Jiang Yuan stared blankly and listened blankly.

"Director Wang," Shen Du said to Wang Jinfa again, "We first need a purchase contract from Hollywood, preferably... a purchase contract from a big company."

Wang Jinfa on the other side of the phone seemed to ask why, and Shen Du replied: "Think about it. Zhang Zhi has just said it, he asked those filmmakers, and found that times have changed, and it is very difficult for non-Hollywood to go. What does it mean? This shows that those film companies in Europe only trust Hollywood’s vision, Hollywood’s analysis of the current market, and Hollywood’s control of future trends. The sales in the past few years probably also prove this.”

Dun Dun, said again: "So, as long as we can get a little favor from Hollywood, the rest will be easy. We don't even need to sell ourselves one by one, agents from various countries will come to the door automatically and consciously. ."

"In addition, we can make concessions on this contract in Hollywood. After all, its main purpose is to incite European filmmakers, and it is to make a show for Europeans to watch. Therefore, the price that I thought was too cheap, meaningless, and unacceptable in the past, All can be considered - a few days ago, for this kind of too cheap, we would want to find a publisher with a higher price, but now, at this juncture, we had better change our thinking and stop putting the country Regions are considered separately, but are planned as a whole. In the next few days, filmmakers from various countries will still gather in the 'market', which is a good time to start. If a losing North American contract can attract many others who make money The contract is beneficial in the long run. But if we are indecisive, when the film festival is over and the filmmakers leave, the news that "The Cabinet" has signed a North American contract will not be sent out."

"..." Jiang Yuan was already dumbfounded.

Can it still be like this? !

Jiang Yuan suddenly felt that if Shen Du was playing tricks, Shen Du might not be afraid of Liu Zhaojun, Shen Du just didn't bother to speculate.

At the door, Shen Du was still smiling with Wang Jin Jin: "Okay, you can discuss with Zhang Zhi, but you'd better make a decision as soon as possible. If necessary, I can ask a few friends to introduce North American publishers... Cheng, um, Cheng ."

Hanging up the phone, Shen Du turned around, smiled, and said, "Okay, I'm going back. I want to contact a few friends who are close to Hollywood in advance and ask them to prepare. Everyone is busy, don't be at a critical time. Can't find anyone."

"Hmm," Jiang Yuan said, "you go!" He also knew that this world is very magical, and whenever you have something important, your friends are not online.

…………

The news that Jiang Yuan heard about the copyright again is that "Cabinet" is going to sign with Universal Pictures, on Thursday.

Jiang Yuan: "..."

This is too fast!

"Shh," Wang Jinjin held the contract in his hand, mysteriously, and put a finger in front of his beard-encircled lips, "Actually, the copyright is only $250,000, so don't make a statement."

"Well," Jiang Yuan asked, "Did Shen Du's friend match up?"

"Yes," Wang Jinfa replied, "a director who had brought Shen Du introduced Universal Pictures, and the director's North American copyrights are all in the hands of Universal Pictures. I suspect that one of the producers of Universal Pictures is in the hands of Universal Pictures. So signing our "Cabinet" is entirely for the sake of giving Xie Director a face, and for the long-term cooperation with Xie Director... I mean it casually, we bought the North American copyright with 25,000, and we agreed, and the two 10,000 yuan is nothing to them, it doesn't hurt or itch, we won't agree if we don't agree, and we've already given it."

Jiang Yuan thought, it's too miserable.

"Hey, I heard that when Director Xie sold his first film, he printed 1,000 flyers by himself, and said, 'Please come and see my movie! Please come and see my movie!' Yes, we are already very happy."

"what……"

"Okay, okay!" Wang Jin said, "The producer, Zhongqi Film and Television no longer exists, and it is quite troublesome for Party A to sign. It took us a long time to prepare all the materials. Wang Zhi just made an appointment with Universal Pictures. People, now we are going to the trading market to formally sign the copyright contract."

"Hmm!" Jiang Yuan said, "I'll go too, okay? I want to see it!"

"Hahaha," Wang Jinfa hugged Jiang Yuan's neck, "Go!!!"

…………

When it came to the market, Universal Pictures was already waiting at their own booth.

Wang Jinfa explained to Jiang Yuan in a low voice: "It was Shen Du who asked Wang Zhi to tell Universal's people to sign the contract directly at their company's booth. Shen Du said that the more conspicuous the signing screen, the better, and the louder the movement, the better. "

Jiang Yuan said again: "..."

Wang Jinjin asked Jiang Yuan to wait. He and the producer took out Liu Zhaojun's legal affairs and finance, the contract he signed with his former partner, and some necessary materials, and then went straight to the market center, Global Film booth. Universal Pictures is very cool, and the booths they rent are very luxurious. After all, they also have movies to promote to other regions.

After a few days, all the distributors in the market, big and small, knew people from Universal Pictures. At this time, they saw Wang Jinfa and others walking into the booth of Universal Pictures with their heads held high and sitting in a booth. On the opposite side of the table covered with red cloth, the people from Universal also pulled out their chairs and sat down, and began to check the North American copyright transfer contract that Wang Jinjin had just handed in, every word was very serious-generally speaking, a movie in There will only be one copyright contract in North America, and the distribution area includes the United States and Canada.

It took about half an hour for the signing ceremony to end.

Jiang Yuan saw Wang Jinfa shake hands with the people from Universal, and then laughed out loud with his acting skills. His black face was full of satisfaction and happiness, as if he was not holding a $250,000 contract, but a $2.5 million contract. .

"great! great!" Wang Jinfa's voice was so loud that he could hear it in eight villages. "Thank you! thank you all! it's y big day!!!" The more he said it, the more exaggerated he was.

In order to show that he sold the North American copyright to the other party, and also to emphasize that the name of the movie he shot was called "closet", Wang Jinfa turned around again after walking out a dozen meters and shouted in English: "Right! "Cabinet" still needs to be revised and revised!!! I will send it as soon as possible!!! However, I will send you the marketing materials you want when I go back!!!" In order to promote, the producer of a movie will send the materials to the distribution. These materials usually include movie synopses, scripts, posters, previews, news reports, live videos, live photos of marketing activities such as press conferences, industry publications-related introductions, movie reviews, ratings, and more.

"..." Jiang Yuan thought, the director really is an acting school.

Zhang Zhi, who was next to him, was very bad at English, but at this time he tried his best and said, "Sangke oil! Sangke oil!"

In short, Shen Yingdi's policy of "the bigger the movement, the better" is perfectly executed.

No face at all.

…………

The copyright price of a film and television needs to be kept strictly confidential, and there are all relevant clauses in the copyright transfer contract. Universal Pictures, as one of the most well-known companies in the world, naturally does not advertise the specific price of "The Cabinet". Therefore, few know that the North American copyright of "The Cabinet" is only $250,000.

On the other hand, because Wang Jinfa swaggered into Universal's booth, it was widely spread, and almost all filmmakers in Europe and Asia knew that Universal Pictures had just bought Wang Jinfa's Chinese-language film "The Cabinet".

As Shen Du said, since the sale of the North American copyright, everything has gone smoothly.

Many companies took the initiative to find a few of them and asked to watch the film, and other companies are no longer the noble and glamorous appearances that refuse people thousands of miles away.

In the next four days, "Cabinet" actually won distribution contracts in 20 or 30 countries and regions! Including the United Kingdom, France, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Australia... and even some places that are usually difficult to break into! Several of them actually promised a larger release, not just in the Chinese area!

Some large distribution companies may have sniffed out the inside information and did not buy it, but many medium-sized film and television companies have expressed strong interest.

Wang Jinfa really didn't expect Universal Pictures' contract to be so easy to use.

The night before the closing ceremony and awards ceremony, he was so happy that he got drunk, and finally Shen Du and Jiang Yuan carried Wang Jinfa back to the hotel room.

"Huh," Jiang Yuan said when he returned to his room, "Twenty or thirty countries and regions, it's incredible."

"Well," Shen Du was wearing a black shirt, very gentle, "your debut as a male lead has been sold to twenty or thirty countries and regions, which is a very rare number for Chinese-language films in recent years. I'm sure this will cause A lot of people's attention. Those big directors who are interested in the international market will know you soon and will consider you in the future."

"Shen Du..." Jiang Yuan knew that Shen Du, as the best actor of the three major European film festivals, did not need extra aura. He came up with this strategy for himself and contacted Director Xie and the others for his own sake. Swollen, swollen, raised his eyes, stared at Shen Du, and said very seriously, "Shen Du, thank you very much."

He didn't dare to look into each other's eyes, instead he stared at the bridge of his nose.

"It's okay." Shen Du chuckled lightly, "I'm very happy. After all, I..."

At this point, Shen Du paused, withholding a word, and after a second of vacancy, he continued: "...you."

"..." After Jiang Yuan felt that he wanted to "think about it again", Shen Du seemed to be too cautious, so he lowered his eyes a little, his eyes were parallel, his eyes were fixed on Shen Du's lips, and he said, "Shen Du, you don't need to That way, you can say what you want. Nothing. Don't worry."

Shen Du paused for two or three seconds, the corners of his mouth twitched, and his voice was as low and magnetic as always: "Okay, since you want to hear..."

Speaking of this, he stretched out his hand and lightly touched the hair on the back of Jiang Yuan's head, "I love you."

"..."

Jiang Yuan thought: I didn't want to hear it.

No, I want to hear it.

Well, I don't know anymore.