Chapter 804 Forget it this time, deal
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". It is written and produced by director Zhou Xingchi, and director Xu Ke will direct."
"Domestic Film Market It 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 the incubation of 2 billion or even 3 billion box office blockbusters. Land..."
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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 no exception. right.
A "Journey to the West: Conquering Monsters" can bring together more than a dozen giants in the film and television industry. The reason is, as the project speaker said:
The "Zhou Xingchi + Journey to the West" Top IPs have unparalleled box office appeal in today's fiery film market environment!
This movie is currently just a project. Judging from the current development speed of the film market: by the time it is officially released, the film market will most likely already be in 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 role was chosen to be Wu Yifan, who has a large number of young fans...
This is to ensure that the project will be released from the beginning of the project to post-production, to release, and finally with a box office of 2.5 billion+. All the way is smooth..."
People from China Film Group speak much more forcefully, but is 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 curious, how did Hua Yi join in? Isn't Director Zhou too weird?"
Standing 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 this question."
Hearing this, Lin Nan stopped asking questions and looked at it with interest. There are more than a dozen industry colleagues present; most of them look like they are ready to "divide the cake", and their mood is written on their faces.
“In the project "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons," several master 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, 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.
The Hengdian, Xiangshan, and Dadi cinema chains followed closely behind, refusing to give in to each other. In the end, the only ones who couldn't raise their voices too loudly 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. Several eyes looked 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 did not speak, but the former reacted quickly and had that facial expression smile on his face:
"Hua Yi and Xinghui There is no conflict. Where does the word "reconciliation" come from? If Director Lin is referring to the previous dispute over dividends, isn't it over?
That matter has just ended. I said at the time that Hua Yi looks forward to working with Director Zhou again in the future, isn’t it happening today?
Huayi will provide all possible resources for "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons", including but not limited to film promotion and its theaters..."
Hearing these words, Lin Nan couldn't help but feel Sigh:
Zhou Xingchi loves money, is greedy for gain, 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 very "approved", but in the eyes of many people watching the excitement, 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 away 10 %, as one of the four main producers. Of course, it would be better if you can also be named as the producer."
"Thank you China Film and Xinghui for your kindness. 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 many projects. I'm too busy. I won't follow "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons"... This project is very profitable, but there are many producers, so I'll give you the 10%."
"Director Lin. It’s grand!”
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 cooperation with Lin Nan Pictures."
Zhou Xingchi did not speak quickly, but his tone was quite sincere.
"Lin Nan, are you sure? There is no such store after passing this village."
La Peikang was no longer in a good mood, Lin Nan's decision was not at all in his plan , 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 explain it clearly in person. I will not get involved in "Journey to the West: Conquering Demons".
Since we have to talk about it next Regarding the investment share, I’ll leave first and won’t disturb 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 very happy when they saw Lin Nan's "decision"; if they could get 10% more shares, even if only 5% came out of the hands of the controlling party, then It's also a great thing.
"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 for a cup of coffee?"
Just when Lin Nan was about to leave the conference room door, 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 It is no problem to guarantee 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, completely ignoring 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 was gone at the door. Nan's figure; Wang Zhonglei wanted to retort by "de-simplifying 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 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.
On Weibo’s hot searches, you can see warm photos of Ms. Zhang picking up people and the couple having dinner everywhere. 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 white magnolia at night.”
Miss Liu was carrying her bag and wearing sunglasses, and she specifically told 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.”
Yue Jun’s tone There was a sense of confidence in him, and he was obviously very sure.
"I stoked the fire in front of Zhang Qiang last night, and I guess it has some effect. If you can decide today, just send me a text message."
"Well, okay, Director Lin."
Hang 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 the exclusive ones, 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 booth of "Monster Hunting", a "white radish spirit" is really eye-catching, and Jiang Zhiqiang is being interviewed;
The name "I Am a Passerby" is very popular. , was actually taken 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", "Heart of the Burning Sun", "The Assassin Nie Yinniang",...
Go to Lin Nan Films On the road to the film exhibition area, "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 reporter in front of him.
"Yes. Yifei and Shu Chang still have plans today. As a woman, shopping is a big deal!"
Sitting in her "stall", Lin Nan felt quite comfortable , after all, the movies and territory of Lin Nan Pictures are 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 Gan walked over carrying a bottle of mineral water. It was "Killing" The booth of "Breaking Wolf 2".
"Go ahead, the invitations to Magnolia's award ceremony have been sent over. Our company's "Red Sorghum" is also an entry."
Half a minute later, Lin Nan was next to another There is an extra folding chair.
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 team of Alibaba Pictures 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 Together."
Yue Jun corrected the other party with a smile, and added: "Our assessment of this novel is not wrong, it is a hit, and we also wish Ali's movie a big hit!"< br>
The team leader smiled and nodded, "Then let me borrow the words of Director Yue and let's get started."
While talking, 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 large companies in the industry, there is 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 would like to give you a suggestion: it may be more profitable and satisfying to make two movies out of this novel."
"Thank you, Alibaba Pictures has its own Thinking about it... We will hold a project launch conference soon. Will Director Yue give us the honor then?”
“Okay, no problem.”
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< br>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 start.
"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..."
< br>Liu Yifei was talking to Lin Nan while choosing clothes.
Tonight, several of us are guests attending the awards ceremony. We are not participating 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 her eyes, unable to imagine Zhou Xun wearing a backless long skirt, 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 in 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 this casual outfit and wouldn't change.
"Okay, let's go."
Before Shu Chang ran to knock on the door, Miss Liu had already walked out with a smile.
Is this a bestie outfit?
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(End of this chapter)