Chapter 574 Hollywood, Release and Public Relations
Lin Nan’s speech at the Golden Horse Awards went viral and had a great impact on public opinion.
Early in the morning, many people called me, all saying one thing: "Well done!"
"This kind of thing has not yet reached the level of official announcement, but you The influence in the film industry is not small, so it is very appropriate for you to express your attitude on that occasion.
Tong Bureau specially called me this morning and asked me to praise you privately. It’s not suitable to make a direct statement.”
Lin Nan answered La Peikang's call with a smile on his face and nodded from time to time.
“La Dong, isn’t this what we should do? What more praise is needed, haha.”
“It’s still necessary. You are the first one to stand up and speak out publicly at the Golden Horse Awards. Mainland filmmakers. At this moment, the public opinion on the Internet is even more uproar, and some people are even angry..."
A few minutes later, Lin Nan ended the phone call with La Peikang and continued to wash his face and brush his teeth.
Most of the filmmakers from the Mainland and Hong Kong Island who came to participate in the Golden Horse Awards withdrew last night, and a small number of them also left today.
Lin Nan met Li An while having breakfast in the restaurant.
"I'm sorry, Director Lin. Some things are sudden and I really can't control them."
Putting down the chopsticks in his hands, Lin Nan looked at Li An:
" Director Li, you should read the news in the mainland and the comments on the Internet today. In addition, the media in Taiwan probably have nothing good to say about me, right?"
This made Li An a little bit worried. Stuck, he hesitated: "Half and half."
"I think filmmakers just need to make good movies and don't touch topics they shouldn't touch all day long. Also, I don't like to deal with people with crooked butts. It will be very disgusting." Lin Nan said seriously.
Li An nodded and said nothing more, but sat down and started eating breakfast.
At nine o'clock, after declining Li An's offer to see him off, Lin Nan took the hotel car with two assistants and went to the airport.
Sometimes, it’s really a coincidence.
Lin Nan met Zhang Ziyi at the airport, and she also brought her assistant.
But what's even more coincidental is that the two of them were on the same flight.
Even in the first class, there were only two of them, while several assistants were in the business class.
"Director Lin, your speech yesterday was really shocking and admirable."
Zhang Ziyi has just become the second Grand Slam Best Actress in Chinese films, watch Going up, I regained some of my former fighting spirit and ambition.
"Thank you." Lin Nan nodded and smiled.
His main purpose for this trip was to participate in public relations for the movie "The Invisible Guest", and Zhang Ziyi's purpose was similar.
As a member of the Oscar Academy, she holds a precious vote and is also a guest of major film studios during the awards season.
"Don't worry, Director Lin, when the shortlist is voted on, I will definitely vote for "The Invisible Guest"."
Zhang Ziyi took the initiative to find a topic and expressed his opinion to Lin Nan.
“Then, thank you.”
"Director Lin is so polite. We are all on our own side and we support each other."
Zhang Ziyi had a smile on her face and spoke very seriously. This scene seemed a little touching to Lin Nan.
As expected, people who can get into the limelight have their own thoughts. As for which one is more or less, it depends on who Zhang Ziyi compares with.
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During the nearly 12-hour flight, Lin Nan forced herself to sleep for eight hours. When the plane was about to land, she was woken up by Zhang Ziyi.
The weather was very nice today, and my sunglasses blocked the slightly dazzling morning sun.
Outside the airport, Tom was calling Lin Nan from a distance, and Zhang Ziyi also had a vehicle to pick him up.
"Director Lin, let's see you at the cocktail party."
"Well, see you at the cocktail party."
Zhang Ziyi originally wanted to walk over and talk to the actual manager of Crystal Pictures I asked Tom to say hello, but then I thought that this might be inappropriate, so I gave up.
But after getting in the car, she immediately posted a Weibo post.
It is a photo of her and Lin Nan in the first class cabin, with the text:
"I am very happy to fly from the Golden Horse to Hollywood on the same flight as Director Lin Nan. I wish Director Lin " "The Invisible Guest" is a hit at the box office, the awards season is going smoothly, and it is a success in the Olympics!"
It is past nine o'clock in the evening in China.
Zhang Ziyi’s Weibo instantly attracted the attention of the media and netizens, and quickly made the headlines of film and television entertainment news.
Lin Nan sat in the car, listening to Tom's nagging.
"Lin, Lionsgate has already done all the publicity, and we only have to wait for the official opening of the movie in a few days. Our first public relations reception is also scheduled for the opening day."
The public relations expenses of 15 million US dollars are about to be spent like water, and there will only be less reimbursement and no more refunds!
"Leon, you should be very excited, right?" Lin Nan said with a smile.
"Haha, of course. He is always full of expectations and yearning for Oscar, and his enthusiasm far exceeds his love for supermodel girls."
Tom also made a joke about Leonardo. Everyone knows that Leonardo DiCaprio loves supermodels, but he loves the Golden Man even more.
After so many years of preferring the new and hating the old, Leonardo has had countless women around him, but for Oscar, he has remained "unswervingly loyal"!
"Let's go, take me back to Beverly Hills first, and then make an appointment with them for dinner in the evening."
"That's good, Leon and the others will definitely have time." Tom agreed One sentence.
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Many Oscar-winning films are released in November and December, and the competition is extremely fierce.
On the way back to the villa in the car, Lin Nan saw many promotional posters for the movie.
Among them are Disney's "Frozen" and its own "The Invisible Guest". The two movies were released only 4 days apart.
This movie city has entered the awards season with 24 hours of non-stop receptions and parties.
After returning to the villa and putting away the luggage, employees from Crystal Pictures took Lin Nan's two accompanying assistants to arrange the hotel.
Lin Nan lay down on the sofa and began to contact several leading actors.
"Lin, are you here?"
"Yes Leon, let's have dinner tonight."
"Okay, I just came out from Director Martin's place , I will be very busy this awards season. Haha..."
I said busy, but there was no complaint in my tone, but I was extremely excited.
Lin Nan was in a daze for a few seconds before reacting: "Oh, I remember it. Your "The Wolf of Wall Street" was also released at the end of December, on Christmas Day!"
"Yes, that's right."< br>
"Then you are indeed busy. It seems that I have to focus on Jessica Chastain and Naomi Watts." Lin Nan said with a smile.
“Don’t worry, I will be energetic enough to take care of both movies.”
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At six o'clock in the evening, when the main creators of "The Invisible Guest" gathered for dinner, it happened to be early nine o'clock in the morning here in China.
There are a lot of eye-catching news in the film and television information of major media.
“Directed by Director Lin Nan, produced by Liu Yifei, starring Han Sanping, Zhang Hanyu, Huang Xiaoming, Fan Bingbing and others, the movie "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" successfully passed the review and received a release permit..." There is no comment in the circle The young company was a little cursed when they thought about the news reported by reporters a few days ago that Lin Nan personally went to the General Administration for review.
It has only been six days, but a movie has been reviewed and announced separately? !
Even if it's a back door, a green light, or special treatment, you should keep a low profile!
So naked, what do you think?
The relationship in "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" is from one's biological son, but the other movies are all from stepmothers?
The film market in November was completely drained by the last two imported films, "Gravity" and "The Hunger Games 2."
However, this situation has been anticipated by the industry for a long time.
There is a dazzling array of information on the Internet. Among the newly released film and television information, such a conspicuous and even dazzling one suddenly appeared.
"Noon Sunshine and Lin Nan Pictures also announced that the large-scale period costume conspiracy drama "Langya Bang", jointly produced by the two companies and produced by Noon Sunshine, has been officially approved and casting will begin today..."
This news immediately attracted the attention of all film and television companies, agencies, actors and artists in the industry.
Noon Sunshine was completely born out of Shanying, which is considered the top TV series production team in the industry, not to mention Lin Nan Pictures.
The most important thing is that this is a costumed Machiavellian drama!
This is an unchanging truth in the industry that costume dramas make people happy, not to mention costume dramas that are destined to be excellent!
When countless people in the industry received confirmed news from the two companies, they really became uneasy.
The original novel has also been translated by various companies and actors.
Everyone discovered that this is not the kind of traditional ancient costume conspiracy novel.
It is a popular fictional historical novel that is full of various elements such as rivers and lakes, court, love, revenge, etc., and has a large number of young characters, which is very suitable for making people laugh.
Then, casting, auditioning, recruiting people... became the most urgent thoughts in the minds of all insiders.
Companies and actors and artists, while submitting audition resumes according to the noon sun’s notice, are thinking of other ways, such as recruiting and informal appointments.
Although Noon Sunshine is responsible for the production and casting, which is a bit strict, this is the film and television industry, which is about human nature and sophistication. It is rare to have a truly selfless crew.
Even if it is difficult to communicate with Sunshine at Noon, isn’t there still Lin Nan Pictures?
You don’t think that Lin Nan Pictures has no power to interfere in casting, absolutely!
Lin Nan, everyone must be out of reach, and there is no hope. After he participated in the Golden Horse and insulted others with his domineering attitude, he never came back and flew directly to Hollywood.
But aren’t Yue Jun and Jiang Yuerou still there?
The most important thing is that Liu Yifei is also in China. To be blunt, this one is more effective with his words than the previous two!
Just like that, after working hard for two days with the crew on promotions, Producer Liu was just about to take a good nap when he was woken up by a barrage of phone calls.
“Oh, I’m so annoyed...”
It was almost 11 o'clock in the morning, Liu Yifei was half asleep and half awake, humming and resentful sounds came from the bed.
After a long time, she got out of the bed, and what she saw was messy long hair and a face that was awake and bitter, but it did not lose its beauty at all.
She squinted her eyes, fumbled to turn off her phone, then instantly covered herself with a quilt, shrank down, and fell asleep again...
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《 "Frozen" has been officially released in the North American market.
Lin Nan was invited by Disney and attended a premiere event.
After returning, he devoted himself to "The Invisible Guest" and preparations for the public relations reception.
“The public relations company has screened out Academy judges who are interested in such films, as well as Academy members who can win over them, and has sent invitations and gifts.
A cocktail party , it is impossible for many judges to come. After all, according to the rules of the academy, each academy member can only attend a maximum of three public relations receptions before each vote, and they will also carefully consider where to go."
"This is it. Why do you have to hold so many cocktail parties for a movie?" Lin Nan asked with interest.
"Yes, this is how the public relations reception is played during the awards season."
Tom replied with a smile. During the awards season every year, he always hangs out at the parties of various crews and has close contact with many actresses. He is rich in experience!
"Tom, your smile is a bit obscene?"
"Huh? Really, no." Tom shook his head.
Lin Nan didn't say much, turned around and prepared to go to the second floor of Crystal Pictures to record the VCR for Ning Hao.
After all, China enters December 15 hours earlier than Hollywood, and the premiere of "No Man's Land" is on the 1st and the release is on the 3rd.
Half an hour later, Lin Nan sent a five-minute short video to Liu Yifei via email, which was considered as a promise.
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Time flies and it’s been 3 days. China took the lead in entering December 1st.
"Disney's 3D animated movie "Frozen", with Liu Yifei participating in the dubbing performance, was released in the North American market for 3 days, and the box office revenue in the first weekend was 66.71 million US dollars..."
When Liu Yifei arrived at the premiere of "No Man's Land" on behalf of herself and Lin Nan, she was congratulated by many fellow actors in the industry.
Ning Hao, who used to be carefree, rarely became red-eyed when he led several leading actors to speak on stage.
No one made fun of him at the scene because this movie was really not easy.
The review process was stuck for four years, with countless modifications and deletions. In the end, the ending was reshot as a last resort.
“By the way, Director Lin sent a VCR from Hollywood. Yifei just gave it to me, but I haven’t read it yet. Can you guys take a look together?”
"Okay."
"Have a look."
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When the short video was projected on the big screen, Ning Hao regretted it.
“I guess Director Ning Hao will cry today, right? If he didn’t cry, I would really be sorry for the more than four years of suffering, and also sorry for my Tiangong Colorful Equipment. None! Haha..."
The opening of Lin Nan's VCR made everyone present laugh. Even though Liu Yifei had watched it at home, it was still a bit funny when watching it on the big screen.
"...Have you ever seen a director act crazy? I have seen it. Ning Hao followed the devil during that time and had sex with the film bureau, but it was obvious that he was 'ravaged' 'It's tragic.
I heard from the sister that Ning Hao would often hide alone and secretly wipe his tears. At that time, Huang Bo specially sent me a photo, and I will show it to everyone below..."
"His uncle, turn it off quickly, turn it off..."
Amidst the cheers from the audience, Ning Hao shouted, so that hundreds of people at the scene could not see it. My own embarrassment.
"Yifei, you and Lin Nan are not honest."
Ning Hao turned around and looked at Liu Yifei in the first row, pretending to be angry.
“It’s okay, haha...”
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North American time, December 1st.
The movie "The Invisible Guest" is officially released.
At the same time, Lin Nan, together with Leonardo, Naomi Watts, Jessica Chastain and other film creators.
In the name of three companies including Crystal Pictures, Appian Trail, and Lionsgate, the first movie reception, commonly known as a public relations reception, was held in Hollywood.
The company responsible for public relations business provides assistance.
The guests at the scene included Nolan, James Wan, Matt Damon, Ryan Reynolds... Lin Nan's friends from Lionsgate, Warner, Disney, etc., as well as many Hollywood actors and movies People...the most important thing are the dozens of academy members.
For the first public relations reception, all the guests combined totaled more than 230 people, which was not a small scale.
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(End of this chapter)