Chapter 216 Going to Venice

Lin Nan went to see Han Sanping.

"Director Han, the time has been confirmed. It will be released worldwide in July.

The import issue needs to be handled by China Film Group."

According to the email sent by Nolan, all special effects and post-production of "Inception" will be completed in April.

The best time is the summer season.

Hearing this, Han Sanping was obviously refreshed and his face showed joy.

"July is good.

I will notify the people below to reserve a quota for imported films. You can ask the companies to send people to sign the contract."

Han Sanping arranged in an orderly manner and glanced at Lin Nan again.

"By the way, the post-production of "The Hunt" has been completed. Have you considered the next project? While you are young, don't be lazy."

"I will consider it when the equipment and people come back."

After deciding on "Inception" with Han Sanping, Lin Nan left China Film Group.

The school has already called him to a meeting.

This year's undergraduate art exam and postgraduate re-examination just happened to collide.

After all, the former has three rounds of interviews plus professional course written tests, so the time is inevitably overlapped.

Again, whether the film academy has a winter vacation or not, there is almost no change.

Even if there is a change, there are more people.

"Hello, senior Lin Nan."

A crisp greeting came, and Lin Nan saw a familiar face.

"Jiao Junyan, you are a senior, right? You are still hanging around in school. How many dramas have you acted in?"

Lin Nan still has an impression of this girl. After all, when he saw this name during the art exam, his first reaction was Jiao Enjun.

The fact is that the two have no relationship.

"I haven't acted in any. I'm not in a hurry. Although they started filming early, I have a good foundation in school..."

She still has her own ideas, which is rare in the film academy.

"Okay, then you slowly lay the foundation. I have to go to a meeting."

"Senior Lin Nan, goodbye."

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In the past, Lin Nan would at most wander around the offices of the directing department and the acting department. Today, he entered the school's large conference room for the first time.

He and Lao Jiang sat in the back and listened to the school leaders arranging the process of the art exam and the postgraduate re-examination.

After hearing the end, Lin Nan was confused.

He was not assigned to the directing department, but followed several associate professors to conduct the first half of the interview, which did not involve professional knowledge. This meant that he had to meet every candidate for the interview.

"Old Jiang, you can't do this, right?"

"Director Tian didn't agree at first, but the school leaders said that this would give full play to your 'value'."

"That's too much."

"This is the last time, just consider it as contributing to your alma mater. Don't be late after the New Year." Old Jiang reminded.

The meeting ended quickly, and many people said hello to Lin Nan and left.

Although it was a holiday, many of these teachers and professors had "part-time jobs" and it was impossible for them to rest.

"The Sound of the Wind" held a press conference.

The leading actors met the public for the first time.

The media were all reporting that this was the second time that Lin Nan and Huayi had a movie intersection, the first time was "Journey to the Center of the Earth".

Regarding the script of "The Sound of the Wind", the gossip that the role of the role was increased, decreased, and restored somehow got out.

The rumors on the Internet became more and more fierce, and it was almost enough to write a 20-episode TV series.

The creative team denied it, but Lin Nan heard that Wang Zhonglei fired several employees.

On the other hand, after "Racing" earned 12 million on the first day, it earned 9 million on the second and 8 million on the third day.

The online reviews were overwhelmingly good, but it was close to New Year's Eve, and the box office would definitely have a significant decline.

Liu Yifei read a cookbook for the whole morning.

Lin Nan sat opposite her with a dark face. Whenever the girl looked at him, Lin Nan shook his head, very determined.

Just as the two of them were "exchanging" eyes, Lin Nan's phone vibrated.

"Who is it?" Liu Yifei asked.

"Unknown number. Hello, who is this?"

"Director Lin, it's me..."

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More than half an hour later, Lin Nan drove out.

"Are you coming back for dinner?"

Liu Yifei asked outside the car window, like a young wife.

"Come back."

They drove all the way to their destination, a high-end teahouse.

Lin Nan didn't know whether Li An came to see him on purpose or just stopped by.

But since he was invited so kindly, he would come.

"Director Lin Nan, please sit down."

In addition to Li An, there was also a waitress who made tea in the box.

After Lin Nan sat down, the waitress left.

"Has Director Lin's "Hunting" been completed?"

Hearing this, Lin Nan seemed to understand something.

"Yes, it is done. Director Li asked me to talk about this?"

"Yes, I have met with many domestic directors in the past few days. They either don't have a suitable movie or have already decided to go to Cannes.

Director Lin's graduation work is my last thought, haha."

"Venice?" Lin Nan muttered.

He had thought about Cannes before, and the invitation letter from Cannes was sent to the school a few years ago.

But now Li An came to invite him personally, which made Lin Nan feel that it was difficult to refuse the kindness.

After all, in terms of age, qualifications, achievements, and reputation, no matter which aspect, the other party is a senior.

"Okay, then I will go to Venice this year, and I hope there will be a good result."

After thinking it over again and again, Lin Nan made a promise.

"Haha, OK, thank you Director Lin." Li An raised his teacup and the two toasted each other.

More than an hour later, the two of them walked out of the teahouse side by side and left separately.

The meeting between the two directors could not be hidden from the media.

By the time Lin Nan got home, the news had spread online.

"Director Li An has made an appointment with Director Lin Nan. Will it be a collaboration?"

"Two major directors met in a teahouse, the specific reason is unknown..."

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Netizens sometimes react faster than the media.

"One is the chairman of this year's Venice Film Festival, and the other has a new movie, what else could it be!"

Many acquaintances came to ask Lin Nan, and he answered truthfully.

In less than half a day, this matter spread throughout the circle.

In the eyes of many older generation filmmakers, going to film festivals is orthodox, especially for Nortel students like Lin Nan, who have a well-established career.

But there are more opinions, because since the Golden Rooster Award that year, Lin Nan has never participated in any domestic film festival with his works.

Many people remembered what Lin Nan and Ning Hao said on the red carpet of the Golden Rooster the year before last.

"Golden lions and golden bears may be simpler and easier!" This is very ironic.

On New Year's Eve, Shu Chang came to have dinner again.

"My small studio is okay. It's quite comfortable to be my own boss."

Shu Chang and Liu Yifei are very similar. They usually have no desires and desires, so they play well.

On TV, there is Zhao Benshan's sketch "Not Short of Money", which is already nurturing new talents.

The next day, all major media outlets were full of news about the Spring Festival Gala.

Zhao Benshan's apprentice became famous all over the country overnight.

Lin Nan was looking through the text messages from yesterday morning. There were hundreds of them, all of which were New Year greetings.

I sent a lot of messages due to time constraints, and Jing Tian’s text message was the first one. It seemed like she was spending the Chinese New Year on the set.

The second one is Huang Xiaoming, then Zhang Yi, Hu Ge, Yang Mi...

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"No, they have no acting skills at all. I don't agree with using these people."

“We are a commercial film, making money and box office come first.

He is very popular now, the kind of movie that is popular all over the country. If he plays the role, it will only be good for the box office. And they agreed that as long as they can join our crew, the pay will be nothing..."

"It still doesn't work. I have to be responsible for the film. In the past, even if I used new people, they were the ones I found in professional schools. What can I do like this?"

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After New Year's Eve, the daily box office of "Racing" began to rebound, earning 55 million in its first week.

On the other hand, "Under the Red Cliff" seems to have run out of steam.

As the media and netizens have previously asserted, not to mention surpassing "If You Are the One" and "The Martian", even the box office of "Red Cliff" failed to catch up.

The producer may not want to struggle anymore, so after the box office reached 260 million, he chose to cancel the movie.

As for whether the two "Red Cliff" movies combined will make money or support, only the producers know.

Over the past year, the most sensational thing in the film and television industry has come from new scenes.

Zhang Weiping held a media meeting to announce Zhang Yimou's new movie.

"We will use Xiao Shen Yang, who shined in the Spring Festival Gala, and members of the Zhao Family Class. This is a new attempt.

The script is currently ready and is adapted from the famous foreign movie "Blood Maze".

We still have to wait a few months before filming starts, and we also need to select other actors, filming locations, and crew preparations, all of which will take time..."

For a moment, all the actors in the circle turned their attention to it.

The new film that was mentioned a few months ago has finally been announced.

When Lin Nan saw the news, he couldn't help but want to laugh. "Three Guns" is about to be released.

No need to guess, this was definitely Zhang Weiping’s idea. I used Jay Chou before, but this time I used Xiao Shen Yang, who understands traffic.

The art exams for Nortel and China Opera started at the same time.

Both colleges were crowded with tens of thousands of candidates.

Lin Nan was called back to prepare for the postgraduate re-examination.

Many candidates looked at Lin Nan as if he were a rarity. You should know that Lin Nan had participated in every art exam before, and he was also included in this year's brochure.

"Will Director Lin Nan not attend the art exam interview this year?"

Many candidates who didn't pay much attention to the news asked each other.

"Director Lin will not take part in the undergraduate art exam this year. Instead, he will serve as an examiner for the postgraduate re-examination."

An undergraduate student who maintained order at the scene explained.

A stack of information was handed into Lin Nan's hands. These were the resumes of all the students who were going to take the retest today.

"Lin Nan, you have to be careful today.

You are young. During the interview, ask questions of your peers.

Our art academy still needs to be more active..."

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