Chapter 633

If it weren't for hearing Liu Yifei mention it, Lin Nan wouldn't have known that Shen Teng and Ma Li actually had a comedy film *One Thought of Heaven* that was also released today.

However, although *Goodbye Mr. Loser* made the two of them explode in popularity;

But in terms of box office appeal and audience influence in the domestic film market, they are ultimately "newcomers";

Compared to Lin Nan, it is naturally a world of difference, impossible to catch up.

So much so that this *One Thought of Heaven* didn't even have half the popularity, and was completely trampled underfoot by *Detective Chinatown*;

Even *Angel Whispers*, whose daily box office had already completely shown signs of decline, had a higher occupancy rate than it.

"Because it was other companies that invited Shen Teng and Ma Li to star, so our Mahua didn't have much obligation to help with promotion, so naturally it was embarrassing to disturb Lin Dao."

Yan Fei explained with a smile, and Lin Nan understood immediately; this is other film and television companies in the industry wanting to rub off on the popularity of the "Shen-Ma Combination" and *Goodbye Mr. Loser*!

"Then when you go back, wish them both good luck for me."

In the office, Lin Nan flipped through the revenue report of Happy Mahua brought by Yan Fei and said with a smile.

"Lin Dao, are you being sarcastic?"

"Today, except for *Detective Chinatown*, other films are as miserable as they can be, the entire market is about to be sucked dry by you. Haha..."

Faced with Yan Fei's teasing, Lin Nan didn't feel like being humble.

Because from morning until now, media reports have already explained the problem: *Detective Chinatown*'s occupancy rate is explosive, reaching over 90%;

Coupled with that 58.88% screening rate, today's daily box office market is imaginable—it belongs to *Detective Chinatown*!

Ten minutes later, Lin Nan personally sent Yan Fei out of the company, because he was also getting off work; it was already 11:30 AM.

From the afternoon, the number of film reviews and discussion posts about *Detective Chinatown* on the internet showed an explosive trend, almost mobilizing the enthusiasm of all internet audiences.

"No lie, I'm really about to laugh to death! Wang Baoqiang, Xiao Yang, and Chen He contributed 99% of the laughs in the whole movie, hahaha..."

"Who said Zeng Xiaoxian has no acting skills? Throughout the whole movie, his nose suffered so much..."

"Zeng Xiaoxian, you didn't become a deputy director not because you don't have the ability, but because you didn't play as well as Xiao Yang; he slept with the director's wife!"

"This will definitely be a famous scene; the greasy Xiao Yang contributed an absolute famous scene—'I'm telling you, you're slandering me! You're slandering me! You're slandering me!', I really can't stop laughing."

"When Xiao Yang was exposed by Wang Baoqiang for sleeping with the director's wife, this acting... hahaha..."

"Zhu Yawen's sissy act is not bad..."

"The more the movie goes on, the more creepy it feels; the foster daughter 'killing' the foster father, that look in her eyes, hiss... thinking about it is terrifying."

"Throughout the whole movie, there is a major character who never appeared from beginning to end, namely Si Nuo's classmate and good friend 'Dan'. Did he just disappear? Or was he killed? Or is he hiding? Is this a deliberately reserved loophole?"

"According to the plot hints, 'Si Nuo' and 'Dan' are good friends, and 'Si Nuo' is a perfect criminal, so she wouldn't kill 'Dan'."

"This ending leaves open imaginative space: will 'Dan' come back by himself after a while? When 'Si Nuo' notifies him that he can come back?"

"I have a darker point of view here:"

"'Si Nuo' has a foster father who has sick thoughts about her; on the other side, 'Dan' also has a homosexual father who hides well from the outside. So, it cannot be ruled out that this father also has twisted... towards his own son."

"The two children are both good friends and both want to get rid of their respective 'evil' and 'dark' families, so they teamed up to set a trap to kill the two adults!"

"Holy crap, I fully support the point of view above, because 'Si Nuo' has this brain!"

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"@Beijing Film Academy:"

"When Lin Dao chose Liu Haoran, others had already applied for the Central Academy of Drama, and were even admitted in advance because of this, so your mood when being mocked by the crowd might indeed be very frustrated!"

"But, this Zhang Zifeng hasn't reached the art exam age yet, remember to be careful, don't let her run away, especially to the Central Academy of Drama! Haha..."

"Good heavens, is this openly mocking the Film Academy?"

"No, this is just another stab after countless big directors from the Beijing Film Academy stabbed their alma mater."

"What are you talking about, this is clearly a kind reminder! Haha..."

In the afternoon, more than half of the Weibo trending list was *Detective Chinatown*.

Lin Nan, Liu Yifei, and even the Weibo accounts of the main cast were all flooded, almost all of them were positive reviews and inquiries about the plot, asking for clarification.

Faced with this overwhelming lively situation, as well as those inquiries about the "dark plot" settings, Lin Nan did not speak out;

Because as the director and screenwriter, not giving a conclusion and letting the discussion posts and popularity on the internet ferment wantonly has a hundred benefits and no harm to the film's influence and promotion!

Huayi might have felt the pressure, and Feng Xiaogang once again "waved the flag and shouted" for *Mr. Six* on Weibo;

Of course, he certainly wouldn't forget to bring along the two people with the most fan appeal:

"*Mr. Six* is full of the flavor of the old Beijing hutongs of that era; it is the authentic flavor of Mr. Six, unforgettable memories of the past, and the lost youth..."

"Wu Yifan and Li Yifeng are both particularly healthy and sunny children, and they have paid a lot for this film;"

"I feel that getting to know them both through this filming has been a particularly great gain for me; they will definitely be the pillars of the future film and television industry, and *Mr. Six* is exactly the starting point for their qualitative change..."

To be honest, when Lin Nan saw Feng Xiaogang's Weibo, he didn't have the slightest intention to mock;

He was just a bit emotional; Feng Xiaogang is worthy of being someone who came from the bottom, what kind of shameless words can be said openly!

And gained a lot from two top traffic stars? What can they teach Director Feng?

For an afternoon, Lin Nan and Liu Yifei stayed at home and didn't go out, because light snow began to drift outside.

But even staying at home couldn't stop the phone calls coming in from the circle, and the key is that they were all serious matters!

"Lin Dao, our start-up time has been set, right after the Spring Festival. Do you see if you have time to attend the start-up ceremony? After all, it's the last one."

"Casting so fast?"

Lin Nan didn't rush to reply to Huo Wenxi, but asked back. He remembered that the script review for *Ip Man 4* seemed to be only ten days ago.

"Casting hasn't ended yet, but it's coming soon, and it doesn't affect the start-up arrangements. Lin Dao, what do you think?"

Hearing this answer, Lin Nan understood; it seems that Emperor Motion Pictures is very concerned about *Ip Man 4*.

"I can't go to the scene after the Spring Festival, I have a schedule, I'm flying to Hollywood."

Hearing this, Huo Wenxi immediately knew in her heart: flying to Hollywood after the Spring Festival? Isn't that the Oscars!

"Alright, I'll tell President Yang, and won't disturb Lin Dao's rest."

"Mm, good."

As expected, Lin Nan had just hung up the phone, and had been snuggling on the sofa with Liu Yifei with one earphone each for less than ten minutes, when another call came.

"I think, why don't you just go to the company? We've been watching a movie, the progress bar has only gone for thirty minutes, but it actually started playing more than an hour ago!"

Liu Yifei "complained" and rolled her eyes at Lin Nan, with a sweet smile on her face.

Lin Nan smiled and glanced at the caller ID, then guaranteed with certainty: "The last one."

A few minutes later, Lin Nan nodded and agreed to the specific date for the second round of financing for Tudou determined by Wang Wei, and then he switched his phone to flight mode.

China Film.

"President La, Lin Dao's phone can't get through."

La Peikang frowned slightly, then waved his hand at the secretary, and looked at Zhou Xingchi again:

"Then forget it, don't ask for his opinion. Although he is the largest investor, he is not the main controlling producer, let's just decide between the two of us."

"President La, how about setting the release on the 3rd for the 8th of February?"

Zhou Xingchi immediately stated the time he planned in his heart.

The popularity of *Detective Chinatown* in major cinema chains today deeply stimulated him; for *The Mermaid*, he was already a bit impatient.

"The 3rd? Mm, not bad, okay!"

After 7:00 PM, downstairs at Wanda Cinema.

Looking at the phone that was always "unreachable" in his hand, Ye Ning sighed helplessly.

After struggling in his heart for a long time, he originally wanted to take advantage of the New Year to chat with Lin Nan.

After all, the two have known each other for nearly 11 years, and their relationship is really good; and where he is going next is over there... and he is a bit at odds with Lin Nan, Wang Changtian, and others...

"Hey, forget it. Next time we meet... I should be the one heard about first, right? I wonder what everyone's thoughts and reactions will be, hehe..."

Ye Ning murmured helplessly, his expression quite bitter.

Under the night, he looked back at the brightly lit company building; starting tomorrow, he will be on annual leave.

After so many years at Wanda, this is his first time taking a long vacation. And the first time taking a long vacation is a long vacation of more than a month.

Even if the New Year's slot and Spring Festival slot are very, very busy, and the group is unwilling for him to take a vacation, he also stated with a tough attitude: this long vacation, he must take it!

Change the mood, change the mindset, change the environment—take a vacation to prepare for these!

For one night, more than a dozen satellite TVs were holding New Year's Eve galas.

Why can all provincial satellite TVs only hold New Year's Eve galas on the night before New Year's Day now?

The reason for this is because CCTV is too overbearing!

There is a clear document from above: it is not allowed to have anyone competing with CCTV for audiences and traffic on New Year's Eve!

New Year's Day, morning, after eight o'clock.

Lin Nan and Liu Yifei were sleeping soundly in each other's arms, but the entire film circle outside had already gone crazy;

Because *Detective Chinatown* really bloodied the domestic film market yesterday and "occupied" the daily box office market!

"Directed by Lin Dao Nan, produced by Liu Yifei, starring Wang Baoqiang, Liu Haoran, Tang Yan, Xiao Yang, Chen He, Zhang Zifeng, and others;"

"On the first day of the New Year's comedy, action, detective blockbuster *Detective Chinatown*, the box office strongly grabbed 236 million..."

"It is reported that *Detective Chinatown*'s daily box office market share yesterday reached as high as 89.97%, once again refreshing the domestic film first-day box office record, single-day box office record..."

"Due to the impact of *Detective Chinatown*, the New Year's action drama *Mr. Six*, produced by Huayi, directed by Guan Hu, starring Feng Xiaogang, Wu Yifan, Li Yifeng, and others, saw its daily box office plummet from 46.07 million yesterday to 11.2 million, showing an avalanche trend..."

"Due to the siphon effect of *Detective Chinatown*, the New Year's comedy *Angel Whispers*, controlled by Enlight Media, co-produced by Orange Image, directed by Deng Chao, starring Deng Chao, Sun Li, Liang Chao, and others, saw its box office yesterday cut in half from 15.87 million to 3.2 million..."

"Due to the impact of *Detective Chinatown*, the comedy *One Thought of Heaven*, starring Shen Teng and Ma Li, performed poorly on its first day, closing at 7.45 million, failing to repeat the glory of *Goodbye Mr. Loser*."

"According to many large domestic cinema chains, they will adjust the screening rate and screening volume of *Detective Chinatown* according to the situation, and adjust the screening time..."

Lin Nan was truly convinced by Wang Changtian; the first call he received after starting up was from Chairman Wang.

"Look, Huayi was pressed to the point of vomiting blood all at once, come for two more days, and completely trample them to death!"

"*Angel Whispers* isn't about to stop breathing too?" Lin Nan yawned and teased.

"It doesn't matter, there wasn't much left anyway, *Detective Chinatown* will help Enlight earn back dozens of times! Haha..."

Fine, Old Wang is a sensible person!

"Finish the call quickly, eat breakfast, it's going to be 10 o'clock!"

On the side, Liu Yifei smiled and made mouth shapes at Lin Nan, winking.

At this moment, she was wearing fluffy pink loungewear, looking very youthful, playful, and cute... well, no makeup, wearing a headband!

Lin Nan sat opposite Liu Yifei and frowned, the phone in his hand not yet hung up.

Miss Liu ate eggs in small bites, looking at Lin Nan, and was also listening to the matter of postponement on the phone.

"The first-day box office was 236 million, higher than *Lost in Hong Kong*, *Goodbye Mr. Loser*, and *Mojin: The Lost Legend*. Should we apply for an extension this time?"

"Not applying for an extension is sorry for our box office, applying for an extension, this is the fourth time... for the extension key time, which slot to apply for? Will the above approve it?"

Lin Nan naturally knew very well that the extension key application had already been rejected 3 times, there had never been such a thing before!

But that "panacea"-like reason from above was indeed truly speechless and helpless.

Lin Nan looked at Liu Yifei, his eyes full of inquiry.

"Mm, why not?" Miss Liu nodded firmly.

"After the first week's box office comes out, go and submit the extension key application." Lin Nan immediately said to Wang Changtian on the other end of the phone.

"How long? What if it's rejected again?"

"One month! If it's still rejected, then this time President Wang will go to the bureau with me for a trip."

"Good!"

Wang Changtian's voice was also very resolute, China Film cannot be relied upon!

Huayi.

Wang Zhongjun looked at the box office data on the internet with a gloomy face, his heart was bleeding, it dropped 35 million in just one day!

And Wang Zhonglei was on the phone, listening to the report from the Huayi cinema chain side—the screening of *Detective Chinatown* was not enough, and the occupancy rate of *Mr. Six* was less than 8%.

Feng Xiaogang pinched his eyebrows and was also not in a good state, and Guan Hu was the same.

Originally, everyone had high expectations for *Mr. Six*, but they didn't expect that as soon as it was released, it was first suppressed by *Angel Whispers* due to the film's attribute advantage;

It was hard to wait until *Angel Whispers* was about to die, but as a result, before their own box office could rise, it was directly trampled into the valley by *Detective Chinatown*...

Previously, several people had said they wanted to collide head-on, but with this data now, what can they use to collide head-on? Use eggs to hit stones?

"All our means, including off-the-board tricks, are completely unusable on Lin Nan's side! Once used, we will only be 'caught'."

Wang Zhonglei reminded after hanging up the phone.

Feng Xiaogang and Guan Hu looked at Wang Zhonglei, neither of them spoke.

At this moment, they were just the starring actor and director of *Mr. Six*; as for how to challenge Lin Nan, that was the business of Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei.

"Director Guan Hu, you continue to take Wu Yifan and Li Yifeng to run promotion, today is only the 9th day of the film's release..."

"Mm, I will, President Wang."

"Big brother?"

"Do your best and listen to fate!

Director Feng, don't wait for your *I Am Not Madame Bovary* anymore, start filming in the next two days."

Wang Zhongjun said helplessly and weakly, his own family really bumped into Lin Nan's hands, and there was no way at all! That guy is a major shareholder of Weibo!

"Mm, these two days will be fine."

"By the way, big brother, Ye Ning has started his annual leave." Wang Zhonglei reminded.

"Mm, then the group will carry out some personnel adjustments this month, leaving a position for him; and those shares, strip them out in advance..."

"Good."

Wang Zhonglei nodded, he, the general manager, had to move a position for Ye Ning.