That year Huayu

Lin Nan sat next to Ye Ning. He was really looking forward to today's "fun".

"'Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons' is the sequel to 'Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons'. Director Zhou Xingchi will write and serve as the producer, and director Xu Ke will direct."

"The domestic film market is no longer what it was a few years ago. Since director Lin Nan started the 2 billion box office era at the beginning of last year, the top big IP of 'Zhou Xingchi + Journey to the West' has naturally become 2 billion or even 3 billion The incubator of box-office blockbusters..."

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The speaker of the project was very eloquent. When he mentioned that Lin Nan had ushered in the 2 billion box office era, he smiled and nodded at him.

Many people in the conference hall also looked at Lin Nan subconsciously, with more or less envy in their eyes. Among the three great directors present, Lin Nan was the most popular, and the other two were unmatched.

A "Journey to the West: Conquering Monsters" can bring together more than a dozen film and television industry giants here. The reason is as the project speaker said:

The top IP "Zhou Xingchi + Journey to the West" has unparalleled box office appeal in today's fiery film market environment!

This movie is currently only a project. Based on the current development speed of the movie market, it is predicted that by the time it is officially released, the movie market will most likely have reached the era of 3 billion box office for a single film.

Even if not, "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" may not be able to personally start the era of 3 billion box office for a single film!

“This movie will use more special effects, and of course the budget will be larger, roughly between 400 million and 500 million;

This time, the producer has joined the theater chain, Internet background company, film and television base... The starring choice is Wu Yifan, who has a large number of young fans...

This is to ensure that the project runs smoothly from project establishment to post-production, to release, and finally to release with a box office of 2.5 billion+..."

People from China Film Group speak much more forcefully, but isn't the box office target of 2.5 billion+ set a bit too casually?

Lin Nan glanced at the group of people sitting outside, especially Wu Yifan and his mother, who were obviously very excited!

"I'm very curious, how did Hua Yi join in? Isn't Director Zhou too weird?"

Turning sideways, Lin Nan and Ye Ning murmured in a low voice; the latter showed a helpless smile and shook his head: "Director Lin, I really don't know about this question."

Hearing this, Lin Nan stopped asking questions and looked at the dozen or so industry colleagues present with interest; most of them looked like they were ready to "divide the cake", and their mood was written on their faces. .

"In the project of "Journey to the West: Conquering Demons", several main controllers will take half of the share, and the remaining 50% will be distributed by the remaining 12 companies according to their own strength."

As La Peikang's words fell to the ground, the scene suddenly became noisy.

Alibaba Pictures and Huayi are undoubtedly the tallest companies among these 12 companies, and they must eat more and occupy more.

Hengdian, Xiangshan, and Dadi Cinemas followed closely behind, refusing to give in to each other. In the end, the only ones who couldn't make a big noise were the six or seven medium-sized companies.

"Mr. Wang, I'm curious, how did you reconcile with Xinghui?"

Lin Nan's half-smiling joke made the conference room instantly quiet, with more than a dozen eyes looking at him intentionally or unintentionally.

Many people's eyes were full of joking, and they said in their hearts, "Hey guys, someone finally started to "joke" about this! Stimulate!

And Lin Nan was one of the few people present who dared to make this joke and had the strength to be "unbridled" without any scruples.

Both Wang Zhonglei and Zhou Xingchi seemed a little embarrassed. The latter didn't say anything, but the former reacted quickly and had that facial expression smile on his face:

"There is no conflict between Hua Yi and Xinghui, so where does the word 'reconciliation' come from? If Director Lin is referring to the previous dispute over dividends, isn't it all over? One code should be the same.

When that incident just ended, I said that Hua Yi was looking forward to working with Director Zhou again in the future. Isn’t that what happened today?

Huayi will provide all possible resources for "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", including but not limited to film promotion and its theater chains..."

Hearing these words, Lin Nan couldn't help but sigh:

Zhou Xingchi loves money and is greedy for cheap, and face and dignity are not a problem. Hua Yi wants to get into a car and want a big project to stimulate the stock price. The two hit it off and get back together - wonderful and beautiful!

"Well, that makes sense."

Lin Nan smiled and nodded, looking "approved", but in the eyes of many onlookers, it was quite fake!

At this time, as the main controller of today's project, Ye Ning suppressed laughter, Zhou Xingchi continued to remain silent, and La Peikang looked at Lin Nan and spoke:

"Lin Nan Pictures can take 10% as one of the four main controllers. Of course, it would be better if you can also be named as the producer."

"Thank you China Film and Xinghui for their kindness. Let's forget it this time, La Dong."

Lin Nan's seemingly light words hit the conference room hard, leaving the place in dead silence.

Everyone looked at Lin Nan in shock, including Zhou Xingchi and Ye Ning.

La Peikang's smile has disappeared, and his expression is very serious, "Why?"

Lin Nan shrugged, smiled, and said seriously:

"My company has a lot of projects, and we are all busy. I will not follow "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons"... This project is very profitable, but there are many producers, so I'd better share the 10% with everyone."

"Director Lin is awesome!"

Wang Zhonglei immediately praised Lin Nan when he heard the sound, wishing that Lin Nan would get out of here.

"Director Lin?" Ye Ning couldn't help but say, Lin Nan's attitude was something he never expected.

"Director Lin, please think about it again. I personally hope to maintain our cooperation with Lin Nan Pictures."

Zhou Xingchi didn't speak quickly, but his tone was quite sincere.

"Lin Nan, are you sure? There is no store like this after passing this village."

La Peikang was no longer in a good mood. Lin Nan's decision was not in his plan at all. He originally hoped to use this to ease the relationship.

"Yes, sure. I came here today, firstly, to thank everyone for their kindness, and secondly, it would be better to make it clear in person. I will not get involved in "Journey to the West: Conquering Demons".

Since we have to talk about the investment share next, I will leave first without disturbing everyone's business. Let's have a good dinner later. "

While speaking, Lin Nan also stood up. It was already half past eight in the evening, and it would be almost nine o'clock when we got back to the hotel where we were staying.

Many participating investors were secretly happy when they saw Lin Nan's "decision"; it would be a great thing to get 10% more shares, even if only 5% came out of the hands of the controlling party.

"Send, send..."

La Peikang waved to his assistant without even looking at Lin Nan. Most of his good mood had already gone by now.

"Director Lin, are you free tomorrow to have a cup of coffee?"

Just when Lin Nan was about to leave the conference room, Zhang Qiang's words once again attracted everyone's attention.

"I don't have time tomorrow. If Mr. Zhang is talking about copyright... Yue Jun is fully responsible.

If that novel is made into a movie by Lin Nan Pictures, I can guarantee that it will have a box office of at least 1.5 billion, and 2 billion or even higher is not impossible. "

Lin Nan said without looking back.

Everyone in the conference room looked at Zhang Qiang curiously. Is Alibaba Pictures negotiating with Lin Nan Pictures about the copyright of the novel? What hot item?

At this moment, Zhang Qiang was already stimulated by Lin Nan's words and completely ignored the "coveting" eyes of the people around him. He had already made a decision in his heart, and he even couldn't wait.

"Oh, by the way, Mr. Wang, stop poaching people from my company. Aren't you all going to make movies? Haha."

Before he finished speaking, Lin Nan was no longer at the door. Wang Zhonglei wanted to retort by saying, "De-simplify the movie," but in the end he endured it.

In the conference hall, everyone looked at each other, tonight was really a bit "unexpected".

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The next day, morning.

"Jurassic World" is still the "number one" in movie information, with a revenue of 290 million in three days this week; today, Saturday, the daily box office is bound to explode and reach a higher level.

"Manchester by the Sea" also performed very tenaciously, with a daily revenue of around 10 million, neither above nor below, and the total box office has reached 470 million.

Putting aside this information and the topics of Magnolia and the Magic City International Film Festival, the biggest entertainment headline on the Internet must be director Wang Da, who was just "released after serving his sentence" last night.

In hot searches on Weibo, you can see heartwarming photos of Ms. Zhang picking up people and the couple having dinner together. A large number of netizens couldn't help but shout: "Change your mind and start over!"

Lin Nan and Liu Yifei both got up earlier. The former had something serious to do, while the latter made an appointment with Shu Chang to continue hanging out and visit Zhou Xun by the way.

"Don't forget the magnolia at night."

Miss Liu was carrying a bag and wearing sunglasses, and she specifically warned Lin Nan when she went out.

"Well, no."

Lin Nan responded while answering the phone.

"Go on."

"Alibaba Pictures has made an appointment with me to meet this morning. From the looks of it, it should be almost done."

There was a sense of confidence in Yue Jun's tone, and he was obviously confident.

"I stoked the fire in front of Zhang Qiang last night, and I guess it will have some effect. If you can make a decision today, just send me a text message."

"Well, okay, Director Lin."

After hanging up the phone, Lin Nan changed into summer clothes, and then went out in a good mood; Ali, a big dog, will not kill you until you kill him!

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For several movies produced by the company, especially those exclusively produced, Lin Nan has to go to the platform.

When he arrived at the exhibition area with his people, what he saw was an even more crowded scene than yesterday, because the film festival was about to open tomorrow.

At the "Monster Hunt" booth, a "white radish spirit" caught the eye, and Jiang Zhiqiang was being interviewed;

"I Am a Passerby" has a title that sounds like a passerby, but it was actually filmed by Er Dongsheng? Lin Nan subconsciously concluded that he must rush to the street!

"The Taoist Descends the Mountain", "Under the Taiping Wheel: The Other Shore", "Gardenia Blossoms", "The Scorching Sun", "The Assassin Nie Yinniang",...

On the way to the film exhibition area of ​​Lin Nan Film Department, "famous" films can be seen everywhere, and Lin Nan also received a lot of greetings.

"Director Lin, are you alone again?"

After seeing Lin Nan's figure, Lu Yang hurriedly dismissed the reporters in front of him.

"Yes. Yifei and Shu Chang still have plans today. As a girl, shopping is a big deal!"

Sitting in his own "booth", Lin Nan felt quite comfortable. After all, Lin Nan Pictures' movies and territory were all about ten meters to the left and right.

"That's true. But it's enough for Director Lin to come to the platform. Look, there are a lot more media and filmmakers paying attention to this place."

Following Lu Yang's instructions, Lin Nan scanned around and found that there were indeed many people smiling at him and saying hello, and the number of eyes focused on him was also several times greater.

"Director Lin, do you want to go to the red carpet at Magnolia in the evening?"

Diagonally opposite, Wu Pan walked over carrying a bottle of mineral water. That was the booth of "Slaying the Wolf 2".

"Go ahead, invitations to Magnolia's awards ceremony have been sent over. My company's "Red Sorghum" is also an entry."

Half a minute later, there was another folding chair next to Lin Nan.

Wu Gan once again invited Lin Nan and Lu Yang, hoping that they could attend the premiere of "Slaying the Wolf 2" the day after tomorrow.

Not only that, he also specifically emphasized that after so many years in the industry, the filming of this movie was the most injured one, and his leg was broken twice!

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capital.

Yue Jun met with the Alibaba Pictures team along with several financial and legal personnel.

The smiles of both parties when they met and shook hands were very "enthusiastic", without any embarrassment or strangeness; although the "high price" yesterday was not agreed upon, today - it is still the same price!

"Director Yue, your company is going to break the copyright transaction record this time!"

"It's not Lin Nan Pictures that wants to break the copyright transaction record, it's Alibaba Pictures and Lin Nan Pictures working together."

Yue Jun corrected the other party with a smile and added: "Our assessment of this novel is not wrong. It is a hit. I also wish Ali's movie a big hit!"

The team leader smiled and nodded, "Then let's borrow the words of Director Yue and let's get started."

As they spoke, the people from the Alibaba Pictures team took out the first draft of the contract and checked, argued, and modified the copyright transaction contract with Lin Nan Pictures item by item...

Two hours later, the two parties completed the signing.

As two of the top companies in the industry, there is absolutely no delay in the transaction, especially when the senior management of both parties has made the decision.

"Director Yue, we're here."

Hearing the words of Finance, Yue Jun nodded, and then looked at the executives of Alibaba Pictures:

"As a long-time producer, I have a suggestion for you: making two movies out of this novel may be more profitable and more satisfying."

"Thank you. Alibaba Pictures has its own thinking... We will hold a project launch conference soon. Will Director Yue be invited to honor us then?"

"no problem."

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The two award events in Magic City were arranged particularly well in terms of time.

As soon as Magnolia's front end ended, the back end of the film festival immediately took over, continuing to increase and extend the popularity.

At around five o'clock in the afternoon, Liu Yifei and Shu Chang came back because the red carpet at Magnolia was about to begin.

"Brother Xun'er's red carpet dress tonight is a backless long dress, which is quite beautiful. When Changchang and I came back, she was doing her makeup..."

Liu Yifei was talking to Lin Nan while choosing clothes.

Tonight, several of us are guests attending the awards ceremony and will not participate in the red carpet, so we don’t need to be too picky about our attire, just keep it simple.

"Her? Backless?"

Lin Nan rolled his eyes. He couldn't imagine Zhou Xun wearing a backless dress, pretending to be a lady? Show sexy? It’s totally irrelevant!

"Are you guys okay? When are you leaving?"

At the door of the living room, Shu Chang walked in with his assistant wearing a fresh dress and urged.

"Go to the room to urge her. Sissi is changing clothes."

Lin Nan pointed in the direction of the bedroom with the door closed. He was wearing the same casual clothes and wouldn't change.

"Okay, let's go."

Before Shu Chang ran to knock on the door, Miss Liu had already walked out on her own with a smile.

Is this a bestie outfit?

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