Of course, the celebration banquet will not just be chatting with everyone holding wine glasses, but there will still be a series of processes.
After the interview session over there, the host came onto the stage and began to announce that the celebration banquet had officially begun.
Then the representative from Colombia came on stage and said a few words, mainly announcing the results of "The Sixth Sense".
The result they announced today is US$310 million in global box office, which is a bit higher than what Bregman told Zhou Yan before. There should be another update in the past two days.
After announcing the results, the representative also looked forward to the future, hoping that the global box office of "The Sixth Sense" can reach 500 million US dollars.
The goal set by Colombia is relatively pragmatic. Although it is somewhat difficult, it is still very promising to achieve. There are still many countries and regions where the film has not been released, and there is still a lot of room for box office growth.
After talking about his achievements and prospects for the future, the representative thanked him again on the stage, and in his list of thanks, he placed Zhou Yan last.
Everyone knows what Zhou Yan represents to "The Sixth Sense".
The original version of this movie was written, directed and scored by Zhou Yan. In the new version, Zhou Yan is not only a soundtrack director and screenwriter, he also has a special identity, that is, an investor. This film Twenty percent of the movie's budget was financed by Zhou.
When Federman, the representative of Colombia, thanked Zhou Yan on the stage, everyone in the audience also turned their attention to Zhou Yan, and Zhou Yan greeted them with juice.
After this session ended, it was the turn of the creative staff to take the stage to share their joy.
Zhou Yan also followed on the stage and said a few words, but they were all words that had a high duplication rate and were not nutritious.
Afterwards, Columbia also arranged a performance in which a four-piece orchestra took the stage to perform a medley of the soundtrack of "The Sixth Sense."
This period of time is not long, only five or six minutes in total.
When designing this section, Bregman originally wanted to invite Zhou Yan to perform on stage, but Zhou Yan did not agree. After all, he is a composer. Except for the bamboo flute, his other musical instruments are of average quality. Show it off whenever necessary.
After the performance session ended, the activities on the stage were basically over, and everyone began to chat freely.
Director Martin Brest walked up to Zhou Yan with a wine glass and said with a smile, "Y, congratulations, "Spring of the Cowherd" is another great success."
Zhou Yan clinked glasses with him with juice, "Thank you. I heard that you have recently accepted a new movie?" There is some progress in the preparations," explained Martin Brest.
Speaking of his new movie, Martin Brest was also very happy and told Zhou Yan some details, "The inspiration for this movie came from the movie "Death's Holiday" in the 1930s. I started planning it more than ten years ago. Over the years, I have found many screenwriters and revised the script many times. It was only recently that it was finally finalized.”
"Should we still cooperate with Colombia?" Zhou Yan asked.
Martin Brest shook his head, "This time we are cooperating with Universal. They are very interested in the script and are willing to invest money. The budget of this movie is not low."
"How much will it cost?" Zhou Yan asked with interest.
“At least 80 million.” Martin Brest gave a rough figure.
Hearing this number, Zhou Yan couldn't help but twitch his lips. How come the directors he knew had higher budgets for making movies? At least 80 million? Is it a science fiction movie?
In Zhou Yan's impression, Martin Brest seems to have never made a science fiction film.
In fact, Martin Brest has made only a handful of movies, the most famous of which is of course "Scent of a Woman", and the second one that impressed Zhou Yan the most is "Midnight Run" and "The Sixth Sense".
Listening to Martin Brest's description, his new movie is most likely to be "The Sixth Sense" because this movie is about death, played by Brad Pitt. A god of death who comes to earth to experience life.
But does this movie need a budget of at least $80 million? Zhou Yan really couldn't understand. In his opinion, those whose budgets reach this level basically spend money on special effects. What special effects are there in "The Sixth Sense"?
"Is the movie going to start shooting soon?"
"It will take a while. If everything goes well, filming will start next spring."
Zhou Yan raised his cup, "Then I wish your new movie all the best."
" Thank you."
The two were chatting, and Catherine came over with a wine glass and asked with a smile, "What are you two directors talking about?"
"We are chatting. About Mr. Brest's new movie," Zhou Yan said.
Catherine half-jokingly recommended herself, "Are there any shortage of actresses? Director, what do you think of me?"
Martin Brest nodded very seriously, "Yes, if you have time, Let's go have an audition. The main roles haven't been decided yet."
Katherine didn't expect that she would actually get the opportunity to audition because of her casual mention. She said with a look of surprise, "Of course it's no problem. I’m always available.”
Although there are many scripts sent to Catherine, not many of them satisfy her. Many of them are low-cost romance movies, or the director has not yet been determined. Even if the director is confirmed, it is basically an unknown director.
Of course she is very excited to have the opportunity to continue to participate in Martin Brest's movies.
Martin Brest was already very well-known in the industry. This time, due to the huge sales of "The Sixth Sense", his commercial status has reached a new level, and many actors want to cooperate with him.
Zhou Yan smiled when he saw that Catherine's self-recommendation was effective. This may be the meaning of this type of reception.
Not long after Catherine came over, many people quickly gathered around them. At today's celebration party, Zhou Yan and Martin Brest must be the focus of attention.
Under the introduction of Bregman and others, Zhou Yan also met many people in the industry, and when they chatted with Zhou Yan, they almost always asked the same question, that is, whether Zhou Yan intended to develop in Hollywood.
Zhou Yan has answered this question many times, but he has to answer it again every time.
Some people want to invest in Zhou Yan's movies, and some people want to get some investment from Zhou Yan. Many of the guests who can come to the scene today know that Zhou Yan invested in "The Sixth Sense". In their eyes, Zhou Yan He is a wealthy father.
The cocktail party lasted for a long time, and Zhou Yan didn’t eat anything. He was full just from drinking juice.
When the reception was almost over, Zhou Yan went to the toilet.
As soon as he came out of the toilet, he saw Jack Williams, the operations director of New Balance. He thought that Williams was also here to use the toilet, so he smiled and nodded to him, and then headed towards the center of the venue. Walk.
Jack Williams stopped him, "Mr. Y, please stay."
Zhou Yan turned his head and looked at Jack Williams with a puzzled face, "Mr. Williams, do you have anything to do with me?"
Williams smiled and took a few steps closer, "Actually, I I want to talk to you about cooperation.”
“Cooperation?” Zhou Yan narrowed his eyes, “You New Balance also want to invest in making movies?”
Too many people are looking for him tonight. Talking about making a movie, so Williams mentioned cooperation, and this was the first thing he thought of.
“Of course not.” Williams smiled and shook his head, “We only do our professional things, that’s right, this year is the 90th anniversary of the founding of our brand, and for this autumn we will release a New shoes and we want to shoot a new commercial.”
Zhou Yan's first reaction was that the other party came to him to shoot an advertisement, but he did not speak and waited for Williams to continue.
“We want a special theme song for this commercial, so...”
Zhou Yan immediately understood that they didn’t want to ask him to shoot the commercial, but wanted him to help write one. A theme song.
New Balance probably came up with this idea after seeing that "Yellow" performed very well.
As for Williams' invitation, Zhou Yan did not immediately express his position, but asked, "What is the theme of your advertising this time?"
"Youth, energy, trend." Williams said a few key words.
New Balance has always focused on the jogging shoe market. Although not all of its customers are young people, they are mainly young people. Especially after the launch of the classic series 574, they are very popular among young people.
"Why do you want to find me? Is it because we happened to meet each other this time?" Zhou Yan asked again.
This question has no purpose, it is purely curiosity.
Williams shook his head, "That's not the case. In fact, we wanted to find the Backstreet Boys to endorse our brand from the beginning. Our original idea was also to hope that you could collaborate on a song with the Backstreet Boys. Just But this time I encountered it, so I brought it up.”
Zhou Yan was not sure whether what Williams said was true or not, but according to the themes he mentioned, the Backstreet Boys were indeed the most suitable.
The Backstreet Boys have developed very well over the past year and gained a large number of fans among teenagers. Their combined fan base overlaps closely with New Balance’s customer base.
Zhou Yan thought for a while and said, "Let me think about it. I have been really busy recently."
Williams was unwilling to let go of this. Good opportunity, "If you have any conditions, please feel free to mention them. Basically, I can make the decision. Writing a theme song may be difficult for others, but I believe that with your talent, it will be much easier." We are really sincere and hope you will consider it seriously.”
Facing Williams, who was still fighting for it, Zhou Yan said with a smile, "I will definitely consider it seriously, and don't you have our contact information? You can call us at any time."
Hearing Zhou Yan Having said that, Williams couldn't say anything else. He could only nod, "Then I'll wait for your news. I'll be in Los Angeles during this period. If you have any ideas, you can contact me at any time."
Zhou Yan said readily, "No problem."
Then Zhou Yan and Williams nodded, then left to find Bregman and the others.
……
After the celebration dinner, Zhou Yan returned to the hotel. As soon as he sat down, the doorbell rang.
He stood up and walked behind the door and saw Catherine standing outside the door through the peephole. He couldn't help but show a puzzled expression. Why did Catherine come here so late?
Although he was doubtful, he still opened the door.
“Katherine, do you have a problem with me?”
Katherine wore a red dress today, and her graceful curves were clearly outlined. She was the most eye-catching in the entire dinner scene. .
She must have drunk a lot of wine in the evening, her cheeks looked flushed, and her eyes were a little blurry.
“Don’t you invite me in to sit down?” Catherine tilted her head and showed a smile.
Looking at her expression, how could Zhou Yan dare to let her into the house.
The world is dangerous, and he and Catherine are not very familiar with each other. Who knows if there will be any problems. Even if Catherine didn't have any bad intentions, it would be hard to explain if others saw her.
So instead of inviting Catherine into the house, he walked out and stood in the corridor with Catherine, so that even if someone touched him, it would be okay.
"What do you want from me? Have you had a lot of drinks tonight?"
Seeing that Zhou Yan wouldn't let her in, Catherine curled her lips and thought to herself that this man was really too careful, and she was a woman He is not afraid at all, but he is cautious as a man.
She was a little drunk now, so she took a step to the side and leaned against the door frame, but her upper body leaned forward again, exposing her proud career line.
Zhou Yan glanced at it, then looked away, and at the same time sighed in his heart, he had underestimated Catherine before.
Katherine is tall and slender, and she belongs to the type where small branches bear fruit.
The high heels she wore today were not too low, and she was basically as tall as Zhou Yan.
Zhou Yan quickly withdrew his gaze, but did not escape Catherine's eyes. She smiled secretly, at least the person standing in front of her was a normal man.
"I'm a little thirsty. Is there any water in your house?"
Zhou Yan shook his head, "No, I'm looking for water myself."
"Really? ?”
Seeing Catherine wanting to push the door into his room, Zhou Yan quickly blocked her, "Katherine, it's getting late. I have to rest. How about I call the front desk to bring you some water?"
Catherine stared at Zhou Yan's face for a long time, and then suddenly laughed, "Y, you are very different... Since there is no water in your room, I'd better go back."
Wait until Catherine leaves , Zhou Yan breathed a sigh of relief. There were too many temptations in this colorful world.
He knew that if he really put Catherine in just now, something would definitely happen between the two of them. It was impossible for Catherine to come here so late just to ask for a drink of water.
He is also a hot-blooded man. Facing the temptation just now, it is really unbearable.
Just as he was calming down the surging blood, the phone in the room rang, and he ran back to the room to answer the phone.
After the call was connected, Shizuka Kudo's voice sounded from the other side, "Are you back so early? Didn't you drink?"
Hearing Shizuka Kudo's voice, Zhou Yan took advantage of the situation. Lying down on the sofa, he replied with a smile, "No, I drank some juice at night. Are you here to check on me?"
"I just woke up and gave you a call to remind you. Don't drink too much. Are there many beautiful girls at the cocktail party?"
Zhou Yan smiled, this girl called to check on her, and she said something back.
He couldn't help teasing Kudo Shizuka, "Yes, there are so many beautiful girls, my eyes are dazzled by them."
Kudo Shizuka said loudly, "Be careful of looking at too many needle eyes. "
Her Chinese is getting better and better now, and she can even speak words such as "long needle's eye". Zhou Yan said with a smile, "I'm lying to you, there are no beautiful girls, they are all old men." I drink.”
“Looking at your tone, I’m quite disappointed that I didn’t see the pretty girl.”
“I’m really disappointed, since I saw you. Girls are no longer pretty.”
"Bah, you are so glib."
Although Kudo Shizuka said this, she felt quite satisfied in her heart. She said proudly, "Then I can only wrong you."
"Well, Next time I go on a trip, I will definitely bring a photo of you. If you want to see a beautiful girl, take it out and take a look. "
"Where did you learn these words when you go to the United States? , it’s so numb.”
“It happens naturally.”
"Okay, I won't tell you anymore. I'm going to have breakfast. It's getting late over there, so go to bed."
"Well, I'll wash up and go to bed."
After he hung up the phone from Kudo Shizuka, the phone rang again after a while, this time it was Wang Zuxian calling.
Hearing Wang Zuxian's voice, Zhou Yan couldn't help but touch his forehead. Fortunately, he didn't let Catherine in just now, otherwise it would be easy to have problems.
……
Early the next morning, as soon as Zhou Yan had breakfast and returned to his room, Zhang Youan went to find him.
The first thing Zhang Youan said when he saw Zhou Yan was, "New Balance has approached you to invite you to sing?"
As soon as Zhou Yan heard this, he knew that Jack Williams had approached Zhang Youan and the others. He nodded, "Well, they are looking for you too?"
"Yes, their operations director contacted me and said that he had told you about this and you were considering it, so I came Let me ask you what’s going on.”
“I met Jack Williams when I was having dinner with Chris, and then yesterday at the celebration party, he mentioned this matter, and I told him to consider it. Think about it." Zhou Yan roughly said the matter.
Zhang Youan nodded and asked, "What are your specific ideas? Do you want to write to them? The brand New Balance is still well-known, and it would be good to cooperate with them. Of course, this kind of thing still depends on your own wishes. "
Zhou Yan waved his hands and said, "Let's put it aside for now and wait until we finish the things at hand. Don't we have two programs to participate in today? "
"Well? , then finish what you are doing first, and then worry about New Balance. Have you read the information on these two programs today?"
Zhou Yan nodded, "Yes, I have. . ”
The two radio programs he will participate in today are not long, both lasting about half an hour.
Radio programs are much simpler than TV programs. Zhou Yan basically does not need to prepare anything, and there are not many things to pay attention to on the spot. (End of this chapter)