Chapter 66
"Mr. Qiao, what are you doing in the United States?"
Sitting in the twentieth century fox viewing room, the small screen in front of him was showing the film plan a, which was the scene of Cheng Long jumping from the bell tower, but He Guanchang leaned into Qiao Feng's ear and whispered the doubts in his heart.
"It's just curiosity, and I'm going to come out with you for a long time." Qiao Feng replied with a smile.
This is not the first time that the people of Golden Harvest have asked this question, nor is it the first time they have watched a film in this viewing room and asked Qiao Feng this question.
After arriving in the United States, the group had already been to Warner and Twentieth Century Fox twice.
The first one who came to Warner, and came out to receive a distribution manager named Thomas, and it was at Warner that Golden Harvest was in charge of the distribution of the killer trench filmed in the United States.
There is this level of cooperation, and this person also has time, so their first stop is Warner.
After watching the whole film of Plan A in the studio, Thomas praised Cheng Long's thrilling and wonderful performance in the film, but when Zou Wenhuai was overjoyed, Thomas was very sorry and said that he was not optimistic about the film in the American market, so he was not going to report it to discuss the distribution.
The reason is very simple, this is a Hong Kong movie, and the actors in it are basically all yellow-skinned and black-eyed Asians, and they are not well-known in the United States, and faceblind American audiences will not choose to watch such a film.
After being frustrated by Thomas, Zou Wenhuai did not give up and found Twentieth Century Fox again, and the reception here was also the manager of the distribution department, named Brad.
Last year's Cannonball Flying Car was distributed by Twentieth Century Fox, so Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang and Brad are also old acquaintances.
But old acquaintances are not useful, especially the Chinese set of personal relationships in the United States where interests are paramount, and Brad refused to release the film after watching it, for the same reasons as Thomas.
When watching the film that time, Zou Wenhuai once asked Qiao Feng again why he came to the United States, and the answer Qiao Feng gave him remained the same, just to gain knowledge.
I couldn't get the truth here from Qiao Feng, and the release of the film was rejected again, and Zou Wenhuai's face was about to become a hardness at that time.
The aggrieved Zou Wenhuai did not give up, and contacted the senior executives of Warner and Twentieth Century Fox, and then the senior management of Warner first replied that they could watch the film again, and several directors and producers of Warner would be organized to watch the film together.
Not only did Warner agree to have another viewing party, but the executives of Twentieth Century Fox also persuaded the company to re-watch the film, and they would also find experienced directors and producers to participate in the screening.
But taking advantage of the excitement and returning home, Warner's viewing will end in rejection again, and Zou Wenhuai also saw the reality clearly, and it seems that there is little hope for the release of Plan A to the United States.
Twentieth Century Fox's viewing party was already Zou Wenhuai's last hope, because all other distribution companies except Warner and Twentieth Century Fox rejected him at the beginning, not even to meet, and refused directly on the phone.
Several directors and producers of Twentieth Century Fox watched the film with relish, and from time to time they got together and whispered something, which gave Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang a lot of hope.
"Mr. Qiao, do you think they will agree to the release?" He Guanchang asked with some apprehension.
Qiao Feng shook his head, he was not optimistic about this viewing meeting, in fact, he was not optimistic about Zou Wenhuai's trip to the United States from the beginning.
Of course, Qiao Feng was also very disappointed in his trip to the United States, and the luck he wanted to meet did not come across.
I went to Warner twice and didn't meet the person I wanted to meet, and I didn't hear any news when I inquired, which made Qiao Feng start to wonder if his trip to the United States came early, and whether that guy hadn't written a script yet, and didn't start peddling it everywhere.
The more he thought about it, the more depressed he became, Qiao Feng stood up gently, motioned He Guanchang to go out by himself, and then opened the door and walked out.
The corridor was empty and there was no one qiao feng lit a cigarette and walked towards the stairwell, it is not good to smoke in public, and no one in the stairwell is generally the most suitable smoking place in the building.
Before I could smoke two puffs of cigarettes in the stairwell, there was the sound of hurried high heels stepping on the ground in the elevator hall across the wall, and I heard the sound of other people's footsteps in addition to those wearing high heels.
Then there was a burst of English, Qiao Feng's English level was a mess, but he heard it clearly at this time, and understood what it meant.
He remembers everything he saw in his previous life clearly, he has watched so many European and American movies, British dramas and American dramas, and they are all original soundtracks, and now when he hears English, his mind automatically presents the same part of the synthesis combination of the English dialogues he heard and those English dialogues he remembered in his mind, just like synchronous translation.
Not only can he understand English, but he can also speak English fluently, as long as there is something in the memory of his previous life, he has no problem listening to it.
Of course, not only in English, but also in other readings.
Now he clearly heard the woman in high heels opposite saying to another person: "Bob, James is a very talented director, and he wrote the script, let him direct it himself will definitely get the best results, and the box office will definitely be a big hit."
"No, Annie, he's just a newcomer, he's only directed one film and failed, there's no way we're going to let him direct it. The man named Bob said in a contemptuous tone.
"This...."The woman named Anne hesitated, as if she was a little moved.
"No, I'm not going to give up the right to direct, Annie, we have a deal, you promised me that I could shoot the clip as I wanted." Another male voice spoke.
"In that case, there's not much to say, sorry, Annie."
Hearing the conversation over there, Qiao Feng's eyes lit up suddenly, he was not interested in the person named Bob, but he was more interested in the woman named Annie and the other man who was talking.
Because he had a hunch that he was looking for untouchable luck and was going to run into Twentieth Century Fox.
Is this called stepping on iron shoes and having nowhere to find, and it takes no effort to get them? Or is it called a mountain and a heavy water with no way out, and another village with dark willows and bright flowers?
Whatever, let's go out and see if it's going to happen.
With excitement, Qiao Feng threw away the cigarette butt and walked out of the stairwell.
There was still talking, mainly the woman named Annie was talking, but the sound of the elevator sounding, Qiao Feng had just turned the corner and hadn't seen the person clearly, at this time he couldn't wait any longer, and hurriedly shouted: "Miss Annie, please wait a minute."