director of the millennium

Chapter 20 Do you want to be the next Ang Lee?
"Yuan'er, don't sleep! Get up!"

Early in the morning, Chen Kun rushed into Wu Yuan's room and shook him awake from the bed.

Seeing Chen Kun's excited handsome face in front of him, Wu Yuan suppressed his anger and rubbed his face vigorously: "What are you doing, howling in my room this early in the morning!"

"It's a hit! Our movie is a hit!"

"Early this morning, people crowded outside the major cinemas in Sitges, demanding to show our movie!"

"Good guy, there must be at least a thousand people!"

"What's the situation?" Wu Yuan woke up instantly, got out of bed and got ready to get dressed.

"I heard that the dozen or so local audiences who watched the movie last night promoted our movie after returning home, and many people want to watch it today."

With a raised eyebrow, Wu Yuan smiled. This was an expected result, but he still became excited. He didn't wash his face or brush his teeth. He just put a coat on his body and pulled Chen Kun. go outside.

"Come on, let's go and see!"

The hotel where Wu Yuan and the others stayed was in the center of the small town of Sitges. There was a cinema across the street. The two of them arrived at the entrance of the cinema in just a few steps.

Sure enough, as Chen Kun said, the cinema was crowded with blond and blue-eyed local audiences in Sitges, as well as some filmmakers in suits and leather shoes.

Someone kept shouting to the theater staff, the voice was very fierce, but Wu Yuan couldn't understand Spanish, so he didn't know what the audience was talking about.

But the word "Coherence" is still easy to distinguish, and almost every audience member who quarreled with the theater staff mentioned this word.

This is exactly the English name of the movie "The Night the Comet Came"!

This movie really caused quite a stir in Sitges!
Seeing this situation, Wu Yuan's smile became even brighter. Once his fame spreads, the movie will not worry about selling.

At this moment, Wu Yuan's cell phone rang, and it was Chen Jianpian calling.

"Director Wu, our film has become a hit in Sitges. The film festival officially informed us that our film will be screened at least five times a day in the next few days!"

"Also, many film producers from all over the world are coming to us, wanting to buy the copyright and adaptation rights of our movies. Please go back to the hotel!"

In the hotel, the room of Producer Chen has been transformed into a temporary negotiation room.

Chen Yuan and Wu Yuan, who were wearing suits, were sitting behind office chairs and were entertaining a bald foreign man.

"John, I know that Fox Searchlight is very capable and very powerful in the field of low-cost small film production and distribution."

"But the price you gave is really too low."

Wu Yuan frowned and kept shaking his head, looking like he couldn't reach an agreement.

Fox Searchlight is a subsidiary of Twentieth Century Fox, one of the six major Hollywood studios.

Twentieth Century Fox definitely doesn't like B-type film festivals like Sitges, but their Fox Searchlight is an independent production company that focuses on the low-budget film market.

Although Fox Searchlight was only established in 1994, it has a strong background and the support of its parent company. In just seven years, Fox Searchlight has developed very well.

At least in the small-budget film market in North America, Fox Searchlight is a very suitable partner.

Wu Yuan needs to sell for a high price, and Fox Searchlight has money in hand, and urgently needs a good film to conquer the city for himself.

It is a pity that the negotiations reached an impasse from the very beginning.

Fox Searchlight only hopes to buy out the North American rights to "The Night the Comet Came" for US$50, including theatrical release and DVD revenue, and also requires that the adaptation rights be packaged together.

Fox Searchlight intends to adapt its own version of "The Night the Comet Came" starring all white actors to be released in North America, so it must acquire the adaptation rights as well.

In fact, Chen Yuan is already very satisfied with the package price of US$50.

The production cost of this film is only 30 RMB, which is less than 4 US dollars converted into US dollars!

4 to 50, this is already more than 12 times the income!
If Wu Yuan hadn't stopped him, he would have agreed without hesitation.

"50 US dollars, this price is too cheap!" Wu Yuan shook his head again and again: "It is impossible for the copyright in North America to be less than 150 million!"

"John, in your eyes, is the value of "Coherence" not as good as that of Thailand's "Silent Fire"?"

"Just by releasing this movie on DVD in North America, Fox can make tens of millions of dollars from the DVD rental business, right?"

The DVD industry in North America is very developed, and many movies can earn more than [-] million US dollars annually in the DVD market.

Especially cult films, even those who are a little bit famous can earn millions of dollars from DVDs.

Horror films like "The Blair Witch" and "Chain Saw" make tens of millions of dollars a year on DVD alone.

But John would not let Wu Yuan raise the price. He also kept shaking his head and retorted: "No, no, no, this is different. Director Wu, this is a Chinese movie!"

"North American audiences don't understand Chinese movies, and they may not necessarily pay for a Chinese movie. This is a very risky thing!"

"What's wrong with Huaxia movies?" Wu Yuan raised his eyebrows: "We have many excellent directors in Huaxia, such as Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige. They are all directors who won the European Film Festival Award."

"Bruce Lee, Jackie Chan, and Jet Li are all internationally renowned Chinese faces!"

"There is also "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" directed by Li An, which will be released in North America next week. I believe this movie will achieve a good box office."

"Our Chinese films are also very popular in North America!"

"But this is Ang Lee plus Chinese Kung Fu!" John quickly interrupted Wu Yuan, and said disappointedly: "Director Wu, this joke is not funny at all."

""Coherence" is not a Chinese kung fu movie. You know, only kung fu movies from Chinese movies have a market in North America!"

"No." Wu Yuan stretched out a finger and shook it: "John, you also know in your heart that North American audiences like movies like "Coherence"."

"'Coherence' is different from other Chinese films. It is a brain-burning science fiction suspense film, and there are a lot of North American audiences who like this kind of film, right?"

The two faced each other tit-for-tat, and neither of them would take a step back, and they were using various reasons to increase their weight.

Chen Yuan sat on the side, opened his mouth again and again, not knowing what to say.

Who is the producer?
Who is the person in charge of China Film?

How do you feel that Wu Yuan understands the foreign film market better than him?

John also felt that the super young director in front of him was not only good at making movies, he was also very shrewd and difficult to handle beyond imagination.

"Huh." After a long sigh, John looked at Wu Yuan and said slowly: "We each take a step back. One million US dollars is the highest offer I can give within my authority."

"I believe no North American studio can offer a higher price."

"After all, this is just a movie made with a very small budget. I think the cost is not even 50 yuan, right?"

Chen Yuan pulled Wu Yuan's arm under the table, he was really satisfied with the price.

Wu Yuan also knew that this was probably the limit that John could give.

After a few seconds of silence, he nodded, but before John could smile, Wu Yuan added, "It's just the North American copyright, not including the adaptation right."

"If you want the right to adapt, we'll discuss it separately!"

This old boy wants to package the adaptation rights together. What a waste of money!
"Infernal Affairs" sold 175 million US dollars for the adaptation rights alone. Even if the box office of "The Night the Comet Came" could not be as high as "Infernal Affairs", it can't be given away for nothing!

How could the adaptation rights of "The Night the Comet Came" cost two to three hundred thousand dollars?
The smile on John's face froze immediately after he didn't get the right to adapt it for nothing. He took a deep look at Wu Yuan and pronounced Wu Yuan's name completely for the first time.

"Director Wu Yuan? Sorry, your Chinese name is a bit difficult to pronounce."

John smiled, looked directly into Wu Yuan's bright eyes seriously, and asked with deep meaning: "Do you want to be the next Ang Lee?"

"Come to Hollywood!"

"The style and themes of your films are very suitable for Hollywood and the North American film market."

"Huaxia's film market is not worthy of your film, at least not now."

"You will have a better future in Hollywood!"

"How about it? We at Fox Searchlight welcome an excellent director like you and are willing to invest in your movie."

"And you're smart, a smart guy."

"Smart people should understand that Hollywood is the right place for you to show your talent!"

　This is indeed a China Entertainment novel, not Meiyu.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)