Chapter 230: Overthrow Hollywood Imperialism

Author: Chen Mercedes-Cheng

Chapter 230: Overthrow Hollywood Imperialism

Lidu Island is a narrow island, with casinos and hotels, and of course the most famous movie palace is indispensable. Compared to the deserted scenes when Li Tang came to travel in his previous life, Lidu Island is crowded with people and long

The beach is full of tents, and it is not the temporary residence for backpackers and students.

The red carpet is being laid at the entrance of the Movie Palace, setting up lights and other things to prepare for tomorrow's opening ceremony.

The Movie Palace is more than 100 meters away from the Movie Palace in the most famous Westin Hotel, where the official designated hotel of the Movie Festival is located. The invited big-name stars are there temporarily. Keke has already arrived.

There were more than a dozen reporters holding long guns and short cannons gathered at the door.

As for why Li Tang and the others were arranged to be in hotels similar to guesthouses on the main island, it can be said that as newcomers, their status is very popular.

When But when he heard Naian's explanation, Xiaopang said with a look of disdain: "One day he will live there."

Of course, it is not a good thing to have ambitions. But it is not easy to be invited to live there. At least you have to ask for a wrong bid for Gong Li abroad... Uh, Gong Li is not counted. She has long since denied Li Jiapo. For example, if you are not invited to live there, you are not a member of the film industry in other places.

But the wrong target is probably Zhang Ziyi, at least he must have the reputation of Guo Jiquan.

Among the group, Li Tang probably believed that Xiaopang was not joking, and that one day in the future she would realize that dream.

After a walk around and returning to the trading market, it was still deserted and Zeng Jiayeyi, who was staying there, sent out more than a dozen promotional brochures.

"Closing the stall, come back tomorrow."

Li Tang can hope that tomorrow's popularity will be more prosperous.

When I returned to the guesthouse in Dongtiao, there were many people gathered in the small lobby, all of whom were dragging their luggage, and obviously they were not well-known filmmakers who came to participate in the film festival.

Li Tang and Cheng Er were chatting about going to the trading market tomorrow at noon.

Suddenly I heard someone shouting in Chinese: "Cheng Er!"

When Cheng Er turned around, he could not help but feel surprised when he saw the person coming, "Senior Brother Wu."

When encountering a Chinese in a foreign country, it is naturally a pleasant thing to encounter. Li Tang also turned around and saw a chubby guy running over to hug Cheng Er enthusiastically, with a beautiful girl next to him.

Is that guy's big nose and concave eyes obviously have Western blood, and is the beautiful girl's face particularly familiar?

"Brother Li, that senior brother Wu Shixian from the Director Department of Beijing Electric. His work was shortlisted for the short film unit that time."

In addition to four Chinese feature films at the Venice Film Festival, a very shortlisted short film unit called "Car Forty Four".

"Director Wu, lucky to meet!"

"Hello, Brother Li!"

A guy who looks obviously like a foreigner can always feel weird in Beijing movies. And seeing that guy with a bad beard actually makes him feel like he is a brother, Li Tang was stunned.

The guy seemed to see Li Tang's thoughts, held his legs and smiled: "Brother Li, that's right, he's been a little old like a seventy-five year old."

As he said that, he took the initiative to introduce the beautiful girl beside him and said, "That girlfriend Gong Beibi, who is not his."

"Teacher Gong, I'm happy!"

Although the girl with a slightly provocative mouth in front of her looks young, she debuted very early and has starred in many popular dramas such as "Beijing-Hong Kong Fellowship Line" and "Performing Fellowship to the End". It can be considered as Li

Senior Tang. She was very popular in the past few years, but she seemed to disappear in those two years. It turns out that she was in love.

"Oh, Brother Li, don't be a teacher. He doesn't dare to be a lie. Just call him baby."

Li Tang couldn't help but be stunned again. No serious person could call him Baby. Yu Fu called her politely: "Xiao Gong."

Since I was in the middle of the meeting, I found a seat in the lobby and walked to the east to chat.

Compared to the taciturn Cheng Er, isn't that director Wu quite talkative? He is similar to Cheng Er. He once won the short film award at the International College Film Festival for his graduation work "Twenty-Two Techniques in the East". That time he was shortlisted.

The short film "Car Twenty-Two" does not have his second work, and the heroine will not have the girlfriend Gong Beibi around him.

The guy was surprised to see Li Tang wrong, he spoke fluent Beijing movies, so he introduced himself that he actually had mixed Chinese and American races, his father was not Chinese, his mother was not American, he was born in Wanwan, grew up in the United States, and studied at the University of Washington.

After two years of film art, I transferred to the Director Department of Beijing Film Academy in my junior year. I have been living in Beijing for six years since 1995.

His short film will be screened the next day after the opening ceremony, and Li Tang and Cheng Er are enthusiastically invited to support him.

Although Cheng Er didn't shut up much, it can be seen that he was wrong with the "China-US joint venture" senior brother who is not very popular.

Since that was the case, Li Tang took the initiative to invite them to have dinner together in the morning. They originally ordered a table in an Italian restaurant not far from the dock tomorrow morning and planned to have a meal together.

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The next month at noon, Xiaopang got up early and started to do her hair and make up, preparing to welcome her to make her debut in the morning in her first red carpet appearance in her life.

Naian asked to visit Marco Muller and other people from outside the European film industry. He refused to do something abroad and maintained relations. For example, she helped Lou Ye through relationships that time.

Get investment from French TV 5.

The TV station in which French TV5, which is not privately invested in, is not only operating a normal TV business, but also invests in movies. The boss is not the famous AC Milan boss Berlusconi. That guy was re-elected as the Italian Prime Minister in the election not long ago.

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Li Tangze and Zeng Jia went to the film trading market on Lidu Island together and then distributed a promotional brochure. Cheng Er stayed in the hotel and had nothing to do, so he came with him.

They don’t have the money to advertise on-site magazines, so they can promote the movie in that original way, hoping that in that way, they can attract film dealers to come and watch during the film screening.

Generally speaking, the shortlisted TV series will attract the attention of some film manufacturers. In fact, during the film festival, there is also a mutual game between film producers and film manufacturers.

Film manufacturers generally choose based on the scores of the film and the quality of the film. When they meet the right ones, they will negotiate with the producer to buy out the copyrights of the country and even the entire region, or the agency sharing model.

Many movies do not reach an agreement before the list of winners comes out. Because once the movie wins the award, the number of competition in Buzi increases, and the price of the movie will also rise.

Especially if the awards of one of the three major European awards like the Venice Film Festival are very important, the audience also recognizes them. For example, after each Oscar ceremony, the winning film will get the opportunity to re-screen. With the blessing of the award, the box office will often be no.

Amazing. The producers have received more real benefits.

The transactions in the film festival are somewhat like opening a blind box. Once a film company wins a prize, it will mean a big profit. Similarly, as a producer, he usually does not dare to take risks before the award is announced, even if he is in

With the praises, we will try our best to recover costs, and we will basically try our best to recover costs. If we win the award, we will naturally sell for a good price, but once we fail, we will even lose our attention.

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Li Tang and Cheng Er’s current idea is very simple. They don’t ask for any sharing of the money, just don’t sell the copyright and get cash!

At 10 o'clock in the afternoon, the movie trading market opened and the sellers had already entered the market. There were more than a dozen people and fewer than three or four people, carrying all kinds of strange props and decorations, and starting to arrange them in a mess. The deserted scene yesterday was the scene.

Compared with the number of booths tomorrow, there are significantly more booths, and it looks like they are almost filled.

But there are very few serious film manufacturers and buyers, and there are no more tourists and reporters, hanging around with their cameras to see if there is any good gossip.

Because of the booking in advance, Li Tang and his team had a good booth, which was not far from the entrance, so they were easy to concentrate. The booth was actually very simple. There was a long table in front of them, with a booklet for movie promotion, and the baffles on both sides were posted

The movie posters are full, and the TV hanging behind is playing the trailer.

After all, the cost is limited. Compared with the blonde girls next door who hire bikini, they are stylisting and sending flyers to attract customers, and even making ice cream, their booth can be said to be low.

Originally, the three of them were walking in the booth, but seeing fewer and fewer people passing by their booth, Zeng Jia simply picked up a stack of brochures and ran outside the booth and spoke in a slight English everywhere. Sometimes she knew how to do it.

He took the initiative to communicate with people. It was similar to sending leaflets on the street. Most of them took the booklets with their legs and ignored them. After Coco finished shopping, all the booklets were stuffed into the trash can.

Li Tang and Cheng Er were embarrassed to run out to shout, "Han Luan Hu". Cheng Er was obviously very uneasy when he saw the surrounding situation.

"Brother Li, I said we can sell our movie?"

"Don't worry, those are all gimmicks, and they attract tourists. If real film manufacturers don't want to buy that, we won't be shortlisted, and the advantages are much greater than theirs. Besides, the film festival has not opened very much, so there is no hurry.

, Now the Lord asks for publicity.”

Although Li Tang is always talking, he is not sure about it. After all, he has never experienced that kind of thing in his life. He knew that the movie was fragrant and he was afraid that the alley was deep. If he wanted to sell the movie, he had to ask for it first.

People see it.

It was noon in a blink of an eye, and Li Tang went out to buy a few pizza for lunch. While eating, he saw Naian running over hurriedly.

"Hurry up, hurry up and pick up something, and have an interview with us. Li Tang, am I good at French?"

“Very OK.”

Li Tang nodded. During the filming of "Little Tailor", his French proficiency improved a lot, and basically communication was not a problem.

At the same time, he said in surprise: "Sister An, what interview is?"

"A French magazine, he asked his friends from Wutai, France to contact him, and it was about three o'clock."

I have to say that Naian is very powerful. For example, the Venice Film Festival has four major magazines, two from France, one from the United States, and one from Italy. Many wealthy producers are advertising on the magazines, such as the cover of the issue.

It is as high as 50,000 or 60,000 US dollars, and then the middle inserts, back covers, etc. are clearly marked. And the exclusive interview of the magazine is equivalent to whether to advertise for me for free.

Back at the hotel, Xiaopang had already made a basic look. It was said that he looked three-pointed and dressed up in seven points. After picking up, he looked at it suddenly and was really amazing. Of course, he was like the domineering sister in Li Tang's memory in his previous life.

The little fat man of style is not far apart, after all, he looks very immature and his temperament needs to be settled.

Directors and actors, film festivals and magazines generally pay more attention to directors unless the actors are more famous. Cheng Er, who is socially terrified, is very nervous about the upcoming interview and is even a little restless.

Li Tang had no choice but to comfort him: "Think about our movie, and if he helps me with the translation, what am I afraid of!"

That's right, think about the movie.

When I came to participate in the film festival, it was wrong to Cheng Er to ask whether Buzi would strive to sell for a good price, and I hope that my works could be seen by more people.

Cheng Er gritted his teeth and secretly made psychological construction for himself.
To be continued...