The Fleeting Years of Chinese Entertainment

"His name is Lin Zi... junior? They're also from Beijing Film Academy? I've never seen them before?"

Standing among the "onlookers," Zhu Yawen directly asked the staff around her the question that had been on her mind.

"They are Ning Hao and Xing Aina, both graduates of the Beijing Film Academy, one from the photography department and the other from the literature department. Heh... this couple was quite well-known back then," replied a staff member familiar with the couple.

"Oh... I see."

Zhu Yawen stroked his chin and began to guess the two men's intentions. After thinking for a few seconds, he had a rough idea and guessed that they were probably here to ask Lin Mo for work.

"Heh...two more trying to curry favor..."

Zhu Yawen guessed correctly; the two of them were indeed there to build a relationship, but... they didn't expect to be so successful.

"Senior, could you please oversee the daily expenses of all departments within the production crew for me?"

"And you, senior, how about you take on the role of assistant director in my production team?"

Ning Hao/Xing Aina: ? ? ?

"Just like that... they're willing to entrust us with such important tasks right away?"

Lin Mo, who has memories of his past life, naturally knows the abilities of these two. Ning Hao goes without saying, and Xing Aina also produced almost all of Ning Hao's films in her past life.

She also appeared in the movies "Lost in Thailand" and "Hi, Mom".

"Thank you so much, Director Lin... um, no, thank you, junior."

"Thank you so much, Xiao Mo, for giving us this opportunity. We will do our best."

Seeing their excited expressions, Lin Mo was also filled with emotion.

These two people, who were once powerful figures in the film industry, are now behaving like this in front of me. It's truly a case of fortunes changing every thirty years...

Time passes silently, yet in every unexpected moment, it changes everything.

With the addition of Ning Hao and Xing Aina, the filming of Lin Mo's "Your Name" is progressing smoothly.

Meanwhile, an exciting piece of news slowly began to circulate in China.

Lin Mo's "Parasite" has been selected for Cannes, and it's even in the main competition.

Han Sanping of China Film Group contacted Lin Mo immediately upon receiving the news.

"Kobayashi, your film has been selected, and it's even in the main competition! I really didn't expect you to actually do it."

Han Sanping sounded excited; in fact, he couldn't help but be excited!

Because the Cannes Film Festival has specific requirements for the premiere status, the official competition prefers world premieres or multiple premieres before the announcement in France.

Simply put, around holidays, a film should not reveal its core content, clips, or be officially screened to the public before any public screenings other than official screenings.

However, this principle is not a rigid, absolute clause, and the threshold for entering the official competition usually requires stricter premiere conditions and artistic judgment.

For example, the document mentions that a film needs to meet the condition of "not yet released", but does not explicitly limit the "release" to be global.

Therefore, if a film is released very early in China, or if its domestic distribution is limited, the film festival's selection committee may make a judgment based on the specific circumstances.

Lin Mo's "Parasite" was nominated for the award even though it had already been released in mainland China. Although it was only released in mainland China, it was still "waiting for food" in Hong Kong and Taiwan, which meant that its distribution scope was limited. But you can imagine how difficult it was.

Originally, Han Sanping strongly opposed Lin Mo's actions when Lin Mo pulled this stunt, and it wasn't just him who opposed it; all the investors were against it.

Otherwise, there wouldn't have been the incident where someone betrayed Lin Mo in the early stages, because they all knew how difficult it would be to do such a thing.

On one hand, they're thinking about releasing the film domestically to see how it fares and recoup some profits, and on the other hand, they're aiming for awards at the three major European film festivals. It's easy to end up neglecting one thing for the other.

Lin Mo chose this challenging mode not only to achieve a more stunning debut, but also to reassure investors in advance.

After all, if the movie does well at the domestic box office, it doesn't matter if he fails to break into the top three in Europe. This will give the investors the feeling that the cost can be recovered, so that they won't be completely disappointed in Lin Mo in the early stages and will also try to trip him up.

After all, Lin Mo wasn't very confident that films that won awards in his previous life would still be able to win awards at different times in this life.

However, to his surprise, his "good intentions" in risking the election defeat resulted in betrayal from an investor.

It was really a mistake that he didn't understand the industry at the time. Otherwise, Lin Mo would probably have waited for the three major European cinemas to start before releasing the film, and wouldn't have had to go through those months of "storms".

Moreover, Lin Mo also had to thank the current state of the domestic film market, because although Hong Kong, which is now known as the Hollywood of the East, has begun to decline, foreign filmmakers are still mainly focusing their attention on Hong Kong.

The mainland film market was not valued as much as it would be in later generations.

……

The staff members who were next to Han Sanping naturally heard Han Sanping's good news to Lin Mo.

So... before the day Han Sanping announced the good news had even passed, everyone in the crew already knew about it.

"Hey...did you hear? Director Lin's film has been selected for Cannes!"

"Wow, that's amazing! How old is Director Lin? He's already aiming for one of the top three European awards. Even if he fails, he'll still be incredibly proud of himself, right?"

"I really hope that Director Lin can bring back a Palme d'Or like Chen Kaige, so that I can also claim to be someone who has worked on a Palme d'Or-winning director's film crew."

……

While everyone in the crew was discussing it, Liu Yifei's mother, Liu Xiaoli, naturally heard the news as well.

"Sissi, Director Lin is different now. You need to maintain a good relationship with him and stop having that cold face all the time."

Unaware of the reason for Liu Yifei's sudden change in mood, Liu's mother was now trying to persuade her daughter with earnest words.

After all, Chen Jinfei is the biggest backer for the mother and daughter right now. But Lin Mo's current level is no longer something that Chen Jinfei can easily smooth things over with a little money.

For the sake of her daughter's future career, Liu Xiaoli felt that she should carefully cultivate her relationship with a big director like Lin Mo.

Moreover, Lin Mo himself is indeed quite good. He is not only young and rich, but also quite talented. If her daughter could take her relationship with him further in the future, Liu Xiaoli couldn't think of any reason to object.