Diamond company shoots commercials, you shoot Titanic

Leo shrugged, "Well, I do feel a little emotional, probably because I feel bad for Fang Rong."

"Hmm? What's wrong? Let me see." Wang Zhan said, looking down at the phone screen and pressing the play icon.

Half a minute later, when the video was over, he returned the phone to Leo and sighed, "Oriental Media is indeed short of popular young actors around 20 years old. It would be great to train one. However, it is very difficult to use a newcomer as the protagonist. You have to compete with the platform. Fang Rong has really changed."

He and Fang Rong are in the same entertainment industry and have worked together six years ago.

I still remember that Fang Rong was an ostrich at that time, playing it safe. He loved to show off, but he only dared to show off some unimportant things secretly.

Now, he actually agreed to use newcomers in his new film and promote newcomers.

It's not easy.

Wang Zhan picked up the menu and continued, "However, Chen Xiao should not be present. If Fang Rong made the final decision, then he has not changed, but mutated."

Leo put away his phone, "If Zhou Fan did not accept "Moments of Action", there might be some hope. Alas, I feel more and more that it is all fate."

Wang Zhan smiled, "How old are you? At the age of sixteen, you start to lament your fate. It is more appropriate to say that it is luck, right?"

At this point, he paused while flipping through the menu and frowned.

Yes, Zhou Fan went to the audition...

The next moment, a thought that gave him goosebumps flashed through his mind-could Zhou Fan have done this?

"I'll call you, you order first."

As he said, he immediately put down the menu, picked up the phone, and called his secretary.

After the establishment of Oriental Media, it has maintained a very good cooperative relationship with Jiahao. Dongchuan needs another actor, and Jiahao will be the first one to think of.

Such a good cooperative relationship must not be ruined by an artist.

The call was quickly connected.

Wang Zhan said: "Xiao Qin, have you seen the entertainment news about Fang Rong using newcomers? Confirm whether it was Zhou Fan who did it."

"President Wang, please be assured that it was not him."

"Are you sure?"

"Well, I just met Director Liu of the Artist Management Business Department. He saw the news online and urgently confirmed this matter. I can guarantee 100% that it was not Zhou Fan who did it."

"That's good." Wang Zhan breathed a sigh of relief.

The secretary on the other end of the phone continued: "President Wang, your flight ticket for a business trip to Shanghai next week has been booked. I will send you the information immediately."

"Okay." Wang Zhan breathed a sigh of relief and leaned back against the back of the chair. "By the way, please book me a movie ticket for "The Grand Budapest Hotel" according to your schedule."

"Okay."

"OK." After speaking, Wang Zhan hung up the phone.

Leo raised his head and smiled, "I bought a ticket for The Grand Budapest Hotel and will go to see it next week."

"The movie that Chen Xiao and Chazelle collaborated on is indeed worth watching. Or, people in the industry will all go to see it, right?" Wang Zhan took the menu next to him back and opened it again, "Speaking of this, I'm very curious about something recently."

"Mr. Wang, tell me."

Wang Zhan raised his head and looked towards the window, "The Grand Budapest Hotel is a collaboration between them, and it's an art film. It should have won major awards. Now it's being released in many countries at the same time, which is equivalent to giving up a bunch of awards. How could they make such a decision?"

The main competition unit of international A-level film festivals usually requires the participating films to be international premieres.

That is to say, before the film participates in the competition, it has only been released in the country where the production company is located, and cannot be released in other countries and regions.

The main competition units of the three film festivals such as Cannes, Berlin and Venice have such requirements.

This is to ensure the uniqueness and freshness of the main competition unit of the film festival, and to attract distributors, media, etc. to the film festival.

In some cases, the film is even required to premiere at the film festival, which means that it cannot be released in the country before participating in the competition.

So, if you are aiming for awards and fame, you will only release it in your own country, or premiere it directly at the film festival.

If it is for box office or market development, you will choose to release it in multiple countries at the same time. For example, the profitable "Harry Potter" and the market-opening "The Truman Show" chose to be released at the same time.

But "The Grand Budapest Hotel" directly gave up the three major awards and many film festival awards and released it in multiple countries. What is the purpose?

Wang Zhan frowned and continued, "New Era can't possibly come for our market."

Under the protection policy of the Film Bureau, Haibo Film Company can't reach out to the domestic distribution network. Haibo Film can't get a particularly good schedule. Even Hollywood doesn't open the market, let alone a medium-sized enterprise like New Era.

To make money? Not likely.

Did Chen Xiao and Chazelle really win so many awards?

This...is not impossible.

Needless to say, Chen Xiao sent a video to give a speech at the first two film festivals, and he didn't show up.

Although Chazelle didn't go to the point of wholesale awards, he was photographed by the media on the stage at the Venice Film Festival to provoke his peers. He once publicly said that it doesn't matter when you are alive, but it's okay to leave a name in history after death.

This kind of mental state probably doesn't care about the current awards.

While he was guessing, Leo pursed his lips across the table, thought for a moment and said, "I know something about it."

"Hmm? What's the inside story?"

"I went to the Western Regions to shoot a TV series, had a meal with Director Chen, and talked about this movie. He mentioned that he and Chazelle agreed to just create art and not win awards with this movie."

"Hmm? Did they agree directly? Why?"

Leo lowered his head and looked at the menu, "He didn't say. Maybe he's too busy and doesn't want to run around."

Wang Zhan looked at Leo's expression, stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized.

I understand. This limits the scope of cooperation.

The script was given because of personal friendship. Cha Zhe Lei pursues art, and Chen Xiao only cooperates with him in art, but he won't help New Era win an award.

Tsk, it's good to have a script, but you can just hold Cha Zhe Lei.

Wang Zhan frowned slightly.

Why does this sound like catching a civet in a cage?

Forget it, it's not Jiahao's award, who cares about them.

……

At the same time, in the ancient house of Capital Film and Television City.

A group of directors had lunch in the lounge.

Chang Yu walked into the room with a tablet, came to Chen Xiao, bent down and whispered: "Director Chen, the hot search about Director Fang using newcomers has been pushed to the 28th place on the entertainment list."

Chen Xiao nodded, then turned his head to look at Fang Rong who was quickly showing off his fan next to him, turned back and whispered: "Director Fang can handle it, how is Qi Mu?"

Chang Yu smiled and said: "I just saw him, he was very excited, and said that he was thinking about how to return home in glory tonight."

"Okay, I know. Let the public opinion continue to ferment. Free publicity is worth it."

"Okay." Chang Yu agreed and turned to leave the lounge.