Chapter 443

Around 5:20 in the afternoon, Lin Nan landed at the capital airport.

The atmosphere of the Spring Festival here is more intense; after all, it is the capital.

It might be because it's the first day of the Lunar New Year; it's much quieter outside the airport than before, and there are only a few media reporters.

Lin Nan pulled his suitcase out and saw Liu Yifei's car from afar.

He walked quickly and got into the back seat before the reporters could catch up.

"Changchang, drive."

Liu Yifei happily hugged Lin Nan's arm and shouted at Shu Chang in the driver's seat.

"You actually sat in the back seat; rare to see."

Lin Nan looked at Liu Yifei's fair face and joked.

Before Miss Liu could speak, Shu Chang, who was wearing big sunglasses in the front, spoke first: "She's the eldest lady; she only knows how to order me around."

"Who told you to make me lose the game all morning!"

"I, hmph..."

Shu Chang, who was in the wrong, had nothing to say and could only hum, expressing protest.

At this time, Liu Yifei talked about the movie:

"The attendance rate of 'The Taking of Tiger Mountain' is very high; I heard from Senior Brother Yue Jun that it's over 90%."

Lin Nan is confident about this point.

"Not strange, our promotion has been done to the extreme. Still the same sentence, Chairman Han's 'Mountain Sculpture' is worth at least 300 million at the box office!"

Hearing this, Liu Yifei and Shu Chang couldn't help but laugh, "Haha, that's really true; many people on the internet have this as a reason for watching the movie."

Shu Chang drove, not as fiery as Liu Yifei; the speed was neither fast nor slow, just right.

While talking, Lin Nan's photos at the capital airport had already been refreshed and appeared in entertainment news.

News in the circle also spreads fast.

Just as the three arrived home, several calls had already come in.

"Dinner appointment? Forget it. Asking me for dinner on the first day of the Lunar New Year, you really thought of it! Why, can't you stay at home?"

Lin Nan said a joke, and Ning Hao on the other end of the phone was stunned instantly.

Only to see Liu Yifei next to him covering her mouth and laughing lightly, dragging Shu Chang back into the villa, "Xixi, what are you laughing at..."

Lin Nan picked up his phone and looked; didn't hang up? "Speak."

"Probably menopause, right? On New Year's Eve, checking my phone for no reason."

Damn?

Ning Hao said this, and Lin Nan became interested, "Checked it?"

"Go to your grandfather's, you were the one checked."

Ning Hao first retorted, then said:

"I don't think it's anything; it's just some New Year's text messages from a few actresses, expressing some 'admiration'..."

"Sigh, why are you not talking anymore?"

Lin Nan didn't pay attention, but quickly browsed his text message records. Um, all quite serious, so it's fine.

"Nothing. Then are you still in a cold war now?"

"Why do you think I asked you out for dinner? Today is just the first day; not many people are free. Isn't it because I saw you came back, so I looked for you."

"Sigh, wait two days until the Berlin Film Festival opens, I'll fly over immediately to have ten days of peace..."

Lin Nan had the heart to go to the dinner, but looked at the villa direction and decisively dismissed the idea.

"Director Ning, brother, I can't help you; you're on your own, bye-bye."

"Sigh, I..."

Lin Nan hung up the phone, hummed a completely out-of-tune song, and entered the villa.

……

This Spring Festival Gala made Tang Ren's signed artist "famous in one turn," and her value doubled.

However, that overwhelming draft only maintained popularity for one day before being strongly suppressed by the news of several Spring Festival season films.

On the first day of February, Lin Nan set an alarm clock.

After opening his phone, just as he expected, it was full of news.

"Huayi produced, 'Ex-Files' first-day box office reported 4.89 million, surviving in the cracks!"

"Jointly produced by Bona and China Star, directed by Wong Jing, starring Chow Yun-fat, Jing Tian, Nicholas Tse, etc., 'From Vegas to Macau' first-day box office reported 24.2 million, standard, far below the expected target."

……

The focus of the entire film and television circle is on the box office data of "The Monkey King" and "The Taking of Tiger Mountain."

"Starring Donnie Yen, Chow Yun-fat, Aaron Kwok, Peter Ho, etc., the 3D mythological blockbuster 'The Monkey King' with an investment as high as 500 million, first-day box office reported 79.8 million. Why give birth to Yu, why give birth to Liang..."

A thought popped into everyone's mind:

If there were no "The Taking of Tiger Mountain," then "The Monkey King" with a first-day box office of 79.8 million would very likely be the hegemon of this Spring Festival season.

But, "The Taking of Tiger Mountain" is even more perverted!

"Jointly produced by Lin Nan Film, China Film, Wanda, and Enlight, directed by Lin Nan, produced by Liu Yifei, starring Han Sanping, Zhang Hanyu, Huang Xiaoming, Fan Bingbing, etc."

"Mainstream commercial blockbuster 'The Taking of Tiger Mountain,' on the day of release, box office reported 110 million yuan, refreshing..."

110 million?

This number is simply scary!

The media gave a large amount of coverage:

"Director Lin Nan's work 'The Taking of Tiger Mountain,' with a first-day box office of 110 million, successfully refreshed the domestic film first-day box office record and single-day box office record."

"A month ago, Director Feng Xiaogang refreshed the single-day box office record held by 'Bad Genius' with 'Personal Tailor.' A month later, it was taken back by Director Lin Nan again..."

……

The first-day box office data of several films were still refreshing the screen in the media.

The film industry has been completely shocked.

Domestic films, have they entered the era of first-day box office exceeding 100 million?

While a large number of netizens were amazed at the box office data, more were evaluating several films.

"This is the first time I watched a mainstream film without getting sleepy; not only is the plot tight, but it's also very exciting!"

"Director Lin succeeded; he changed my stereotype of mainstream films."

"Watched 'The Taking of Tiger Mountain,' really know how hard it was for the martyrs! Cherish the present..."

"Chairman Han Sanping's 'Mountain Sculpture,' domineering!"

……

"What kind of ghost is that 'The Monkey King' filming?"

"Facts have proven that the Hong Kong team not only films historical films badly, but mythological films are even more of a mess."

"Monkey King causing havoc in heaven, filmed so stupidly, like a mentally disabled person."

"Is this movie the Bull Demon King causing havoc in heaven?"

"Filmed Erlang Shen so sleazy! This is deliberately insulting my Zhaohui Mr. Erlang Zhenjun, right?"

"Iron Fan Princess became the Jade Emperor's sister! Yang Jian has an extra aunt! Bull Demon King became his uncle-in-law!"

"Jade Emperor personally went on stage to do it? Heavenly Court, no one left?"

"What people? This is 'family business' between the Jade Emperor, the uncle, and the brother-in-law, Bull Demon King!"

……

The ones netizens scolded the most were "The Monkey King."

The plot of this film is really a mess of changes, but it's not a complete subversion like "A Chinese Odyssey."

The finished film in the cinema now is neither fish nor fowl, relying entirely on the star lineup and the gimmick of special effects to attract audiences there.

Lin Nan's phone was almost blown up, all congratulations.

La Peikang, Wang Changtian, Han Sanping... Ren Zhonglun, Yang Shoucheng, even Yu Dong, Tan Hong... Wang Zhonglei, etc.

Besides that, a large number of directors, producers, and actors in the circle were all text messages or Weibo comments.

……

Liu Yifei and Shu Chang each had a tablet computer, watching the fun on the internet.

"Teacher Six stood up again, standing at the forefront of boycotting 'The Monkey King'."

Shu Chang sighed, "I'll read it to you guys."

"Wantonly tampering with the content of the masterpiece, tampering with the relationship between characters, is an extremely shameless act."

"In the name of 'Journey to the West' and 'The Monkey King,' filming the plot of 'Young and Dangerous' fighting for territory, is a blasphemy against the masterpiece."

"I sincerely appeal to the entire internet audience to boycott this 'The Monkey King,' strongly demand that national cinemas take the film off the shelves, the production side must apologize..."

Shu Chang imitated Teacher Six's tone of speaking, vividly, making Lin Nan and Liu Yifei unable to help but laugh.

"Remembered, you and Teacher Six cooperated in 'Liancheng Jue,' and there were quite a few rival scenes. Haha..." Liu Yifei joked.

"Did he promote his 'Journey to the West' movie?" Lin Nan asked curiously.

Shu Chang swiped her finger on the tablet and shook her head, "No."

"Then looking at it this way, he was indeed quite angry this time. He didn't even promote his own 'Journey to the West' movie that is waiting to be produced!"

Lin Nan stated his judgment.

…………

The atmosphere of the Spring Festival is quite intense.

The next day, "The Taking of Tiger Mountain" once again took 105 million at the box office.

And the three films "The Monkey King," "From Vegas to Macau," and "Ex-Files" were 82.1 million, 23.65 million, and 3.66 million respectively.

At this point, the industry finally believes that domestic films have truly ushered in the era of single-day box office exceeding 100 million.

At this time, the film market has almost been divided up by the several films released on the first day of the Lunar New Year.

And "The Fairy of the Monkey King," which sounds like a bad movie, was also released at this time, looking no different from sending itself to death.

Lin Nan didn't pay attention before; there was actually Hu Ge in this movie, but the styling was a bit thunderous, but Guo Degang's makeup was even more eye-stinging.

Many netizens have already made a final conclusion in advance: movies with Guo Degang are 99% bad movies!

……

It's only the third day of the Spring Festival, and many people are still enjoying the holiday.

But the film and television circle is different; there are already crews launching, and they are two films with not small influence.

"Produced by Xiaoma, starring Eddie Peng, Ni Ni, etc., the youth romance film 'Fleet of Time' officially launched today."

As Xiaoma's announcement said before, the film and television project really operated as usual, making the circle's eyes light up.

However, most people in the industry are paying attention to Chen Kaige here.

"Directed by Director Chen Kaige, starring Wang Baoqiang, Aaron Kwok, Zhang Zhen, Fan Wei, Lin Zhiling, the Republic of China fantasy martial arts film 'Monk Comes Down the Mountain' held a launch ceremony in the morning at Jinyun Xiandu..."

"It is reported that 'Monk Comes Down the Mountain' is the first martial arts theme film directed by Director Chen Kaige, worth looking forward to!"

If it were someone else's film launch, it might not necessarily have such great influence, but Chen Kaige is different.

Although he has been going downhill for so many years, the weight of the three words "Chen Kaige" is still very heavy.

Lin Nan liked Chen Hong's Weibo; after all, big directors in the industry sent blessings, and if he didn't follow, it would be a bit conspicuous.

The box office and attendance rate of "The Taking of Tiger Mountain" performed exceptionally strongly; Lin Nan has been the "top card" in the circle these two days.

Many media outlets wanted to arrange interviews, but were all rejected by him; do things high-profile, be a person low-profile!

"After the Spring Festival holiday ends and the company starts work, the scripts for 'Brotherhood of Blades 2' and 'The Journey of Flower' can be sent for review. After that, project establishment, casting, launch!"

Lin Nan is planning things for a few days later.

However, the casting for this one movie and one TV series is estimated to be a big project, especially the TV series.

Fortunately, Lin Nan doesn't need to worry; he only needs to look at the final list, pass it, or change people.

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(End of chapter)