The lobby of the Redstone Theater was bustling with excitement like a party, with men in suits and leather shoes, beautiful ladies in evening gowns, everyone looking like movie stars, and some of them themselves, of course. As soon as Wang Yang and Mark Slunt walked in, they were greeted by the familiar Lionsgate team, CEO Jon Fittimmel, who was dressed in a black suit, and Tom Odenberg, the manager of the film buying department.

Jon over there also saw Wang Yang, he smiled and beckoned, then walked over with Tom and the others, and said with a smile: "Hey, Yang, where did you go last night? Why didn't I see you?"

"Hey, Jon, don't you see it now?" Wang Yang and Jon hugged each other gently, then turned to look at Tom Odenberg, stretched out his hand to him, and said, "Hey, Tom, I haven't seen you for a long time, how are you doing lately?" Tom shook his hand and said with a smile: "It's not very bad, whether you've been doing well lately depends on what you get at this film festival." ”

Everyone laughed, and after a pleasantry, they all walked to the lobby, Wang Yang and Jon walked in front, Jon was very curious and asked: "Yang, which movie do you like? Which movie are you going to see?" Wang Yang shook his head slightly, and said: "I don't know, I have to look at today's premiere list first, I haven't watched it yet, but last night's "You Can Rely on Me" was very good. He glanced at Mark Slimt next to him, Mark lifted the black-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, and said, "If the price is right, we are ready to buy it." ”

In fact, both know that the chances of "You Can Count on Me" falling into the library of Flame Films are very slim, unless their bids are consistently higher than those of companies like Paramount, but that would have already exceeded 5 million. And whether it's Flame or Lionsgate, they can't hide any intentions from others, because the film's independent producers or investors will release news and hype it, so that they can better bargain and attract more attention. So they don't have anything to worry about.

"You Can Count on Me? That movie is good. Jon first agreed, and then frowned: "But the price is already a bit high, 3 million? Wang Yang walked to the booth and jokingly said, "If you want Lionsgate to get an Oscar nomination, you can buy it." Jon laughed, and seemed to be not paying attention to the movie, and said casually: "Laura Linney played a great role, maybe she can really get the Best Actress nomination, but Lionsgate's first consideration is profit." ”

Looking at Wang Yang and Jon's laughter, Tom Oldenberg couldn't help but feel a little emotional, and he still clearly remembered the scene in the company's screening room less than two years ago, when this young man's nervous and confident expression, persuasive rhetoric, and finally excited and tearful joy. At that time, the young man was still looking for a role to be released for his own film, and now he has come to distribute it to someone else.

"I want a cut, and your company doesn't need to give me an upfront payment!" Tom Odenberg remembered the voice again, still laughing at himself as he did every time. "Ghost Record" is his most successful purchase, and it can also be said to be the most unsuccessful, in order to reduce the risk of hundreds of thousands, he actually agreed to the strange dividend plan, and finally lost tens of millions, which is really stupid!

Coming to the booth, Wang Yang picked up the list of movies premiered today and looked through them, with detailed information such as posters, content introductions, directors and actors. He turned the page again, only to see a poster of a girl wearing gloves with fierce eyes waving her fists, "Girls Punch"! The debut film of female director Carion Kusama, with an investment of 1 million, and the heroine is the little-known newcomer Michelle Rodriguez...... Michelle Rodriguez? Wang Yang looked at the girl on the poster, frowned and thought for a while, and suddenly remembered who she was, the female pilot in "Avatar" Trudy! He liked the fierce energy of this actress, very wild and charming. After a few glances at the synopsis of the film, he turned to the next page to watch the next one, and the poster seemed to be a few overlapping photos, the name of the movie "Fragments of Memory", directed by Christopher Nolan.

Wang Yang's eyes lit up suddenly, if he remembered correctly, the director of "Inception" was Christopher Nolan, he searched in his head, and sure enough, "Memory Fragments" was in the movie library, he hadn't seen it, but this movie was highly rated and was also very popular at the box office, receiving 25.54 million US dollars in North America and 39.72 million worldwide, but the number of theaters it screened in the first week was 11, and it was only 531 at its widest.

"Jan, do you have any ideas?" asked Jon Fittimmel, who was also looking at the list next to him. Wang Yang put down the booklet in his hand, and naturally there was nothing to hide from what movie he went to watch, and smiled at him: "I'm going to watch "Memory Fragments", the introduction of this movie is very interesting. ”

Jon looked at the information in his hand and said, "Oh, Memory Fragments, thriller plot genre...... Yes, I also go to watch this, I love horror movies. He looked at Wang Yang and laughed, "It always brings luck to the Liongate." Wang Yang shrugged his shoulders and walked ahead with Mark Slent, and Jon told Tom Oldenberg that they would go to see the other movies while he and a salesman from the buying department went to see "Memory Fragments."

"This is Christopher Nolan's second film, the first "Following" cost $6,000, wow......" Jon looked at the information at hand and sighed in surprise: "How did he do it? Oh, it turned out that there was no pay, it was all his friends who participated in the weekend and filmed it for a year." That film was well received at the festival, and Newmarket invested him 5 million, and then there was "Memory Fragments". 5 million?" Wang Yang nodded and said, "5 million." ”

This means that to buy all the copyrights of "Memory Fragments", including theatrical distribution rights and DVD distribution rights, you have to pay at least 5 million to Newmarket. For an independent film, this is not a small amount, and the price cannot be 5 million, Newmarket must be profitable to sell, then at least more than 6 million, this is definitely a price that discourages film companies. Wang Yang knew from the information in his mind that it was Newmarket that finally released the film, and it was obviously the result that no distributor was interested.

"5 million, unless this movie is very good and very suitable for screening, I will not fight you for this. Jon shook his head and said with a smile, Wang Yang smiled indifferently: "That's good!"

As they spoke, they walked towards the screening hall where the premiere of "Fragments of Memory" was held.

(To be continued)