"Mr. Locke, I'm very sorry, we don't have a good idea of the release prospects of your film, and we hope you can find a better collaborator."

Jude didn't continue to listen, but simply tossed his phone aside.

I thought that after the filming of "This Man is from Earth" was completed, it would be smooth to negotiate distribution cooperation with the film company, after all, Jude has always been full of confidence in the quality of this movie.

But reality has taught Jude a lesson, these days he has contacted no less than thirty independent production companies, and sent out seven or eight copies of the film, either no response, or outright refusal, not even a single film company has shown even the slightest interest in the film.

"Damn, how could this be!" Jude slammed his fist into the wall, and if there were no results in the next two days, Jude would have to try his luck at the Toronto Film Festival.

Just then, the phone rang suddenly.

Before pressing the answer button, Jude secretly prayed in his heart: "Please, it must not be a refusal!" ”

"Hello, I'm Jude Locke!"

"Guess who I am!" There was no old-fashioned voice from the clerk on the other end of the phone, but someone who surprised Jude a little.

Hearing the other party's voice again, Jude was actually stunned.

"Kate! How are you! ”

Kate Beckinsale flew back to the UK two days ago and Jude had no idea she would be in contact with her so soon.

"You promised me a dividend after the movie was sold, and I'm still waiting for you to send me a check!" Kate quipped. In fact, this is just an excuse, she mainly wants to care about Jude's current situation.

"Then you guess you'll have to wait a while." Jude stood up and walked to the window of the room, the signal here would be better, "I contacted a lot of film companies, and the answer was no, I have to say that my luck has been really bad lately." ”

"I'm sorry to hear that."

"It's okay, this setback doesn't bother me."

"Are you still going to Toronto?"

"I haven't had time to check the flight schedule yet, and if nothing else, I'll fly over tomorrow." Jude clipped his phone between his face and shoulder, opened a newspaper with both hands, and began to search the middle slit for the airline's phone.

"There's something I want to tell you about the Toronto Film Festival." Kate didn't know that Jude's mind had shifted elsewhere at the moment, and hesitated for a moment before continuing: "You know that I acted in a movie last year, and I hadn't dropped out of Oxford at that time, so I had to use the summer vacation to make this movie, and after the filming, director Kenneth Blenner left his contact information for me, and yesterday I went to visit Mr. Bryner and showed him the movie you made. ”

"Kenneth Bryner? I've heard that he is very good at making Shakespeare's plays, you should really contact him more so that there will be more opportunities......" Jude's reaction was a beat slower because he was distracted from reading the newspaper, but he quickly came to his senses, "Wait, you showed Kenneth Bryner "This Man Is From Earth"? ”

"I'm sorry to do this without your permission." Kate's voice sounded a little uncomfortable, but she tried her best to hide it so that Jude didn't notice.

"No, no, you misunderstood me, I mean to say, you don't have to help me like this." Jude took the phone in another hand, and the newspaper in his hand had been tossed aside.

Kate didn't want Jude to misunderstand, so she quickly explained, "I just recommended this movie to Mr. Blenner, and I really didn't think it would help you much." ”

"But you did it anyway, thank you very much!" Jude said very sincerely.

Kate's cheeks burned and she very cleverly changed the subject.

"Want to know what Mr. Blenner thinks of this movie?"

"Of course!" Jude said this in order not to spoil Kate's interest, but he didn't actually have much hope in his heart.

Jude is convinced that a British director, who is known for his Shakespeare plays, is almost unlikely to be interested in a sci-fi film like "This Man Is from Earth."

"Mr. Blenner said it was the best sci-fi movie he'd ever seen, especially the use of long shots, which was unbelievable." In order to prove that she is not exaggerating Kenneth Bryner's assessment, Kate also deliberately added: "These are Mr. Blenner's exact words!" ”

Jude smacked his lips in some surprise, "I'm really glad that Mr. Blenner can say that, but it's a pity that I can't thank him in person for a short time." ”

"Actually, you can."

Kate's words Jude had some inexplicable words.

"Excuse me, what did you just say?"

"Mr. Blenner happened to be one of the members of the jury of the Toronto Film Festival this time, and I told him about your release plan, and although it was past the registration time, he was happy to recommend your work to the festival organizing committee."

"What!" Jude held his hand against the wall, only to feel a little dizzy in his head, "You mean Mr. Blenner recommended my film to the festival organizing committee?" ”

"I looked it up, and it wasn't without precedent for me to be recommended by the jury to be screened at the festival, and I didn't think Mr. Bryner was going to lie about it, he really appreciated the film, especially when I told him that it cost less than $20,000 from shooting to completion, and he said it was a miracle......," Kate told the details of her meeting with Kenneth Bryner, but Jude didn't listen to the rest of the story. The only thing he remembered was the news that "This Man Is from Earth" was likely to be screened at the Toronto Film Festival.

Unlike other film festivals, the Toronto Film Festival is divided into two screenings and at least one media screening for each invited film.

It is innumerable times better to get such an opportunity to be screened than Jude and his family knocking on the doors of those film companies to promote their own works.

Happiness came so suddenly, Jude almost felt like he was being smashed.

In this case, Jude did something that he regretted very much, he actually shouted into the phone: Kate, I love you to death!