On January 28, 2005, the last day of the film festival, Shao Shuaijun slept in a small hotel with his head covered. "Buried Alive", except for the few previous few prices, no one came to look for it, and the shadow of failure hung over everyone's heads, which made Shao Shuaijun extremely frustrated.

Squeak, Zhao Cheng pushed the door in with sleepy eyes: "Ah Jun, get up and have breakfast, and we will go to Sundance Academy later, let's sell it." It's a big deal, it's not sold, and it's handed over to Sundance Academy for free screening. ”

"You go by yourself, I'm too lazy to look at these dog-eyed foreigners."

"Get up, on the last day today, the list of winners will be announced tomorrow, everyone will go home, you may not be able to see it if you want to."

was dragged and pulled by Zhao Chenglian and pulled up from the bed. After breakfast, leaving Li Xiuxiu, Wang Yixue and Ma Hao to wait in the small hotel, he and Zhao Cheng walked towards Sundance Academy. Sundance Academy is not a school, but the organization of the Sundance Film Festival, which is responsible for organizing the festival and sponsoring the participation of reading filmmakers.

Many reading filmmakers, in order to make a movie, spend their net worth, and they can't even afford the travel expenses.

The town is still lively, and even in the early morning, there are countless spectators wandering around. There had just been a light snowfall, and there were still traces of snow on the road, and the two of them put on their fur coats and discussed how to go to Sundance College and sell them as they walked. As he was talking, there was a ridicule from behind him.

"Oh, this is not Zhao and Shao from China? What, did the movie sell? Sold for a million or ten million? ”

Looking back, I saw Mike of Telescope Entertainment, holding a woman in his arms, standing in front of a movie theater with an undisguised sarcastic expression on his face.

"Ignore him and go." Zhao Cheng saw Shao Shuaijun's gloomy face in an instant, and pulled his arm and walked forward.

"Hey, why did the two of you go, I heard that the director of this movie is this hairy boy Shao? Haha, a little kid makes a movie, he has to make a lot of money, how can there be such a dream in the world! Hillbilly, if you can't sell it, I'm still very happy to give, $100,000, waiting for you to sell, ahaha! ”

"The Yankees of the dog." Shao Shuaijun's heart was on fire, and he was about to reason with Mike, when Zhao Cheng pulled him away again.

"Forget it, don't be like this kind of person."

"Hey, hillbilly from China, you can't play movies, let's go back and sing. Babbling, babbling, you see, how good I sing and sing. Michael laughed, and the pockmarked beauty beside him also laughed.

"Brother Zhao, don't pull it, you have to beat this arrogant Yankee to death today!"

"Forget it, this is the United States, their territory, they will suffer."

"Damn, we're here to sell movies, not to be angry!"

"What can be done, we are not celebrities, a small-budget movie, it is normal to be looked down upon. When you wait, only with Zhang Yimou's status, even if they are despised, no one dares to be presumptuous on their face. ”

"I'm so speechless, can I just endure it?"

"No way, alas."

Mike saw the two muttering and shouted, "Hey, hillbilly, have you negotiated, $100,000, and if you delay any longer, I won't buy $50,000, you just wait for the gray to get out." ”

"Why don't you die?" Shao Shuaijun stammered a little in his spoken language, which did not prevent him from expressing his meaning.

"I'm dead, who will give you dollars, don't you want to ask for food to go back to China, tsk."

Mike spoke triumphantly, looking like he had eaten the two of them. In his opinion, Chinese films are all inferior, and "Buried Alive" is the same, and buying it back can only be used as a film library resource. 100,000 dollars, desperate Chinese will definitely accept it. Mike enjoys this feeling of giving to others.

At this moment, a gentle voice sounded: "May I ask if the front is Mr. Shao and Mr. Zhao in China?" I'm Morris from Lionsgate Investments, and I'd like to talk to you about the distribution of the "Buried Alive" film. From the street, a chubby and kind middle-aged man trotted over, and hurriedly took out his business card to Shao Shuaijun and Zhao Cheng.

Zhao Cheng and Shao Shuaijun only felt that this person came too timely and cute, and took the business card with some expectation: "How much are you willing to pay?" ”

"$1 million, what do you think?"

"What? 1 million, Morris, are you crazy! Mike shouted, his face turning ugly for a moment.

"Oh, Mike, you're here too, and you've also seen "Buried Alive", why do you want to compete with our Lionsgate?" Morris looked at Mike warily.

"Competition? Jokes, such garbage movies, how could I be able to watch them! Morris, give you advice, don't be the wrongdoer, Chinese movies, hum, what is the best one called "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", it's just pretentious, garbage! 1 million, beware of the loss, your boss fires you squid. ”

"I don't think so." Morris smiled indifferently and turned to look at Zhao Cheng and Shao Shuaijun, "Since Mike doesn't like it, how about we find a café and sit down and talk?" ”

"Of course." Zhao Cheng was overjoyed, one million US dollars, equivalent to more than 8 million yuan, which is already in line with the expected income.

"You're going to regret it!" Mike was still clamoring.

Shao Shuaijun glanced at him and snorted coldly: "It will be you who regret it." ”

"Hmph, we'll see!"

Without the fly-like Mike, negotiations with Lionsgate went well, and Morris was very optimistic about the market for "Buried Alive", and Lionsgate has always favored this unique film. The final result of the negotiation was that $1 million was granted the North American distribution rights to "Buried Alive", and once the box office exceeded 10 million, an additional 1 million, and an additional 2.5 million if it exceeded 20 million. If the box office exceeds 30 million, then the income will be split in half.

In fact, Morris doesn't think the box office will exceed 10 million.

After signing the contract and getting the check, the two of them were still dizzy. One moment he was being ridiculed and ridiculed, and the next moment there was a divine turn, and the world was really impermanent.

"I really hope that it will be released soon, and I will definitely go to the telescope entertainment company and visit this dog's Mike when the time comes!" Shao Shuaijun clenched his fists, on the one hand, he was excited after signing the contract, and on the other hand, he was angry. Lionsgate has set a release date for February 3.

"Actually, we should have visited his boss." Zhao Cheng laughed.

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Soon, the Sundance Film Festival came to an end, and not surprisingly, "Buried Alive" did not win any awards at the festival, after all, it is an American film festival that aims to encourage American reading films, and the awards are not very fair. Shao Shuaijun didn't care, it was able to be sold and released, and "Buried Alive" was a success.

After the film festival, Zhao Cheng took Wang Yixue and Ma Hu to major special effects companies to contact post-production. Shao Shuaijun and Li Xiuxiu went to Phoenix, Arizona, a small town called Cave River. Here, there is a chubby housewife who has just finished a novel about dream love.

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