"Let's cooperate with the film alliance!" Wu Jianye read the quotations of major French theaters brought by Matthew Murphy, and finally chose the film alliance that was not the highest price and the largest scale.

Matthew Murphy was slightly stunned: "Director Wu, I'm afraid this will have an impact on the company, right?"

The film alliance has just been established for a few years, and the theater chain it has cannot be compared with Gomont and Badai, and the price is not as high as Gomont, and Matthew Murphy doesn't understand why Wu Jianye chose the film alliance.

For a moment, Matthew Murphy even wondered if Wu Jianye had some private deal with the Film Alliance.

Wu Jianye smiled: "Don't worry, I'll explain it over there, Linda, you don't have to worry about this, just do what I say!"

Matthew Murphy saw Wu Jianye say this, so he stopped persuading, "What about MK2?"

Wu Jianye thought for a moment and said, "You don't have to worry about this, I'll go and explain this matter to Martin Kamitz." ”

If it's just a simple Martin Kamitz, Wu Jianye actually doesn't need to explain it, but Martin Kamits was introduced by Gil Jacob after all, and if Wu Jianye wants to continue to make a difference at the Cannes Film Festival, it is impossible to bypass Gil Jacob, so he still needs to explain it himself.

.......

"Mr. Kamitz, I'm really sorry this time, and I'm sorry that I couldn't work with MK2!"

It's still the coffee shop last time, and Wu Jianye invited Jill Jacob and Martin Kamitz.

It would be impossible to say that Martin Kamitz didn't have any waves in his heart, but he also knew that this matter was basically hopeless.

"Hey, I really didn't expect Director Wu to hand over the movie "The Last Emperor" to commercial theaters. Martin Kamits said disappointedly.

Wu Jianye smiled and said, "Mr. Kamitz, in fact, there is another thing to invite you out this time!"

Martin Kamits was slightly stunned and asked, "What else is going on?"

Wu Jianye: "In fact, in recent years, our country's film industry is slowly developing, and film talents are also emerging, such as Chen Kaige, the director of "Yellow Earth", who won the Silver Leopard Award at the Locarno International Film Festival the year before last, his new work "The Child King" has been produced, but due to time problems, he has not been able to catch up with this Cannes Film Festival, but he has decided to apply for next year's Cannes Film Festival for the film "The Child King", as well as "Yellow Earth" Zhang Yimou, who won the Photography Award at the Nantes Three Continents Film Festival, is also preparing for his new film, these people represent the new force of our Chinese films, and I can arrange for them to meet with Mr. Kamitz when the time comes. ”

A "Yellow Earth" is not only popular with Chen Kaige, but also Zhang Yimou, and it is precisely because of "Yellow Earth" that Zhang Yimou is qualified to direct "Red Sorghum".

It's just that because of the particularity of "Red Sorghum", in the end, Zhang Yimou and Western Film Studio chose the Berlin Film Festival for this film, but it turned out that their choice was correct.

"Red Sorghum" won the Golden Bear at next year's Berlin Film Festival.

This is also the highest honor that a domestic film has won at the Berlin Film Festival.

Since then, this movie has also allowed Zhang Yimou to embark on an open life.

After listening to Wu Jianye's proposal, Martin Kamits showed a hint of a smile: "Okay, I hope their movies can be as good as Director Wu's movies!"

Gil Jacob smiled and said: "I know what you said about Chen, I have also watched his "Yellow Earth", it is a very good movie, and I will take a good look at Chen's new movie next year." ”

As the selection director of the Cannes Film Festival, Gil Jacob was naturally the first to see these films.

Recommending Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou to Martin Kamitz is actually something that Wu Jianye has already thought about, and he will tackle the commercial film market in Europe by himself, and Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou and others will tackle the literary film market in Europe.

"I think Chen Kaige will definitely be very happy when he hears the news!" Wu Jianye said with a smile.

.......

"Film Alliance?Wu, do you have other ideas?" When Linda heard that Wu Jianye actually chose to cooperate with the Film Alliance, she did not question this decision like Matthew Murphy, but thought that Wu Jianye might have any follow-up thoughts.

"Yes, since several major Hollywood film companies have been guarding against Phantom Entertainment's involvement in the hair industry, then we will secretly Chen Cang on the Ming Xiu Plank Road, find another way, and set foot in the European hair industry in the name of Xiangjiang Fengge Entertainment, and then the Phantom Entertainment and Fengge Entertainment will jointly cooperate, so that we can leave the world in the European market!"

With the development of Phantom Entertainment getting faster and faster, it has long been an independent production company in Hollywood that cannot be ignored, but the consequence of this is that almost several major film production companies in Hollywood are staring at Phantom Entertainment, if Phantom Entertainment really wants to get involved in the hair industry, then it is likely to be attacked by a group.

The real rise of Phantom Entertainment will not be able to compete head-on with Hollywood's established film companies until it has enough foundation, and at the same time, it has its own firm partners in North American theaters.

In fact, there is another concern, Wu Jianye did not say.

That is, Phantom Entertainment in North America, almost Linda's word, after several years of development, Linda's rights in Phantom Entertainment definitely exceed the imagination of ordinary people, and Fengge Entertainment controls the distribution in Europe, which is also a counterbalance to Linda.

After all, if Linda rebelled, the damage it would bring would far exceed the harm caused by Liu Feng in Fengge Entertainment.

Of course, this is not to say that Linda has an antipathy now, but more of Wu Jianye's precautionary measures.

After listening to this, Linda said, "This is indeed a good way. Then Linda said: "By the way, "Die Hard" has officially started filming, do you have anything to advise?"

Wu Jianye: "No, just shoot according to the normal shooting task." ”

"Is it possible for the movie "The Last Emperor" to be released in North America?"

"Let's arrange it!"

Then the two talked about the development of Phantom Entertainment during this period of time before hanging up the phone.

Thanks to Matthew Murphy's efforts, the rights to screen "The Last Emperor" were also negotiated with distributors in other European countries, France sold for $100,000, Germany for $80,000, Britain for $80,000, Italy for $100,000, and a dozen other small countries.

However, the screening rights in those small countries are not so high, and most of them are 20,000 or 30,000 US dollars.

Overall, "The Last Emperor" sold for $600,000 in Europe.

Not only that, Wu Jianye has not let "The Last Emperor" be released in Southeast Asia before, and now that he won the Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival, it is natural that it can be carried out.

is not only in Southeast Asia, but also in Xiangjiang, which has been released, and because of this news, the box office of "The Last Emperor" has rebounded.

After the release of "The Last Emperor" in Southeast Asia, RB became the largest box office, RB has always admired the history of China very much, coupled with their natural worship of the strong, so when the news that Wu Jianye won the Best Director at the Cannes Film Festival spread in RB, the box office of "The Last Emperor" directly showed a blowout.

RB alone has a box office of 4.2 billion yen, which is equivalent to nearly $30 million in US dollars!

But this is all for later, "The Last Emperor" is destined to be a long period of income.

.......

"It's still a good time to come to Cannes!"

After dealing with all the things at the Cannes Film Festival, Wu Jianye and others also set off to return to China, and Monica Bellucci also followed Matthew Murphy to Hollywood after accompanying Wu Jianye for a while, where she will usher in her own glory.

However, this has nothing to do with Wu Jianye, the two have a very pure trading relationship.

Also returning to the United States were Zun Long and Chen Chong.

So only Wu Jianye, Zhao Fei, and Mu Deyuan returned to China this time!

Mu Deyuan did not participate in the last Venice Film Festival, but he still knows about the contradiction between the crew of "Hang the Red Lantern" and Sun Jiarui.

However, without personal feelings, the psychology is naturally not so strong.

"You seemed to be very unhappy last time, but I heard that Lao Wu also took you to the yacht to play!"

"Hey, you don't know how annoying Sun Jiarui is, if it wasn't for Lao Wu's arrangement in advance, we might not even have a place to live!" Zhao Fei was angry when he remembered what Sun Jiarui did in Venice last time.

Wu Jianye said with a smile: "Sun Jiarui also got the punishment he deserved, don't talk about unhappy people!"

Zhao Fei nodded and asked, "Old Wu, it's time to go back this time to explain the matter of the "New Dragon Gate Inn", right?"

Now Zhao Fei has become Wu Jianye's royal photographer, filming "New Dragon Gate Inn", Wu Jianye has finished talking to Zhao Fei, and the two will continue to cooperate.

However, when Wu Jianye talked about this matter with Mu Deyuan, he was rejected by Mu Deyuan, everyone is classmates, and he served as the photographer of "The Last Emperor" with Zhao Fei before, which can be regarded as Mu Deyuan's desire to meet his desire to be in charge, and at the same time, he does not want to give up this film with the largest investment in China.

But now he also has his own pursuits, in his opinion, it is naturally easier to become famous if he continues to serve as Wu Jianye's photographer, but he has always had to stoop to Zhao Fei and serve as an assistant photographer, which still makes Mu Deyuan a little unacceptable.

He also wants to prove himself.

So in the end, Mu Deyuan refused Wu Jianye's invitation.

"Well, after I go back, I have to go to Xiaoying Studio, and then I want to shoot in Dunhuang, Yinchuan and other places to choose a suitable shooting location. Wu Jianye said.

Zhao Fei nodded and said, "That's right, go find Wu Ziniu and them!"

Wu Jianye said with a smile: "I guess I can't see Wu Ziniu, I heard that he took a movie from Jianjun Film Studio, and now I don't know where to squat!"

Now among the fifth-generation directors, although Wu Jianye and Chen Kaige are the most famous, it is not them who have the largest number of films, but Wu Ziniu.

In just a few years, Wu Ziniu has directed "Alternate", "Bloody Black Valley", "Pigeon Tree", "The Last Winter", ....... has a few movies, and he can definitely be regarded as a prolific director among Wu Jianye's classmates.

As Wu Ziniu's reputation grows, he is no longer limited to making films for Xiao Film Studio.

This year, it was borrowed by Jianjun Film Studio to shoot "Evening Bell".

The film would even win the Silver Bear at the Berlin Film Festival the following year.

Although the domestic film market is getting worse, it is undeniable that there are indeed many excellent domestic films during this period.

It was precisely after knowing the development of the domestic film industry during this period that Wu Jianye knew that if he simply became an excellent director and made a few excellent and even international award-winning films, he could not bring much change to Huayu Films, and could only rely on a strong capital market to let the domestic high-level see that the film industry could bring good foreign exchange income to the country like other industries, so that it was possible to better develop the domestic film and even TV drama industry.

"Your daughter-in-law is about to give birth, right?" Zhao Fei asked suddenly.

Wu Jianye smiled: "There are almost two months left." ”

"What time?" Zhao Fei asked.

"Don't worry, it's just in time, we won't be there for long. Wu Jianye said with a smile.

As his first child, Wu Jianye will definitely not miss his date of birth, and now the Beibao Western Film and Television City on the Phoenix side has not yet been established, that is to say, Wu Jianye will build a scene over there during the filming of "New Dragon Gate Inn" this time, so as to use the filming scene when the East Factory interrogated the military department Shangshu in the early stage of the movie.

At the same time, because this movie has been adapted by Wu Jianye, there are some differences from the original version, such as Wu Jianye will join in this movie, the competition between the East Factory and the West Factory, and at the same time, there is also the party struggle between the East Factory, the West Factory and the Donglin Party.

These will all be filmed in Yanjing.

Although there are not many scenes, it is also a preparation for the follow-up series.

This is the biggest difference between Wu Jianye's version of "New Dragon Gate Inn" and Xu Ming's version of "New Dragon Gate Inn", Xu Jian's version of "New Dragon Gate Inn" for various reasons, until more than 20 years later, did not launch a sequel series, and Wu Jianye's version is different, if the social response is good, Wu Jianye is ready to make this movie into a series.

Of course, in the follow-up series, Wu Jianye will not direct anymore, but will launch a new director.

At this time, Chen Kaige and Zhang Yimou pursued more art in film, and ignored the interests of film, which is also one of the reasons why although a group of outstanding film talents were produced in China in the following years, they could not change the decline of film.

Wu Jianye's energy alone is still a little insufficient, and only the emergence of more commercial film directors can support Wu Jianye's plan.

When the plane arrived at Yanjing Airport, the three of them got off the plane and saw that there were many enthusiastic fans in the airport hall.......

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