Chapter 647

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Outside the private restaurant, Lin Nan put Liu Yifei's suitcase into Watching Shu Chang's car, and Miss Liu also sat in the passenger seat.

"Remember to come back early after you finish the serious business with Chairman Wang."

The car window rolled down, and Liu Yifei's exquisite face carried a sweet smile, earnestly instructing Lin Nan.

"Mm, I know. Changchang, drive slowly, don't learn from Xixi," Lin Nan also instructed Watching Shu Chang.

"Alright, I drive very steadily, don't worry."

Before Lin Nan and Liu Yifei could say a second sentence, this girl Watching Shu Chang had already stepped on the accelerator;

Only hearing the roar of the sports car engine was unusually harsh, just like the low roar and growl of a beast, deafening. At the same time, the sports car also swooshed out.

"This is called steady?"

Standing in place, Lin Nan complained speechlessly, and then could only helplessly get into his own car.

Just past three in the afternoon, Lin Nan arrived at Enlight Media.

Wang Changtian had obviously been waiting for a long time, and Deng Chao was also there.

"Very lively today, I see all the elevators are queuing up more or less, all people."

Just after sitting down, Lin Nan picked up the small teacup and took a sip, then asked.

"It's the end of the year, all kinds of program recordings are squeezed together; later you can go to the studio floors to take a look, quite a few stars in the circle are there.

In addition, *Running Man* is also recording an indoor program in the evening here... Alright, let's take a look, the budget is not much."

As he spoke, Wang Changtian pushed a budget report in front of Lin Nan;

And Deng Chao on the side was also adding with a smile: "Lin Dao, starting tomorrow, we will also start recording the New Year special version of *Running Man*, six episodes."

"Mm, the more you get to the end of the year, the more announcements you have, that's talking about you A-listers... with more announcements, taxes must be careful."

Lin Nan responded without raising his head. He was looking at the budget report at a glance, and a moment later he asked suspiciously: "One hundred million?"

"That's right, it's one hundred million. And Deng Chao doesn't take a salary."

"Lin Dao, my salary is offset by investment, giving me 10%," Deng Chao explained with a smile.

"Mm, that's right," Lin Nan looked at Deng Chao and nodded.

Logically speaking, with Deng Chao's current status and box office appeal, a salary of 10 million is lower than his market quote;

But if the salary is to be offset by investment, then the salary naturally has to be discounted, especially for films produced by large companies; this is an unspoken rule in the industry.

After all, it involves the total box office share, and most of the work and risks of a film are borne by the production company;

So reasonably and legally, the company will not allow an actor to convert salary into investment amount one-to-one.

Because one is salary, the other is investment, and the nature of the two is completely different.

Furthermore, not every A-lister is qualified to offset the investment share with salary; at the very least, they have to be a top A-lister with box office appeal or star capital.

Undoubtedly, the film and entertainment circle is just so realistic, and the rules and levels are also nakedly clear and strict... unless the actor successfully promotes up, even if they are at the bottom of the capital circle after promotion;

But unfortunately, Deng Chao just happened to meet the conditions: top domestic A-list male actor, certain box office appeal, star capital!

Wang Changtian saw that Lin Nan had finished flipping through the budget table, and only then spoke:

"You take 40%, Enlight keeps half, how about it? It's not difficult for this kind of film to make money, but it's not easy to make a lot of money."

"40%?"

Lin Nan muttered, it's only 40 million. He didn't hesitate too much and nodded immediately: "40% is 40%, when are you planning to start filming?"

"It will be established in these two days, and casting will start immediately after the Spring Festival, trying to start filming before the end of March.

This kind of small and medium-cost film can be finished in at most two months; after filming, there is no need to wait for post-production, it can be scheduled directly, and there is absolutely no problem with being released in the second half of this year."

Wang Changtian said confidently, and Deng Chao on the side was also nodding in agreement, looking like everything was under control.

"Then fine, let's follow Enlight's plan."

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What is status and face? These two words are reflected extremely vividly in Teacher Gong Li.

In the afternoon, *The Monkey King 2* held its premiere press conference in Beijing;

After a large media meeting, there was only one "protagonist" from beginning to end, and that was Teacher Gong Li.

Whether it was director Soi Cheang, or lead actors Aaron Kwok, Feng Shaofeng, Fei Xiang, etc., without exception, they were all covered and suppressed by Teacher Gong Li's radiance.

Even Liu Yifei and Watching Shu Chang, who returned home, were bored enough to watch the live news broadcast of the whole event.

After Lin Nan returned, he didn't pay attention to Liu Yifei and the other two who were making trouble there; he sat alone and pondered for a while.

Alright, he has to admit that there is no role in Enlight's *I Belonged to You* worth putting people into.

Just when Lin Nan was regretting, Liu Yifei's mobile phone rang, which immediately attracted his attention.

He saw Producer Liu answering the phone seriously, while Watching Shu Chang pricked up her ears to eavesdrop on the side.

"Sister Jiang... the 16th? The 8th day of the lunar new year? Alright, alright, I know, then let's set it on the 8th day."

A few minutes later, the phone hung up.

Liu Yifei first threw a look at Lin Nan with a smile, then pursed her lips at Watching Shu Chang, teasing maliciously, "Congratulations, Changchang, joining the crew on the 8th day of the lunar new year!"

"*Eternal Love*, to start filming on the 8th day of the lunar new year?"

While Watching Shu Chang was still confused and counting the days, Lin Nan had already asked.

"Mm, Director Jiang said the team set it on the 8th, saying it's a good day." Liu Yifei smiled helplessly.

Hearing the words "good day," Lin Nan was also speechless.

He never pays attention to incense burning when starting or finishing filming; it's always according to his time.

But others in the company attach great importance to it; Guo Fan and Lu Yang are the same, in the end, it's just for peace of mind and a sense of ritual.

"Hey, although it was said before that filming would start after the Spring Festival, but... really have to eat Yuanxiao in the crew?" Watching Shu Chang smacked her lips, very depressed.

"It's okay, I'll call you on the day of the Lantern Festival. Let me think, Lin Nan and I should still be at the old home that day, or just returned to the capital? Hm, anyway, I won't visit your crew, hehe..."

Looking at Watching Shu Chang's wrinkled face, Liu Yifei laughed until she fell over.

"Don't worry, the crew will arrange for you to celebrate the festival, it will be very lively too."

Lin Nan couldn't help but comfort her, but he couldn't accept the matter of joining the crew to film during the New Year; except for Liu Yifei, it didn't matter for others.

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After one night, time came to the 22nd.

*Detective Chinatown* has been released for 22 days, and the total box office has officially broken through to 2.52 billion.

And it looks like its box office potential is still very strong, with a daily income of over 40 million.

As for that *Star Wars: The Force Awakens*, it has a feeling of collapsing at any time;

Currently, the total box office is 470 million, and the daily box office has fallen very quickly, with only 12 million left, it is estimated that it can only hold on to about 500 million?!

After more than half a month, Lin Nan once again experienced the beauty of warmth and fragrance... this joy, no heart... work.

Smooth skin is the first tactile sensation, and the grumbling of getting up is also a special flavor.

In order to temper his will (absolutely not for the sake of his waist), Lin Dao tried his best and got up.

Hm, turn back and cover Liu Yifei with the quilt... the red spots on her neck, fragrant shoulders, and chest are still a bit obvious.

The scattered long hair on the pillow not only doesn't look messy, but also makes the exquisite plain face lying on its side more of a graceful beauty after the storm... a beauty that is aggrieved!

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When Lin Nan left home, Liu Yifei was actually awake, just lying in bed and didn't want to get up, her waist was sore and her back was aching.

After saying hello, he went straight to the company.

The big event in the film circle today is that the Berlin International Film Festival has announced the nomination list.

Before, the Berlin International Film Festival organizing committee had invited Lin Nan and Liu Yifei, but the time of the opening ceremony was really unfortunate, it was the Spring Festival.

This led to the two of them not being able to go at all, and could only reply to the email explaining the situation, and also recorded an opening video; after all, Lin Nan was the winner of the Golden Bear Award last year.

"This year, only one film called *Crosscurrent* from the mainland was shortlisted for the main competition unit; in Hong Kong, *Trivisa*, produced by Johnnie To, was shortlisted for the Forum section, which belongs to the non-competition screening unit and has no weight."

"*Crosscurrent*? Never heard of it." Lin Nan muttered.

"It's said to be a magical realism romance film, starring Qin Hao and Xin Zhilei."

Yue Jun introduced it simply, but Lin Nan didn't have much interest;

He has to arrange some related work for the company for more than half a month after he and Liu Yifei return to their hometown for the New Year in these two days;

Because film and television companies don't have long holidays, unless it's a small workshop or one that is about to close down. Usually, the larger the company, the busier it will be!

Even the premiere of Ning Hao's *Nian Beast* will be the same as *The Mermaid*—Lin Nan and Liu Yifei will inevitably be absent.

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Since the opening of the A-share market in the morning, after several months, that scene has faintly shown a trend of repeating itself.

In two hours, the ChiNext index plummeted by 4.18%, and Huayi's stock price fell by 5.94%... it seems it is already 27.88 yuan now.

What made the entire film circle dumbfounded was that Huayi issued an announcement near 12 noon;

And the objects involved in the announcement were all the "celebrity shareholders" under the two companies, Dongyang Haohan and Dongyang Meila, which were acquired before:

"Based on confidence in the company's future sustained and stable development and recognition of the company's value, Feng Shaofeng, Yang Ying, Du Chun... Feng Xiaogang and others voluntarily purchased Huayi shares from the secondary market, and voluntarily agreed to lock these shares for one year and will not sell..."

After people in the circle saw this operation, they all "praised" it: disgusting, shameless!

Because this is no longer stabilizing and promoting the stock price through regular means, it is completely "evil ways."

"Huayi is already finished. Now it's a grocery store with the skin of the film and television industry. Finance, real estate, and internet businesses are countless times more than film and television businesses, and only the cinema line is still there, guarding part of the foundation."

In the small auditorium of China Film Group, La Peikang was receiving Zhang Hongsen.

"So the policy will approve and encourage China Film Group and Shanghai Film Group to go public in the name and form of subsidiaries... how much longer?"

"At the earliest in April, at the latest in June, China Film Co., Ltd. can submit an IPO and officially launch an impact on the A-share market. Shanghai Film Group should be about the same."

Speaking of this, La Peikang couldn't help but reveal a trace of excitement in his eyes; this is also a political achievement!

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