"Mr. Happy, can you tell us about your experience making this movie? What inspired you to make this film. He is in China, is there a real story to base it on? A reporter from the Los Angeles Times was the first to ask.

Happy felt that his face was a little stiff with a smile, but fortunately, he still had many years of stage experience, so he would not have temporary stage fright. He replied with a smile and grace, "I never said it was a true story." In fact, it is an adaptation of the novel "Broken April" by Albanian writer Ismail Kadir. When I was in college, I became interested in this novel, and found that some of the plots in it were somewhat similar to the situation in China, and then I adapted the novel and transplanted the background of the novel to China. ”

"After graduating, I gave up a high-paying offer at Pixar, returned to my home country, and decided to make this film. …… Oh, and forgot to introduce yourself. I graduated from USC's directing department last year, and I interned at Pixar for four years in college, where I worked on Toy Story. If you look carefully at the subtitle list of the movie, my name is obvious. ”

He coldly threw out such a piece of news, which immediately made the scene a little weird.

However, the sense of distance has also been shortened a lot in an instant, and he will no longer look at him with the eyes of a strange person who comes out of "red-color-politics-governance-country-family".

After all, this is a talent who went out from a prestigious American school, and also participated in the production process of "Toy Story", the originator of the well-known 3D animated film in the United States.

"Can you tell us about accepting a high-paying offer from Pixar?"

"Of course."

Happy took the initiative to break the news, what he wanted was self-hype, but he was still modest, and said: "Although there are some self-selling and boasting." But Mr. Jobs did offer me a job as an assistant director of Toy Story 2, but unfortunately I had already returned to China by then. ”

"You mean the assistant director?" A reporter immediately questioned, "What kind of reason did you give up the job offer at Pixar?" ”

Happy nodded affirmatively, "Yes, you can go and check it out." As for the reason for giving up, I wanted to make my own animated film...... By the way, you should have seen my company's opening animation, which is made by our company. ”

There was silence for a moment at the scene, this kind of gold pasting, there is really nothing to lie about.

"The intro animation is great." The next reporter from the Chicago Tribune to ask a question even complimented him. "Mr. Happy, how long did this film take and how much did it cost? Chinese films have always been keen to participate in the three major film festivals in Europe, why did you choose the Sundance Film Festival to participate? ”

happily worded, and said: "From the start of filming to the completion of the behind-the-scenes production, it took about two months. But if you want to start preparing to write the script, it will be counted in years. As for why you chose Sundance......" He spread his hands and smiled, "Just look at everyone at the scene." For independent filmmakers, it has a strong cinematic atmosphere and is simply a mecca for independent films. When I was in school, I came here with my classmates and I remember it very well. I am very grateful to the organizers of the festival for giving me this opportunity, they have made another dream come true. ”

This wonderful answer made a hard slap on the back of the Sundance Film Festival. Let the Americans also have a new sense of honor, and they even won bursts of applause.

Everyone carries the sedan chair, and Happy also knows this.

Answering questions more and more calmly, he talked about the behind-the-scenes story of his filming.

For example, the film used non-professional actors on a large scale, and it was shooting in the middle of a scorching summer, and the 40 degrees Celsius heat made the filming very difficult, but the film finally got a satisfactory result.

After this round of reporting, Happy has entered the attention of American audiences more.

The media investigated, and sure enough, they found a strange line of Chinese subtitles in the subtitle list of "Toy Story", which was written "Special Thanks for Happy".

"It's weird, when did Pixar do this kind of trick, they were Pixar."

The media interviewed Pixar boss Steve Jobs, and he generously admitted, "Happy is a very talented young man, he went to school and interned at the same time, and we worked together for four years." Many people in the company are very familiar with him and agree with him. He gave a lot of pertinent suggestions for the Toy Story system, and we adopted them all one by one. At the end of the film, we couldn't give a suitable position because he was involved in a bit of a lot of positions. He asked to write his name in Chinese, and then there was such a scene. It's a pity we didn't keep him. Congratulations to his film on being nominated at the Sundance Film Festival, and I wish him the best of luck. ”

Confirmed by Jobs himself, people finally believe that Happy is also "their own person", and the report is becoming more and more kind. There are very few people in the United States who haven't seen "Toy Story".

The extent of this press conference was also quickly demonstrated.

On the same day, several distributors came to the door, including New Line Films, Royal Pictures, Lionsgate Pictures, Miramax Films, and Paramount Advantage Pictures, all of which had a brief contact with Happy. It's a pity that "Miramax", which gave the highest price, was only willing to buy out the distribution rights of "Grand Central Station" in the United States and Europe for $1.5 million, and in addition, it also asked for the rights to publish CDs and videotapes, which can be described as a lion's mouth.

"$1.5 million?!"

Luo Kedi, Bai Xiaoya, and Zhang Zhengwu swallowed their saliva, and they nodded in their hearts and agreed.

According to the current exchange rate of the renminbi against the US dollar, 8.28:11.5 million US dollars is 12.42 million yuan. And what is the cost of "Grand Central Station", only 600,000, 20 times the profit. It's not as good as robbing a bank.

But Happy didn't hesitate at all and declined.

"Boss, just refused, what if I don't get the prize in the end?" Bai Xiaoya couldn't help but worry.

"That's not something you should worry about." Happy was still calm, and it also made a few people go impetuous, "Lao Zhang, write down the contact information of these publishers one by one." Xiaobai, you go and book a plane ticket, after Sundance, Lao Zhang and I will go to Berlin immediately, and then you can go back to China directly. The funds are insufficient, and it is not convenient to book two rooms with you. And we also need contacts in our country, and those news must be properly disseminated to the media. According to the plan, it will be fried in the country first. ”

Bai Xiaoya was abandoned and a little unhappy.

But who told her that she really didn't help, but added to the mess.

"Xiaoya wants to go back." Luo Kedi only learned the news afterwards, and he was a little stunned, he didn't expect to be separated so soon. But he was always an outsider and didn't even have the right to speak.

Happy to see his thoughts, hooked his shoulders and bewitched: "Johnny, I can only help you watch for a while." You have also seen that our Xiaobai is so beautiful, I don't know if there are any suitors in China. ”

Luo Kedi immediately became vigilant and looked at him with strange eyes, "What about you?" ”

Happy almost didn't choke to death by him, and pushed his fat and greasy head, "I don't know the hearts of good people." I'll only give you half a year to think about it, it's too long, and there are many changes. ”

"Hey, boss. Or do you understand me. Luo Kedi immediately changed to a hippie smiling expression and said with a smile: "Don't worry, the matter of sending Xiaoya back to China is on me." ”

……

There are also many issuing companies to try their luck. It's definitely a stroke of luck. They all know that "Grand Central Station" is popular, why didn't they catch this gold mine at a glance before. The gold mine has not yet been sold, and it must have been after the closing of the festival. ――But still come to the quote, with the mentality that you may fall in love, this is not luck.

seems to be smiling all day long, but in fact, the happy heart is far less open-minded than it seems.

In the past few days, he has been dealing with publishers, and he has become more and more deeply touched. The latter publishers secretly contacted a few more times, and Miramax increased the offer.

It would be impossible to offer $1.5 million to buy out the North American distribution rights, plus another 500,000 to buy out the European distribution rights, including videotapes.

"Box office share? You say the book of heaven. ”