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Chapter 381 Checks and balances (4000+ chapters, please subscribe~)

"Let's cooperate with the film industry alliance!" Wu Jianye read the quotations from the major French cinema chains brought by Matthew Murphy, and finally chose the film industry alliance that was not the highest price nor the largest scale.

Matthew Murphy was slightly taken aback: "Director Wu, this might affect the company, right?"

The film industry alliance has just been established for a few years, and the theaters it owns cannot be compared with Gomon and Badai, and the price is not as high as that of Gomon. Matthew Murphy doesn't understand why Wu Jianye chose the film industry alliance.

For a moment, Matthew Murphy even wondered if Wu Jianye had some private deal with the film industry alliance.

Wu Jianye smiled and said: "Don't worry, I will explain to Linda, you don't need to worry about this, just do as I said!"

Seeing what Wu Jianye said, Matthew Murphy stopped persuading him, "What about MK2?"

Wu Jianye thought for a while, and said, "You don't have to worry about this, I'll go and explain this to Martin Kamitz."

If it's just Martin Kamitz, Wu Jianye doesn't need to explain it specifically, but Martin Kamitz was introduced by Jill Jacobs after all. If Wu Jianye wants to continue to make a difference at the Cannes Film Festival, he just It's impossible to get around Jill Jacobs, so it still needs to be explained in person.

"Mr. Kamitz, I am really sorry this time, and I am also very sorry that I was not able to cooperate with MK2!"

It was the coffee shop last time, and Wu Jianye invited Jill Jacob and Martin Kamitz.

It would be impossible to say that there was no disturbance in Martin Kamitz's heart, but he also knew that this matter was basically hopeless.

"Hey, I really didn't expect Director Wu to hand over the movie "The Last Emperor" to commercial theaters." Martin Kamitz said disappointedly.

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "Mr. Kamitz, actually, there is another matter for inviting you out this time!"

Martin Kamitz was taken aback for a moment, and asked, "Anything else?"

Wu Jianye: "Actually, the film industry in our country has been developing slowly in the past few years, and film talents are also emerging in an endless stream. For example, Chen Kai, the director of "Yellow Earth" who won the Silver Leopard Award at the Locarno International Film Festival the year before last Song, his new work "The King of Children" has been produced, but due to time constraints, he has not been able to catch up with the Cannes Film Festival this year, but he has decided to apply for the film "The King of Children" at the Cannes Film Festival next year. The photography of "Yellow Earth" is Zhang Yimou, who won the Photography Award at the Nantes Three Continents Film Festival. He is also nervously preparing his new film. These people represent the new force of our Chinese film. I can arrange They met with Mr. Kamitz."

The "Yellow Earth" became popular not only with Chen Kaige, but also with Zhang Yimou. It was because of "Yellow Earth" that Zhang Yimou was qualified to direct "Red Sorghum".

It's just because of the particularity of "Red Sorghum", Zhang Yimou and West Film Studio finally chose the Berlin Film Festival for this film, but the facts have proved that their choice is correct.

"Red Sorghum" won the Golden Bear at next year's Berlin Film Festival.

This is also the highest honor a domestic film has won at the Berlin Film Festival.

From then on, this movie also made Zhang Yimou embark on a life of cheating.

After hearing Wu Jianye's proposal, Martin Kamitz showed a slight smile: "Well, I hope their movie can be as good as Director Wu's movie!"

Jill Jacob laughed and said, "I know what you are talking about, Chen. I have also watched his "Yellow Earth". It is a very good movie. I will watch Chen's new movie next year." of."

As the selection director of the Cannes Film Festival, Jill Jacobs was naturally the first to see these films.

Recommending Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou to Martin Kamitz was actually something that Wu Jianye had thought about a long time ago, to attack the European commercial film market by himself, and Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou and others to attack the European literary film market. Better, let the European market know about China Entertainment Films earlier.

"I think Chen Kaige will be very happy when he hears the news!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.

"The film industry alliance? Wu, do you have other ideas?" When Linda heard that Wu Jianye had chosen to cooperate with the film industry alliance, she did not question the decision like Matthew Murphy did, but thought of Wu Jianye. Jianye might have some follow-up thoughts.

"That's right. Now that several major Hollywood film companies have been guarding against Phantom Entertainment's involvement in the distribution industry, let's take a dark look at Mingxiu Plank Road and find another way to set foot in the European distribution industry under the name of Xiangjiang Fengge Entertainment. At that time, Phantom Entertainment will enter the distribution industry." Entertainment and Fengge Entertainment jointly cooperate, so that we can leave Universal in the European market!"

With the rapid development of Phantom Entertainment, it has long been an independent production company in Hollywood that cannot be ignored. If Phantom Entertainment really wants to get involved in the publishing industry, then it is very likely that they will be attacked by a crowd.

The real rise of Phantom Entertainment will have to wait until it has enough background, and at the same time, it has its own firm partners in North American theaters before it can face up to the established Hollywood film companies.

In fact, there was another concern, which Wu Jianye didn't mention.

That is, Phantom Entertainment in North America is almost Linda's voice. After several years of development, Linda's rights in Phantom Entertainment definitely exceed the imagination of ordinary people. Fengge Entertainment controls the distribution in Europe. A check and balance.

After all, if Linda turns against her, the harm she will cause will far exceed the harm Liu Feng caused in Fengge Entertainment back then.

Of course, this doesn't mean that Linda has rebelled now, it's more of Wu Jianye's precautionary measures.

After Linda heard it, she said: "This is indeed a good idea." Then Linda said: "By the way, "Die Hard" has officially started filming. Do you have any advice?"

Wu Jianye: "No, just shoot according to the normal shooting task."

"Then is it possible to arrange for the movie "The Last Emperor" to be released in North America?"

"Let's arrange it!"

Afterwards, the two chatted about the development of Phantom Entertainment during this time, and then hung up the phone.

With the efforts of Matthew Murphy, the screening rights of "The Last Emperor" have also been negotiated with distributors in other European countries. France sold $10, Germany sold $8, Britain sold $8, and Italy It sold for 10 US dollars, and there are a dozen other small countries.

However, the screening rights in those small countries are not so high, most of them are [-] to [-] US dollars.

All in all, the rights to show "The Last Emperor" in Europe totaled $60.

Not only that, but Wu Jianye had not allowed "The Last Emperor" to be screened in Southeast Asia before, and now that he has won the best director at the Cannes Film Festival, it is naturally possible to proceed.

Not only Southeast Asia, but Xiangjiang, which has already been released, also because of this news, the box office of "The Last Emperor" has rebounded.

After "The Last Emperor" was released in Southeast Asia, RB became the largest ticket holder. RB has always admired the history of China, and they are born to worship the strong, so when Wu Jianye won the best director at the Cannes Film Festival After the news of RB spread, the box office of "The Last Emperor" directly showed a blowout state.

The box office of RB alone reached 42 billion yen, equivalent to nearly 3000 million U.S. dollars!
But this is all for later, "The Last Emperor" is destined to be a long period of income.

"It's still a good time to come to Cannes!"

After dealing with all the matters at the Cannes Film Festival, Wu Jianye and others also set off to return to China, and Monica Bellucci also followed Matthew Murphy to Hollywood after spending a period of time with Wu Jianye. Where did she Will usher in the glory that belongs to her.

But this has nothing to do with Wu Jianye, the two are in a very pure transactional relationship.

Returning to the United States together are Zun Long and Chen Chong.

So this time only Wu Jianye, Zhao Fei, and Mu Deyuan returned home!

Mu Deyuan did not participate in the last Venice Film Festival, but he still knew about the conflict between the crew of "Raise the Red Lantern" and Sun Jiarui.

But without personal experience, the psychology is naturally not so strong.

"I said that you seemed very upset last time, but I heard that Lao Wu took you to play on the yacht!"

"Hey, you don't know how annoying Sun Jiarui is. If Old Wu hadn't arranged it in advance, we might not even have a place to live!" Zhao Fei felt angry when he thought of what Sun Jiarui did in Venice last time.

Wu Jianye smiled and said: "Sun Jiarui has also received the punishment he deserved, so stop talking about unhappy people!"

Zhao Fei nodded, and asked, "Old Wu, should we discuss the "New Dragon Inn" when we go back this time?"

Now Zhao Fei has become Wu Jianye's queen photographer. Wu Jianye has finished talking to Zhao Fei about the shooting of "New Dragon Inn", and the two will continue to cooperate.

However, when Wu Jianye and Mu Deyuan talked about this matter, Mu Deyuan rejected it. We are all classmates. Before that, I worked with Zhao Fei as the photographer of "The Last Emperor", which is considered as Mu Deyuan's satisfaction. At the same time, I don't want to give up this movie with the largest investment in China.

But now he also has his own pursuit. In his opinion, it will be easier for him to become famous if he continues to be the photographer of Wu Jianye. hard to accept.

He also wants to prove himself.

So in the end Mu Deyuan rejected Wu Jianye's invitation.

"Well, after going back, I will go to Xiaoying Studio, and then I will shoot in Dunhuang, Yinchuan and other places to choose a suitable shooting location." Wu Jianye said.

Zhao Fei nodded and said, "That's all right, let's go find Wu Ziniu and the others!"

Wu Jianye smiled and said: "I guess I won't be able to see Wu Ziniu anymore. I heard that he accepted a movie from Jianjun Film Studio. I don't know where he is squatting now!"

Among the current fifth-generation directors, although Wu Jianye and Chen Kaige are the most famous, they are not the ones who have made the most films at all, but Wu Ziniu.

In just a few years, Wu Ziniu has directed "Alternate Members", "Black Valley", "Pigeon Tree", "The Last Winter Day". He has already directed several films, and he can definitely be regarded as the most prolific director among Wu Jianye's classmates. up.

As Wu Ziniu's reputation grew, he was no longer limited to making films for Xiaoying Studio.

This year, it was borrowed by Jianjun Film Studio to shoot "Evening Bell".

The film will even win a Silver Bear at the following year's Berlin Film Festival.

Although the domestic film market is going from bad to worse, it is undeniable that during this period, domestic films did produce many excellent works.

Knowing the development of the domestic film industry during this period, Wu Jianye realized that if he simply was an excellent director and made a few excellent and even internationally award-winning films, it would not be able to bring more benefits to China Entertainment Films. If there is too much change, we can only rely on a strong capital market to let domestic high-level officials see that the film industry can bring good foreign exchange income to the country like other industries, so that it is possible to better develop domestic films Even the TV industry.

"Is your daughter-in-law about to give birth?" Zhao Fei asked suddenly.

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "It's almost two months."

"What time?" Zhao Fei asked.

"Don't worry, we won't be able to stay there for long." Wu Jianye said with a smile.

As his first child, Wu Jianye will definitely not miss his birth date, and now the North Fort Western Film and Television City on the Phoenix side has not yet been established, that is to say, Wu Jianye will shoot "New Dragon Gate" this time "Inn" will also build a scene there for the filming scene of Dongchang's interrogation of Minister of War in the early stage of the film.

At the same time, because this movie has been adapted by Wu Jianye, it has some differences from the original version. Party struggles in the Donglin Party.

These will be filmed in Yanjing.

Although there are not many roles, it is also a preparation for the follow-up series.

This is the biggest difference between Wu Jianye's version of "New Dragon Inn" and Tsui Hark's version of "New Dragon Inn". For various reasons, Tsui Hark's version of "New Dragon Inn" did not release a sequel until more than 20 years later series, but Wu Jianye's version is different. If the social response is good, Wu Jianye is going to make this movie into a series.

Of course, for the subsequent series, Wu Jianye will no longer direct, but will introduce a new director.

At this time, Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou were more pursuing the art of film, but neglecting the interests of film. one.

Wu Jianye's energy alone is still somewhat insufficient. Only the emergence of more commercial film directors can support Wu Jianye's plan.

When the plane arrived at Yanjing Airport, the three of them got off the plane and saw a lot of enthusiastic movie fans in the arcade in the airport lobby.
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