Chapter 400: If There Was No Filming Conflict Back Then

The Film Bureau's official website announced the latest film filing information.

The script submitted by Zhang Yimou's studio, adapted from *Coming Home*, has passed the review.

It's just that the filed film name is not *Coming Home*, but *Coming Home*.

LeEco's Zhang Zhao stated that the film name *Coming Home* also has another layer of meaning, which is Zhang Yimou's "return."

The movements of big directors in the circle always attract the media's attention.

Chen Kaige is still looking for big names from Hong Kong and Taiwan for *Monk Comes Down the Mountain*.

Feng Xiaogang, who is preparing for the Spring Festival Gala, shouted the slogan that this gala does not want "praises," which sounds quite like the real thing!

"Is it so naked?"

Lin Nan exclaimed; he was shocked by Huayi's operation.

The Wang brothers made full use of Feng Xiaogang's advantage as the general director of the Spring Festival Gala.

They used the gala's "selection of people" and "selection of programs" as bargaining chips, doing "human favors" and "transactions" for the film and television circle and the entertainment circle.

You know, the Spring Festival Gala is the top-level promotional platform, and there is never a shortage of stars and artists in the industry who want to become famous overnight and go further.

Now, Feng Xiaogang is the general director, and Huayi is equivalent to indirectly possessing this channel.

Wang Zhonglei is very direct and has already hinted to the circle:

"'Excellent artists', 'newcomers with potential' all have the opportunity to show their talents to the national audience on the stage of the Spring Festival Gala. Welcome colleagues or artists in the industry to recommend or self-recommend to Director Feng Xiaogang..."

So during this period, film, television, and entertainment companies in the circle almost trampled Huayi's threshold, and quite a few big names with juniors were also like this, all to stuff people in.

Because everyone knows that Huayi must prioritize its own artists.

As for how much room for operation can be left for the outside, that's hard to say, but it definitely won't be much.

After all, that's the Spring Festival Gala; it can't be too blatant. The competition for opportunities and quotas will definitely be very fierce!

Lin Nan Film Industry also received the wind from Huayi; if they want, they can arrange it.

To be honest, Lin Nan was stunned, and he really thought about it: should he stuff Reba and Zhao Liying over?

But the next moment, he dismissed this idea.

There is never a free lunch in the world; what seems free is actually the most expensive, especially things in the entertainment circle.

Maybe Wang Zhonglei is eager for Lin Nan to speak up; as long as he speaks up, it will probably succeed.

But the thing of human favor, in the end, must be returned, and it is not easy to return.

"Reply to Huayi, our company has no plans to let actors go to the Spring Festival Gala."

Lin Nan made a decision and ordered his assistant.

"Okay, Lin Dao."

Huang Xiaoming suddenly became the object of ridicule online, and quite a few people in the circle were comforting and encouraging him.

Because the two films he starred in were all forced off the screen.

After *Mad 2* was withdrawn with a box office of 1.12 million, just two days later, *A Moment of Love* was also abandoned by the cinema chain.

In 6 days of release, the total box office was 10.22 million, and the daily box office fell below 50,000, completely cold.

However, almost no one scolded Huang Xiaoming, and even Yang Ying was only sprayed for her garbage acting skills.

The one who was scolded the most was Gao Qunshu, who high-profile opened fire on Guo Jingming before the film was released, shouting that *Tiny Times* was garbage.

Because facts proved that the *A Moment of Love* he directed was also garbage, and there was no "wind, flower, snow, and moon shot" at all!

At this point, he was not only besieged and scolded by *Tiny Times* fans, but other netizens were also joining in the fun, mocking and slapping his face.

After all, for the two films released on the same day, Gao Qunshu's side retreated in a mess with a box office of 10.22 million, the word-of-mouth was rotten, and the content was seriously inconsistent with the promotion!

And on Guo Jingming's side, although the evaluation was also very rotten, everyone knew what kind of film this was beforehand, and didn't cheat people into the cinema.

And others used six days to get a high box office of 183 million, a complete victory!

Lin Nan was definitely focusing on the situation of *About Time*.

"Lin Dao, 13 days, 401 million, today's daily box office might fall below 20 million!"

On the phone, Guo Fan's voice came, with a tone of spring breeze and pride.

It was indeed worth being happy, because *About Time* was currently leading the August slot.

As long as it got another 80 million, it could crush *Tiny Times 1* and become the champion of the summer slot.

And this was not the final goal; the most important thing was that the box office of *About Time* had to rush to 500 million!

"Congratulations to you, Director of the 400 million box office club."

"Haha, thank you, Lin Dao. I'm waiting to go up another level, at least with Lu Yang and Professor Xue Xiaolu."

"Looking at this box office trend, 500 million should be no problem. As for 600 million, it might be difficult."

In Lin Nan's words, there was already room for maneuver.

600 million box office was not difficult, but almost impossible, because the further back it went, the daily box office would only be more powerless.

"Already satisfied, there will be opportunities in the future, right, hahaha..."

"That's right, there are still many opportunities."

Early the next morning, the headlines of film and television information were the box office data of several films.

*About Time* was in theaters for two weeks, getting 421.4 million, leaving others far behind.

Next was *Tiny Times 2*, one week, 200 million.

Among imported films, *Fast & Furious 6* was the fiercest, raking in 410 million in three weeks, with its potential exhausted.

Other films were in another box office grade, with no comparative significance.

Lin Nan tried hard to open his eyes, woken up by the phone ringing and vibrating.

Ever since Warner announced the cast of *Interstellar* to the outside world, Miss Liu had been preparing.

At this point, Nolan finally contacted him to notify the time to enter the crew.

"Lin, I'm calling you counting the time difference; are you still resting?"

"Haha, thank you, Christopher. I'm used to sleeping a little longer."

"The staff just told me that crystal's phone has been unanswered, so I can only call you."

This sentence, Lin Nan didn't know how to answer for a while.

You call Liu Yifei at eight in the morning?

She is neither filming in the crew nor has any announcement arrangements; it would be strange if it could be connected!

"Telling me is the same; I'll convey it to her in a moment." Lin Nan sat up and said with a smile.

"I thought so too. You tell crystal that she has to arrive in Hollywood on September 1st; the crew is going to start work."

Lin Nan's spirit was shocked; it should be five o'clock in the afternoon in Los Angeles, he opened his mouth:

"No problem, Christopher. Before eight o'clock tonight on your side, she will call you back."

"Mm, okay, Lin."

After hanging up, Lin Nan had no sleepiness, started to wash up, and prepared to go next door for breakfast.

Since a long time ago, Liu Xiaoli specifically instructed the nanny that there should be things Lin Nan likes to eat for three meals.

Over the past few years, the number of times Lin Nan and Liu Xiaoli had breakfast together was actually more than Liu Yifei, the biological daughter, just because the latter loved to sleep in.

"I have to go wake her up."

Putting down the things in his hand, Liu Xiaoli went to the second floor and headed towards Miss Liu's room.

Lin Nan couldn't help but laugh, waiting to watch a good show.

As long as she doesn't work, the most irritable time for Liu Yifei every day is the morning.

But one thing subdues another; in front of her own mother, she can always be made obedient.

Sure enough, in less than three minutes, Liu Yifei's coquettish voice of begging for mercy came from the open door, but it was clearly of no avail.

"Ah, don't pull my ears, I'll get up, okay..."

Twenty minutes later, the bowls and chopsticks in front of Lin Nan were cleared, and Liu Yifei walked out of the room yawning.

She was wearing pajamas, her long hair was draped, and her white, tender feet were bare, looking at Lin Nan with a lifeless look, pitifully.

Only when she was forcibly "awakened" by Liu Xiaoli would Miss Liu be in this state and appearance.

"Hahaha, go wash up quickly. Nolan just called, September 1st, you have to enter the crew."

Hearing the business, the decadent aura on Liu Yifei instantly swept away,

"September 1st? Then there are only two weeks left!"

"Right, you need to call Nolan back."

Hearing Lin Nan's words, Liu Yifei immediately turned and went to the room. In less than a while, she changed her clothes and ran to wash up.

When Miss Liu is serious, any morning irritability can be thrown away.

Several film festival news poured out in a cluster.

"Led by Director Jiang Wen, the Chinese film team is heading to Venice one after another..."

"The Golden Rooster Committee officially announced the nomination list for all awards at 9:00 AM..."

"In this Golden Rooster Award, *Back to 1942* and *American Dreams in China* far exceed other works in nominations!"

How much weight the Golden Rooster has, you can tell by looking at the nomination list; it's really a bit thin.

In the eyes of people in the circle, the only ones that can support the scene are *Back to 1942* and *American Dreams in China*; the others are films that haven't been heard of.

Although for Lin Nan, the Golden Rooster is nothing to pay attention to, for actors in the industry, it's different.

Just like at this moment, Yang Mi, who is in the *Swords of Legends* crew!

The morning filming hasn't started yet, and quite a few actors in the crew are greeting each other, chatting about the news outside.

Something like: "How much is *About Time* away from 500 million", "Director Jiang Wen went to be a jury member for the main competition unit", "*Back to 1942* 8 nominations", "*American Dreams in China* 6 nominations"...

Only Yang Mi looked at the news on her phone with a dull gaze: "Director Chen Kaige's work, *Caught in the Web*, received a nomination for Best Supporting Actress!"

"*Caught in the Web*, Best Supporting Actress nomination..."

Yang Mi whispered, and at this moment, she really felt uncomfortable in her chest, as if there was a breath blocking it, a feeling of suffocation.

Originally, this supporting role was supposed to be played by her, but in the end, in the end, it was replaced by Chen Hong because of filming conflicts.

She considered herself no worse than Wang Luodan; if there was no filming conflict back then...

"Mi Mi, what's wrong with you?"

Ceng Jia discovered Yang Mi's abnormality, walked up to ask, and saw the news on the phone on the dressing table at a glance.

This, Ceng Jia really didn't know how to comfort her; she knew Yang Mi's initial ideal: to be a good actor, longing for awards.

"Jia Jia." Yang Mi turned her head and looked at Ceng Jia.

"Mm?"

"If I didn't have a filming conflict back then and acted *Caught in the Web* well, maybe today's Best Supporting Actress nomination would be me."

Yang Mi's voice was a bit hollow, representing her extremely lost and frustrated mood at the moment, her heart in chaos.

The thing she once dreamed of was pushed away by her own hands like that; even if it was just an opportunity, this opportunity was really big, wasn't it?

"But, but we have already missed it, Mi Mi."

Ceng Jia stammered for a long while, and could only say such a comforting word, by the way, avoiding some responsibilities.

Missing it is missing it; maybe there was no fate in the first place?

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 401 =====