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"Congratulations to Director Huang for winning the Golden Bear and successfully collecting all three awards! I also wish Director Huang to win the Oscars for Best Picture and Best Director soon. Go for it!"

"Director Huang has already won all three awards, and he will definitely win the Oscar next. Let's celebrate for Brother Huang in advance!"

One by one, everyone started to say something nice, and the more they said it, the nicer it sounded, and the more exaggerated it became.

It can be said that Huang Ze can easily win the Oscar.

Even though Huang Ze was thick-skinned, he couldn't stand it anymore and waved his hands, "Don't praise me like that for now. Let's talk about it when the day comes."

"Anyway, thank you all for your efforts. I am very happy today. I have done my job. You can do whatever you want!"

After saying that, Huang Ze raised his head and drank it all in one gulp.

After one drink, there are still three cups left.

After a great drink, Huang Ze returned to the hotel drunk.

Lying on his side on the bed, Huang Ze quickly fell asleep.

That night, he had a dream.

Standing on a high platform, looking at the familiar faces below, all of them are directors and actors, holding an Oscar statuette in one hand and looking around.

A feeling of great ambition suddenly arose.

"I won the Golden Lion, tied the Cannes Lions, won the Golden Bear, and now I won the Best Director and Best Film awards."

"Who else in the film industry can beat me?"

"Uh? Why does my mouth feel a little dry?"

Huang Ze was awakened by thirst.

After waking up, I realized that what happened just now was just a dream.

Ah! It wasn’t all a dream.

"At least the Golden Bear is in our hands." Huang Ze opened the suitcase and looked at the fierce bear inside, which was standing with its claws stretched out, and smiled knowingly.

With all three in place, can the Oscars be far behind?
"Ha ha……"

After putting the trophy away, Huang Ze poured himself a glass of water and looked at the time while drinking.

It’s already nine o’clock.

Those film producers may still be waiting.

But Huang Ze was not in a hurry. He ate his meal leisurely and then called others to go sell the film together.

Of course, selling films is not that difficult. After all, it is a bit of a seller's market this time.

Just as Huang Ze expected.

When we arrived at the destination, there was already a group of people waiting.

Huang Ze sat down and came one by one.

"I'm the film distributor of Italy. How about three hundred thousand dollars?"

"Not that great." If it were any other film, three hundred thousand would be a normal price for Italy.

But "Life is Beautiful" is not like that!
This was originally an Italian film in its previous life, so I guess the threshold for Italian audiences to watch it isn't that high.

Moreover, Italy, which always stands on the side of the victor, made a 180-degree turn in World War II. It had also experienced the German army and probably still had memories of the concentration camps.

Then, three hundred thousand is not enough.

"At least six hundred thousand!"

"Huang, this price is too high. Even if your film wins the Golden Bear Award, it is still too high."

The two companies could not reach an agreement, so they naturally entered the bargaining stage. However, they had an expectation at this stage, so they bargained for five minutes and finally settled on a price of $450,000. Contracts were being signed quickly in various countries.

By noon, all the issues issued in major countries except the United States had been sold out, with a total sales of 8 million US dollars.

As for the United States, it’s not that no one is willing to buy, the key is that everyone wants to buy it out, which does not meet Huang Ze’s expectations!

Huang Ze still has certain expectations for the box office of "Life is Beautiful" in the United States.

"Oh, Harvey! There you are."

Seeing the familiar fat brother coming in, Huang Ze smiled and stretched out his hand.

"I was optimistic about your film before, and sure enough, it won the Golden Bear Award. This also proves that my vision was not wrong!" Harvey held Huang Ze's hands with his two fat hands, "Congratulations, Huang."

"By the way, you're going to go all out for the Oscars in the future, right? I think we could probably work together a few times."

"I know you have a good relationship with Warner, but Warner is such a big company, with so many projects every year. You may also encounter competition with Warner's own films. Who will the other party favor then?"

"But I'm different. If you work with me, your movie will be the most important project in the entire Miramax."

“Also, sometimes big companies don’t necessarily have an advantage at the Oscars.”

"I have been in Hollywood for nearly 20 years, and I have a lot of experience in how to help a film win awards!"

"Haha." Huang Ze let go of the other party's hand. "Whether we will cooperate in the future is a matter for the future. Now let's just talk about the present."

"Life is Beautiful, how much do you want?"

"Add another million dollars to the price I offered before!" Harvey said.

"Hehe." Huang Ze shook his head.

"That's enough," Harvey said anxiously. "If it's any higher, I'll just lose money after I get this film."

"I mean, maybe we could split it."

"Split?"

"Yes." Huang Ze nodded, "You will get 30% of the distribution share, and you will pay for the publicity. You must open at least 20 theaters, and the publicity cost must not be less than 2 million US dollars. You also have to help me with the Oscars PR, and the cost must not be less than 1 million."

Given Huang Ze's current status, this asking price is not outrageous, even though this is a film mostly in Mandarin, considering that there are many foreign actors in it.

But Harvey really didn't expect Huang Ze to propose a profit sharing, and he was stunned for a few seconds.

In these few seconds, he quickly thought about Huang Ze's suggestion and nodded, "Okay."

"I also think that your film has a chance to win an Oscar."

"Especially for the Best Foreign Language Film. In this special year, I am 80% confident that you can win it."

"Best Picture, Best Director, we can also try to get nominations."

"Happy cooperation!"

"It's a pleasure working with you!" Huang Ze shook hands with him again.

"Huang, since we are going for the Oscars, I plan to have this film screened again in September of this year. Once it's screened, we'll have to start the public relations. By then, we may need you to attend some parties with me."

"Understood!" Huang Ze had been through Oscar public relations several times and was familiar with it. Naturally, he would not refuse such a reasonable request.

"Then I wish us great success at the Oscars!"

“Wish us Oscar success!”

As Huang Ze spoke, he estimated in his mind that although "Chicago" has not been filmed yet, it should be released this year. By then, "Chicago" and "Life is Beautiful" will be released together.

The probability of winning the Oscar is not low! (End of this chapter)