I'm not just a director

Chapter 50 Cooperative Release
Tonight in Cannes belongs to Rosetta the Beautiful.

When the host announced the ownership of the Palme d'Or, all kinds of news flew from Cannes to every corner of the world.

But in Jiang Pei'an's small group or people who followed Jiang Pei'an, tonight belonged to him.

Gong Li and Yu Liwei walked up to Jiang Pei'an to express their congratulations.

Director Chen was in a bad mood and went back to the hotel to rest.

"Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin" won the technical award, and Director Chen was very disappointed.

It's not that there's anything wrong with this award, it's just that the Palme d'Or that he's been thinking about is embraced by others.

This is probably the higher the expectation, the greater the disappointment.

"Sister Li, are you free tomorrow?"

When it was over, Jiang Pei'an suddenly asked.

Gong Li smiled and said:
"Well, it should be fine tomorrow."

"I want you to accompany me to meet someone."

"no problem."

After finalizing the matter, Jiang Pei'an took Hu Jing and Qin Hao back to the hotel.

"Director, your performance on stage today is really handsome!"

Hu Jing seemed to be Jiang Pei'an's little fan girl, bouncing and talking.

"Actually, I was also very nervous, all the audiences were well-known directors and actors.

Maybe it's because the suit I'm wearing today is very ironed, so I don't feel so nervous after going on stage. "

Jiang Pei'an said with a smile.

"hey-hey."

Hu Jing's eyebrows and eyes are full of smiles, and her heart is as sweet as eating honey.

Qin Hao: I don't need to appear here!

On the way back, some media recognized Jiang Pei'an, interviewed him and asked him for articles.

Jiang Pei'an agreed to the request for an interview, but rejected the draft.

After an hour of delay, the three of them returned to the hotel, and Hu Jing pulled Jiang Pei'an to celebrate.

Jiang Pei'an was also happy, and the three of them went to Huaxia Restaurant for a small gathering.

The three ate and drank, each expressing their feelings about their trip to Cannes.

At the end, Qin Hao asked:
"Director, when are we going back to China?"

Jiang Pei glanced at the date on the phone, smiled and said:
"In two days, I still have some things to do here, um, I will go back to China next week."

Hu Jing suddenly asked:

"Is it for the release?"

There is nothing to hide, Jiang Pei'an said with a smile:
"Well, today I made an appointment with Sister Li to meet the distribution company tomorrow."

"Our movie has won an award now, distribution shouldn't be a problem, right?"

Hu Jing asked.

She also has a little knowledge about the issue, not very clear.

Jiang Pei'an nodded and said:
"Winning an award means that there are more publishers to choose from."

As he spoke, he took out the business card he received this evening from his pocket, took out six out of many business cards, and said:

"As we all know, Hollywood distribution companies are famous all over the world.

Disney, Sony, Universal, Warner Bros., 20th Century Fox, and Paramount. "

Jiang Pei'an put six business cards on the table and said with a smile:
"The youngest of the Big Six are all over 60 years old.

For half a century, they have produced and distributed countless films.

As long as they get their favor, the movie box office, especially for our low-budget movies, can almost be said to be profitable. "

Qin Hao and Hu Jing are not noobs either, who doesn't know the name of the Sixth University?

Qin Hao asked with a tight voice:

"Are we going to cooperate with one of the six?"

Jiang Pei'an glanced at him, casually put away the business card on the table, and said:

"Six, our family will not choose, because they will leave us with nothing left!"

Thanks to the well-established film industry system, the Big Six produces a lot of movies every year, and also releases a lot of movies.

But not everyone is qualified to cooperate with them, especially a little Karami like Jiang Pei'an.

This kind of young director who needs background but no background, qualifications but no qualifications, one step forward is a deep abyss.

"Then who do you want to cooperate with?"

Hu Jing asked.

Jiang Pei'an smiled and said:

"Then find someone who is stupid and has a lot of money and can talk about cooperation."

……

Cannes is located in the south of France and has a Mediterranean climate.

May is the season from spring to summer, and the temperature is gradually increasing, but it is still relatively pleasant.

Jiang Pei'an was sitting by the floor-to-ceiling windows of the coffee shop, and Gong Li was sitting next to him.

"Thank you for coming here, sister Li."

Jiang Pei'an said with a smile.

Gong Li rubbed her head, smiled and said:
"After watching movies for several days in a row, my brain is full, so I just came out to relax."

Jiang Pei'an nodded and asked:

"Sister Li, how much do you know about Lionsgate Films?"

"Well, there has been cooperation, but they are a film company that has just been established for two years.

Do you want to hand over "Ghost Story" to them for distribution? "

In later generations, Lionsgate is the largest independent film company.

Originally established in 1997 by Canadian banker Frank Gusta.

Later the headquarters moved from Vancouver to California.

In Hollywood, Lionsgate has always occupied a place in the special theme market such as horror films.

"We are now the film and television company with the largest film library in the world. The inventory of [-] films always reminds us that we are an independent film company...

As for everyone talking about squeezing Paramount to compete with other big companies, we have never considered it, because we make movies that big companies can't make, we are bloody, rough and always want to tear up the rules. "

That's what the CEO of the later Lionsgate said at the company's annual earnings call.

The result was summed up by a Lionsgate employee as "only bloody, rough, and rule-breaking movies."

And this sentence became the "new logo" of Lionsgate Films.

American movie fans voted on the Internet and even believed that this sentence can be used as the official slogan of Lionsgate Films.

In fact, this is what everyone expects, just look at the movies produced and distributed by Lionsgate:

"The Expendables", "The Hunger Games", "Now You See Me", "The Twilight Saga" and other movies.

It is worth mentioning that in the previous life, "The Witch Brar" was also released by their company.

Just to mention here, the logo of Lionsgate is not the roaring lion in the frame, it is MGM.

……

"Sorry, Jiang, I'm late."

A foreign veteran with silver hair walked into the coffee shop and greeted Jiang Pei'an.

He looked at Gong Li next to him again, and said in surprise:

"Oh, it's really nice to meet you, beautiful lady."

"Me too."

Jiang Pei'an and Gong Li stood up to greet the old man.

The old man was the one who asked Jiang Pei'an questions on the second day after the premiere of "Ghost Shadows".

At the same time, his family has another identity, the regional distribution director of Lionsgate Films, Kelly De Brown.

Kelly first congratulated Jiang Pei'an for winning the award. After the three exchanged pleasantries for a while, Jiang Pei'an smiled and said:
"Mr. Brown, is your company interested in publishing Ghost Story?"

Hearing Jiang Pei'an's words, Brown was silent for a while, then stretched out his hand apologetically, and said:

"Jiang, you are an excellent director, and so are your works, but I am sorry to tell you.

Thank you for your invitation as we are close to a publishing partnership with The Blair Witch. "

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