Huayu: The director just wants to save money

Chapter 779 Film Festival Begins

After listening to Zhou Mo's opinion, Gilmore nodded and didn't say much.

But Zhou Mo knew that he was moved.

the reason is simple.

Netflix's number of users around the world is really enviable.

The number of users is close to the number of potential viewers.

The number of potential audiences basically means the potential box office of a movie.

For any commercial film director, no matter how good his film-making ability is, the more potential audiences the better.

As a director who has made countless commercial films, it is normal for Guillermo to be moved.

After that, Guillermo did not say anything more about working with Netflix.

We have already discussed the business cooperation, and now it’s time to talk about winning awards.

"Zhou, I have to say that your talent has shocked me. Whether it is "Fireman" or "The Blue House", one is touching and the other is surprising. The styles are very different, but you filmed them very well."

At the dinner table, Gilmore spared no effort in praising the quality of "The Blue House".

Zhou Mo smiled and also kept praising the viewing experience of "The Shape of Water".

after an hour.

The meal is over.

Before parting, Gilmore said to Zhou Mo: "Zhou, 'The Blue House' is really good. This movie deserves to be remembered by the world."

Zhou Mo waved at it.

"Thank you."

On the way back to the hotel, Da Tiantian and Zhou Mo sat in the back seat.

Da Tiantian asked: "Does today's meal mean that everything is basically stable?"

"About half, but it also depends on the ratings and performance on the day of the screening." Zhou Mo didn't speak too slowly.

In this award-winning effort, Zhou Mo did not look for a bunch of local investors for the film.

First, Venice is not Cannes, and there is no agent like Luc Besson.

Second, “The Blue House” itself has the correct attributes.

Judges at film festivals in various countries have a preference for this type of "political scandal" film.

What’s more, Kimchi is such a special country.

It can be said that Korea has always had a very Asian impression in the outside world.

And Asians have gradually become one of the correct targets in recent years.

Da Tiantian asked Zhou Mo a few more questions and found that Zhou Mo kept answering with "hmm" and rarely raised his head.

"What are you thinking?"

Zhou Mo replied: "Netflix has been conquering the global market, which is really enviable."

Da Tiantian suddenly realized.

Over the years, she has often heard of Netflix.

In addition to the rapid development of Netflix itself, there has also been a movement among domestic video websites to "learn from Netflix and develop a Chinese version of Netflix."

This wave came quickly and went away quickly.

Because after trying for a while, everyone realized that it was impossible to do it the way Netflix did.

After the wave, only Lizhan has succeeded in charging fees, and it has its own style, not the full Netflix model.

Da Tiantian thought about it.

"I think the development of the station is pretty good. In recent years, it has entered the cherry blossom and kimchi industries and has done well. As for Southeast Asia, it is even better."

Zhou Mo said: "I don't think that the development of Lizhan is not fast enough, but I am thinking about whether to continue to expand and expand to other places."

In recent years, Lizhan has done a good job in East Asia and Southeast Asia. To give a simple example, the fairy tale dramas and some family dramas that are often complained by the audience in China are actually quite popular in Southeast Asia.

As for Kimchi and Sakura, they are directly acquiring and cooperating.

After listening to Zhou Mo's ideas, Da Tiantian became more conservative.

"I suggest you first take care of East Asia and Southeast Asia and consolidate your power. Didn't you say before that you wanted to compete with Netflix for the kimchi territory? You should first take over kimchi completely."

Zhou Mo nodded slightly.

"I think so."

At its current level, its exports are still mainly concentrated in East Asia.

If we want to expand, our cultural identity, national strength, world economic situation, etc. have not yet reached that level.

"Let's take it one step at a time. Let's make the kimchi first."

"Well, you are still young, there is no need to be so anxious, just take your time."

In the next few days, Zhou Mo and Da Tiantian spent a few more days in Venice before heading to the film festival.

Compared to the Cannes Film Festival, Venice has less commercial atmosphere and liveliness.

After a day of shopping, Da Tiantian said to Zhou Mo.

"I didn't expect that ours was the only Chinese film selected this time."

"Well, there are not many participants to begin with, and the commercialization of Venice is much worse than that of Cannes, so even fewer people come."

"I heard that in addition to ours, there is another documentary-style film in the non-competitive screening section, also from our country."

"Yes, but there is only one." Zhou Mo nodded.

In the previous life, there was another film participating in this year's non-competitive unit.

Zhang Yimou's "Shadow".

It’s just that in this life, due to Zhou Mo’s butterfly effect, Zhang Yimou has been obsessed with "Parasite" for the past few months, neglecting sleep and food. "Shadow" is gone, and it is highly likely that he will not shoot subsequent ones.

So, there is only one left.

He opened the brochure produced for the film festival and handed it to Da Tiantian.

"Look, if there's anything you want to see, we'll go and see it in a couple of days."

Da Tiantian looked through the brochures one by one according to the catalogue.

After a round, I found that there was nothing I wanted to see.

"I feel like I don't really understand anything. I didn't do enough preparation in advance this time." Da Tiantian shook her head, feeling a little regretful that she had been so focused on playing for the past two days.

Generally speaking, if you don’t understand certain background information about the films selected for the competition unit, it is indeed very easy to misunderstand the films, or simply fail to understand the connotation and special features of the films themselves.

In the past few times, whether attending Cannes or the Oscars, Da Tiantian would do her homework more than a week in advance and collect all the information about the movies she wanted to watch or was interested in. When watching the movie, she was in the dark and had no idea what the focus of the movie itself was.

She patted Zhou Mo lightly and pinched his waist twice.

"It's all your fault. Tiantian dragged me to eat all kinds of weird pizzas these days, and I forgot to do my homework."

Zhou Mo spread his hands.

"Sister, have you forgotten that you were the one who took me around for the next few days, saying that you wanted to eat all kinds of exotic Italian delicacies?"

Da Tiantian got angry and stepped lightly on Zhou Mo with her slightly heeled shoes.

"Say it again!"

"Okay, okay, I won't say any more." Zhou Mo surrendered.

He took the booklet from Da Tiantian and opened one of the pages.

"How about we go watch this?"

When Da Tiantian saw the contents of that page, her expression was slightly surprised.

“Roma, are you sure?”

(End of this chapter)