Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 252: There is an ancient saying in your country

Chapter 252 There is an old saying in your country
"Of course!"

Pei Chunhua's face was filled with confidence: "I not only know your idioms, but also your two-part allegorical sayings. I remember there is a two-part allegorical saying called "Take off your pants to fart" (1)..."

Zhou Mo: ...

He was very curious about where Pei Chunhua learned all this messy knowledge.

After showing off her allegorical saying, Pei Chunhua blinked and said to Zhou Mo, "How is it? My Chinese level is very good, right? Many foreigners who have lived in your country for many years can't compare with me."

And he’s a foreigner.

You are a foreigner!

Zhou Mo felt very uncomfortable.

"You're pretty confident."

"Of course I am confident. There is an old saying in your country, 'You know what you know, and you don't know what you don't know.' I do know a lot."

Good guy.

It also has the flavor of a colonel.

Zhou Mo originally wanted to chat with Pei Chunhua for a few more words, but he saw that Uncle Ba was becoming more and more confused.

Cough slightly.

"We'll talk about this later. Now, what do you think of the script? If it's okay, we can put the film plan on the agenda."

"Sure, but I don't have schedule in the second half of this year." Rosamund Pike raised her hand first.

"Me neither. The second season of Hannibal will start filming in the second half of the year."

Max didn't even consider the option of refusing.

It is an honor for the actors to be able to film a script of this level.

"It doesn't matter. I happen to have something else to do in the second half of the year, so I can't start filming Gone Girl until the end of the year. Fortunately, the plot of this movie is not very big, and the filming difficulty is not very high. It is estimated that it will be completed in more than a month."

We roughly discussed the time.

Both Uncle Ba and Rosamund Pike had no objections.

Zhou Mo then arranged for the contract to be signed.

……

The contract was signed.

Zhou Mo has basically completed all the main tasks of this trip to Cannes, and most of the remaining tasks are socializing and entertaining.

With the help and cooperation of De Niro and Luc Besson, he relied on the titles of Europa business partner and China's highest box office record holder to drink with people everywhere, and then sign contracts with people after they were drunk.

There are definitely foreign characters in The Great Wall.

Famous people are definitely better than unknown people.

If you can sign one, then that’s it.

De Niro didn't think there was anything wrong with what Zhou Mo did. Instead, he helped Zhou Mo arrange dinner parties, and insisted on helping him to the end.

I've called someone over for you.

I got you drunk.

I can help you draft the contract.

Sign them quickly.

Ask him the reason.

"You can't let me sign the contract with you alone, let them also have a taste of the mysterious oriental power." De Niro's face was full of a fox-like smile.

There is not much time left until the end of Cannes.

The winners list is out.

"A Touch of Sin" won the Best Screenplay Award at Cannes.

It’s a big gain.

At the party after the closing ceremony, Jia Zhangke and Zhou Mo drank wine and enjoyed the fireworks of the closing ceremony in the evening breeze.

In the distance, the crew of "A Touch of Sin" was accepting congratulations from all the Chinese film and television circles who were still present.

"Congratulations to Director Jia for winning the grand prize."

"Congratulations, Director Zhou was able to secure 30 million in copyright transaction fees during his first visit to Cannes, and was able to cooperate with Europa Films. We poor directors are really envious of him."

Zhou Mo ignored Jia Zhangke's ridicule at all.

There is not a large audience for domestic art films.

The box office gap between commercial films and art films is very obvious.

So many people think that these directors who make art films may not be that rich.

But this perception is completely wrong. In fact, these directors who make art films and win international awards are richer than each other.

Just take Kaizi Ge’s “Search” last year as an example. It didn’t win any awards at the Cannes Film Festival, but it still managed to get more than 10 million in copyright fees.

A movie like Jia Zhangke's "A Touch of Sin" that won a big award will only earn more than 10 million.

And much higher.

"Also, I heard a few days ago that Director Zhou is going to shoot an urban movie that will also involve human nature, emotions between men and women, and urban life?" Jia Zhangke asked.

Zhou Mo was not surprised by Jia Zhangke's sensitivity to the news.

He did not hide his meeting with Max and Rosamund Pike.

The meeting between a talented director and the best actor in Cannes is bound to attract a lot of attention.

"What advice do you have, Director Jia?"

Jia Zhangke said with a smile: "I will probably be invited to be a jury member at Cannes next year. Moreover, among the three major European awards, Cannes should be the one that recognizes films that pay the most attention to social issues and have the highest degree of commercialization."

The words stop here.

Not in the majority.

Zhou Mo understood.

This is because Jia Zhangke helped promote Tian Zhude some time ago and now he decided to return the favor.

At that time, although Jia Zhangke had already started working on the award-winning work for "A Touch of Sin" and had received some news, the news could not be made public after all, and no one could guarantee anything until the final award was announced.

It was under such circumstances that Zhou Mo spoke bravely in front of the camera, saying that "A Touch of Sin" would definitely win an award, which was undoubtedly a huge support for "A Touch of Sin".

No matter whether the media believes it or not, the fact that Zhou Mo is willing to use his title as a fortune teller to speak about him is an attitude in itself.

"Not necessarily, but if there is an opportunity, I will definitely not let it go."

Zhou Mo didn't say everything.

So far, only he knows what the quality of "Gone Girl" is.

Winning the prize is basically a done deal.

It’s just a matter of which one to target.

The rest is just a matter of spending money.

Don’t think that the three European funds don’t need to operate.

Major awards at film festivals around the world need to be run.

Weinstein, the classic operator of the Oscars, is a name that almost everyone who has paid the slightest attention to the Oscar film industry should know.

The three major European funds basically all have similar individuals or organizations.

The difference from domestic ones is that the selection of these three golds in Europe can at least guarantee their quality, while the three golds in China, especially the Golden Rooster...

Ok.

Just be happy.

Jia Zhangke smiled and patted Zhou Mo on the shoulder.

"In that case, I will wait for good news from Director Zhou."

After saying that, he walked towards the "A Touch of Sin" team.

……

at the same time.

domestic.

The crew of "Partners".

Wu Junru is discussing buying hot searches with her assistant.

"Oh my, Partners has been out for several days, and we can't even get it to trend once!"

She suppressed her irritation.