Reborn fashion designer

Chapter 769: The little thing caused by "A Separation"
With his wife watching him through her phone, Xiangyang didn't dare to act rashly when he returned to the dinner table.

Little John, who sat down, became much more obedient.

Even little JoJo was thrown back to Laura for care.

Seeing that the three of them didn't even talk to each other and were concentrating on eating, Lai Kang, who had been waiting for the opportunity, finally got it.

"Mr. Xiang, Mr. Rang, excuse me for bothering you two."

"Mr. Lai, go ahead."

Xiangyang raised his head and smiled, and together with Little John, who had put down his knife and fork, he looked up at Lai Kang.

Strictly speaking, Xiangyang's feelings towards Lai Kang were completely different from when he was communicating with Han Sanping.

He has lived in France for a long time, and like Principal An, he is engaged in the field of cultural exchange.

Perhaps it's because I love everyone in the room, and we have more common language in the topics, so it seems more intimate.

"That's right," Lai Kang leaned forward slightly and asked, "I want to ask, can the movie "Time Traveler" be represented at next year's Berlin Film Festival?"

"Berlin Film Festival?" Xiangyang turned his head and looked at Little John.

Little John is in charge of all matters related to the film.

He knew about the Berlin Film Festival, but he didn't have the time or energy to pay attention to the date and conditions.

And as far as I remember, "Time Traveler" has already been booked for the Beijing International Film Festival.

"I'm afraid there isn't enough time." As expected, Little John shook his head and gave a quick answer. The "too little time" he mentioned was referring to the registration conditions.

For a feature film with a duration of over 70 minutes, "Time Traveler" fully qualifies as such.

However, as an entry in the unit, it cannot participate in other international film festivals, nor can it be screened on television, the Internet, or commercially, because the event is scheduled from February 2 to February 10, which just happens to conflict with the schedule.

so.
From the very beginning, John Little had no intention of exhibiting "Time Traveler" in Berlin.

It’s too late to go to Berlin, let alone Cannes and Venice.

"Oh, that's a pity." Xiangyang muttered casually.

But don’t be fooled by what he said. If he were really allowed to choose, it would definitely be the first Beijing International Film Festival with more flexible conditions.

As for the Golden Bear Award?

You can participate in the exhibition in a non-competitive capacity.

"That's what I meant." Lai Kang nodded quickly. That's what he thought.

It doesn’t really matter whether you participate in the main competition or not.

But the key is to allow excellent domestic films to be appreciated by more overseas audiences through the large platform of the film festival.

After all, it's part of cultural exchange.

"Then you guys decide." Xiang Yang said, and threw the matter to Lai Kang and Little John to discuss.

"That's not impossible." Little John frowned, thought for a moment and said to Lai Kang, "It just so happens that our Hermès Film Company has a movie that will participate in the main competition unit."

"Huh?" Xiangyang, who had just focused his attention on the plate, couldn't help but look over again.

How come he hasn't heard about this?
"Which one is it?"

"Abbas introduced it."

"Oh, a Persian movie." When Xiangyang heard that it was a movie introduced by Abbas, he had an idea in his mind.

"The main competition unit?" Lai Kang asked with great concern.

"um, yes."

Little John nodded and gave a brief introduction.

The director of this film is Asghar Farhadi, who won the Silver Bear for Best Director in 09, so he is not a newcomer to the Berlin Film Festival.

But as for Persian movies, those who understand will understand.

Mainly low cost.

The production cost was only $30.

If it hadn't participated in the Berlin Film Festival, little John might not have remembered that Abbas had introduced this movie to him.

By the way, the name of this movie is "A Separation".

It tells the story of small people between a couple who are about to divorce, their paralyzed old father and their hourly worker.

"Isn't this a bit like our "Intouchables"? " After listening to this, Xiangyang couldn't help but search for this movie in his mind.

The final answer is, I’ve never heard of it.

However, the word "paralysis" can be associated with "The Intouchables", which set a record for French film box office.

“That’s why Abbas introduced it to us.”

Little John shrugged like a fart.

If you didn't have such a good relationship with the oil guys, I would have saved the $30. Now I can only hope to make back my money by going to film festivals.

Do you know how tight the funds of Hermès Film Investment Company were before "The Social Network" was released?

I always count on my fingers.

You are so good, just buy the video website.

He also spent 3000 million RMB to buy the copyright of a TV series.
"That's a pleasant surprise." Xiang Yang didn't mind that John Jr. wasted money to maintain the relationship between Hermes Film Investment Company and Abbas.

A work introduced by such an excellent director must be good.

Besides, it’s only $30.

Sprinkle some water.

"I didn't realize that your company has such a special liking for low-budget films." Lai Kang was a little envious of the Persian directors for being able to get such an opportunity.

"If we can achieve good results at the film festival, I hope Mr. Lai can give us more help." Little John said to Lai Kang without losing any time.

"Okay, okay." Lai Kang smiled.

China has a tradition of introducing Persian films.

The fact that the movie "Little Shoes" has become a household name in the minds of a generation is proof of this.

Although China has quantity requirements for imported films.

But this does not mean that every year's films must be handed over to Hollywood studios. Out of the quota of 20 films to be accounted for, 6 non-American films must be guaranteed to be introduced.

Of course, these six parts will be given to other regions for bidding.

For example, in France, the producer is usually Gaumont, and in Italy, it is Medusa. In addition, if you don't follow the split-revenue film model, you can also go for batch film.

If a buyout price of $30 can be used in exchange for a smooth screening of a low-budget Chinese film in Europe next year, this deal is not impossible to negotiate.

"30 US dollars?" Little John's eyes lit up when he heard Lai Kang's proposal to buy it out.

There you go, the money has been paid back.

Persian films do not make money in the Chinese film market, and there is no hope for low-budget films to recoup their costs!
He understood this principle very well after working on "The Piano in a Factory".

Not a box office hit.

No matter how famous the film is, it will be useless if the audience in the film market does not buy into it.

"How about, sir, let's make an appointment for tomorrow?" Seeing that little John was interested, Lai Kang suppressed his excited heart and suggested.

"Okay, okay." Little John smiled happily and quickly picked up the wine glass at hand. "Mr. Lai, I'll toast you a glass to thank you for your support for our film industry."

His actions surprised Xiangyang who was standing next to him.

How is this more like the stereotype of a Chinese businessman than him?

"Haha, come on, let me join in the fun." Principal An, who had been listening with his ears perked up, also picked up the red wine glass and came over.

When he moved, JCE felt a little embarrassed.

Although he was still in a "cold war" with his youngest son, in front of outsiders
With his fingertips still rubbing the wall of the cup, the quick-eyed and quick-handed little John quickly clinked the cups with Lai Kang and Principal An, then drank it all in one gulp.

He looked like he was afraid that his father would come and join in the fun.

"You" JCE couldn't help but feel a little annoyed.

"Uncle, let's have a drink." Xiang Yang sighed
The next day.

Keeping in mind the time, Lai Kang called Han Sanping early before dawn.

The topic of communication was naturally the purchase of this movie.

Instead, Xiangyang will become the business representative and accompany him to China next year.

Firstly, it was not Han Sanping's turn to know about this matter. Secondly, he and Principal An had already reported it to their superiors on the way back yesterday.

As requested above, it will be kept confidential for the time being.

Therefore, in order to fulfill his duties conscientiously, he would not utter a single word to Han Sanping.

But out of emotion and reason, he would still give Han Sanping some hints.

"30 US dollars to import a Persian movie." Han Sanping was curious about what Lai Kang thought, but at the same time he was quite satisfied that he called to ask for instructions.

"Boss Han, I think we need to do this." Lai Kang rubbed his temple and said:

"We got this film before the Berlin Film Festival, so we can take advantage of the opportunity of our partnership to arrange for our domestic films to participate in the exhibition. After all, the situation this year is a bit special."

"That's true." Han Sanping nodded.

There are a lot of good movies coming out in the second half of this year, and next year's highly anticipated movies in the market will have their own choices and considerations in terms of release dates.

All of a sudden, February became extremely crowded.

Just say that because of the East Exhibition incident, some people’s works have been affected.

But we can't just generalize.

The movie "New Shaolin Temple", starring Andy Lau, Jackie Chan and other stars, was released in January and February.

During the same period, he also collaborated with Gong Li on "I Know Women's Hearts".

There are also "Wulin Wai Zhuan", "Jiang Ai" and "Time Traveler".

This is not even counting the movie "The Happy Event" which was originally scheduled to be released during the Spring Festival but was banned due to the participation of unscrupulous artists.

For example, among these movies, who is willing to go to Berlin to win an award before coming back to release them?

I'm sure no one would be willing to do that.

The following movies
To be honest, there are pros and cons to attending film festivals.

The good thing is that after winning the award, there will definitely be a wave of publicity which will play a certain role in the subsequent promotion of the film.

But the disadvantage is also obvious, that is piracy!
Well, not to mention that it might leak out at the film festival, even the version submitted for review might leak out.

So judging from the box office, these 30 are destined to be wasted.

“When are they going to release this movie on a large scale?”

"Mr. Rang said that the film will be released in Europe after the Berlin Film Festival," said Lai Kang.

"That's it"

Scratching his hair, Han Sanping thought for a moment and said, "Well, $30 is fine, but I have an idea for the distribution rights in Hong Kong Island. Don't rush to agree to it, so that it will be easier for me to operate it."

"What does Mr. Han mean?"

"Didn't you just say that we should organize some of our films to be exhibited in Berlin but not compete? It just so happens that the sales of our film's overseas copyrights have not been ideal recently."

Han Sanping smiled. He already had a good idea in his mind.

Previously, we wanted to arrange for Hermès Film Investment Company to buy the European copyright of "Let the Bullets Fly" for distribution, but it fell through for various reasons.

Here it is, the opportunity has come again.

When the time comes, let Mr. Yang from Emperor Entertainment Group and Little John sit down and have a chat.

Isn't it beautiful?

On the other side, Liu Qianqian, who had just woken up, reached for her cell phone by the pillow with her eyes still dazed.

Last night, she couldn't wait for Xiangyang to come home.

With such a big time difference, who knows what time he will get home?
Maybe it’ll be dawn soon.

However, after turning on the screen, rubbing her eyes and seeing several messages from Xiangyang, she pursed her lips slightly.

My husband is so good~
After giving her a compliment, she clicked on the screen.

Xiangyang: Honey, I’m home.

Xiangyang: I’m too sleepy. I’m going to sleep first. I’ll call you when I wake up tomorrow. Listen to the phone.

Xiangyang: Honey, I asked Shafer to send you a copy of the movie. Please keep it safe after receiving it. We can watch it together when I get back.

Xiang Yang: Director Abbas introduced it, you are not allowed to peek, otherwise...
Xiangyang: Hehe~
Liu Qianqian chuckled.

The movie introduced by director Abbas ~ I won't wait for you then.
(End of this chapter)