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Chapter 835 Overwhelming people with power (4000+ chapters, please subscribe~)

Wu Jianye was naturally not in the mood to care about the glass hearts of those French men, and he didn't even know that Isabelle Adjani was coming to the closing ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival.

As the opening ceremony of the Cannes Film Festival ended, Wu Jianye, Louis Malle and others began to select each film!

In fact, being a judge of a film festival is a very boring thing. In just two weeks, you have to watch more than [-] films and dozens of short films at the same time, which is a very exhausting task. things.

In addition to the films in the main competition unit, the Cannes Film Festival also has other films, as well as the selection of short films, which is a very large system.

It's just that the movies with only the main competition unit are more attractive!

As for the relationship between Wu Jianye and Sophie Marceau, it is very different from what those reporters described. The relationship between the two is actually the same as the relationship between Wu Jianye and Isabel Adjani.

It's nothing more than acting on the occasion, finding a temporary partner for myself here!

In the few days after the opening ceremony, Wu Jianye almost worked at two o'clock and one line, watching movies and going back to the hotel!
Even Judy Davis and Emeritus Kurica didn't ask Wu Jianye to go out and sing loudly during this period of time. Everyone was watching every movie dutifully, and everyone even thought about it. Notes were made for each film.

This is also for the convenience of voting after watching all the videos!
In fact, the judges only watch two movies a day, but the rest of the time is for everyone to discuss with each other.

Louis Malle is also telling the judges that as a judge of the Cannes Film Festival, when selecting a film, he should not consider whether he is political or commercial. The most important thing is the quality of the film itself. "Film language" communicates with the audience, whether it is performed with heart and passion.

It should be pointed out that film is an art with its own personality, and each film should show its characteristics, and each judge will also score according to the characteristics of the film itself when judging.

As for the selection method, we will not tell everyone until the last day whether the award will be judged by majority vote or by other methods.

In fact, as a judge, Wu Jianye also learned a lot of experience in this process. The nine judges present are all the world's most famous directors or actors, and each of them has their own understanding of the film.

The communication between everyone also made Wu Jianye's understanding of movies have a deeper change!
At this time, Wu Jianye was extremely grateful that he came to Cannes as a judge of the film festival this time!
While Wu Jianye was watching the film, the Cannes Film Festival was also very lively.

With the release of each movie, the audience who came to the Cannes Film Festival also saw their favorite movies.

During this period of time, if anyone is said to be the most popular at the Cannes Film Festival, it is not those Hollywood or European actors, but Zhang Guoyi from Xiangjiang.

"Farewell My Concubine" was screened at the Cannes Film Festival the next day. Louis Malle, as the chairman of the jury, attended the premiere in person. After seeing Zhang Guoyi, he couldn't help but exclaimed: Wonderful!

When Wu Jianye was chatting with the judges, Gary Oldman also said to Wu Jianye: "Wu, Leslie's performance is really wonderful!"

Wu Jianye smiled and said: "Leslie has always been an excellent actor in Xiangjiang. For this movie, Leslie specially arrived in Yanjing a few months in advance, in order to be able to better understand Huaxia's drama!"

Gary Oldman said with a smile: "When the conference is over, we must have a good chat with Leslie. Wu, you must help introduce it then!"

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "No problem!"

At the same time, the catalog of the Cannes Film Festival has also been released. Up to now, the highest rated ones are Chen Kaige's "Farewell My Concubine" and Jane Campion's "The Piano Lesson"!
By the way, among the actors of the movie "The Piano Lesson" is Wu Jianye's old friend, Sam Neil who starred in "Jurassic Park"!

The two exchanged a few words at the opening ceremony, and then separated.

Chen Kaige is also high-spirited now, and looks very proud. After the score of the show book came out, the smile on Chen Kaige's face never disappeared.

Previously, Wu Jianye won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film with "The World of Chu Xing", which put Chen Kaige under pressure. Now the film "Farewell My Concubine" is listed in the Cannes Film Festival catalogue. After getting the highest score, he finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Although the ratings in the show book did not represent the final selection of awards, it at least gave Chen Kaige greater hope.

Jiang Zhiqiang came to France, because there is no airport in Cannes, Jiang Zhiqiang first arrived in Nice by plane, and then came to Cannes by car from Nice!

However, after Jiang Zhiqiang came to Cannes, he did not go to see Chen Kaige and the others directly, nor did he go to see Wu Jianye, but met a burly Frenchman in a cafe.

Ji Wen Harris, the president of Lingzhi Global, has been in anxiety for a while, because his Lingzhi Global has been targeted by Xiangjiang's Fengge Media!

Now we can actually take a good look at the business map of Fengge Media and Phantom Media in Europe!
When these two media groups just started their business in Europe, they actually entered from different points of entry.

Phantom Media first adopted the cooperation method, cooperating with European theater companies. In the early stage, relying on the excellent films of Phantom Pictures, they then grasped a certain amount of initiative, thus achieving the effect of entering the European film market. Later, Phantom Media became, Acquired ABC TV Network, HBO, ESPN and other TV stations, and then formally entered the European TV industry through these TV stations.

But Fengge Media is different, because the European film market does not accept the Xiangjiang film market so well, it is impossible to get the treatment of Phantom Films.

In addition, Wu Jianye wanted to set up his own theater company in Europe to balance Phantom Media.

Therefore, Fengge Cinemas chose the brutal way of establishing their own cinema company in Europe.

To put it bluntly, for Phantom Media, their focus of development has shifted from the film industry to the TV industry, while Fengge Media has taken a fancy to the European film market.

Prior to this, Wu Jianye, with a tough management attitude, assigned the distribution rights of Phantom Pictures' films in Europe to Fengge Cinemas.

Similarly, for all the films of Fengge Films, the distribution rights in North America have also been handed over to Oceanwide Cinemas. The two sides check and balance each other and check each other. For Wu Jianye, it is the safest management method.

Although it seems that Fengge Films has obtained the film distribution rights of Phantom Pictures in Europe, which is a big advantage, but because of Fengge Media's layout in theaters throughout Asia, Phantom Pictures' films can have unimpeded distribution in Asia. At the same time, Phantom Pictures also relied on the cooperation with Fengge Media to contract the business that North American film companies wanted to distribute in Asia.

Invisibly, Phantom Pictures has increased its voice in Hollywood!
This is a series of developments after the two parties reached a strategic partnership
After completing the layout of theaters throughout Asia, Fengge Cinemas has set its sights on the European market. After two years of development, Fengge Cinemas has the largest number of theaters in Europe, but Averaged to every country, this is not the case!
This time Jiang Zhiqiang came to France, one is to participate in this year's Cannes Film Festival, and the other is to acquire an influential local film company in the center of the European film market, and then completely use his influence Become the leading big brand in Europe!
Lingzhi Global is actually an advertising company, and in the subsequent development process, it will even become one of the six largest advertising companies in the world.

Of course, there are other factors involved. For example, if there is no Wu Jianye, Lingzhi Global will change its name to Havas Advertising Company in a few years, and then they will be acquired by the French water company CGE. Shares, as for CGE, you may not be familiar with it, but I believe everyone should be clear when it comes to Vivendi, that is, Vivendi has taken over the big burden of Universal Pictures in the hands of RB Panasonic!
Although Lingzhi Global is not as powerful as the later generations, it is still a large consortium with a market value of more than 20 billion US dollars!
As for why Jiang Zhiqiang focused on Lingzhi Global, it was because Lingzhi Global owned one of the three major film companies in France, Gaumont Film Company!
Gaumont Film Company, EMI Film Company, and Lightning Film Company are the three major film companies in France at this time!

With the acquisition of Lingzhi Global, it also acquired the Gaumont Film Company in a disguised form!

Gaumont Film Company is not only one of the largest film companies in France, but also controls a part of French theaters. In the current development route of Fengge Media, they no longer simply focus on the theaters. They hope To be able to enter the European film market in an all-round way, and Gaumont Film Company is their best springboard!

"Mr. Harris, as we have said before, 10 billion US dollars is a very good offer. I don't think any company other than us, Phantom Media, can afford this price!"

Jiang Zhiqiang said calmly to Shay Harris.

Prior to this, Phantom Media had contacted Lingzhi Global many times to request to acquire Harris and the shares held by the management!

Given Harris shook his head and said, "Mr. Jiang, I think you have already received our reply. I created Lingzhi Global by myself. I don't want this company to be sold in my hands!"

Lingzhi Global is not a company fully controlled by Given Harris. At the beginning, the French government held a part of the shares. At that time, they were not known as Lingzhi Global, but called Havas. After a series of mergers and reorganizations After that, it became the current Lingzhi Global, but it was later renamed Havas Advertising Company!
Shay Harris is just the largest shareholder and CEO of this company!

Jiang Zhiqiang smiled and said: "Mr. Harris, I have always believed that there is no impossible business in this world, even Lingzhi Global is no exception. This time I came here with sincerity. To put it bluntly, You should also know that our acquisition of Lingzhi Global this time is nothing more than for the Gaumont Film Company in your hands. I think you also know the strength of Fengge Media in Europe. According to our investigation, the three largest French companies are now One of the film companies, Lightning Films is facing its own financial crisis. If we can't acquire your company this time, we will target Lightning Films. I think they will be very happy and they are not afraid to tell you , we have already contacted Director Wu Jianye, who is willing to provide our company with three movie scripts in order to seize the French film market, I wonder if your company can bear the consequences?"

"By the way, if we can't acquire your company, all the theaters of our Fengge Cinema Line in Europe will ban all the films of the Gaumont Film Company. The Asian Department, jointly block the films of the Gaumont Film Company!"

Jiang Zhiqiang is using his power to overwhelm others!
After hearing this, Shay Harris showed an angry expression on his face. He was very dissatisfied with Jiang Zhiqiang's condescending attitude.

Now Gaomeng Film Company is the leading company of Lingzhi Global, providing the highest profit. Now if it faces the suppression of the other party, it will definitely face huge losses!

"Mr. Jiang, in the global film market, your company still can't cover the sky with one hand, and Wu Jianye's film scripts are not universal, and the European market has the laws of the European market!" At this time, Shay Harris' anger has been somewhat suppressed Can't stand it!
Jiang Zhiqiang smiled and said, "Of course, even if we, Fengge Media and Phantom Media combined, can't truly control the global film market, but I think it's enough to deal with Gao Meng Film Company!"

"By the way, I remember whether your company is currently cooperating with director Luc Besson to shoot a movie. I don't know if director Luc Besson has notified you that he has signed a contract with Hera's agent of Phantom Media and became the director of Hera. A contracted director of the agency, which means that director Luc Besson can no longer make movies for your company, that is decided by Hera's agency!"

"I think the allure of French movies and Hollywood movies should be completely different!"

Luc Besson made his debut in 83. After these years of hard work, he has already become one of the most famous directors in France. He is also the chief co-director of Gaumont Film Company. will be bigger.

Under such successive blows, Shay Harris no longer has enough confidence, and the anger still exists, but it is useless!
This is the consequence of the strong pressure of capital, and it will not change in any way because of the attitude of a certain person.

Just like Jiang Zhiqiang is facing Given Harris now, I am more powerful than you, and at the same time part of your economic lifeline is in my hands, now you can't sell it even if you don't want to!

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