Leaving the studio of Media Asia Pictures, Ronan went to another place for a walk, and in the exhibition area of a Hungarian film company, he took a fancy to a literary film, and asked people to buy out the North American distribution rights for 30,000 US dollars.

This film is not famous, and it can enter Ronan's eyes, which is nothing more than a large enough scale.

Literary films, if the scale is not large enough, how to create an artistic atmosphere?

It is on these international film festivals that the audience here can see those large-scale films in the theater.

In the morning, Ronan basically walked around the trade fair, and did not buy any other films except for asking Connie to inform his people to deal with the follow-up.

The fair was filled with auteur films and experimental films, which were beneficial to the development of the film industry, but had little market value.

Since Jade Jiaolong was going to have a banquet at noon, Ronan prepared to leave the convention and exhibition center.

Before leaving, he appropriately expressed the friendly attitude of his international friends.

"Finish, classmate. Ronan looked very sincere, and said in Chinese: "Thank you for your help in the morning." ”

"You're welcome. Wan Qian smiled politely.

Especially Ronan's title, let Wan Qian secretly praise in his heart, this person not only speaks Chinese, but also seems to know the situation here.

Some foreigners I met before always like to call them Miss in awkward Chinese, although the person who said it has no other ideas, but listening to it in the ear, it is always a little awkward.

Wan Qian doesn't know when it started, Miss is no longer an honorific title, but has faintly become a curse.

Ronan beckoned to Connie, who immediately delivered a palm-sized red envelope.

"It was a little gift. Ronan took the envelope and handed it to Wan Qian: "It's not something valuable, it's a few postcards, on which are the scenery and characters from some movies that Relativity entertains." ”

Hearing this, Wan Qian took it and smiled politely again, "Thank you." ”

Ronan took the initiative to reach out and shake her: "You're welcome, I'll stay in Shanghai for a while, hoping to see my classmates again." ”

Wan Qian smiled, not knowing how to answer.

Ronan gestured to make a phone call: "Do you have a mobile phone, I may come back tomorrow and contact you later." ”

Wan Qian hesitated for a moment, but after getting along all morning, she felt that Ronan was a good person, very polite, and respectful, not at all like those nouveau riche.

"Yes. Wan Qian said in a low voice.

Ronan said to Connie, "You leave your classmate's contact information." ”

Connie immediately took out her phone and hooked up with Wan Qian in English.

Ronan nodded to Wan Qian and left here with her bodyguards, Wan Qian looked at Ronan's back and left her mobile phone number to Connie.

At noon, Yu Jiaolong invited all the personnel of Relativity Entertainment, including Ronan, to a formal luncheon, and only the executives of Yu Jiaolong's agency were accompanied, and there were no other stars.

Getting along with each other in another position, Ronan can also understand Yu Jiaolong's thoughts, among the actors in the East, Yu Jiaolong is the most familiar with him, and even the big director who picked her up wants to contact him, and he has to convey it through Jade Jiaolong.

At this time, don't you bring your peers as a companion to match others?

Ronan and Jade Jiaolong did not have any conflict of interest, and the two sides knew each other well, so this luncheon was a great pleasure for the guests and hosts.

In the afternoon, two groups of people from the Embassy Pictures approached the Hungarian company and Media Asia Pictures to discuss the introduction of films and copyrights.

Since Ronan had already negotiated with the other party, the subsequent negotiations were quite smooth and very fast.

That $30,000 art film was just a small deal, not a big deal.

On Media Asia Pictures' side, Embassy Pictures exchanged $500,000 for 20 old films such as the zombie series selected by Ronan, as well as the North American copyright and adaptation rights of "Infernal Affairs".

The value of the Hong Kong version of "Infernal Affairs" in North America is better than nothing, and when the time comes, it will be thrown into the cinema for a few days, and no company will invest too much resources in this kind of film, and the more you invest, the more you will lose.

This has nothing to do with whether the movie is good or not, whether it is wonderful or not, etc., it is the inevitable result of cultural and market differences.

Therefore, the greatest value of this film for relativity entertainment is still in the remake.

A remake of a gangster film for both North American and Western markets.

Speaking of gangster films, this is Martin Scorsese's housekeeping skills.

Although Media Asia Pictures did not attach importance to the remake rights of this like a tie-up, it also made a restriction clause that from the time the agreement was reached, Relativity Entertainment was not allowed to shoot this film in the next two years to avoid adversely affecting the Hong Kong version.

Ronan had enough patience and naturally complied.

can get the relevant copyright before "Infernal Affairs" becomes popular, Ronan is very satisfied.

Because of Leonardo's relationship, as well as the big win of "The Departed" at the Oscars, and the completely different evaluations of the East and the West, Ronan has seen a lot of news about "The Departed" in his previous life, and the remake rights that Warner Bros. won after the fire of "Infernal Affairs", which cost about $1.7 million.

Ronan went to the trade fair again, contacted the finished classmate, and went around the trade fair, but finally found nothing.

Except for that "Hero", Ronan is not ready to shoot again.

In the past two days, news has come from the branch of Embassy Pictures here, although "Hero" has not been completed, the producer is preparing to hold a small preview during the film festival, which is the so-called party invited by Director Zhang.

The invitees were not only Embassy Pictures and Miramax, but also Europa Pictures in France and film distribution companies in the United Kingdom and Canada.

Relativity Entertainment did not have a film to participate in the competition unit, and Ronan had no interest in the competition unit, so he participated in an event of the organizer, and let people get in touch with Director Zhang and Zhang Baihat, who wanted to win the movie in private.

However, the other party found a number of issuing companies at the same time, and of course they would not sell them privately at a low price, and the contact had no effect.

Before the end of the film festival, in the small theater near Shanghai International Cinema, Ronan met Zhang Baihat and Zhang Guoshi.

Yu Jiaolong waited at the door of the theater early, and after seeing Ronan and his party, he immediately responded and greeted him warmly.

"Ronan, go this way. "Jade Jiaolong led the way like an old friend.

"Thank you. "She's polite, and Ronan is very respectful.

Following Yu Jiaolong into the theater, right at the entrance of the hall, a middle-aged man with an old peasant-like face and a white hat was greeting guests.

The two are communicating with a group of Westerners with the help of an interpreter.

As the distance approached, Ronan could hear that these people were speaking French, and he couldn't understand what they were saying.

In French, it should be Europa Pictures in France, which is Luc Besson's company.

Of course, it wasn't Luc Besson who came.

"Welcome!" Zhang Baihat took the lead to greet him: "Mr. Anderson is honored to come." ”

Ronan smiled and shook his hand.

Yu Jiaolong knocked on the benefits and walked over, and specially introduced: "Mr. Zhang, Director Zhang, this is Mr. Ronan Anderson, the boss of Relativity Entertainment." ”

Ronan shook hands with Zhang Guoshi again.

Zhang Guoshi deliberately glanced at Yu Jiaolong, the other party was holding it in his hand, how could he not see that little bit of caution?

This is a disguised statement to him: Look, I have someone in Hollywood, I don't have to make your movie.

Zhang Guoshi knew very well that Yu Jiaolong had emotions for him.

Yu Jiaolong is no longer the little girl who was in a hurry back then, and after expressing her emotions appropriately, she stepped aside.

Although this movie was fooled by Zhang Guoshi, and the heroine who said that she was good became a little girl, but in this situation in China, there is no more suitable director who is not Zhang Guoshi for the time being.

Ronan didn't see this, and even if he did, he didn't care, Hollywood was just doing business with this side.

Just like when he participated in the Golden Jue Film Forum in the past two days, he didn't say much in other aspects except for expressing friendly scenes, especially the so-called system problems between Hollywood and this side mentioned by Director Feng Da and Director Jiang, and he didn't even answer the words.

Because there is no need for this.

Could it be that he wants a Hollywood person to complain about this? That is purely asking for trouble.

"Two, there's no need to be so troublesome. Ronan is as direct as a true Westerner: "Just sell the film to Relativity Entertainment." ”

Zhang Guoshi said with a smile: "Mr. Anderson, wait a minute, the film rights transaction will start soon." ”

Zhang Baihao said: "There are so many friends from the world who come to participate, and I can't live up to their kindness." ”

After investing so much money and investing so many resources, how can you maximize your benefits, you can't just say you want to buy it, and I will sell it to you, right?

Ronan pretended not to hear and went straight into the theater, where he soon saw Harvey Weinstein.

The two didn't speak, just smiled and nodded.

Screenings of the film began quickly, and it is true that the film is not all finished yet, but it does not affect the theme and the overall viewing.

This film is a simple commodity for Ronan, but it is a milestone for the film industry here.

Starting with "Hero", the film industry here has truly entered a commercial era.

And the film also determined Zhang Guoshi's future commercial film style.

Star-studded, grandiose scenes, exquisite graphics, and martial arts design is freehand, combining traditional artistic conception with the violent aesthetic modeling of action movies.

In the grand scene, Zhang Guoshi has made good use of his color to give full play to it vividly and exquisitely, so that the film has an epic sense and artistic conception similar to Kurosawa's blockbuster, and in terms of action design and narrative techniques, this movie seems to be perfect.

The colors and images of this film are so beautiful that they can even make people dizzy.

Ronan saw this film again, and some ideas came out uncontrollably, with "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" foreshadowing, "Hero" continues to play the magic or science fiction card among traditional North American audiences, and it should still work.

In terms of distribution, the strategy of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is continued, and the success rate is still extremely high.