That year Huayu

The largest annual reserve group in the film and television industry is here again, and the registration for the art exam has officially begun.

In the morning, the hottest topic at Beijing Film Academy was undoubtedly that the new generation idol Wang Junkai had confirmed his registration for the undergraduate performance department, while the second-generation star Zhang Keying was at the Central Academy of Drama.

As for Shanghai Theatre Academy, which is far away in Shanghai, there was really no attention at all; at least on the first morning after the registration channel was opened, it was all amateurs.

By now, the entire industry and even the entire network have long reached a consensus on the art exam:

All those who have become famous or are second-generation stars among the art exam candidates are just going through the process;

From the moment they registered, or even before they registered, they had actually already decided on the admission quota. The three major colleges have already accepted everyone, but only this type of people!

Looking at the huge crowds of people queuing up to register in the distance, Lin Nan couldn't help shaking his head, but he also understood.

Although they can register online, most students still choose to come to the site just to feel the atmosphere;

After all, there are so many competitors around, and these are only some of the competitors who registered within half a working day, not all.

"Hey, it's just the two of you, come and help Director Lin move the rice, flour, oil, and a few boxes of fruits and gift boxes to the trunk of that car..."

Old Jiang ignored Lin Nan, but greeted two students in the distance, and then saw seven people running over in a swarm, five men and two women.

"Thank you for your hard work."

Faced with Lin Nan's smiling thanks, a group of students waved their hands, smiling constantly, and full of energy.

"Here, take your shopping card, there are 20,000 in it, don't think it's too little. After all, it's issued by the school, and it's impossible to top up a six-digit amount for you." Old Jiang smacked his lips and said with some envy and jealousy.

Although he didn't want to admit it, he had to admit that there were "small differences" in the year-end gifts for faculty and staff based on different job titles, especially compared to a treasure like Lin Nan!

"Don't worry, I won't complain about it. After all, this is the legal treatment of my full professorship.

In some big provinces, no matter how much money you make, it can't compare to the rice, flour and oil you get back from the unit to make your family more face!"

Lin Nan took the envelope with his name on it with a smile, and then he didn't forget to joke: "Well, it's much more than you, an associate professor."

"Get lost!" Old Jiang heard this and immediately lost his good face.

That's right, Lin Nan came back to school today to collect the year-end benefits. When Old Jiang couldn't get through to Lin Nan's phone, he called Liu Yifei directly and asked Miss Liu to convey it.

In less than three minutes, a lot of things were stuffed into the trunk and neatly arranged; several students immediately waved and greeted, and then left with a smile on their faces.

At this time, Lao Jiang took the initiative to bring up another important matter with Lin Nan: "I heard that you big directors were called to a meeting yesterday?"

"Who told you that? I remember my teacher didn't go yesterday?" Lin Nan answered with a question and smiled.

"Director Tian didn't go, but this kind of thing doesn't need to be kept secret, so naturally there will be rumors in the school."

After rolling his eyes, Lao Jiang suddenly became serious again, and his tone was very solemn:

"Although I know you are very lazy and you are the type who only do things once, and the Olympics are also very energy-consuming and labor-intensive, because it is not just about doing the job well, but more about dealing with leaders at all levels, coordinating the relationship between departments and units, and coordinating operations...

On the surface, it is indeed a lot of work with little money. If you do it well, the results will not be great, and if you do it badly, it will be all your responsibility, but...some opportunities and some things are better to fight for, because if you miss this opportunity, you may not know where the next one will be.

The most important point is that at this point, it is not a question of whether you are willing to compete actively, but in the eyes of the leaders above, they definitely don't want to see you, a top director in the industry, have the behavior and tendency of "avoiding trouble" in your subjective will!"

Lin Nan looked at Lao Jiang with a complicated expression, not understanding why the latter said this to him.

"Director Jiang, such profound and profound words don't seem like something you can say? And why did you think of telling me all this for no reason?"

"Fuck you, who are you looking down on?"

Old Jiang cursed with anger in his eyes. But two seconds later, he wilted and explained helplessly: "Director Tian asked me to convey it this morning, okay?"

"What about him?"

"He flew to Berlin."

Lin Nan nodded and fell silent, his mind began to fly, thinking about what he just said; it must be said that it was really to the point.

After a moment, he suddenly walked towards his car, and waved to Old Jiang without looking back, "Well, I will seriously consider this matter."

...

After two months of casting, the complete list of cast members for Zhang Yimou's "Shadow" was finally made public at around 2 pm. Along with it, the start time is also mid-March.

However, unlike the enthusiastic cheers of fans outside the country for the national master to make a martial arts drama blockbuster again after more than ten years, the atmosphere in Zhang Yimou's studio is much colder and more solemn.

The reason is that LeTV has noticed that Zhang Yimou intends to run away; although it is still uncertain, Zhang Zhao still chose to go today.

For LeTV, Guo Jingming and other shareholders from the film and television industry don't care, but Zhang Yimou is different. The latter is a living big IP!

In addition, Zhang Yimou has just been confirmed to direct the performance segment of the flag-taking ceremony of the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics, and there is even a great possibility that he will continue to take over the 22nd Winter Olympics; therefore, LeTV not only does not want to give up, but also wants to renew the contract...

For Zhang Zhao's euphemistic expression of meaning, Zhang Yimou appears to be calm on the surface, but in his heart he sneers.

Zhang Mo, who was also present, obviously lacked the skill of cultivating qi. She asked Zhang Zhao bluntly: With the current situation of LeTV, is there a future? It is hard to say whether there is a future, so how can we talk about extending the contract and renewing it?

However, for Zhang Yimou, his daughter's performance is appropriate, which just makes up for some of the things he is not convenient to say and the attitude that is not convenient to express due to his status.

"My contract with LeEco expires in the first half of next year, and the lock-up period for shares is until September this year.

Before the lock-up period ends, external circulation is definitely not allowed. But what about internal circulation? Can LeEco buy back shares? If it can buy back shares in advance, then we can talk about other things later."

Zhang Yimou said to Zhang Zhao in a cold tone. This was the second time he had communicated with Zhang Zhao in this tone.

The office was unusually quiet, and Zhang Zhao was speechless. Can LeEco buy back shares in advance? Absolutely impossible! Because there is no money at all.

Since the working group of the China Securities Regulatory Commission moved in, the previous way of making money from the stock market and capital circle with fake performance has been completely cut off.

At present, LeEco is still anxiously urging the theater chain to share the box office revenue of "28-year-old Minor" to pay wages; well, there is also traffic revenue from TV series such as "The Legend of Zhen Huan".

But these can only pay the wages of the bottom-level employees... The middle and upper levels have stopped paying wages in name.

Even if there is money to buy back Zhang Yimou's shares in advance, the group will never buy back; because if one person's shares are bought back in advance, how can the others be dealt with?

Once the problem of inequality rather than scarcity occurs, the consequences will be very serious. Once those people start to make trouble, it will undoubtedly be a disaster for LeTV now!

"Director Zhang, let's stick to the contract. Once the stock lock-up period is over, you can sell it freely in the secondary market." Zhang Zhao could only answer this way.

"Can it be sold? Does anyone want it? It has fallen to the point where it can't fall any further!"

Zhang Yimou sneered, his attitude was already very clear.

"Director Zhang?" Zhang Zhao narrowed his eyes. At this moment, he confirmed his guess in his heart that Zhang Yimou could not stay.

"I will shoot "Shadow" with my heart. After the contract expires, everyone will go their separate ways. Mr. Zhang, I won't send you off." Zhang Yimou said in a firm tone, and he and LeTV officially broke up.

Zhang Zhao stood up with a cold face, and walked straight out the door after Zhang Mo took the initiative to see him off; but he stopped at the door again, turned around and asked: "Has Director Zhang found a new employer?"

The air was quiet for three seconds, and then Zhang Yimou's voice rang out: "No."

Hearing this, Zhang Zhao hesitated for a moment, and then left quickly.

"Dad?"

"It's troublesome to say more, and it will save them from causing trouble for us!" Zhang Yimou said tiredly, and he had fallen twice in his life.

"Where's your aunt?"

"It seems that she went to court with a lawyer."

Hearing this, Zhang Yimou couldn't help but sigh again. Zhang Weiping would rather be a deadbeat than return the film remuneration and share of the money withheld from him. His family can only go to court again and again, but the result is always futile.

...

From the 10th to the 14th, five consecutive days passed, and the film and entertainment industry was very lively.

The film "The Meg", in which Li Bingbing plays the leading female role, has been completed in a high-profile manner. Warner Pictures officially announced that it will be released simultaneously in China and the United States, aiming at the domestic summer season next year.

Wanjia Culture resumed trading on the A-share market on the morning of the 12th. Since the opening at 9:30 in the morning, it has been trading at the daily limit for three consecutive days. If nothing unexpected happens today, it will still be trading at the daily limit!

However, the topic that has caused the most uproar in the entire network and the film and television industry is undoubtedly "The Great Wall".

The previous public announcement document on the extension key issued by the Film Bureau is still vivid in everyone's mind, but this Sino-US co-production blockbuster was actually released so low-key last night? !

This incident really caught everyone off guard, and no one expected this situation in advance;

But then again, this result is also reasonable, because the reputation of "The Great Wall" is really bad!

It's "hard" for the chairman of China Film and Lada, who was slapped hard by the extension key and the box office performance of "The Great Wall" and became a joke of the entire industry.

Of course, Director Zhang has added a so-called "big bad movie" to his resume!

"Including today, there are still 13 days before the movie is taken off the screen, and there is still 53.55 million to go before the box office of "The Mermaid"!"

"What was the daily box office yesterday?"

"Yesterday was 8.32 million."

"Then there is still a chance, and it is not small. After all, "The Great Wall" was taken off the screen yesterday with a box office of 1.22 billion, and "Railroad Tigers" also left the screen early with a box office of 420 million;

From today until New Year's Eve, a large part of the scheduling resources will be vacated within these 13 days, and "Operation Mekong" will get a share of the profits!"

Lin Nan replied to Wang Changtian with confidence.

To be honest, the box office of "The Great Wall" can reach 1.2 billion, which is definitely due to the help of "Operation Mekong" and Lin Nan.

Because Operation Mekong suppressed Railroad Tigers, and Lin Nan's remarks in front of the media pushed The Ferryman into the abyss.

Compared with the movies in the same period, the market loss of these two movies was 70% to 30% of Operation Mekong and The Great Wall!

"I feel relieved with your words. A new box office record is too important for Guangguang's stock price. Hmm? What about the celebration banquet after that?"

Hearing Wang Changtian's question, Lin Nan remembered another thing: "Mr. Wang, I have to apologize to you.

Not only can Yifei and I not go to the celebration banquet of "Operation Mekong", but we can't even go to the premiere of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2" that we promised you before."

"Why is that?"

"My dad called me on the 3rd, and Yifei and I agreed to go back to our hometown on the 21st. We definitely can't go to the premiere on the 23rd."

"Then the momentum of the premiere of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2" will really be trampled under the feet of "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons 2." Wang Changtian was speechless to the extreme, but he couldn't refute Lin Nan's reasons.

"Don't worry, Han Jianu will bring Director Han and Director Ren over. Besides, won't Ning Hao, Huang Bo, Xu Zheng, and Deng Chao also attend?

And Shu Chang, Tang Yan, Zhu Yawen, and others, Yifei has already said hello, they will all go to show their support. There are many first-line actors and stars, and it won't be that much if there are more!"

Well, Wang Changtian was speechless, because what Lin Nan said was indeed correct, and it was well arranged.

Not long after, the call was finally hung up. Lin Nan glanced at the time. It was almost 11 o'clock in the morning. He immediately got up and prepared to go off work.

"Tell Director Yue that I won't come to the company these days. Let him keep an eye on the annual meeting, and let him arrange the social activities in the circle."

"Okay, Director Lin."

"Oh, by the way, notify Director Jiang and ask her to organize the filming team of "Dying to Survive" and officially start filming on the 16th of the first lunar month."

...

Hollywood, at the PR dinner of "Hacksaw Ridge"

"Next month? Or when? You'd better be clear."

"Tom, the best I can tell you is that it will be in the first half of this year, in the next two or three months.

They are still making preparations, and will recruit and invite the creative team from all over the world, and will screen the heroine from all over Asia... Of course, this is the only one in the Disney Princess series..."