Tokyo Literature and Art Times

  Chapter 229 Four people compete for Director Iwata's profit? A pretty girl came to audition

   "Oh, so it's the Weinstein brothers."

   "Mr. Muller, we haven't seen each other for a while, Mister Thierry, haha... Are you satisfied with the French food last time?"

  The Weinstein Brothers are quite famous in the European and American film circles. Although their current company is not big, and they don't have any particularly classic works, they are still very famous.

   After all, with Disney backed, he has been in the European and American film circles for nearly 20 years. Before that, he was basically doing the work of the master.

   You must know that this kind of work is also technical, and at least it has to be able to engage in interpersonal relationships.

  The Weinstein brothers are long sleeves and dancers, and they are very well versed in all kinds of film deals.

   Well, it is not difficult to put it bluntly, that is to give a temptation.

  Many filmmakers around the world have a special yearning for Hollywood, and filmmakers are also full of curiosity and ambition for the North American market.

   In short, Hollywood and the North American market are the bait for them, so don’t worry about those directors and foreign film companies not being interested.

   In the aspect of trading, it is nothing more than buying low and selling high. The means of these two goods are quite damaging. Many European filmmakers have gained fame but not made money.

   Therefore, although the reputation of these two goods is not very good, there is nothing to do with them.

   Well, now there is a key question.

   "What are you two doing here?" It was Marco who was quick to talk and directly asked the key.

   Brother Weinstein, the eldest brother usually makes up his mind, and now of course he is the one to deal with it.

   "I heard that there is a well-known Japanese director who wants to come to Hollywood to develop, and the filming has already started, then, of course, the two of us will come and see."

   "Oh, so that's how it looks, how does it look?"

   "Isn't this just here, I haven't said anything to Director Iwata yet."

   "So what to say?"

   "Haha... It seems that the two of you are in a hurry."

   "We're not in a hurry."

   Obviously, Thierry and Marco were nervous.

   After all, the Weinstein brothers have such a reputation, and Thierry and Marco are very optimistic about Takeshi Iwata, and they both feel that they are the European and American guides for the Japanese director.

   I can't let this pair of brothers run away!

   "Cough cough... What's the matter without me?"

   Watching the four white people chatting was a lively event, and Takeshi Iwata felt happy, but he couldn't let a few of them take over, right?

  This is his movie studio. Didn't you come to see me make a movie?

  With the participation of the righteous master, the two brothers in the United States and the two poor masters in Europe have come to the spirit.

"nice to meet you."

   Hey, the Weinstein brothers are okay, and they also learned Japanese.

   Takeshi Iwata understood Weinstein's intentions almost instantly, and they wanted to express their sincerity.

   And this one, really, works really well in the moment.

   What does this covenant mean?

  Iwata Takeshi seemed to see one from Harvey Weinstein's face, his eyes were very large, and he tried very hard to open it wide, with a very exaggerated expression and tone.

   almost shouted:

   You China are so wonderful!

   Old Vlav.

   Well, seriously, if Takeshi Iwata is an ordinary Japanese director, then maybe he really got caught.

   Forget about him, even many Japanese companies today, aren’t they being fooled like this?

   In fact, Takeshi Iwata knows some things, such as the story between Universal and Panasonic.

   He didn’t know the specific details, but he did know about the fact that Panasonic did buy Universal, and soon after Panasonic became the owner of Universal, the big Japanese company…

   Started looking for the next pick-up man.

   Even if you don’t know the details, you can guess that Panasonic must have been tricked a lot.

  So... the water in here is very deep, and he is afraid that he will not be able to hold it.

   In addition, there is a lesson from Kurosawa Akira, so I made a plan to shoot it myself.

   So, what about the Weinstein brothers?

   "The two of you are interested, but I would also like to know the intention of the two of you."

  Iwata Takeshi can be said to be neither humble nor arrogant, and he handled Harvey's Japanese sentence quite appropriately.

  Harvey, the elder brother, was somewhat proud. He felt that he must have won the favor of Takeshi Iwata.

   "Directors like Iwata who have won the Palme d'Or in France should not limit themselves to Japan, but should go international, and should come to our Hollywood to develop.

   Come to think of it, for a big company like Universal, the various procedures will definitely be very cumbersome. If you want to make a movie, you have to wait.

   By the way, their studio also takes on many TV drama productions.

  Director Iwata filmed it ahead of time. This courage is really admirable for our brothers.

   The two of us thought about it for a while, and we couldn’t pass up such a great opportunity to work with Director Iwata.

   It’s just that our company is not very famous and its strength is not enough, but we are sincere!

  If Director Iwata does not dislike it, he can cooperate with us Miramax.

  If... In fact, we can also help Director Iwata contact Bo Wei. "

   Bowei, this company is also a big Hollywood company, but this company actually has a name.

  Disney.

  Bloomberg is Disney's film distribution company, and this company can be understood as the official flagship store.

  Because Disney's size is too large, they have several distribution companies themselves. In addition, there are marginal companies like Miramax, which are quite pleasant to cooperate, and seem to be vassals.

  So, when Harvey uttered the name Bowei, he couldn't hide the smugness on his face.

  Disney is only bigger than Universal, those two Europeans still want to fight our brothers?

   Thierry and Marco were naturally embarrassed, but they didn't know how to deal with it.

   had no choice but to turn his eyes to Takeshi Iwata.

   You can't cross the river and demolish the bridge, can you?

But I heard Takeshi Iwata say: "Mr. Weinstein, I already understand what you two brothers mean, but the movie hasn't finished filming yet, I think it's better to wait, wait until I finish filming the movie, and then everyone will watch it later. Look, how?"

Um?

What does    mean?

   Thierry and Marco exchanged glances, and they understood immediately.

   "That's how it should be! Director Iwata, when the film is finished, the two of us will naturally contact Universal, and we will find a few well-known film directors and film critics, and let's make a good evaluation."

Evaluate?

  The Weinstein brothers also understood right away that Takeshi Iwata wanted to have one for sale.

   His film has been made. If everyone thinks this film is very good, then let’s discuss the issue of distribution.

  If it’s not good, then there’s nothing you can do.

   Sounds very reasonable, but…

   Actually, most movies don't do that.

   Generally speaking, movies have a script, and then go to a big company to negotiate, and get the budget, that is, money, before shooting.

   The risk of this model is mostly on the big companies side, how high their expectations are for the movie.

   And every year, countless young people do this with their own dreams. They hope that big companies can see their "projects", which are scripts.

   There are many such winners, but more are losers, but those losers don't even deserve to be known by others.

The advantage of this model is that large companies actually save a lot of costs.

  It is much cheaper to invest in the early stage than to join in the later stage. This principle applies to many, many business scenarios.

  Hollywood is a business after all.

   And Takeshi Iwata doesn't follow this model now, he did one... In fact, he finished filming first, and then negotiated with big companies for distribution, which was originally a right path.

   It's a pity that few people use it now, because the risk is mainly borne by Takeshi Iwata.

   Investing in a movie is really high risk.

   However, Iwata Takeshi's own strength can fully support him in doing so.

So

   "Can't there be only Universal?" Harvey, the older brother, picked up another topic.

   "You Miramax also want to step in?" Thierry, the old white flag, finally gave it a shot.

   "Well, let's just find a few more companies, like the Bowei I just mentioned, as well as Paramount, and Warner, how about it?"

  Good guy, is their relationship so complicated?

   Thierry heard this, he knew these big companies, but these big companies didn't know him very well.

   No, it's not time to raise the white flag!

   "Very good! Then we will go to Columbia!"

   Come on, that's starting to outnumber big companies who can find it.

   Not to mention Takeshi Iwata, even Keanu Reeves, Wen Diesel and Fage wanted to laugh at this situation.

   And the Japanese director who is about to land in Hollywood, he knows that it is almost there.

   "This... I'm really flattered, but in this case, I have to make this movie very good."

   This product is given in disguise!

   "Okay! That's it!"

   "Director Iwata, there's no need to feel pressured, you are the Palme d'Or winner after all."

   "I believe Mr. Iwata will be fine."

   "It will definitely win the house by then!"

  The Weinstein brothers, Thierry and Marco, the four of them competed with each other, and it was obvious who had a bigger relationship network.

   "I will definitely do my best!"

   Takeshi Iwata couldn't help laughing in his heart, anyway, it's settled.

  When the time comes, we will hold a film viewing party, and the mules and horses will come out for a walk.

   What can our "Fast and Furious" be like?

   Now it doesn't matter that much.

   "The police will come out next, all ready..."

   "OK!"

  Iwata Takeshi didn't care about the four people on his side, he just shot down, and with an order, many policemen joined the racing team.

   was very lively.

   And while he was shooting like this, a pretty girl appeared on the set.

   "Is it Director Iwata? I'm here to audition."

"Oh, it's you…"

   "Jennifer Aniston, you've never heard of this name."

  No, I've heard of it... Takeshi Iwata thought so in his heart

  …

  PS: It’s a little earlier today, it’s better. Thank you all for your support.

   Thank you for being addicted to bookworms for ten years, thank you for being casual, thank you for flying Dante, thank you for being fair in the hearts of the people, password my password... Thank you for your reward, and thank you for your monthly ticket recommendation.

   (end of this chapter)