Chapter 653: Resignation; Invitation

The seventh day of the Lunar New Year, the 14th; today is not only during the Spring Festival slot, but also Valentine's Day.

Because the entire internet was dominated and flooded with box office information from several commercial blockbusters like 'The Mermaid', few people noticed that the two movies 'Murder at 17' and 'Run for Love' also officially started their theatrical run today;

The former starred Yang Ying and Ruan Miss Jing Tian as the male and female leads, with Re Yizha, Hao Lei, and others in supporting roles, while the latter starred Zhang Ziyi, Peng Yuyan, Zhou Dongyu, and others.

However, those with a discerning eye in the circle could see that these two movies would definitely not have a good outcome;

This was like a group of tigers fighting in the Spring Festival slot, and suddenly two huskies mixed in; where else could they run if not to their deaths?

Lin Nan and Liu Yifei also didn't pay much attention to the relevant information about those two movies; right now, the two were entertaining Jing Tian.

Miss Liu was all smiles, especially enthusiastic, completely in the posture of a hostess after guests arrived at home, with a very steady aura.

And Lin Nan stood on the side watching and accompanying with a smile, because... he really couldn't get a word in.

"Before coming back, Uncle Lu suggested I treat Brother Lin and Sister Yifei to a meal; but I thought about it and felt it was better to come and pay a New Year's visit.

Hmm, I didn't know what to bring, so after asking others, I took the liberty to bring some food and a few bottles of wine; Uncle can keep them to eat slowly."

Jing Tian sat there, looking up, looking very honest, with a feeling of a well-behaved girl.

"That's very good. I didn't know what to bring when I visited other people's homes in the past, it was all prepared by my mother."

Liu Yifei also smiled generously and wanted to keep Jing Tian for lunch.

"Lin Nan, come over here for a second. You two girls chat, don't worry about..."

At this time, Lao Lin shouted from afar.

Director Lin went to the front in two or three steps, leaving Liu Yifei and Jing Tian in the courtyard behind to continue talking.

Just as he reached him, Lao Lin mysteriously pulled Lin Nan and whispered, "The wine this girl brought is better than what Western Film sent! What's the relationship between you two?"

Lin Nan smacked his lips and paused for two seconds before speaking: "You keep it and drink it, she's just, just like Shu Chang."

"Oh oh, I know now, another best friend, that's very good."

Forget it, Lin Nan didn't deny it either; best friend is best friend, no difference, both are treated as younger sisters.

For lunch, Jing Tian really did stay.

Lin Nan found that Liu Yifei seemed to have switched states; he hadn't seen her show such a powerful side of social ability for many years, and honestly, it made Lin Nan quite nostalgic.

At the dinner table, Jing Tian was asked about her upcoming work schedule; her schedule was very close to Lin Nan and Liu Yifei's, both returning to the capital in these two days, and flying to Hollywood after resting for a few days.

However, she was departing with Zhang Yimou, and the specific time hadn't been set yet.

In the afternoon, capital, Lin Nan Film.

Everyone in the company had ended their Spring Festival holiday and entered a working state.

Right now, Yue Jun was on the phone with Yinghuang; 'Ip Man 4' was about to start filming.

"Although Director Lin is coming back tomorrow, it's probably impossible for him to fly to Shanghai to attend the opening ceremony; he and Yifei still have to prepare for the subsequent schedule and need to recharge."

Hearing this answer, Huo Wenxi was obviously a bit disappointed, but she didn't give up; after all, Lin Nan Film was one of the producers, and its recent momentum was even more unstoppable.

"What about Director Yue and Director Jiang?"

Yue Jun couldn't help but laugh when he heard this: "Director Huo might be disappointed; I'm too busy to get away, and Director Jiang has already left Beijing to prepare for the crew."

Alright, now Huo Wenxi was truly helpless and could only give up.

"It's really a pity, okay, then I'll go report to Yang Dong, I won't disturb Director Yue's work."

"Hmm, okay, see you next time."

After hanging up the phone, Yue Jun looked at his assistant, "What's wrong?"

"Director Yue, the Huabiao Awards just announced the holding process, it's set for June 24th..."

China Film.

A group of people sat together, and La Peikang appeared exceptionally excited.

Because the box office trend of 'The Mermaid' was not weaker than 'Detective Chinatown' in its first week of release; what this meant was self-evident, and everyone present understood.

"La Dong, do you mean we can submit the application for the extension key now?"

For more than six days, Zhou Xingchi had really been like he was on drugs, maintaining an excited state at all times.

"Hmm, the bureau just changed the policy last month. At this moment, if we apply for an extension, basically no accidents will occur."

"Then let's make it 1 month. But I estimate that 'From Vegas to Macau 3' and 'The Monkey King 2' should also try to apply for an extension;

After all, everyone can see that this Spring Festival slot has exploded all at once, and the film market volume has directly more than doubled; no one doesn't want to eat more meat!

As for whether the bureau will approve the extension of the second movie, that depends on the results. If approved, it will continue to act as an opponent to 'The Mermaid'." Ren Zhonglun nodded and said.

In the past two days, Shanghai Film also held a meeting, and everyone believed that starting from this year, the Chinese film market would completely embark on a path of barbaric growth.

For the entire industry, this was undoubtedly a great thing!

"Then let's apply for one month first." La Peikang made the final decision.

On the morning of the 15th, Lin Nan and Liu Yifei didn't sleep in.

At eight o'clock, Lin Nan moved his and Liu Yifei's suitcases into the trunk of that brand-new Mercedes SUV all by himself.

Although Lao Lin was used to driving a Jeep, he liked this car to the extreme, because it was bought by his daughter-in-law.

"Packed up? Then hurry up and get in the car."

Looking at the two who came out wearing identical orange down jackets, Lao Lin asked and urged with a face full of smiles.

"All set, Dad."

Lin Nan opened the back door, let Liu Yifei sit in first, and then went to the passenger seat himself.

A few minutes later, the Mercedes SUV headed straight for the nearby international airport.

Yesterday was the last day of the first week of the Spring Festival slot; 'The Mermaid' was directly injected with chicken blood, brushing off its own first-day and single-day domestic film box office record of 271 million.

Now the new record was 315 million, which truly gave the entire production industry a big scare.

And the daily box office of 'From Vegas to Macau 3' and 'The Monkey King 2' dropped to 89 million and 100 million respectively.

As for 'Detective Chinatown', it was exactly 8 million.

That imported movie 'Kung Fu Panda 3' had already stopped at 850 million and was gone.

Thus, after a full week of release, 'The Mermaid' raked in 1.819 billion, while 'From Vegas to Macau 3' and 'The Monkey King 2' were 791 million and 768 million respectively.

As for Ning Hao's 'Mr. Nian', it was truly miserable, stopping at 30.11 million, and was pulled from theaters; it was really just a one-week tour, definitely a bloody loss!

And 'Run for Love' and 'Murder at 17', which premiered yesterday, raked in 36 million and 9.32 million;

But a large number of industry insiders analyzed that these two movies could only look at the first day's box office, because the movies were really too trashy; from the second day on, it would definitely be an avalanche!

At 9:30, Lin Nan and Liu Yifei were wrapped up very tightly; the two waved to Lao Lin, and only after a long time did they walk into the airport departure hall, looking back every few steps.

Only after they could no longer see the figures of his son and daughter-in-law did Lao Lin exhale a bit of cold air onto his hands, then rubbed his hands together and sat in the driver's seat, preparing to go home.

Huayi.

Wang Zhongjun sat in his office chair, his fingers tapping on the desk, his whole person showing a trend of being excited to the point of trembling;

Sitting opposite him was Wang Zhonglei, who was equally excited.

"It's the 8th today, everyone who should be at work is at work. What about Ye Ning?"

"His annual leave ended yesterday afternoon; he should have just entered the Wanda headquarters by now, right?

According to Wanda's personnel system, any employee, including executives, will take effect immediately upon submitting a resignation and automatically enter the resignation procedure, with a maximum of three days to complete."

"Three days? Then three days it is; at the end of this month, we..."

"Okay, Brother."

Near 12 o'clock noon, Ye Ning walked out of the Wanda headquarters.

Faced with the retention of several old colleagues and the Vice President of Personnel, he didn't hesitate and submitted his resignation decisively.

As for the big boss, he was currently not in the country; it was said he was leading a team abroad to talk about acquisitions. Wanda was truly in its prime.

Looking up at the headquarters building, the group where he had stayed for more than ten years, Ye Ning stared for a few seconds, then resolutely got into the car.

"Let's go back, the group should issue an announcement in three days."

Out of the airport, Lin Nan and Liu Yifei were caught.

You could say that asking the two if they had a good time in their hometown was one thing, but asking Lin Nan for his opinion on the current box office status of 'Detective Chinatown' being just one step away from the goal and leaving a lot of regrets was a bit too much.

What could Lin Nan say? Before he could speak, Liu Yifei snatched it away: "We don't care about those regrets; it's quite good as it is now, we are very satisfied."

Hmm, Miss Liu answered really well, generous and decent!

After shaking off a group of media reporters, Lin Nan and Liu Yifei got on the RV sent by Red Star Dock to pick them up;

In less than half an hour, the news of their return to Beijing appeared on the hot search, and it also spread in the circle.

Why else would artists like RVs? The space is just big. Lin Nan and Liu Yifei sat face to face, looking at the scenery outside the window.

Suddenly, Miss Liu raised her eyebrows at Director Lin and called out softly and sweetly: "Brother Lin, let's have lunch at home today; you cook."

"This Lin, no, this Sister Liu, it's a pity you didn't play Daiyu."

Lin Nan reached out and pinched Liu Yifei's cheek, joking with a smile, and then was bitten by her with an "ah-woo".

"Heh, I'm just learning. Dad really treated Jing Tian like Changchang, sending so much homemade beef jerky yesterday."

"We brought back even more! I didn't see it, you also..."

"I also what?" Liu Yifei's beautiful eyes narrowed slightly, and Lin Nan immediately felt murderous intent.

"Nothing, maybe I've eaten too well these past few days and have a bit of indigestion. Let's have something sour at noon; do you want to join, Sister Xixi?"

"Hmph, I don't eat sour things, I'll make you and eat you!"

As she spoke, Liu Yifei was amused by herself, still grinding her teeth?

"Hmm, phone?"

The ambiguous atmosphere was broken by a phone call.

After Liu Yifei connected, she said unhappily: "You're not preparing well in the crew, why are you calling?"

"Xixi, did you eat gunpowder? So fierce?" Shu Chang was worthy of being a true best friend.

"Yeah, tell me, what's the matter."

Glaring at Lin Nan with her little eyes, Miss Liu's tone became much gentler instantly.

"Are you two really not coming to see me? I haven't filmed a TV drama for a long time, it will be very tiring..."

While Lin Nan and Liu Yifei were joking with Shu Chang, over at Shengkai Film, Chen Hong also saw the news of their return.

"The script has been submitted for forty days, and because of the Spring Festival, it was delayed for at most two weeks; if there are no accidents, it should be down before the middle of next month."

Chen Hong analyzed the approximate time issue with Chen Kaige, and the latter nodded, indicating approval.

"Then for this casting, how to choose?"

"Just notify the industry, recommendation and invitation system; ordinary actors and amateurs won't be considered."

Chen Kaige said very seriously; he was also not a director who liked to use amateurs, and the last 'Monk Comes Down the Mountain' was already an exception. And this movie, he attached great importance to it and would not waste energy on newcomers and ordinary actors.

"Okay, I'll go and invite them over there when the time comes."

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 654 =====

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