After the opening ceremony, there was a small reception for the festival organizing committee, where Will Smith went to talk to Sophie Marceau, who caused a sensation on the red carpet, and Ronan showed his face at the reception and returned to the hotel.

I vaguely remember that Sophie Marceau was a person around 1965, and she was really an aunt-level existence.

Ronan returned to the hotel, called Connie, who was with him, and said, "You go and contact the film viewing staff at the embassy and ask them to contact South Korean director Park Chan-wook and ask if the North American rights to "Oldboy" are still there...... Well, if possible, buy it along with the remake rights. ”

The names were unfamiliar, and Connie quickly jotted them down in her notebook and asked, "Are there any other films?"

There are only a few movies that Ronan has an impression of, the Coen brothers' "Old Woman Killer" I heard Tom Hanks talk about, it is the work of Disney's Touchstone Pictures, and pure Japanese comics such as "Ghost in the Shell 2" have a limited market in North America.

As for the film of the king of sunglasses, forget it, the market is too narrow.

But what about Fahrenheit 911?

The content of this film is more sensitive than "The Passion of the Christ", and it is because of this that it later caused a huge sensation, Ronan does not know the specific data, but remembers that this seems to be the first documentary in North American film history to exceed 100 million at the box office.

Ronan hesitated for a moment and said, "Let them contact Park Chan-wook and his "Old Boy" first." ”

To be honest, Ronan didn't think it through either.

"Fahrenheit 911" has such a big piece of cake in front of you, and it must be fake to say that you are not impressed, but "Fahrenheit 911" directly refers to not the family, which involves too much politics and its dark side.

The cake is big, but it's not that tasty.

Although Ronan has intended to be a leftist from the beginning, and has become more and more leftist over the years, and is naturally not on the same front as the family, there is no need to provoke these traditional political families.

The rednecks of Texas are not easy to mess with.

Ronan thought about it and decided to treat this Fahrenheit 911 as if it didn't exist.

There are many projects that can be a big hit in the future, and there are many projects in hand in advance, and there is no need to take such political risks.

Compared to "The Passion of the Christ," Fahrenheit 911 is much more risky in every way.

After Connie left, Ronan thought about the political situation in the United States from political films, and with the development of Relativity Entertainment, it was necessary to invest in politics.

Not to mention anything else, when Relativity Entertainment develops to a certain scale and wants to annex other companies, the anti-monopoly investigation is enough to drink a pot.

I vaguely remember that Time Warner tried to merge with News Corporation several times, but all of them were forcibly stopped.

Ronan thought of a name, turned on his computer and searched the Internet for public information, the black senator from Illinois, who was running for the U.S. Senate.

If nothing else, he will not only be elected, but will also reach the pinnacle of his political career in the coming years.

Ronan made a phone call to Robert Lee, first explained a few words, and then sent the public information downloaded from the website to Robert Lee through an encrypted mailbox, and Robert Lee was responsible for making initial contact with the other party.

For some well-known reason, political stuff can't go too deep.

The efficiency of Embassy Pictures was very high, and the next morning, Ronan had just had breakfast, and the relevant personnel passed the news to Connie.

"They made contact with Park Chan-wook last night. Connie said quickly: "The North American rights to 'Oldboy' have not yet been sold, and it is currently in the hands of the production company, and Embassy Pictures will begin formal negotiations with them today on the rights to distribute and remake in North America." ”

Ronan ate an omelette and nodded with satisfaction: "The action is fast." ”

Connie asked, "Do you have any other trips besides "Ten Faces of Haze" today?"

Ronan thought for a while and said, "Let's go to the premiere of "Ten Faces of Haze" first, and then go to the film trading hall to have a look." ”

Connie said, "Okay, I'll contact the vehicle." ”

Perhaps it was the worldwide success of "Heroes" that gave the producers and overseas distributors outside of North America the confidence that they held the world premiere of "Ten Faces of Haze" at the Cannes Film Festival and rented the Lumière Hall for the premiere.

In addition to the two films and Lionsgate's Navas and others who met at the opening ceremony of the festival, Ronan met his old friend Chris from Sony Entertainment at the premiere.

"How much did you make in the previous Heroes?" asked Chris directly.

Ronan smiled, "It's just that I didn't lose money." ”

Chris shook his head and said, "That's weird." Those two Mr. Zhang only have the copyright of the Oriental market in their hands, and all the copyrights in other places are sold to your embassy pictures, even if the Oriental market is removed, the North American box office of "Hero" is still nearly 200 million US dollars, you say that the embassy pictures did not make any money?"

He deliberately lowered his voice: "The producer of "Hero" is just named, and the real benefits have been taken away by you and the embassy pictures, isn't it?"

Ronan just laughed and didn't take Chris's words at all.

Chris asked, "Is there a net profit of 100 million dollars?"

Ronan coughed under his breath and said vaguely, "Tens of millions of dollars." ”

Seven or eight million dollars is tens of millions of dollars, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Due to the shareholding structure of Relativity Entertainment, it is difficult for outsiders to understand the company's very specific operating data information, and Chris originally wanted to borrow the good relationship with Ronan for many years to find out a little.

But seeing that Ronan didn't leak, he had to say: "Ronan, what do you think of this "Haze on All Sides"? It is said that you also participated in the North American copyright auction organized by New Picture Company. ”

Ronan shrugged: "Please, Chris, I haven't even seen the movie yet, how can I judge?"

Chris whispered: "I feel that no one in Hollywood knows Oriental films and Oriental filmmakers better than you, otherwise there would be no succession of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Heroes". ”

Ronan didn't take his compliment at all, but said, "I'll have to wait until I've seen the movie." ”

Seeing that there was nothing to ask from Ronan, Chris simply changed the topic: "Relativity Entertainment acquired Marvel Comics and reorganized it into Marvel Entertainment, and there will be more opportunities for cooperation between the two sides in the future." ”

Ronan nodded, "yes." He then said: "Chris, we are old friends, there are some things I don't hide from you, I have a lot of ideas for Spider-Man, you can give feedback to Sony Columbia Pictures for me, Marvel Entertainment hopes to cooperate more with Sony Columbia Pictures on the "Spider-Man" project." ”

Chris's words just now are just a test, wanting to see Relativity Entertainment's attitude towards Spider-Man and Sony Columbia Pictures after acquiring Marvel.

There are rumors in the circle that the copyright department of the newly formed Marvel Entertainment has been involved with Twentieth Century Fox, and the two sides have a major conflict of interest in the "X-Men" series and the "Fantastic Four" series, and it is very likely to go to court.

If Marvel Entertainment didn't have the support of Relativity Entertainment Group and Ronan Anderson behind it, he wouldn't have believed it.

Sony Columbia Pictures is not afraid of Marvel Entertainment making trouble, after all, when Sony Entertainment bought Spider-Man from Cannon Pictures, it inherited all the rights and interests of Cannon Pictures in this series.

But there are some things that are not a matter of fear.

For example, he heard that Marvel Entertainment was preparing to stink the Fantastic Four in the comics, and even did not hesitate to let the Fantastic Four die as villains.

This is really a disgusting death!

Ronan is also exploring Columbia Pictures and Sony Entertainment through Chris: "When Marvel Entertainment's film plans begin, it's better to let Peter Parker return to Marvel for a while and then ......"

"Return to Marvel?" Chris directly interrupted Ronan's words: "I'm not in charge of this, Ronan, it's useless for you to tell me." ”

Ronan nodded: "I hope you can convey Marvel Entertainment's request to cooperate with Sony Columbia Pictures to develop the "Spider-Man" series in more depth." ”

Chris said seriously, "I will." ”

Ronan also stopped talking about it, and to a certain extent, it was a salute before a soldier.

If Sony Columbia Pictures can cope and develop the "Spider-Man" series with Marvel Entertainment in advance, Ronan doesn't mind letting Iron Man fly with Spider-Man costumes.

In this way, the Avengers project can also borrow the popularity of the "Spider-Man" series at the beginning.

But it's really difficult, after all, Sony Columbia Pictures hasn't gone through the stage of spider but three.

If Sony Columbia Pictures refuses, Ronan will certainly not give up, and everything will be done according to the previous plan.

Ronan then said hello to Navas, found two more, and chatted with the two for a while.

These two are high-spirited and want the new film to create a "hero"-style brilliance.

Frankly, the film was a commercial success, and if nothing else, the $20 million North American rights fee paid by Lionsgate alone would be enough for New Picture to recoup all of its investment.

The rest of Sony Entertainment's international distribution, as well as its gains in the Eastern market, can basically be classified as profits.

The second Zhang made a very good business on the film "Ten Faces of Haze".

After Ronan left, the two looked at his back with some emotion.

"The previous film had such a high profit, almost all of it was taken away by him. ”

"Don't think about it, Lao Zhang. We also have no way, we have no international distribution ability, and our commercial reputation has not been opened, so we can only sell the international copyright, and let foreigners take the majority of the profits, and we exchange profits for market awareness. This strategy proved to be successful, and we had a market explosion on "Ten Faces of Haze". ”

Director Zhang said: "I'm still a little unwilling. He changed the subject: "The news and the media are almost ready, right?"

"It's ready. The producer in the white hat said: "I came to Cannes for the premiere this time, and I greeted all the domestic media, and the reporters were all our own people, and the scripts written were all beneficial to us......