Chapter 580: On the Road of Capital, Running Further and Further

Domestic media constantly reprint Hollywood movie information.

"Directed by director Lin Nan, starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Naomi Watts, and Jessica Chastain.

The Oscar-winning film "The Invisible Guest" has been released in the North American market for two weeks, with a total box office revenue of US$162 million..."

Every time the box office data of "The Invisible Guest" is updated, the mainland film industry always sighs and curses.

Because in the past, when domestic blockbusters were released in North America, which producer didn’t try their best to cover up the box office results?

I am afraid that the domestic media will "talk nonsense" online and let the audience and netizens know.

Even when asked directly, the film studio responded with a general and vague statement that "the film was a box office hit in the North American market" and was perfunctory.

I never dare to disclose data to the outside world because I can't afford to embarrass that person and I'm afraid of being ridiculed and ridiculed by people inside and outside the circle.

Moreover, this kind of operation has become the default unspoken rule in the industry.

But Lin Nan's foreign language film this time is not bound by this unspoken rule, because it cannot be bound by Hollywood.

But a very critical issue is that Lin Nan is a mainland director! Netizens unconsciously compare him with other domestic directors.

Now, it’s okay. It’s better not to compare. Once you compare, you will find the problem. Other directors and film companies are really incompetent and useless!

Immediately, group ridicule mode naturally started online...

"The daily box office dropped rapidly. We estimate that it may be cut in half in the third week and then stabilize for a while."

Just after getting up at around nine in the morning, Lin Nan received a call from Tom. The public relations party in Hollywood has just begun.

"As long as the box office exceeds 200 million US dollars in the first month, I will be satisfied. Let's talk about how much it will be after that. Keep an eye on it." Lin Nan said with a yawn.

"Well, don't worry, Lin, everything is OK. Then I won't disturb your rest."

"You don't want me to interrupt your party time, do you? Tom."

"Hahaha, Lin, don't say it."

Tom's despicable laughter came from the phone, and a woman could be vaguely heard calling him. The sound made people's skin crawl.

"This guy is really hopeless..."

Lin Nan smiled and shook his head, preparing to wash up and go out.

Ten minutes later, he casually clicked on the entertainment news and found that the front page news in today's circle was quite lively.

It seems that the Capital Channel has made progress in sending an official letter to higher-level departments, demanding strong condemnation of the behavior of a crosstalk speaker who insulted the deceased.

There is really no way to describe this kind of thing.

Three years ago, Capital Channel reported that private villas illegally occupied public green space, triggering a series of "conflicts."

As a result, a certain cross talk club was named by major official media, closed down, and underwent rectification for a long time.

This feud, which lasted for more than three years, was supposed to end at the end of last month because the then station director passed away from a terminal illness.

But the other person involved obviously had no intention of letting it go. The next day, he posted a Double Happiness on Weibo, wrote a limerick, and celebrated happily.

Anyone who is not a fool can see who he is targeting. Public opinion spread online all of a sudden, and the impact was extremely bad.

No, the Television Literature and Art Working Committee under the China Broadcasting Association officially issued an announcement this morning:

The crosstalk speaker was strongly urged to apologize to the deceased and his family, and called on nearly 400 TV stations across the country to "give up" attention on this person.

What does "giving up" attention mean, the subtext is soft blocking.

It has to be said that the ideal is very fulfilling, but the reality is often about interests.

The China Broadcasting Association is just a public institution, not an administrative unit. I'm afraid not many TV stations will pay attention to it, especially those satellite TV channels.

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The promotion of "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" has been temporarily suspended.

Because Han Sanping, Guo Fan, Zhang Hanyu, Fan Bingbing and others have been promoting for more than half a month, it's time to take a rest.

Speaking of which, Mr. Han is really "duplicitous".

When he was asked to follow him for promotions before, he was quite reluctant, "pretending to be reserved" and said he would only participate in a few shows.

Finally, when the promotion started, he never missed a beat and was more dedicated than anyone else.

Lin Nan couldn't rest. He had to come to the company when he should. There were a lot of chores at the end of the year.

But as soon as he arrived at the company, he heard that there was a slight problem with Feng Xiaogang's "Private Customization".

"The premiere time has been postponed from the 14th to the 17th. Wang Zhonglei said that he will do his best to ensure a normal release on the 19th."

"Why is this?" Lin Nan was a little confused.

"I heard that it was the result of a temporary review by the bureau. The specific reason seems to be that some of Fan Wei's lines were too naked and contained a lot of 'sensitive content.'"

"Sensitive content? That means urgent deletion!"

Lin Nan remembers the character played by Fan Wei, who seems to be a driver who dreams of becoming a leader of "honest officials"?

Then this makes sense, after all, the screenwriter of the movie is Wang Shuo.

This guy must have alluded to too much of the real world of officialdom, his words were sharp, and he touched people or things he shouldn't have touched.

"By the way, Director Lin. I'm asking about the annual meeting again, haha..."

Yue Jun's laughter contained a lot of information. Lin Nan could guess what these people wanted to do. Are they addicted?

"From "Love in Seattle" at the beginning of the year to "One Man's Martial Arts" to "Time and Space Traveler", the total box office alone is 1.66 billion..."

As he spoke, Lin Nan looked at Yue Jun and nodded with a smile:

"Just do it like last year, let the employees on both sides come up with their own ideas and see which artists they want to perform this year."

"Haha, OK, Director Lin. I'll notify them later."

Not long after Yue Jun left the office, another call came.

Lin Nan was a little annoyed. Since returning to China a few days ago, he has received no less than 5 calls a day!

"Huh? This is really a rare guest."

Looking at the three words "Cao Guowei" on the screen of the mobile phone, Lin Nan muttered softly and then answered the phone.

"Hello, Director Cao?"

"Haha, Director Lin, I called you rashly. Didn't it affect your work?"

"No, I just arrived at the company not long ago. Director Cao has something to do?"

Lin Nan asked directly.

Although he has shares in Weibo, to be precise, he and Cao Guowei do not belong to the same industry.

Of course, the two of them don't communicate much at ordinary times, except when they make additional investments.

Hearing Lin Nan's question, Cao Guowei laughed heartily first, and then spoke:

"Thank you, Director Lin, for investing in Weibo when Sina first started it, which helped us gain momentum. Now among the three companies, we can basically be said to be the only one in the market."

Lin Nan frowned unconsciously. He was a little confused. Was Cao Guowei looking for him to reminisce about the past?

"Director Lin, do you remember the special terms when we signed the share transfer agreement?"

Lin Nan nodded subconsciously: "Remember, I authorized the voting rights to Director Cao, and I have the right to make additional investments so that the shares are not diluted..."

At this point, Lin Nan's voice stopped abruptly.

His eyes widened instantly, and he realized something!

"Director Cao, you, Weibo?"

"Hahaha, Director Lin, you have made additional investments for several rounds, and you just realized it?"

Cao Guowei's words made Lin Nan so excited that he didn't know what to say.

"Is it time for an IPO?"

"Yes, we plan to submit an IPO application in the first half of next year."

Cao Guowei's tone suddenly became more serious: "Director Lin, I need you to supplement the agreement again."

"What agreement?"

"The shares held by Director Lin are the original shares when Weibo was first established, and after we go public, we plan to use a two-tier equity structure.

So I hope Director Lin will come to perfect the contract again, not interfere with the company's operations, and continue to authorize me with future voting rights. If I want to sell shares in the future, I must give priority to the founding team..."

Cao Guowei continued to talk about his business, but Lin Nan could no longer listen.

His mind was full of words such as "IPO", "original shares" and "two-tier equity structure".

"Director Lin, how is it?"

Lin Nan was awakened from his distraction. He suppressed his excitement and said, "Okay, everything is fine. I will take people there in the next few days."

"Okay, Director Lin, I will welcome you at the company. However, there is one more thing."

Hearing Lin Nan's affirmative answer, Cao Guowei's tone changed from serious to soft.

"What?"

"This year's Weibo Night will be in the middle of next month. Director Lin and Producer Liu should come to support us this time, hehe..."

Lin Nan nodded for some reason and agreed decisively: "Okay, no problem."

It wasn't until 20 minutes after both parties hung up the phone that Lin Nan recovered from his joy.

"It's not easy. It's worth it that I have followed it since its inception. The right to speak is basically stable!"

Suddenly, an idea popped up in Lin Nan's mind. He seemed to be running further and further on the road of capital.

"Big capital is good. At least it can ensure that Xixi and I don't have to look at anyone's face in the circle! Even..."

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What La Peikang said to Lin Nan on the phone before was also officially announced, and the media forwarded and reported it one after another.

"The Disney 3D animated film Frozen, voiced by Liu Yifei, has been confirmed to be released on the sixth day of the Chinese New Year!"

"Disney said that Liu Yifei's dubbing performance is very exciting and they will continue to cooperate in the future..."

As the main performer, Miss Liu was the first to repost the recommendation on Weibo:

"I am very happy to voice the leading role in Frozen. I would like to thank Lin Nan and Disney here.

I hope everyone will like my dubbing performance when they go to the cinema to watch Frozen during the Spring Festival.

In addition, let me inform everyone: there are both Chinese and English versions of the dubbing. You can choose according to your own preferences. Thank you."

Liu Yifei's Weibo was posted in less than a moment, and a large number of actors, artists or companies in the industry began to repost, like and leave comments. For a time, it was extremely lively.

However, the news that Frozen was scheduled for February 5 was also used by many friends and netizens in the circle to tease Lin Nan and Liu Yifei.

"I found something interesting. Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy was released on the first day of the Chinese New Year, and Frozen was released on the sixth day of the Chinese New Year. They are in the same schedule!"

"Wow, Lin Nan's main theme movie is going to clash head-on with Yifei's animation movie, competing for the audience! Is this the first time?"

"Old Zhu, can you speak? What is a head-on conflict? It's a love-hate relationship, okay, haha..."

"As one of the leading actors, I should have supported Taking Tiger Mountain by Strategy, but I can't afford to offend Producer Liu."

"Xiaoming, you are such a sly rascal. Yifei, although Lin Nan is indeed abnormally strong, I still support you, sister, screw him!"

"It is better to offend the director than the director's wife. This is not a multiple choice, this is a single choice - Huang Xiaoming!" Fan Bingbing commented and tagged Huang Xiaoming.

"Come on, producer Liu, defeat director Lin."

"On behalf of "Wolf Warrior", I support the producer and producer Liu!"

"Xixi, beat Lin Nan." Shu Chang was a little jumpy again.

...

Lin Nan looked at the comments on Weibo, really wanted to laugh but couldn't, speechless!

Liu Yifei's side was full of encouragement and "flattering", and there were even many "insults" to him.

But why are Lin Nan's own comments all out of tune?

What: "Choose between durian and keyboard?", "Do you want box office or girlfriend?", "Advise Director Lin to take care of yourself!"...

"What kind of people are these!" Lin Nan chuckled and complained.

I believe that many producers in the circle have opinions.

During the Spring Festival, another big-budget animated film came out, and it was from Hollywood Disney.

Most importantly, with the influence of Liu Yifei and Lin Nan, Frozen took advantage of the popularity of Taking Tiger Mountain, and the publicity effect took off instantly, which was completely unreasonable.

On the other hand, movies such as Journey to the West: Havoc in Heaven, The Man from Macau, and A Chinese Odyssey were also forced to increase their publicity efforts.

In the afternoon, Lin Nan drove home, humming a tuneless little song the whole time, and was in a particularly good mood.

After all, how could she not be excited after learning from Cao Guowei that Weibo was going to go public today?

Liu Yifei was wearing a pink down jacket and sitting on a cradle in the garden, basking in the sun with only a hint of warmth, holding a tablet in her arms and chatting happily.

Seeing Lin Nan's figure, she immediately showed a sweet smile on her face, and reached out to pat the seat next to her, "Come on."

"Xixi, wait a moment."

Lin Nan shook her mobile phone, and Miss Liu instantly understood that there was a call.

It was Hu Ge's call.

"You called me, is there something?"

"Director Lin, I got the leading role in Nirvana in Fire."

Lin Nan was not surprised by this result.

That Nirvana in Fire is a drama about ancient costumes, but it is more like an ancient puppet drama, with all kinds of elements, and a bit of revenge.

As for the capable male actors in ancient costume TV dramas, there are only a few in the circle, and Hu Ge is the only one who is familiar with Lin Nan.

"Is it confirmed?"

"Producer Hou said that the final list of cast members still needs Lin Nan to make the final decision." Hu Ge said with a smile.

"Yes, I will take a look. But since it's you, there is no problem, congratulations."

"Haha, thank you Director Lin."

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I can't write anymore, only one chapter today.

I wrote 190,000 words this month, which is enough to divide 6,000 words a day on average.