Chapter 182: Door-to-door
On September 3rd, there was no screening of "Fireworks in the Day" on this day, but there were many reports about "Fireworks in the Day". Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Some media said that this is the most surprising work of this film festival, and some media said that Gu Wenwu, a young director, has extraordinary creativity and artistic imagination, and some media directly added the award to "Fireworks in the Day". Many media reports have naturally attracted a lot of attention. So on the day of September 4th, at the main hall, the 8 o'clock screening in the evening, the attendance rate came to a terrifying 10%. That's right, it's ten percent, the huge hall, and there is not a single vacant seat.
"That's a lot of people." Sanders looked around and said with emotion. He is a film and television buyer, and his main job is to appear at major film festivals every year, to explore those potential films, buy the overseas rights of these films, and bring benefits to the company.
As a buyer with a keen sense of smell, he had a detailed understanding of the films shortlisted for the main competition unit and the horizon unit long before the screening began, and his focus was naturally on the nineteen films shortlisted for the main competition unit. He naturally has to look at these nineteen movies one by one, but in his eyes, the nineteen movies are good and bad, and he naturally has to distinguish between priorities and priorities. "Fireworks in the Day" due to the small fame of the director and actors, so Sanders put the film in a relatively low priority, which is why he did not go to see "Fireworks in the Day" on September 2. But this movie, which was not optimistic about him, won unanimous praise from the media and the audience, so much so that the next day's report turned out to be that "Fireworks in the Day" was outstanding, and a media praised this movie. This surprised Sanders, and at the same time hurried to look at the screening table of the main competition unit, wondering what time the next screening of "Fireworks in the Day" was.
In fact, there are many people who have the same mentality as him. No one expected that "Fireworks in the Day" would suddenly emerge, but whether this movie is as good as the media said will have to be seen with their own eyes.
Although the venue was full, there were still people waiting in line outside the theater to buy tickets, and when the people at the front of the queue heard that the audience was full and spread the news to the back, they waited for the queue to disperse in disappointment.
"Director Gu, there are so many people today." Liang Jiahui looked at the black man behind him, a little happy. The more people there are, the more eye-catching their films, which is also of great benefit to him as the leading actor.
"yes, there are so many people." Gu Wenwu was also a little excited at the moment. Such a scene is undoubtedly the best recognition for a director. Audiences enter the theater with the mentality of wanting to see a good movie, and he is confident that his movie will not disappoint them.
"Sanders, long time no see, you're here too." The film hasn't started yet, but Sanders is already thinking about how to negotiate overseas rights with the film's producers. He knows that if it is a movie of average quality, it will never be so sought after by the media. I heard that the director of this movie is a young man, so it will probably be easier to talk about it when the time comes, as long as there are no competitors. But just as he was thinking this, a more familiar voice came from in front of him, he raised his head, and when he saw the middle-aged man in front of him, he couldn't help frowning.
"Duke, what a coincidence, are you here for the movie too?" Sanders' frown flickered, and then he laughed, as if he saw an old friend he hadn't seen for a long time.
"yes, I heard that this movie is very good, not only me, but Alex, Barry, and John are here." Duke said with a smile. At the same time, he pointed with his hand and told Sanders where he was talking about the people.
"What, so many people." Sanders' heart sank. The people Duke refers to, including Duke, are his peers and competitors. Looking at it like this, everyone has an idea about this movie, there are more monks and less porridge, and it seems that it is not so simple to win it easily.
"The movie is about to start, let's watch it first." Saunders Road. Seeing Sanders say this, Duke nodded noncommittally and turned away, as if preparing to concentrate on watching the movie.
Although Duke's words disturbed Sanders's heart a little, he still focused on the movie when it began. After all, no matter what, the quality of the movie is the most important place.
The more than 100-minute film was quickly screened, and "Fireworks in the Day" once again won full applause. Although "Fireworks in the Day" is a literary film, there is no problem at all in treating it as a commercial film, the main story is not obscure at all, you can even watch it as a detective film, and the metaphors everywhere in the movie and the discussion of reason and desire are also very in line with the taste of those film critics. It's not so difficult to understand that a movie pleases both audiences at the same time and wins unanimous praise.
Looking at the young director who came to the stage to thank him in high spirits, Sanders applauded that this was a good movie on the one hand, but on the other hand, he was annoyed by the fact that there were many competitors. If this is still a good movie, then there will definitely be more competitors and the competition will be more intense. It's a real headache.
"Hey, Sanders, wait." Although there will be movie screenings in the theater next, Sanders is not interested. As soon as he walked out of the theater, he heard Duke's voice from behind him, which made him pause.
"It's you, Duke, what's wrong?" Sanders' attitude is not cold, but it is definitely not enthusiastic. Although the two are familiar, they are definitely not friends. Sanders clearly remembered that Duke had robbed him of a few good projects, and he couldn't have had much affection for Duke just for this.
"Sanders, are you free, how about we go have a drink together?" Duke smiled all over his face, as if he didn't care about Sanders' attitude.
Drink? What kind of medicine is this guy selling in a gourd? Sanders pondered Duke's intentions in his heart, and subconsciously wanted to refuse, but after thinking about it, it would be good to hear what he wanted to say, maybe it would be good for the next competition.
"That's great, let's go." Saunders Road.
Excelsior Hotel, Gu Wenwu got up early today. There is no screening of "Fireworks in the Day" today, but Gu Wenwu received an invitation from the crew of "Song of Long Hatred" and invited him to participate in today's film screening.
It's also quite interesting to say. The first screening of "Song of Long Hatred" was on September 3, when Guan Jinpeng only invited Xu Ke's "Seven Swords" crew, but he did not mean to invite the "White Sun Fireworks" crew. Only Liang Jiahui went to the first screening of "Song of Long Hatred" because he had a good relationship with the director. And now that it's the third screening, did I remember to invite the crew of "Fireworks in the Day".
Gu Wenwu was still brushing his teeth, when he heard a knock on the door, he wondered who was so early, but he didn't slack off, and hurriedly shouted to wait, hurriedly brushed his teeth, and walked over to open the door.
"Xiao Zhang, what's the matter?" It was Xiao Zhang, an employee of the studio, who opened the door, and Gu Wenwu said strangely.
"Mr. Gu, someone wants to see you, saying that they want to talk about the overseas copyright of "White Sun Fireworks", by the way, there is more than one wave of people coming." Xiao Zhang said.
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