In the banquet hall of the hotel near the International Studios, Zhang Baihat finished talking about the copyright auction rules, and looked at the people from seven international companies below, which could be described as full of ambition.

In his opinion, the film "Hero" is very well shot and truly has the temperament of an international blockbuster.

And with "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" on the way forward, "Hero" has a considerable market foundation.

Thinking of this, Zhang Baihao turned his head to look at the old peasant-like face, and secretly admired in his heart, this head was very sober, and he knew that he had to follow the trend closely, rather than wait for a while.

A director who shoots literary films, when he changes his business direction, his sense of smell is still very sensitive.

That's what a good director is.

Now I'm waiting to be able to sell it internationally at a good price.

His company can only guarantee the domestic distribution of "Hero", and has no international distribution capability, and the international distribution rights can only be sold.

Zhang Baihat did not consider the box office share, because the domestic companies lack international supervision capabilities, and these international distributors do not play with domestic companies, rather than let them do the box office accounting at that time, it is better to sell out the international rights.

"Ahem......" Zhang Baihao cleared his throat, and then said: "Everyone has already seen the movie, and if you intend to release this film internationally, please bid below." ”

There are translators who translate according to their respective clients.

"Shall we buy it?"

The two men at the British distribution company were discussing: "There are Hollywood people here. ”

The capabilities of Hollywood distribution companies are not comparable to theirs.

"Give it a try. The speaker immediately raised his voice: "$1,000,000." ”

This is already a high price for Oriental films, and in the past, few international rights to Oriental films could be sold for more than one million dollars.

Zhang Baihao's heart was happy, this is a good start.

The people from that company in Canada glanced at the British and shouted that the price was so high, how could they play it? Really think that every oriental movie is "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"? Forget it, give up.

In the beginning, Canadians chose to give up.

Ronan gestured to Connie, and Connie said loudly, "Embassy Pictures, $2 million." ”

The people in the British company subconsciously wanted to shout three million dollars, but reason told him that if he raised another million dollars, such an oriental film might not be profitable.

This international market is very large, but there are not many places that can really accept oriental films.

They know very well that not every oriental movie is called "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

The hall fell silent for a moment, and no one seemed to bid anymore.

Zhang Guoshi couldn't help but be a little anxious, could it be that the name he broke out in the past few years was only worth 2 million US dollars in the world?

On stage, Zhang Baihat first looked at the people at Europa Films, and then at Harvey Weinstein, who represented Miramax.

Why don't they bid?

The people from the British company kept their mouths shut, and the people from several Canadian companies were more like they came to make soy sauce and never opened their mouths at all.

The real ones that are competitive are Embassy Pictures, Miramax and Europa Films.

"Three million dollars!" the French bid.

Ronan glanced at Harvey Weinstein, a little strange, this fat man was able to calm down.

Harvey Weinstein is quiet, but extremely confident, as a person who has been importing films from overseas all year round, he has too much experience in how to deal with these overseas producers while maximizing his own interests.

This film has a selling point, as long as the theater is near the Chinese community, it may get a good box office.

Of course, Harvey Weinstein doesn't think that this film can compare to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which is all about Western core, and the international fame of the director and actors is not as good as that of the people in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

He wanted to win the film, but he was unwilling to pay too high a price, and even $3 million was too high.

Fortunately, he has the means, and he has used it overseas more than once, and most of the time it works.

Film companies in these small places dream of breaking into the international market, as long as they are targeted, it is not difficult to do.

Ronan withdrew his gaze from Harvey Weinstein and gestured two fingers at Connie, who immediately said, "Embassy Pictures, $5 million!"

As soon as this offer came out, the people at Europa Pictures immediately relented.

Zhang Baihat nodded secretly, the price of five million dollars has exceeded the minimum expectation.

The hall fell silent again, and Ronan suddenly felt that his eyes were turned to his side, and immediately looked over, Harvey Weinstein, the fat man, had just turned his head.

"Miramax. Harvey Weinstein suddenly said, "$25 million!"

The hall fell completely silent, and most of the buyers' eyes fell on Harvey Weinstein, full of confusion and incomprehension.

Two and a half million dollars? Is Miramax crazy?

The box office of all of Director Zhang's movies combined, it can't reach $20 million!

Ronan frowned, what is Harvey Weinstein going to do? Of course he wouldn't think Harvey Weinstein is crazy, but anyone in Hollywood, who doesn't know this fat man's shrewdness and calculation in buying and selling movies?

But why did Harvey Weinstein offer such an outrageously high price for a film that could be won for seven or eight million dollars at most?

Is "Hero" really so powerful?

Ronan tried to recall that the box office of "Hero" in China seems to be more than 100 million soft girl coins, and the box office in North America is about 40 or 50 million US dollars.

The $25 million buyout is only part of the cost, and there are all kinds of publicity and distribution expenses that follow, and the risk is too great.

Harvey Weinstein is in a hurry to give them a white hat to send money.

Could it be that Harvey Weinstein is a very hidden flower lover? Ronan flashed through the thought.

Let him believe that a guy who dares to lock foreign directors and producers in hotel rooms to force them to agree in order to buy films at a low price is inexplicably normal behavior and impossible.

Connie looked at Ronan and asked if she wanted to follow up.

The smile on the corner of Zhang Baihat's mouth is almost uncontrollable, this can generate profits just by selling international copyrights!

But after years of hard work in the business world, he finally retained some sanity, looked at Harvey Weinstein's side, and confirmed: "Miramax bid $25 million?"

Harvey Weinstein said lightly: "If Miramax wins the bid, Miramax can pay a tenth of the deposit immediately after signing the contract. ”

Hearing this, Zhang Baihao and Zhang Guoshi glanced at each other, and at the same time relieved their hearts.

Harvey Weinstein turned his head to look at Ronan and asked, "Ronan, business is business, friendship is friendship, you can bid." ”

He was quite confident that with Ronan Anderson's shrewdness, he would certainly not have spent such a high price on this film.

Ronan smiled and said, "Embassy Pictures withdraws." ”

Harvey Weinstein laughed, with a hint of smugness in his smile.

Ronan glanced at the fat Jewish man, his face was impassive, but he was more and more sure of one thing in his heart, Harvey Weinstein would never pay the $25 million.

Just now Harvey Weinstein said to pay the deposit in advance, Ronan remembered some things, combined with what he knew about Harvey Weinstein's personality, it is not difficult to determine the other party's modus operandi.

"Are there any more bids?" Zhang Baihat looked around the hall and confirmed one last time: "Are there any more bids?"

Seeing that no one responded, he said to Harvey Weinstein: "Mr. Weinstein, the international rights to "Hero" belong to Miramax. ”

The staff in the hall who belonged to Zhang Baihat applauded together, and seemed to be extremely satisfied with the result.

Harvey Weinstein laughed again, walked over and whispered something to the white hat, Ronan couldn't hear it from afar, but he could guess it, presumably the time to pay the deposit, the formal negotiation, and the signing of the agreement.

Miramax just won the bid, and there is still a lot of work to be done.

"We're completely giving up?" Connie asked in a low voice.

As an assistant, she knew that one of Ronan's main goals was "Hero" when he came over this time.

Ronan shrugged slightly: "We can't always do what Harvey Weinstein did, can't we bid $30 million?"

Combined with the investment in publicity and distribution, the risk will increase exponentially.

Zhang and Zhang quickly ended their whispered conversation with Harvey Weinstein, sent the others out of the hall, and invited everyone to a banquet for the evening.

Everyone, including Ronan, politely declined the invitation.

The two didn't insist, after all, the high price of $25 million had already made them excited.

For filmmakers of this era, this is absolutely astronomical.

Never before has a film sold for such a high price internationally.

As long as it is made public, Zhang Guoshi's status will jump up, and Zhang Baihao's net worth will skyrocket.

Ronan got into the car, asked Connie to close the front and back partitions, and instructed: "Let the people from the Embassy Film Branch keep an eye on Harvey Weinstein and the producers to determine when and where they will sign the contract, and the relevant news will reach me as soon as possible." ”

"Are we going to fight for this film?" Connie heard Ronan's intentions.

Ronan smiled and said, "Just try, even if it doesn't work out in the end, we won't lose anything." ”

If Harvey Weinstein really had to spend $25 million on Heroes, he had nothing to say.

It's just that he's here for a few more days.

It's just a good time to take a look at Da Shanghai, but unfortunately I didn't bring a beautiful woman over.

Ronan thought about it again: "You change to a hotel and book me a room again, the film festival is about to end, and you and Finch stay after the end and let the others take the business plane back to Los Angeles." ”

Connie asked, "Create the illusion that we're leaving?"

Ronan nodded: "Well, be serious." ”

Connie said, "I'll get in touch." ”