On the surface, the Cannes Film Festival has endless glory, but secretly it is a huge global trade fair. In fact, any film festival is inevitable, and it has become a place for film producers from all over the world to seek profits.
Behind the scenes that are often unknown are often filled with the treachery and odor of businessmen. It is inevitable for anyone to deal with publishers, but they absolutely cannot believe their words. Here, every sentence is true or false.
Everyone was talking and laughing while cheating and being cheated.
Of course, for Xiao Ran, such an unpleasant experience can be avoided for the time being, because Ge Wenqiu from the distribution department made him a scapegoat and talked nonsense with other film producers at cocktail parties every day.
"Dark Flower" and "Carmen" have not been sold yet, not because no one has made an offer, but because Xiao Ran has no intention of selling it at a low price. Every Cannes trade fair always reaches its climax after the awards ceremony, so the earlier the offer is made
, the more it means that the person involved has no confidence in the film. Showing such emotions means that, not to mention wanting to sell it, the publisher may not be willing to buy it yet.
The interest in this team from the East reached its first climax on the seventh day. Wei Dongling's guidance made the reporters excited. On that day, Francis Ford Coppola also spoke to the reporters about the director of "Dark Flower"
Expressed appreciation.
Coppola was very depressed. He had never seen a director who was so indifferent to Cannes. As the chairman of the jury, in addition to meeting Xiao Ran once on the first day, in the next few days, when he enjoyed "Dark Flowers"
, so he kept trying to find the director. Unfortunately, when he had time, Xiao Ran was not there. When Xiao Ran was there, he had no time, so it ended up being missed.
He admired "Dark Flower" very much, or perhaps he appreciated Xiao Ran as the director. Originally, he was very depressed that Xiao Ran was just here to travel, but after the reporters revealed Xiao Ran's true identity, he understood a little bit.
Xiao Ran's identity seems to make it unnecessary to value Cannes so much.
On the seventh day, Xiao Ran finally officially showed up. Not because of Lin Qingxia's advice, but because he himself felt embarrassed not to show up anymore. The expensive RV slowly stopped in front of the red carpet at the main venue, and Xiao Ran and Lin Qingxia got out.
The reporter who had been waiting for him immediately picked up his camera and ran through his head with several questions that he had thought of.
The man's mature charm was astonishing, and his mustache made many women in the audience fall in love with this young and extremely talented young man. The woman was even more gorgeous, and her mature charm made people think that she and Xiao Ran were perfect together.
.
When Xiao Ran and the others walked to the steps covered with red carpet, the reporters finally couldn't help but take action, handing them over one after another. Xiao Ran and Lin Qingxia looked at each other and saw the faint smile in each other's eyes. In fact,
The reason why Xiao Ran wanted to go missing before was because he wanted to take the opportunity to hype it up. With Chinese reporters here, the hype would be successful.
Looking at it now, all this sensational situation is obviously no different from what Xiao Ran expected. One of them may be a reporter from Taiwan. His eyes never left Lin Qingxia and Xiao Ran. He stretched out the microphone and asked: "Director Xiao, what are you doing these days?
Where did you and Lin Qingxia go?"
It smelled a bit like a paparazzi! Xiao Ran smiled lightly, and the reason why he wanted to drag Lin Qingxia to play with him was probably without intention. At least he could build momentum for their future, give people preconceived notions, and let others
People are slowly accepting the sister-brother relationship between him and Lin Qingxia.
For this relationship, Xiao Ran spent all his efforts to maintain it and make it accepted by society. If he were in the West, he wouldn't need to be so scheming. He smiled very kindly: "We are both number one.
This is my first time in Cannes, so I walked around this touristy place!”
"Mr. Xiao, I am a reporter from the French "Le Monde". Why do you want to acquire Leo Company? What can it bring to you?" Xiao Ran was slightly startled. He had heard of this "Le Monde" before, but
That newspaper doesn't seem to pay much attention to entertainment news.
With this thought in his mind, Xiao Ran's answer was perfect: "I think the general manager of Phantom Company has already told you my purpose!"
"Mr. Xiao, after the release of your "Dark Flower" these days, the audience response has been very good. And the film critics and the jury equally appreciated this film. Do you think you can win the award?" This seems to be an American reporter, Xiao Ran said.
Such a judgment was made.
"I once said something at the Hong Kong Film Awards, being shortlisted is victory!" Xiao Ran suddenly smiled mischievously when he said this, which looked very interesting under his mature image and temperament: "However, my motto is to chase after victory!"
Like the reporters from Hong Kong, these reporters were amused by Xiao Ran's humor, and their favorable impression of the guy in front of them suddenly increased. Suddenly, a very handsome young reporter stared at Lin Qingxia and asked Xiao Ran: "Excuse me
Who is this beautiful lady?"
This time Xiao Ran did not answer for Lin Qingxia, but looked at her with a smile. Lin Qingxia couldn't help but chuckle and said: "I came with him, you don't need to know me!"
Of course, these words were just for the occasion. Soon, other reporters were surprised by Lin Qingxia's grace, nobility, maturity and beauty. After asking the Chinese reporters, they soon learned that this was the most beautiful woman in China, and they were immediately very excited.
increase.
Unfortunately, Xiao Ran didn't give them too many opportunities, so he won't take questions anymore. After the reporters took a few photos, Xiao Ran nodded to Lin Qingxia and entered the main venue. The stars in the venue can be regarded as shining.
, the number of stars is astonishing.
Xiao Ran is no longer the guy who had never seen the world when he first came back. Not to mention just some celebrities, even if God suddenly appeared in front of him, I'm afraid he wouldn't be particularly surprised. He greeted some not-so-famous celebrities and glanced at them.
A week later, I finally saw Fa Ge and the others.
Walking forward, they were talking to Fa Ge, but it was an Asian publisher. It seemed that Fa Ge and the others did not understand English, which was really a disadvantage. When Feng Feier and Su Renyao saw Xiao Ran and Lin Qingxia coming over, they hurriedly
He shouted respectfully: "Brother Ran, Sister Lin, you are here!"
"It's okay. If you think it's boring here, you can go back first and I'll take care of you!" Xiao Ran smiled casually at them. It's really a wonderful thing to become famous internationally. It's just like back then.
After Garbo became famous in Hollywood, numerous film producers in Sweden looked for someone who was better than Garbo in terms of looks and temperament, but none of them could really become popular.
Su Renyao was overjoyed. He had been impatient with such a place for a long time. It's not that he didn't want to become famous. The key was that he didn't understand English and it was difficult to integrate into this circle. But Feng Feier was different. He knew English himself, so
Of course it is much easier.
"Where is Ge Wenqiu?" Xiao Ran frowned and asked Brother Fa. There were many big publishing companies with real strength on this occasion. If Ge Wenqiu didn't come, it would be a dereliction of duty: "Isn't it because he didn't show up?"
"I saw him over there just now!" Fa Ge looked at Xiao Ran with a frown on his face: "How about I go back first? It's really unpleasant to stay here!"
"Isn't there a translator?" Xiao Ran was stunned for a moment. There was a translator present, so he was worried about the language barrier: "You can't leave. If you want to become popular, you must first let the whole world know your existence!"
At that moment, he ignored the sighing Fa Ge and went straight to find Ge Wenqiu. After searching for a while, he couldn't find it, but Coppola and other judges found him. Xiao Ran and Lin Qingxia found a place to sit down, watching
Xiao Ran was proud of this director who directed "The Godfather" and "Apocalypse Now".
"Mr. Xiao, I have read the works you brought, and we all like them very much!" Coppola is now a little older and is not very fluent in his speech. After thinking for a long time, he continued: "The techniques you used in your works are very...
novel……"
Of course Xiao Ran knew, otherwise he wouldn't dare to bring shame. If you want to make a name for yourself in the international film industry, or want the whole world to understand it, then the best way is undoubtedly to use an internationally accepted film language. Of course, this language
It’s not the language, but the concept of consciousness when processing the film.
Take "Dark Flower" as an example. Putting aside the issue of language, this film has very few dialogues and uses a very novel technique. At least for now, it is definitely a very novel directorial technique, smooth and flexible.
The most important thing is that more than 95% of the films use dialogue and other means to promote the plot, but "Dark Flower" uses pictures to express everything. It is precisely because of the picture quality of this film that Coppola and others
I had no problem understanding this video.
Flexible and smooth directing techniques, this is the reason why Coppola and others became interested in Xiao Ran, and it is also the reason why they admire this film. It is difficult for them to imagine that anyone can tell such a complete story in ninety minutes.
In addition to the intense and exciting stories, you must know that the personal works of Western directors generally exceed two hours, and Coppola's "Apocalypse Now" is even three or four hours long.
At this point, Hong Kong directors do the best. Concise and compact plots are the specialty of entertainment. However, it is also the biggest flaw of Hong Kong films, because in order to enrich the comedy and other elements in the story, people do not hesitate to add elements such as comedy to the story.
Things that have nothing to do with the movie are stuffed in, resulting in a bad movie.
As a fan who was influenced by Hong Kong films, it is certainly not surprising that Xiao Ran learned this advantage. In addition to learning this unparalleled advantage, he also strangled the disadvantages that came with the advantages in the key link of the script,
This is the key reason why he first chose screenwriting as his reform.
After talking to Coppola and the others for a while, seeing that Lin Qingxia was alone and unable to understand, he ended the conversation as soon as possible. He quickly found Ge Wenqiu, and when he saw Xiao Ran coming, he shouted happily: "Brother Ran, you are here!
I'm talking to them about the distribution of "Dark Flower" and "Carmen"."
Xiao Ran glanced at the few blond and black-haired foreigners in front of him, motioned to Lin Qingxia, and sat down together. One of them, a middle-aged man who looked like a head, leaned back on the sofa and smiled with a big belly.
: "Are you the boss of Phantom Company? Just in time, let's talk!"
Xiao Ran smiled and nodded to the guys, listening carefully to Ge Wenqiu's report: "He is Jack, the general manager of the MGM French branch. The price he offered us for "The Dark Flower" was three million.
"Carmen in Mongkok" One million, all in US dollars!"
MGM? Xiao Ran immediately thought of the history of MGM. This company is the most famous sick man in Hollywood. It was acquired or sold many times in the 1980s and 1990s. There were all kinds of people among them. Las Vegas
Sri Lanka's gambling king, the Italian mafia, and the French bank Crédit Lyonnais are all involved.
The year before last, the boss of CNN had just purchased MGM for US$1.4 billion, but as soon as it changed hands, it was immediately broken up and sold, leaving only the most valuable copyrights of more than 3,000 films. Now it is given to the Mafia.
After the acquisition, it seems that the Mafia's style is really not that good.
Xiao Ran smiled faintly. If it were three million US dollars, other companies would definitely come to his door like a pug, but he does not lack the three million. It is no exaggeration to say that he is now worth three million if he pulls out all his hair.
"Sorry, I suddenly lost interest in this deal!" Xiao Ran said nothing more, just threw a look at Ge Wenqiu, then picked up Lin Qingxia and turned around and left, leaving behind a few stunned MGM guys.
He was cursing there.
"Brother Ran, why don't you talk to him? The price is negotiable!" Ge Wenqiu was very confused about Xiao Ran's thoughts and couldn't help but ask: "Besides, as long as the North American copyright is sold, the entire film will make a profit in addition to the cost.
of."
"Aqiu, do you think the company lacks these three million? Or should we let MGM use it to be released in art theaters?" Xiao Ran asked him back, and said calmly without changing his expression: "You may not know, now
MGM is controlled by the mafia, and I don't want to deal with the mafia!"
Of course, if that's true, that's not right. Xiao Ran really doesn't want to talk to MGM first, and the price is indeed too low, and it's absolutely impossible to enter mainstream theaters. These are not what he wants. Instead of doing this
, he might as well retain the North American release rights and acquire a Hollywood film company in the future and then launch it himself.
"Mafia!" Ge Wenqiu was shocked. He couldn't help but look back at those guys and sweatdropped. He felt that he was really lucky. He chose to deal with the mafia after choosing from thousands of choices.
"Then what are you going to do?" Lin Qingxia saw that Xiao Ran didn't even like three million US dollars, so she couldn't help but interrupt and asked: "I think this price is already very good!"
"Of course there is a way!" Xiao Ran gave Lin Qingxia a gentle look. Since he can come here, of course there is a way...