Chapter 141: Masters Gathered
"I wonder what happened to Mr. William coming to me this time?" After the politeness is over, of course Li Yihua has to go straight to the point, you must know that Europeans and Americans like to go straight the most, rather than wasting time, it is better to pick it out directly.
"Oh, Mr. Li, I'm representing our Emperor Pictures and want to act as an agent for the release of "Saw Horror" in North America." William looked at Li Yihua and said.
"Mr. William is interested in our film?"
"Yes, your "Saw Horror" is definitely a superb work, both in terms of shooting techniques and visual effects. I can't believe that this movie only invested a hundred thousand dollars, it's amazing! William, as a professional agent, speaks at a very high level, pointing out the excitement of the film.
"Although our Dimen Film Company is not large, it has enough channels for the distribution of the film, and I believe that the film will be handed over to our company for distribution, which will definitely bring a win-win situation to everyone."
"Mr. William, if we give you the rights to release and distribute the film in North America, how are you going to cooperate?" Li Yihua already knew a lot about Dimen Company and knew that they had a wide range of channels, so he directly interrupted William's words.
"Our company intends to buy out outright, half a million dollars, and I believe this is a suitable price." William looked at Li Yihua and asked directly, and didn't say anything more, and directly said the price in his heart.
The Venice Film Festival is, after all, one of the most important film markets in the world, and participating in the film festival is to sell "sold films" higher. Foreign filmmakers buy the distribution rights and copyrights of a country or region. And the film company placed an order in advance when it was eyeing some of the participating films, also because they were afraid that after the film won the award, the price would rise.
"Haha, Mr. William, don't you feel that this is unfair to me? "Chainsaw" is a popular film at this year's film festival, isn't it ridiculous that you want to buy its release for a mere $500,000? By the way, it reached a box office of more than 3 billion yuan at the box office. Although Li Yihua did not say that the price was low, the meaning was already clear at a glance.
"Although your film has achieved such good results in Hong Kong, in Hong Kong, and even in Southeast Asia, it is not the same in North America. One is the obscurity of the film, and the other is the difference between Eastern and Western cultures, which requires the company to do vigorous publicity, and the cost of publicity will far exceed the cost of your film. William shook his head and said, although he is very optimistic about this film, but if it exceeds the bottom line, he will still choose to give up.
"What Mr. William said is true, but what if it wins a film festival award? As long as it is simply promoted, it will definitely attract a large number of moviegoers. Besides, I added a lot of Hollywood shooting techniques to this movie, and even added the style and concept of European and American horror movies, so don't worry about cultural differences! Li Yihua agreed with a little rebuttal.
"Then how does Mr. Li want to cooperate?" William chewed on the meaning of this sentence, knowing that the previous price could not be satisfied.
"Mr. William, is it too early to talk about cooperation? You know, the festival has just begun, so let's wait for it to finish and have a good talk. Seeing that the more anxious he became, Li Yihua became more calm, and made a gesture and said.
"Mr. Li, it's very risky to do this, you must know that if it hadn't won the award, "Chainsaw" would not have the current price, I hope you can consider it." I don't know the courage he came from, William saw that the purchase of the film was about to be lost, and he said with no worries.
"I want to take a gamble!" Li Yihua thought for a moment and smiled seriously.
"That's a shame!" With that, William shook his head and left.
"Yi Shao, William gave a lot of money, isn't it too risky to do this?" Liang Jiahui is not without worries.
"The journey of life is only meaningful when it is full of adventure, and Saw is worth the gamble, isn't it?"
The festival is a hodgepodge of wonders, you can see everything you want to see, and you can be the object of tracking. Li Yihua is like this now, he has met many of his international directors and has become an idol of movie fans, life is really amazing.
"I'm sorry, I don't have any plans to sell the rights to Saw right now, let's talk about it after the film festival."
Li Yihua has said such things more than once, and his face is stiff with a smile, (Wang Zhuxian, who translated for him, is also depressed, and in order to facilitate writing, he will not write about translation in the future) It seems that he is really not suitable for this kind of social occasion.
"Excuse me, are you Yihua. Lee? "A middle-aged man with a full beard, thinning hair, a little bald, and a loud voice.
"Yes!" Li Yihua looked at the middle-aged man in front of him, and his intuition told him that this man was the same person as himself, and asked curiously, "Are you the one?" ”
"My name is Wes. Craven, nice to meet you! The middle-aged man said.
"Huh" Li Yihua gasped and looked at the man in front of him again.
If he didn't say it, Li Yihua would never have imagined that the bold middle-aged man in front of him would be the "godfather of horror" in the minds of many horror movie lovers. Representative works include "Ghost Street" and "Scream" series.
"I just watched your "Saw Horror", it's really good, the plot is very compact, and it uses suspense to attract fans, that feeling is really great, I really admire you as a director and screenwriter." Wes. Craven admired the young man in front of him very much.
"There, there." Li Yihua said modestly, he was really a little blushing when he was praised by this master.
"I also like your "Ghost Street" very much, the scenes in it are very shocking, compared to you, my film is far worse." At this time, the special effects technology is still immature, and most of the special effects in the film are models or makeup, even after 20 years, the effect is very realistic.
After complimenting each other, as two people with the same interests, although there is an age gap, they still chatted together quickly, especially some ideas on special effects, but they are all unique techniques, and often the kind that makes people suddenly open their mouths when they mention a point, which is very useful for the shooting of some similar types of films in the future.
"It's been a pleasure chatting with you, and I'm really looking forward to making a movie with you." Wes. Craven said with a smile on his face.
"Me too!"
Got Wes. Craven's signature, I was fortunate to chat with this master for a few words, and exchanged contact information with each other, Li Yihua was very satisfied. He has made friends with many future big directors this time, and the film festival is really full of big directors, Li Yihua knows that he can also become one of them and become an internationally famous director.