Chapter 434 Are you serious?
It turns out.
Xu Xiyu does tend to think too much sometimes.
Just before they came here, Sherlock was sitting by the window watching the grand event on the red carpet. While drinking red wine, he lamented that China's influence was getting stronger and stronger.
What hype?
What brings together China, correct people, women and other elements creates a hot topic and attracts the attention of both China and the West.
These are all Xu Xiyu's imagination.
Mr. Renxia... No, Mr. Renxialock has never thought about this at all.
No wonder the Venice Film Festival's influence is like that of Wang Xiaoer's Chinese New Year, which is getting worse every year. The Daqing Organizing Committee is like some subsidized art groups in China, highlighting one person who is not enterprising?
That’s right, a place that was just like it was a few decades ago will be what it is a few decades from now. It’s normal to rest on one’s laurels habitually.
However, Xu Xiyu didn't know this.
Therefore, he tried again with a natural expression: "Sofia only invited some of them. I didn't expect that others would come. I thought it was arranged by the organizing committee."
"Leo, you know, as the organizing committee, we have to pursue fairness and justice, so we can't arrange such a red carpet ceremony for a movie premiere." Sherlock shrugged.
He is not greedy for merit.
Of course, he didn't want to be greedy for this kind of power. He felt that it would be bad for him if this matter spread.
The bad thing is not that it will affect his "fair and just" image. After all, fairness and justice is a joke.
He was mainly afraid that some people would misunderstand that he was charming and gave special treatment to Chinese films, and such special treatment.
If such an inexplicable blame was put on his back, I really don't know how many people would be put in the shoes of me.
Coincidentally, all Xu Xiyu wanted to do was to blame Sherlock.
Ever since, he smiled and said: "No matter what, I think everyone must come here to support you because of your face. I will definitely express my gratitude to you publicly."
As soon as these words came out, Sherlock became anxious and waved his hands as he said: "No, no, no, no, no, Leo, I didn't contribute to this matter. This is all Sophia's credit. If you want to thank me, just thank you." Thank her, don’t mention me.”
Cheng Yunqing is a very sophisticated person, and now he understands what Xu Xiyu means.
Therefore, she followed up and said: "As I said, I only invited a small number of people, and the others came because of you."
Hearing this, Sherlock felt really numb.
What's going on with you two?
Are you sick?
But looking at the two old gods looking at ease, Sherlock gradually realized that something was wrong.
So, he sat down again and said to Xu Xiyu: "Leo, I know that in addition to being a film creator, you are also a successful young entrepreneur.
So, if you have any business cooperation and want to talk to me, you might as well say so. To be honest, I am a very tolerant person. ”
"Actually, compared to your tolerance, I want to know whether you still have the heart to climb up." Xu Xiyu said, leaning forward slightly.
This will make you more aggressive, and aggression will make the other person pay more attention to your words.
"I don't understand what you mean." Sherlock replied while thinking.
Hearing this, Xu Xiyu stood up.
Then, he walked around the reception room with his hands in his pockets and said, "Sherlock, can you tell me why the Cannes Film Festival is more influential than the Venice Film Festival?"
"I refuse to answer this question." Sherlock said with a somewhat uneasy expression. Italy and France were also enemies.
"Is it because of the country's strength?" Xu Xiyu continued. "Leo, I think you made a mistake. Although France is obviously stronger than us, in fact we, Italy, are the best country in Europe. We have a long history..."
Sherlock immediately started to salute him, but Cheng Yunqing and Xu Xiyu had already formed a certain tacit understanding.
She interrupted directly: "In that case, have you ever thought about making the Venice Film Festival more influential than Cannes?"
As soon as these words came out, Sherlock's expression changed again, and his eyes switched back and forth between Cheng Yunqing and Xu Xiyu.
After thinking carefully for a while, he asked a question that he felt was very important: "In what capacity do you come to talk to me about this? Or, who do you represent to talk to me about this?"
"Representing Hua Qing, China's most dynamic and future No. 1 film and television company, as well as China's largest private cultural industry investment fund; of course, there is also the vast Chinese market affected by Hua Qing and Huiwen Investment. ”
Cheng Yunqing answered this question for Xu Xiyu again.
Before coming, she had an in-depth communication with Hu Ningtian, and they decided to implement Mr. Hu's policy of using Zhonghui to support Xu Xiyu, and under Zhonghui, the one they had the deepest control over was Hui Wentou.
Although you cannot give money directly, there are many other uses.
When Sherlock heard this, he fell into thinking for a while.
After a while, he finally said: "Sofia, please forgive my presumption. Maybe you are very influential in China, but this is Italy."
Cheng Yunqing translated this sentence to Xu Xiyu.
When Xu Xiyu heard this, he turned around, leaned against the window with his hands in his pockets and said with a smile: "Sherlock, please forgive me for being presumptuous, the production value of Italian films is only a fraction of that of China."
He is not talking nonsense. On earth, in 2023, Italy's total box office for the whole year was only 495.7 million euros, equivalent to RMB 3.8 to 4 billion.
In the same year, China's total box office was 54.9 billion. This is true on earth, and the situation here at Blue Star is similar.
Although the income of a movie is not only at the box office, but the box office is always the most important part. If this income cannot be raised, the other income will not be much higher.
"So, can you introduce Italian films into the Chinese market?"
"Are there still movies in Italy? Don't you all watch Hollywood movies? As far as I know, Hollywood took away 84.7% of your movie box office last year."
"..." Charlotte choked at these words.
After calming down his emotions, he continued with an unsightly expression: "Leo, if you came here to belittle us today, then your purpose has been achieved."
This word means to see off guests.
But after Xu Xiyu heard the translation, he shook his head and started to cheat: "On the contrary, I never wanted to humiliate or belittle, I just felt sad.
When I was a child, I read a story called The Beautiful Legend of Sicily. Since then, I have had an infinite yearning for Italy, and I even gave myself an Italian name, Leonardo. ”
As soon as these words came out, Cheng Yunqing's eyebrows instantly raised. She felt that Xu Xiyu was talking nonsense, but she had no evidence.
After listening to Cheng Yunqing's translation, Sherlock was also stunned.
Yes, Leonardo is an Italian name!
Seeing that both of them were stunned by him, Xu Xiyu continued to cheat: "However, I am a little disappointed these days. I am extremely disappointed with you Italian filmmakers.
Your ancestors entered the United States and created countless organizations that made the local people fearful. But the film market in your own country and even in Europe.
It's a disgrace to have Hollywood take everything you want. Not only you, but all European filmmakers should be ashamed. ”
As soon as these words came out, Sherlock, who had just suppressed his anger, suddenly felt angry again.
Why do you have to be ashamed again?
I asked you, are you here for business today?
(End of chapter)