong Kong is too small, and although many actors have good acting skills, their butts are more or less a bit... that.

"In this way, it means that the Taiwan play and John Woo's film returned empty-handed."

"Yes."

This news was quite good; two award-winning films, one was a mainland film, and one was invested and produced by the mainland.

"Yu Dong made money this time."

Lin Nan sighed; "A Simple Life" was invested in by Bona, and the film copyright shouldn't sell badly.

According to the time set by Liu Dehua, he could return to the crew in the morning, but Lin Nan felt he should let him rest for half a day.

The feeling of missing out on the Movie Emperor trophy must be very uncomfortable, especially since it was a Best Actor trophy from one of the three major film festivals!

In the huge film circle, actors who can be shortlisted for the main competition section of the three major film festivals once are very rare and lucky; they very likely won't wait for a second chance in their lifetime...

"Lin Dao, when will you open another award-chasing film?"

Zhou Xun suddenly asked with a smile.

Lin Nan could see through this thought at a glance.

In terms of awards, Zhou Xun was already a Grand Slam Best Actress in Chinese film festivals, almost having no desires.

"Don't know, when I open another award-chasing film, if there is a suitable role for you, I will consider it, don't pick supporting roles either..."

Hearing the conversation between Zhou Xun and Lin Nan, Lei Jiayin and Reba could only envy; this topic was too far away.

"Supporting role?" Zhou Xun suddenly raised her voice.

"Of course I won't pick, but there aren't many actresses who can let me play a supporting role, I'll wait. Heh..."

Some films on display hadn't even returned yet, and the news of selling copyrights at high prices had already been publicized everywhere.

The press release for "The Sorcerer and the White Snake" was very fake.

"'The Sorcerer and the White Snake' created a new record for overseas sales of domestic films in Venice!"

The moment this press release came out, it aroused suspicion from countless people.

"So many films claim to sell well in copyright sales, but they never disclose the data. How does *The Sorcerer and the White Snake* know it set a record?"

"*The Fortune* sold for 28.6 million USD; are you sure it sold higher than that? Give us an accurate number to look at!"

"This sounds like fooling ghosts; a record? A record that no one knows about?"

In less than half an hour, the official Weibo account for *The Sorcerer and the White Snake* deleted that press release.

The re-released draft was much more restrained: "The film *The Sorcerer and the White Snake* had great copyright sales in Venice..."

It would have been better if they hadn't changed it; changing it was a complete self-incrimination, admitting that the first press release was just bragging to fool domestic fans and audiences!

There was another wave of mockery online.