Chapter 399: The Donkey of the Production Team

"The Film Bureau is also busy, having to manage things like breaking up fights."

The scolding battle between Gao Qunshu and Guo Jingming broke out completely after the first-day box office of the two films came out, and it was out of control.

The former scolded *Tiny Times* as a brainless garbage film, and its behind-the-scenes capital side suppressed *A Moment of Love*.

And Guo Jingming refuted it, and a large number of fans started scolding and cyberbullying...

Quite a few filmmakers and production companies in the circle started to take sides, and the influence was bad!

The Film Bureau had no choice but to call these two people, as well as the production and distribution parties of the two films, to a meeting.

The meaning was very clear: screen share is market behavior, and seat occupancy is the audience's choice.

There is no inside story, no conspiracy, no capital suppression in this.

Both sides must shake hands and make peace, settle the matter, and are not allowed to make trouble again!

"This *A Moment of Love* can be considered completely cold; there's no saving it. The screen share will definitely be cut again and distributed to other box office hits."

Lin Nan was chatting in a low voice with Ning Hao on the side, but his eyes were watching *A Touch of Sin* on the big screen in front; the guests at the scene were also watching very seriously.

The "honest person" played by Jiang Wu held a double-barreled shotgun, one shot each, blood splashing, which was decisive and ruthless.

Wang Baoqiang was riding a motorcycle and was intercepted and robbed by three people holding axes.

He directly took out a Browning Hi-Power pistol, shot one in the head, three shots for three people, revealing a gloomy and cold-blooded air.

Seeing this, Wang Baoqiang's acting skills made Lin Nan's eyes light up again; perhaps he was more suitable for non-comedy films.

This film was indeed a rare "refreshing film" in the country, decisive in killing, making people watch it very enjoyably.

"This film, can it really be released?"

Ning Hao swallowed his saliva and asked suspiciously.

When have you seen a head-exploding scene in a domestic film? And not just one shot, although there was no close-up.

His *No Man's Land* could still reshoot the ending, but this film was more direct, bloody, and violent, and couldn't be changed even if you wanted to.

"The release date was forced to be postponed to early November; whether there will be an accident in these two months, who knows? Anyway, the copyright must have sold well; it's not short of that box office."

Hearing this from Lin Nan, Ning Hao got stuck: "You directors who win awards at international film festivals speak really harshly! What do you mean by 'not short of that box office'?"

Lin Nan smiled and didn't say anything; it seemed it was indeed a bit of showing off?

At this time, the film also ended, and all the guests in the circle below applauded; this *A Touch of Sin* deserved applause.

Jia Zhangke stood on the stage with a smile, holding a microphone, with Jiang Wu and Wang Baoqiang on the side, as well as the eternal heroine of his films: Zhao Tao.

"This is a work of my style transformation, I hope everyone will give more opinions, so I can change..."

"Don't say, just this attitude, Director Jia gives a much better impression than Director Chen!" Ning Hao said with a click of his tongue.

Lin Nan added a sentence by some stroke of luck: "Setting aside that controversial *Farewell My Concubine*, judging by the film alone, this one is also better, just not good at commercial films."

"Damn, don't let what we said spread out, it will offend Director Chen, haha..."

About half an hour later, Lin Nan greeted Jia Zhangke and Wang Baoqiang and left the venue early.

August is the month when the summer slot is most fiercely fought; there are many films released, and naturally, there are more cannon fodder.

To be honest, Huang Xiaoming is a bit sympathetic.

The two films he starred in, *A Moment of Love* and *Mad 2*, were released one after another, one on the 8th and one on the 9th.

After the former raked in 3.55 million on the first day, *Mad 2* was officially released.

At this point, the box office of the two films was one worse than the other, which could be called miserable!

On the contrary, Fan Bingbing, her films have always been very stable, and the box office rarely loses money.

"Starring Huang Xiaoming and Yang Ying, *A Moment of Love* had a second-day box office of 2.45 million, and the future is worrying."

"Starring Huang Xiaoming with zero salary, the film *Mad 2* had a first-day box office of 560,000; the cinema chain has not yet expressed whether it can continue to be released."

"*One Night Surprise* had a first-day revenue of 12 million, Fan Bingbing's box office appeal is stable!"

Among the domestic films already released, *About Time* is the most persistent.

The daily box office actually unexpectedly rose to 28.3 million; maybe it was set off by the "bad films" in the same slot?!

However, a fan-oriented film like *Tiny Times 2* is indeed quite fierce, all counting on the first week to explode.

It raked in 93.4 million in two days of release, directly crushing the same type of *Young Style*.

The latter was in theaters for a week, stopping at 23 million, with the daily box office falling below 200,000, and no further progress, but it also made a small profit.

Lin Nan saw Especially Reba at Liu Yifei's place, and the latter looked joyful.

In *Passengers*, she was an AI, considered the second female lead; in *Bad Genius*, she made a three-minute cameo;

Now in *About Time*, her role as the sister is also the second female lead.

For countless new actresses, these three films of Especially Reba are already a perfect start.

"Lin Dao, I came to the capital to run errands, and by the way, came to see Sister Yifei."

Especially Reba's smiling appearance indeed has a feeling of "silly and sweet," but don't be like this in reality.

"The status should have risen, right?" Lin Nan joked.

Although the salary of the actors under his hand is the responsibility of the company team, and he doesn't know much about it, he guesses it should have risen.

Sure enough, he saw Especially Reba instantly a bit embarrassed: "It rose a lot, Director Yue joked that I climbed to the threshold of the second line..."

"Haha, this word 'climb' is used vividly, work hard and continue to move forward."

Lin Nan was amused; it seemed that he still had to arrange good resources for Especially Reba later, so she could stand firm in the second line, and then continue to advance towards the first line.

"Next month school starts, she will also be a senior."

Liu Yifei brought a large plate of fruit and put it on the table in the garden.

"So fast?" Lin Nan exclaimed; in a blink of an eye, she was going to be a senior?!

He still remembers when she was taking the art exam, Jiang Xuerou called him and said she saw a girl at the Shanghai Theatre Academy.

"Mm, the school asked me to go back early; now in the 10th grade, I am the one who developed the best."

Especially Reba said excitedly; her classmates in the class all envied her, and even the counselors and teachers would pay special attention to her.

"That, I plan to self-draft the topic for my graduation thesis..."

Suddenly, Especially Reba looked at Lin Nan, a bit embarrassed.

Lin Nan was stunned for a moment; this turning opening remark, why is it so familiar?

"I want to use *Passengers* and *About Time*, these two films, as the basis for the thesis..."

Good heavens, Lin Nan just said why it was so familiar!

Guo Fan's graduate thesis was based on *Passengers*, and Han Jia's thesis was also going to use *The Taking of Tiger Mountain*.

Liu Yifei was eating grapes elegantly and smiled sweetly: "My suggestion to her, how is it?"

Lin Nan gave a thumbs up, "Your idea, amazing. Guo Fan and Han Jia were both doing this, hehe..."

"If there is anything you need help with, just say it."

"Thank you, Lin Dao, thank you, Sister Yifei." Especially Reba shouted with a smile.

*Ip Man 3* and *Red Sorghum* both started filming at the beginning of June, and it has been more than two months now.

Huo Wenxi came to the capital for something, and by the way, came to see Lin Nan to talk about the specific filming progress.

"According to Director Wilson Yip's estimate, *Ip Man 3* can wrap up at the earliest at the end of next month, and if it's later, it will be the first ten days of October."

"Mm, this filming progress is quite reasonable." Lin Nan nodded.

After all, kung fu films are not easy to film, and they are also very expensive for action actors; often a few minutes of shots take several days to film, and if there is any injury, it will delay time even more.

After chatting for a while, Lin Nan also knew the purpose of Huo Wenxi's trip to Beijing.

It seems that the news of La Pei Kang taking over has already spread in the circle, at least in the top layer of the circle.

It can only be said that for thousands of years, some cultures of the Chinese people are really too deeply rooted and deeply branded in the bones.

Huo Wenxi is representing Emperor Motion Pictures, coming to pave the way for Yang Shoucheng.

The boss of China Film is about to change, so Emperor Motion Pictures chose this more appropriate time to come and "worship the pier."

Coming too early is easy to offend Han Sanping; coming too late doesn't show sincerity.

Han San Ye is officially handing over power at the end of next month, so Yang Shoucheng prepared to come a month and a half in advance, which is just right!

"Has Lin Dao dealt with Chairman La?"

"Seen him, Han Chairman pulled the line, and we had a meal at China Film." Lin Nan said calmly.

This sentence heard in Huo Wenxi's ears, the meaning is different; this represents Lin Nan's identity and his status at China Film.

After staying at Lin Nan Film Industry for about forty minutes, Huo Wenxi left.

Lin Nan personally sent her downstairs, mainly because he was a bit emotional; he sighed lightly:

"Although it's not a tree falling, it has a feeling of monkeys scattering!"

The weakness of fan films is vividly displayed on *Tiny Times 2*.

The daily box office of *About Time* will still have growth, and the daily box office of adjacent two days in the first week fluctuates by about 2 million at most.

But *Tiny Times 2* is different; the first day's daily box office is its highest daily box office.

From the second day, it went on the old path of *Tiny Times 1*, with the daily box office falling by about 10 million every day; this node was 3 days earlier than *Tiny Times 1*!

52 million, 41.4 million, 30.35 million, 21.2 million!

"*Tiny Times 2* had a first weekend of 4 days, with a total box office of 144.95 million, lower than *About Time*'s 151.5 million!"

"*Tiny Times 2* has no possibility of making up for the box office regret of the first part, and even from the 480 million of the first part, it will be far behind."

"*Mad 2* was in theaters for three days, with a total box office of 1.12 million, regrettably off the screen."

Maybe because she is about to go on a long trip, Liu Yifei hasn't treated Lin Nan as a person these days.

But a donkey can't be used like this; it must be relaxed and tight.

"Xixi."

"Mm, what's wrong?"

Liu Yifei's voice was milky, with a bit of nasal sound.

"In the past, the donkey of the production team only worked 6 or 7 hours a day."

"Hehe... let you go first, sleep..."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 400 =====