Chapter 51

"It makes me want to go sing, and then come back to make movies."

Zhu Yawen's tone carried a hint of sourness.

The box office of 'Initial D' can have such an increase, it is indeed supported by Jay Chou's fans, contributing at least half of the credit.

The media has been reporting on this crazily recently, and several veterans of the mainland music scene have the urge to go make movies.

"Forget about you, you are better than me, but you are also featureless."

Lin Nan complained mercilessly.

"Don't talk about me, you should care about your movie. It's about to be released."

"All the promotions that should be done have been done. A person as low-key as Teacher Li Baotian was asked by me to record an interview. Now all I can do is wait for the result."

Zhu Yawen hasn't been very busy recently, often coming back to school to chat. Plus 'Initial D' took over 30 million in a week, which led to that sour remark.

Traditional filmmakers, including old-school directors and actors, scoffed at the high box office of 'Initial D'. How much of this is out of consideration for film art, and how much is envy and jealousy, is unknown.

"Next month, when 'Apart Together' is released, I'm going to fly to Los Angeles."

Lin Nan said suddenly.

"You're not even watching the movie release, what important thing is there?"

Zhu Yawen asked curiously.

"Lionsgate has finished the first movie, and it's also being released in July. I have to go over and follow it."

"Damn, how long has it been, and it's already finished?"

"After signing the contract in the first half of April, they started preparing. They started filming at the end of the month, filmed for a month in May, and told me it was almost done at the beginning of this month. During this time, they are rushing post-production, and it can be done before July."

Zhu Yawen was stunned, "This speed, this efficiency, is this how Hollywood makes movies?"

"In Hollywood, except for some special drama films, even for big productions, the actual filming time won't be too long. It's just that post-production is time-consuming and laborious. Not to mention 'Dead Silence' is a B-level horror film, and its characteristic is speed."

Lin Nan introduced to Zhu Yawen.

"Also, it is indeed much more important over there. This counts as your first battle entering Hollywood, right?"

Lin Nan nodded. The box office performance of 'Dead Silence' is very important to him, and it will directly affect his right to speak in future cooperation with Hollywood companies.

In the June market, 'Initial D' dominated alone, and many movies were suppressed. There are also many people looking forward to seeing Lin Nan's jokes.

The media seems to think that the fun is not big enough, so they came to interview Lin Nan, asking if he would feel pressure in the face of the box office of 'Initial D' that is still rising.

"First of all, I want to congratulate this movie for achieving such good results now, but everyone seems to ask questions a bit generally.

The subject matter and content of the two movies are completely different. The background of 'Apart Together' is the countryside decades ago. It is a realistic subject, and this film helped me win the Silver Bear for Best Director in Berlin..."

Lin Nan was unlucky and was blocked at the company door, so he had to accept the interview. He estimated that he was specifically staked out by these reporters.

Since the first time he was forced to accept an interview, the media seems to have started specifically catching Lin Nan.

'Apart Together' is about to be released, and Lin Nan is the youngest big director in the country. There are topics, hot spots, and attention. Reporters seem to have figured it out, found the direction for performance, and rushed over.

Staying in the dormitory, Lin Nan browsed the portal website, "This group of people is really annoying. If I can't afford to provoke them, I can hide. Flying over in advance is fine, right?"

Zhu Yawen smiled on the side, "You are going to Los Angeles in advance, and by the way, hiding from this group of reporters?"

"Yes." Lin Nan answered crisply.

"Didn't you notice that although those reporters are annoying, they also helped promote 'Apart Together' in disguise."

Lin Nan ignored Zhu Yawen, but called Han Sanping, told him about his itinerary, and asked Zhongying to keep an eye on the movie release. After all, the promotional expenses are taken from the box office share.

Han Sanping has also been very annoyed recently, even a little suspicious of whether his decision to exchange promotional expenses for box office share settlement was wrong, but he couldn't show it on his face.

"You can go over with peace of mind. I'll have people keep an eye on it here. I look forward to the box office achieving good results over there. By then, you will be completely different, hehe."

"You're going to Los Angeles?"

"Yes."

"To Lionsgate?"

Liu Yifei's eyes were filled with heat, which made Lin Nan feel a bit creepy.

"Yes."

"Can I go with you?"

Hearing Lin Nan's affirmative answer, Liu Yifei asked happily.

"No."

"Why?"

Lin Nan made a bitter face, "I'm afraid Auntie will kill me."

"Pfft, coward."

Liu Yifei was obviously a bit frustrated, but helpless.

"You should continue training at home. Auntie won't agree to you running to America with me alone." Lin Nan said softly.

"Then how long are you going for?"

Liu Yifei couldn't help but turn her head to ask.

"I will definitely be back before your birthday."

Liu Yifei smiled happily. She was very satisfied with this answer.

Lin Nan boarded the plane, thinking about 'Dead Silence' in his mind.

He referred to the flaws of the original 'Dead Silence', focused on deep processing the script, and told Lionsgate at the time that costs must be controlled.

I remember that the original Lionsgate was because the 'Saw' series was a big hit, and blindly expanded the production cost of 'Dead Silence' to over 10 million US dollars. As a result, the final box office did not reach the expected target. I only hope that this time, after Lin Nan's intervention, it can harvest a different ending.

Landing, it was still Tang Mu picking him up, dressed as a cowboy, paired with that physique, it was really a bit funny.

"Oh, Lin, I haven't seen you for more than two months, I miss you."

Tang Mu came over and wanted to hug Lin Nan, but was stopped by the latter.

"Tang Mu, you've gained weight again, and it's only been two months."

"Shit, don't mention this, those girls said the same thing."

Tang Mu instantly turned into a constipated face.

Getting into the car, Tang Mu started telling Lin Nan about his achievements in the past two months, besides continuing to register scripts, how many stocks he bought...

"Didn't you say you were coming over in July, why did you come a few days early?"

Tang Mu asked. When he received Lin Nan's message, he even suspected that he had remembered the date wrong.

"The movie I won the Silver Bear for is about to be released, and the reporters are too annoying." Lin Nan said casually.

"I understand, it's the same in Hollywood. You should hire two bodyguards, so those people will know how to restrain themselves." Tang Mu gave his own advice.

"It's different. That set doesn't work over there."

Lin Nan knew what Tang Mu meant. The bodyguards here are the kind that really go up and do it when necessary. If it were like this in the country, he estimated he would be sprayed to death by public opinion.

Flying to Los Angeles early this time, Lin Nan also greeted the people at Lionsgate, agreeing that he could go directly to the company.

Walking into the Lionsgate film headquarters again, Lin Nan noticed the number of people here last time, only twenty or thirty. Coming again this time, it still hasn't changed much. If you say it out, ordinary people might not believe it, but this is a film company second only to several old-fashioned forces in Hollywood.

"Director Lin Nan, you seem to be very interested in the number of people here. We have nearly a hundred employees, many of whom are stationed in the crew."

A foreigner with gray curly hair greeted Lin Nan.

"See you again..."

Lin Nan stepped forward and shook hands with the foreigner. Although nearly a hundred employees are not many for a big factory like Lionsgate, it is still more convincing than twenty or thirty.

"Follow me, they are already waiting for you."

Unlike the conference room last time, the place this time was much larger.

"Welcome, Lin."

There were eight people in the large conference room. Except for James Wan, the other seven were Western faces.

"Good afternoon, everyone."

James Wan took the initiative to hand a document to Lin Nan.

"Director Lin Nan, according to the plan, the post-production of 'Dead Silence' has been completed. We have just graded it and it can be released at any time. Do you want to see the finished film?"

Lin Nan looked at the materials in his hand. This is the production process of 'Dead Silence' and the cost statistics so far.

Lionsgate listened to Lin Nan's suggestion. So far, including promotional expenses, it only cost 2.8 million US dollars, and the actual production cost was 2.4 million US dollars, which is twice that of 'Saw'.

The promotion of horror films doesn't need as much as other movies, just one or several posters are enough, with the information of the production company, director, and actors.

Looking at the machine on the long table, Lin Nan nodded, "Then let's take a look."

In the 100-minute film, the connection between the shots is full of thrills, the background sound effects are pulled to the full, and the rhythm is extremely tight. Several people watching the movie in the conference room had varying degrees of palpitations from watching horror movies.

"Actually, we have watched it once, but it doesn't affect the feeling of watching it this time at all. I have full confidence in it."

James Wan said to Lin Nan.

"Then how is the release arranged this time?"

Lin Nan just opened his mouth to ask, and a bearded foreigner answered.

"Released comprehensively on Friday, and will land in other countries at the latest in two weeks. We have powerful distribution networks in many places..."

Lin Nan knew that he would have to stay at Lionsgate for at least three days, until the opening box office came out.

On the domestic side, 'Apart Together' is ready to be released at any time, just waiting for July 1st.

As the director, Lin Nan can't be seen, and the media is also surprised. It shouldn't be like this logically.

On the 30th, domestic time, one of the portal websites was the first to hang up a news with pictures, coming from the release poster of 'Dead Silence' in North American cinemas, on which the release time was clearly written.

Director: James Wan.

Screenwriter: Nanlin.

Production/Producer: Lionsgate Films.

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The netizens' emotions exploded. They only heard that Lin Nan and Lionsgate cooperated in April. I didn't expect the film to be released in 30 or 40 hours! There was no wind at all before.

Subsequently, a photo of Lin Nan and Tang Mu appeared on the webpage. The two came out of the Lionsgate building, accompanied by three foreigners, chatting and laughing.

From the photo, the photographer was more than 30 meters away from them, but it didn't affect the clarity. Everyone recognized at a glance that it was Lin Nan.

"Two movies, released at the same time, he went over there to keep an eye on it?"

"This is really killing across the ocean!"

Not many people know Lin Nan's itinerary, and even fewer in the company.

Han Sanping looked at the news that broke out and smiled, "Let people write some manuscripts, take this opportunity to raise the heat of 'Apart Together'."

Numerous companies and artists in the industry were attracted by Lin Nan's news. The latter could ignore the release of his award-winning work and run to Lionsgate to keep an eye on 'Dead Silence'. The stakes are definitely not simple, or he is very confident that he can use this to pry open the door to Hollywood.

Once Lin Nan succeeds, does it mean that there will be another ship that can cross the ocean?