During the reception, Chris looked at Ang Lee, Xu Ligong and others who were still socializing, and said to Ronan: "Although I can't understand the lines, and the subtitles look difficult, I can roughly understand that this film has a bit of Jane Austen's "Sense and Sensibility". ”

This dialogue is in Chinese with English subtitles, but Americans have a habit of developing for many years, and they don't like to watch subtitles at all.

Ronan nodded: "It's really like the alternative "Sense and Sensibility". ”

"It's a pity that Ann-Lee chose the wrong form of expression. Chris shook his head: "This kind of martial arts movie is too strange." ”

He sighed: "Ann Lee's recent films are not very good. ”

Ronan agreed, saying, "yes." ”

Maybe after a while, Sony Entertainment will have a different view on "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", but Sony Entertainment's filmmakers who came to the Cannes Film Festival were led by Chris, and now Chris is not optimistic about this film, at least during the Cannes Film Festival, Sony Entertainment will not be very likely to join the competition.

Last year, Ang Lee's film with a production budget of up to $35 million was only a pitiful $630,000 at the North American box office.

To a certain extent, Ang Lee's filming of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was also a last resort, because the fiasco of the previous film made it difficult for him to receive a bigger production in Hollywood.

Speaking of which, Ang Lee is also a strong-willed person, his career as a director has hit the street several times, and it would have been finished long ago if he was replaced by other Chinese directors, but he survived.

This alone is far more than Wu Baige.

Ronan chatted with Chris a few more words, and saw that there were many fewer people around Ang Lee and Xu Ligong, and said to Chris, "I'll go and say hello to the master." ”

Chris didn't mean anything from the past: "You go, didn't we have an agreement before? ”

Ronan could see that Chris really had no interest in this film, so he took the opportunity to return the favor that he had half-jokingly before.

These old fritters mixed with Hollywood, none of them are simple.

In the chat just now, Ronan also tentatively asked that Sony Classics has very little investment in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", because Sony Classics is not very optimistic about a martial arts film with such a high investment.

The production budget of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is as high as 17 million US dollars, and if you convert the exchange rate of this era, it is more than 130 million soft girl coins, which martial arts film dares to invest so much money today?

Ang Lee said that it is an exaggeration to shoot "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", but it can also reflect the real situation of the project.

Ronan has always planned and then acted, and has a lot of information in the past few days, Ang Lee collaborated with Sony Columbia Pictures in 1995 on "Sense and Situation", but did not cooperate with Sony again, and the main producer of each film is different.

Therefore, Ang Lee should have no inclination about which company to cooperate with.

As for Xu Ligong, the Western film industry does not know much about him, this is one of the most famous filmmakers in Wanwan, mainly in Wanwan, and does not deal much with Hollywood.

"Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Xu Ligong is the first producer, and Ang Lee is the director and producer.

The power of this film is actually in the hands of these two people.

"Hello, Director Li. Hello Mr. Xu. Ronan came up to the two and shook hands with them one by one while introducing himself: "I'm Ronan Anderson, president of Embassy Pictures. ”

"Embassy Pictures?" Xu Ligong felt very unfamiliar.

Ang Lee has been in Hollywood for many years, and immediately asked: "The embassy pictures that released "Blair the Witch" and "The Grim Reaper"?"

Ronan smiled slightly: "Exactly." ”

"Hello, Mr. Anderson. Li An's face was instantly full of smiles: "It's a great honor to meet you." ”

When Xu Ligong heard that he was from a Hollywood distribution company, he also came over to say hello: "It's an honor for Mr. Anderson to come to the reception. ”

Ang Lee added: "The performance of Embassy Pictures last year was remarkable. ”

Seeing the two of them politely and with a little flattering tone, Ronan suddenly realized something, something that he had not completely changed yet.

Embassy Pictures is a distribution company, and he now represents a distribution company, and it is a distribution company that performed quite well last year!

In a single round of performance, Embassy Pictures even beat Lionsgate, Miramax and New Line Pictures in the previous year!

Ang Lee and Xu Ligong are producers, or producers who want to seek North American distribution.

More importantly, Ang Lee is not a big director in the future, and the last movie only experienced a fiasco!

There is also "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", he knows that this film will be a huge success, but others don't know that martial arts films are a niche genre in North America after all, looking at Chris's attitude, it is not difficult to guess that most people in Hollywood are not interested in this film.

The value of such a film is slowly revealed, but now "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is only premiering in Cannes, and the official release will not be until July.

The importance of distribution to a film cannot be overstated.

As a distributor, it naturally has an advantage when facing the producer, and looking at the current situation, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" does not seem to have attracted enough attention from Hollywood distribution companies.

Ronan had observed with Chris before, and there were few people from Hollywood at the reception, and an expert like Chris who had been in Hollywood for many years was very familiar, and most of the moviegoers and buyers from other companies knew each other.

Even Harvey Weinstein, who went to see the premiere, didn't seem to come over.

It is estimated that Harvey Weinstein is also not familiar with martial arts films.

Perhaps it was the huge success of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" that Miramax later bought the North American rights to "Heroes".

Ronan was also not modest, saying: "Embassy Pictures is growing rapidly, and the distribution channel in North America is becoming more and more perfect, if it is replaced by the current release of "Blair the Witch". He appears very confident: "The North American box office could be higher. ”

Ang Lee has long been westernized, and said: "The announcement of "Blair the Witch" is amazing. ”

Although Xu Ligong has less to do with Hollywood, he has also heard the name of "Blair the Witch", a distribution company that can operate that kind of super bad movie to a box office of hundreds of millions of dollars, and it is not easy to think about it.

Ronan didn't talk nonsense, and expressed his intentions: "Both, I just watched the premiere, is the North American distribution right still in your hands?"

At the moment when Ronan identified himself, Ang Lee and Xu Ligong guessed his intention, and Xu Ligong answered: "The North American copyright is still in the hands of Zongheng International. ”

"I'm a little curious about this film. Ronan said directly: "If you two are interested, we can make an appointment to talk about the North American release." ”

Li An gave Xu Ligong a look.

Xu Ligong pointed to the people around him and said, "It's not suitable now, we can't leave." ”

Of course, Ronan didn't show great eagerness, took out his business card, handed it to Li An and Xu Ligong respectively, and said: "There is my contact information on it, when the two of you have time, you can call my number." ”

Li An and Xu Ligong solemnly put away their business cards, the latter thought for a while, and said, "If Mr. Anderson has time tomorrow, let's make an appointment to talk?"

"Yes. Ronan said, "There's a café on the ground floor of this hotel. ”

Xu Ligong said again: "Ten o'clock tomorrow morning?"

Ronan nodded, "Yes." ”

After shaking hands with the two of them again, Ronan said goodbye and left, finding Chris, who was hanging out at the reception.

"How's the talk?" asked Chris.

Ronan said half-truthfully: "Generally, the asking price is not very suitable, I'll talk to them tomorrow, if it doesn't work, I can only give up." ”

Chris smiled and said, "The stakes in the film industry are too high, and it's better not to touch films that you don't understand." ”

Ronan nodded and said, "I know, just try, if it doesn't work, I will withdraw." ”

Suddenly, Chris reminded, "I guess you're going to have a competitor." ”

"Who?" Ronan was surprised.

Chris stretched out his hand and whispered, "That fat man from Miramax is here." ”

Ronan followed his finger and frowned slightly, Harvey Weinstein had already found Ang Lee and Xu Ligong, and he didn't know what he was talking about.

"Didn't he come?" Ronan hadn't seen this guy before.

Chris said, "When you went to look for Ann Lee, that guy came. ”

Ronan smiled: "He took a fancy to this film, and if he invested a lot of money, he would lose money." ”

"Who knows. Chris said simply: "He often comes to Cannes to buy films, and when he buys films, he likes to buy two or three films in one go, although the vision is generally on the upper side, but the price is low enough, as long as one is successful, it can be profitable." ”

Ronan continued: "It's also a business strategy. ”

Chris agrees: "It's very effective, the Weinstein brothers are masters of running independent films, they know the essence of this, they diversify their investments, they reduce risk, and they bet on the success of the projects they run." ”

In fact, small companies in Hollywood will use this aspect of the operation strategy to some extent.

While talking to Chris, Ronan recalled and thought, in his previous life, Ang Lee didn't seem to have worked with Harvey Weinstein, right?

He glanced at Ang Lee and Xu Ligong, both of whom had polite smiles on their faces, not knowing what they were talking to Harvey Weinstein.

Will this become a competitor?

Having said that, even if Miramax wants to get involved, he doesn't worry too much, Embassy Pictures has perfect distribution channels, and in terms of distribution capabilities, it is no worse than Miramax.

What's more, the cash flow of Embassy Pictures is not at all comparable to that of a film company like Miramax, which has sharp contradictions with its parent company.

After the reception, before Ronan left, he went to the host's side to say goodbye politely, and tried it by the way, but he didn't get any results.

The two reminded him not to forget tomorrow's interview, and Ronan could guess that they didn't have a deal with Harvey Weinstein.

The next day, Ronan arrived at the appointed location on time and met Li An and Xu Ligong.

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