Entertainment 2000: Supporting female stars will bring you a hundredfold return

Chapter 38 Advertisement at the Film Festival (Seeking follow-up reading and monthly ticket)

"Didn't you say you had an inspiration last time?" Gao Yuanyuan asked with a blink.

Looking at her pretty face with fair and rosy complexion face to face, Tang Wen was overwhelmed by more than just inspiration.

"…If the heart dies in splendor, love will be reborn in the ashes"

He sang four full lines.

Two more sentences than on the plane.

"No more? Why do these four sentences of yours sound so mature and perfect?"

Tang Wen quickly explained: "Inspiration is irrational."

"is it?"

"Of course!"

The day before the closing ceremony.

The crew of Wang Xiaoshuai and Gao Yuanyuan also received an invitation.

The whole crew was filled with jubilation.

They held a simple celebration party.

Tang Wen was also invited to participate.

Being abroad, conditions are limited.

There was no cooking or tables at the party, just a Western-style cold buffet.

Tang Wen held the plate and picked and chose, only eating fruits, bread and pickles.

I'm almost vomiting from eating so much sausage and other things these days.

"Would you like some instant noodles?"

Gao Yuanyuan brought two buckets of White Elephant.

Tang Wen's eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly. It was his first time going abroad and he had no experience. He even forgot to bring instant noodles!
"Hum, sing two more lines of 'An Xiang'"

Looking at Gao Yuanyuan's half-smile.

Tang Wen stammered, "Creation requires inspiration, but inspiration doesn't just come..."

Gao Yuanyuan pretended to leave.

Tang Wen had no choice but to compromise and sang a short section.

The beautiful lady gave him a vicious look, then went to ask for some hot water and make some instant noodles with a satisfied look on her face.

Looking at her swaying back, Tang Wen smiled.

Being exposed was expected.

Through getting to know each other over the past few days, he realized that this girl actually loved rock songs more, followed by folk songs.

It was because the quality of "An Xiang" was high enough and it suited her taste that she was kept in suspense for so many days.

Gao Yuanyuan carefully brought back two bowls of instant noodles.

Tang Wen did not stand up to help. His eyes were focused on one point, his chin supported by his hand, as if he was in deep thought.

"What are you thinking about?"

"Blue Lotus."

"What flower?"

“Oh, I’m working on a rock song.”

Gao Yuanyuan almost dropped her instant noodles and stared at him with wide eyes.

Tang Wen seemed not to notice her look. He took the bowl and wolfed it down.

When he looked again, Gao Yuanyuan hadn't started eating yet, just looking at him.

"Does the noodles not suit your taste?"

"Blue Lotus, how do you sing it?"

Tang Wen shook his head: "Let me sing An Xiang for you first."

Gao Yuanyuan bumped his shoulder against him: "Did you finish writing it a long time ago?"

“Guess when it was written?”

"When?"

Suddenly, Tang Wen leaned close to her ear and said, "When I first met you."

After saying that, he stood up and walked away.

No matter how beautiful a woman is, it cannot affect the sales of his films.

The crew had a party and the director also invited the film producer. Tang Wen went over to chat for a while.

The next evening, the awards ceremony took place.

Tang Wen, along with a Shanghai Film staff member, entered the venue to introduce the short film.

His seat was at the back, not sitting with Gao Yuanyuan and the others.

After all the big names arrived, the award ceremony officially began.

The first award given out is the award for the non-main competition unit.

Like the Shooting Star Award, the Independent Judges Award, the Teddy Bear Award and so on.

These miscellaneous awards are a form of support, encouragement and comfort to filmmakers.

Different from the anxiously waiting crew of the main competition unit, Tang Wen was very calm.

There are only two awards in the Golden Bear Short Film category.

He will definitely win one of them.

Finally, the short film unit arrived.

The host came on stage and first presented the "Silver Bear Award for Best Short Film".

The photographer's camera swept over and saw Tang Wen sitting upright, looking very nervous.

"…The winner is Dark Souls. Let us congratulate them!"

Tang Wen breathed a sigh of relief and quickly applauded.

After the crew received their awards, the host came on stage again. He took a deep breath and got ready.

"'Employment Life'... Let us welcome the talented 18-year-old director from the East - Wen, Tang!"

Tang Wen stood up and went on stage, taking the trophy and microphone: "Let me correct one thing, I am nineteen this year, but I was eighteen when I made this film." There was a good-natured laugh from the audience.

He began by thanking the film festival committee, the organizers, Shanghai Film Group, and his alma mater, and finally did not forget to advertise his own film:

"My first feature film, The Night the Comet Came, has also been completed. It is now showing in the hotel cinema. Everyone is welcome to come and watch it!"

The audience burst into laughter and some people whistled.

This young man is so interesting that he dares to advertise here.

Maybe it was because Tang Wen was too young, so the host was very tolerant.

After Tang Wen left the stage, the host said, "Young director, I will go see the feature film. It better be a good one, otherwise I will definitely say bad things about you everywhere."

Tang Wen quickly turned around and thanked the stage.

Laughter echoed in the venue.

Gao Yuanyuan's beautiful eyes lit up, surprised at Tang Wen's boldness and unrestrainedness.

This is one of the highest temples of film art, and he is so casual about it.

Next, it’s time for the main competition unit.

That is the feature film unit.

"The Bicycle Thief" won the Best New Actor Award first, and both male leads won the award at the same time.

Then, it won the highly prestigious Silver Bear Award, the jury's grand prize.

Director Wang Xiaoshuai jumped up.

In other words, except for the heroine Gao Yuanyuan, the other main creators all gained something.

The smile on her face was still sweet, but in Tang Wen's opinion, it seemed a little forced.

The awards ceremony will be videotaped and live streamed.

Tang Wen recommended the footage from his own feature film, and it spread.

There were so many people coming to see "Comet" in the hotel screening room that there was no room for them.

Fortunately, the film festival officially ended and a cinema had vacated its space, so Tang Wen rented a cinema instead.

Wang Xiaoshuai and his team also came and praised the show highly after watching it.

Director Wang even said, "This is a subject I could never think of in my lifetime!"

After the polite words, the film buyers came forward, surrounded Tang Wen, and flattered him:

"A great feature film!"

"Excellent piece of work, Don. I can't believe you're only nineteen!"

"The actors performed very well, and the winner of the Paris Film Festival also joined us..."

Tang Wen responded with a smile and did not talk to them about creation, only about money.

For three consecutive days, film producers came in an endless stream.

In the end, the short film was sold first.

We sold it to five companies, including several small countries in Northern Europe, for $8.

Although there were many Eastern Europeans, they were only sold for 6 US dollars.

Western Europe is wealthy, 22.

Then there are countries like North America, Canada, and Australia, where we sold 30 units in total.

In the Asian region, an island country company contributed 10.

A total of $76!

The current exchange rate is 8.2, which is more than 600 million yuan.

The Berlin Golden Bear Award is really awesome!

However, the feature film "The Night the Comet Strikes" did not have such a good price.

We negotiated with several companies for the European copyright, and after several rounds, the highest offer from them was US$100 million.

After all, this film did not win any awards, and all the cast members are Asian. Even the most famous Zhou Xun is barely known to people in Europe.

Only Tang Wen, the youngest award-winning director in Berlin, is a hot topic.

And they advertised during the live broadcast of the film festival, which was a bit of a gimmick, otherwise it wouldn't even have made 100 million.

The cost of this play was less than 20 yuan, but it has already made a lot of money.

However, the creativity and final effect of "Comet" are quite good.

Word of mouth spreads.

A big company approached Tang Wen.

New Line Cinema of North America.

Partner Robert and the two parties agreed to meet at the hotel, and Tang Wen brought Gao Yuanyuan with him.

He is too young, and has a beautiful woman by his side who can hold up the show.

"The price is two million US dollars! New Line wants the broadcasting rights in America and Australia."

New Line is also the second-tier film company in North America.

Second only to the current Big Six.

The price is also very high.

Gao Yuanyuan glanced at Tang Wen and thought he was pretty good.

Tang Wen's heart moved. The price was a bit too high, higher than he expected!

This does not conform to the logic of negotiation.

He thought about it, looked at the white man in his forties in front of him and said, "Okay, but it does not include the right to remake."

Robert's face changed and his eyes were filled with doubt.

How did he know my real purpose? Did someone leak the information?

This sentence hit the nail on the head.

The reason why he quoted a high price right away was to stun Tang Wen.

As long as Tang Wen agreed, his next words would be: "We are very sincere about this price. By the way, please give me the remake rights as well."

(End of this chapter)