Chapter 109 Expanding business and preparing team
Time flies when we start working. Lin Nan leads the team and is busy promoting the movie, and the first batch of posters have already come out.
On the gray sea, a cruise ship sailed lonely.
Zeng Li's half-length photo with make-up and the cruise ship equally share the poster screen, giving off a depressing atmosphere.
"Is this a promotional poster for me?" Zeng Li was still a little surprised.
"This is for you alone. The heroine has preferential treatment, and the main plot must be clear." Lin Nan explained.
"Are you satisfied now?"
"Well, I'm very satisfied, haha." Zeng Li agreed.
The film list of theaters already has the name "Time Cruiser".
Many people saw the new movie posters when they entered and exited the theater.
"It looks very good. I heard it is science fiction with a horror tone. I have never seen this combination before. I will definitely try it this time..."
The combination of science fiction and a bit of horror is very novel in China. If it were shot by an ordinary director, it might be regarded as a gimmick.
But Lin Nan has already made several films and is a new great director in recent years. This convinced ordinary audiences and attracted a lot of attention.
The news of Zhang Yimou's new movie adaptation of "Thunderstorm" has completely spread.
It was a perfect project for a film master to adapt another master's work and get his daughter's approval of the script.
Netizens are full of expectations for this. Unlike the initial boos about "The Night Banquet", with five thousand years of cultural heritage, they want to film a foreign "Hamlet".
China Film Group is very interested in the film "Journey to the Center of the Earth" that it participated in. I don't know how it worked with Shanghai Film Group Corporation, but they actually put the film in June, the summer season. This is a good time period.
There are so many imported films, but this one is the only one that can receive special care.
"There was a lot of opposition, but fortunately we have investment in this drama, and this one has a good schedule, so everyone finally accepted it."
Han Sanping said to Lin Nan. This investment has political achievements, and he will not take it lightly.
The film school has to take care of its own students. Although the main actors in Lin Nan's movie are all from next door, the director is one of his own.
There is more promotion for "Time Cruiser" on the college's bulletin board, and many graduated directors will often come back to promote the movie.
Lin Nan met Huang Lei, "Did you win the lottery? I saw a smile on my face from all the way, and it never stopped."
"It's like winning a lottery. I have a daughter." When he spoke, he was filled with the warmth of a cotton-padded jacket.
"Congratulations then." Lin Nan said.
"Tongxi. Come and have a drink then."
"Okay, if I can find time, it's all about movies lately."
The company employee told Lin Nan that the agency had introduced several properties and he needed to go back and take a look.
"These buildings are all newly built in the past two years. They are all in Nortel, not far from the China Theater Company. They are not a popular business district, but they are just right for us as a film and television company..."
Lin Nan listened to the introduction here and flipped through the information himself. It was okay. The construction units were all central enterprises.
Due to its geographical location, there are many cultural, film and television companies here.
It was impossible to make a decision at once. Lin Nan had asked several agencies to find more agencies and compare them later.
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Director Chen did not give up. After losing the Oscar, he ran to Berlin again. So what if he entered the competition section? It was not that he failed to gain anything. There was really no way to save this movie.
Zhang Yimou's new girl has been selected, and she is in the drama...
This caused public opinion to be overwhelmingly on the side of the film school. You can say that he chose someone with qualifications, but Zhang Yimou chose a 05-level newcomer, a junior college student in the acting department who had never filmed a movie.
"What an unnecessary disaster."
Lin Nan, who was running around the magic city with the crew, was just like this.
"Haha, Director Lin, don't say that. Look at the media putting you and director Yimou together, saying that your casting vision is getting closer and closer. You are indeed a great director..."
Tian Yu comforted Lin Nan with a smile, not caring at all about Yan Danchen's eyes. Zhu Yawen was a junior and had no qualifications to express his opinion.
Lin Nan was too lazy to respond. "The Golden Armor" dominated the media headlines, overwhelming news about all other movies.
Liu Ye and Jay Chou will take turns playing the love rivals, with Zhou Runfa and Gong Li taking the lead. The casting has basically been decided and we are just waiting for the spring to start filming.
The school didn't know if it was irritated, so it told Lin Nan that he could prepare a speech more than three months in advance for use at the graduation ceremony.
"Where's the outstanding graduate representative, Director Lin." Yan Danchen teased with a smile.
"Haha, it's really troublesome." Lin Nan said arrogantly.
I really don’t know if Shanghai Film Group is deliberately looking for trouble by including the movie in the promotion process.
The crew was all from Nortel and China Drama, and the only one, Gao Yuanyuan, was from another school.
When a group of people walked into the theater, they felt that something was wrong, and they seemed to be provoking.
Lin Nan invited Hu Ge, who had finished the promotion, to come and support him, and now he felt less awkward.
During the interactive question-and-answer session, a 03-level opera boy asked a question.
"Why do the movies directed by Lin Nan never use actors who have acted in the movies?"
Good guy, this sharp question was asked and received applause from all the students.
The media once reported this sentence, and that was after the casting of "Time Cruiser" was announced.
The crew and Hu Ge all stared at Lin Nan as if they were watching the excitement. Fortunately, they had made preparations before.
"This question is wrong. "Stone" is my script, I invested in it, and one of the actors is Xu Zheng."
This answer did not satisfy everyone, "I am referring to the film directed by Director Lin."
"Well, you should know that I haven't graduated yet. I have to take care of my studies and filmmaking, so I definitely don't have much energy to choose actors, so I always look for actors from around me, recommended by my classmates and teachers.
It's definitely convenient if it's close.
But don’t worry, everyone, I will graduate in a while, the company will also start to get involved in businesses other than movies, and there will be many opportunities to cooperate with Shanghai Theater students..."
Haoxuan let Lin Nan sneak in, and the media learned about its business expansion for the first time.
"Business other than movies? No need to guess, the first choice is definitely TV series."
Many companies that focus on TV dramas suddenly have ideas for Lin Nan. Maybe you have some foundation in movies, but when you come to TV dramas, you are a complete newcomer.
So can we cooperate and each get what we need?
Lin Nan didn't expect that a few words would cause him a lot of trouble.
Familiar actor classmates are asking, several film and television companies are also asking, and even the school has asked.
"Yes, I definitely can't walk on one leg. Film and television companies and TV series must have something to do with it..."
Unlike a movie that lasts more than 100 minutes, no matter how many actors there are, how many will show their faces?
The TV series are different. There are always more people watching TV than watching movies.
Dozens of episodes of the series can provide many actors with opportunities to show their faces and provide many newcomers with roles to enter the industry.
Every year, there are too many examples of actors who graduated from professional schools and are reduced to side jobs or even change careers.
If Lin Nan's company enters the field of TV series, it will have its own aura, because he is a famous film director, and the public generally accepts that movies are superior to TV series.
"The director intends to enter the field of TV dramas and is looking forward to his company's first production."
"Director Lin went on stage to reveal his career plans and will no longer just focus on movies..."
Liu Yifei also specially told Lin Nan, "If you really want to make a TV series, I can tell my mother and ask her to agree to let me act in a TV series again."
It’s so touching to hear these words, it’s tantamount to: I’ll support you!
Lin Nan knew that ever since Liu Yifei told the media that she would no longer make TV series, her salary for TV series had doubled and many producers had even asked Liu Xiaoli to quote.
After the Lunar New Year, February went by a bit quickly.
CJ is already preparing for "The New World", and this script has made several companies there regret starting it too late.
The exact launch time of "The Condor" is out. In March, it will compete head-on with another martial arts TV series "Seven Swords". Both dramas were postponed to March for various reasons.
The first wave of publicity for "Time Cruise" ended and the last stop was back in the capital. The crew met Xia Yu and Yuan Quan on CCTV who also came to promote "Helenpa".
Zeng Li and Chen Minghao have finally met their relatives. The two crew members chatted for a long time backstage. Fortunately, "Aventure" has not been filmed yet.
Graduation is getting closer and closer, and Lin Nan can feel the atmosphere of the school.
Since he said he wanted to expand his business two weeks ago, more and more people have given him advice. Since he is going to film a TV series, should he start an artist manager?
Walking on campus, I was greeted by someone once a minute, and I bumped into a junior or senior student fifty meters away.
Lin Nan went through various departments, starting from the Directing Department, to the Literature Department, the Photography Department, the School of Fine Arts, the School of Animation, and finally focused on the School of Management.
Now that we are ready to become bigger and stronger, it should be very necessary to say hello to these professional teachers behind the scenes in advance.
Lin Nan's facial recognition in school is still very useful. He is a business card of the school. To solve the employment problem, his alma mater must give strong support.
After getting many promises from teachers to promote and recommend, Lin Nan returned to the directing department with peace of mind.
"You are so good. If I didn't know better, I would have thought you were here for a briefing in school. You went through the behind-the-scenes majors one by one, but you didn't go to the acting department..."
“I really rushed to do the seminar.
Among several schools, the behind-the-scenes production and management majors of our film school have always been the best, and I plan to find a team for my company."
Lin Nan admitted with a playful smile.
"If you have this idea, the school will definitely support it. What about the performance department?"
"I'm a bit spiritual. I've already signed the contract. I'll take my time as an artist. Even if I sign, I won't be able to get a few.
You know, the production business and the artist management business are naturally in conflict, and I care more about the former.
Besides, our school is indeed not the best when it comes to actors, so I have to be very selective."
"Haha, just have an idea. Be careful, Lao Zhou, they will cause trouble for you."
"Even if the head of the acting department asked me, I would definitely answer the same thing."
Lin Nan said with a smile, not noticing that the leader of the performance department had been standing at the door for a while.
Chapter completed!