Chapter 420

When he says wrap, it wraps, without any ambiguity.

"Jointly produced by Enlight Pictures and Lin Nan Film Industry, directed by Deng Chao, and starring Deng Chao and Yang Mi, the comedy film 'The Breakup Guru' has officially wrapped today after nearly a month of filming."

"Directing for the first time, Deng Chao stated that he will complete the film's post-production as soon as possible, striving to meet the audience in the first half of next year."

Wang Changtian specifically called Lin Nan over to attend the wrap party together.

"The special effects for 'The Four: Final Battle' are already done. Wang Zong, please send someone to Tiangong Color to inspect them later."

"Finally finished? Just in time to put it in the second half of next year, one after the other with 'The Breakup Guru'." Old Wang said with some excitement.

Lin Nan smiled and shook his head without responding; it's uncertain whether he will have to clash head-on with Enlight next year.

Because "Ip Man 3" and "The Invisible Guest" will both be released in the mainland next year.

Thinking of "The Invisible Guest," Lin Nan realized one thing.

Han Sanping once suggested that Lin Nan should go find La Peikang for next year's quota of imported films after he retires.

This period seems to be exactly when China Film is working on its second-year work plan.

And over in North America, "The Invisible Guest" is only a month away from release.

Lin Nan knows he should go see La Peikang; there's no time like the present!

"Wang Zong, I'm heading out first."

"The banquet has only just started, why are you leaving already?" Wang Changtian asked, puzzled.

"Going to China Film."

Hearing this answer, Wang Changtian had nothing more to say; he must be going to see the new chairman.

"Alright, serious matters come first."

Under the puzzled gazes of Deng Chao, Yang Mi, Xie Nan, and others, Lin Nan left the hotel.

After leaving the big tree that was Daylight Entertainment, he realized that striking out on his own was actually so difficult.

I don't know why, even though he had been here twice last month, this time, when Lin Nan drove into the China Film gate, he inexplicably felt a sense of sadness.

"Lin Dao?"

At the reception desk, someone saw Lin Nan and ran over.

"Is... Chairman La in?"

"He is, but he has someone with him right now. You'll need to wait a moment."

"Alright."

Lin Nan sat in the reception room, eating fruit as casually as before, until ten minutes later, he saw the person walking out of the chairman's office.

"Wu Yusen! Looking at that complexion, something's not quite right, eh?"

After Wu Yusen and his party had walked far away, someone finally came to invite Lin Nan; it was La Peikang's secretary, whom he had met once before.

Sure enough, Han Sanping's secretary had been transferred.

"Lin Dao, Chairman La invites you in."

"Alright."

After a month, walking into this China Film chairman's office again, the layout and decoration were completely different, much more elegant.

At this moment, only four words were in Lin Nan's mind: things remain, people change.

However, La Peikang's expression upon seeing Lin Nan was just like Han Sanping's used to be, all smiles.

This was the first time Lin Nan had come over since La Peikang took office, and the first time he had come for official business.

"Lin Nan, you're here, sit."

"Chairman La, I've come today with a request."

Hearing Lin Nan's words, the smile on La Peikang's face seemed to broaden, "Everything is negotiable, everything is negotiable."

Compared to Lin Nan Film Industry, Daylight Sunshine was indeed a "small company." The most valuable core part might just be this group of old hands.

"Director Wu, what happened to him again? Haha." Lin Nan asked curiously.

"It's no harm telling you. 'The Crossing' is severely over budget. The original budget from several parties was as high as 400 million, but now at least another 80 million or so needs to be added. Chairman Han really left me with a huge problem."

Oh wow, hearing this, Lin Nan couldn't help but gasp.

This investment is approaching 500 million, and China Film and the others have no choice but to continue following up!

Lin Nan had already explicitly told Han Sanping not to invest in this project, but he just wouldn't listen, and now look.

With an extra 80 million in investment, the box office needs to be at least 200 million higher to break even, and that's only because China Film has its own theater chain to reduce some pressure.

"That is indeed a headache. I remember when filming 'Red Cliff,' something similar happened in the middle."

"Yes, one must learn a lesson. Tripping in the same place twice..."

La Peikang nodded and said, then smiled at Lin Nan, "Tell me about why you came today."

"Chairman La, I want a quota for an imported film. I want to introduce my film 'The Invisible Guest' to the country."

"No problem, I'll have someone send a document to your company later. As for the film censorship, that will be up to you."

La Peikang said without a hint of hesitation, very straightforwardly.

"Thank you, Chairman La."

"No need to be polite with me, just treat me like Chairman Han. By the way, since you're here today, let me ask, how is 'The Taking of Tiger Mountain'? That is a key film project ranked at the top by the group."

Lin Nan looked at the kindly smiling La Peikang and spoke bluntly.

"Chairman La, this film can finish its special effects by the end of November at the latest. I want to put it in the Spring Festival slot. Currently, you are the second person besides me to know this."

"Hahaha, good, good, the Spring Festival slot is good, the Spring Festival slot is good. I will keep it confidential. When the time comes, I can help with scheduling, extensions, and so on."

La Peikang laughed happily, not knowing if it was because the film was being released in the Spring Festival slot or because he was the second person to know.

Lin Nan didn't think much of it, and after staying for half an hour, he left China Film.

…………

The industry finally knows what a "popular actress" is.

Someone like Yang Mi, who is so busy she can't even touch the ground, is a "popular actress."

"It's alright, considered quite excellent. There are many good parts, and it wouldn't be difficult to turn it into a good script, but to shoot a good work, that's not easy. It depends on the production team and the actors. And this group of people at Daylight Sunshine has that capability."

Now that "The Breakup Guru" has wrapped, she immediately has other arrangements.

Just two days later, Guo Jingming and Tian Yu and several other companies disclosed the film news to the outside world.

"Directed by the newly emerged commercial film director Guo Jingming, and starring Yang Mi, Guo Caijie, Guo Biting, Ke Zhendong, and others, the film 'Tiny Times 3' has officially started filming."

"The third and fourth installments of the 'Tiny Times' series will, like the first and second, be filmed back-to-back..."

"Director Guo Jingming promises to ensure that 'Tiny Times 3' can meet the vast number of fans and audiences next year."

……

"When an actress takes on roles so frequently, she is no longer an actress, but has completely degenerated into a star, a tool for making money.

Not only will her acting skills not improve in the slightest, but because of the non-stop work, she will fall into a fast-food-style fixed performance mode, where acting becomes rigid, perfunctory, and eventually degenerates!"

Lin Nan commented on Yang Mi very directly, which made Liu Qianqian nod repeatedly. She stared at Lin Nan:

"Xie Tingfeng attended an event and was called out by a large number of reporters and fans to reconcile with Wang Fei. The former beamed with joy and said 'good' repeatedly."

"The urban romance drama 'Let's Get Married', starring Gao Yuanyuan and Huang Haibo, is about to start airing on CCTV-1 and Mango TV..."

"It's your fault. If a great director can't help his own girlfriend keep improving, then that's your problem."

Liu Qianqian said seriously, and the next moment a smile overflowed on her face.

Lin Nan smiled and nodded, then shook his head, mystifyingly saying: "What you said isn't comprehensive either. There's one more point, and I really can't help with that."

"Ah? Tell me quickly, where is it?"

Liu Qianqian instantly threw herself onto Lin Nan, wrapping her arms around his neck, and asked "threateningly."

Jing Tian's focus had also been invested in the promotion of "New Police Story 2013".

As he spoke, Lin Nan also gave her a kiss.

Liu Qianqian giggled, "Then this one can't be changed. Besides, isn't my figure good?"

"Hmm? It can be further developed, for example, the hips and chest, hehe."

"Go to hell, get lost! Don't..."

…………

The next day, Lin Nan sat in the office, yawning continuously.

"I just found out that their company is actually in Hengdian; last time they came over specifically." Yue Jun sighed with emotion.

"Why do you walk without making a sound? And you, Xixi, you did it on purpose not to tell me, right?"

Yue Jun nodded: "I talked to Hou Hongliang on the phone and explained our idea: joint production by both parties, with them responsible for production.

They will take a corresponding proportion of the revenue from the TV station's several rounds of broadcast rights and Potato's exclusive broadcast revenue, but we have to buy back the final copyright."

"And then, what did they say?"

"Hou Hongliang said they need to hold a meeting to discuss it, but I think they should agree." Yue Jun said confidently.

"Hmm?"

"Although they come from Mountain Shadow, since they've come out, public and private matters have been separated. In private film and television companies, they are still too weak. Cooperating with us only has benefits for them, no harm!"

Yue Jun's analysis is very reasonable.

In this circle, is making money important? The answer is indeed important. But compared to connections, talking purely about money is inferior.

Planting a seed, letting one's network of connections grow, and still being thanked by others—this is a very interesting thing.

If Lin Nan stops filming one day, he can still arrange for the people around him, because he is capital, a great director, and has extensive connections in the circle!

…………

In the afternoon, Lin Dao went to play go-karts with Liu Yifei and Shu Chang. Unfortunately, he could only follow behind the two girls eating dust all afternoon!

The two girls looked soft and weak on the surface, but that was all a facade to deceive outsiders.

On the track, after the two put on their helmets, they completely stopped pretending, each wilder than the other. They were worthy of being best friends.

Only Lin Nan was behind, rushing and hurrying, but he just couldn't catch up...

Huayi's "Young Detective Dee: Rise of the Sea Dragon" is truly haunted; it has actually maintained a daily box office of over one million every day, stable to the point of being weird, completely unscientific.

As for how much trickery is involved, that's a matter of opinion.

The films for the New Year's slot were also sharpening their weapons and horses, just waiting to enter the field.

Given Han Sanping's efforts during his final term, a large number of imported films were blocked from the December New Year's slot and scheduled for November.

Hollywood films like "Escape Plan," "Hotel Transylvania," "Thor: The Dark World," "Gravity," "RED 2"...

One imported film after another is the final hurdle before the New Year's slot for the domestic film industry.

It's just unclear whether China Film will maintain Han Sanping's "fine style" starting next year.

The industry is very worried about this!

When "Mountain Eagle" was around, everyone often complained.