Jiang Ran came to the United States in a hurry, but left the St. Denis Film Festival awards ceremony with a stomach full of loss, and the entire crew of "Zombie Out of the Cage" was also lost.

"Harvey!" Jiang Ran and the others were about to leave when a voice sounded behind them.

Although he didn't call himself, Jiang Ran still stopped politely, turned his head to look at the place where the voice came from, and saw a middle-aged man with a typical white appearance waving at Jiang Ran and them.

"It's Robert Redford, the founder of the St. Denis Film Festival. Harvey Weinstein whispered to Jiang Ran and others.

"Hey! After Harvey finished speaking, he immediately greeted him with a smile.

Jiang Ran had already planned to leave, but after hearing the identity of the other party, he suddenly became interested. After all, expanding contacts in Hollywood is also one of the purposes of Jiang Ran's visit to the United States.

And it is clear that Robert Redford is one of the Hollywood power figures that Jiang Ran needs to befriend.

As the founder and core member of the St. Denis Institute, Robert Redford has been committed to supporting and nurturing new film talents in the past few years, and now his influence in Hollywood has become more and more significant.

And Jiang Ran is also very sure that Robert Redford and his organization will have an even more amazing impact after owning the festival.

In the memory of Jiang Shishi, the St. Denis Institute has sponsored many independent filmmakers, and many of these filmmakers have even won international awards such as Oscars and Emmys in the future.

Now that he knows the influence of this organization in the future, Jiang Ran naturally hopes to get to know them as soon as possible to lay a solid foundation for Ran Feng's future development in Hollywood.

At the beginning, Jiang Ran decided to take the film "Zombie Out of the Cage" to the St. Denis Film Festival for an exhibition, and a large part of the reason was that he hoped to be involved with the organization of the St. Denis Institute through the film exhibition.

Jiang Ran smiled and waited there until Harvey Weinstein walked over with Robert Redford.

"Jiang, Robert Redford, one of the founders of the St. Denis Film Festival, I think you must know him. But you may not know it well, Robert is also an Oscar winner, you are both directors, you must have a common language. Harvey Weinstein pointed to Robert Redford and introduced to Jiang Ran.

"Robert, this is Jiang from Hong Kong. The curator and director of "Saw Horror" and "Zombie Out". Harvey Weinstein then introduced Jiang Randao.

"Hello, Mr. Redford. It's a pleasure to meet you!" Jiang Ran looked very enthusiastic and took the initiative to stretch out his hand to greet him.

"Hello! Robert Redford smiled and shook Jiang Ran's hand, shook it slightly, and then said. "I've seen both of your films, and they've been wonderful. ”

"Thank you for the compliment!" Jiang Ran shook his head with a smile, then spread out his palms and continued: "But obviously the judges don't think so. ”

Robert Redford shrugged when he heard this, and then said helplessly: "Jiang, this is a very regrettable thing, we always can't satisfy everyone. ”

"Your 'Zombie Out' is good enough, but it's clear that the judges prefer films like 'Blood Labyrinth'. I think it's easier for your film to prove itself in the box office market, and the audience's response during this period of time proves that. ”

Jiang Ran carefully observed the other party's eyes and expressions, trying to find some perfunctory and politeness from them, but the other party was obviously hiding it deeply, or the other party really thought so.

Whether the other party is polite or really optimistic about "Zombie Out", Jiang Ran has no intention of getting to the bottom of it, because this will not help the market performance of the film in any way.

"Thanks! Xavi and I both hope it can make a difference in the box office market. Jiang Ran responded with a smile, "And I also think that "Blood Labyrinth" deserves the honor of the feature film award." ”

After Jiang Ran finished speaking, he turned his head to introduce Chow Yun-fat and others to the other party, and after a few polite words to each other, Robert Redford invited Jiang Ran and others before leaving.

"Jiang, the organizers of our film festival have a banquet tonight, and I hope you can attend it together. ”

Jiang Ran turned his head to look at Zhou Rui, and when he saw him nodding slightly, he immediately smiled and agreed: "This is our honor, we will definitely participate on time, Mr. Redford." ”

In the evening, Jiang Ran and several key members of the crew came to a hotel in Park City, where the organizers of the St. Denis Film Festival will hold a dinner tonight to draw a successful end to the film festival.

As soon as Jiang Ran walked into the hotel, he saw men and women dressed in the hotel walking around with wine glasses, or gathering in groups of three or five with each other talking and laughing quietly.

Obviously, when Jiang Ran and a group of Orientals came in, it was very interesting at this banquet dominated by Westerners, after all, in Hollywood circles, yellow people are very rare.

Jiang Ran himself is not very familiar with the current Hollywood, and at first glance, almost no one at the banquet knows anyone. Of course, it can't confuse Jiang Ran. Whether it is Stephen or Zhou Rui, they can provide Jiang Ran with some help in terms of work.

After all, in any case, the North American branch of Ranfeng Group has been established for more than a year, and it has also accumulated a certain number of contacts in Hollywood.

Not to mention Stephen, who has been in Hollywood for decades, knows most of the people in the ballroom, whether they know each other or not.

"Mr. Jiang, this is Oliver Stone. Stephen stood next to Jiang Ran and enthusiastically introduced, "Oliver is also very good at thrillers, and has edited and directed many thriller horror films. ”

"Oliver, this is my boss, Mr. Jiang. At the same time, the boss is also a very good film director and investor. The "Chainsaw" series is a work that Mr. Jiang planned to invest in and direct. ”

Jiang Ran had never heard of this Oliver Stone in later generations, but since Stephen had introduced him cautiously, he must have something special about it.

"Mr. Stone, it's a pleasure to meet you. Jiang Ran greeted with a smile.

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"Mr. Jiang, this is Qiu Yibai, and the "Breakdance" released last year was written by Qiu Yibai. Stephen continued to take Jiang Ran to meet the filmmakers on the scene.

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"Mr. Jiang, this is Joel and Ethan, they are the directors and producers of "Blood Labyrinth", you must have seen it at today's awards ceremony. Jiang Ran, accompanied by Stephen, stood with a pair of young brothers.

"yes, it was a wonderful movie. Jiang Ran maintained a smile that had begun to stiffen and complimented softly.

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Jiang Ran is a filmmaker who has really started to get in touch with Hollywood tonight, it turns out that although he has also participated in some Hollywood banquets, but because no one has introduced him, it is impossible for him to rashly go to others to join in the fun.

And this time, accompanied by Stephen, who is familiar with Hollywood, and Ranfeng Group is now well-known in Hollywood, Jiang Ran is no longer an unknown person, and he is finally familiar in front of these Hollywood filmmakers.

Of course, among the people who attended the banquet tonight, in fact, in Hollywood, it was mainly people from the independent film industry and small-budget films, and there were not a few real Hollywood power figures.

At such a banquet, Jiang Ran, a person who has both works, funds and distribution channels, is obviously very popular. After all, no matter what the original purpose of these people present was to make a movie, they couldn't do without investment and distribution, and Jiang Ran lacked both.

It is precisely because of this that most of the people in the banquet also have great enthusiasm for knowing Jiang Ran, and under Stephen's introduction, they enthusiastically left various business cards and contact information.

After learning about Jiang Ran's energy, the people in the banquet began to show great enthusiasm for Jiang Ran, and even took the initiative to come over to meet Jiang Ran, Jiang Ran himself, accompanied by Stephen, experienced the initial enthusiasm, but slowly began to feel a little bored

Because he found out that he was doing something stupid, after all, Jiang Ran, as the boss of the company Ranfeng Group, except for his own movies, he rarely paid direct attention to the specific situation of the group's movies now.

Therefore, even if you want to accumulate contacts for the group in Hollywood, in fact, in most cases, Jiang Ran does not need to come forward in person, after all, no matter who wants to cooperate with Ranfeng Group, the specific work is done by the people below, and in most cases, Jiang Ran is not required to come forward in person.

It is precisely for this reason that for Jiang Ran, he actually does not need to deliberately contact most of the people at the banquet, he only needs to know the real power figures in Hollywood.

Only these characters can really talk about cooperation with Jiang Ran.