Chapter 895

"As of last night, *Wolf Warrior 2* has been in theaters for 25 days, with a total box office accumulated to 5.21 billion... According to cinema data, its attendance rate in the morning dropped by 40% compared to yesterday..."

"Yesterday evening, Donnie Yen liked relevant comments on Weibo slandering Wu Jing, and subsequently posted in the early hours saying: 'Someone maliciously hacked the account to do it'."

"This morning, Wu Jing made a clear public response for the first time, laughing and saying:

Yesterday's extreme remarks were actually joking with Brother Donnie Yen. The two have never had any grudges in their past cooperation, and the two are action actors who cherish each other and support each other in the Chinese film circle."

"Exclusively produced by Alibaba Pictures, the film version of *Once Upon a Time* has been in theaters for 18 days, with the total box office stopping at 322 million. The film will unfortunately be pulled from theaters early at 12 o'clock this morning..."

……

"'Jianghu is never about killing and fighting; Jianghu is always about human relationships!' Wu Jing can be considered to have understood this sentence thoroughly, and he also chose to walk this path of empirical knowledge, steady, safe, and 'win-win'."

Outside the airport, in a black Mercedes SUV, Lin Nan looked through the entertainment gossip online, sighing uncontrollably.

If he guessed correctly, someone must have contacted Wu Jing last night;

Lin Nan could also guess the general content of the persuasion, it must have been persuading Wu Jing: since you have already achieved success, there is no need to care about those small things in the past, and everyone will be friends and help each other in the future, and so on.

In short, it should be this kind of rhetoric.

And the person who can be this lobbyist must also be a representative pushed out by the Hong Kong circle, with status and position, and it is highly likely that he has cared for and mentored Wu Jing!

"Actually, this is the most common 'normal' phenomenon in the industry, isn't it?" Liu Yifei in the passenger seat smiled and blinked at Lin Nan.

"That's right, my kind belongs to being a maverick, stubborn and hopeless." Picking up Liu's words, Lin Nan also joked about himself, but he wouldn't change.

"Phone? Arrived!" The moment Lin Nan's phone vibrated, it meant that Old Lin had already gotten off the plane and was pulling his suitcase, almost at the airport exit.

"Let's go."

"Hmm."

One man and one woman, the two who were truly eye-catching appeared in the crowd, heading straight for the airport exit.

"What are you doing?" In the distance, a paparazzi was excitedly about to get up and chase, but was stopped by the older brother next to him.

And at this moment, there were quite a few entertainment reporters and paparazzi laughing and watching the fun around.

"Young people have drive when they see performance, why are you stopping him?"

"That's right, who knows if he'll succeed, hahaha."

"Isn't that Lin Dao and Liu Yifei? I'm going over..." The newcomer was a newcomer, his words were said impatiently halfway, only then did he realize belatedly that the old oilers in front of him hadn't moved?!

"Brother, let me teach you. In our line of work, not only must you have 'eyesight,' but you must have 'eyesight';

The former refers to having a keen sense of discovering material, and the latter refers to judgment, judging whether you can rashly go up and 'touch' this news material, and whether there are any consequences you can't afford!

Lin Dao hates us bothering his dad the most, look, that's him. If you're not afraid of death, you go."

"Look at how you scared the young man!"

"It's okay, go, who knows if Lin Dao won't take it to heart because you're a new face, haha..."

"Right, that's right, you're a newcomer, Lin Dao doesn't know which company you're from, haha..."

……

In the car returning home, Lin Nan and Liu Yifei were telling Old Lin that they needed to stay in a hotel for the next two nights.

And Old Lin was talking to his son and daughter-in-law about *Wolf Warrior 2*, he wanted to take a photo with that actor and hang it in his own restaurant when he went back.

Fine, this film really ignited the patriotic sentiment of all Chinese people, very satisfying, especially for veterans like Old Lin who had stayed in the army, although he was just a cook!

"Fine, no problem, I'll definitely arrange it for you these two days." Lin Nan was driving, joking with his father in the back seat.

Liu Yifei was even "adding fuel to the fire" on the side: "You can even let him change into the makeup and costume from the highlight scene in the film, leave this to me, I'll go talk to Xie Nan..."

"Won't it trouble others?" Fine, it was Old Lin's turn to be a bit embarrassed.

"How can this be trouble? We're all friends, and Lin Nan and I invested half of this film!" Liu Yifei turned her head and said with a smile.

"Half? Good guy, this time making big money." Hearing this, Old Lin was instantly happy.

Before, when he watched film news, he only knew that Lin Nan's company invested in this film, but he didn't know more detailed things, and he was truly shocked this time.

The black Mercedes SUV was still speeding on the road, not yet home, and news of Lin Nan and Liu Yifei appearing at the airport to pick up the plane had already appeared online.

In the attached photos, you can clearly see their side profiles, but Old Lin only has his back, have to say, these entertainment reporters still have a memory.

Alibaba Pictures.

Even though it was almost 12 noon, there was still no sign of the meeting in the conference room ending. The reason for everything was because that *Once Upon a Time* lost a lot of money.

Especially since there was clearly a chance to sell it with a high-price guarantee in front of them, but it was pushed away by greed; under this premise, the big defeat of this film project made Zhang Qiang look very incompetent!

Therefore, the secretary was replaced and demoted by Zhang Qiang, because at that time, it was the secretary who was chattering in front of him, affecting his thinking.

In short, in Alibaba's corporate culture, the leader will not have mistakes!

"I'll emphasize it again, *Once Upon a Time* lost money, it lost money, it's already in the past, but the official start of *Gong Shou Dao* early next month absolutely cannot have any mistakes.

In addition, the group's annual meeting is also organized by us, make a list of those first-line and super first-line guests in the film and television circle, invite them one by one... The focus is on the bosses and heads of those companies..."

After a long period of stern instructions, Zhang Qiang waved his hand at everyone and said the meeting was over. A group of people stood up immediately and scattered, as if avoiding a plague god.

When only Zhang Qiang was left in the conference room, his new secretary came in from outside and reported: "General Manager Zhang, it's done."

Hearing this, Zhang Qiang's spirit was suddenly lifted, "Are you sure?"

"Sure. Zhang Zhao from LeEco personally called back, they agreed to our purchase intention and offer."

"Good, then go over this afternoon and sign the contract, better early than late! I don't know what reaction Tudou will have after knowing about this? I'm looking forward to it." Zhang Qiang laughed sarcastically.

……

In the afternoon, Lin Nan, who hadn't finished lunch, received a call from Wang Wei, then put down his bowl and chopsticks and went to the courtyard.

"I don't even know how to evaluate this matter. Youku shared all the exclusive film and television copyrights from LeEco? Meaning Tudou helped Youku reduce the difficulty of purchasing, took the lead, and did the hard work?"

"No way, Lin Dao. We are for the purpose of operation, so what we prioritize is naturally getting the complete, exclusive copyright of those film and television works, only then does it make sense;

And at that time, the guy surnamed Jia also clearly said that he would not give up the 'exclusive' copyright. Who knew that after he ran out, Zhang Zhao and the others would do this?

As for Youku's main purpose, we all know it, it's to divert more users to the e-commerce business, so they would offer a price that destroys the market limit, and what they bought is still 'shared copyright'!"

Wang Wei's tone also carried some annoyance. Don't look at Youku not being Tudou's opponent at all in terms of market share, but the ability to "make trouble" hasn't been lost;

And because that side doesn't care about its own profitability at all, it looks slippery, so that Tudou can't completely kill the other side in a head-on competition.

"Alright, I know. No need to take it too much to heart, this time Tudou becoming a joke is a joke. Anyway, Youku will sooner or later end up half-dead, Alibaba will suck it dry. This is the ultimate fate of all subsidiaries acquired by the Alibaba system!"

Wang Wei hung up the phone, and Lin Nan also went back to finish lunch, unable to help but complain: "Really speechless."

In the afternoon, Old Lin wanted to drive and follow the moving company people to Shunyi to take a look, and he didn't let Lin Nan and Liu Yifei accompany him, telling them to do whatever they wanted.

Therefore, Lin Nan and the two also busied themselves with their own things.

Lin Nan went to the company to help Guo Fan work, while Miss Liu was accompanied by Liu Xiaoli to try on makeup and try on those jewelry and accessories in advance for the Venice red carpet...

Jiang Xuerou had already arranged manpower, she would lead the team to set off for Venice early tomorrow morning to prepare for the film's promotion and screening, and also to pave the way for Lin Nan and Liu Yifei's group and arrange logistics.

Not long after Lin Nan arrived at Tiangong Color, Yue Jun came over.

"Lin Dao, including Director Tian Zhuangzhuang, Deputy Director Jiang, Hui Yinghong, and others, all declined the invitation to go to Venice with the crew;

They basically felt that their scenes were too few, and there was really no need to show their faces. The final list confirmed was only four people, besides you and Yifei, there are Zhou Xun and Shu Chang."

"Four people is four people, just right to chat together. If my teacher really went, I would be restrained." Lin Nan joked with a smile.

While they were chatting, an email was sent to Lin Nan's mailbox, and at the same time, there was a reminder text message from Tang Mu.

*Pacific Rim 2* will complete all post-production and special effects production by late December at the latest, therefore, Warner and Lionsgate reminded Crystal Pictures that the film needs to be scheduled in advance to formulate a global promotion plan!

Just after reading the email, Lin Nan's phone rang. No need to look, it must be Tang Mu.

"Speak, what do I need to do?"

"Lin, you need to notify the three investors on your side, Xi'an Film, Enlight, and Wanda, to let them prepare to help with promotion.

In addition, this film is to be released globally, Warner and Lionsgate, including me, we all hope that at least the North American and Chinese markets can be released simultaneously...

Distribution in China is easy to say, because I know Xi'an Film is also a shareholder of China Film Group... But will China Film Group, which was 'kicked' out of the producer team by you, make trouble?"

"I know. I have considered all these problems you considered, no need for you to worry on your side. Even if there is trouble, it can be solved, not to mention..."