Founded in 1984 by Robert Redford, the Sundance Film Festival, the world's premier independent film festival, is an important spiritual pillar of the domestic independent film industry in the United States, and many emerging Hollywood directors regard it as a springboard for mainstream commercial blockbusters. And big Hollywood studios are looking for new talents, and the "Sundance Film Festival" is a human resource pool that should not be missed.

Of course, in the 1990s, the fame and status of the Sundance Film Festival had not yet reached the level of attention of later generations, but since being banned by Michael Ovitz, this is the only external platform that John can find now, so he can only bring "Stealing Love" to this film festival that has just been established for 6 years.

It's been a cold January in Park City, Utah, and the city, famous for its skiing, is more lively than usual, as movies will replace skiing as the theme of the city, and independent filmmakers will come from far and wide to find opportunities to become famous and known.

John was in the town for the first time, and he was joined by Dani, the little butler, and Nancy, the agent.

It can be said that this film festival is very important to him, although the soundtrack of the film has been bought and paid attention to by many people, but with Michael Ovitz in the way, he is not sure that those film companies can really ignore CAA and turn their heads to cooperate with him.

Therefore, John is under a lot of pressure for this trip to Park City, which will directly decide whether the movie he shoots will be put on the big screen and walked in front of the audience, or finally reluctantly made into a videotape and entered thousands of households.

Just as John looked down and pondered as he walked, he suddenly heard Dinney's words. "Boss, what do you see these people doing in the square?" Dini watched as many people gathered in the downtown square, some chatting in twos and threes, and others busy setting up various players.

John heard Dinny's words and looked up at the square. "They gather here to show their films, waiting to be seen by movie buyers. ”

Looking at these people working in the square in the wind and snow, John felt that his starting point was higher than most, and Nancy got him an invitation to the Sundance Film Festival, so that he didn't have to wait for dark in the downtown square to show his work in the open air in the cold wind, and become "Blair the Witch."

"Blair the Witch," which is the future of being talked about as a small and big one, was discovered in the open square by Artisan Entertainment during the Sundance Film Festival.

"Isn't there a special theater for the festival, and why do they have to show it in the open air in the square?" Dinny was also a first-time visitor to Park City, so she naturally didn't understand why these people were braving the wind and snow to show movies in the square.

Hearing Dani's doubts, Nancy replied: "Although the film festival has theaters, there are hundreds of films participating in the festival every year, so it is naturally impossible to enter the theaters one by one. ”

"I see......" Dani nodded.

After a short journey, John and his party finally arrived at the film festival participation office, although he had an invitation letter, he still needed to pay some fees.

"Mr. John Chris Deng, according to the film screening list, your work "Stealing Love" will be screened at 2 p.m. on the 22nd at the Westted Stadium. ”

Behind the desk was a bespectacled festival worker with a somewhat rounded face, who looked at John with a look of neither sadness nor joy and continued: "You need to pay $1,000 for admission, $200 for material printing, $500 for venue playing, $200 for labor......"

After calculating, John paid $5,000 to complete all the formalities, so art also needs money to support, how can art be realized without money, and evil money and noble art are twin brothers. Of course, this price is much cheaper than the Gala Film Festival, the Berlin Film Festival, and the Venice Film Festival, but the Sundance Film Festival's fame cannot be compared with these three major film festivals.

After the formalities were completed, John and his party left the office and rushed back to the hotel to rest.

The hotel had been booked by Dani before John came to Pike City, and John was very satisfied with Daini's work, and if it weren't for Daini, he would probably have to stay in the square for the night, with those open-air movies for the company.

After the three of them had dinner, Nancy told John about the arrangement, although he came to the Sundance Film Festival to try his luck, but he also needed a reasonable arrangement.

For her, John and her interests are tied together, and "Stealing Love" is not only related to John's success or failure, but also related to whether she has earned money in the past six months, so she must work hard.

After the work was arranged and Dani and Nancy left, John looked out the window at the brightly lit Pike City, a little excited and a little worried.

I was excited that my first movie was about to be played, and I was worried that I was afraid that no one would approve the movie I made, and the gains and losses in my heart made John destined to be sleepless tonight.

And John is not the only one who has no sleep tonight, Michael Ovitz is not sleepy in the CAA building in Los Angeles.

When assistant Waitis Albert told him the sales figures for the soundtrack of the movie "Stealing Love", he felt like he was slapped by John, and the sales volume of 6.12 million made him feel hot in the face.

He felt that John was a little strong who couldn't be killed, and he blocked the release of John's movie, but he didn't expect John to break through from the soundtrack and fight a beautiful counterattack.

GM he can't mess with......

Walmart he can't mess with......

Pepsi he can't afford to mess with......

Penny's store he can't afford to mess with......

AT&T: He can't even be messed with......

Looking at the companies on the sales list that helped John promote and sell the soundtrack, Kerr Ovitz could only angrily smash the phone to pieces, because none of these companies he could afford to mess with.

CAA is very powerful, but it is only in Hollywood, out of Hollywood, who still buys CAA's account, and who gives him face. In the eyes of these companies, he is no different from an ant, at best a relatively large ant.

"Robert, go get me a call!" Michael Ovitz said after he finished venting, looking at the assistant on the side.

Now that the soundtrack of "Stealing Love" is a big hit, it has successfully attracted the attention of film companies, so he must improve his interests in order for these film companies to continue to stand with him.

For a person who has been in Hollywood for many years, he naturally understands that in this Vanity Fair theory, there are no permanent friends, only eternal interests.