Chapter 545

On the evening of the 27th, the Hundred Flowers Awards for Popular Cinema held a grand awards ceremony in Lanzhou.

Movie channels, major web portals, Weibo, and other online platforms all provided live coverage.

The award results were largely in line with previous predictions from within the industry and online.

Zhang Ziyi took home her 11th Best Actress trophy for "The Grandmaster"; she truly won 11 Best Actress awards based on this single film!

The only pity is that, to this day, she still does not have a single international award.

This is also an important reason why Fan Bingbing can challenge her in her career, because Fan Bingbing has a Tokyo Best Actress award!

Huang Xiao won another title for "American Dreams in China," taking home the Best Actor award; Tong Dawei played his supporting role and won the Best Supporting Actor award for the same film.

What the industry found most "perfunctory" was that the Best Director award went to a youth film: Zhao Liying, for "So Young."

This gave everyone the feeling that the quality had suddenly dropped; it was completely incomparable to the previous two films!

There was an inexplicable feeling of returning to last year's Shanghai International Film Festival, where Guo Jingming won the Best Film and Best New Director awards in the Movie Channel Media Awards category!

Lin Nan sent congratulations to Huang Xiao on Weibo, and this guy replied immediately, even cracking a joke:

"Thanks, Lin Dao. No need to hint at me; I've already boarded the flight back to the 'Mojin: The Lost Legend' crew."

Below, a group of industry acquaintances teased Huang Xiao for being self-aware, saying Lin Dao would still look for him next time.

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The mainland film market has already entered the tense atmosphere of the National Day slot, because September is about to end.

This also means that Ning Hao's "Breakup Buddies," intended to achieve a "box office breakthrough," is about to be released.

However, the premiere ceremony before the film's public release is still necessary. As one of the investors and the producer, Lin Nan must also be present.

"Lin Nan, come back quickly, it's a call from Tang Mu."

Liu Yifei shouted at the top of her lungs in the villa.

Lin Nan had no choice but to put down the dog food in his hand and walk back, complaining, "I said I'd add the noon portion for them before leaving, but now I'm afraid there's no time."

Liu Yifei was sitting barefoot on the sofa, having already answered the phone on speaker; Lin Nan could hear the sycophantic flattery even standing at the villa entrance.

"You'd better hurry up and get to the point, and keep it brief. After I feed the dogs, I still have to go to the film premiere with Xixi."

"Lin, I'm calling to remind you, have you forgotten an important matter?"

"What matter?" Both Lin Nan and Liu Yifei were stunned.

"Film PR! Aren't you planning to come over?"

"Are you kidding? I only went at the end of November last year, what time is it now? It's only the end of September!" Lin Nan retorted irritably.

"That's right, it's not even October until the day after tomorrow." Liu Yifei echoed, looking dazed.

"Have you two forgotten? There's an extra Golden Globe Awards this year. It's a month and a half earlier than the Oscars!"

Damn it!

Lin Nan had truly missed this, and so had Liu Yifei.

When people think of PR, they only think of the Oscars; who would remember the Golden Globes?

But the PR fees Lin Nan paid indeed included the portion for the Golden Globes.

"So, what's the situation with this year's Golden Globes?"

"The nomination list will be out in December, so PR has to start in October, nearly two months earlier than last year."

"Change the itinerary and go on a long trip with me?" Liu Yifei looked at Lin Nan, smiling and tempting him.

"After participating in PR activities for a while last year, I flew back and only went to Hollywood again before the awards ceremony; it didn't feel like much... How about I go over again when it's time for the Oscars this year?"

Lin Nan asked, as he truly couldn't handle the round-the-clock bombardment of cocktail parties that came with PR.

"Lin, are you sure?" Tang Mu pressed.

"Let's do it this way. Just follow the PR company's lead; you're in full charge, and communicate well with Leon and the others."

After some back-and-forth, Lin Nan decided not to go himself for the Golden Globe PR.

But thinking that the nomination list would be out in December, he was actually a bit nervous; it was only two months away.

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At ten o'clock, Lin Nan and Liu Yifei set off from home on time.

As a film co-produced by Bad Monkey and Lin Nan Film Industry, with Ning Hao as director and Lin Nan as producer, the premiere of "Breakup Buddies" was undoubtedly the focus of the entire film and television circle.

Although the number of guests and media had been limited, the premiere site was still packed.

"Huang Bo, don't be a traitor. You have films in both slots. 'Dearest' made 102 million in its first 4 days; how do you think 'Breakup Buddies' compares to it?"

On site, Guo Tao set a trap for Huang Bo.

"That's a low-level question; obviously, we're going to leave everyone else in the dust."

"I can testify that he said the same thing at the premiere of 'Dearest' that day. Except he was talking about 'Dearest'!"

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While a group of people were chattering, the guests had already filed in, and there were more and more of them.

Lin Nan and Liu Yifei were considered to have arrived relatively late, but it didn't matter, because this was almost their own turf, so they could be casual!

"Lin Dao, we meet again."

The moment he saw Dong Ping, Lin Nan was a bit surprised, but the next second he was relieved.

If he could come, it must be because of Ning Hao, which also meant that their "Huanxi Media" was inevitable!

"Mr. Dong."

After Lin Nan nodded in greeting, he walked towards the main creative team on his own.

And when Liu Yifei entered the door, she had already gone to the Enlight team's side, where Xie Nan and the others were.

"Huang Xiao has already returned to the crew; when are you planning to go?"

"I'll go back tomorrow. There isn't much left to film, which is why Director Wu Ershan was willing to give us such a vacation, haha."

"Lin Dao."

Zhao Liying greeted him, and Lin Nan nodded at her; she belonged to his own artists.

However, his peripheral vision also scanned an old acquaintance, "Jiao Junyan, it's been several years, don't you recognize me anymore?"

Lin Nan still had a deep impression of this junior; she had a boisterous personality when she was in school, much like Yang Mi.

"How could I not, Senior. It's just that I haven't been doing well, and I was afraid you'd laugh at me."

"Haha, look at that. I told you back in your junior and senior years that you were still hanging around school, saying others started filming early but didn't have as good a foundation as you."

Lin Nan teased with a smile, and many people around them laughed.

"Then, can you help me out more in the future?"

It seems that these years had also honed her skin; Jiao Junyan was already able to climb up the pole, smiling cheekily.

"Then you'll have to wait slowly."

The premiere officially began, and Ning Hao led Huang Bo, Xu Zheng, Yuan Quan, Zhao Liying, Ma Su, Zhang Li... and most of the actors onto the stage; the guest stars like Shen Teng didn't come.

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"Eww, eyesore."

Liu Yifei leaned towards Lin Nan and said with disgust.

Because the stage was too much; they actually made Huang Bo kiss Ning Hao after eating garlic... To cooperate with the promotion, these two actually did it!

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The nearly two-hour film kept everyone laughing.

Especially Xu Zheng's heavy-taste hobby of "Avatar," which was truly hilarious.

Excellent director, excellent leads, excellent script, excellent editing... "Breakup Buddies" almost met all the prerequisites for an excellent road-trip comedy film.

In the media Q&A session, the first question was very sharp.

"The Chinese film market is already in the 2-billion box office era, having produced one 2-billion-yuan box office director, two 1-billion-yuan box office directors, and even more directors with over 500 million.

Does Director Ning feel that you have fallen far behind? Even the achievements of crossover directors like Guo Jingming and Han Han are more dazzling than yours!"

This question was a bit malicious!

"I can have a film banned for four or five years and still keep striving, not giving up. Would the two you mentioned do the same thing?"

Don't look at Ning Hao as usually being sloppy; when he gets serious, he still has a lot of style!

Ning Hao's counter-question drew a round of applause from the scene and left the reporter speechless.

"Directors are different, and the audience knows it.

As for the box office results you mentioned, it seems there has been a bit of slow progress over the years, which is why I made this 'Breakup Buddies'."

Hearing this, a group of reporters suddenly became excited.

"Do you have high box office expectations for it?"

"What are Director Ning's box office expectations?"

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The noisy scramble of reporters sounded, and Ning Hao reached out to press it down.

"That's right, my box office expectations for it are very high. As for how high? Hmm, Lin Dao gave me a prediction of his earlier, which boosted my confidence; why not ask him?"

Damn it, Lin Nan, who was whispering to Miss Liu, was suddenly pointed at by a bunch of cameras.

He rolled his eyes at Ning Hao, who had a cheap smile on stage, and the leads who were watching the fun.

"Let's boost Director Ning's spirits again; maybe he will be the third director in the 1-billion box office club!"

As Lin Nan's words landed, the scene boiled over with a boom.

An eight-level jump from the 200-million club? As it's well said in "Let the Bullets Fly": if you take too big a step, you're likely to tear your balls!

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Lin Nan's sentence, "the third director in the 1-billion box office club," went straight to the top of the Weibo hot search in the afternoon.

The promotional effect of "Breakup Buddies" also reached its peak, and the topic popularity was off the charts!

China Film Group.

"Chairman La, Legendary Pictures and Universal Pictures have sent news that they will arrive on the 3rd, each with a vice president leading the team..."

"Hmm, I know. Order it down, prepare for the reception work.

With such a big battle, I'm afraid it won't be able to be hidden, right?"

La Peikang muttered softly; if it can't be hidden, then it can't be hidden; it's time to make an appearance!

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On the morning of the 29th, the last major director's film of September, "Breakup Buddies," was officially released.

But the focus of the entire film and entertainment industry was not on this.

In the mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, countless industry insiders were in a panic, and many big shots in the circle were woken up from their sleep by phone calls one after another.

This situation was not an earthquake, but it was better than an earthquake, and it was a major industry earthquake!

Just because the red-headed document from above had really come out! For the industry, that was a warning shackle and a butcher's knife.

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(End of chapter)