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Chapter 89 A Sleepless Night (Please Subscribe!)
"Come out, come out."

Around 2 a.m., at the banquet hall of the Palais des Festivals in Cannes, although the most lively moment had passed, there were still quite a few people in the banquet hall. Han Sanping, Gong Xue and others had not yet left. They seemed to be chatting, but their eyes were actually fixed on a certain door in the banquet hall. When they saw the door open again, they stood up as if by conditioned reflex, and the slight weariness on their faces was instantly replaced by anticipation.

Two Americans, one black and one white, were the first to walk out of the door, followed closely by Deputy Director Shi, Chen Fusheng, and Xiao Lin.

All five of them wore smiles. After coming out, they shook hands at the door, exchanged some polite words, and then parted ways.

"Whoo~"

After watching the two Universal Pictures distributors walk away, Chen Fusheng rubbed his face and let out a long sigh.

Then they noticed that Han Sanping and the others were walking towards them.

"Haven't you gone back to rest yet?" Deputy Director Shi asked with concern, as their final negotiation had lasted quite a while.

“Director Shi, you are all still fighting on. Although we can’t be of much help, we at least have to stay at our posts. How could we possibly go back to rest? Besides, how could we possibly sleep if we went back?” Ling Zi said.

"Yes, yes, yes." Han Sanping chimed in, then asked, "Director Shi, what's the result? Have the remaining overseas rights for 'The Tuner' been sold?"

Deputy Director Shi smiled and said, "Let Xiao Chen tell you. He is still the main force in this negotiation, and we are just playing a supporting role."

"Director Shi flatters me. You are the general, and I am the soldier. We just have different roles. Of course, the soldiers should be the ones to charge into battle. Only when the soldiers are incapable should the generals step in."

Chen Fusheng first responded to Deputy Director Shi's words, and then announced tonight's results to Han Sanping and the others.

"We have successfully completed our mission and sold almost all the overseas rights for 'The Tuner'."

Meeting the expectant gazes of the group, Chen Fusheng didn't deliberately keep them in suspense and continued:

"On the Japanese side, we sold the film rights to Tohoju Company for $100 million."

hiss~
"In Europe, we sold the overseas rights to countries that we had not previously sold to Pathé Films in France for $170 million."

hiss~
"Finally, in the North American market, specifically the US and Canadian markets, we finally reached a deal with the two Universal Pictures distributors who had just left, for $260 million."

hiss~
Every time Chen Fusheng announced a transaction price, the guys in front of him would gasp in shock.

But he believes they didn't do it on purpose.

They were genuinely shocked by the high price that "Andhadhun" sold for.

Actually, let's not talk about them.

Even Deputy Director Shi and Xiao Lin, who participated in the entire negotiation process, still felt like they were dreaming.

Xiao Lin, in particular, was previously in charge of film import and export at China Film Group Corporation. In her past work experience, if a Chinese film could sell for a six-figure sum starting with '1' abroad, the factory director would hold a meeting to praise it.

But ever since the factory sent her to Cannes with Chen Fusheng and his team, they've been negotiating dozens of times a day, each with a six-figure sum.

Tonight, the stakes at the negotiating table have soared from six figures to seven figures. Having never played such a high-stakes game before, she was so nervous that she didn't dare to say a word.

My head is still spinning.

Back to the present, Ling Zi was the first to recover from her shock, but she couldn't even do simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division. She had to count on her fingers before confirming with Chen Fusheng again:

"So you made $530 million just tonight?"

"wrong."

“What’s wrong with that? 100 million + 160 million + 270 million, isn’t that 530 million?” Ling Zi continued to count on her fingers again in front of Chen Fusheng.

"The amount is correct, but what you said earlier is wrong. Tonight's achievement is not just the work of the three of us, but everyone's achievement."

"Yes, tonight's success is thanks to everyone." Deputy Director Shi first affirmed Chen Fusheng's statement, then added, "But Xiao Chen, your contribution is paramount!"

Before Chen Fusheng could reply, Han Sanping's 'reaction time' finally 'ran out of credit'.

"Damn, if we add the previous $1.435 million, then our movie has grossed $673.5 million!"

The first day's sales were $138.6 million, and some more were sold later, bringing the total to $143.5 million.

"So many?" Miao Jinfeng hadn't quite come to her senses yet.

"Sister Miao, that's all!" Gong Xue counted, her pretty face, barely bigger than a palm, filled with excitement. "Will you guys be able to sleep tonight? I'm too excited to sleep," Ling Zi added.

"Me too."

"Me too."

Seeing that everyone was saying the same thing, Deputy Director Shi decided to treat everyone to a late-night snack to celebrate.

"Let's go, let's have a late-night snack! I just realized I didn't eat much last night, and my stomach is growling loudly now," Chen Fusheng was the first to agree, rubbing his own stomach.

Everyone else, of course, unanimously agreed.

……

Beijing.

Courtyard No. 16, Siji Hutong, on the morning of the 28th.

Liu Xiaoli had just finished feeding her daughter and then handed her over to her maternal grandmother for a while. She then went to have breakfast and wash her daughter's diapers. When she came back, she was surprised to find that the little one was actually learning to stand up.

Although she still needs to hold onto things, watching her grow up day by day gives Liu Xiaoli, her mother, a great sense of accomplishment.

She quickly grabbed her camera, wanting to capture the moment.

However, when she found the camera, her daughter seemed to be tired of playing and stopped standing. Instead, she saw her crawling towards her with a smile.

Her chubby little legs were like little motors, kicking incredibly fast.

Although Liu Xiaoli was somewhat disappointed, she could only put down her camera and pick up the little dumpling that rushed towards her.

"Shouldn't her father be going back to China soon?" her grandmother asked.

Liu Xiaoli was still counting down the days when her daughter, upon hearing a familiar word, called out, "Daddy~"

His pronunciation is much clearer than at the beginning of the month.

Liu Xiaoli kissed him on the cheek and said gently, "You miss your dad too, don't you? Dad will be back soon, and he'll definitely bring you lots and lots of gifts."

After speaking with her daughter, she turned to her mother and said, "Today is the 28th. The film festival is almost over, so they should be back in the next couple of days."

in the afternoon.

After finishing his meeting, Director Chen from the Film Bureau asked his secretary for the third time, "Has Lao Shi and the others sent back any news from the Cannes Film Festival yet?"

"not yet."

"That can't be right. Even with the time difference, it should be over by now over there."

Before leaving get off work, Director Chen asked the question one last time.

The same result was obtained.

However, no sooner had he returned home than the employee on duty that day came running over, panting.

"Director Chen, good news... Director Shi and the others... they sent a fax from the Cannes Film Festival saying that the film won the Grand Jury Prize..."

"Great, it's good that there's a prize."

The visitor finally caught his breath and excitedly added, "Not only did he win an award, but he also sold the overseas rights to 'The Tuner' for $673.5 million."

"How many?"

"Director Chen, you heard me right, it's $673.5 million."

……

Director Chen's wife heard her husband roar from inside the house, and when she came out to look, she exclaimed: "Huh? Where is he?"

(End of this chapter)