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Chapter 175 New Movie Project!
"Toronto International Film Festival?"

When Chen Xi said this name, although many people thought it was a good choice, at the same time, there were also many people who thought it was not a good choice, and their reasons were relatively weak. Sufficient, although the reasons are mainly two points, but these two points are very convincing.

For these two reasons, the first point is that the Toronto International Film Festival is a very influential film festival. Any Chinese film, well, it can barely be regarded as an American film, so I want to participate and get Influence is really not easy, not to mention, although the style of many films at the Toronto International Film Festival is still relatively strange, this is a film festival after all, and a film like "The Raid" that is purely violent and bloody without any plot wants to get it Thanks to everyone's praise, this is even less likely.

The second is that I feel that the timing of the Toronto International Film Festival is a little inappropriate, because the movie "The Raid" has now been filmed. If it was originally arranged according to the efficiency of "Deep Space Film and Television" for a movie, it should be It's almost released...but the movie hasn't been released yet.

The Toronto International Film Festival has to wait until September to officially start. If the film has to wait until after this film festival to be released, there will really be many problems in the middle, and the film will be delayed a little bit.

Of course, from a practical point of view, this is not a problem, because the films of other film companies basically only start to be released after about a year of shooting, at least there will be an interval of eight or nine months. Well, if calculated according to this thing, the release of "Raid" is also in line with all ideas, and the interval in the middle is similar.

"Raid" was officially screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and received some response, which is exactly what Chen Xi and the others are pursuing now.

However, there are actually many small film festivals interspersed in the middle, but Chen Xi feels that these film festivals are a bit too small, and it is very likely that the gain outweighs the gain, because if you want to get some rankings in the film festival, Especially for a movie like "The Raid", it's still relatively difficult. It definitely needs public relations, but public relations requires a lot of resources...

Therefore, at ordinary small film festivals, if you can, you can choose to let "The Raid" pass to increase the popularity and exposure, but this is almost enough.Doing more will share their energy and resources, and it will also increase their pressure on the Venice Film Festival, so what Chen Xi and the others are doing now is also carefully considered.

"Have you decided yet?" At this moment, Ou Yangzhi asked Chen Xi directly.

Chen Xi nodded: "This is my decision. Other film festivals can be taken care of, but we don't need to invest too much time and energy. We will focus on the more important things at the Venice Film Festival, such as public relations and registration. You can start now, Old Ou, you need to have a good communication with Xi Guang and his group."

"Okay, I got it!" Ou Yangzhi nodded. Chen Xi's words let him know what to do next. In fact, no one objected to Chen Xi's idea, but everyone was a little worried that this idea would make a movie a little bit It's just difficult to do, but now that Chen Xidu has spoken, everyone should just follow what he said, and there shouldn't be any problems.

"Xiangjiang Film Company does have more channels, but we can consider poaching people from them!" Chen Xi once again started his own thinking: "Even if we pay a little more money, we don't hesitate, but now we have to Some things should be done first, and it is worth others to come here. The company's cooperation with the United States this time is actually an opportunity for us. My plan is to hope that everyone can take advantage of this opportunity to really use some of our The introduction of things also allows us to grow, mainly because we hope that everyone can gradually learn some methods of distributing movies overseas during this process."

In fact, Chinese-language movies still have a certain audience in the world. Well, even if we don’t mention the possible curiosity or love of pure foreigners for Chinese movies and Chinese culture, at least there are still 5000 to [-] million people all over the world. What about overseas Chinese!Of course, this is also the main consumer group of Chinese films.

It’s like saying that Indian films are gradually gaining some box office in the United States. Although Indian films should have no chance to overthrow Chinese films in the top box office list of overseas films in the North American film market, their share in the middle and lower markets is getting bigger and bigger. It is possible that the total box office of each of their movies is not too high, but many of their movies can get box office that Chinese-language movies can't get at all, accumulating little by little, and a year's North American box office It will do well at the box office.

As for Indian movies, in the United States, most of the people watching are Indians, and the proportion of real Americans is not high.

Of course, this is just an argument from the side. In fact, the market opened up by Chinese-language films around the world in the past will not be easily left with nothing. Chen Xi and the others still want to continue the influence of Chinese-language films as much as possible. This is not only a strategic plan for Chen Xi's future goals, but also a radiation of profitability.

Xiangjiang still has a lot of film talents, and because of the slump in Xiangjiang's film industry, although many people went north to the mainland, many people were discouraged or stuck to their original place. Indeed, he has seen a lot of film talents, and he also remembers to let people get in touch with them slowly. Now it is almost time to harvest the wheat. Chen Xi's attitude is that it is very important to get these film talents. The price he pays, even if it is a premium It's okay, as long as the range is not too high, you can pay.

This will indeed increase the company's financial burden, but compared to the talents that can be obtained... Chen Xi thinks all this is worth it.

In fact, there are many talents in the current Deep Space Film and Television that are constantly growing, and a group of talents has gradually been hoarded. In the future, the film company will grow, and these things will become more important.

But Chen Xi and the others are still short of really good talents, especially in the aspect of overseas distribution, which is definitely a shortcoming, and it is not easy to really do this: even a big company like Huayi is now constantly It is expanding its territory, but what about the overseas release of their company's films?It's not that I can't do it all the time!One can imagine how difficult this matter is.

Of course, Chen Xi felt that the reason why it was difficult for Huayi to do this matter was rooted in the root cause: there was a problem with the content!
It is indeed difficult for Huayi's movies to have a high degree of attention overseas... Such movies are really rare, and many things are hard to get if there is no real material and just relying on shouting Really enough rewards, so Chen Xi felt that if he could guarantee the content of this thing of his own, he could still make it slowly.

As for the content... that is, step by step, starting from "Raid", and gradually establishing some influence overseas, which also provides more requirements for the next work arrangement, even if "Raid" is released as a movie , but it will take a long time for everyone to pay attention to the director Chen Xi, and it is still worldwide. It will be a great thing to see the results by the end of this year.

However, as long as Chen Xi has a reputation here, he will be able to slowly realize the expansion of the film's territory and export-oriented output through exquisite Hollywood movies in his head.

"Okay, I have work arrangements for "Raid", so that's all for the time being." After finishing the general details of the "Raid" promotion, Chen Xi now put together the file folder, and then said to everyone : "I'll tell you about my new movie idea! There's also the movie planning."

When Chen Xi said this, Xiao Ling sent the film materials in her hands to everyone. This is the film plan made by Chen Xi, including the story outline, market analysis and other things. He did it by himself, and he still maintains the habit of doing some practical things by himself.

Soon, everyone saw the plan.

Before Chen Xi actually made the plan into shape, he would usually not talk about it for the time being. In fact, this was not because he intended to be a secret, because it was not necessary to have a secret with the people in the company.Chen Xi just made a plan quickly because he had a film in his head, so he didn't need to call in advance.

"Kung Fu movie again?!"

"Martial arts movies! It's not bad!"

"It still looks pretty good!"

... Everyone's discussions gradually started, and Chen Xi waited for their answers.

After a while, more people began to ask this question.

"Director Chen, this book... There is a tendency for martial arts movies to decline now. We catch up now and feel a little... Well, in short, it feels a bit out of date." Someone said directly.

Chen Xi smiled: "Actually, we haven't really achieved the ultimate genre film. Many things are relative, so a movie, no matter what genre it is, as long as it can truly satisfy the audience and meet the requirements of a popular film Standard, then the box office of this movie will be good..."

This is more reasonable. China really does not have genre films that truly achieve the ultimate. Chen Xi is right about this.

"This is our first costume drama! Is this a preparation for the foreign market?" Another person said.

"Well, the movie also has considerations for overseas markets, but we have to wait until after "The Raid" to discuss this issue!" Chen Xi said: "Now we mainly discuss from the movie itself, don't jump directly to the market part."

At this moment, many people began to shift their focus.

(End of this chapter)