Chapter 932: Unfamiliar, Signing, Complete Casting List

Online, that song *Feng Qingyang* is getting more and more popular.

Anyone who listens to it must admit that this must be a song made with huge capital; and throughout the production process, the most top-notch recording studios, the most expensive tuners and repairers must have been used...

Otherwise, how could Jack Ma's performance in the song be so unexpectedly good?

At least in the eyes of Lin Nan, a player who is tone-deaf, he feels that Jack Ma's song is successful and sung quite well.

So after listening to the song *Feng Qingyang* in the morning, a thought sprouted in Lin Dao's mind:

"I am tone-deaf, can I also be rescued? Wait until there is an opportunity or it is suitable one day, and try to release a single to play? Or find some powerful singer to help me, and make a match for me?"

However, before he could tell Liu Yifei this idea, the big joke outside took the lead and diverted his attention.

That's right, it's still Jack Ma's news. It was Wang Changtian who sent a message, reminding Lin Nan to go watch the fun quickly.

On Weibo, countless netizens were already slapping their "Ma Dad" in the face.

The reason is that he was blocked by the media when he attended the *Gong Shou Dao* promotional press conference this morning, and the questions asked by half of the media involved "Someone Covering the Sky."

In such a public occasion, Jack Ma had no way to avoid it, so he could only use his wit, and gave a formal response with a righteous and stern face:

I am not familiar with her, the number of times we have met before does not exceed 10 times, of which more than 5 times were at public charity events; so regarding the questions asked by you media friends, I am indeed not clear, and I don't understand...

The face-slapping came very quickly. This news had been on the Weibo trending list for less than a few minutes, and a large number of netizens threw out the evidence of face-slapping, and were constantly relaying it.

The so-called evidence is the intimate photos of the two of them or Jack Ma and that couple in public occasions; and they were all wearing different clothes, in different occasions and locations; the number far exceeded 10, reaching dozens... and it was constantly increasing, including many shots of the two chatting captured by paparazzi before.

Just like that, a vigorous face-slapping movement opened its curtain on Weibo, on major social networking sites and media platforms in the morning.

"Look, on the same boat, no one can run away. And that sentence 'unfamiliar,' not familiar with the second-largest shareholder of your own listed film and television company? Good guy, if you don't have a face as thick as a city wall, how can you say such words?"

"Thinking about it this way, the reason why my career is not as big as others and not as good as others is reasonable. Because my realm and pattern are indeed not as high as others!"

After hearing Wang Changtian's yin and yang words, Lin Nan couldn't hold back his laughter:

"On these skills, we are indeed far behind him. So at this moment, we can watch his fun, right? This is a large-scale accident scene of character collapse, attracting attention from the entire internet."

"Hmm? That's true, but I think it shouldn't lose fans. After all, he is a regular visitor to the position of the richest man, and he is still the 'Ma Dad' in the mouths of the vast majority of netizens, hahaha..."

"Alright, let's not talk about these digressions, let's talk about the film. That *Seventy-Seven Days* that opened today seems to have some background relationship, I heard that it has been defaulted to get preferential treatment and will be extended."

"But don't pay too much attention, the subject matter of this film is destined to not have a high box office, and it won't affect *Marriage Story*. To be honest, I have to admit, the schedule you picked is really good;"

"There is no film that can threaten *Marriage Story* within this month. In 6 days, it got 205 million, the market department's total box office forecast for me is that it will likely exceed 600 million in the end..."

Qingdao, Oriental Movie Metropolis.

Since the filming of *Crazy Alien* three and a half months ago, Ning Hao feels that he has lost at least 20 pounds, and almost all of it was lost in the last two months.

To be precise, it was after Lin Nan gave him the script outline and told him about the Venice International Film Festival next year.

Of course, the entire crew was also tossed quite hard by him, with an average weight loss of several pounds per person.

At this moment, everyone in the studio had an excited expression, because they were finally liberated, no, finally relieved!

"The wrap-up banquet won't be held specifically, it will be distributed to everyone in the form of a wrap-up red envelope later. However, there is still a big meal at noon, the hotel has already prepared a separate banquet hall... Me? I have to rush to the high-speed rail station later, return to the capital first..."

Ning Hao held a megaphone, excited and speaking quickly. And everyone in the crew also knew the reason why he went back early, for another film.

"Alright, alright, Director Ning, you should hurry up and leave. We have been looking at your face for these few months to the point of gastrointestinal discomfort, disappear in front of us quickly, staying for a while longer will affect our appetite for the big meal..."

Huang Bo teased Ning Hao with a smile, and the scene instantly burst into laughter.

"Good, I'll leave immediately." After giving Huang Bo a look of gratitude, Ning Hao decisively announced the end of the scene, led his assistant and left straight away, his footsteps even carrying a sense of impatience.

In the afternoon, the news of two blockbusters appeared in the film information one after another, attracting the attention of the industry...

"Jointly produced by Bad Monkey Pictures, Red Star Dock, Lin Nan Pictures, and Huanxi, the film work directed by Ning Hao, the comedy sci-fi blockbuster *Crazy Alien*, wrapped up successfully at Qingdao Oriental Movie Metropolis at noon today..."

"Reprinted from the official website of the Film Bureau, controlled by the Navy, jointly produced by China Film, Shanghai Film, and Lin Nan Pictures, the Navy's main melody commercial blockbuster *Operation Red Sea*, jointly directed by two directors Guo Fan and Lu Yang, successfully passed the film review at noon today and officially obtained the public screening permit..."

Huayi.

Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei's faces were not very good, the two were silent, while Feng Xiaogang was already in a state of rage.

Although they all knew that *Operation Red Sea* would be specially taken care of, *Youth* was after all 10 days earlier than the former in submitting the review application... Now *Operation Red Sea* has passed the review, but *Youth* still has no movement, and even whether it can have a good result is still an unknown.

"They gave *Operation Red Sea* the back door so nakedly, I have absolutely no opinion. But what about *Youth*? They asked to delete, I deleted. The problematic shots circled, I also cut them."

"But three weeks have passed, and there is no progress at all, so this is intentionally dragging us, right? Suppression? Wearing small shoes?" Feng Xiaogang tried his best to suppress his anger and looked at Wang Zhongjun and the other.

"Don't be anxious, and it's best not to be impulsive. Wait a little longer, there is no reason to block us this time."

Wang Zhongjun warned Feng Xiaogang very seriously, for fear that the latter would not be able to control his mouth again. At the same time, he was also comforting himself and Wang Zhonglei, because the two of them were also a bit worried.

"What if it comes again? Just like last time, it was sent back when it was about to be released!" Feng Xiaogang retorted with a question.

The office was suddenly dead silent, Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei opened their mouths several times, but in the end, they couldn't say a word, because they really didn't dare to guarantee.

After a good while, it was the knock on the door that broke this awkward and dead atmosphere.

"Come in." Wang Zhonglei greeted immediately, and the faces of the three people sitting were all restored to some composure.

"President Wang, President Wang, Director Feng, Fan Bingbing brought her agent and assistant over."

Hearing this, the gloomy atmosphere in the office just now was swept away, and the eyes of Wang Zhongjun and the three were all shining.

"Please invite her over, no, I will greet her personally."

Wang Zhonglei looked at Wang Zhongjun and Feng Xiaogang one after another, and then stood up with a smile. This matter later is equally important, even more important!

Not long after, I saw Fan Bingbing in casual clothes and big waves, with her agent and assistant, following Wang Zhonglei into the office.

For a time, the atmosphere on the scene suddenly became enthusiastic, and laughter was endless.

However, after the secretary sent a few documents and closed the door again when leaving, the liveliness in the office just now disappeared instantly, becoming unusually formal.

"Didn't that film *Air Strike* say when it will be released? I remember it wrapped up in November the year before last." While Fan Bingbing and her agent were flipping through a few contracts, a question suddenly sounded.

Everyone on the scene heard Wang Zhongjun's hidden meaning, which naturally included Fan Bingbing, who was the lead actress. *Air Strike*, the "scale" of this film is far from comparable to *Cell Phone 2*.

"Listening to their meaning, they want to release it during the National Day holiday next year. After all, it can be considered a main melody film." She nodded and answered, continuing to flip through the contract without looking up.

"Your remuneration at that time was 30 million, this time it will be much, much higher, are you sure you can..."

"Can." A confident voice sounded, without a trace of hesitation and timidity. A big actress never lacks courage, Fan Bingbing was originally the leader among them.

"Very good."

The office returned to quiet again, only the sound of paper flipping lightly.

Another half an hour or so, all the contracts were approved.

"Sign it."

Both sides reached an agreement...

Ten minutes later, when Fan Bingbing stood up again, the agent was stuffing the contracts that they were going to take away into the bag.

"Before the film is officially approved in the first half of next year, you must do a good job of confidentiality."

"Hmm, rest assured, President Wang. A loose mouth can't reach the position today. By the way, Director Feng, shall we go out for a walk when the time comes?" Fan Bingbing looked at Feng Xiaogang with a smile.

"Can, let's go for a walk at the A-list film festival again. By the way, I regret not taking *Cell Phone* out back then. Hahaha..."

Hearty laughter sounded in the office, and the atmosphere became pleasant again.

On the morning of the 4th, the invitation letter for the Golden Horse Awards ceremony was sent to Lin Nan Pictures again. However, after receiving the assistant's call, Lin Nan decisively chose to let him call back to decline.

After all, in November, there were so many film premieres in the capital that he was too lazy to attend, let alone the Golden Horse Awards far away in Taiwan.

And he and Liu Yifei had long had a private and low-key itinerary arrangement at the end of the month—Hollywood.

Sometimes I have to admit that reality is really evil. The more you want to be lazy, the more things from the outside world will pile up and find you.

Just like this, Lin Nan hung up the assistant's call on the front foot, and another one came in on the back foot, and it was the kind that couldn't be rejected.

"Haha, I really haven't paid attention to the specific date. Oh, it opens on February 9th? 17 days... that is, it closes on the 25th..."

"Right, we know that the Spring Festival holiday is very important for the film and television industry, the 16th is the Spring Festival, *Operation Red Sea* and *Detective Chinatown 2* are both released on that day."

"But this time, Lin Dao is afraid that he won't be able to stay in the country to accompany his family until the 15th of the first lunar month. We hope you can come to watch the closing ceremony. Of course, there are also many major directors invited..."

The abrupt itinerary came as it said, and it was the kind that was not easy to refuse, or even could not be refused at all.

After all, the greater the ability and the stronger the influence, the more inevitable it is to bear many things. For this point, Lin Nan also has a deeper and deeper understanding.

"I can only fly over two or three days in advance, around the 7th day of the first lunar month. How about it?"

"Of course, we will also prepare the documents such as the pass for Lin Dao in advance."

"In addition, if Lin Dao is free within the next two months, you can come to visit the rehearsal and training of Director Zhang Yimou's closing ceremony flag-handover ceremony more often, the location is at..."

When Lin Nan hung up the phone again, he only felt a bit tired. After a phone call, he had connected himself to an itinerary—flying to South Korea on the 7th day of the first lunar month, and couldn't come back before the 10th.

"Finished the call? Then change your clothes and get ready to go out. Sister Na and Director Ning have already sent messages asking, asking when we will arrive."

Liu Yifei had already changed into her outfit for going out, and she stood in front of Lin Nan prettily.

High-top shoes, jeans, leather jacket, designer bag on her right shoulder, sunglasses in her left hand, she can always show the lazy casual style to the fullest.

"Good, give me five minutes."

Xing Aina promised that after Ning Hao came back, the two of them would treat together. And the time was set for noon today.

At 11:30 AM, in the private room of the private kitchen restaurant.

Ning Hao and Xing Aina arrived very early, because they had to order. The second to arrive was Shu Chang, she didn't take a detour to find Liu Yifei and Lin Nan, but came directly.

At this moment, in front of the round table with a diameter of 1.8 meters, the three were chatting sighingly, imagining what public opinion would be like in two days.

Of course, Shu Chang purely belonged to the one who was gloating and watching the fun.

"Six core actors, except for you being one of our own, being internally decided, the other five are all from the Central Academy of Drama."

"After the casting announcement is sent out tomorrow, I dare not imagine whether my teacher will blow up my phone and scold me to death. My teacher is not as good-tempered as Director Tian, and never scolds Lin Nan."

Ning Hao first glanced at the grinning Shu Chang, and then couldn't help but laugh at himself. He rubbed his face hard with both hands to relieve his excited mood.

"Should scold, right? But Director Ning, you said Director Tian has a good temper, then I have to correct you. I heard from Qianqian, Director Tian has a very bad temper, he just doesn't scold my brother."

"Before, there was one time, he caught Professor Cui Xinqin and Wang Dong Jinsong and scolded them, the kind that doesn't use dirty words but is better than using dirty words, completely not giving face, hehe..."

Shu Chang laughed and laughed, and became a bit impatient.

"Not wrong either, in front of Lin Nan, an excellent student, isn't Director Tian a teacher with a very good temper? Looking at the student to serve the dish!" Xing Aina smiled and rounded the field for Ning Hao.

At this time, the private room door was suddenly pushed open, and Qin Hailu and Yuan Quan walked in with full faces of smiles. Their assistants were left outside and arranged to other private rooms.

"Director Ning, Producer Xing, Shu Chang, good noon." Yuan Quan greeted and sat down.

"Are we the only two who came?" Qin Hailu asked with a smile, sitting beside Yuan Quan, her personality is also extroverted.

"Lin Nan and Yifei will arrive later. As for the other three, two can't come today, Teacher Li declined."

While the few were talking, I saw the private room door opened again.

Liu Yifei in front, Lin Nan carrying a bag behind, the two were also smiling, "Hmm, the traffic jam is not serious today, we two arrived just right."

"Alright, everyone is here, serve the food." Ning Hao immediately greeted the waiter.

7 people, this started the first dinner party of the *The Father* crew lively.

Li Baotian plays the male lead, the only core male lead in the film.

Qin Hailu is the female lead in name, she will play Li Baotian's eldest daughter in the film. As for Yuan Quan, the female role she got is the female caregiver in the nursing home, and the scenes are also very heavy.

"A day has passed, and it hasn't been handled clean? The group is urging me!"

"President Zhang, now two things are mixed together, it can't be suppressed for a while, the speed of handling really can't keep up with the speed of their making trouble, those people online are completely intending to make the world chaotic..."

"Weibo is feeding back complaints, saying that the main reason this time is that we made a big mistake here... caught the handle in the words, so that now the entire internet is full of group photos and mockery..."

"The behavior of those netizens is a manifestation of the distorted side of human nature itself... People at the bottom who are not successful finally caught the handle of the superiors, naturally they will swarm to vent, vent emotions..."

"I don't care about these reasons, if the speed of handling is not enough, then continue to throw money, if one team is not enough, then two teams, if two are not enough, then four... must handle it clean for me as soon as possible. Her being scolded is her business, but the chairman must be picked out... suppress the public opinion for me..."

"Good, I will contact again immediately..."

The ringing of the mobile phone echoed in the office with only one person. After staring for more than ten seconds, the person in the seat finally chose to answer the phone.

"I hope what I hear next is what I want to hear."

"President Zhang, I am willing to transfer the shares." After a long silence on the other end of the phone, he spoke, his tone revealing obvious exhaustion.

"What are your conditions?"

"I still want to continue in the film and television industry..."

"This is a bit difficult at the moment, my suggestion is that you better be silent for a period of time and avoid the limelight. But the artists under you, I can guarantee that they will not be made difficult by others..."

Happy Mahua.

According to the previous needs of Penguin Entertainment, Yan Fei and Peng Damo modified and polished it again and again, and finally successfully added a plot to the script, and it was seamless, to fit the former's childish promotional song.

"Now it is certain that with the entanglement of the variety show *Produce 101*, the rhythm of *Hello Mr. Billionaire* must be faster... it will likely be released before *Li Cha's Aunt*, because the interval between the variety show and the film cannot be too long."

"How did Lin Nan Pictures reply?" Zhang Chen asked.

"President Yue's meaning is that we handle it entirely, after all, we are the ones producing it. However, he also promised that he will try his best to stagger the schedule of other films of Lin Nan Pictures and *Hello Mr. Billionaire*, especially Lin Dao's film. That *Dying to Survive* is definitely going to be released next year, and it must be a big schedule."

"Not scheduled yet?"

"Hmm, no. Listening to President Yue's meaning, it seems that Lin Dao is not very anxious yet. Prepared to wait until *The Unnamed* wraps up, and listen to the meaning of Screenwriter Han and the others, but the big schedule is undoubtedly."

"They have invested in too many films. When scheduling, conflicts in schedule are unavoidable; so they will focus on taking care of a few big films that are valued, put them into a big schedule separately, and try to ensure that no films invested by their own company are released within 1 month before and after."

"Then let it be, notify Penguin Entertainment that we will start production on the 5th of next month. As for the cooperation, before the film is released, the confidentiality will definitely not have problems."

After instructing Yan Fei, Zhang Chen looked at the secretary:

"Go and notify Shen Teng, Ma Li and the others, let them hurry up to rest and adjust their state, there is only one month left before starting production... Director Yan and Director Peng's plan is to wrap up before the end of January."

"Okay, President Zhang."

*The Father* finished the audition a few days ago, and the film and television circle almost knew about it; but Bad Monkey Pictures has not released the casting list to the outside world.

This made the vast majority of actors who participated in the audition hang a heart at all times, holding a trace of expectation...

Especially on the noon of the 3rd, after the news of *Crazy Alien* officially announcing the wrap-up and Director Ning Hao rushing back to the capital early spread, the actors in the industry were instantly even more excited.

Because they knew very clearly that if there were no accidents, Bad Monkey Pictures would announce the casting list immediately, hmm, in these two days!

And facts proved that everyone didn't guess wrong. Because on the morning of the 5th, they indeed waited for the casting announcement of *The Father*.

It's just that all the actors who were waiting were disappointed. That trace of expectation was completely shattered.

"At nine o'clock in the morning, Bad Monkey Pictures and Red Star Dock Pictures released the final casting list for the film *The Father* to the outside world."

"The film is directed by Director Ning Hao, and the script is independently completed by Xing Aina. It is a family, family affection, suspense blockbuster... The casting list for this film is announced as follows:"

"Male lead: Li Baotian (Father); Female lead: Qin Hailu (Eldest daughter);"

"Female supporting: Shu Chang (Caregiver); Male supporting: Qin Hao (Son-in-law);"

"Female supporting: Yuan Quan (Nursing home caregiver); Male supporting: Xin Baiqing (Nursing home caregiver);"

"The above six actors are the core leads of the film *The Father*."

"According to the official Weibo of Bad Monkey Pictures, the film *The Father* is planned to officially start production in Magic City in early December..."

... ===== CHAPTER 933 =====