Chapter 902 Oscar Schedule, Sequel Preparation
The promotional war for the Lunar New Year movie seems to have started in full swing.
If nothing else, Huayi must have invested a lot of money, so "Old Paoer" suddenly dominated the hot searches on the Internet.
And their marketing plan is also very targeted. Although the protagonist of the movie is Feng Xiaogang, the promotional selling points are all focused on Wu Yifan and Li Yifeng, aiming to capture the young audience market.
At around nine o'clock in the morning, at the first large-scale media promotion conference of "Lao Pao Er" held in the capital, Wang Zhonglei, Guan Rui, Feng Xiaogang and other creative crew members encountered " Fatal torture":
That is to say, given that there is "Secret of the Dragon" before and "Chinatown" after it, and there are also films such as "Bad Angel" and "The Master" competing in the middle, how much hope and confidence do we have in the box office of "Old Paoer"? ?
When faced with such a "malicious" problem, although the director obviously lacks aura, Feng Xiaogang and Wang Zhonglei are indeed experienced veterans.
Feng Xiaogang has a sense of pointing out the country: "Deng Chao's level still needs to be greatly improved. We don't take "Villain Angel" and "Master" seriously.
As for the previous There is no need to praise Lin Nan Pictures too much for the two movies; there is more than 20 days between us and "The Secret of the Dragon", so there is basically not much competition;
And "Detective Chinatown" is Lin Nan is exposed to comedy and detective themes for the first time, and there is no need to be afraid of him. Maybe he will fail in the attempt, and it is not impossible for him to be suppressed by us..."
Not to mention, when media reporters heard Feng Xiaogang’s words at first glance, they did make sense.
Without waiting for them to question, Wang Zhonglei added: "We have the support of two great directors and two young idol superstars starring. The market audience is huge, so we are naturally confident about the box office.
"Old Pao'er" is guaranteed to start with a box office of 1 billion. If you work hard, 1.5 billion is not a problem. It is not impossible to even hit the 2 billion mark. After all, Yi Fan and Yi Feng's appeal is unparalleled. "
Whether the media believe it or not, or think it is a fantasy, Wang Zhonglei and Feng Xiaogang swear by it and must swear by it.
In this way, in just one hour, Lin Nan Pictures passively made the entertainment headlines.
At this time, Lin Nan was also listening to "old" jokes, but this was a "new" joke that Yue Jun heard elsewhere.
"Don't spread this kind of thing, just pretend you don't know about it. We tried our best last year, and now, this is no longer something that unofficial people can talk about."
"Yeah , I know. Without anyone opening the back door, who could do such a thing? But this is really too courageous." Yue Jun looked embarrassed and a little scared.
The main theme movie "Railway Tiger" has been spread within a small area in the film and television industry.
After all, with such a big living person walking in and out of a crew of hundreds of people, it is inevitable that no news will leak out day and night.
"It seems that the filming progress of the crew over there is also very fast. Jackie Chan is really working hard. He is filming two domestic and foreign movies at the same time. Can his body really bear it?" Yue Jun said with emotion again.
"Of course we have to solve it quickly, so as not to have long nights and dreams. As for the body, my eldest brother has been in the movies for so many years, how many times have he risked his life?"
Ning Hao said with annoyance in his tone.
Every time he encounters such unfair things, he will think of his ill-fated "No Man's Land".
Because in Lin Nan’s words, if he had paid the price of being banned from directing for 3 to 5 years and brought the original version of the film to Berlin before reshooting it, maybe he would have been the director of Silver Bear;
The most fundamental and initial frustration was that the film was rejected time and time again by countless reviews, and was forced to reshoot the ending.
Compare "Nanjing!" Nanjing! ", "Railway Tigers" and other movies, "No Man's Land" was treated in a naked and extremely unfair manner!
"Okay, let's not talk about this and get down to business. The scene just now needs to be re-edited..."
Of course Lin Nan could see Ning Hao's thoughts and resentment, and immediately To change the topic... I can only blame bad luck.
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Near noon, Wang Wei called and said that Penguin's financing funds had all been secured.
According to the previous agreement, all of the 4 billion will be kept in the company's accounts in the name of Lin Nan and other shareholders' capital injection. After all, the 10% of the shares were equalized by them.
“In addition to the 4 billion, Penguin also invested 445 million in proportion to its own shares...”
“As planned, we will start sweeping away the copyrights of film and television works. That sucks. The price is as low as cabbage, the more high-quality ones, the better... Film and television copyrights are the most important assets and confidence of video websites."
Lin Nan was wearing headphones and talking on the phone with Wang Wei while driving.
Tudou is still in the most critical period of expansion, growth, and competition. It should not keep too much money in its account. It must be spent to convert it into foundation, and then continue to seize users and market share.
"Director Lin, there is a key question, which is when Tudou's second round of financing will be scheduled. There are really too many people asking about this matter these days."
Lin Nan paused, and the red light ahead turned on. "Let's digest the results of the first round of financing first...in the first half of next year?"
"Director Lin, everyone needs to find a time to sit down and discuss how many shares to take out this time."
"Mr. Wang, this is the last round before Tudou submits for IPO, no more than 10%."
"Well, I understand. Let me talk to Director Wang and the others first!"
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On both sides of the commercial street, the posters of "007: Specter" were extremely eye-catching.
The film will be released in a week's time, on the 13th of the month.
The posters of the starring actors are equally eye-catching, including Daniel Craig and Léa Seydoux.
If non-senior movie lovers are not familiar with these two leading actors, then the other one is definitely a "big name" in China - Monica Bellucci!
"The Beautiful Legend of Sicily" was undoubtedly one of the most popular foreign language film discs sold by domestic pirates for a period of time after the millennium. The customers are basically men.
This movie is in the film library of Nortel’s Director Department. It is noted that it is a literary film.
"Huh? "Carol"? Isn't it inevitable that the introduction will fail? It's not "Snowflake and the Secret Fan"."
On the radio, Lin Nan heard the name of Crystal Pictures, but it was just the background of the movie "Carol", and the copyright was purchased from Crystal Pictures!
When Lin Nan returned home, Liu Yifei and Liu Xiaoli were not there. They went out to watch the opera and had lunch outside.
While Director Lin was nibbling on "dry food", his cross-border mail arrived, Oscar nomination ballots and some film copies.
Lin Nan calculated that the time for sending the ballots this year seems to be more than half a month ahead of schedule.
He estimated that in the next month, he should continue to receive many copies and small gifts.
After all, he is not only a member of the Academy, but also the youngest person to win the Oscar for Best Director last year.
Watching the copies one by one, Lin Nan definitely didn’t have the thought and energy to write about Leonardo first.
“Outside?”
A cross-ocean call was made, and Tom answered it very quickly.
"Lin, I just packed up. The Oscar awards season is about to begin, and there are PR parties and cocktail parties everywhere, especially at night." Tom replied in a loud voice.
From this guy, Lin Nan understood the old saying very thoroughly: a broad heart and a fat body!
"Oh, by the way. Lin, the invitations to the Oscars will be sent out after the nominations are announced. Are you coming this year? You can bring Crystal with you."
No need Tom Inquiry, Lin Nan made this call to talk about this matter.
“I will go to this year’s Oscars ceremony, but it’s not the most important thing.”
“What is that, Lin? There is a high chance that they will invite you to come You are the presenter because you were the winner of the Academy Award for Best Director last year.”
Lin Nan had some suspicions about the award guests.
After all, it is a common tradition in the international film industry for the previous one to give awards to the next one, and the probability is not small.
"Tom, go ahead and say hello to Warner and Lionsgate. During this year's Oscars, I will talk to them about the "Pacific Rim 2" movie project."
Hearing Lin Tom was stunned for a moment by Nan's words, and then he became a little excited:
"Lin, you finally remembered this matter. I was almost driven crazy by them! Paul was still asking me the day before yesterday …”
Tom is like a fat kid weighing more than 200 pounds, "complaining" his troubles to his parents eloquently.
“Let’s talk about it after I’ve passed. This movie should be as well prepared as the first one, and use the design and styling of the first one...
I remember the previous one I have done a lot of mecha designs in the first part but have not used them. Now it is just right to use them in the second part. This is the biggest selling point and cannot be ignored..."
"Well, the information is sealed. We have the copyright.”
Ten minutes later, Tom urged Lin Nan to hang up.
Because he's about to go, and the leading lady at the PR reception for "Mad Max: Fury Road" is Charlize Theron!
And there are two shows in the evening, the other one is "Carol", starring Cate Blanchett and Rooney Mara.
After hanging up the phone, Lin Nan found it very interesting. This year's Oscar competition is no less than last year's. He is going to draw lots and vote for the Best Actress nomination.
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In the outside world, at noon, Yang Ying once again topped the entertainment headlines.
"Wholely produced by Huace's Modu Kuju Culture, the movie "A Little Smile Is Allure" is officially in preparation. Actor Yang Ying will serve as the heroine of the film;
The remaining main actors of the film will be available to the public from now on The film and television industry has an open casting call, and all film and television companies, actors and artists are welcome to actively submit audition resumes..."
"Actor Yang Ying updated his Weibo, claiming that he will not disappoint fans and moviegoers, and will definitely perform well in this popular film IP movie... Huang Xiaoming forwarded it on Weibo to give support and encouragement. "
There are no fools in the film and television industry. Maybe only novices will believe that Huace will audition publicly.
Being able to directly cast Yang Ying during the official announcement of the project already illustrates the problem. The so-called open audition is to tell colleagues that they can contact Serbian people;
As for the stakes involved, this is a matter between companies and is nothing more than a transaction or exchange.
After all, in the industry, there are very few companies like Lin Nan Pictures that give opportunities to unrelated actors from time to time;
And even Lin Nan Pictures also gives priority to acquaintances and actors. Those who are close friends in the circle;
The friends and close friends around them are like pendants on the thighs, making people jealous and envious. The most eye-catching ones are Shu Chang and Zhu Yawen!
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(End of this chapter)