When he came to Toronto, Ronan's biggest interest was the screening and trading market of new films at the festival.

The discovery and purchase of "Blair the Witch" at the St. Denis Film Festival seemed to be close at hand, and Tony Koch was also one of the participants, and immediately followed Ronan with great interest.

"Is it possible to find a film like 'Blair the Witch'?" Tony Koch is also a rich man now, and he doesn't really pay much attention to how much money the film can make, but enjoys participating in the excavation process: "It's okay to find a film similar to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon." ”

Ronan stood in the foyer, looking ahead at the booths, Toronto's film market was significantly larger than the Cannes Film Festival.

Tony Koch said, "Let's go, what are you waiting for? Ronan, let's start our journey of discovery." ”

Connie, who was half a position behind Ronan, answered the phone and said quietly: "Thomas from Embassy Pictures called, he can't come this morning." ”

Ronan nodded lightly: "Still dealing with "When Happiness Knocks on the Door"?"

"Yes. Connie whispered, "We are coordinating with the organizing committee to increase the number of screening venues." ”

Tony Koch chimed in: "'Eavesdropping Storm' can give a theater to 'When Happiness Knocks' door." ”

Ronan looked at him curiously, and Tony Koch shrugged slightly: "Embassy Pictures has won two theaters for "Eavesdropping Storm", but the audience is very small. Although most viewers who have seen it think the film is shocking, it is a fact that the film is relatively dull. ”

"This is normal. Ronan said: "European films are still slow-paced and heavily themed genres, and they cannot be compared with commercial films. ”

Even with the Golden Bear at the Berlin Film Festival and several European film festival awards, it is too difficult for a film like "Eavesdropping" to achieve good results in the North American film market if it does not win the Oscars.

Tony Koch looked at Ronan: "So, the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film is key. ”

Ronan walked towards the trading area and said, "Let's see if we can meet a good film." ”

Tony Koch is intrigued: "If you find out, let me negotiate. ”

"Okay. Ronan said, "If there is one, I will ask the embassy pictures to give you authorization." ”

As soon as Ronan entered the trading area, he fell into the eyes of some well-intentioned people, and several groups of people came to greet him and wanted to invite him to the booth to watch the film, but they were all stopped by the bodyguards.

"Someone was following us. Connie moved closer and quietly reminded, "It seems that there are buyers from other distribution companies." ”

Tony Koch shook his head and said, "Look, Ronan, if you really want to find something, you have to let me negotiate, your goal is too big." ”

Ronan was a little helpless and said, "Let's watch more." ”

The speed of the group slowed down significantly, and whenever he saw a film with a very gimmicky name, Ronan would stop to look at the footage and related materials screened, but refused to make any contact with the seller.

The people who followed, all the stalls where Ronan stopped, were frantically collecting information.

In recent years, Ronan and Embassy Pictures have purchased and distributed a small number of films, but each time they invest more than one million dollars, they can always get several times the revenue.

How can anyone else not be blushing?

As soon as Lionsgate's Navas entered the trading floor, he got the news about Ronan.

"Ronan Anderson is here too?" Navas had a bad feeling, as if what belonged to him was snatched away by someone, and quickly ordered the people around him: "Go follow Ronan Anderson and write down every film he has seen." ”

The young assistant hurriedly said, "I'll go now." ”

Just in case, he also brought two other people with him.

Navas watched the trio leave, and took a gamble to find a film that would work for Lionsgate.

The trading area of the Toronto Film Festival is huge, and Ronan and the others walked for more than an hour, and they only saw less than one-fifth of the exhibition and sales area.

Coming to the booth of a South Korean production company, Ronan and Tony Koch stood not far from the small screen, watching the male lead fight to the death in the movie.

"How big could it be to win a prize?" Ronan asked.

Tony Koch knew that Ronan was asking about "Eavesdropping Storm", and said: "It's difficult to estimate, there is no jury in the competition in Toronto, and the awards are voted for by the audience. ”

Ronan nodded slowly: "The main thing is to do a good job in publicity and promotion, and the goal is still Oscar." ”

Although the Toronto film industry is also an international A-category film festival, it is fundamentally different from European film festivals such as the Cannes Film Festival and the Berlin Film Festival.

The biggest and most famous thing about this film festival is to improve the trading platform for many film studios, mainly to show and trade films.

Although there are also awards, there is no special jury, and there is no specialized competition like other film festivals, where the award is won by the film with the highest number of votes voted by the audience participating in the festival.

The awards of the Toronto film industry are called the Audience Choice Awards.

In the past few years, the winners of the audience choice awards have been famous films, such as "The Pianist", "American Beauty", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Angel Amelie", "Whale Rider" and so on.

"Eavesdropping Storm" also wanted to compete, but judging from the audience's response, the odds were less than one percent.

On the contrary, "When Happiness Knocks on the Door" has received a good response, and the current vote rate is also very high, and it is hoped to impact the audience voting award.

Will Smith has been in contact with Ronan and will be coming to Toronto in a few days to participate in several promotional events in order to canvass as many votes as possible.

But wherever there is voting, canvassing is always indispensable.

In the Korean film being screened, when the beautiful girl in the restaurant spreads her legs and shows her bottom, and the actor sprays rice, Ronan remembers the title.

This is one of the few Korean films that has left an impression on him, and it seems to have been made into a series, if memory serves, it should be called "Color is Empty".

Tony Koch asked, "Interested in this film?"

Ronan shook his head: "North America can only enter the DVD market, and you will lose as much as you invest in theaters." ”

Tony Koch looked at the actor on the screen and said with emotion: "Poor spare tire." ”

Ronan became interested and asked, "Have you ever been a spare tire?"

"The lesson is painful. Tony Koch said to Ronan very seriously: "This is a lesson from my own experience, don't be too nice to a woman who uses you as a spare tire, don't be a licking dog." ”

Ronan cocked a thumbs up at him, "Tony, it's not easy to see through this. ”

Tony Koch sighed: "Licking the dog has nothing but to raise the market price, and in the end. ”

Ronan patted him on the shoulder, "Tony, you've really come to your senses. He asked curiously, "So, how many spare tires do you have now?"

"A lot. Tony Koch is rich and handsome: "There are always seven or eight. Unlike you, there are only two left now. ”

Ronan said: "No way, the general environment is like this. ”

Fincher then asked the booth company for some film materials, as he always did, and Ronan and Tony Koch left.

The Toronto Film Festival is more of a big marketplace than a film festival.

Ronan watched it and found a lot of impressive films, such as a film from the East called "Zhou Yu's Train".

However, most of these films are sold for North American copyrights, and their prospects in the North American market are not to say that there are none, but it is also difficult to recover the investment.

Even if the selling price is not very high, there is also a cost to directly distribute a DVD with a low investment when you get it.

After watching it for a long time, he didn't find a suitable purchase target, Ronan is not in a hurry, after all, films like "Blair the Witch" can be encountered but not sought, and there have only been a few films in Hollywood's decades of history?

Tony Koch was a little anxious: "No goal? ”

Ronan shook his head and looked at another stall, on which the island country film was showing rope art, I have to admire, the island people have a lot of experience in this regard.

At trade fairs like this kind of film festival, large-scale films abound, and there are many films shot by directors, especially experimental films, which are shocking in scale.

But a highly experimental film is basically difficult to sell, and no matter how low the price is, it is useless, because once the hair company pushes the film into the market, no matter how it is released, it will cost money.

No one can deny the role of experimental films in exploring the future development of the film industry, but most of the experimental films are unwatchable, or unbearable.

After watching a few experimental films and collecting a large stack of materials, Ronan came to the booth of an independent American producer.

"This actress is very familiar. Tony Koch gestured with his eyes to the actor on the poster.

Ronan took a look: "Sandra Bullock, starring in "Life and Death". ”

Tony Koch immediately remembered: "Yes, yes, she played with Keanu Kieves, she was very popular back then." ”

Ronan not only saw Sandra Bullock's poster, but also saw her in the film, as well as Don Cheadle, who signed a long-term contract with Marvel Entertainment and is about to play the role of "Iron Patriot", and Brandon Fisher, who starred in the "Mummy" series......

This is an independent film, Ronan watched it for a while, with many years of experience in the industry, combined with the current situation of the actors, it is not difficult to judge the investment scale of the film is seven or eight million US dollars.

In the film, the prosecutor couple, played by Brandon Fisher and Sandra Fisher, are held at gunpoint by two black guys and can only helplessly watch them snatch their beloved SUV.

Multi-line narrative with a clear plot and tight pacing......

Ronan watched the film very calmly, and it can be seen from the film that the director and editor have a very good level.

The bare-headed director and producer also saw Ronan and had the heart to come over to say a few words, but he was isolated from the bodyguards outside.

A few minutes later, the bald director watched the famous Ronan Anderson leave without any nostalgia, and his face couldn't hide his disappointment.