Chapter 473: Golden Globe, Oscars, Berlin? Planting a Flag

No wonder Yue Jun said the second Han Geng had appeared!

For two whole days, the headlines of film and entertainment news were all about this Wu Yifan who returned from South Korea.

Major film companies, agencies, and entertainment companies in the circle swarmed up, competing to throw out olive branches, with only a few companies ignoring it.

So many companies were flocking to him just because the latter was the leader of EXO-M, possessed a huge fan base, and they were die-hard, brainless fans.

In the eyes of entertainment capital, he was exactly the same as Han Geng back then, both possessing incomparable commercial value.

As for his lawsuit with South Korea's SM company?

In the face of profit, who would care about these trifles?

The answer is: no one cares.

All companies that extended olive branches indicated their willingness and promise to help him handle and resolve the lawsuit issue.

"This bunch of people hit a good time. Internet enterprises coming in will open up another track.

Clearly not as popular as Han Geng back then, but he will develop better than Han Geng because he occupied the right time—the 'Internet + Film and Entertainment' era!"

Lin Nan sighed with emotion.

With the involvement of Internet industry capital, "star-making" will become simpler and simpler.

Such "stars" will also easily climb to high positions, and very high ones at that.

But there is one thing that cannot be changed.

That is, these "stars" are basically shoddy goods, flashy goods.

They have no foundation or substance; they are tools and puppets, artificial assembly-line products pushed up by external forces.

"It's been two days, the major camps in the Beijing circle and Shanghai circle, Huayi, Bona, Wanda, Orange Sky, StarMe... are all snatching people, very lively."

Yue Jun had a mocking tone, carrying a bit of disdain.

Lin Nan didn't reply; he saw another piece of news.

Dong Bailian seems to be making a comeback? Chen Kun and Zhao Wei personally stood up for her!

Ever since she was photographed kissing Wang Dazhi and living together early last year, proving her ex-husband's innocence, the labels of "Jade Girl" and "Pan Jinlian" were branded on her and couldn't be washed off.

For so long, her career had completely stagnated.

But looking at it now, Dong Bailian still wasn't willing to retire from the circle.

Just look, her "good brother" had made a move.

Chen Kun stuffed her into the TV series "Tiger Mom Cat Dad," which was led by Zhao Wei, had discourse power, and was starting filming in the next two days, to play the second female lead.

Remember before, he also said he was just an ordinary friend with Zhao Wei and had unfollowed her. There were even rumors outside that the two had completely broken up.

But right now, he actually went to Zhao Wei personally to ask for a favor for Dong Bailian? And posted a photo of the three of them?

One posted to encourage the "little sister" to start over, the other posted to thank the "big brother" for the recommendation and thank Director Zhao for the opportunity...

Many netizens saw it and left curses on Weibo.

Of course, there seemed to be quite a few internet water armies, such as:

"She already knows she was wrong," "Let her go," "She is a good mother," "Was the man not wrong at all?"...

Looking at the reports online, Lin Nan couldn't help but complain: "Tsk tsk, eye-opening, quite disgusting."

Yue Jun glanced at the computer screen:

"Back in March, for the casting of 'The Journey of Flower,' she even came to audition for the role Jiang Xin has now, but was rejected by Director Jiang in the first round, haha."

Hearing this, Lin Nan couldn't help but laugh.

"By the way, go back and connect with Enlight; when the satellite TVs are bidding, you have to be there."

"Good, no problem."

The "Running Man" project team received hundreds of artist profiles from the circle every day these past few days, countless first-tier and second-tier ones.

Because everyone knew this would likely be a long-term "golden rice bowl."

Many companies in the circle were looking for favors and saying hello, hoping to internally secure spots.

Everyone's primary goal was very clear, which was those seven regular guest spots, and only then the guest member spots for the first season.

Lin Nan didn't pay too much attention to the selection; finally, there would be a few shortlists given to him, and we'd talk then.

Additionally, some basic principles for selecting artists for the first season's regular guests had been announced, very clearly:

Popularity cannot be low, good audience affinity, high IQ or EQ, witty and humorous, have special skills, no airs, open-minded...

As long as they met more than three of the above, they would become candidates.

Of course, these were all selection criteria for the six male members, because the female one had already been internally decided, but not yet announced to the outside world.

As for those female artists who signed up and were interested, they could only be considered for invitation as guest members later.

In a flash, the first ten days of May ended, and the two films "The Invisible Guest" and "Coming Home" were about to be released.

The entire film circle and media were waiting to see the showdown between Lin Nan and Zhang Yimou.

By now, Enlight's "My Old Classmate" had also been pulled from theaters.

The box office of 455 million told the film circle nakedly: filming youth movies is picking up money!

And "The Amazing Spider-Man 2" was worthy of the name of a Hollywood blockbuster, grossing 300 million in 6 days, with no sign of decline in daily box office.

"Warner sent me an email, 'Interstellar' is considering a year-end release, the specific time hasn't been set. Asked me to reserve the schedule to cooperate with promotion."

Liu Yifei was dressed a bit coolly today, short sleeves, hot pants, barefoot, with a bun, walking down from the second floor.

Lin Nan looked up; at first glance, Miss Liu was fair and tender, fragrant.

But looking closely, one would find that on her arms, thighs, and calves, those muscle lines were faintly visible, tight and powerful without losing a slender beauty.

"Hmm, I know. They want a global simultaneous release, right? It definitely needs time to communicate with distributors in various regions."

Lin Nan smiled and patted the seat beside him, welcoming a burst of fragrance.

"Are you busy with work?"

Liu Yifei leaned on Lin Nan's shoulder, seeing the chat messages on his phone interface.

"Not really work. Alibaba, Baidu, and the others are giving Tudou quotes again, but this time they want to buy shares."

Lin Nan put his arm around Liu Yifei's waist, saying somewhat happily.

Now, whether it's the film and television industry or Internet enterprises, everyone can see that Tudou has broad prospects.

Because the day before yesterday, after the Kuaibo company was sealed and its senior management arrested, this app was also removed from the entire network, and its business license was completely revoked.

This time, all industry insiders saw the determination from above.

"So you refused again!"

Liu Yifei said with a smile, her tone very certain, because she understood Lin Nan.

"I didn't even need to refuse; Wanda was the first to push back. Their appetite was too big, Alibaba opened its mouth and wanted 30%..."

Although financing would be opened later, Lin Nan wouldn't agree to this kind of financing method.

And he had already decided when he chatted with Wang Changtian just now.

When Tudou conducts financing in the future, it will exclude Alibaba, will not invite them, and will even reject their proactive investment intentions.

Other companies might be begging for investors, but for Tudou, it's the exact opposite.

After staying at home with Liu Yifei for a while, both of them went out.

Lin Nan returned to the company; the post-production of "Manchester by the Sea" had only a tiny bit left.

As for Miss Liu, after she changed her clothes, she was picked up by her assistant to StarWu, as there would be announcements in the afternoon.

Just arrived at Tiangong Color, Wu Jing's call came.

"Director Lin, don't forget the time, arrive early with Yifei tomorrow."

"Alright, alright, I won't forget. I really admire you; you're holding your own wedding in your spare time. 'SPL 2' isn't finished filming yet, right?"

Lin Nan teased. He truly admired this couple; they didn't treat marriage as a big deal at all.

"Haha, the crew gave me three days of wedding leave, and I'll go back after. By the way, don't rush 'Wolf Warrior' either, I guarantee slow work produces fine products."

Wu Jing said with a smile, actually knowing it had been a bit long and feeling embarrassed!

"No problem."

Lin Nan also understood Wu Jing; the latter wasn't very wealthy right now. With marriage and a child on the way, he definitely had to increase his workload to earn money to support the family.

A day passed very quickly.

Lin Nan also rarely worked overtime once, and Liu Yifei even called three times in the middle.

It was past ten o'clock in the evening when he drove home.

Sitting in the study, Lin Nan calculated the time difference and called Tang Mu; it should be eight o'clock in the morning in Hollywood.

"Lin, it's very rare to receive your call just after waking up."

Tang Mu yawned and joked, with the murmurs of a woman faintly audible on the side.

Lin Nan was a bit speechless. This guy had decided long ago not to marry in this lifetime and to learn from Leonardo.

He had persuaded Tang Mu several times, but it was useless; the latter had quite a few fallacies.

Like, not marrying means paying child support at most, but if you marry, even with a prenuptial agreement, you still have to give compensation when divorcing.

He even gave Lin Nan quite a few examples of celebrities, including Wendi Deng!

"Tang Mu, the post-production of 'Manchester by the Sea' is finished, send someone to take it back."

Hearing this, Tang Mu suddenly sobered up a bit, "Lin, is it finished so fast?"

"Hmm, yes. Don't drag it to July, complete the Oscar registration process before the end of June," Lin Nan instructed.

"No problem, Lin. I'll arrange it after I go to the company in the morning."

Originally, after finishing the business, Lin Nan wanted to hang up, but who knew Tang Mu would bring up something else:

"Lin, should we try not just going to the Oscars this year?"

"Not just going to the Oscars..."

Lin Nan muttered this sentence, and many things flashed through his mind.

"Golden Globe, Oscars, Berlin?"

These three awards are linked together, especially the Oscars and Berlin, because they easily overlap and conflict in time, so it's very difficult to operate.

If you want to go to both, then before the Berlin Film Festival opens, "Manchester by the Sea" cannot be released, only screened.

Only in this way can it satisfy the Oscar registration requirements and also comply with the Berlin International Film Festival's award rules.

"Right, Lin. Should we try all of them? Register for all three, hit one out of three, hit two out of three, or even hit all three! Haha..."

Hearing Tang Mu planting a flag, Lin Nan subconsciously got anxious:

"Your grandfather's, shut up!"

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 474 =====