After arriving at the Grand View Garden, Xu Wangqiu and Hu Jian each brought two people and found two tables to sit down at the left side of the restaurant. The filmmaker found a table on the right side of the venue and sat down, drinking tea while waiting to negotiate with Xu Wangqiu and them.

Harvey followed Xu Wangqiu closely all the way from the movie palace to the Grand View Garden, and his face was full of flesh, with the face of a villain, and most of the other film companies were civilized people, and they didn't dare to rob him. He took out a contract from his bag and handed it to Xu Wangqiu: "This is a contract we drafted, exchanging the distribution rights of the "Falcon" film for 40% of Miramax's shares, and the video and TV rights of "Falcon" are in charge of Miramax, and we will receive 30% of the profits. ”

Xu Wangqiu took the contract and slowly flipped through it, but found no problems. The contract was very important, and he didn't dare to take it lightly, so he decided to ask Chabrol and them to help and find a special lawyer. If there is no problem, then the contract can be signed. However, he did not express his concerns, and said with a smile: "You also know that we are a socialist country, and our film export company is a state-owned enterprise, and this contract must be reported and signed only after the approval of the superiors." ”

Xavi didn't know that Xu Wangqiu was worried about his work in the contract, thinking that Xu Wangqiu wanted to shop around. There were several American companies in the show, all of which were above Miramax. Competing with these companies, Harvey was not sure at all, so he pretended to be excited and said, "This is how it should be." I'm very bullish on The Falcon, and I've come up with a complete marketing plan for the last few days. If it works properly, "Falcon" has every chance of becoming a dark horse, and the box office may even exceed 10 million. ”

When Xu Wangqiu heard this, he said curiously: "How do you plan to promote "Falcon"?"

Harvey said with a smile on his face: "That's what I thought, I'm going to ask the famous TV presenter Pason Chapman to lash out at 'Falcon' on TV." When the time comes, he will say on TV, I firmly resist this bloody and violent film, this is the bloodiest and most brutal war film ever made. Now that the film hasn't been released yet, I don't think it should be released, and it has to be X-rated or NC17-rated.

After Paison Chapman lashed out at The Falcon, we would organize a counterattack and engage him in a verbal fight to get the audience interested. If "Falcon" was a movie of a large company, it would have been rated R, but if it was released by a small company like ours, it might be rated NC17. If it is really rated NC17, then we can attack the MPAA, criticize the MPAA in the newspaper, and then file a complaint with the MPAA to change the classification and make a big deal out of it, so as to get the attention of the audience. ”

Xu Wangqiu remembered that Harvey had used grading questions many times to arouse the audience's interest. He thought that Harvey had only been engaged in film distribution for two or three years, and he was not very good at hype, but he didn't expect that he had already hit the idea on MPAA, this guy is really good at film distribution, and chuckled: "This idea is very good, if "Falcon" is really set at NC17 level, not only will you come out to make trouble, but you can also encourage some art film directors to come out and speak out, which will attract more attention." ”

Hearing Xu Wangqiu say this, Harvey was completely relieved, knowing that Xu Wangqiu was willing to hand over "Hoe Rape" to himself for distribution, and immediately said: "There are a lot of independent directors in New York, and when the time comes, I will find a way to contact some people and strive to make this matter bigger." ”

After negotiating with Harvey, Xu Wangqiu negotiated with filmmakers from several countries. Most of the studios' names were very unfamiliar, and he had never heard of them at all. Film is a particularly risky industry, with new companies popping up every day, and old ones going out of business every day. It's normal not to have heard the name of a filmmaker. However, there are also some well-known companies, such as New Line Pictures in the United States.

Founded in 1967, New Line Pictures initially organized university screenings of European art films and low-budget horror films produced in the United States. In 1979, after a certain amount of capital accumulation, New Line began to invest directly in films, mainly shooting horror films, and the business extended from distribution to production.

In 1990, New Line bought the Xiangjiang movie "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" that Fox did not dare to release, and the movie was a big hit after its release, with a box office of 130 million yuan in North America, causing a sensation in the industry and making New Line the most influential independent film company in North America. Later, New Line went on to shoot hugely successful films such as "The Seven Deadly Sins," "Rush Hour," and the "Lord of the Rings" trilogy.

Robert Shea was shocked after watching "Falcon", and decided that "Falcon" must be good at the box office in North America, and may even become a box office dark horse like "The First Punch in the World". The most important reason why "The First Punch in the World" became a hit in the United States is that there is no such movie in the United States, and the audience has not seen it. In fact, it's not just "The First Punch in the World", but later kung fu movies. Hollywood can't make this type of movie, and American audiences can only watch Xiangjiang if they want to watch it.

"Falcon" is a war film, and there are many war films made in Hollywood, both ancient and modern, and the level is extremely high; however, "Falcon" is different from Hollywood war films, not only does it have a grand scene of tens of thousands of troops charging, but also has made a major breakthrough in audio-visual language, and it is a work that pioneered the atmosphere. Such a work must be very popular in the American market.

Robert Shea decided to take "Falcon" and negotiated with Xu Wangqiu very directly: "We are willing to buy the entire rights of "Falcon" in North America for two million dollars. ”

At the Cannes Film Festival, a foreign-language film can sell for $ 7,80, which is quite a high price. can get a price of 2 million, Robert Shea's sincerity is quite sufficient. However, Xu Wangqiu still shook his head and said: "I'm really sorry, we have promised to give the North American copyright of "Falcon" to Miramax. ”

Robert Shea was stunned, thinking that Xu Wangqiu was raising the price, and frowned: "One price, $2.2 million." I can only get this price, no matter how high it is, it can't be. ”

Xu Wangqiu shook his head and said, "We have really agreed to give the North American copyright to Miramax." ”

Robert Shea was surprised, "How much did Harvey bid?"

Xu Wangqiu grinned and said: "Miramax's 40% stake is exchanged for the right to distribute the film, if we can exchange the shares of the new line, then we will definitely choose the new line." ”

Robert Shay stared at Xu Wangqiu for a long time, and after making sure that he was not joking, he said speechlessly: "You are simply crazy!"

Xu Wangqiu has been fighting wits and courage with the filmmakers all morning, Xu Wangqiu is desperately raising the price, and the filmmakers are hoping that the lower the price, the better. Fortunately, there are many filmmakers who come to negotiate, and at least two or three filmmakers from each country are present, and Xu Wangqiu can shop around and choose the best price. Therefore, the negotiation went very smoothly.

After lunch, Xu Wangqiu led people to the beach to show Truffaut and them the ropeway photography system. The staff hung a camera on the ropeway trolley and set up the monitors. After Truffaut and the others came over, Xu Wangqiu gave them a detailed introduction to the principle of the entire ropeway system and how to operate it.

Xu Wangqiu asked Natasha Kinski to walk on the beach and chased her with the ropeway system for a while. Truffaut was so curious about the ropeway camera system that they tried it out, and everyone filmed Natasha Kinsky. Afterwards, everyone came to the Martinez Hotel and showed the footage they had just taken. They chose slightly different angles and different effects, but the shots were all very good. After a while, everyone returned to the beach and tried shooting again.

It was tossed and turned until after six o'clock in the afternoon, and the matter came to an end. After Xu Wangqiu and Truffaut said goodbye, they came to the Grand View Garden. When he walked into the Grand View Garden, the delegation had already arrived and was counting how many contracts had been signed.

Hu Jian saw Xu Wangqiu coming in and hurriedly asked about the sales of the cableway system.

Xu Wangqiu briefly explained the situation, there are two TV producers who are more interested in the cableway system, because the TV station wants to broadcast football games, and the cableway system can shoot more wonderful pictures, but Truffaut and they all think that this thing is too expensive, and it is not cost-effective to shoot two or three shots and buy such expensive equipment. Therefore, Xu Wangqiu suggested that in addition to selling the ropeway system, it could also be rented out, and two sets of equipment should be rented out by Liu Jianfeng and them in Paris.

Hu Jian felt that Xu Wangqiu's idea was good, and some film equipment was not sold to the outside world, but only rented out, such as the famous camera Pannavish. Liu Jianfeng They don't have much to do in Paris, and letting them rent equipment can be regarded as making the best use of them.

At this moment, the Taiwan delegation walked into the Grand View Garden. Today's Taiwan delegation is not like a few days ago, when they saw Xu Wangqiu, they ridiculed them in a weird way, saying that their films could not be sold. This morning, they saw the scene of "Falcon" being sought after by film companies, so naturally they would not give face and pretend not to see the mainland delegation.

Hu Jian glanced at the Taiwan delegation, cleared his throat, and said loudly: "Liu Jianfeng, are there any statistics on your side, how many countries have you sold, and how much has it been sold?"

Liu Jianfeng said with a smile: "We sold to 31 countries and sold 850,000. ”

When the Taiwan delegation heard this, they immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and a disdainful smile appeared on their faces, "Look at your excitement, how much did I think I sold? It turned out that it was only sold for 850,000 yuan! A group of dirt buns who have never seen the world!

As if he had seen through the thoughts of the Taiwan delegation, Hu Jian turned his head to Zhou Lijin and said, "Have you come out with your statistics? How many countries have you sold and how much has it been sold?"

Zhou Lijin said with a smile: "Report leader, we sold the copyrights of 7 countries for a total of 2.86 million US dollars. ”

The Taiwan delegation was frightened by the figure of 2.86 million US dollars, and suddenly remembered that a few days ago, Xu Wangqiu said that the copyright fee sold by "Falcon" would be higher than the total cost of the entire Taiwan delegation.

Qin Xiang wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, thinking that he was fortunate that he didn't bet with Xu Wangqiu, a bastard, that day, otherwise I would be really miserable, and I don't know what it would be. He suddenly remembered his bet with Xu Wangqiu, although that bet sounded very difficult and had little chance of being realized, what if it came true? His heart instantly pinched.

Hu Jian glared at him and asked, "Your account is not right, why is it only more than 2 million?" Although the other party does not pay for the copyright in the United States, it is exchanged with us with shares, which can also be converted into dollars. A 40% stake in Miramax, if converted into money, should be only $2 million. ”

Miramax is a new company that has only been around for more than two years, and it is not worth anything at all, and $2 million is enough to buy Miramax. However, the Taiwan delegation didn't know that when they heard that "Falcon" was sold for more than 5 million US dollars, they all felt hot on their faces, and they couldn't help but spit on Hu Jian in their hearts.

Hu Jian didn't care what the Taiwan delegation thought, so he would talk about it first. In recent days, the Taiwan bend delegation has been squeezing the mainland delegation in a strange way, and Hu Jian, as the head of the delegation, has long been dissatisfied with the Taiwan bend delegation. Now that the opportunity to slap his face is in front of him, he naturally will not miss it and release all the depression in his heart.