On the first day, the crew of "Blind Well" followed Li Yang to cheer for Zhang Yimou's "Hero".

To say that this "Hero" is really amazing, it has swept more than 200 million RMB in Chinese mainland.

Li Zhe also went to see it when it was released, and the scene in it was very grand, which shocked him very much, and he still can't forget the scene where the sky was raining arrows.

The broadcast of "Hero" was very popular, there were many people who came to admire it, and it was already full ten minutes before the opening, which made Director Li Yang very envious.

Director Zhang said some words of thanks on the stage, and soon got to the point. The movie starts playing, and as the movie plays, the sound in the arena disappears, and everyone is staring intently at the big screen.

Even if he watched it for the second time, Li Zhe still felt that this movie still made him feel very shocked, just like when a big ship crashed into the mainland. Jet Li's martial arts, King Qin's domineering, and the war scenes of thousands of troops and horses made him fascinated.

After the broadcast, the audience seemed to be very satisfied with this movie and praised it.

Li Zhe said to Li Yang next to him: "It seems that Director Zhang is going to win the award again this time, maybe he has a chance to hit the Golden Bear Award." ”

Who knew that Li Yang shook his head: "You see it too simply." ”

Looking at Li Zhe's puzzled face, Li Yang explained to him: "European film critics have a very distinctive characteristic, that is, they like literary films and despise or despise commercial films. As one of the three major film festivals in Europe, the Glass Film Festival also has this tradition. ”

"Huh? Doesn't that mean that "Heroes" has no chance of winning awards? Why did Director Zhang come to Berlin? ”

"I'm afraid Director Zhang is not rushing to win the award this time." Li Yang smiled slightly. "It's for the release of Heroes."

Under Li Yang's explanation, Li Zhe finally knew Zhang Yimou's intentions. The Berlinale is not only an awards festival, but more importantly, it is also a film exchange.

In this film exchange, countless films will reach buyout or distribution agreements in private.

And "Hero" is for the purpose of distribution in other countries, because at the Berlinale there are film dealers from every country who come to buy the film.

For the next few days, they stayed at the Berlinale venue and watched a lot of films. Among them, the most praised is "Between the Worlds" directed by Michael Winterburton in the United Kingdom, which tells the story of Afghan refugees, which has caused great repercussions.

In addition, there is the comedy "Adapted Screenplay" starring Nicolas Cage, which has also received a lot of praise.

"Hero" is the same as Li Yang's prediction, it is not popular, but it can be seen from Zhang Yimou's smiling face that he seems to be quite happy selling movies.

Among them, "Blind Well" directed by Li Yang has also received a lot of praise, and it actually changed a big venue at the back of the broadcast, which is big news.

Everyone set their eyes on this low-budget film from China, and at that time, film dealers from many other countries came to approach, wanting to buy the distribution rights of certain countries.

If it was placed before, Li Yang would definitely agree directly, but now that "Blind Well" has the hope of winning the award, how can it be possible to sell the distribution rights of the film at this time.

He did not hesitate to refuse the people who came to approach, and began to build momentum for "Blind Well", and the crew of "Hero" saw that "Blind Well" had the hope of winning the award, and it also helped a lot.

As the days passed, the date for the awards finally arrived.

To everyone's surprise, "Hero" actually won the award, and it won the Alfred Bauer Special Innovation Award.

Well, this award is equivalent to an encouragement award, but for a commercial blockbuster, winning this innovation award at the Berlin Film Festival is a good result.

It is estimated that after winning this award, the buyout price of "Hero" can rise a little bit.

And "Blind Well" was not only nominated for the Golden Bear, but also won the Berlin Silver Bear Award for Artistic Contribution.

Although it is a bit of a pity to pass by the Golden Bear Award, winning the Silver Bear Award is also a good result. With these two honors, "Blind Well" must not be able to lose, and Li Yang finally put his mind at ease.

Now that "Blind Well" won the Silver Bear Award, Li Yang sent him to T Province to participate in the Golden Horse Awards, and the harvest will definitely not be small.

Thinking of this, Li Yang was particularly excited.

Li Zhe is also very happy, because he also invested 200,000 yuan in it, and now he has money again, are you considering investing in a movie yourself?

But there are also a lot of helpless things, Li Zhe originally planned to rely on the Berlin Film Festival to make Baoqiang popular, but he was not nominated for awards and no one paid attention to him at all.

Even if "Blind Well" won the award, most people's eyes were on Li Yang, and as for Bao Qiang, no one paid attention to it at all.

After staying in Berlin for two weeks, Baoqiang's popularity only broke 200, and he didn't even get together 1 point, which made Li Zhe a little helpless.

The other is that Li Zhe wanted to use this "Blind Well" to open the system task, but he was disappointed again that the system did not open the task related to "Blind Well".

In the end, Blind Well's overseas copyright was sold for a total of 1.5 million US dollars, of which Li Yang is the director occupies a 5% share, and Li Zhe invests 200,000 yuan, with a share of 15%, which means that Li Zhe made a total profit of 225,000 US dollars.

According to the exchange rate, Li Zhe invested 200,000 yuan this time and received a return of about 1.8 million, which is not a low rate of return. However, it is also because "Blind Well" won the award, otherwise the money would have been greatly discounted.

Li Zhe originally wondered why he was selling copyrights directly, rather than selling distribution rights.

Later, I learned that they simply did not have the strength to share accounts with others. What movies are there to share the account?

Hollywood movies, these are movies that sell distribution rights and share accounts equally, and they have such a small cost, and there is no possibility of sharing accounts.

on the plane.

Zhang Yimou said to Li Yang: "Brother Li, it's not me who poured cold water on you, remember to keep a low profile after you return to China." ”

Li Yang thought thoughtfully, and then nodded.

"I was the same as you at the beginning, I went out to participate in the exhibition without being approved, and it was cold for several years after I came back."

Zhang Yimou was a little embarrassed when he spoke, and he was very emotional when he was refrigerated for a few years.

Li Zhe was shocked, with Zhang Yimou's status, he would have to be refrigerated for several years, so Li Yang?

He couldn't help but look at Li Yang, only to see Li Yang say with a smile: "I have a plan, when I return to China, I will go to the State Administration of Optoelectronics to admit my mistake as soon as I return to China, and there are 10,000 companies among my investors this time, let them intercede, and they will not block me." ”

Zhang Yimou looked at him and smiled: "Will you be banned, I didn't run away when I saw that your movie was banned." ”

According to Director Zhang's words, a month later, the news of the ban on "Blind Well" reached Li Zhe's ears. Fortunately, Li Yang didn't have a major incident, and Bao Qiang was only the starring role, but he was not implicated.