Chapter 850: Setting the Release Date; Little Han is the Secretly Determined Male Lead!

"This morning, the movies *Ip Man 4*, *Shock Wave*, and *This Is Not What I Expected* held premiere ceremonies in Beijing simultaneously. The curtain of the May Day season officially opened, smoke filled the air, and swords were drawn..."

"Lin Nan Pictures Director Yue Jun stated publicly again at the premiere site:

There is no banquet in the world that doesn't end, *Ip Man 4* is confirmed to be the finale of this series of films; at this point, the Wing Chun journey is about to end, and I also hope that the vast number of fans and friends can give more support."

"According to informed sources in the industry, the film work *Marriage Story*, directed by Lin Dao Nan and produced by Liu Yifei, with both starring, has been confirmed to compete in the 74th Venice International Film Festival;

This is also Lin Dao Nan's second Venice journey after winning the Golden Lion Award for *The Hunt* in 2009... When the media called Red Star Pictures for consultation, the staff did not deny it and gave tacit approval."

The fact that *Marriage Story* was captured by the Venice Film Festival was undoubtedly the movie information with the highest heat on the morning of the 25th, even suppressing the premieres of several movies.

In the eyes of the film circle, Lin Nan's decision to go to Venice was completely an unexpected but reasonable thing.

The reason why it was unexpected was because Lin Dao was only one Golden Palm away from collecting the European Three Golds, and he should have gone to rush for Cannes again;

But thinking that the female lead of the movie was Liu Yifei, the industry naturally had nothing to say about Lin Nan's choice—this was the reasonable reason.

Because going to Cannes, although it can sprint for the Golden Palm, the competition for each award is the most cruel and fierce;

It's hard to say about each award, and the hope of winning the highest award is even slimmer. No one can say with certainty that they have confidence, almost all relying on luck.

And if you go to Venice, the situation is different. Taking a step back, the focus can be placed entirely on Liu Yifei!

Obviously, Lin Dao is going for "certainty" and "success rate".

Relying on his pedigree of winning the Golden Lion Award in his first battle in Venice, the probability of success in Venice this time will inevitably be greater;

Even if he can't win the second one himself, the "shade" will likely be able to take care of the female lead—Liu Yifei! In fact, this is the most critical reason why Lin Nan decided to go to Venice!

"So, Lin Dao chose the Venice International Film Festival in order to let Yifei 'touch' the award as much as possible?" Shengkai Pictures, Chen Hong reacted belatedly.

"Hmm, it's almost 100% certain that this is what he thinks." Chen Kaige responded without looking back while staring at the post-production editing of *Legend of the Demon Cat*.

In his view, no one can resist the temptation of collecting the European Three Golds, unless there is another purpose. And it just so happens that for a young person like Lin Nan, his own wife is ranked before the Golden Palm.

"How can the Golden Palm Award be so simple? Even if he goes to Cannes, the chance is slim, so it's better to aim clearly and take a step back from the beginning, striving for his wife."

Glancing at Chen Hong, seeing that she was still sighing at the courage of Lin Nan's decision for Liu Yifei, the big Director Chen commented from the perspective of a predecessor.

"That's also not easy. If it doesn't work this time, I guess Lin Dao will take Yifei to rush for the second time? Tailor-made scripts for her again!"

Hearing this, Chen Kaige did not refute, and even nodded. Because he approved of Lin Nan's attitude toward his wife, because he considered himself to be this kind of person.

"Still the same sentence, the Golden Palm and the Cannes Best Actress are not so easy to get, his decision to go to Venice is indeed the best choice." The big Director Chen added subconsciously again, insisting on his position.

In his heart, only Cannes is the highest hall of art films. In addition, *Legend of the Demon Cat* is also going to appear at the Cannes International Film Festival.

At the same time, Lin Nan Pictures side.

After the premiere of *Ip Man 4*, Yue Jun did not attend the luncheon, but returned to the company immediately, because he had an appointment with Yan Fei and Peng Damo yesterday afternoon.

At this moment, what was placed in front of Yue Jun was the movie script: *Hello, Mrs. Money*.

"We need about two to three months to scout locations, and we should choose abroad. After the filming location is set, we will submit the script for review, then casting, and the start time may have to be arranged for the end of the year..."

Yan Fei and Peng Damo introduced the project preparation plan in one sentence after another, while Yue Jun was flipping through the script.

He felt that this script was not as amazing as *Goodbye Mr. Loser*, nor as "stable" as *Never Say Die*;

This script *Hello, Mrs. Money* has the intention of breaking through and trying, but precisely because of this, its uncertainty is also very high.

"There is no need to disturb Lin Dao for the schedule, I can tell you his suggestion very definitely: go to the New Year season!" Yue Jun's gaze moved away from the script, looked at the two people opposite, and interrupted Yan Fei's words.

"Playing against Director Chen's *Legend of the Demon Cat* in the same season?" Peng Damo smacked his lips, looking eager to try.

Hearing this, Yue Jun didn't answer, but explained with a smile:

"*Goodbye Mr. Loser* has completely hit the fame of Happy Mahua, and it looks like it will become a comedy film that is enduring and worth savoring, and there are countless fans.

And *Never Say Die* is the original cast of *Goodbye Mr. Loser*, naturally inheriting the audience affinity and reputation market accumulated by the latter, and it has the innate conditions for a big box office hit.

Since everything is ready, the movie should naturally go to a big season; only by going to the New Year season can it swallow the box office to the greatest extent! You don't need to worry about any big director's work, just need the audience to be satisfied.

In the New Year season and Spring Festival season, high-quality comedy films are always invincible big killers. In addition, there is no need to worry about anyone making trouble or playing dirty, because we can easily solve these..."

Yue Jun's words directly set the schedule for Happy Mahua and Red Star Pictures.

In addition, regarding the investment in this movie *Hello, Mrs. Money*, because the total cost budget is only 40 million, which is still within his authority, Yue Jun also agreed to Yan Fei's suggestion of half the investment amount.

For Happy Mahua, this is actually not a matter of money, and Lin Nan Pictures definitely doesn't lack this movie;

The reason why they have to pull Lin Nan Pictures for such a small production is because they can really enjoy (rub off on) many conveniences... at least no one dares to make trouble.

The next day, *The Wandering Earth* crew.

"My dad is from Beijing, my mom is from Melbourne, I am a Sino-Australian joint venture..."

After a shot was filmed, the next scene was Wu Mengda's scene; he came to fish people, fish his grandson and granddaughter.

Inheriting the "fine tradition" of thousands of years from ancient times to the end of the world, he chose to use the method of giving gifts and bribery to fish people, and then he sent himself in!

The key is that the "yellow" gift he saved for fifty years was also disguisedly "blacked" by the object he wanted to bribe! This is really a meat bun hitting a dog...

"Cut. Everyone rest for a while, wait for the special effects lens environment layout of the logistics team to be completed, and then start filming."

Lin Nan put down the megaphone and picked up the mineral water on the table. It must be said that sci-fi movies are really easy and efficient to shoot, without running around to switch locations and wasting time. Of course, Tiangong Color's post-production will be crazy!

"Lin Dao, they have successfully picked up people at the Beijing airport. They should be able to arrive here smoothly this evening." The assistant saw Lin Nan finished drinking water and immediately came over to report.

"Got it, let the hotel arrange a welcome banquet." After Lin Nan finished instructing, he didn't pay attention to Zhao Jinmai and the others who were full of excitement, but flipped through the news by himself.

Sure enough, the news of Ma Te Damon landing at the Beijing airport with people had already hit the Weibo trending searches, and it was one of the two most explosive film and entertainment news of the morning.

"In the morning, Hollywood first-tier actor and internationally renowned star Ma Te Damon landed at the Beijing airport with his assistant team, and Lin Nan Pictures Director Jiang Xuerou led the team to pick him up."

"Media reporters learned from Ma Te Damon that his arrival in China this time is for a cameo in Lin Dao Nan's new movie *The Wandering Earth*; the invitation started early last year at the Oscar ceremony banquet."

"This morning, two Disney teams arrived at Shanghai Pudong Airport one after another. The casting work for the Disney Princess series blockbuster *Mulan* for Asia is about to begin."

"It is reported that several first-tier actresses in the mainland have confirmed receiving Disney interview invitations... Many well-known female stars in South Korea, Singapore, and other regions also disclosed their Shanghai itinerary to the outside world today..."

"It really came over at the end of the month? Tang Mu, this guy, hehe..." Lin Nan couldn't help laughing. Tang Mu is indeed very attentive, knowing how to dig up top-level resources for his own people.

At 5:00 PM, *The Wandering Earth* crew finished work early. And Ma Te Damon's party also arrived at the hotel on time before 7:00 PM.

Less than an hour later, after Ma Te finished washing and changed clothes, the welcome banquet for the entire crew officially began.

Zhao Jinmai and the others' Weibo updated several times in a row... In just half an hour, countless netizens' eyes were focused, and the internet was extremely lively.

On the 27th, *This Is Not What I Expected*, produced by Peter Chan and starring Takeshi Kaneshiro and Zhou Dongyu, took the lead and ignited the war of the May Day season.

And *Battle of Memories*, *Ip Man 4*, and *Shock Wave* were on the verge of breaking out, just waiting for 24 hours later.

Beijing, at home.

Looking at the movie list online, Liu Yifei was only interested in *Dangal* on the 7th of next month, and basically had no expectations for other movies.

"Good guy, you two hid it really tightly. Tell me, what role did Ma Te Damon cameo as?"

Han Jia sat with her legs crossed, with the script draft on her legs; she was chatting while pondering filling in the script.

Liu Yifei and Watching Shu Chang felt very speechless about her behavior of bringing work over, is this here to work or to play?

"He plays a foreign astronaut, mainly having rival scenes with Wu Jing, and the final ending is sacrifice!"

"What about Little Li?" Han Jia asked with interest, and Watching Shu Chang was also very curious.

"I really don't remember much about this, because it is indeed not an important cameo role."

Liu Yifei spread her hands with a smile, and then threw the question to Han Jia again:

"What's the situation with your script? Looking at you being unreliable every day, it's completely different from when you were doing the *Dying to Survive* script. You were so serious at that time, like being in seclusion all day."

"Precisely because of the experience of *Dying to Survive*, I can let my imagination run wild now. Believe me, before the end of next month, I will definitely show you two the final draft."

Speaking of this, Han Jia suddenly had a clever thought, and a trace of cunning flashed in her eyes, "How about, one of you two come and be the female lead for me?"

After saying this, before Liu Yifei and Watching Shu Chang could react, little Han shook her head again:

"Forget it, forget it, neither of you is suitable, too beautiful. No, didn't I scold myself too?

Anyway, you two are just not suitable, I won't destroy the image you two have in the audience's mind, after all, the female lead is a tough woman who is paraplegic and swears..."

Little Han's "incoherent" words were immediately caught by Liu Yifei and Watching Shu Chang, and the two questioned in unison:

"What do you mean you scolded yourself too? What does this have to do with us being too beautiful?"

Seeing Han Jia looking at Liu Yifei and Watching Shu Chang with annoyance, she explained unwillingly:

"I plan to let Old Han play the male lead in my directorial debut, so his sister naturally can't be too beautiful, otherwise it won't look like a family.

Does this count as me disguisedly admitting that my appearance is also very ordinary? And you two are too young, it will definitely look very abrupt when acting with Old Han, not like siblings at all, even if the setting is nearly twenty years apart..."

"Little Han, you finally admitted your appearance, haha..." Watching Shu Chang hugged her stomach and fell on Liu Yifei laughing.

And Miss Liu also couldn't stop laughing, but she still didn't forget to "comfort" Han Jia: "Don't say that. You are very talented, even better than both of us. You can write scripts, direct, and have a good personality..."

"You are really good at praising people, just don't praise the appearance, right?" Han Jia retorted unhappily.

"Alright, alright, let's not talk about these external things. By the way, have you told Chairman Han about that idea?" Liu Yifei laughed and changed the subject.

Hearing this question, Han Jia instantly threw the unhappy things behind her, and a "treacherous" smile appeared on her face:

"I haven't told him yet, I plan to wait until the script is completely done before going to lobby him. Hmm, give him a surprise, accept my directing!"

"Don't be a shock? You leaky little cotton-padded jacket! Haha..."

"Watching Shu Chang, are you looking for a beating?"

... ===== CHAPTER 851 =====