Chapter 417 You Will Kill Me
Lin Nan came back from the premiere of "The Robbery" and heard about Chen Jia Shang's angry remarks against Hong Kong circles in front of the Hong Kong media.
This old man from Hong Kong is quite sharp in his words!
“The signing of CEPA has put the mainland’s co-productions at risk for the Hong Kong film industry for nearly ten years. However, many people cannot understand the situation and have been aloof over the years, smashing bowls and scolding the cooks while eating.”< br>
“Nowadays, the mainland is not short of funds, actors, and markets. Does it still need Hong Kong filmmakers and co-productions?”
"I don't think it's necessary at all. Everyone knows the story of the farmer and the snake! Some people just want to take Hong Kong movies into the abyss and make them hateful!"
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< br>After saying these words, Chen Jiashang returned to the mainland that day and began preparations for "Four Famous Catchers 2", leaving only Hong Kong circles in an uproar.
Many people in the mainland can see that internal strife has begun on Hong Kong Island. This situation is very good!
Lin Nan admired Chen Jiashang's behavior.
This is a filmmaker who has sincerely considered the Hong Kong industry, but if he says this, he is most likely talking nonsense.
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“International Film Forum, Film Enterprise Forum, Director Forum, Producer Forum…”
Yue Jun will send invitation letters one after another, When it was handed to Lin Nan, both of them couldn't laugh or cry.
It seems that at the Capital International Film Festival, all the facades and responsibilities of the domestic film industry will be displayed.
Not to mention state-owned enterprises such as China Film and Shanghai Film and Television, private film companies such as Huayi, Enlight, Lin Nan Pictures, and Bona are all invited, and they give people a feeling that they cannot be refused.
In addition, Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou, Lin Nan, Jiang Wen and other capable directors, no one can escape.
"I even turned down the red carpet at the opening ceremony. These forums are here again, it's true!"
Lin Nan sighed, speechless.
"Several major film companies in Hollywood will be here, Warner, Fox, Universal, Disney, Lionsgate...
There are also many famous directors, such as James Cameron, etc., and people from major international film festivals will also come.
Should we not take this seriously in China, otherwise it would be too embarrassing? "
Yue Jun also teased with a smile on his face.
"I think it is just trying to make someone fat, a waste of time, and meaningless. They are just here for the domestic market and have no other purpose. "
"Even if this is the case, Director Lin still has to give an answer. Invitations sent personally from the film bureau and the city cannot be ignored, right?
Besides, you are also a frequent visitor to international film festivals, so it would be a bit hard to explain if you don’t go. "
Lin Nan frowned and thought. He had just promised Liu Yifei two days ago that he would go to the film festival with her to watch movies.
Unlike before in Venice and Cannes, This time it’s at my doorstep, which is much more convenient.
As a result, this thing happened again!
“You represent those corporate forums and producer forums. The company goes. I'll go take a look at the remaining few. ”
In the end, Lin Nan pushed most of the activities to Yue Jun, and took care of the few that he couldn't avoid.
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"Heist" and "Piff" were released on the same day.
The investment amounts for these two movies are not large, one is 50 million and the other is 30 million.
But they were simultaneously noticed by the entire film industry.
Just because the release time of the two movies is really unsatisfactory, it is completely necessary to survive in the cracks and cracks between a lot of Hollywood's powerful ships and guns.
"Ning Hao is still Ning Hao. After all, he is already a famous director."
Lin Nan was also a little emotional when he saw the first-day results of "The Robbery".
The script "The Robbery" was written by Ning Hao in a hurry. At that time, his mentality was shattered by "No Man's Land" and he urgently needed to divert his attention, so he created "The Robbery".
The "Golden Heist", which has no flaws but its flaws, grossed more than 10 million at the box office on its first day, shocking the industry and the media.
"Director Ning Hao's "Golden Heist", caught between many Hollywood blockbusters, grossed 10.48 million at the box office on its first day, giving a boost to the struggling domestic films!"
" The movie "Everyman", invested and starring Huang Xiaoming, failed at the box office on the first day of its release, with a revenue of 1.21 million..."
"Box office statistics from April to today, "Titanic", " Imported blockbusters such as "Battleship" accounted for more than 94%, and domestic films accounted for less than 6%..."
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Everyone in the industry is laughing at themselves. No wonder foreign filmmakers are so proud of this year's Capital International Film Festival.
If the domestic film market were like this every month, those foreign filmmakers would definitely want to come here once a month!
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"Based on this first-day box office, Xiao Ming's movie will suffer a heavy loss."
Liu Yifei was wearing slippers and sitting on the sofa with her legs crossed. He said with some regret.
"For him, the loss will not affect anything, and the gain will not be small. He can learn from experience and go further next time."
During the premiere, Lin Nan knew that Huang Xiaoming was doing a good job Be prepared to lose money, and you have been prepared for this from the moment you invest in a movie.
"By the way, tomorrow morning, you have to go to the film festival to watch a movie alone, or ask Shangchang to accompany you."
"Why? You lied to me again, right? We agreed to get together!"
Liu Yifei frowned and stared at Lin Nan, with an angry expression on her face, which was very cute.
"I'm going to attend a director's forum tomorrow morning. It's not far from the screening room. I can accompany you in the afternoon."
Hearing that it was business, Miss Liu was relieved, "Okay then, I'll go alone , let’s have dinner together at noon.”
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In the evening, the Six Princesses were live broadcasting the red carpet show.
Many people in the industry have discovered that although this second Capital International Film Festival does not have an awards section, the red carpet is in no way inferior to the three major ones in Europe.
In addition to a large number of domestic actors and stars, it is the Hollywood camp that attracts the most attention.
The production company team represented by the six major film companies, digital directors headed by Cameron, and more than a dozen Hollywood crews represented by "The Avengers".
In addition, there are senior executives from the organizing committees of the three major European film festivals, Busan Film Festival, Tokyo Film Festival and other international film festivals.
Lin Nan and Liu Yifei watched the live broadcast together, and they discovered something interesting.
Even the director team from Wan Dao came, but there were only a few people on Hong Kong Island such as Xu Ke, Chen Jia Shang, Xu Anhua, etc. The others were not seen.
I don’t know if the higher-ups didn’t call them, or if they did, they didn’t come. But Lin Nan estimated that he didn't shout, but meant to beat. …………
The next morning, Lin Nan and Liu Yifei separated at the film festival.
"I won't watch "Avengers" in the morning. I'll wait for you in the afternoon."
"Okay, have fun."
Under the gaze of many insiders, Lin Nan and Liu Yifei walked in two directions.
Ning Hao waved to Lin Nan with dark circles under his eyes.
""The Robbery" has only been released for two days, and they didn't even let you go?"
"That's not the case. How can I have the time to participate in any director forum? All the box office matters are... I was so worried.
I refused, but guess what, he called me in the middle of the night... After I finished my work in the morning, I had to go back and catch up on my sleep. ”
The two talked and were led by the staff towards the conference hall.
"Bad luck."
He turned the corner and saw Lu Chuan holding Qin Lan's hand, socializing with a group of people there.
Lin Nan and Ning Hao said two words in unison.
Entering the conference hall, everyone discovered that the host of today’s director forum was actually Chen Kaige.
Sure enough, in the eyes of the officials, this one is the most capable!
"Director Zhang, Director Xu, Director Jia, Director Gu, Director Wang..."
We greeted all the familiar domestic directors. Lin Nan and Ning Hao were next to Xu Ke. Sat down.
As for those foreign directors, Lin Nan knew very few of them. The only one he had said hello to was probably Minkoff.
The forum started, and the topic was actually film technology?
This makes it clear that Cameron is put in the spotlight!
Sure enough, Chen Kaige gave up the podium to the truck driver and stepped back, without any trace of his usual unruliness.
Xuke listened the most carefully and asked questions from time to time.
Young directors, including Lin Nan, are listening carefully. After all, others have gone very far in this regard, and 3D movies will be the mainstream in the future.
When the media asked Cameron what he thought Chinese films lacked, even this man smiled awkwardly:
"Everything is very good. Apart from the lack of some cutting-edge technology, the biggest limitation may be that the shooting of some special themes is restricted."
When a foreigner said this, all the domestic directors present felt a little embarrassed. .
"Just like "Soul Chariot", the Chinese market allows imports to be screened, but will not allow its own directors to film..."
As soon as this sentence came out, Lin Nan felt So ashamed.
“If he hadn’t been a foreigner, he would have been verbally educated by the leaders just for saying this!”
Ning Hao complained softly. Not only Lin Nan, but also Xu Ke, Zhang Yimou and others beside them all smiled helplessly. This is a fact. Film review is so unfair. Others can film it and release it in China, but our own people cannot.
Lin Nan finally figured out that this forum was purely for Cameron. This treatment is exceptional.
"Director Lin, do you have plans for a 3D movie in the future?"
Seeing that Lin Nan was listening attentively, Xu Ke couldn't help but ask.
“Yes.”
"That's a good thing. We can communicate in the future. What subject matter?"
"Science fiction, mythology, magic. It definitely has nothing to do with Director Xu's martial arts." Lin Nan said with a smile.
Everyone on the side heard Lin Nan’s words, and nodded one by one, “We’ll see.”
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At noon, the director forum Finish.
Rows of reporters lined up at the door, pointing their cameras at the directors who came out. Cameron and others were welcomed away by the organizer, probably as a treat.
"How about we have a meal together first and then I go back?"
Ning Hao glanced at Lin Nan and asked.
"Then let me call Yifei, let's go together."
"Okay."
As soon as Lin Nan took out his mobile phone, he heard someone saying hello to him from a distance, still in English.
"Hi, Lin, long time no see."
He thought he had heard this voice somewhere.
Lin Nan suddenly looked up and saw that he was really an acquaintance. Ning Hao and some people in the circle were also a little surprised.
Lin Nan smiled and said hello to her friend’s wife, ah no, it’s her ex-wife!
"Long time no see indeed. Welcome to the film festival, Scarlett."
Looking at Scarlett Johansson and several Hollywood actors walking over, Lin Nan replied.
The only few times I interacted with this person were almost all because of Ryan Reynolds. The first time was when they got married, and the remaining few times were when Lin Nan was at Hollywood parties.
Lin Nan wanted to shake hands, but the other party gave him a real hug.
Well, the broad mind is shocking.
"You will kill me."
Lin Nan muttered, there were media reporters nearby who were already taking photos. I wonder if they were captured just now. Ning Hao also looked surprised.
“What?”
Scarlett didn’t understand Lin Nan’s Mandarin.
"Nothing, welcome to the Capital International Film Festival again, "Avengers" is great!"
"Thank you, Lin. You are a great director..."
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(End of this chapter)