"Did you buy the film?" asked Chris in a low voice.

Ronan thought for a moment and said, "Armstrong of Embassy Pictures signed a Swedish film yesterday for $200,000, and I don't know what the future holds. ”

Chris asked curiously, "Swedish films?"

Ronan shook his head: "Directly entering the offline market, the cost of going online is too high, and it is easy to lose money." ”

Chris had worked with Ronan many times, and knowing that he had an unusual vision, he asked tentatively, "What about you?

Ronan said with a smile: "This "Dancer in the Dark" is very good, but if you like it, I won't rob it from you, and I will cheapen that Dane for nothing." ”

Ronan would definitely not tell the truth about this kind of thing, and asked, "What about you?

"Dancer in the Dark. ”

Having received an expected answer, Ronan didn't ask any more questions, and went to say hello to a few familiar directors and actors, although they were all Europeans, but maybe when the other party would have a film suitable for the release of Embassy Pictures.

Soon, Ronan came to a middle-aged couple.

"Hello, Mr. Cassel. Hello, Miss Bellucci. Ronan shook hands with Monica Bellucci and Vincent Cassel and introduced himself: "I'm Ronan Anderson from Relativity Entertainment in the United States. ”

Vincent Cassel shook Ronan's hand first: "Hello, Mr. Anderson. ”

Then, Monica Bellucci also shook hands with Ronan: "It's a pleasure to meet you. ”

Vincent Cassel is a tall and thin man, and Monica Bellucci looks stronger than him, but the wide skeleton can't diminish the charm of Monica Bellucci's sexy body.

It's a pity that Monica Bellucci is old and is close to the twilight age of beauty.

God is fair, even if it is well maintained, once a woman gets older, as long as she does not wear makeup, her face is often very different from the carefully posed photo.

Especially in the actor industry, various makeup performances for a long time are extremely harmful to the skin, and as they get older, they are often miserable without makeup.

The so-called frozen age actress, what freezes the face is not maintenance and natural beauty, but makeup, plastic surgery and retouching.

Although Monica Bellucci's sexy figure is still there, seeing the crow's feet piled up at the corners of her eyes and the loose facial skin, and thinking about her age of nearly fifteen years older, Ronan has no interest in facing this Italian goddess who admired the relevant art shots over and over again when she was in school in her previous life.

He is more interested in Monica Bellucci's films than she is in herself.

"Miss Bellucci. Ronan asked politely: "I occasionally heard that you made a film "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily" with director Giuseppe Tornatore, when will this movie be released?" ”

Monica Bellucci's English is not very good, and her pronunciation is a bit awkward: "It was released in Italy in October this year. ”

Ronan asked, "I would venture to ask, has The Beautiful Legend of Sicily found a distributor in North America?" and he saw Monica Bellucci's puzzled face and said, "I have a distribution company that can distribute films all over the world." ”

Monica Bellucci looked at Ronan's young face, a little surprised, and said politely: "This film already has a North American distributor, Miramax is one of the investors of the film, and they will distribute it in North America." ”

Hearing the name Miramax, Ronan subconsciously glanced at Monica Bellucci, and the thought of the good cabbage being arched by the pig flashed through his mind.

"It's a shame. "I've always been a fan of Miss Monica and would love to release a movie starring Miss Monica," Ronan said. ”

He duly handed out business cards, first to Vincent Cassel and then to Monica Bellucci: "If there is no suitable distributor for the movie starring Miss Monica in North America in the future, you can contact me." ”

Monica Bellucci has been famous for many years, solemnly put away her business card, and said with a smile: "It will definitely be." ”

Ronan immediately said goodbye and left, Monica Bellucci's most famous film as the heroine is undoubtedly "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily", in the previous life, this film was extremely famous and widely disseminated, even if the theater performance was average, the offline rental and sales market could also make a lot of money.

It's a pity that the good cabbage is really arched by pigs.

Ronan suddenly thought of one more thing, as if "Irrevocable" came out shortly after "The Beautiful Legend of Sicily", the middle ten minutes of this film and the ten minutes at the end were once the traffic responsibilities of some indescribable websites, especially the ten minutes in the middle, it is said that when the movie first came out, it had the effect of crying ghosts and gods.

It seems that this film also has a market offline, and I hope Monica Bellucci can give him a call when the time comes.

As for the online market, Ronan has the impression that this film seems to be banned from theaters in most markets because of the ten minutes in the middle.

It is said that when this film appeared at the Cannes Film Festival, it caused an uproar, and the organizing committee of the film festival had to forcibly withdraw the film.

In the former school days, actresses like Sophie Marceau, Monica Bellucci, Nicole Kidman and other actresses who dared to dedicate themselves to art accompanied Ronan to pass a lot of boring time.

Cannes is rich in this type of film, and Ronan has studied it in depth, such as the French national treasure actress Isabelle Huppert, starring in a "Mother, the Limit of Love", playing the heroine who does unspeakable things with the son in the film......

The film was so shocking that even the Cannes Film Festival, which had always been open, had to pull down the film at the last minute and refuse to show it.

I don't know if Isabelle Huppert has a biological son......

Perhaps the views of the French in this regard are not even understood by the Americans.

Ronan also met Alejandro Iñárritu, one of the three great Mexican heroes, and chatted with him for a while, but unfortunately his film "Love is a Son of a Dog" in competition also found a North American distributor.

Most of the films that can enter the main competition unit have been targeted.

The following day, Ronan watched Yang Dechang's "Yiyi", Aoyama Shinji's "Artificial Paradise" and Jiang Wen's "The Devil is Coming".

If memory serves, "The Devil is Coming" won the Grand Jury Prize at this year's film festival.

Ronan also considered whether to talk to Jiang Wen about the introduction of "The Devil is Coming", and inquired that the North American distribution rights of this film were not sold, but after careful consideration, he still chose to give up.

After all, this film annoyed many people over there, and his embassy pictures is opening up the distribution market there, so there is no need to cause misunderstandings because of this small profit.

As for Jiang Wen, after the scenery of the Cannes Film Festival, he will be unlucky when he goes back.

With the help of Sony Entertainment's introduction, Ronan took time to visit Yang Dechang, although the film copyright of "Yiyi" has been sold, there is also the possibility of cooperation in the future.

Yang Dechang's reputation in North America is also very resounding.

In some ways, Ronan also wanted to see Yang Dechang with his own eyes, in his previous life, "The Juvenile Murder Incident on Guling Street" left a deep impression on him.

There is also a teenager Zhang Zhen.

"The Juvenile Murder Incident on Guling Street" was later borrowed from the devil and changed countless names.

"Ronan, Robert called an hour ago. ”

Back at the hotel, assistant Connie said: "He said that the office of Embassy Pictures in the East was officially opened today. ”

Ronan nodded, "I see." He looked at the time: "You call back tomorrow, and everything goes according to plan." ”

"Okay. Connie wrote it down in her work log.

Ronan asked again, "How's Armstrong?"

"Today they focused on a German film, and tomorrow they are going to make contact with each other," Connie said. ”

"Hmm. Ronan replied and asked, "Small-budget movies?"

"Yes. Connie replied.

Ronan didn't ask any more questions, the division of labor between the two sides was relatively clear, Armstrong and others focused on those films with lower costs, and Ronan was personally responsible for those films that attracted more attention.

Compared with others, Ronan has not made any progress for the time being, many literary films look good, but the producer offers a lot of money, although the film does have quality assurance, but it is limited to the audience, and if the purchase price is too high, you may lose money every minute.

Many art films, even if the quality is good, the marketing is also excellent, and the result is often that the output is not as good as the input.

This is determined by the general environment of the film market.

Like "Dancer in the Dark", Ronan thinks that the film works well and may be nominated for a Golden Globe or Oscar, but it is difficult to exceed $5 million at the North American box office.

Coupled with the cost of publicity, it is very uneconomical to buy North American rights for $5 million.

However, Ronan had already found his goal, and the day after arriving in Cannes, it was decided.

It's a film that works well and has a great deal of potential to generate great value.

Ronan asked Connie again, "How's it going for you to do?"

Connie hurriedly found an invitation letter: "This is an invitation to the premiere applied for from the organizing committee, I have been in contact with the crew, this film does not participate in the competition unit, it is only an exhibition, and the distribution rights of the North American copyright region are still in the hands of the producer." ”

Ronan didn't speak, thinking in silence.

"There are other companies that are looking at this film. Connie continued: "Ann Lee is also a very well-known director in North America, directing "Sense and Sensibility" that won an Oscar nomination. ”

However, because of the subject matter of this film, the attention received is far less than that of Ahn Lee's previous works. ”

Ronan is well aware of this, martial arts films have an audience in the West, but they have always been niche films within the niche.

It's easy to say if it's a kung fu movie, but a martial arts movie that flies around, I'm afraid most Westerners can't understand it, which is precisely his advantage.

Connie added: "The premiere is tomorrow afternoon, and both the producer and the director will be there. ”

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