The day after the release of "Mulan" in Cannes, the booth of Concorde was packed with people, they were all distributors from all over the world, and through last night's screening, their keen business sense immediately felt the commercial value of "Mulan", so they came to the fair early in the morning, keeping the employees of Winterdur and several of his companies busy. [No pop-up novel network]

Introductions to "Mulan" were distributed to the studios, but they were not interested in that, after all, most of them had already seen the content of the film, and what they wanted to know now was the price.

"Dear Sir, what we need is an agency price!"

"Yes, you give us a price range so that we can buy it and bring it to our own country!"

"Gentlemen, please be quiet, I can understand your eagerness." Winterdur said with a smile: "In fact, our Concord Company has obtained perennial cooperative relations with the United States, China, Southeast Asia, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macau, and even the United Kingdom, and our company has never signed any so-called one-time agency contract. ”

"What do you mean?!" Someone immediately asked.

"It's very simple, the major countries I've listed above, their agents have signed box office sharing contracts with us, and as for the detailed description of the sharing contract, I have already written it clearly in the last two pages of this beautiful film introduction."

As soon as Winterdur's words fell, there was a sound of turning profiles in front of the trading platform, but soon, dozens of screams of pain were heard.

"Hell, there are so many share ratios for the first round of releases!"

"Sir, we in Germany have always signed a buyout contract, and your behavior of asking for a lot of money is self-defeating!"

"**, the first round turned out to be fifty-five points, are you Xiehe Company sucking blood?"

"We didn't make any money at all!"

This is a portrayal of the mood of most filmmakers at this time, yes, they think that the agency contract of Concord is very unreasonable!

For so many years of participating in the Cannes Film Festival, they have always bought out a certain film at one time, even the films of the Palme d'Or from all walks of life have never been so open-mouthed!

In their hearts, a film like "Mulan" is undoubtedly a rare and good product, but if the contract requires that the account be split between five and a half, the profits that the filmmakers want to get will be suddenly reduced.

They won't buy films without profits, they think that Concord simply doesn't know how high the sky is, and they are cutting off their own money!

Most of the filmmakers who came to negotiate left, because they knew little about the situation of Concorde Pictures, and the group of filmmakers who remained were still hesitant.

They are well aware of Concord's position in the ranks of world cinema over the years, yes, all the world's highest-grossing films over the years have been written by Concord, "Star Wars", "Rocky", "Home Alone", "ET", "Jaws", "Mythology", and "Shaolin Temple", which caused a sensation in various countries last year, each of these films is a weapon to refresh the box office.

If you add up the box office of these films, the global box office data of the seven films is a staggering $2.1 billion!

$2.1 billion is just an astonishing figure set by Concord in less than ten years, which film company in the world can have such a strong strength?

It's no wonder that people sell films to share the box office, and people are clearly full of confidence!

Just as they hesitated, there was a stirring from behind the crowd, and several people were heard shouting: "Get out of the way, get out of the way!" ”

Five or six bodyguards squeezed a way out of the crowd, and Corkrian, the Las Vegas gambling king with sunglasses and a cigar in his mouth, appeared on the scene, and he walked to the front desk angrily and said to Winterdur: "Damn, where did that guy Tiger hide?" ”

"Uh, Mr. Bet Wang, don't get excited." Winterdur felt very pressured in the face of this gambling king who had become a mafia, and the previous communication with MGM was a staff member of the same status, and it was the first time that he had such a direct communication with the president of another family. "I came out early in the morning, and the boss seems to be still at home, right?"

"He's not at home! There's not even a ghost in your rented cottage! Corkrian said depressedly, "I want to see him, you help me find him." ”

Winterdur shrugged and said, "I'm afraid it's impossible, and if he's not at home, I'm afraid I won't be able to find him." ”

"Hell!" Corklian threw the cigar on the ground, stomped hard, and said, "I'm going to be the first to sign a contract with him for the release of "Mulan" in North America." ”

"Sign the contract?" Winterdur was startled by the gambling king's violent appearance, a few beads of sweat flowed from his forehead, and he hurriedly took out a contract from the drawer of the platform and said: "The contract is here, the boss has signed it." ”

“ok！ It's easy to do things with a contract! The gambling king didn't even look at the contract, brushed and signed his name on the six-point contract, and then picked up two of them and said: "When I saw Tiger and told him, Lao Tzu had customized a presidential suite for him in the fake hotel, and that kind of shabby little place was not suitable for his identity!" ”

"Okay, okay." Winterdur nodded again and again, and after the gambling king left in a grand manner, he wiped the sweat beads on his forehead, and the pressure in his heart disappeared suddenly, because since the gambling king booked the presidential suite for the boss, then he also had the opportunity to enjoy it, haha, this is very good news!

The rest of the filmmakers were dumbfounded at this time, after all, the gambling king Corkrian is too famous in the world, the shadow of the famous tree, and a big group like MGM signed a contract directly on it without frowning, which shows that "Mulan" is indeed worth buying.

Several filmmakers hesitated and finally decided to take a gamble, and they came forward to ask Corkerian for a contract, and under their leadership, people joined the ranks of signing contracts one after another.

As busy as the trade fair, the judges of the main unit of the competition were also exchanging opinions on the 19 shortlisted films.

The 18 judges present held various materials of the shortlisted films in their hands, and they have been watching these 19 films these days, and today is the time for them to vote for their three favorite films.

At the beginning, there were three candidates for the Palme d'Or, namely the American director Costa Brown. Gavras's "The Great Disappearance", Turkish director Imaz. Gouni's "The Road to Freedom" and Hong Kong director Wang Xiaohu's "Mulan".

The first step is the pre-selection process.

"I vote for Mulan!" French General Delegate Gilles. Jacob walked up and voted for "Mulan", and after spreading his hands, he said: "The actors moved me with their superb acting skills, and the director used his skillful technique to tell us how an oriental version of Joan of Arc defends the family and the country, and more importantly, we see China's strong artistic heritage in the film, and I like Mulan." ”

After the French side voted, there was immediately a burst of discussion in the jury, everyone knows the French people's love for Joan of Arc, and they unabashedly apply this love directly to voting, which is somewhat shameless!

A British jury member with a background in music production stood up to vote for "Mulan" and then explained why he liked the film, saying: "From the perspective of post-production, the film music is a highlight of the film, and the director of the war scene in "Mulan" abandoned the original sound of fighting and killing on the battlefield and replaced it with a silent shout, which is another way to show the anti-war theme of the film itself." And the military song that the soldiers sang together made me very amazed and very artistic! ”

Unlike the French judges, who held high the banner of "Joan of Arc", the British judge spoke in a very professional tone about the excellence of "Mulan" in terms of music production, and the other judges had no opinion.

As a result, the two judges have already voted for "Mulan", which makes several judges who support "The Great Disappearance" and "Freedom Road" feel indignant.

So the next vote went into a tense state, and the pre-selection results came out, "Mulan" received 8 votes, and "The Great Disappearance" and "Freedom Road" received 5 votes each.

At the beginning of the second round, the judges had a big fight, and the worst one was a judge from the United States.

Rather than supporting "The Great Disappearance" in his own country, the American jury member supported "Freedom Road," saying: "This is a politically critical film that is considered influenced by modernism. The director closely combines the intention of political criticism with the form of the film, expressing a kind of "conclusion" or "way out", to point out a road to light to this country trampled by fascism, and the whole film of "Mulan" is full of blood, violence and almost desperate grief, which cannot reach this level in terms of artistic structure, it is a commercial film dressed in the garb of nationality and art! ”

As soon as the American director made such a fuss, the French and British judges immediately stopped doing it, and they stood up and loudly objected, "Please figure it out, Turkish prisons are notorious in the world!" And as far as we know, the "Freedom Road" film was filmed by their director, Imaz. Guni is still squatting in a prison in Turkey! ”

"Do you think that a director who has been in prison for a long time will shoot things with too many artistic surnames? No, all we see is the director's dissatisfaction and venting on the prison, venting understand, it's a very selfish thing, and it's not worth talking about art at all! ”

French General Delegate Gilles. Jacob said excitedly: "And "Mulan" is different, she is so beautiful, she is so strong"

The two major factions took turns to express their dissatisfaction with each other.

There was a bug in the last chapter, yes, a link was wrong, the festival is only for industry insiders. Since 1995, the city of Cannes has organized an event called the "Forum", so that film lovers and Cannes citizens can see several films shortlisted for the festival. The "Director's Half Moon" project is open to the audience. So, it is impossible for there to be ordinary audiences in the screening hall in the movie palace, they are all industry personnel, add an explanation, forgive me.

(To be continued)