That year Huayu

On the National Day, the passenger flow at the Capital Airport was naturally self-evident, with huge crowds of people.

But even in this situation, a group of paparazzi can still lock the target lens in a moment - their nose sensitivity is directly pulled to the maximum.

"Wow, it's really a big fish?"

"If it can make China Film Group send several cars to pick it up, what else can it be but a big fish?"

"It's Li An... Director!"

After an entertainment reporter saw the person being picked up at the airport, the other paparazzi instantly became excited.

"Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk" is the first big director's movie to be released in November and December. It is completely reasonable for Li An to return to China at this time.

"Let's go, block him..."

"I heard that Director Li will have a 'Huashan Sword Contest' at the Film Academy on the 2nd of next month. Which of you got the ticket?"

"What Huashan Sword Contest? That's the 'Big Director Film Forum'!"

"By the way, the Internet has started protesting this morning. I guess Lotte Group's business here will be taken away by South Korea..."

"You guys are so talkative. Hurry up and chase... Director Li... Director Li..."

After notifying Wang Changtian and the others, Lin Nan and Liu Yifei continued to stay at home. There were too many people outside today, so it was not suitable to go out for a stroll.

As for the hot searches about Li An's arrival in Beijing, Director Lin couldn't miss it; after all, it was so noisy, being chased and shouted by a bunch of paparazzi at the airport, which attracted a lot of attention.

"This seems to be the first time that your movie has overlapped with Director Li's movie in terms of schedule. Well, I'm looking forward to it." Liu Yifei chatted while flipping through Lin Nan's storyboard drawings.

"Director Li An has never been a big commercial film director. Even his highest-grossing Life of Pi is an art film;

So what if there is an intersection? What's more, it's not a direct intersection, but a 17-day gap. The only rivals of Operation Mekong are commercial films in the same period."

Speaking of this, Lin Nan unconsciously remembered the words that Director Zhang of Jindun "hinted" to him:

"It's rare for ordinary people to have a family reunion throughout the year, so don't let this kind of somewhat "serious" main theme commercial film destroy the atmosphere of the Spring Festival... Release it on November 28.

I said I wouldn't "destroy" the atmosphere of the Spring Festival, so I won't destroy it... And the Spring Festival is January 28!"

This year, Lin Nan participated in the competition of the Lunar New Year's Day game with an "official script". Isn't he a calm and composed person who sits on the Diaoyutai and strategizes?

"What are you laughing at? It's inexplicable." Liu Yifei looked at Lin Nan's slightly raised mouth, very puzzled.

"What are you laughing at? I'm laughing at the fact that although Operation Mekong is still nearly two months away from release, it has already received the one-month extension key half a year ago!"

Lin Nan raised his eyebrows at Liu Yifei and told her about this for the first time.

Sure enough, Miss Liu's eyes widened a little, her expression was quite shocked, and then a smile of understanding appeared on her face; she instantly figured out everything... She was proud of it and was very happy.

…

After "Youth" officially started casting on the 1st, "Hidden Man" also released an audition notice on the morning of the 2nd, and the audition time started on the 5th.

As soon as the news came out, the film and television industry was boiling. Two big directors are casting for new films at the same time. Isn't this the biggest "National Day gift" for actors in the industry?

The popularity and high attention have completely made the industry completely ignore the film information that "Wolf Warrior 2" will start again.

That's right, Wu Yi started filming the domestic scenes of "Wolf Warrior 2" on the second day of National Day without stopping;

As the main producer, Liu Yifei also went to the scene with Xie Nan early in the morning to visit the crew and watch the start of filming!

In the film and television entertainment industry, there has never been a fixed holiday. The more statutory holidays there are, the busier and more prosperous the film and television industry is, because this is a good schedule.

Just the day before yesterday, I was joking with Wang Wei, saying that there would be no overtime work in the first three days of National Day; but the next day, Lin Nan came to the company.

"Director Lin, these are the documents to be signed. This is the financial report as of the end of September. These are all the invitations for the next two months, including the premiere and event invitations.

In addition, Director Li An and China Film Group sent another invitation email today for the director forum held at Beijing Film Academy. This time there is a specific event process and guest list..."

Sitting in the office, watching the assistant introduce one by one, Lin Nan had a headache, "I know, I'll take a look, come back to get the documents around noon."

"Okay, Director Lin."

After the assistant responded, he left the office immediately; this was also what Lin Nan meant, the former didn't have to wait here.

"My goodness, the tax to be paid this year is not less than last year?" Lin Nan looked at the report and was shocked.

Although the box office profits of "Mojin" and "Detective Chinatown" were counted this year because the settlement time was delayed by two months;

But even if "Love in Seattle 2" and "The Man Who Chased" and "Passing by Your World" that have not yet been released are added, this year's total box office profit cannot be more than last year! Well, according to convention, Operation Mekong will be the revenue for next year.

Lin Nan flipped through the report and soon found the problem.

Four artist studios, no, to be precise, they should be two female artist studios. They have created huge profit sharing for Shanhai Media in these 9 months.

Especially Reba, whose business announcements, advertisements and endorsements have increased several times...it can be called a walking money-making machine!

"The artist management business... no wonder few companies are willing to give up this business. It is getting more and more abnormal."

"Director Lin, many employees in the marketing department are talking about starting up the artist management business again?" Yue Jun came in after hearing Lin Nan's sigh at the door.

"Forget it, this is fine for now." Lin Nan looked at Yue Jun, paused, and then said:

"I would like to remind Shanhai Media to appropriately reduce Reba's endorsements in announcements. Although we are following the route of being a star as the main actor and supporting actors, we should not overextend our fame. We must have airs and posture."

Hearing this, Yue Jun was silent for a moment, then nodded and said: "That's the truth, I will tell you later.

Director Lin, actually, this is already the workload after screening several times for her. But you may not have noticed that there is too much hot money in our industry now, and the higher the value of artists, the more they are robbed..."

Lin Nan ignored Yue Jun's words until the latter made a suggestion: "Reba's tax rate is the highest. How about opening more restaurants for her..."

"No need, just pay the taxes honestly." Lin Nan decisively rejected the other party, but he also had a question and looked at Yue Jun: "There are already a lot of artists who have opened multiple studios and companies now? "

Hearing Lin Nan's question, Yue Jun couldn't hold back his laughter: "Director Lin, that's more than just a lot? That's a lot!

That is to say, the actors around us do not have this situation, but if you look outside, most of the studios and companies under the names of first-line artists in the industry basically start with a few companies, and range from a dozen or even several companies. Ten families don’t wait! "

Yue Jun's voice echoed in the office. Lin Nan did not answer, but remained silent, and the atmosphere became cold.

"Director Lin?"

"Have you ever thought about people's desires...especially the money in our industry that is so profitable. They are all trying every means and racking their brains to avoid taxes, but their desires are hard to satisfy. If there is One day, there is no way to avoid more taxes. How will they satisfy their desire? "

Yue Jun's expression suddenly became serious. He had already realized what Lin Nan was talking about!

"There should be something like that happening outside, right?" Lin Nan lowered his head and started to get busy.

"Although there is no definite 'evidence', as far as I know... there is, and there are quite a few."

Yue Jun nodded. The industry has indeed been in chaos in recent years. The reason is that it is too easy and crazy for actors and artists to make money.

"We only have four artist studios. Don't think too much. Four is enough. When appropriate, I will also remind the four of them that cleanliness is the most important thing under Shanhai Media."

"Well, okay, Director Lin."

At this moment, Yue Jun nodded seriously and agreed.

…

Entering the National Day holiday, whether the movies in the schedule are high-quality or bad, all of them have higher daily box office than usual due to objective reasons.

But at the same time, "The Murderer" also exceeded Lin Nan's previous prediction. It did not fall in the third week, but fell in the second week ahead of schedule, on the third day of National Day.

That is, after 14 days of release, the total box office revenue was 305 million, and the daily box office dropped to less than 100,000! Its market share was completely sucked up by the movies "Passing Through Your World".

But in terms of box office alone, it didn't lose at all, but made a lot of money, because the production cost of "The Chaser" was only 30 million!

Of course, the box office of several other National Day commercial movies is much higher. But compared with each other, the daily box office trends are quite different.

"Passing Through Your World" has been released for 5 days, earning 472 million, and the daily revenue is still more than 60 million.

"Grand Trail" was released for 4 days, with a total box office revenue of 240 million. Speaking of its daily box office, it’s a bit funny:

On the second day after the release, it was pushed up to 70 million by fans, and then it dropped at a rate of 10 million every day, which was exactly the same as the daily box office trend of the "Tiny Times" series!

The last "Ace Funny", this movie is also the most difficult to describe; it cost 130 million in four days, and its tepid appearance gives people the feeling that it will be "finished" at any time. It completely conforms to Wang Changtian's "definition" of it - inferior, cheap, just what Wang Jing uses to make money!

After breakfast, Lin Nan was ready to go out. Liu Yifei's Ferrari F12 TDF happened to be parked in the yard. Han Jianu just drove it in the morning, and she was at home right now.

"Would you two ladies want to come with me to the Tudou headquarters?" Lin Nan was too lazy to go to the garage and simply got into the bright yellow sports car.

"You are going to talk about business, but what can we do there?" Liu Yifei curled her lips and rolled her eyes at Lin Nan.

"Oh, I can follow you." Han Jianu was not polite and raised her hand directly. But she was pushed back by Miss Liu in an instant, "What are you trying to do?"

"I'm going to listen and see how many stocks I can buy!" Han Jianu said matter-of-factly, with only "Brother Kong Fang" in her eyes.

Hearing this, Liu Yifei couldn't help but frown, looking at Xiao Han with disdain, "Don't embarrass Mr. Han, you're just like a money-grubber."

"Hey, you're talking without any pain in your waist, how can I compare with you? Look, I've never had a better life than you since I was a child, and my first car is still..."

Looking at Han Jianu who was arguing with Liu Yifei, Lin Nan was too lazy to pay attention to her and just left! The roar of the engine sounded, and before the two girls could react, a bright yellow had already jumped out of the yard.

It was a little after ten o'clock in the morning, Tudou.com building.

The one who came today on behalf of Guangguang was naturally Wang Changtian; and Wanda was also Liu Xiaobin, who asked him to take over the most important shifts of Ye Ning.

As for Penguin, it was a senior vice president who had dealt with everyone many times before.

As for Weibo, it was really beyond Lin Nan's expectations, because it was not Cao Guowei who came. Before, Lin Nan, Wang Changtian and Wang Wei all thought Cao Guowei would come in person.

"Director Lin, I'm really sorry. Originally, Director Cao was going to come in person, but there was an emergency, so he had to send me."

"I'm just curious about what you said. What is Director Cao busy with recently?" Lin Nan asked politely, and then entered the elevator with Weibo's executives.

"Nothing, it's just that some competitors in the business are a bit unauthentic, always "stealing" Weibo's resources."

"Huh? Is there such a situation?" Lin Nan was stunned and couldn't react for a while.

"That's right, Director Lin doesn't participate in the management of Weibo, of course he doesn't know. It's just the Byte system, which is a bit unscrupulous this year. Our original shareholders' meeting in December was to discuss this matter. Weibo has some shares there... Director Lin will know when the time comes."

Lin Nan didn't respond, but just nodded with a smile, but at this moment, there was a flash of lightning in his mind.

...

On the 23rd floor of the Tudou building, there were only 6 people in the meeting.

"According to the team's plan, and after communicating with ICBC, Tudou will submit an IPO application to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in March next year. If everything goes well, around the middle of the year or a little later, Tudou will be able to officially ring the bell at the Hong Kong Stock Exchange and list on the Hong Kong stock market...

Please take a look at the information in front of you. This is the preliminary number of shares to be issued in the initial public offering, the number of shares in the option pool, and the number of shares to be subscribed internally before listing... Based on the opinions of all parties, we can make further modifications and adjustments... After all, we must first be responsible to our six major shareholders, and then..."