Chapter 448 Ye Ning’s Invitation
“This should be the first time in domestic film history, right? After a film received the Dragon Award, it was censored again.”
Facts have proved that if you go out, you will have a big mouth. If you talk nonsense, you will indeed be "educated". Director Lou's "The Mystery of the Floating City" is like this.
This film, after receiving a release permit, is participating in the Venice Film Festival in recent days.
It is also the only Chinese film shortlisted for the official unit, "Un Certain Regard Module", and it is also the opening film.
For other directors, the most they can do is make a film that reflects the suffering of the people at the bottom of the country and the dark side of society, and then put it out for exhibitions.
This guy is good. He criticizes the film bureau and criticizes the domestic censorship system when he has nothing to do. He just openly says that he is being oppressed and suppressed.
As you can imagine, while still in Venice, the domestic producer received a notice from the bureau that "The Mystery of the Floating City" needs to be reviewed again.
“We have obtained the public release permit, and seeing that it will be released on the 19th next month, he may feel stable, right? It is indeed the first time in China to be censored, and it sets a record!”
Lin Nan took some time out to get together with Ning Hao, Huang Bo and others, and chatted about several film festivals outside in the past two days.
Lu Chuan took "The King's Feast" to Toronto to hold the world premiere, but it seemed that there was no room for him in China.
The press releases were sent back more than a dozen times a day, as if a Chinese-language blockbuster had shocked the world, and he was very good at showing off!
“Anyway, I don’t think his movie can make any waves.”
Lin Nan leaned back in his chair and said contemptuously.
"So you prepared "囧" for him and asked Xu Zheng, a new director, to compete with him. No matter whether he wins or loses, Lu Chuan will not be able to take advantage?"
Huang Bo took a sip of beer and chuckled.
"You are also one of the leading actors after all. Be tough, how could you lose?" Ning Hao glanced at Huang Bo and interjected.
Lin Nan also pointed at Huang Bo and shook his head with contempt.
"Humility, I am being humble!" The latter waved his hand and immediately defended.
“By the way, I just received an invitation to host this year’s Golden Horse Awards ceremony as a guest.
Director Lin, we will see you at the Golden Horse then. I hope you and Yifei will win the grand prize. "
Lin Nan was stunned for a moment, then nodded with a smile. Huang Bo has been a frequent visitor to the Golden Horse in the past two years, "Okay, I accept your auspicious words. ”
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After “The Martian”, Lin Nan formed Tiangong Colors, and Crystal Pictures was responsible for talent incubation.
In the past few years, Tiangong Color is also the most prestigious film and television special effects company in the industry, with big business and small business.
Until today, another company has made a strong announcement that it has successfully entered the special effects industry.
The entire film and television industry was caught off guard by Xiao Ma's announcement.
They teamed up with another Indian company to buy the special effects company that Hollywood had just filed for bankruptcy protection: Digital Domain.
This special effects company founded by Cameron, acquired by Michael Bay and listed as a group, was once one of the top special effects companies in the world.
As soon as Lin Nan returned to the company, two managers from Yue Jun and Tiangong Color came over in a hurry.
In their view, Xiaoma's special effects business will be Tiangong Color's biggest competitor in the future.
"How much did they spend on it?" Lin Nan asked calmly.
"Xiao Ma teamed up with an Indian company and spent 30.2 million US dollars to snap it up from dozens of companies.
They held 70% of the shares and the other 30%. This is Zhong Lifang He said it during an interview with the media today. "
Hearing this amount, Lin Nan couldn't help laughing.
"A few months ago, the market value of this company was as high as 400 to 500 million U.S. dollars. You don't really think that someone else went bankrupt and it was only worth 30 million U.S. dollars, right? And that's the final price of the auction!
This is a special effects company. The most valuable things are people, equipment, technology, copyrights and business. These will not depreciate."
Hearing this, Yue Jun frowned for a moment. He really didn't react to this. thing.
He was blinded by the overwhelming applause and cheers from the circle.
Lin Nan looked at the computer website, Xiao Ma's announcement and Zhong Lifang's speech, it was like a perfect pick.
The media reports in the circle are also extremely flattering. A large number of people in the industry look proud.
“Pony will become the second domestic film and television company with large-scale special effects production business, competing with Tiangong Color.”
“Ms. Zhong Lifang, the president of Pony Pictures, personally admitted that, The company has acquired all of Digital Domain's core businesses, including:
Films, visual effects, advertising production, virtual portrait synthesis technology, two special effects studios in California and Vancouver, and the science fiction blockbuster "Ender's Game" co-production rights..."
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Lin Nan glanced at Yue Jun, who was obviously awake, and said disdainfully:
"Do you think it's possible to buy so many things with 30.2 million US dollars? Those Hollywood film companies are all crazy. "
"Director Lin means that they bought an empty shell?"
Lin Nan hesitated, but nodded:
"According to the right Gambling agreement, there are only 15 months left before the deadline for Pony to go public. However, this move is a bit too extreme.
Forget it, don't pay attention to them, the pony poses no threat to us.
At this moment, they are just gamblers. They are mortgaging all their assets and buying some things other than gold and jade to achieve the purpose of bonus..."
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< br>Lin Nan thought of Zhong Lifang's recent travels, wooing many well-known directors, screenwriters and studios to sign contracts.
They even competed for Zhang Yimou Studio before, but failed. These were all from them. Chips and capital for listing.
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All domestic films in September have started a publicity war.
The first one to step onto the stage and face a host of imported films was "Sad Fairy Tale" produced by Guangguang and starring Liu Shishi.
Tang people’s Weibo and the Weibo of Tang people’s artists are all promoting this movie.
A large number of Tang fans online are clamoring, shouting and advocating to go into the theater to support this year's "Golden Eagle Goddess". This movement is really a bit big. Many film companies in the industry are waiting and watching. Is this another A-list actress who can bring in box-office hits?
When Guangguang saw this situation online, it immediately expanded its publicity efforts based on the original publicity, hoping for good results.
On the day the movie was released, starting from the morning, the Internet and some media received positive reviews for the finished film.
""Sad Fairy Tale" was released and the audience was hooked!"
"Liu Shishi perfectly interpreted the workplace life of urban white-collar workers and performed a romantic love story..."
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The positive reviews throughout the day surprised many people in the industry and looked forward to it.
Until the next day’s box office came out... Good guy, it shocked a bunch of people.
“The box office of "Sad Fairy Tale" on the first day was 2.2 million, and the box office performance was extremely unsatisfactory."
"The attendance rate is low, the heroine's performance is dull and lackluster, and there are a lot of omissions Comment. "Sad Fairy Tale" is suspected of hiring trolls..."
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"It's so funny to me. Yesterday the film was well received, but today it was slapped in the face at the box office."
Lin Nan wanted to know what Wang Changtian's expression was at this moment.
"Dr. Wang, he's not going to be a naval force, is he?"
Liu Yifei stepped on the floor with her bare feet and walked to Lin Nan in two or three steps.
"Director Wang probably won't. His face is worth more than this movie, but that's not necessarily the case for others, haha..."
The Tang Dynasty's special skills may offend Wang Changtian this time.
Because people who don’t know the truth will only think that the light is driving the praise. This wave of operations has completely tarnished the reputation of the light.
The conflict between the actresses is now reflected.
On the front line, those with vengeance will seek revenge, those without vengeance will step on them, and those on the second line will also be dragged down.
"She is probably the most popular A-list actress, but she has no box office appeal. What about her usually huge fan base? Is it all fake?"
"The first movie she starred in was a hit. It’s like this. The popularity of "Bu Bu Jing Xin" has not yet passed. In addition, it has just won the Golden Eagle Goddess! With such high popularity, there is no box office conversion rate at all."
"The box office on the first day was low? At this level, she is destined to be a box office poison. Which film crew will dare to use her in the future? Whoever uses her will die!"
"If it doesn't work, just stay in Tangren and act in TV series. Don't get involved, leave it to other actresses..."
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On the Internet, many fans of the actress attacked Liu Shishi with all kinds of ridicule and ridicule.
The next day, "Sad Fairy Tale" box office revenue was 2.1 million, and along with it, there were a lot of negative reviews.
The final result can already be seen from the two-day box office results, which is destined to be a loss.
The previous "Four Famous Catchers" was so beautiful, but the light is so embarrassing now.
Tens of millions of film investments were wasted just like that.
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"Mr. Cai, Guangguang informed us that all subsequent publicity plans have been cancelled, and the scheduled programs...Shi Shi will no longer be used."
Hearing the news, Cai Yinong felt After a while, she knew exactly what those big companies were thinking.
In the future, it is basically impossible for Guangguang to give Liu Shishi the opportunity to be the heroine.
The film companies in the industry are also very cautious when selecting actors. If they can't use Liu Shishi, then they won't.
People who work in this industry, especially film production companies, are more or less superstitious. The words "box office poison" on the Internet are too glaring.
The key is that Cai Yinong never expected that the box office of "Sad Fairy Tale" would be so bad.
So much so that "getting good reviews" has completely become an act of not having three hundred taels of silver here, and it has ruined the light.
“I got it, tell Shi Shi and ask her not to respond to this movie.
Turn down all media interviews. This month, try to be as low-key as possible. , waiting for the movie to be released..."
This is Cai Yinong's way of dealing with it, keep silent and wait until the wind has passed.
When the time comes, use the navy to find a topic to hype up. If it doesn’t work, find a first-line actress to try to influence her. Liu Shishi will still be the first-line actress of the Tang Dynasty.
"Okay, Mr. Cai."
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Ye Ning called. They planned to prepare a movie and asked Lin Nan if he wanted to participate.
"Mr. Ye, you'd better tell me what project you are going to work on first. When you first asked me if I could join the project, I was confused!"
Lin Nan joked with a smile.
"Hey, can I still fool Director Lin? It's definitely a good project, the actor is big enough, and he's willing to reduce the salary..."
Then I heard Ye Ning talk about it. half an hour.
The script is being perfected, the male and female protagonists have been decided, and relevant departments will also participate in the filming and promotion.
The more Lin Nan listened, the more familiar he felt. Relevant departments? Which department?
"The heroine won't be Tiantian, right?"
Lin Nan subconsciously asked tentatively.
“Haha, Director Lin is wise, and the heroine is Tiantian.”
Good guy, Lin Nan doesn’t even know what to say, it’s another movie!
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(End of this chapter)