Chapter 6 'Adolescent Dream of Rose'
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When I opened the database, Ike felt disappointed because except for Mendes' name, everything else was gray. In other words, it was impossible to click to check.
He really couldn't understand why this is? Is it because his level is too low? This reason may be reasonable, but he saw the gray name with the name of Jessica Alba and the name of Allen Page. In Ike's mind, female stars born in the 1980s are only fifteen or sixteen years old now, and have not even made their debut. They will never be at a higher level than themselves. Anyway, I am also the boss of a film company!
Just as Ike was hesitating, a prompt appeared: Someone asked you to release a movie! He was happy and the business came to his door! After clicking on the prompt box, Ike read it carefully - Yaran Bailey took his movie "Rose Boy's Dream" to seek the release of the 3D film company. Do you accept it?
"The Rose Boy's Dream"? Arran Belle? These two names are unfamiliar to Ike. He thought about it hard for a while, but he never had any impression. Frankly speaking, if it were "The Witch Blair", he would click Yes without hesitation, because this horror film in the form of a pseudo-record was so famous that it was a box office of 140 million US dollars. Unfortunately, it was only released in 1999.
In fact, when Ike was eating burgers, he considered that if his company made a movie, "Blair the Witch" would definitely be his first choice! Now, this "Rose Boy Dream" is probably a money-lossing product, or a resource saved for the company.
Thinking of this, Ike clicked no!
"Ring..." The big brick rang, and Ike reached out to grab the phone from the table.
"Mr. Ike, I am Kalyn. Two people came to the company. They said they would meet the boss at one time today. Mr. Green is not here, look..." Kalyn's voice came from the phone.
"What are they doing?" Ike asked, staring at the computer screen.
"It was said that it was a release of the movie, and Mr. Jeremy from the distribution department was receiving them." Kalyn explained to Ike over the phone.
"Well, okay, I'll go back to the company now," Ike replied.
He put down the phone, closed the game, got up and went out. Ike gradually adapted to life here and his identity. No matter what, he had to go on this road. At least now, it was better than fighting under a ninth-rate director in China. For the first time in his life, he felt that he was so close to his dream!
..............The wonderful thing continues.........
"Hello, Mr. Ike Li, please forgive me for your bad English." A middle-aged man in his 40s shook hands with him in his office. The man was wearing a gray suit and a blue tie, with a slightly bald head. Beside him was a young man wearing gold glasses, and he also stretched out his hand with a smile.
"Hello, I am Aram Bailey's assistant in America, Gesan Horrid." The young man introduced himself politely.
Ike shook hands with them one by one and said with a smile, "Please sit down, Kalyn goes to coffee."
"I just heard Jeremy's introduction," after the three of them sat down, Ike glanced at Jeremy beside him and said, "This is a French film, right? Do you want to release it in North America?"
"Yes, Mr. Ike, you're right. We hope your company can buy the North American screening rights for this movie and meet the American audience as soon as possible." Horid affirmed Ike's statement.
Ike nodded, and he put his elbows on the desk, gestured with his hands and said to the two, "I think you know that there is a great risk in releasing a foreign language film. This is different from local independent films. In most cases, American audiences do not watch subtitles movies. Without audiences, we will lose money. Frankly speaking, our film company has just been established and its ability to resist risks is relatively poor."
As she was talking, Kalyn walked in with a tray, with four cups of coffee on it. Under the gaze of the four, she gently put down each cup.
Ike picked up the coffee, waved it with his hands and said, "Mr. Yalan, try American coffee."
To be honest, Ike enjoyed the moment now, since he was born, he had never tried sitting in the boss' chair, drinking coffee and discussing the release of a movie with the visiting guests.
Horide took a sip of coffee and said to Ike with a tie, "Mr. Ike, we know how difficult it is to release any foreign-language movie in North America. Unfortunately, this movie missed the St. Denis Film Festival in the middle of this month for some reason..." Having said this, Horide shrugged helplessly, and then continued, "We also contacted several independent film distribution companies. Today we came to your company to have more opportunities. You must know that this movie is really excellent. I believe that Mr. Ike is a person with vision."
"Have you brought a copy of the video?" Ike said, trying hard to recall his impression of "Rose Boy's Dream" in his mind.
"Of course, here." Horid said, pointing to the small box next to the chair.
"Ok, Jeremy, let's go to the screening room to watch this movie." Ike stood up after saying that.
The 3D company's projection room is located at the innermost part of the corridor and corridor and is arranged with the film library. Although I bought the cheapest projectors, speakers and other equipment, it is very complete.
Ike still knew something about the movie screening. He had been in touch with it during his internship in college. He ordered Jeremy to tighten the curtains and then took out the copy with Yalan.
"Did you shoot it with 16mm film?" Aike asked Yalan while installing.
"Well, hehe, yes, but it has been expanded to 35mm when copying and printing." Yalan said, thinking that Ike was just the boss of a film company and was not good at these specific tasks.
Ike nodded, while debugging the focal length, he was thinking in his mind. Even if you expand the 35mm copy, the viewing effect will be poor. The biggest advantage is that the cost is very low. He is estimating the cost if he buys this movie. He still doesn't know much about the US market.
After everything was debugged, the four of them sat down and watched the "Rose Boy's Dream" together. The producers had already put English subtitles in the post-production. It seemed that they were determined to make a breakthrough in the US market.
"The Dream of Rose Boy" tells the story of a homosexual theme... The seven-year-old boy, Dovik, has a happy family, with two brothers and a sister and parents who love them. The parents were very indulgent to allow him to wear girl-like bangs, and his dressing posture was not hindered. After his parents moved to a new house, a party was held, and neighbors were present. At this party, when everyone was watching the male owner introduce family members one by one, Dovik, the little boy, appeared: put on his mother's red high heels, his mother's lipstick, his mother's earrings, and his sister's dress. This made everyone stunned!
At the family dance, Ridovik accidentally met his father's boss son, and the two became friends at school. The two young couples played the couple's marriage ceremony and caused trouble. Ridovik played the sleeping princess privately at the school drama performance, waiting for the knight to kiss before he could wake up. Ridovik's parents were extremely embarrassed under the eyes of everyone.
All unusual behaviors led to the school ordering Ridovik to drop out of school on the grounds that it would "influence the school atmosphere". His parents invited psychologists to treat his morbidity in shame and anger. However, none of these could change Ridovik's "rose boy dream" to become a girl.
After watching it for more than 20 minutes, Ike knew that this was a very artistic film. "Honey" films have always been controversial. The main reason is that this society cannot tolerate this phenomenon. Not to mention that it is now in 1997, even after more than 10 years, it is still criticized by mainstream society. But it is this controversial theme that attracts people's attention.
Ike only remembered that this movie won the Best Foreign Language Film in the 1998 Golden Globe Awards, and from this point of view, it is worth releasing. However, its box office... is really not satisfactory!! But if the buyout price can be suppressed very low, then this business can still be done.
Thinking of this, Ike stopped the screening! Alan and Horid looked helpless. In their opinion, this time it ended in failure. The two had already gone to 10 companies, some of whom refused directly, some waited for a look, and some even didn't meet them at all. If not, how could they find Ike, the newly established small egg film company?
"Mr. Ike, you are..." Horrid wanted to make another effort.
Chapter completed!