Chapter 941: Assistant Director; Broken Pop A

Just past eight o'clock on the morning of the 3rd, an international flight from Los Angeles landed at Pudong Airport.

That's right, Lin Nan and Liu Yifei stood up countless domestic entertainment reporters and paparazzi.

Although there was gossip that was "temporarily leaked," basically confirming that the two of them would land in the country on the morning of the 3rd, they and the assistants around them didn't say it was a direct flight to the capital!

So, when a massive number of media reporters were blocking people outside the Capital Airport, Lin Nan and Liu Xixi performed a near-perfect diversion, returning to the country low-key and arriving in Shanghai.

Although there were some entertainment reporters here, caught off guard and surprised, these people naturally couldn't stop Lin Nan and Liu Yifei;

They couldn't even get Lin Nan and the two to speak and respond, and were blocked two meters away by assistants and bodyguards with their bodies the whole time.

In less than half an hour, the news that Lin Dao and Liu Xixi had landed in Shanghai with their accompanying team spread like wildfire online, parachuting to the top of the morning hot search, and was bound to dominate the list for the whole morning.

The media side was full of complaints and grievances; netizens were watching the fun and teasing:

"If anyone else dared to play with entertainment reporters and paparazzi like this, they would probably be sprayed to death, right? Just waiting for black drafts to fly all over the sky!"

In the hotel where Ning Hao and others were staying, the crew booked an entire floor for the main creative team; while the shooting team was not here, but in another three-star hotel booked nearby.

The abrupt arrival of Lin Nan and Liu Yifei was a surprise to all the leads except Ning Hao, Xing Aina, and Shu Chang.

"Lin Dao, Producer Liu, you are really amazing, throwing a nuclear bomb into the circle without a sound." Yuan Quan smiled and congratulated.

"Yeah, legendary heroine, live-action *Mulan*! I really want to know, how did Yifei kill those thousands of actresses?" Qin Hailu teased with great interest.

"Appearance, temperament, talent, character, role suitability... as well as strong psychological quality, these are all indispensable; of course, the most important point, and also the key factor that allowed Xixi to stand out, is her martial arts value—MAX!"

Shu Chang's giggling interruption instantly caused a burst of laughter. Everyone first looked at Liu Yifei, and then couldn't help but cast sympathetic glances at Lin Dao.

However, the next second, a scream suddenly exploded, instantly attracting everyone's attention.

They saw Shu Chang, who was still laughing and playing just now, was now being violently suppressed by Liu "Mulan" Yifei!

After the excitement for a while, Qin Hailu and the others went back to their rooms to continue reading the script and writing character biographies, after all, they would officially start filming the day after tomorrow morning.

As for Lin Nan and the others, they went to the garden balcony to continue drinking coffee and chatting.

"Are you two really not planning to stay and attend the opening ceremony? We invited quite a few media."

"Sister Na, if Lin Nan and I stayed, do you think it would still be the opening ceremony of *The Father* the day after tomorrow morning?" Liu Yifei raised her eyebrows and smiled at Xing Aina with hidden meaning.

"Fine, got it, it would become a temporary interview for *Mulan*!"

Ning Hao reacted quickly and immediately thought of the consequences. Then he waved at Lin Nan and Liu Yifei with great disgust: "Then you two should go back early, so as not to be an eyesore when we start filming."

Staying in the hotel, they stayed for a whole morning. During this period, Lin Nan's assistant also received a call from Ren Zhonglun's secretary.

Shanghai Film Group.

"What, the flight tonight? Good fellow, in order to avoid the media as much as possible, the two of them are really desperate!"

Ren Zhonglun was really speechless. Lin Nan and Liu Yifei declined his afternoon tea invitation, giving the reason that the two planned to rest in the hotel for the afternoon and then board the flight back to the capital at 8 o'clock in the evening.

"Chairman Ren, then... the flight ticket matter?" The secretary reminded with a hint.

Hearing this, Ren Zhonglun understood instantly and nodded with a smile: "Since they are back, let's book the ticket for tomorrow morning."

"Okay, I'll do it right away."

After the secretary left the office, Ren Zhonglun showed a smile and picked up his phone to make a call.

Not long after, he heard a boisterous voice from the other side: "Uncle Ren, I'm just about to leave Tiangong Color to go out for lunch, speak if you have something to say."

"Arrange a meal, tomorrow or the day after?"

The other side of the phone went quiet, and after a while, responded seriously: "Let's make it the day after tomorrow at noon, let Brother Lin and Yifei rest for another day."

In the afternoon, there was finally other entertainment information that "emerged" on the hot search list; this hot search came from the episode of *The Birth of an Actor* that aired last night.

After the "Oscar self-directed and self-acted incident," Huang Shengyi, who had been silent for 3 years, finally couldn't stand the loneliness; under the vigorous "encouragement" of Yang Zai, she chose to sign up for *The Birth of an Actor* to make a comeback.

However, that shoe-horn face clearly had forgotten the pain after the wound healed, or thought the netizens' memory was too poor...

When he was interviewed by entertainment media, his tone seemed to be that he still thought he was the boss of Juli Film and Television seven or eight years ago when he produced *The Sorcerer and the White Snake*—rich, with status, position, and influence...

But reality gave him a slap without mercy: a group of judges clearly had no scruples about him, and were not polite to Huang Shengyi at all.

Zhang Ziyi directly carried out a kill, or even humiliation, on this actress who was famous for her Star Girl status in the past: "Your performance is the most awkward play I have ever seen in my life!"

After Zhang Ziyi, all the judges gave unbearable evaluations without exception, almost all of them were humiliating!

It was these comments that sent Huang Shengyi to the entertainment headlines she had been away from for many years in the afternoon, completely announcing the failure of the latter's comeback, and also shattering Yang Zai's daydream of counting on his wife to make a comeback and earn money. After all, netizens across the entire network were also supporting the judges in unison, and had no good impression of that couple at all.

"What a joke. Even him, he's still being sarcastic about us?" After Wang Changtian came back from Potato Network, he saw the news online.

Yang Zai's words, "Juli Film and Television was indirectly caused to lose money because it offended some people in the industry, so Shengyi almost retired from the circle," made Wang Changtian unable to stop laughing.

"What is a clown? This is a clown! And with his appearance and level, he's still shouting that he will go on this kind of acting competition show in the future? What is he acting? Does he have acting skills? He has a fart of acting skills, haha..."

After laughing wantonly, Wang Changtian discussed business with Li Xiaoping and the distribution department.

"Maximize the distribution of *Never Say Die*. Starting from the 16th, Wanda will tilt all the prime-time screen resources over..."

"Huayi has been very proud these two days, and Feng Xiaogang has started 'talking loudly' everywhere again, and has been sarcastic several times... When eating at noon today, Liu Xiaobin's scolding didn't stop..."

"Then what about the screen share of *Ex-Files 3* and *Youth*? Especially the latter, wouldn't it be?" Li Xiaoping couldn't help but sigh.

"With a comedy film that is a big hit in the New Year's season being released, the screen share of other films will plummet—this is also a spontaneous adjustment behavior of the market. Who can say anything? Can they pick out faults?"

Wang Changtian's smile was a bit naked, not hiding the intention of kicking someone while they were down and looking forward to seeing the fun.

Just past ten o'clock in the evening, Lin Nan and Liu Yifei wrapped themselves in down jackets and went out of the airport "alone." The assistants and bodyguards were intentionally left behind by them, well, instructed to come out five minutes later.

And don't you know, on such a freezing day, and at night too, after the two of them, fully disguised, blended into the crowd, they indeed did not attract the attention of the paparazzi.

And when the two of them got into the car, looking through the car window at the assistants and bodyguards who were surrounded after coming out pushing the luggage, the feeling in their hearts for a moment was quite strange; yes, it was that feeling of being hidden in plain sight, the secret joy of having successfully fooled the paparazzi.

Online, when the news that Lin Nan and Liu Yifei landed at the Capital Airport and successfully avoided the paparazzi hit the entertainment headlines, the night was already deep... The two had long since burrowed into the quilt...

The night passed quietly.

Huayi's *Ex-Files 3* handed in a beautiful answer sheet of 100 million daily revenue on the morning of the 4th, and its stock price also continued to maintain a slowly jumping red light after 9:30...

Wang Zhonglei rarely chose to strike while the iron was hot, and the slogan of 200 million+ box office was officially shouted out by him on Weibo.

For a time, film people, actors, and stars of the Huayi system across the industry forwarded and responded, with great momentum!

When the sun rose to the top of the head, Lin Nan and Liu Yifei finally slept until they woke up naturally. Hmm, very good, the two saved a breakfast and could eat lunch directly!

However, compared to filling their stomachs, company matters were also quite important.

The media had blocked Lin Nan Film and Red Star Dock, and the phones had been blown up, with only one goal: they hoped to interview Lin Nan and Liu Yifei regarding matters related to *Mulan*.

Miss Liu threw this matter to her own director, while she went to find her aunt to report the lunch menu. She felt that she could eat a cow at this very moment!

"Lin Dao, logically speaking, this matter should be held in another press conference, right? After all, the entire industry is paying attention, and the competent department is definitely watching. Disney people communicated and reported to the authorities at the beginning, and even the shooting location was set in the most northwest autonomous..."

Listening to Yue Jun's nagging, Lin Nan's head hurt a bit. After a while, he forcibly interrupted Yue Jun and began to instruct:

"There is no need to say anything to the outside world during the preparation stage, and there is no need for this. If the bureau asks, I will say whatever I have."

"In addition, leave the large conference hall on the 3rd floor for me. I'll rest for a week first, and hold a big meeting after a week."

"Right, you contact Guo Fan again to see if there is any promotional activity for *Operation Red Sea* on the 10th. If there is, change the time."

"Lin Dao, you are looking for Guo Dao for?" Yue Jun asked suspiciously. In fact, he had vaguely guessed something in his heart, but didn't dare to be sure.

"I'm preparing to let him help me, be the assistant director, specifically responsible for the coordination and scheduling of the crew. Otherwise, if such a large project is filmed entirely by my own coordination, wouldn't I be exhausted after *Mulan* is completely finished?"

Lin Nan couldn't help but tease himself. Of course, this was also his true thought. Since there were helpers on the scene, why not use them? He wasn't the kind of person who would suffer hard if he didn't have to!

"Good, I'll arrange it later, and contact Guo Dao by the way." Yue Jun was also amused, his boss really knew how to be lazy.

One phone call back to Yue Jun, and one phone call back to the Red Star Dock side.

After Lin Nan completely handled these things, Liu Yifei also ordered lunch and walked back while on the phone, "Jia said she will be the host tomorrow noon, treating us at the old place..."

"Right, can't refuse, can't be late!" Before Miss Liu could finish conveying, Han Jia's voice shouted. Liu Yifei smiled speechlessly and simply turned on the speakerphone, "Fine, you just say it again."

Hearing this, Han Jia didn't be polite and spoke directly: "First, to celebrate the wrapping up of *The Unnamed*, weren't you two already on the plane at that time;"

"Second, there is another thing to say, hmm, let's talk when we meet tomorrow. Right, my dad and Uncle Ren will also be there. That's it, hanging up."

Good fellow, Lin Nan even wanted to retort a few words. Han Jia didn't take the invitees seriously at all, right? Didn't even give a chance to speak?!

"Hmm, are you going?" Liu Yifei looked at Lin Nan's unhappy face and teased with a giggle.

"Of course I'm going, it's her first time treating, why not go? Let's bleed her well, let's order the expensive ones tomorrow!" Lin Nan laughed fiercely.

"What if it's a Hongmen Banquet?" Miss Liu blinked.

"Just her? Hehe, then I'm even more interested! With that brain of hers, still a Hongmen Banquet..." Lin Nan really couldn't help laughing. He swore that he didn't mean to look down on Han Jia.

At the same time, on the other side, Little Han was also counting accounts with Han Sanping.

"Hmm, order the expensive ones tomorrow, anyway Uncle Ren will reimburse! And the main seat is him, I'll just cooperate. Would you like to echo a few words from time to time?"

"Although our family owes the most favors to Shanghai, Brother Lin as the director of this film, he can't run away either, right? Hehe..."

Looking at his little cotton-padded jacket's calculating look, Han Sanping didn't know whether to be happy or have a headache.

Thinking of himself as a tough and domineering China Film Group leader, why did he raise such an alternative tomboy? Smart is smart, talented is truly talented, character and personality are impeccable... but these small flaws are really making him speechless!

"As long as you are happy." Han Sanping shook his head helplessly, not wanting to say more.

"Then it's settled, I'll go reply to Uncle Ren." Han Jia picked up her phone carelessly.

"Heh, you are really close to him, your uncle is almost closer than your biological father! Isn't it just a broken Pop A."

Han Sanping muttered unhappily, and couldn't help but glance at Han Jia to ensure she didn't hear it.

... ===== CHAPTER 943 =====