That year Huayu

"Co-produced by Lin Nan Pictures, Enlight, Wanda, China Film, and Shanghai Film, directed by Director Lin Nan and produced by Liu Yifei;

The Lunar New Year comedy, detective, and action commercial blockbuster "Detective Chinatown" grossed a total of 1.377 billion in the first week of its release, and yesterday's box office revenue was 150 million. "

"Produced by Huayi, the Lunar New Year movie "Old Paoer" has a stable daily box office of around two million, showing great resilience..."

"According to information on the official website of the Film Bureau: After five years of development, the costume, suspense, and fantasy film "Legend of the Demon Cat" has been submitted for script review."

"It is reported that the movie "The Legend of the Demon Cat" is adapted from "Kukai Kukai: The Ghost Banquet of the Tang Dynasty" and will be directed by director Chen Kaige himself."

"Six years ago, because director Chen Kaige was interested in filming "The Ghost Banquet of the Tang Dynasty by Samana Kukai", the Xiangyang Tangcheng Film and Television Base project was officially launched..."

Early on the morning of the 7th, two pieces of movie news shocked the film and television industry.

In one week, it made an incredible box office of 1.377 billion! Everyone in the film and television industry is amazed by Lin Nan's box office performance, but on the other hand, everyone has long been accustomed to it.

However, Chen Kaige's preparation for a new movie is indeed a "big event" that has attracted the attention of the entire film and television industry.

Because anyone can imagine that a movie that Chen Kaige has been preparing for six years will definitely be a top priority and a blockbuster among blockbusters!

There are even vague rumors in the industry that the reason why Chen Kaige filmed "The Taoist Comes Down the Mountain" was because "The Legend of the Demon Cat" was not prepared as scheduled;

Another theory is that director Chen Da filmed "The Taoist Comes Down the Mountain" to lay the foundation and practice for the filming of "The Legend of the Demon Cat".

But no matter what kind of gossip it is, it is enough to show how "rare" this "The Legend of the Demon Cat" adapted from "Kukai Kukai: The Ghost Banquet of the Tang Dynasty" is;

This "Legend of the Demon Cat" is definitely the industry's top film resource and a big cake!

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The first night Liu Yifei left, Lin Nan was still a little unaccustomed to having an empty pillow; fortunately, it was only about half a month, and it would pass soon.

After breakfast, Director Lin hurried out and rushed to the company. After all, it is the end of the year, and there are a lot of trivial matters.

Yesterday at the entrance of Nortel, he finally couldn't help but say hello to Ning Hao.

It can only be said that Director Ning Da is "energetic" and he is actually one of the examiners for the final examination of this year's photography department;

I don’t know how much effort and effort the photography department and school put into getting Ning Hao. Anyway, it must have cost a lot of money or a big favor.

But when it comes to art exam examiners, I have to mention the performance department. I heard that Professor Cui Xinqin originally wanted to invite Huang Xiaoming back to be the examiner for the third exam.

But didn’t the leader take on a new drama about a boss in a costume mythology? There was a high probability that he wouldn’t be able to leave it by then, so he declined the offer;

With no other choice, Professor Cui Xinqin could only recommend Chen Kun, another well-known student of his, to the school;

Ever since, Dong Jie's "good brother" has successfully become one of the examiners for the third examination of the acting department.

To be honest, since the last time Dong Jie was stoned and this guy publicly defended Dong Jie, his character in the industry has almost lost more than half; it really disgusted many people for a while, including Lin Nan.

"Director Lin, the film bureau called and said that the extension key application for "Detective Chinatown" cannot be approved."

As soon as he sat down and turned on the computer, Yue Jun entered the office in a hurry.

Lin Nan thought he had misheard. Wasn't the application for the extension key for "Detective Chinatown" handed in less than three days ago? So fast?

Um? wrong!

"Are you saying that the film bureau called and informed that the extension key application for "Detective Chinatown" could not be approved?" Lin Nan tried to confirm.

"Well, I called to tell you. I'm also confused. Logically speaking, even if it doesn't pass, it should be announced on the official website. What kind of precedent is it to call to inform?"

"Is there any publicity document on the official website of the Film Bureau?"

Lin Nan frowned and opened the official website of the Film Bureau while asking.

"I saw it half an hour ago, and there's nothing there."

"Not now!"

Lin Nan glanced at the official website and said with certainty.

Lin Nan was muttering in his mind. Putting aside the fact that the extension key application was rejected, the notification process was very wrong!

"Telephone notification, there are no documents on the official website yet..."

Suddenly, an idea flashed through Lin Nan's mind.

He looked at Yue Jun, "Don't spread this matter out yet. I'll go to the Film Bureau, no, to the General Administration!"

Yue Jun was stunned. He nodded and couldn't help but said: "Isn't the Film Bureau at the General Bureau?"

"Let's talk about it when I get back."

Less than five minutes after sitting down, Lin Nan stood up again, picked up his coat, and walked out of the office.

As for what he said before, asking Wang Changtian to go to the bureau to "theory" with him, Lin Nan felt that he could let it go for the time being, and he would go there first before talking about it.

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Over in Hollywood, there are only three days left before the Golden Globe Awards.

A few domestic actors and stars have received invitations and are now setting off, such as Li Bingbing, Jackie Chan and others.

Lin Nan drove towards the headquarters. This was the news reported on the car radio, and his name was also included in it. But unlike Jackie Chan and others, he asked Tom to help him decline.

In just over an hour, Lin Nan parked the car outside the headquarters.

After signing and registering, we entered smoothly. In fact, he is also an old face, but here, the rules must still be followed.

Following his own judgment and intuition, Lin Nan did not go to the film bureau, but went straight to Tong Gang's office.

When he saw the secretary's smiling face, Director Lin knew that he seemed to have guessed correctly.

"Director Lin, I originally thought you might make a call or come back in a few days, haha..."

Yes, now Lin Nan wants to meet Tong Gang even more.

When a "come in" came from the office, the secretary opened the door.

Tong Gang glanced up, then pointed to the sofa next to him with a smile:

"I was counting the time to wait for you. You came very quickly. You go out first." The last words were said to the secretary.

At this moment, Lin Nan wanted to scold her. This was a clear plan to tease people and make him make this trip!

"Tong Bureau, this is the fourth time, you don't play like this!"

Lin Nan complained straight to the point. After all, it was an old relationship for many years.

Tong Gang smiled and said casually:

“I won’t talk about the postponement of the first three movies. I will only talk about last year’s data.

The total box office of all the movies your company exclusively produced and controlled in the second half of last year reached more than 8 billion!

I would still exclude your approved film "Manchester by the Sea" and the Red Star Wood film "Wolf Warrior". If you add them all up, it would be more than 9 billion!

But what was the overall film market size last year? Let me tell you, it’s more than 45 billion! Tell me, what proportion are you people? Can the film bureau still give you an extension? Dare I give you an extension? "

This is the first time for Lin Nan, good guy, to hear this detailed set of data from an outsider, especially the market for the whole of last year!

At this moment, he was really speechless.

Because one family or group accounts for 20% of the entire film market, this terrifying annual share of the film market is undoubtedly a disaster for the entire huge film industry! There is no second adjective.

"But Tong Bureau, what about "Detective Chinatown"? This is included in this year's market, why can't it be postponed?"

Lin Nan hurriedly changed the topic. The topic just now was a bit scary.

Tong Gang still kept his smile. He stood up, walked to the opposite side of Lin Nan, and sat down.

"This is the first movie this year to break 1 billion, and is even destined to break 2 billion at the box office. Of course, it meets all the subjective and objective conditions for obtaining the extension key. However, you have to think about what is the responsibility of the film bureau?"

Lin Nan opened his mouth, but no words came out.

Tong Gang poured himself a cup of tea, and then motioned to Lin Nan to do it himself if he wanted to drink it.

"From the perspective of your film and television company, if you have a high box office, you will naturally get an extension. This is true and makes sense;

But from the perspective of the bureau, we need to feed the entire industry, rather than letting a few people eat enough to starve to death.

Just look at how many domestic films your movie has killed in just this week? The market economy needs macro-control! hehe……"

As he spoke, Tong Gang couldn't help but laugh.

"Tong Bureau, this is so unfair to me. If you do this, I will not make commercial films in the future.

I make award-winning and literary films. With my influence, I can easily win awards at foreign film festivals and sell copyrights. It saves trouble and makes a lot of money, and I don’t have to split the money with theaters..."

Lin Nan spread his hands and tried his best to maintain a "kind" smile. What the hell...it's not like he didn't have any other cards!

Sure enough, after hearing Lin Nan's words, Tong Gang reacted.

It's just that he pointed at Lin Nan's nose and kept smiling, "Do you know why I called your company?"

"have no idea."

Whether you know it or not, you don’t know at this moment!

"I definitely can't give you a one-month extension. Otherwise, if there are a few blockbusters during the Spring Festival, those small and medium-cost movies and small and medium-sized film and television companies will have no chance of survival."

"so what?"

Lin Nan fully understood in his heart that Tong Bureau's intention was not to return the extension key application for "Detective Chinatown", but to return the "one month" time limit!

"Resubmit the application for the extension key, it will take one week. After your movie is released, it will be the Spring Festival, so I can just pick it up."

Tong Gang looked at Lin Nan and said seriously.

"A week? That won't do."

Lin Nan continued to argue, and at the end of the day, with every extra day, he was confident that he could earn hundreds or even tens of millions more at the box office.

"Haha, how long do you want it for, 10 days?"

"One week is too short, at least half a month!"

Seeing Tong Gang's slightly serious expression, Lin Nan made a concession and didn't want 20 days.

"Half a month? Half a month?

Then I’ll give you half a month! I just want to get involved in the Spring Festival stall..."

Tong Gang waved his hand and agreed to the half-month extension.

"Then I'll go back first. You can be busy, Tong Bureau."

As he spoke, Lin Nan stood up. He could not win anything by continuing to fight;

There are still many things to do in the company. After returning, you must at least resubmit the application for the extension of the key, as soon as possible.

"Well, go ahead."

Looking at Lin Nan walking out of the door, Tong Gang smiled and shook his head.

"Purely award-winning film directors? How much contribution do those people have?

How could an industry leader be allowed to suffer losses all the time? What is lost temporarily will definitely be made up in other aspects! Alas, you are still too young. ”

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