Actually I just want to act

Chapter 395 The Overseas Publisher Comes to You

In fact, after arriving in Berlin, Fang Jiming and Lin Qingyi only watched three movies.

On February 2th, the three of them watched two movies. One happened to come across the German subtitled version of "The Man From Earth". German dubbing!Rao is so, it looks a bit weird.The other scene was requested by Gu Hongye, and he saw that the poster was pretty good—there was a photo of an artistic beauty.

Then, within half an hour after entering, they felt a little bored, except for Lin Qingyi.

After all, the English proficiency of Fang Jiming and Gu Hongye is just like that, how can there be a master of English?Even though most of the Chinese students' English is dumb at this time, it does not prevent Lin Qingyi from understanding the plot through German and English subtitles.But Fang Jiming and Gu Hongye were helpless, like ducks listening to thunder, they didn't understand why.

The gap between a top student and a scumbag is quite right.

So, after two hours of sitting on pins and needles, Gu Hongye was beaten to death not to go to the movies, and he made excuses.

As for February 2th, which is Valentine's Day, Fang Jiming and Lin Qingyi were wandering the streets, and unexpectedly found a film that was also participating in the film festival in China, called "Youth's Bike".This movie is a bit unknown. It mainly tells that at the end of the 14th century, a rural boy went to Yanjing to work. He found a job in a courier company, delivering couriers by bicycle, and charged 20 yuan per order.Once he earns 10 yuan, he can buy his favorite silver mountain bike that the company lent him.Then the bike was lost, he ran all over BJ City looking for his bike, and then on the street, he saw a student riding it.Then, a series of things happened.

Feature film, pure feature film.

It probably shows the more real (pin) real (qiong) living conditions of the Chinese people. There are actually a lot of crooked nuts who like to watch it, and the attendance rate is almost the same as "This Man is From Earth".

Fang Jiming actually knows the taste of crooked nuts. They have always been wary of China and don't want to see China's revival at all.Therefore, in terms of movie selection, if it shows China's backwardness, they will welcome it very much, not to mention that the movie is actually well shot, and the connotations are all mainstream human nature, truth, kindness and beauty.

Therefore, Lin Qingyi felt that it was very good, and said in surprise: "It's strange, why is this movie not well-known, and it can be shot?"

Fang Jiming knew what was going on.

Some distributors have no strength and want to get a high box office, so they will opportunistically shoot some Chinese movies that such crooked nuts like to watch, and then send them to the competition first.As long as one award is won, the box office will rise steadily.

However, from the perspective of commercial films, Fang Jiming thinks this movie is just so-so.

The narration is too flat, there is no conflict, and he is a newcomer than a newcomer director.It's just that the camera is good, and it's a bit like an art film.Well, Fang Jiming thinks that just because he has photographed a lot of alleys in Yanjing, when cars are everywhere in Western countries, Yanjing is still full of bicycles, which makes Wai Guoren feel superior. China is so backward?

Fang Jiming felt that there was a possibility that this movie would win an award.After all, the taste of Western ghosts is that the more backward China is, the more they like it.

“This movie is not bad!”

Lin Qingyi said, it's not that she supports Chinese movies, the filming is indeed okay, except that it's not a commercial film, there's nothing wrong with it.

Fang Jiming smiled and said, "This movie is my strong enemy!"

Lin Qingyi was taken aback: "No way?"

Fang Jiming said seriously: "Wai Guoren likes movies that show China's backwardness, and it just hits Wei Guoren's preferences."

"Then it was shot really badly!" Lin Qingyi said angrily.

Fang Jiming smiled, patted her little head lovingly, and said: "The filming is not bad. Although it may only have a few million box office after it is released. But as long as it wins an award, tens of millions of box office won't be a problem." .”

"What about your movie?"

Lin Qingyi asked with concern.

Fang Jiming said: "It's almost 2000 million... Don't think it's a lot. I spent a lot of resources to promote it. It is impossible for the movie "Youth's Bicycle" to have such a promotion. Its production cost is estimated to be the same as ours. It’s not far off, at most three or four million. So, if it can get tens of millions at the box office, it will be very content.”

Lin Qingyi nodded with half understanding, just when she was about to say something, Fang Jiming's cell phone rang, and the caller ID showed an unfamiliar number.

Yes, Fang Jiming is using GSM!
"Hello?"

The other party spoke a series of German words, Fang Jiming looked confused.The embarrassing thing is that because today is Valentine's Day, Fang Jiming didn't bring Wu Tianyu with him at all, and he didn't know what the other party said.Therefore, Fang Jiming could only say: "Can you speak English?"

"oh, sorry, I forget you can't speak German. (I forget you don't speak German)"

Fang Jiming had no choice but to turn on the speaker, and let Xueba's girlfriend listen to what this crooked nut had said.

The other party's English had a strong German accent, and Fang Jiming understood through Lin Qingyi's translation that this person was called Kooser, and his reason for coming was very simple, that is, to distribute his film in Germany.

Fang Jiming was a little surprised, he didn't win any awards, so the other party wanted to buy out his film distribution rights? !These crooked nuts are really nasty, thinking that Fang knows nothing and wants to squeeze him, but dare to open his mouth and ask for 25% of the share!
Without even thinking about it, Fang Jiming directly refused: "I'm sorry, the service fee you asked for is too high. If it's not higher than 18%, I think we can talk."

But this Kooser was obviously just here to hit the big luck, and he didn't care, saying that he would ask the leader for instructions.

After hanging up the phone, Fang Jiming found it funny.

Yes, there is a lack of overseas distribution channels for Chinese movies. If many movies want to go global, they have to sign an agreement to pay MG (guarantee money). , adopt the account sharing model after making profits.To put it bluntly, even after paying back the cost, the producer's income will not exceed 20% of the total box office.

Take Huahu, an overseas distributor that is not bad in China, for example. It favors some small and medium-sized productions, especially works with modern themes.Even if these films are successful in the domestic market, they are still not popular in overseas markets. For these films, Huahu may be the only company that can take over.For such movies, the guaranteed release fee is also very low, generally tens of thousands of dollars is enough, and some literary films do not even require a guaranteed guarantee.Because the guarantee is useless, art films are basically at a loss. Apart from selling some DVDs, there is almost no way to make money.

(End of this chapter)