Chapter 848: Producer Liu's Two Million; Teacher Six is Cyberbullied Again!

"Cut!"

With a big gold chain, small earrings, a black headband, and a mousse-styled head, Lei Jiayin, dressed as a local tyrant, successfully wrapped up his scenes as Lin Nan's command fell.

"Lin Dao, for the cameo shot in *The Wandering Earth*, I resolutely refused the red carpet this morning.

Look, Producer Liu is already topping the film festival headlines... I could have been on the trending searches like Reba and the others. Sigh, envious..."

Lei Jiayin shook his head gently, his face full of regret. Why can't one have both fish and bear's paw? Why did his scenes have to be arranged for today?

"If you missed the opening red carpet, then you can go to the closing red carpet." Lin Nan laughed speechlessly.

"You say that, if it were an A-list film festival, the closing red carpet would naturally be the grandest. But for something like the Beijing International Film Festival, only the opening ceremony is worth showing off.

Besides, Producer Liu and the others aren't going to the closing ceremony either." Lei Datou himself complained seriously, and everyone in the crew couldn't help but laugh.

Lin Nan pointed at Lei Jiayin with a smile, ignored his unpromising look, and sat in the director's chair to browse the morning news.

That's right, Liu Yifei, who led the Lin Nan Pictures team onto the red carpet, was undoubtedly the most eye-catching focus on the opening red carpet of the Beijing International Film Festival this morning.

With a bun, wearing a purple-red half-backless petal dress, her aura was stunning. She naturally captured the lenses of all media reporters on the scene, and the click-through rate of online news was off the charts.

Beside her, Shu Chang, Jing Tian, Han Jia, and Reba in the team were also equally star-studded;

One in an ink-wash gauze dress, fresh and elegant; one in a silver sequined dress, sweet and eye-catching; little Han in a trench coat and jeans, unique; and Reba was slim-fitting, fully displaying the graceful figure of an ethnic minority.

Finally, there were Yue Jun and Jiang Xuerou, who flanked the five women. The team of seven represented the Lin Nan Pictures system and also represented Lin Nan, who did not attend the film festival.

"Good guy, the treatment for foreign films is really different.

The organizer actually opened a dedicated screening hall for the *Fast & Furious* series and even sold package tickets, cycling through screenings from the first to the eighth during the film festival."

Wu Jing walked over from the lounge flipping through his phone, his tone sour, and the envy in his tone couldn't be hidden at all.

"In all fairness, the *Fast & Furious* series is still worthy of this treatment; besides, the eighth part has only been released in China for three days, and it's at the time when its popularity is high, and the film festival also needs its popularity."

Speaking of *The Fate of the Furious*, Lin Nan couldn't help but marvel.

The first-day box office was 417 million, the second-day box office was 487 million, today is Sunday, and it is estimated that it can cut down another 400 million or so. In three days, it got about 1.3 billion at the box office in the mainland, this data is simply terrifying!

"That's what I said, but it has squeezed the film market dry. For two consecutive days, its comprehensive daily box office share has been over 91%, leaving no way for other movies to live."

Wu Jing's sigh of emotion was instantly affirmed and echoed by a group of people around him. Because it was easy to imagine that within half a month, the domestic films in the same period would only have one result:

That is, one after another, they would hit the stone with an egg, without any power to fight back, and finally die without a burial place; or even die as soon as they were released, not even able to resist for a day!

"What are you worried about? *Wolf Warrior 2* is in late July. To a certain extent, that is indeed the protection month for domestic films, with relatively few imported blockbusters, and hit series are even less common."

"Haha... then borrow Lin Dao's auspicious words, I hope *Wolf Warrior 2*'s box office can also be as formidable and unrivaled as this..."

After *The Wandering Earth* crew finished resting and resumed work, in Beijing, Liu Yifei had already changed into casual clothes and was strolling around the movie promotion and screening area with Han Jia and Shu Chang.

As for the promised tight fitness training? Uh... tomorrow is also fine!

However, before the three of them could decide which movie to watch, Liu Yifei was attracted by a familiar side face and stopped.

"Li Dao?"

When Liu Yifei tentatively greeted to confirm, not only did Shu Chang and Han Jia look over suspiciously, but the person being called also turned around subconsciously.

"Yifei?" It was indeed Li Yang.

"Brother Li Yang, is this your new film?" Liu Yifei stepped forward with a smile, looking at the somewhat crude promotional materials on the side and asked.

In the eyes of Shu Chang and the other, this movie booth could no longer be described by the word "crude", it was simply unwatchable.

Because there was only a simple stand and a stack of brochures, and the space was less than two square meters; compared with Yang Mi's *Reset* next door, the former was like a family receiving minimum living security, while the latter was a villa.

"Ah, this is my new film, *Blind Way*." Li Yang introduced with a smile.

"When was it filmed? Is there a release date? Lin Nan and I didn't even hear the news, and you didn't say anything."

Hearing Liu Yifei's enthusiastic greeting, Li Yang's reaction was a bit unnatural and awkward, "It started filming in 2015, and it has been filmed on and off until now... no release date yet."

"Is it a funding issue?" Liu Yifei, who had been a producer for many years, reacted in an instant. If a movie could be filmed for so long, it was highly likely to be a funding issue.

"Haha, let Yifei you laugh. The filming was indeed interrupted several times because of money. However, at this Beijing Film Festival, I should be able to find the remaining funds." Li Yang smiled reluctantly.

Liu Yifei didn't answer, but took the initiative to pick up the brochure of *Blind Way* and flipped through it, and handed one to Shu Chang and Han Jia each.

Not to mention *Blind Shaft*, she knew the content because Lin Nan had participated.

*Blind Mountain* was about the abduction of women, and it was also an investment given by Lin Nan. Li Yang finally gave up the copyright and supported all platforms and pirates on the internet to spread and profit at will, in the hope of maximizing publicity and letting the public be vigilant.

And this *Blind Way* was still a theme of human trafficking, about children... children being abducted by traffickers and subjected to violent abuse, making them beg in big cities to earn money for traffickers.

"Lacking investment, why not look for Lin Nan?" After a long time, Liu Yifei spoke, looking at Li Yang.

"It's not good to look for you guys every time. The last *Blind Mountain* made Lin Nan lose several million.

Besides, you should also know that this kind of movie is difficult to make a profit from the box office; the theme of human trafficking is taken abroad to participate in competitions... it's not good for our influence."

Li Yang's tone revealed a trace of helplessness, but there was still a smile on his face. He was already used to this kind of long-term search for investment and the interruption of filming due to lack of investment.

"How much is still missing?" Liu Yifei still didn't pick up the topic, but asked her own question.

The atmosphere between the few people suddenly quieted down. After a few seconds, it was the straightforward Han Jia who broke the situation and joked:

"Li Dao, just say how much is missing. The two of them are rich people, you don't need to have psychological burden, just let them bleed a little. Senior Brother Lin is filming in Qingdao recently, and Yifei has the final say at home."

"Hmm, as long as it's a good movie, you don't need to save money for them." Shu Chang also nodded.

"Li Dao, how much is missing?" Liu Yifei asked again, with a smile on her face.

Li Yang didn't know what to say. He was a bit embarrassed, but after looking back at the promotional stand for *Blind Way* he designed himself, he finally opened his mouth:

"This movie has been filmed for nearly two and a half years, and 4 million has already been spent. It should be enough with another 1.5 million."

"You take the time to go directly to Red Star Pictures in the next two days. I will greet the company this afternoon. Two million should be fine. Li Dao, then I will take this away."

Liu Yifei shook the brochure of *Blind Way* in her hand, didn't give Li Yang a chance to refuse, and led Shu Chang and the other to say goodbye, the reason being that they were going to catch the opening of a movie.

Watching the backs of the three women and their assistants walking away, Li Yang felt a mix of emotions for a while. After a moment, he smiled bitterly:

"That little bit of incense... disturbed Lin Nan again. Making movies is really difficult!"

In the distance, Han Jia and Shu Chang were also whispering to Liu Yifei: "We were just giving you a cue just now, and you gave 2 million like that? Without even considering it?"

Seeing Liu Yifei's soft smile at Shu Chang and Han Jia beside her, she then educated them seriously:

"There are fewer and fewer good directors now, especially directors who are solidly filming social-themed movies, there are really not many; but Li Dao is undoubtedly this kind of director, and he is also a very outstanding screenwriter.

And you heard it just now, the cost of this movie is still less than 6 million; think about it, how many famous directors in the film and television industry now will film this kind of cost movie? Anyway, I can't think of a second one."

On the 17th, the first thing that caught the eyes of the film and television circle was the information about *Sewing Machine Band*.

This movie was jointly produced by Enlight Media and Wanda Pictures, written and directed by Dong Chengpeng, starring Dong Chengpeng, Qiao Shan, Nazha, and others; it officially started filming in JA City, Jilin, at 8:00 AM.

Although the news of this movie starting filming aroused heated discussion and attention online, it was only heatedly discussed for less than an hour.

Because entertainment information that was highly controversial and made public opinion "uproar" was exposed in the morning, the whole internet was full of controversy, and scolding was endless.

Lin Nan also heard bits and pieces from the discussions of crew members and actors when he was eating lunch after filming ended at noon.

Afterwards, he went to see the news online himself—Teacher Six was cyberbullied!

The reason was that two days after Director Yang passed away, Teacher Six posted a Weibo to mourn.

"It was only this morning that I learned from Mr. Chi the sad news of the passing of our country's first-generation female TV director, the respected Director Yang. This is a huge loss for Chinese TV dramas.

Director Yang is not only my mentor but also a teacher on my artistic and life path. Without the CCTV version of the TV series *Journey to the West*, there would be no me today, and the audience would not be able to see the Monkey King I played."

Actually, in Lin Nan's view, although this Weibo was a bit awkward to say, there was no big problem.

However, netizens didn't accept it, their emotions were extremely intense, and it seemed that what they said was also reasonable?!

Everyone online was scolding Teacher Six's Weibo as if it were going through the motions, without any true feelings. There wasn't even a word of gratitude, and when mentioning *Journey to the West*, he only said CCTV, not the director!

The most critical thing was that a short video also appeared online along with Teacher Six's Weibo and spread.

Teacher Six mourned Director Yang in the video, followed by introducing his own movie:

"... The Sino-US co-produced *Journey to the West* is about to officially start filming. I will continue to play the Monkey King Sun Wukong. I will strive to create a new Monkey King image to comfort Director Yang Jie and promote Chinese culture... I hope everyone will pay more attention."

One Weibo plus one short video resulted in the whole internet scolding at this moment, and public opinion was completely out of control.

Even the Weibo "hot words" were created in a short time: selling movies in the mourning hall.

"To be honest, I think Teacher Six was pitted by unscrupulous media. This is obviously not a video recorded in the Mount Babao mourning hall, but in a hotel.

Furthermore, even if he were stupider, it's impossible for him to have no emotional intelligence to take the initiative to promote his own movie while recording this kind of video, right?! This was obviously asked about the movie, and he answered."

Lin Nan whispered to Wu Jing with a trace of sympathy, while Wu Mengda on the side was resting calmly. His health was not very good, and he didn't understand things in the mainland and didn't care. As for Zhang Ruoyun, Zhao Jinmai, and others, they were all listening to gossip quietly and didn't get involved.

"Lin Dao, does it matter if it's the mourning hall? As long as netizens firmly believe that it is a video recorded in the mourning hall, that's enough!

Blame it on the fact that this video just happened to appear online at this point, and even if the media intentionally pitted Teacher Six, it must be admitted that Teacher Six himself took the bait, he took the bait actively.

Even if the video was tampered with, who is to blame? Blame the media for intentionally provoking contradictions, and also blame Teacher Six for being careless and having poor vigilance." Wu Jing spread his hands speechlessly.

Well, Wu Jing's evaluation really left Lin Nan speechless, it was better to be stupid than stupid. It can only be confirmed that after today's incident, Teacher Six's reputation will definitely plummet again, which is really speechless.

After swiping away Teacher Six's news, Lin Nan saw Yang Mi's trending search; it was a photo of her and Ceng Jia at the Beijing airport, seemingly departing for Houston in advance.

Especially during this period, the rapid change and firmness of the former's attitude and concepts made her, as a daughter, feel a bit creepy, fearing that Zhang Yimou's psychology and spirit would have some problems!

"Lin, what should this be called in your country's words?"

"Don't learn from Tom, this broken Chinese, haha..."

... ===== CHAPTER 849 =====