Chapter 415: Keep it to Film Yourself?

After 9 days of public screening, the box office of *Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon* broke through 400 million, making the film circle feel a bit shocked.

Looking at it this way, Tsui Hark is afraid he is going to break his own highest box office record, namely *Flying Swords of Dragon Gate* released during the New Year's slot the year before last, with a box office of 520 million.

Huayi, in these few days, can be said to have swept away the decline of the past two years, and finally had a film with a big box office explosion.

And on the other side, *Special ID*, fully produced by Sparkle Roll, also held its premiere ceremony 10 days in advance.

Media, film and television companies, cinemas, and filmmakers in the industry came to more than two hundred people; the scene was magnificent!

As the absolute "core", Donnie Yen held three positions: male lead, martial arts director, and general producer.

He treated this *Special ID* as his trump card to "revive his prestige" in the action film field, and also a comeback work.

"Before, I hadn't said the specific box office target for our film; today, taking advantage of the premiere, I can clearly tell all media friends and movie fans, audience:

My team's box office expectation for this film is 600 million as the bottom line, and I am very confident. I will also tell some peers what is the benchmark of modern action films.

The action design of *Special ID* has completely reached the level of leading the trend, reaching a height that some foreign filmmakers who shoot action scenes can use for reference..."

Donnie Yen's words were spoken sonorously, and were reported that afternoon, and quickly spread throughout the film and television circle and the internet.

Quite a few people in the industry were laughing, saying that Donnie Yen's words were said to Emperor Motion Pictures, Lin Nan Pictures, and Vincent Zhao.

As for the 600 million box office expectation, isn't that just comparing it to the 500 million+ box office of *Kung Fu Jungle*?

"If this film of his loses money, in the action film field, he will be completely kicked out of the first-tier team; as for other types of films, it won't be his turn at all."

After Yue Jun returned, he rarely commented on Donnie Yen, and his tone was very certain.

"Then I guess he has to honestly stay in the second tier, hahahaha..."

Lin Nan took the conversation and added a sentence.

He would never believe that a film shot under the command of a "martial arts director" controlling the team and the overall situation would be a good film.

The most vivid example is Yuen Woo-ping; as a martial arts director, he is the most top-tier, but transferring to be a director, almost every film he shoots loses money, and they are all bad films.

Not to mention Donnie Yen, this kind of half-baked person who commands the director as a martial arts director, lead actor, and producer, and interferes with film shooting.

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I remember it seemed to be six years ago, *Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit*, produced by a company under CCTV, was reported and taken off the shelves, making quite a few industry peers exclaim that it was unbelievable, simply ridiculous.

In these two days, in the eyes of quite a few industry insiders and netizens, the very childish *Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf* and *Boonie Bears* were also reported and stopped broadcasting and rectified.

Those reasons for reporting were truly bizarre.

Just like *Pleasant Goat*, what: the little sheep always tease the village head and don't respect their elders; Red Wolf often uses domestic violence against Grey Wolf;

Grey Wolf roasts sheep, boils sheep, electrocutes sheep, teaching children bad things; Red Wolf and Grey Wolf always have mushy calls like "wife", "husband", which is inducing children to be "sexually" precocious.

And *Boonie Bears* is even more direct; the whole animation is violent conflict between Logger Vick and two bears, and there are guns and ammunition.

So much so that quite a few companies in the industry with animation businesses are trembling, starting to be timid, and even Lin Nan's side has been affected.

"October Culture is worried that if *Monkey King: Hero is Back* is made, will it also be reported like this.

I heard that CCTV's *Journey to the West* animation has also been reported quite a few times in the past two years, and it can't hold on anymore."

Yue Jun conveyed the worries of Jin Dayong and others to Lin Nan; quite a few animated films have been reported and taken off the shelves.

Lin Nan pinched his eyebrows; he wanted to laugh and felt it was pathetic; this is what kind of broken environment. You might as well ban the divine dramas; that would be better than staring at animations!

"Tell them, don't worry about these; I'm here. If there are any accidents, I will go talk to the higher-ups.

Besides, after entering the cinema, put it directly on Tudou. If it really doesn't work, there is still a trick; I will go to the Movie Channel for help; even the General Administration can't manage it..."

Hearing Lin Nan say this, Yue Jun instantly felt much more stable.

"By the way, the errand I gave you last time, to what step has the progress reached?" Lin Nan looked at Yue Jun and asked.

"Lin Dao, you also said that this matter cannot be rushed and can be taken slowly. I just expressed the intention of acquisition tactfully two days ago."

"And then?"

"Several founders have different opinions, and the resistance is not small; some agree to our investment and shareholding..."

"Didn't refuse on the spot?"

"That didn't happen." Yue Jun thought about it and shook his head.

"Not refusing on the spot is good news; you continue to work hard. Shareholding is fine; that's them taking advantage, unless it's one hundred percent.

Dream is something that is best talked about after eating; it's the best of both worlds, and neither is delayed. In the end, at worst, take out the bottom-of-the-box trick—add money!"

"Hahaha, Lin Dao, your words are truly interesting."

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The National Day holiday is considered over, but the film market doesn't have the slightest intention of cooling down.

Produced by LeTV, Feng Shaofeng and Ni Ni's *Love Will Tear Us Apart*, the first-day box office harvested 14.85 million.

For a small-cost literary romance film with an investment cost of only a little over 10 million, this is a very eye-catching result.

Also real-life boyfriend and girlfriend, acting as lovers in the film together.

This film by Feng Shaofeng and Ni Ni is much stronger than that *The Allure of Tears* by Huang Xiaoming and Angelababy!

However, to this day, all records for films of the same type are still in the hands of Lin Nan and Liu Qianqian.

That is the romance literary film *The Fault in Our Stars*, which won the Cannes Film Festival Jury Prize and Best Supporting Actress Award, with a domestic box office as high as 488 million!

Lin Nan thought for two days and still called Tang Mu.

"Lin, have you considered it? That side has urged me several times. Their quotation is more than six times the price we bought it back for, nearly seven times."

"Tang Mu, go tell the other party, for this one, we are not considering selling it."

"What? Lin, what does this mean? Could it be that our company wants to keep it to film ourselves?"

Lin Nan nodded subconsciously and said with a smile: "It's not impossible. Listen to me, refuse them. For this one, I will have plans and arrangements later."

"This... alright, listen to you, who let you be the boss. By the way, send my greetings to Crystal."

"Haha, you guy, truly a bootlicker. I will convey it." Lin Nan laughed and scolded, then hung up the phone.

………… 【415-6

*The Breakup Guru* has only been filming for half a month. I heard from Wang Changtian that Deng Chao has already flown the crew to Mauritius, and the filming progress is quite fast.

When Lin Nan first heard this, four words popped into his mind: "shoddy and poorly made"?!

But then he thought about it—this seems to be a movie that forces humor just for the sake of being funny; it's not exactly high quality, it's just meant to make money!

Thinking about it this way, Lin Nan felt much better, with no "pressure" on his conscience.

Liu Yifei, who returned from the *Interstellar* crew, has resumed her usual "lazy" and leisurely life.

Add in Shu Chang, and the two of them share the exact same philosophy and state of being: eating, drinking, and having fun.

However, Lin Nan didn't get involved; he made another trip back to the Beijing Film Academy.

Han Jia's short film has finished editing. As the producer, Lin Nan has to go take a look; it's his responsibility.

Driving all the way to the film academy, he then flashed his face to enter the school gate, which sparked curiosity and discussion among many passing students.

Lin Nan's photo has always been the "top billing" in the school's outstanding alumni section.

In recent years, current students are much sharper than before, and they have more schemes in mind.

Walking on campus, Lin Nan would be stopped from time to time, with girls making up ninety-nine percent of them.

This made him unable to help but lament that the Chen Yanxi's recruitment is becoming increasingly unreliable; they really only look at faces and not potential.

Moreover, the quality of teaching is also getting worse and worse; these students don't have a shred of acting ability.

Seeing Lin Nan, the schemes and desires in those pairs of eyes clearly outweighed the "worship" they spoke of with their mouths.

"When I go back to school later, I'll have to choose carefully what courses to teach..."

Walking toward the Directing Department, Lin Nan found Han Jia in the editing room.

"Senior Brother Lin, you're here. Help me take a look. It's a short film totaling 32 minutes and 43 seconds."

Generally speaking, a short film is sufficient at 20 minutes; he didn't expect Han Jia's to be half an hour.

"Is the thesis finished too?"

"Yeah, I just finished writing it these past two days."

Lin Nan had a feeling that Han Jia seemed a bit different today. Did she grow up within a few days?

"You were always carefree in front of me before. Being this 'normal' today, isn't that a bit abnormal?"

"Sigh, my dad has changed too much in the last half month, which has made me reflect quite a bit.

He said he wants to open a company for me and told me not to be as unreliable as before. He said a lot; he had never talked to me that much before..."

Han Jia said a lot with a face full of emotion.

Uh... Lin Nan really didn't know how to respond to this kind of thing.

He knew that the father and daughter communicated very little in the past; Han Sanping was always busy with China Film Group's affairs, and his daughter was basically left to her own devices.

This sudden change was indeed abrupt and could certainly make Han Jia change quite a bit.

"Come on, let's watch your graduation work first..."

Lin Nan sat in the seat Han Jia vacated and began to analyze the film.

After reviewing the 32-minute and 43-second short film back and forth three times, Lin Nan finally stopped.

"The camera editing is fairly smooth, and the cuts are okay. The plot... let's give it a seventy. After all the 'extra points' at the end, you should be able to get an outstanding graduate award."

Lin Nan said to Han Jia very affirmatively.

Although this world is very unfair, this is reality.

With his and Han Sanping's endorsement, there won't be any surprises with Han Jia's final grades; it will definitely be a high score of no less than 90!

Hearing Lin Nan say this, Han Jia was instantly happy.

"Then starting tomorrow, I can go to the Chinese Department with peace of mind until the graduation defense next year, haha..."

Sure enough, she still hasn't forgotten about the Chinese Department.

"Do you still want to be a screenwriter in the future?" Lin Nan asked.

"Yeah, I like screenwriting. Directing can be a backup side job."

Han Jia was quite direct, "When I write a good script in the future, can I ask Senior Brother Lin to film it?"

"Haha, of course you can. I'm looking forward to your script."

"Then you wait and see."

When leaving the Beijing Film Academy, Lin Nan saw Chen Jinfei's car at the school gate.

However, the person getting out of the car wasn't Chen Jinfei, but that female student from the Chen Yanxi who looked a bit like Liu Xiaoli.

Of course, in Lin Nan's view, it was at most just a superficial resemblance in appearance; the most important temperament was more than a hundred thousand miles away.

…………

I probably won't be able to get up in the morning...

(End of chapter)