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Chapter 310 Trip to Cannes ([-])

On the 12th, the 63rd Cannes International Film Festival officially opened.

Movie channels and major domestic media have journalists reporting on the spot.

Although Cheng Yu'an and others did not participate in the exhibition or walk on the red carpet, some reporters still came to interview.

"I have been invited to Cannes for the past two years, but I missed it because of the schedule." Cheng Yu'an was sitting by the hotel pool for an interview. "It's a pity. Cannes is a holy place for movies. Of course I want to participate. This year the main It is to sell films in the trading market, and to see if I can buy two batches of films to go back."

"Prediction? It's hard to say, everyone is very strong this year. But I am optimistic about Juliette Binoche. Her acting skills have already been perfected. Coupled with local combat (Julietta Binoche is French), she is expected to be crowned this year. Three grand slams."

"Director Cheng, according to Cannes tradition, directors will announce their new film plans for the next two to three years at the festival in order to gain investment and attention. Will Director Cheng announce new films in Cannes this year?" At the end of the year, it was said that there will be no new films this year.

Cheng Yu'an smiled and said, "I have an idea, but it's still a rough draft. There won't be any new films this year."

Cheng Yu'an still revealed a little news.

"What do Director Cheng think of the two shortlisted Chinese films this year?"

"Wang Xiaoshuai and Jia Kechang are both my seniors, and they are frequent visitors to international film festivals. I hope they can get good results." Cheng Yu'an doesn't like "Everyday Chongqing" and "Legend of the Sea", but he still speaks mellowly to reporters outside .

"Many new domestic films will come to Cannes this year, which one does Director Cheng like?"

"Oh? Who's coming?" Cheng Yu'an has been busy with two films of his company, but he hasn't heard of anyone else coming.

"There are "Let the Bullets Fly" directed by Jiang Wen, "Fist of Fist" and "Guan Yunchang" starring Zhen Zijin, "The Empire of Heaven" directed by Xu Ke, "West Wind" directed by Gao Qunshu, and "West Wind" directed by Chen Kexin. Fantastic Heroes."

"They're all big names." Cheng Yu'an said with a smile, "The quality of the films are all good. I personally like Director Jiang Wen's "Let the Bullets Fly" the most."

The reporter smiled, domestic directors like Jiang Wen, so Cheng Yu'an didn't say that.

After the interview, Cheng Yuan immediately returned to the negotiation room rented by the company in the hotel.

When the company came to Cannes to sell "Painted Skin", because it was the first time to come to Cannes and wanted to make a name for itself, there were a lot of receptions, movie viewings, and parties, and was severely slaughtered by Cannes officials.

This year, I became smarter by distance learning, so I rented a small meeting room as a copyright negotiation room.Anyway, Cheng Yuan, the best director in Venice, the chairman of a major Hollywood film company, and the highest-grossing director of a single film in China, has a good reputation and no worries about no one coming to talk to him.

However, the promotion of the two films still had to be promoted, and the publicity positions that should be bought in the trading market were still bought. On the posters of the two films, Cheng Yu'an's name was the largest.

Otherwise, relying on Han Yan and Teng Huatao to attract international filmmakers?

No, Cheng Yuan's old acquaintance, Daniel from Fox, was the first to come to the door.

"Cheng, long time no see." Daniel has now been promoted and is the vice president of Fox's overseas film purchases.

Daniel has always regarded Cheng Yu'an as his lucky star. If he hadn't taken "Sniper Phone Booth" from Lions Gate immediately, and gambled against the public opinion on the low-budget horror film "Chain Saw", he had also tried his best to promote Fox and In-depth cooperation with a big film company, he is still just a humble purchase manager of Fox.

"Daniel, long time no see." Of course Cheng Yu'an was very happy to see his old friend.

The two exchanged pleasantries, and Daniel swiped his pen: "Cheng, you are Fox's most friendly partner. We trust you. I want the North American copyrights of your two films."

Daniel didn't even watch the trailer and trailer, so he wanted to wrap up two films.

Copyright negotiations are very time-consuming, each party only has 5-10 minutes, and neither party has time to waste.

Cheng Yu'an was not in a hurry, and introduced Han Yan and Teng Huatao to Daniel first. Bringing people here will definitely make them look good in the international market.

Daniel is very friendly to Han Yan: "Young man, Cheng is a talented director, it is your honor to learn from him." The outside world has always believed that Han Yan is Cheng Yu'an's apprentice brought out by hand.

Daniel spent 2 minutes watching the trailer and trailer of "The Dark Side": "Han, you don't look like a novice. This movie is very good, please make a price."

Where did Han Yan deal with international film companies? He glanced at Cheng Yu'an, who smiled and said, "Sooner or later, you will lead a team to sell films alone, so you can rest assured to ask the price. I will take care of it for you."

Remote internally set prices for the two films, and Han Yan quoted the price: "North American distribution rights are US$530 million." In fact, the North American distribution price of "The Dark Side" set internally by Remote is 400-500 million US dollars, and Han Yan raised the price.

Daniel thought about it, and at this price, buying a Chinese-language thriller can’t be said to be cheap, but it’s not expensive either: “Plus the right to remake, a total of 2700 million U.S. dollars.”

Han Yan said: "If Mister wants to package the remake rights, then we hope it will be 3700 million US dollars."

Daniel glanced at Cheng Yu'an and joked, "Cheng, your students are really ruthless."

Cheng Yu'an shrugged: "Daniel, this is a very fair price. If you don't think it's suitable, then I'll give "The Dark Side" to my American company, and we will cooperate again at that time."

"Cheng, come on, Fox likes movies like 'The Dark Side,' $3000 million."

"3500 million, if we can't reach an agreement, I will give it to Universal." Cheng Yu'an said.

"Cheng, you are as domineering as ever at the negotiating table, with a deal of 3500 million." Daniel decided on "The Dark Side".

Next came "A Little Thing of First Love", but Cheng Yu'an didn't want to sell it to Fox.

It's not that Fox is not strong enough, but that he needs to balance among his international partners, and he can't let the Fox family swallow all his projects.

"Daniel, "A Little Thing About First Love" Warner and Disney talked to us very early on."

"Ok, Cheng, I understand what you mean. I'm going to check out other sellers. I wish you a good price. I'll buy you a drink when you come to the United States." Daniel didn't procrastinate, and left after speaking.

"3500 million US dollars was negotiated like this? 2 million more?" Han Yan was a little bit unconvinced that his film could sell 2 million copyrights.

"Otherwise, do you think how difficult it is to sell movies? The trading market is like this, and it can be done in three to five minutes." Cheng Yu'an said.

When the next buyer came over, the staff who watched the red carpet of the opening ceremony remotely came in: "It's so embarrassing." When they came in, they cursed.

"what happened?"

"Fan Xiaopang wore a dragon robe and walked the red carpet."

"This..." Everyone was speechless.

Cheng Yu'an can see it all: "What's so embarrassing about it, "Everyday Chongqing" didn't sell well in Cannes, and she hasn't had any serious works in recent years, so she needs to win attention like this."

The staff took out the photos they took on the red carpet.

Dressed in a bright yellow blue and white dragon robe, Cheng Yu'an was actually quite embarrassed to see it.

"She is the only one who dares to do this." Teng Huatao said.

"You haven't seen showing off and flopping on the red carpet, that would be shameful." Cheng Yu'an said, "She is restrained in dressing like this."

Fan Xiaopang made a bad start of "rubbing the red carpet" - but in fact he is a serious invited actor - after that, various Internet celebrities turned the red carpet of the film festival into a village hall.

If they knew that Fan Xiaopang would become a judge in the main competition unit of Cannes in the future, they would not know what they would think.

(End of this chapter)