That year Huayu

"The Hunt" crew.

Both Lin Nan, the director, and Matt Damon, the protagonist, were very dedicated during the filming.

The shooting efficiency has improved a lot unconsciously.

Leonardo came to visit the class several times, and he was always disappointed.

He said that Lin Nan should talk to him first. He would definitely be willing to lower the salary for this kind of movie.

Every time he says this, Matt Damon always criticizes DiCaprio.

"Matt, you should thank me. This script was originally mine."

"How many scripts and models have you touched with your hands? You are so greedy."

Matt Damon laughed.

Taking advantage of the rest and preparation time, Lin Nan was reviewing the clips shot in the morning.

Matt really worked hard when he was filming.

The change in the protagonist's mental state is just right.

Lin Nan hesitated for a long time at first whether to write the character of Lucas to death.

In the end it was decided to let him live.

Even if a thousand people accuse you, innocence is innocence.

The fact that the male protagonist is alive is the finishing touch, making all the villains always on tenterhooks, like a ray of light on their backs.

Domestically, "Tough Guy" and "Love 2" have begun to compete head-on, and several Lunar New Year movies are still being promoted.

News came back that Lin Nan's new film has been in production for a week, and it immediately made the headlines.

"Look at Lin Nan. He's not even in the country. He's all the news in the media. He's much better than you."

Xing Aina, who was pregnant, placed a plate of fruit on Ning Hao's table and joked.

"I don't compare with him, he is just an animal. By the way, when the time comes, let him give me a big red envelope."

"Go and ask him if he can come back before the premiere of "Racing"."

The title of Lin Nan's new movie appeared online.

""hunting"?"

"The name of Director Lin's new movie is so hard to guess the content."

"It won't be like "Buried Alive". This movie will actually go hunting, right?"

…………

Chen Kaige spent a lot of time in dealing with piracy.

According to the rules of the Berlin Film Festival, a film that wants to compete must premiere at the film festival.

In order to prevent domestic pirates, the release date of "Mei Lanfang" has been moved up a week and will be released on the 5th.

Lin Nan was on the set and heard about the preferential treatment this movie received.

At 18:00 on the 4th, "Mei Lanfang" was already fully booked in major theaters in the mainland.

As of early morning, the results of these 6 hours will also be included in the box office on the first day.

"Is this how a great director of the Palme d'Or is treated?"

Many film companies, directors, and producers have opinions, but no one dares to say it openly, because this matter was decided by Chen Kaige and China Film.

Lin Nan sat back behind the monitor.

"Matt, repeat the sentence just now, and show the inner collapse in a more restrained manner. In front of his son, he is always a father and cannot be seen..."

"OK, you're right."

Matt Damon is back in action again.

"action."

In an instant, facial expressions, hand movements, and helpless eyes all appeared.

His energy and energy seemed to be drained out in an instant.

But he still had to pretend to be calm in front of his son.

"Cut." Lin Nan clapped.

At this rate, the movie should be over soon.

Zhang Weiping began to criticize "Mei Lanfang".

"Other people's first-run box office is open for 24 hours. Why does "Mei Lanfang" have 6 more hours?"

Regardless of Zhang Weiping's arrogant and domineering character in the past, this time he really took the lead.

On the 4th, it grossed 5.5 million in six hours, and on the 5th, it grossed 9.5 million in one day. The total box office of "Mei Lanfang" on the first day was 15 million.

It has created a new record for domestic literary and artistic films, and it is also a biographical literary and artistic film.

After Zhang Weiping took the lead to speak out, public opinion in the industry began to emerge.

There are not many people who can compete with Chen Kaige.

Unfortunately, Zhang Weiping is one of them, because he has Zhang Yimou.

There are also many directors who have opinions, including Jia Zhangke and Wang Xiaoshuai.

The total box office of many of their movies is not as much as that of "Mei Lanfang" in 6 hours.

China Film did not reply, and Chen Kaige ignored it.

The box office of "Mei Lanfang" dropped to 5 million on the third day...

The new footage was followed by the announcement that a new script directed by Zhang Yimou is about to be completed.

Many people realized later that Zhang Weiping had been doing it for a long time. Wasn't he just talking about this?

But this is also big news for the industry.

This is Zhang Yimou's first film after becoming a god in the Olympics, and the attention it has received is definitely international.

But for Zhang Yimou's movies, the producer always has a new picture, Zhang Weiping never lets go, and outsiders can't get involved at all.

But when it comes to casting, Zhang Weiping is easy to negotiate and is a pure businessman.

And the number of interventions against Zhang Yimou has increased over the years, and they have all been successful.

This has given many artist management companies some ideas.

After learning that this movie was a commercial film, all the actors and stars in the industry became even more excited.

Lin Nan noticed that the competitor of "Ip Man" was actually the action film "Spike" directed and starred by Wu Gen.

This is very interesting.

Ying Huang's publicity strategy is correct.

With Lin Nan's name, both the audience's willingness to buy tickets and the theater's film scheduling rate are very good, and it will only be released in a week.

The filming of "Hunting" started in mid-November, and it has been twenty days now.

Matt Damon's new makeup looks more decadent and tired.

The male protagonist is the object of exclusion and oppression by everyone.

His girlfriend's alienation, strangers' malice, his ex-wife's distrust, and even his own pet dog were poisoned to death.

It was obvious that the little girl had admitted that she had lied, but all the malice and hurt had not disappeared, or even diminished in the slightest.

This makes a person who knows he is innocent become more and more introverted, panicked and uneasy, surrounded by malice.

"Lin, how many days do we have until we finish filming?" Matt asked.

So far, in the entire script, only the last scene has not been filmed.

"Just these two days, I have a lot of things to do later." Lin Nan replied.

"It's so fast! But this movie is really good. We are all being hunted."

Lin Nan ignored Matt's emotion. He was thinking about whether to take the movie back and edit it slowly by himself.

On the one hand, it was because the on-site sound recording was very good during the filming, and on the other hand, there were no special effects.

If you think about it carefully, you can really take it back home for post-production.

"Mei Lanfang" was released globally and Lin Nan went to the theater to watch it alone.

Chen Kaige's aesthetic attainments are really high, and they are vividly demonstrated in this movie.

As supporting actors, Wang Xueqi and Sun Honglei acted very vividly, and their lines and details were beautiful.

But the plot becomes more hollow and boring as it goes on, and even becomes more preachy.

After the "Farewell" part, I really couldn't watch it, and the movie is still so long...

After watching it, Lin Nan really felt that Li Ming was not as well portrayed as the protagonist in "Farewell My Concubine" and that Li Ming lacked a bit of charm.

According to domestic news, the box office of "Mei Lanfang" reached 42 million in the first 4 days of the weekend, including those 6 hours.

In the eyes of the audience, it is a literary film, but its box office performance is higher than that of many commercial films.

Investing 100 million yuan in a literary film is something Chen Kaige can do, because his movies have no shortage of copyright holders.

Of course, this movie is also destined to be the highest-grossing literary film in China.

Ning Hao calculated the time difference and called Lin Nan to ask if he could come back before the premiere of "Racing".

"I'm not making a commercial film. How could it take so long and be completed right away?"

Nowadays, the box office records of domestic movies have exceeded 200 million and 300 million one after another, and Lin Nan even hit 400 million.

Ning Hao was a little anxious.

The results achieved by "Stone" have already dropped out of the first echelon.

"By the way, get the red envelope ready, and ask for a big one. Your nephew is about to be born..."

When hanging up the phone, Ning Hao did not forget another important matter.

"Okay, this kind of thing comes and goes." Lin Nan smiled.

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"The Hunt" begins its final scene.

Lucas, played by Matt Damon, reconciles with his girlfriend after a year of hard work.

The rumors also seemed to fade away.

When he accompanied his son to complete the essential hunting part of the coming-of-age ceremony, an accident occurred.

When he was separated from his son and searching for animals alone, a bullet grazed his forehead and hit a nearby tree.

The bark exploded and splashed across Lucas' face.

He subconsciously slumped under the tree and looked in the direction of the gunshot.

The sun was shining in my face, and I couldn't see clearly at all. I could only see a blurry figure, which quickly dodged and disappeared.

In the camera, Lucas, played by Matt Damon, struggled to get up, his legs trembling slightly, looking scared and worried, looking for his son under the sunset...

There was no prey around at all, so why did that familiar figure shoot?

It turns out that I have always been the prey, and I have been the prey from the moment the rumor was born.

"cut."

Matt Damon came back with a smile on his face.

"Lin, why not let the protagonist die? This will arouse the audience's emotions more."

"If Lucas dies, then the story is over. But look in reality, doesn't this kind of thing happen all the time? It never ends."

Lin Nan could understand Matt's thoughts, he had thought so too at the beginning.

But if you think about it carefully, doesn’t it mean that when Lucas dies, what is false becomes true, and what is right becomes wrong?

If the protagonist is dead, the movie can only be an excellent drama. If the protagonist is alive, the movie will be sublimated...

"Thank you all for your hard work in the past month, "Hunting" is officially finished."

Lin Nan rushed back to Crystal Pictures after not attending the crew's closing party.

Tom handed over a report.

"Lin, this is the quotation for the first batch of equipment, take a look.

If there is no problem, I will place an order. In addition, there is no problem with exporting here, but you have to solve the import issue. "

Lin Nan took the report and read it carefully. Everything was good, but the numbers at the end were too scary.

He had already informed Han Sanping about the import of machinery and equipment, and China Film Group would help him solve the formalities.

"No problem, I'll leave the rest to you, I'm going back to China.

I will also recall the first batch of 11 people in a few months. You should tell them in advance to be prepared. "

"OK."