The film "Buried Alive" has received wide attention at the Seattle Film Festival, and the reputation is mixed, and the United States is also populist, believing that a film starring a Chinese director and a Chinese person is a reflection of the US-Iraq war, and the personnel and institutions of the United States are all negative characters, which is a slander against the United States.

Fortunately, this sound is not mainstream, and the judges and most of the audience have very good senses about the film.

The hidden column unit has played a total of eight movies from all over the world, many of which are wonderful works, to say that the films that have received attention and popularity, "Buried Alive" is one, thanks to the broadcast on the first day, the reputation and fame of "Buried Alive" are very good.

In Asia, "Buried Alive" was nominated for Best Picture, but it was "Slumdog Millionaire" that won the award.

In this regard, Gu Cancan also feels convinced, "Slumdog Millionaire" is indeed a very good movie, if there are no butterfly wings here, it will win the Golden Globe Award for Best Director and the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture next year, such a great movie, Gu Cancan didn't think that "Buried Alive" could match it.

In fact, as Gu Cancan guessed, although "Buried Alive" received multiple nominations, it only won the Best Screenplay Design Award in the end, and "Millionaire in the Slums" won multiple awards and was the real big winner.

This result is not bad, there are multiple nominations, and it also won the script design award, and it has become much easier for "Buried Alive" to sell in Europe and the United States.

These books have reached Gu Cancan's tone, and when they came to participate in the film festival, in addition to wanting to win awards, the biggest purpose was to sell films.

The United States is a very strange country, where Americans wear clothes made in China, shoes made in India, corn grown in Mexico and Brazil in their mouths, and many of the cars they drive are Toyotas from the Japanese country and BMW from Germany......

In short, the food, clothing, housing and transportation of this country are basically made by other countries. But they also have one thing, but it's made locally, and they are in charge of the world, and that is ...... Movie!

Yes, the United States is the country with the largest film production and sales in the world, with a total annual film value of more than $20 billion.

The output of American movies is amazing, but there are many losses, and there are many who can rush the gate and throw dark horses.

Low-cost, small production, but in the end it won an amazing box office, such a dark horse is not without in the history of American cinema.

For example, the classic romance film "Ghost Love" filmed in 1990. The total investment of this drama is less than 10 million, and most of the funds are used for the special effects design of "ghosts", but the box office of this drama is amazing, in just four months, the box office has exceeded 200 million US dollars in China; Immediately after, it received 2.8 billion yen in Japan, beating blockbusters such as "Total Recall" and "Back to the Future 3" in the United States to become the box office champion.

In the end, this low-cost "ghost film" reached a staggering $500 million at the global box office! That's not all, this drama has also won six Oscar nominations and four Golden Globe nominations, won the British Award, and won N overseas awards, which is definitely the highest level of fame and fortune!

Since there is such a precedent, Gu Cancan also hopes to find a suitable film company to negotiate with the other party about the copyright sale of the play "Buried Alive" in his hand, and it is best to sell it at a good price.

Of course, if you have your own film company, your own cinema chain, and a lot of money for publicity, you don't have to sell such a lucrative movie to others. As long as the movie is released, it will be able to sit on the box office in the future.

But this is impossible, Bright Times has not yet opened a branch in the United States, and it must be backed by a suitable film port company to hand over the North American distribution rights to the other party.

The United States is a country with an exceptionally developed film industry, and with such a huge film empire, film companies are like the Warring States Period of hegemony, with seven countries competing for supremacy.

The seven kings of cinema are MGM, Columbia, Disney, Universal, Warner, as well as Paramount and Fox!

These seven major film companies basically control the rise and fall of the entire Hollywood and the general direction of the world film industry. Occasionally, however, new studios have popped up to challenge their authority, such as ...... Lionsgate.

Lionsgate is Gu Cancan's chosen partner.

The founder of Lionsgate is called "Frank Gusta", who was originally a Canadian banker who single-handedly established Lionsgate in 1997. At that time, he wanted to invest in the thriving film industry. In the early days, the company purchased many small production equipment and distributors, and spent a lot of money to purchase a number of large cinema chains.

Lionsgate's first commercially successful film was American Psycho. Thus began its controversial journey in the mainstream American film industry. And from the perspective of Lionsgate's dominant audience, they are aimed at American teenagers, so most of the films they produce are horror films and thrillers for this audience.

Although "Buried Alive" has a strong political connotation, it should be classified as a thriller after all, and Gu Cancan's first choice is Lionsgate.

In the original time and space, Gu Cancan loved Lionsgate very much, and loved the "Saw Horror" series and the "Hunger Games" series filmed by this company.

In fact, after "Buried Alive" became famous, many filmmakers came to the door, but they were all unknown and powerful small companies, and they came to contact the bright times, but they also had the intention of picking up leaks, and they couldn't negotiate the price alone.

However, Lionsgate, which Gu Cancan hoped for the most, did not send someone to contact him, could it be that the other party couldn't watch "Buried Alive"?

Gu Cancan is not in a hurry, she also plans to take the movie "Buried Alive" to participate in other A-class film festivals, and she is not in a hurry to sell it.

Like other films, the Seattle International Film Festival has a celebratory reception after the awards ceremony.

The closing reception was organized by the festival's sponsoring partner, the Suntory Group, at a hotel not far from the festival's main venue.

Because he was going to attend a cocktail party, Gu Cancan specially changed his dress.

After signing and taking photos in front of the signature wall, Gu Cancan and Zhang Xiaoqing walked to the banquet hall holding hands, she was smiling, whether she knew her or not, and kept greeting people coming and going.

The reception was a buffet format, and the waiters walked around the crowd with various plates of small snacks. Asian dishes are popular, such as Vietnamese spring rolls and Cantonese crystal dumplings. There are two kinds of guests at the reception, one is to socialize, and the other is to fill the stomach.

Gu Cancan is relatively quiet, in fact, she usually has a bit of an otaku tendency, and she doesn't particularly like this kind of occasion.

In the evening, she dressed up to attend the award ceremony, and she didn't eat much, and she was a little hungry, so she brought a plate of food and found a quiet corner to fill her stomach.

Wang Qianyuan's English level is unexpectedly good, and he doesn't know when to go to chat with others.

Zhang Xiaoqing's purpose is very clear, she is here to communicate. As the first agent of the bright era, Zhang Xiaoqing also has her own ambitions, she holds a red wine glass and wanders around the hall.

The film festival is an important place for communication, there are many businessmen and producers, and it is definitely beneficial to know more people, so Zhang Xiaoqing keeps greeting all kinds of people and exchanging business cards with each other.

Gu Cancan was hiding in a corner and was happily tasting food, when she suddenly heard someone talking to her in Chinese.

"Hello, it's Gu Cancan, right?" A nice female voice rang in my ears.

Gu Cancan followed the prestige, and a very familiar face appeared in front of him.

Zhang Ziyi.

Gu Cancan was surprised, because in the entire Seattle Film Festival, there were no works related to Zhang Ziyi at all, and she never appeared at the film festival.

But I saw it at the closing reception, and it was magical.

If you think about it carefully, it is not surprising that Zhang Ziyi is still working hard in Europe and the United States at this stage, trying hard to gain the recognition of Hollywood filmmakers, and attending the film festival cocktail party is also an indispensable daily activity.

Speaking of Zhang Ziyi, at this stage, she is being blackened and purple in China.

Gu Cancan actually admires Zhang Ziyi, not to mention those bullshit things, Zhang Ziyi's acting skills are definitely the top among domestic actresses, she works hard and fights hard for others, but the economic team is not strong, and it has been blackened into carbon in China, and there is no timely clarification and whitewashing, and she doesn't even take it to heart, what's the use of having such a team?

"Today's ingredients are very delicate, and I like it too." Zhang Ziyi looked at the messy plate in Gu Cancan's hand, smiled and picked up a plate next to her, filled some ingredients, scooped up a spoonful of fruit salad, and took a small bite.

It can also be seen here that Zhang Ziyi's EQ is at least online, worried that Gu Cancan will feel embarrassed, so she takes the initiative to accompany her.

This behavior made Gu Cancan have a good impression of Zhang Ziyi.

"Zhang, Sister Ziyi, I'm glad to meet you, I didn't expect to meet you here." Gu Cancan said with a smile.

Gu Cancan's Sister Ziyi made Zhang Ziyi feel very comfortable, and her title also changed: "I have watched Cancan's movie, and it is really good to be buried alive, and it definitely has the strength to win awards." ”

"Hehe, I've won awards, and other people's movies are not bad."

"I've heard a long time ago that there is a young ghost director in China, I don't believe it yet, but now it seems that it really deserves its reputation." Zhang Ziyi continued to praise.

Gu Cancan also replied hypocritically: "I like Sister Ziyi's acting skills very much, and I really want to cooperate with you if I have the opportunity." ”

Zhang Ziyi's eyes lit up and said with a smile: "There will be a chance." In fact......"

As he was talking, Zhang Xiaoqing and a foreigner walked over.

Zhang Ziyi consciously stopped, smiled regretfully, and took the initiative to say: "Cancan, it's a pleasure to chat with you, I must have a good chat if I have the opportunity." ”

She handed over a business card: "Be sure to call me when you have time, I have an idea and we have a chance to talk." ”

Gu Cancan nodded, and also handed Zhang Ziyi a business card of his own.

Zhang Ziyi was very happy to get the business card, glanced at the middle-aged white man who was with Zhang Xiaoqing, and suddenly leaned into Gu Cancan's ear, and said in a special whisper: "Be careful of this person." ”

After speaking, Zhang Ziyi smiled and nodded to Zhang Xiaoqing and the white man, and left gracefully.

Zhang Xiaoqing and the white man approached, and Gu Cancan greeted the two with a standard smirk.

"Cancan, this is Harvey Weinstein, the founder of Miramax, and a famous American producer, director, and screenwriter." Zhang Xiaoqing introduced to Gu Cancan.

Then she said to Harvey Weinstein: "Mr. Weinstein, this is our Bright Times, Ms. Gu Cancan. ”

Harvey Weinstein has a kind smile on his face, like an amiable uncle next door.

"It's incredible, this super beautiful kid is actually a Chairman, hey, Miss Gu, I like your movie very much." Hahn Weinstein said.

"Thank you, Mr. Weinstein," Gu Cancan smiled, "Mr. Weinstein is a great filmmaker, and it's an honor to meet you." ”

Zhang Xiaoqing approached Gu Cancan and whispered quickly in Chinese: "Harvey said that he likes to be buried alive and plans to ask us to buy the rights to be buried alive in North America and Europe." ”

That's a good thing.

Gu Cancan didn't know much about Harvey Weinstein, but when Zhang Ziyi left, that slight reminder kept Gu Cancan in a state of vigilance.

In a few words, Americans are not used to greetings, and Harvey Weinstein said that he wanted to get the rights to be buried alive in North America and Europe, as Zhang Xiaoqing said.

The reception hall is not suitable for discussions. The three of them walked to the balcony on the second floor of the reception, the protruding balcony design is very beautiful, and it is a dream place to sit here and enjoy the scenery of the garden outside.

However, Gu Cancan and Zhang Xiaoqing can't care about enjoying the beautiful scenery, they are all dealing with European and American filmmakers for the first time, and they all have a thread in their hearts - you must be vigilant, vigilant, and vigilant, don't be sold, and you have to count the money for them.

"For $500,000, I want the right to broadcast in Europe and North America." Harvey Weinstein made his own terms.

According to the exchange rate between Chinese and American currencies, 500,000 US dollars is almost 3.4 million, as long as it is sold, buried alive will not only return the capital, but also make money, and this is only the copyright in Europe and the United States, and the copyright in other regions may also be sold at a good price.

However, Gu Cancan shook her head, she felt that the price was too low, and said: "Mr. Weinstein, $1 million, the broadcast rights in Europe and the United States will be given to you." ”

In fact, for Harvey today, he doesn't care much about hundreds of thousands of dollars. But as a Jew, what you can take at a low price, at a high price, is a crime.

Harvey frowned slightly, this little girl is not easy to deal with, in the past, the director of Huaxia, when he heard that he was going to buy a film, he couldn't wait to be grateful to Dade, and there was little bargaining.

"No, kid, that's not how the price is talked." Harvey Weinstein looked at Gu Cancan kindly, and said slowly: "Ask for a recommendation ticket, ask for a monthly ticket......"