Cannes, a small city in Europe, quickly switched to a business model after the two-week festival closed – in fact, it started during the festival, but after the festival closed, this kind of commercial transaction in the film industry reached a peak in an instant.

John Days is strategic, talking and laughing with various publishers in Europe and the United States.

And Jin Han and Zhao Yingying, as mascots, accompany him and serve as important bargaining chips for him to conduct every business negotiation - "Peacock" is also a literary film, but obviously, such a "small story" and "small theme" that reflect the story of a small town are not enough to be called a popular movie.

"Red Sorghum" is also a literary film, but its time dimension, character dimension and story dimension, no matter from which aspect, can be included in the category of popular films.

Therefore, after "Red Sorghum" swept Berlin, in a place like Europe where there is a relatively market for literary films, the value suddenly soared, and even if "Peacock" won the best actress in Cannes, the reputation is also good, and it is one of the most popular films at this film festival, but its commercial value is still collectively judged to be limited - therefore, although John Days is full of skill, this film is destined to be impossible to sell at the high price of "Red Sorghum".

Of course, how much money this movie can sell for is actually only determined how much it can earn, and it is impossible to lose money - if you look back, in addition to the TV series production task received from Minghu Culture, this should be the first work that Jin Han has made in so many years without losing money.

But he was still somewhat disappointed.

Although the momentum is not as good as the four trophies of "Red Sorghum" in Berlin at the beginning of the year, it can be regarded as amazing in Cannes, plus the film market in Europe in the past two years has been driven by several consecutive Chinese films, which means a little bit of Chinese heat, but on the contrary, "Peacock" did not sell at a price that made him feel comfortable.

Moreover, he had seen the overseas distribution and buyout data of "Red Sorghum" in the company in advance, so compared with the great popularity of "Red Sorghum" in European countries, the negotiation level of "Peacock" was more than a step worse than that of "Red Sorghum", which also made him quite disappointed.

For example, the distribution rights of "Red Sorghum" in Germany and Poland were bought out by an E.X. company there, and the buyout price was as high as $5.2 million, but one of the vice presidents of the same company was stationed in Cannes and negotiated with John Deiss for two or three rounds, and the final offer was only $1.4 million.

The gap is huge.

At more than eleven o'clock in the night local time, many film distribution rights transactions after the closing of the film festival were still being negotiated, Jin Han and Zhao Yingying followed John Days around, and then were arranged to be interviewed by many European media.

When he got up early the next morning, John Days made an appointment to meet again, but at the same time, Qin Nuo had already brought over the interview schedule arranged for him and Zhao Yingying in the next few days. Days decided single-handedly, although Jin Han didn't have a good impression of this foreigner, but he also knew that this guy was an expert in the European and American film circles, and when he had just won the award, he should actively brush his face and brush his popularity, he couldn't put forward any opinions, so he could only follow the arrangement of this schedule to deal with one media after another.

At lunchtime, I met with Li Qian, and I didn't have time to say some thoughts in my heart, so I could only make an appointment to find a time to talk carefully after returning to China - because of the afternoon plane, Li Qian was going to bring the guys from the crew who had no interview tasks back to China in advance.

In the end, only Qin Nuo, Jin Han and Zhao Yingying will be left in Cannes on the side of Minghu Culture, and John Days will be responsible for leading and managing the team. In addition, Han Meilin can only be regarded as Jin Han's personal assistant, and she has nothing to do with Minghu culture.

In fact, at this time, the country has also turned the sky upside down.

A statement has been turned out again at this time, and has been unanimously recognized by more and more media - this year is an unprecedented year for Chinese films!

In terms of art and awards, first "Red Sorghum" swept the Berlin Film Festival, and close to "Peacock" made Zhao Yingying, a girl who had almost no one heard of before, cannes!

In terms of business and market, a series of excellent movies such as "Red Sorghum" and "Big Names" have exploded at the box office, and even "Lonely Smoke in the Desert", which is recognized as having average quality and word-of-mouth deviation, has a box office of more than 260 million, and since 2003, in the past five months, there have been four domestic films with a box office of more than 200 million - this is an achievement that may not be possible in the past year!

You see, from any point of view, this can be called the prosperity of Chinese films!

Ming Xiaojing's first work came back from Cannes empty-handed, naturally avoiding reporters, but the excitement of the reporters was not disturbed at all, and when Li Qian flew back from Europe with part of the team of "Peacock", hundreds of reporters ran to the reception hall on time to block it.

Of course, Li Qian refused to be interviewed, and was ready to leave the moment of the scenery to Jin Han and Zhao Yingying.

However, on the next day, an interview with the crew of "Peacock" appeared in the newspaper - it was the photographer of Jin Han's small team, the assistant director and director of photography of "Peacock", Yang Luan.

He is not a contracted staff member of Minghu Culture, and of course he is not bound by Minghu Culture. But fortunately, although he definitely wanted to take the opportunity to brag, he didn't blow it too much, at least it didn't conflict with the publicity plan and publicity focus set by Minghu Culture in advance.

But even so, when Jin Han and Zhao Yingying returned to China after a series of interviews in Europe, they still had black faces and looked depressed and dissatisfied.

However, of course, when Jin Han and Zhao Yingying returned to China, they could already be called overwhelming reports, but at this time, they suddenly rose to another level.

Zhao Yingying turned red all of a sudden.

Compared with her, Jin Han, a director who did not win individual awards or film collective awards, seems to be a little less interesting, but after all, he is also popular.

At that time, his position was slightly awkward.

With the succession of "Red Sorghum" and "Big Names", if you want to talk about actresses in the film circle in China, it is very simple and hierarchical-

Fu Hongxue, He Yingyu and Qin Jingjing belong to the first gear, among which Fu Hongxue is faintly ahead, and although Qin Jingjing has received a historic salary of 10 million, her box office capacity and commercial value have not been completely positioned, so she ranks last among the three.

This is the current three super first-line female coffee in China.

followed by all kinds of heroes who are first-line female coffees.

The popularity of a "Big Shot" has made Bai Yujing's coffee position in the film industry rise like a rocket, which can basically be regarded as completing the transformation from "the first sister of TV series" to "movie girl".

The commercial explosion and super high reputation of "Huang Feihong" last year made Lu Lingxi, who played the thirteenth aunt, a first-line vase in today's domestic film industry with her superhuman beauty.

Zhu Qianwen, the little flower girl who finished "Sword Fairy" and "Lonely Smoke in the Desert", although she is the illegitimate daughter of shipbuilding king Shi Zhongjun, has won the praise all the way, but two consecutive movies hit the street, which still makes her look very weak.

And Ming Xiaojing, a veteran actress who has always lacked commercial performance, said that the first line is a bit reluctant.

In addition, Li Linlin, who won the title of actress at the Domestic Great Wall Awards in 1999 with the movie "Yang Yuhuan", can barely be regarded as a first-line actress between the first line and the second line.

Because she is also recognized as a super beauty, this beauty alone is enough to become popular, not to mention that people have also won the actress and been recognized for her acting skills, which of course has a huge bonus.

Then, there was no one else.

Because in recent years, there are only a few movies that have exploded at the box office or have a super good reputation, and there are only a few female characters on the big screen that have been generally seen and remembered by the audience.

It's just that now, a Cannes actress has let Zhao Yingying, a junior student of the Huaxia Drama Academy, directly parachute to the front line - of course, the ranking is relatively low.

Look, it's so hierarchical, but when it comes to directors, it's impossible to be so hierarchical.

has both the support of awards and the box office, of course, is the super first-line, so far, the two of them, Qin Wei, and Li Qian - this is recognized.

Then, Du Weiyun is a veteran director, and his works over the years have been well-known, but the latest "Lonely Smoke in the Desert" is a bit ugly. And to be honest, he has never won a foreign award at the level of the three major European film festivals, although the reputation has always been very good, but he owes a little bit.

Zhao Meicheng has been a comedy master for many years, and he may not be very high, but his urban comedies are popular with the people, and the box office is not enough in the past two years, but overall, it is absolutely top-notch.

Feng Bicheng's "Big Names" is super popular, and the coffee position is naturally rising in a straight line, which can already be regarded as a first-line.

Liu Chengzhang became famous through the big sales of "The Swordsman and the Monk", but "Sword Immortal" was between pounce and non-pounce, which made his upward momentum stop all of a sudden. At present, he is famous enough and has a high coffee position, but his next movie is said to continue to invest a lot, and no one can say what will happen to the box office.

Wu Han's "Across the Seas" was a big hit, and after the big sale of "The Gate of Life and Death" brought Fu Hongxue to a peak, through this movie, it proved Fu Hongxue's super ability as an actress to serve at the box office, and basically directly sent Fu Hongxue to a super first-line position. But as a film director himself, he only has a blockbuster work like "Across the Seas", which is still unstable.

Then, such as Mu Yuanqing, who filmed "Pickle Girl Low Hand", was once known as another urban comedy master in China after Zhao Meicheng, as well as people like Lu Ping, Zhang Zifang, etc., the reputation and box office are above a certain level, but it is not enough to be called a first-line director.

And now, Jin Han led "Peacock" to win the award in Cannes, which is a breakthrough achievement, a Cannes actress, so that the Chinese people after the Berlin Film Festival after the science popularization and baptism are quite happy, this is even if the Chinese actress has finished collecting the actresses of the three major European film festivals, but as a director, Jin Han has not won any honor - film, or director, no.

Therefore, it seems to be a little less convincing.

The super first line definitely doesn't have his share, even if he gets into the first line, he is very reluctant, but the second line can be stable.

At least go to Cannes and come back, in the niche literary film circle, the pressure is not low.

Of course, according to the actual situation of the movie, Minghu Culture has set a publicity strategy for the promotion of "Peacock" based on the heroine Zhao Yingying, so in order to sell distribution rights in Europe, it is good to say that Jin Han has also been pushed to the front line, and in recent days, he has frequently appeared in various media in Europe to brush his face, but back in China, Zhao Yingying was completely praised by the propaganda department of Minghu Culture, and Jin Han, as the director, got a lot less publicity resources.

So, after accepting a few interviews, he didn't know what Jin Han was thinking, he took the initiative to go to the company, found Qi Jie, who was in charge of the shift, and asked to raise the file for "Peacock" - it is best to take advantage of the current popularity and seize the time to release it.

Qi Jie could feel that Jin Han seemed to be deliberately trying to prove something, but this kind of thing, she obviously couldn't overturn the company's publicity and distribution plans that had been formulated long ago because of a request from Jin Han - besides, to suddenly advance a movie that was originally scheduled to be released in September to June, it is not something that Minghu Culture can mention in one sentence if she wants to.

Publicity, copying, distribution, cinemas, etc., etc., etc., many problems.

And you know, in June, it's summer!

There was no way, Qi Jie had to call over, and the next day, in the small conference room, Li Qian, Qi Jie, Jin Han, Zou Wenhuai, Xu Bing and several other people held a small meeting.

Kim Han insisted.

No matter how much you persuade, it's useless.

Although with the continuous sales of "Red Sorghum" and "Big Names", coupled with the follow-up "Huang Feihong's Boy Should Be Self-Improvement" that will come in July, the current Minghu Culture can have a very strong attitude in the face of major theaters, but suddenly asking for a movie to be released in June is still a matter that requires a lot of communication work, and it is impossible to sacrifice some commercial interests, such as the compression of the account sharing ratio - this is a very normal business negotiation, and if you want to get it, you must pay a certain amount of benefits.

But in the end, Li Qian, who barely said anything from beginning to end, agreed to Jin Han's request.

After intense communication, finally, five days after Jin Han and Zhao Yingying returned to China, Minghu Culture released the news that China's first Cannes film "Peacock" will be officially released nationwide on June 24.

Very rushed.

So I can't get enough release schedules to support it, after all, it's summer vacation.

Moreover, following the popularity of "Big Names", in June, on June 16, another domestic urban comedy film "Pink Army" that is more anticipated by the audience will be released - the director is Mu Yuanqing, who became famous in 2001 with the box office of "Pickle Girl Low Hand".

And then, on July 1, the Hollywood blockbuster "The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers" will be released.

This schedule is really tense and not good.

Then, "Pink Army" actually exploded in the first week - 73.44 million!

The success of two consecutive movies certainly made Mu Yuanqing smile, and even gave him the confidence to enter the first-line director, but for the upcoming "Peacock", the pressure is extreme.

Then, the collision of two Chinese films, "Pink Army" directly won 58.37 million in the second week, making Mu Yuanqing's entry into the first-line director almost a foregone conclusion, and "Peacock", which has been hyped to the extreme heat in the past month, was released nationwide with the iconic poster made of Zhao Yingying's movie makeup photos, but it only got a weekly box office of 43.58 million in the first week.

It wasn't a losing first week, but Kimhan's disappointment was palpable.

The week after "Peacock", "The Lord of the Rings: The Twin Towers" was released.

Because the release of the first part helped "The Lord of the Rings" gain the first batch of fans in China, coupled with the special effects and magical style of this movie, it was indeed quite good, so the release of the second part this time got a box office of 88.31 million in the first week.

The introducer, Oriental Media Group, let out a sullen breath.

However, it was accompanied by a sharp jump at the box office of "Pink Red Army" and "Peacock".

This week, "Pink Army" only has a weekly box office of 31.08 million, ranking second in the weekly box office list, and the total box office exceeds 160 million, and it is a foregone conclusion that it will break 200 million in the future.

And the box office of "Peacock" in the second week is only 21.03 million - compared with the first week, the box office has dropped by more than 50%!

Even, in the second week of its release, this movie didn't even sit in the third place in the weekly box office list, but was directly squeezed to the fourth place.

And when the box office of the second week came out, "Peacock" could already be announced to be profitable with the domestic box office alone, but compared with the huge commercial success of "Red Sorghum" and "Big Names" before, this movie has become a luxury situation even exceeding 100 million, which still disappoints the media, and also makes other domestic film companies breathe a sigh of relief.

Then, Jin Han called Li Qian and wanted to have a good talk with him.

For him, the film and television director, Li Qian has always been more face-saving, so the next day, Jin Han came to Li Qian's office.

After sitting down, the first thing he said was, "It's not interesting, I've had enough, I'm tired, and I don't think I can play anymore." Give me a good book, I want to make a commercial film. ”

Li Qian said: "Commercial films...... It's not going to be as casual as the first two you did. ”

Jin Han nodded, "I know, I come completely according to the company's rules." ”

Li Qian nodded, and said: "If you want to make a commercial film, your previous team may not be suitable." ”

Jin Han said directly: "I understand, I told them, I won't play in the future, make films in a down-to-earth manner, make money in a down-to-earth manner, and if you are willing to go with me, you will enter Minghu, and if you don't want to go, you will go your own way." Then, a few left, but most of them were willing to follow me into our company!"

Li Qian's eyes lit up when he heard this: This can be regarded as Jinhan to completely integrate into Minghu culture.

That's a good thing.

Jin Han is willful, his willfulness is basically in artistic creation, in terms of life, he may have been a little lazy in the past, and he has always been a little reluctant to commercial films, so although he is a film and television director, he is actually reluctant to ask too much about the company's business. But he's a person, that's absolutely good.

Moreover, his directing ability and artistic ability are also very strong.

Now, he is willing to bring his team to fully integrate, which is definitely a good thing for Minghu culture.

So, Li Qian thought for a while and said with a smile: "If you make a commercial movie, you may not be able to win awards, the key is that I give you a good story, you have to shoot me awesomely!"

Jin Han held his head high, "Don't worry! I'll definitely be able to shoot awesomely!"

Li Qian smiled, nodded, and said, "Good story, I have it!"

Jin Han's eyes lit up when he heard this, "I think it's good for the "Strange Tales from Liaozhai" series, why don't I choose one and start making a script?"

Li Qian shook his head, and just as Jin Han was slightly stunned, he saw Li Qian bending over, as if he had entered a few passwords, and then, there was a click of metal turning.

Jin Han's heart lit up - the invincible treasure chest in the legendary Li Qian's office!

After a while, Li Qian straightened up, put a thin script on the table, and pushed it forward.

Jin Han stretched out his hand and fished it out, turned the first page, and saw four words written on it-

"Dragon Gate Inn".

Jin Han's eyes suddenly lit up.

It should be martial arts!

Right to the appetite!

As soon as the cast list below caught his eye, his eyes lit up even more-

Zhou Huai'an: Zhou Zhiyu.

Gold inlaid jade: He Yingyu.

Qiu Moyan: Cheng Su bottle.

"That's it!"

Jin Han secretly applauded in his heart.

Just look at the names of these three leading actors who have been clearly marked, Jin Han knows the status of this script in Li Qian's heart - He Yingyu is here, with her current coffee position and box office appeal, 100 million box office is the start, plus Zhou Zhiyu and He Yingyu, the partner known as the "best couple on the screen", returns to the same movie gimmick, 200 million is barely reliable, but it is not stable!

You must know that Cheng Suhua is Li Qian's senior sister, and the relationship between the two is unclear, and almost the entire Minghu culture knows that Cheng Suhua's status in Li Qian's heart is extremely special!

Just imagine, Li Qian will give the second female lead in this drama to Cheng Suhua, is this drama bad?

And as long as it is a story that Li Qian thinks is excellent in his heart - based on his eyesight and level over the past few years, it is basically certain that this story is absolutely right!

Therefore, without opening it to look at the outline of the story, Jin Han stretched out his hand and flicked the script in his hand, and said excitedly: "This is it! This play belongs to me!"

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