On the surface, the Festival de Cannes is a huge global trade fair. In fact, any film festival is inevitably like this, and it has also become a place for filmmakers everywhere to seek benefits.

Behind the often unknown scenes, there is often a lot of businessmen's deceitful and coppery smell, and anyone will inevitably have to deal with publishers, but they must not be trusted for their words. Here, every sentence is indisputable, and everyone is talking and laughing in deception and being deceived.

Of course, for Xiao Ran, such an unpleasant experience can be avoided for the time being, because Ge Wenqiu from the distribution department helped him become a scapegoat, and talked nonsense with other filmmakers at cocktail parties every day.

"Dark Flower" and "Mong Kok Carmen" have not been sold yet, not because no one offered a price, but Xiao Ran did not plan to sell them cheaply. This trade fair in Cannes is always reached after the award ceremony, and the earlier the offer, the more it means that the parties have no confidence in the film. Showing such emotions, not to mention wanting to sell, that is, the publisher may not be willing to buy yet.

The first ** of interest in this team from the East reached the seventh day. Wei Dongling's guidance excited the reporters, and that day Francis; Ford; Coppola also expressed his appreciation for the director of "Dark Flower" through the mouth of a reporter.

Coppola was depressed, he had never seen a director so cold to Cannes. As the chairman of the jury, except for a face-to-face meeting with Xiao Ran on the first day, in the next few days, when he enjoyed "Dark Flower", he kept trying to find the director. It's a pity that when he has time, Xiao Ran is not there. When Xiao Ran was there, he didn't have time, so he staggered like this.

He admires "Dark Flower" very much, perhaps it is better to appreciate Xiao Ran as a director. Originally, he was very depressed that Xiao Ran was simply here to travel, but when the reporters kicked out Xiao Ran's true identity, he understood a little. According to Xiao Ran's identity, it seems that there is no need to attach so much importance to Cannes.

On the seventh day, Xiao Ran finally officially appeared. It's not because of Lin Qingxia's advice, it's because he himself feels embarrassed not to show up again. The expensive RV slowly stopped in front of the red carpet of the main venue, Xiao Ran and Lin Qingxia got out of the car, and the reporter who had been waiting for him immediately took the camera, and his head swirled with a number of questions he had thought about.

The mature charm of the man is amazing, and the two-handed mustache does not know how many girls on the scene are fascinated by this young and extremely talented young man. The woman is even more gorgeous, and her mature charm only makes people feel that she and Xiao Ran are simply perfect when they walk together.

When Xiao Ran and the others walked to the steps covered with the red carpet, the reporters finally couldn't help but take action, and long guns and short cannons were handed over one after another. Xiao Ran and Lin Qingxia glanced at each other, and they both saw a faint smile in each other's eyes. In fact, Xiao Ran wanted to play missing before, but he also wanted to take the opportunity to hype, and with Chinese reporters here, the hype will definitely succeed.

Looking at it now, all this sensational situation is obviously no different from what Xiao Ran expected. One of them may be a reporter from Taiwan, whose eyes have never left Lin Qingxia and Xiao Ran, stretched out the microphone and asked, "Director Xiao, where have you and Lin Qingxia gone these days?" ”

It's a bit of a paparazzi! Xiao Ran smiled faintly, the reason why he wanted to pull Lin Qingxia to play with him was not without intention. At least he can build momentum for their future, give people preconceived ideas, and let others slowly accept his sister-brother relationship with Lin Qingxia.

For the sake of this relationship, Xiao Ran can be said to have gone to great lengths to maintain it and make it acceptable to society. If it were in the West, he wouldn't need to do so much scheming. I saw him smile very kindly: "We are all coming to Cannes for the first time, so let's take a look around this tourist destination!" ”

"Mr. Xiao, I am a reporter for the French newspaper Le Monde, why did you want to buy Leo? What can it do for you? Xiao Ran was slightly stunned, he had heard of this "Le Monde", but that newspaper didn't seem to pay much attention to entertainment news.

Thinking so in his mind, Xiao Ran's answer was seamless: "I think the general manager of the Phantom Company has already told you my purpose!" ”

"Mr. Xiao, after the release of your "Dark Flower" these days, the audience's response has been very good. Critics and juries appreciate the film equally, do you think you can win the award? This seems to be an American journalist, Xiao Ran came to this judgment.

"I once said at the Hong Kong Film Awards, being shortlisted is a victory!" Xiao Ran suddenly smiled mischievously when he said this, and looked very interesting under his mature image and temperament: "However, my motto is to chase after victory!" ”

Like the reporters in Hong Kong at the beginning, these reporters were amused by Xiao Ran's humor, and their affection for the guy in front of them increased greatly for a while. Suddenly, at this time, a very handsome young reporter stared at Lin Qingxia and asked Xiao Ran: "May I ask who this beautiful young lady is?" ”

This time, Xiao Ran didn't answer on behalf of Lin Qingxia, but looked at her with a smile. Lin Qingxia couldn't help but chuckle and said, "I came with him, you don't need to know me!" ”

Of course, these are the words of the scene. Soon, other reporters were surprised by Lin Qingxia's grace and nobility, maturity and beauty, and after asking the Chinese reporters, they soon knew that this was the first beauty of the Chinese, and their interest immediately increased.

It's a pity that Xiao Ran didn't give them too many opportunities, so I won't accept questions below. After the reporters took a few photos, Xiao Ran nodded to Lin Qingxia and entered the main venue. The stars in the venue are shining, and the number of stars is staggering.

Xiao Ran is no longer the guy who has never seen the world when he first came back, not to mention that it is just some stars, even if God suddenly appeared in front of him, I am afraid he will not be particularly surprised. said hello to some not-so-famous celebrities, glanced around, and finally saw Fa Ge and them.

I walked forward, and I was talking to Fa Ge, but it was an Asian publisher. It seems that Fa Ge and they don't know English, which is really a very disadvantaged thing. Feng Fei'er and Su Renyao saw Xiao Ran and Lin Qingxia coming over, and hurriedly shouted respectfully: "Brother Ran, Sister Lin, you are here!" ”

"It's okay, if you think it's boring here, you can go back first, and I'll take care of it!" Xiao Ran smiled at them casually, whether it can become popular internationally is really a wonderful thing. It's like after Garbo became popular in Hollywood, countless film companies in Sweden found someone who was better than Garbo in terms of appearance and temperament, but none of them could really become popular.

Su Renyao was overjoyed, he had long been impatient with such a place. It's not that he doesn't want to be famous, the key is that he doesn't know English, and it's hard to integrate into this circle. Feng Fei'er is different, she knows English, of course, it is much easier.

"Where is Ge Wenqiu?" Xiao Ran frowned and asked Brother Fa, there are many big distribution companies with real strength on this occasion, if Ge Wenqiu didn't come, it would be a dereliction of duty: "It can't be that it didn't appear, right?" ”

"I just saw him over there!" Fa Ge looked at Xiao Ran with a sad face: "Shall I go back first, it's really unpleasant to stay here!" ”

"Isn't there a translator?" Xiao Ran was stunned for a moment, there was an interpreter present, afraid of any language barrier: "You can't go, if you want to become popular, you have to let the world know about your existence first!" ”

At the moment, he no longer paid attention to the sighing Fa Ge, and went straight to Ge Wenqiu. I didn't find it after looking for a while, but I was found by Coppola and several other judges. Hard-pulled Xiao Ran and Lin Qingxia found a place to sit down, and saw this director who directed "The Godfather" and "Apocalypse Now", Xiao Ran was proud for a while.

"Mr. Xiao, I have seen the works you brought, and we all like them very much!" Coppola is now a little older, and he doesn't speak very neatly, so he thought for a long time before he continued: "The technique you use in your work is very novel......

Of course Xiao Ran knew, otherwise how would he dare to send it to embarrass him. If you want to make a name for yourself in the international film industry, or if you want the whole world to be able to understand it, then the best way is undoubtedly to adopt the international language of film. Of course, this language is not the other language, but refers to the concept of consciousness when dealing with the film.

Take "Dark Flower" as an example, aside from the problem of language, this film has very little dialogue, and the technique used is very novel, at least for now, it is definitely quite a novel directorial technique, smooth and flexible.

The most important thing is that more than 95% of the films use dialogue and other means to promote the plot, but "Dark Flower" uses pictures to express everything. It is precisely because of the picture sense of this film that Coppola and his people understand this film without any obstacles.

The flexible and smooth directing technique is why Coppola became interested in Xiao Ran, and it is also the reason why they respect this film. It's hard for them to imagine anyone being able to tell such a complete and exciting story in 90 minutes, considering that Western directors generally have solo works of more than two hours, and Coppola's "Apocalypse Now" is even longer than three or four hours.

In this regard, Hong Kong directors are the best at it, and a concise and compact plot is the housekeeping skill of entertainment. But it is also the biggest flaw of Hong Kong films, because in order to enrich the comedy and other elements in the story, people do not hesitate to stuff everything that has nothing to do with the film, which leads to the production of bad movies.

As a fan influenced by Hong Kong films, it is certainly not strange for Xiao Ran to learn this advantage. In addition to learning this incomparable advantage, he also strangled the shortcomings that came with the advantages in the key link of the script, which is the key reason why he chose the screenwriter as the key reason for the reform in the first place.

After talking to Coppola for a while, seeing that Lin Qingxia couldn't understand alone, he ended the conversation as soon as possible. Soon found Ge Wenqiu, and when he saw Xiao Ran coming, he happily shouted: "Brother Ran, you are here!" I'm talking to them about the release of "Dark Flower" and "Carmen in Mong Kok". ”

Xiao Ran glanced at the few foreigners with blonde and black hair in front of him, signaled to Lin Qingxia, and sat down together. One of the middle-aged men who looked like they were leaning back against the sofa and holding up a big belly and laughing, "You are the boss of the Phantom Company?" So, let's talk! ”

Xiao Ran nodded to those guys with a smile, and listened carefully to Ge Wenqiu's report: "He is Jack, the general manager of MGM France. The price he offered us was 3 million for "Dark Flower" and 1 million for "Carmen in Mong Kok", both in US dollars! ”

MGM? Xiao Ran immediately remembered the history of MGM, the company that was Hollywood's most famous sick man. In the ** 10s, he was bought or sold many times, and there were all kinds of people, such as the gambling king of Las Vegas, the Italian mafia, and the French Crédit Lyonnais.

The year before last, the CNN boss had just bought MGM for $1.4 billion, but as soon as it changed hands, it was immediately dismantled and sold, leaving only the most valuable film rights of more than 3,000 yuan. Now it's been bought by the mafia, and it looks like the mafia's style is really not very good.

Xiao Ran smiled faintly, three million US dollars, if it was replaced by other companies, it would definitely be sent to the door like a pug, but he did not lack these three million. It is no exaggeration to say that he is now worth three million to pluck his hair.

"I'm sorry, I'm suddenly out of interest in this deal!" Xiao Ran didn't say anything more, just threw a look at Ge Wenqiu, then picked up Lin Qingxia and turned away, leaving a few stunned MGM guys there and scolding.

"Brother Ran, why don't you talk to him, the price is still negotiable!" Ge Wenqiu didn't understand Xiao Ran's thoughts very much, and couldn't help asking: "Moreover, as long as the North American copyright is sold, then the whole film will have to make money in addition to the cost." ”

"Ah Qiu, do you think the company lacks these three million? Or let MGM take it to the art theater to be released? Xiao Ran asked him rhetorically, and said calmly with an unchanged expression: "You may not know that the current MGM is controlled by the mafia, and I don't want to deal with the gangsters!" ”

Of course, if that's the case, that's not true. Xiao Ran really didn't want to talk to MGM first, and the second price was indeed too low, and it was absolutely impossible to enter mainstream theaters. These are not what he wants, rather than this, he should keep the North American release rights, and win the Hollywood studio in the future and then go on his own.

"Mafia!" Ge Wenqiu was taken aback, and couldn't help but glance back at those guys, and cold sweat flowed down. He felt that his luck was really good, and he actually chose to deal with the mafia.

"And what are you going to do?" Lin Qingxia saw that Xiao Ran couldn't even look down on three million US dollars, so she couldn't help but interject and ask: "I think this kind of price is already very good!" ”

"Of course there is a way!" Xiao Ran glanced at Lin Qingxia gently. Since he can come here, of course there is a way......

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