Chapter 769: The little thing caused by "A Separation"
With his wife staring at him through the phone, Xiangyang didn't dare to make any mistakes when he returned to the dinner table.
Little John who sat down became much more honest.
Even little JoJo was thrown back to Laura for care.
Seeing that the three of them even stopped talking and concentrated on eating, Lai Kang, who had been waiting for the opportunity, finally got it.
"Mr. Xiang, Mr. Rang, please excuse me."
"Mr. Lai, please tell me."
Xiang Yang raised his head and smiled, and looked up with Little John who stopped his knife and fork. Lai Kang.
Strictly speaking, Xiangyang's feelings when facing Lai Kang were completely different from those when communicating with Han Sanping.
I have settled in France for a long time, and I am engaged in the field of cultural exchange with Principal An.
Perhaps because Aiwu and Wujia have more common languages in the topic, they appear more cordial.
"That's right," Lai Kang leaned forward slightly and asked, "I would like to ask if the film "Time Traveler" can be used as a representative to participate in next year's Berlin Film Festival. ?”
“Berlin Film Festival?” Xiangyang turned his head and looked at Little John.
Little John is responsible for all film matters.
He knew about the Berlin Film Festival, but he had no time to waste energy paying attention to the date and conditions.
And I have the impression that "Time Traveler" has already been booked for the Beijing International Film Festival.
"I'm afraid it's too late." As expected, Little John shook his head and quickly gave the answer. The "too late" he said was referring to the registration conditions.
The feature film is over 70 minutes long, and "The Lover" is completely qualified.
However, as an entry in the unit, it cannot participate in other international film festivals, nor can it be screened on TV, the Internet, or commercially, because it is scheduled to be held from February 10th to February 20th, which is just right. Knocked into gear.
So.
From the beginning, Little John had no intention of running "Space Traveler" to be exhibited in Berlin.
It’s too late for Berlin, let alone Cannes and Venice.
"Oh, that's quite a pity." Xiang Yang muttered casually.
But don’t look at what he said. If he were to choose, it would definitely be the first Beijing International Film Festival with more generous conditions.
As for the Golden Bear Award.
However, you can participate in the exhibition as a non-competition.
"That's what I mean too." Lai Kang nodded quickly, that's what he thought.
It doesn’t actually matter whether you participate in the main competition unit or not.
But the key is to allow excellent domestic films to pass through the film festival as a big platform, so that more overseas audiences can enjoy it through this window.
After all, this is part of cultural exchange.
"Then you decide." Xiang Yang said, leaving the matter to Lai Kang and Little John to discuss.
"It's not impossible." Little John frowned, thought for a moment and then said to Lai Kang: "It just so happens that our Hermès Film Company has a film that will participate in the main competition."
< br>"Huh?" Xiang Yang, who had just focused on the dinner plate, couldn't help but look over again.
Why didn’t he hear about this?
“Which one is it?”
"Abbas introduced it."
"Oh, a Persian movie." Upon hearing that it was a movie introduced by Abbas, Xiang Yang knew something in his heart.
"Is it the main competition unit?" Lai Kang also asked with great concern.
"Well, yes."
Little John nodded and gave a brief introduction.
The director of this film is Asghar Farhadi. He won the Silver Bear for Best Director in 2009, so he is not a newcomer to the Berlin Film Festival.
But I understand everything about Persian movies.
Low cost is the main priority.
The production cost was only US$300,000.
Had it not participated in the Berlin Film Festival, Little John might not have remembered that Abbas had introduced this movie.
By the way, the name of this movie is "A Separation".
It tells the story of a couple who are about to divorce, an old father who is paralyzed in bed, and an hourly worker.
"Isn't this a bit like our "Unreachable"?" After hearing this, Xiang Yang couldn't help but search for this movie in his mind.
The final answer is, I’ve never heard of it.
However, the word paralysis can be compared with "Untouchable", which set a box office record for French movies.
"That's why Abbas introduced us."
Little John shrugged like a fart.
If you hadn't had such a good relationship with the oil guys, I would have saved the $300,000. Now I can only count on it to go to film festivals and get my money back.
Do you know how tight the funds of Hermès Film Investment Company were before "The Social Network" was released?
I spend it on my fingers.
It's better for you, just buy a video website.
He also spent 30 million RMB to buy the rights to a TV series.
“That’s an unexpected surprise.” Xiangyang doesn’t mind that Little John wastes money to maintain Hermes Film Investment Company and Abbas relationship between.
The work introduced by such an excellent director will definitely not be bad.
Besides, it’s only $300,000.
Sprinkle some water.
“I don’t see it, but your company has a soft spot for low-cost movies.” Lai Kang was a little envious of the Persian director for getting such an opportunity.
"If we can achieve good results at the film festival, I hope Mr. Lai can help more." Little John said to Lai Kang without losing the opportunity.
"Okay, okay." Lai Kang smiled.
China has always had a tradition of introducing Persian films.
The fact that "Little Shoes" has become a household name in the minds of a generation illustrates this point.
Although China has quantitative requirements for imported films.
But this does not mean that every year's films are handed over to Hollywood studios. Among the 20 quotas for credited films, 6 non-American films must be guaranteed to be introduced.
These six films will of course be left to other regions to bid.
For example, in France, it is usually the producer Gaumont, while in Italy it is Medusa. In addition, instead of using the split accounting model, you can also use batch accounting.
If the buyout price of US$300,000 can be exchanged for China's small-budget film to be successfully released in Europe next year, this kind of business is not out of the question.
“300,000 US dollars?” Little John’s eyes lit up when he heard the offer that Lai Kang could be bought out.
Isn’t this a return of money?
Persian films do not make money in the Chinese film market, and there is no hope of recovering the cost of small-budget films!
He understood this principle very well after running "The Piano of Steel".
Not a hit.
No matter how popular the reputation is, it will be in vain if the audience in the movie market does not pay the bill.
"How about sir, let's make an appointment tomorrow?" Seeing Little John's interest, Lai Kang suggested while suppressing his excitement.
"Okay, okay." Little John smiled happily and quickly picked up the wine glass at hand, "Mr. Lai, I would like to toast you and thank you for your support of our film career."
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His behavior surprised Xiang Yang next to him.
Why does this look more like the stereotype of a Chinese businessman than him?
"Haha, come on, let me join in the fun." Principal An, who had been listening with his ears pricked up, also picked up the red wine glass and came over.
When he moved, JCE felt a little embarrassed.
Although he and his younger son are still in the "cold war", in front of outsiders
While his fingertips were still stroking the wall of the cup, Little John, who had quick eyes and quick hands, quickly clinked the cup with Lai Kang and Principal An, and drank it all in one gulp.
This posture seems to be afraid that his father will come to join in the fun.
"You" JCE couldn't help but feel a little angry.
"Uncle, let's have a drink." Xiangyang sighed
The next day.
Being stuck in time, Lai Kang called Han Sanping early before dawn.
The communication was naturally about buying the movie.
Fei Xiangyang wants to become a business representative and accompany him to China next year.
One of the reasons why Han Sanping didn't know about this kind of thing was that he and Principal An had already reported it to their superiors on the way back yesterday.
As requested above, it will be kept confidential for the time being.
Therefore, in order to do his job responsibly, he would not say a word to Han Sanping.
But out of emotion and reason, he would still give Han Sanping some hints.
“300,000 US dollars to introduce a Persian movie.” Han Sanping was curious about what Lai Kang thought, but on the other hand he was satisfied with him calling for instructions.
"Mr. Han, I think we need to do this." Lai Kang rubbed his temples and said:
"We won this film before the Berlin Film Festival, and we can just use it to The cooperation partners will arrange for our domestic films to participate in the exhibition. After all, the situation this year is a bit special.”
"That's true." Han Sanping nodded.
There is a swarm of good movies in the second half of this year, and the movies that will attract much attention in the market next year will have their own choices and considerations in terms of schedule.
February suddenly became extremely crowded.
Let’s just say that because of the Dongzhan incident, some people’s works have been affected.
But it’s not like he can be killed with a stick.
"New Shaolin Temple", a movie starring Andy Lau, Cheng Long and other stars, will be released in January-February.
At the same time, he also collaborated with Gong Li on "I Know Women's Hearts".
There are also "Wulin Gaiden", "Love" and "Time and Space Traveler".
This is leaving behind "The Greatest Happiness", which was originally scheduled to be released during the Spring Festival, but was blocked due to the participation of unscrupulous actors.
Just saying, among these movies, who is willing to go to Berlin to win an award first and then come back to release it?
Surely no one would do this.
And the movies that will be released later
To be honest, there are pros and cons to participating in film festivals.
The advantage is that after winning the award, there will definitely be a wave of publicity that will play a certain role in the subsequent promotion of the film.
But the disadvantage is also obvious, that is piracy!
Well, not to mention it will leak out at the film festival, even the version submitted for review may also leak out.
So this 300,000 yuan is destined to be in vain from the box office point of view.
“When are they going to release this movie on a large scale?”
“Mr. Jean said that it will basically be released in Europe after attending the Berlin Film Festival.” Lai Kang said.
“That’s it”
After scratching his hair, Han Sanping thought for a while and said: "Well, 300,000 US dollars is fine, but I have an idea for the distribution rights of Hong Kong Island. Don't rush to agree. This will make it easier for me to operate."
"What does Mr. Han mean?"
"Didn't you just say that we would organize some of our films to be exhibited in Berlin but not in competition? It just so happens that the overseas copyright sales of our films have not been ideal recently."< br>
Han Sanping smiled, he already had a good idea in his mind.
I previously tried to arrange for Hermès Film Investment Company to buy the European rights for "Let the Bullets Fly" for distribution, but it failed due to various reasons.
No, the opportunity has come again.
At that time, let the man named Yang and Little John from the Emperor's side sit down and have a chat.
Isn’t it beautiful?
On the other side, Liu Qianqian woke up and reached for her mobile phone from the pillow with her eyes still dazed.
She couldn't afford to wait for Xiangyang to come home last night.
There is such a big time difference, who knows what time he will get home?
Maybe it will be dawn.
But she turned on the screen, rubbed her eyes and found several messages from Xiangyang, and she pursed her lips slightly.
My husband is so good~
After praising him, she clicked on the screen.
Xiang Yang: Wife, I’m home.
Xiang Yang: I’m too sleepy. Go to sleep first. I’ll call you when I wake up tomorrow. Listen and click on your phone.
Xiang Yang: Wife, I asked Schaffer to send you a copy of the movie. You can put it away after you receive it, and we can watch it together when I get back.
Xiang Yang: Director Abbas introduced it, you are not allowed to peek, otherwise.
Xiang Yang: Hehe~
Liu Qianqian chuckled.
The movie introduced by Director Abbas ~ Then I won’t wait for you.
(End of this chapter)