Chapter 241

Lin Nan knew that Yang Shoucheng's dinner party wasn't that simple.

In the huge private room, besides Yang Shoucheng, it was full of beauties.

When Lin Nan brought Liu Yifei to the scene, a group of people felt a bit awkward.

The final result was, a "dinner party" is a dinner party, nothing else!

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"That Bai Bing, is she your fellow villager?"

"Hmm, heard from Huo Wenxi, she is indeed my fellow villager."

"Quite pretty; I've seen 'The Myth' she acted in with Hu Ge."

"Pretty? I didn't really notice that... However, she definitely can't compare to you!"

Seeing Lin Nan didn't take the bait, Miss Liu suddenly felt it was boring.

They are all people in the film and television industry; Liu Yifei has heard of them even if she hasn't seen them.

In her view, tonight this was a "Hongmen Banquet" set up by Emperor for Lin Nan, with ill intentions!

"Later, if they invite you to dinner again, I want to go too."

In the hotel, Liu Yifei frowned and suddenly said to Lin Nan, her tone unquestionable.

"Hahaha, okay, I'll take you. The air is really sour!"

"You're the sour one..."

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The next day, "Bad Genius" crew.

Several people were pulling newspapers, looking at yesterday's entertainment news.

"This Xiang Huaqiang's influence is a bit big; one cocktail party occupied an entire page."

"Most are Hong Kong directors, artists, and mainland ones, hmm? Is this Tang Ren?"

Luo Jin discovered something interesting and pointed to some photos on the scene.

Lin Nan glanced at it; it really was Cai Yinong, followed by Hu Ge and Liu Shishi.

"Cai Yinong does have a Hong Kong circle background, but Tang Ren's position is very awkward.

Can't integrate into the mainland circle, can't squeeze into the Hong Kong core layer, neither side is touched, can only play with TV dramas."

Lin Nan said casually, just feeling that Hu Ge was a bit of a pity, actually being brought over to support Xiang Huaqiang...

The crew started working.

After knowing about the "sponsorship fee" and seeing the receipt, and hearing those words from her father, the female lead accepted the classmate's request to cheat in her heart; she wanted to earn that money for her family and her father.

"Come, try it."

Lin Nan pointed to the piano that was sent over and said to Liu Yifei.

He knew Miss Liu could play the piano; this was just to let her try her hand. In fact, Miss Liu could play many musical instruments.

Liu Yifei walked over and played skillfully, then looked at Lin Nan and said: "Can't compare to the piano at home before."

"This is just ordinary goods, used for filming, definitely can't compare to yours."

How many girls, at fourteen or fifteen, could have a piano worth over a hundred thousand prepared at home?

In the plot, the female lead's first time helping 7 people cheat was using the piano technique.

Four options, played out using the fingering of different musical fragments.

Therefore, Liu Yifei had to have a shot of teaching several people to play the piano and identifying and memorizing the rhythm of finger tapping.

And the cost of helping to cheat was paid in the name of piano lesson tutoring fees.

"Are you ready?"

"Hmm, ready."

Except for the leads, the other five were all real art school students.

"Ready, action!"

Liu Yifei sat in front of the piano, explaining to several people the four musical fragments that replaced the a, b, c, and d options.

"Next exam, from 8:30 to 10:30, I will start passing answers to you at 9:15. Pay attention to my desktop, my finger movements."

"Every four questions, I will only give the answers to the first three, do the last one yourself; this is to ensure that everyone's score is different, so as not to be discovered..."

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"Cut, prepare to change scenes."

"Lin Nan, how did you write this script? Did you cheat during the director department exam?"

Zhu Yawen couldn't help but tease, and before Lin Nan could speak, he was retorted by Liu Yifei.

"Do you think Lin Nan needs to cheat? Like you?"

"Exactly, exactly, my brother's exam scores are higher than yours even without cheating." Shu Chang nodded in agreement.

Lin Nan looked at Shu Chang and smiled, "How do you know?"

"Damn, did he really open such a back door for you?"

Luo Jin and Zhu Yawen widened their eyes and asked in unison.

"What's there to be surprised about? Anyway, I've already graduated, so it doesn't matter to talk about it.

Since my junior year, I haven't taken any exams; Old Jiang 'made' my grades every time, starting at 80 points. Hehe..."

"Pah! The school is really snobbish."

"Right, it is indeed a bit snobbish, haha..."

Zhu Yawen and Luo Jin complained to each other.

"If you two had won a Best Actor award at the three major European film festivals back then, you would have had this treatment too." Lin Nan mocked.

Once these words were spoken, the two were silent, having been hit.

On the side, Liu Yifei and Shu Chang laughed out loud seeing their awkward appearance.

Cameras and other props were moved to the classroom.

"Action!"

The first group cheating was perfect.

……

A close-up shot of Liu Yifei happily holding the passbook, and a shot of Tony Leung wearing the clothes bought by his daughter.

"Is teaching piano that profitable?"

"Right, they are all classmates from wealthy families..."

……

The reputation of the "piano tutoring class" spread faintly among the classmates.

"A few more people want to sign up for the 'tutoring class'."

Shu Chang whispered to Liu Yifei, whose eyes had become firm and confident; she glanced at the few people on the side and nodded in agreement.

……

"Although the finished film is still early, this already has the tense atmosphere of a crime-themed movie, a bit exciting!"

Zhu Yawen was excited on the side, and many crew members felt the same, nodding.

"Xixi is like a crime boss now, and I keep pulling 'downlines' for her."

Shu Chang hugged Liu Yifei's arm and said with a smile.

"Go away, you're the crime boss."

Liu Yifei had a smile on her face and retorted. However, in her heart, she also felt it was very exciting.

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The premiere of "Pacific Rim" was held as scheduled in the capital.

Even if Lin Nan didn't attend, it didn't affect the atmosphere at the scene at all.

As a sci-fi blockbuster with an investment of 160 million US dollars, "Pacific Rim" was regarded by the industry as a giant in the second half of the New Year's film season.

This film would break into the Spring Festival season from the New Year's season, and all films in the same period would face the pressure of "Pacific Rim".

Including the second half of "The Flowers of War" and "The Flying Swords of Longmen", they would also be affected.

Yue Jun took Zhang Yi, Lei Jiayin, and Reba to attend the premiere; the four were representatives of Lin Nan Film Industry.

Especially Zhang Yi, who was one of the protagonists of this sci-fi blockbuster, and many people at the scene were greeting him.

To put it colloquially, Zhang Yi was the top brother of Lin Nan Film Industry, and he was at the forefront among first-tier actors.

On the other side, Lu Zheng led Jing Tian, who was also a key target for various production companies to make friends with.

"Brother Lin's 'Bad Genius' should be filming right now, right?" Jing Tian muttered in a low voice.

"Should be busy; his crew doesn't accept visits, and the Hong Kong paparazzi were all blocked outside the school by Emperor's people."

"The 3D effect just now was great, far better than 'The Flying Swords of Longmen', the box office will definitely explode!"

Thinking of the shocked appearance of everyone at the scene after watching the film just now, Lu Zheng was very excited.

As the female lead on the domestic side, Jing Tian had quite a few shots, and this time she would definitely explode in popularity.

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"Han Dong, the application didn't come down?"

Ye Ning leaned over to Han Sanping and asked nervously.

Seeing Han Sanping shake his head, "It hasn't come down yet. Whether it can be extended, the higher-ups didn't reply. Even if it can be extended, how long it can be extended is hard to say."

Applying for an extension of the screening time for "Pacific Rim" was unanimously agreed upon by the three parties; it just depended on the meaning of the Film Bureau.

This film is not an imported film, but a co-production, and domestic capital accounts for the majority; in Han Sanping's view, the hope for extension is still very high.

"This film, as Lin Dao Nan said, our box office target is no longer 1 billion, but over 100 million."

Han Sanping stood on the stage, holding the microphone, and reported the number of 100 million.

If it weren't for watching the 3D version just now, the people present would really doubt whether this goal could be achieved, but now, it's hard to say, because the visual effect is really very shocking.

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"Reba, you go to Hong Kong after New Year's Day."

Yue Jun sat in his seat and said to Reba next to him.

"Go to Hong Kong, is it at Lin Dao's place?"

"Right, Lin Dao will arrange for you to make a cameo, showing your face more, it won't hurt."

Hearing this, many actors around cast envious eyes.

"Hmm, Director Yue, I'll set off after New Year's Day ends." Reba nodded and agreed excitedly.

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"Bad Genius" side.

A group of people had already seen the news of the "Pacific Rim" premiere.

"100 million? I remember how much Lin Nan Film Industry accounts for?"

"%."

Just as Zhu Yawen asked, Liu Yifei answered immediately.

"Global release, %... terrifying!"

"Xixi, I'll hug your thigh from now on."

As she spoke, Shu Chang actually squatted down and hugged Liu Yifei's leg.

"It has nothing to do with me..." Liu Yifei said with a bright smile.

Looking at a group of bored guys, Lin Nan shook his head.

"Old Zhu, hurry up and put on makeup, it's your turn to appear. The plot is starting to unfold!"

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Lin Nan received a call from Han Sanping.

"Regarding the extension of 'Pacific Rim', I told Director Tong, in principle he will help, but it is estimated that it will take until after the film is released to have a definite answer."

"Anything is fine, just call and tell me when the time comes."

"Right, there's one more thing."

Hearing this, Lin Nan's heart skipped a beat.

"Could it be that the matter of Potato was leaked?" he muttered in his heart.

"Han Dong, what else is there?"

"I'm preparing to invest in John Woo's new film, it's estimated to start filming the year after next, this time it's another big project."

Han Sanping is like this; once he has a big project, he can't help but show off.

Lin Nan didn't know what to say at this moment; this was too speechless.

"Are you sure? 'Red Cliff' was scolded miserably back then! And there were constant accidents halfway through." Lin Nan kindly reminded.

"It's different, 'Red Cliff' after all, the story is too far away, and the coordination during filming was not in place. This time it's something from sixty years ago, be careful, no problem.

Think about it, the flames of war, family and country feelings, children's love, a romantic story against a big background, just like 'Titanic', and it's still a tragedy, definitely not bad!

Besides, the original 'Red Cliff', although scolded, China Film made money..."

Hearing these words from Han Sanping, Lin Nan actually had no way to refute! Couldn't find the words!

He remembered clearly that Han Sanping had said back then that he would never invest in John Woo's projects again, and he forgot it just like that?

How did that saying go? Right, good words are hard to persuade a damned ghost!

At this moment, Lin Nan could only wish Han Sanping good luck and mourn when the time comes...

"Then, then congratulations to Han Dong, another blockbuster."

"Hahaha, easy to say, hanging up first. I'm going to chat with Old Ren..."

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