"What's wrong with you, why don't you like it? Even if you don't like it in your heart, don't say it, how embarrassing! ”

As soon as the press conference ended, Chubby said with a tiger face.

Nai An also said with a worried face: "Bingbing is right, Li Tang, what's wrong with you today?" ”

In fact, Li Tang also had some regrets in his heart at this time, after all, he was mixed in the circle, and the emphasis was on hello, me, and everyone, touting each other and improving each other. When he said this, it was tantamount to tearing his face with Cheng Guo.

If you don't get Zhou Xun right, you will be implicated in this, after all, the movie is here, even if it can't be released in the mainland, and now that pirated DVDs are so rampant, there will always be people who will see it and understand the meaning of the movie, and then it's hard to say......

Maybe someone will make a big fuss about his words today.

But the words have already been spoken, and the reporters who haven't seen so Hong Kong media heard his words like a treasure, and they asked vigorously, but fortunately, Nai An said hello to the host on the scene and did not answer questions that had nothing to do with the movie "The Third Man".

Li Tang shook his head and said regretfully: "It's also impulsive, so I blurted it out." ”

"Forget it, it is a blessing to know if Seong is lost, maybe it is a good thing that there is controversy, and when the movie is released in Hong Kong, it can attract a lot of attention." Ney finally comforted.

That's right, she was still working on the release of "The Third Man" in Hong Kong during this time. After "Suzhou Creek" was banned in the mainland, it was finally released in Hong Kong, although the box office was not ideal, but it could still make some money. And Cheng Guo fell in love with Zhou Xun at a glance after watching "Suzhou River".

Ne An felt that perhaps in this way, Li Tang could also open up the situation in Hong Kong. After all, in recent years, mainland actors are proud to set foot in the Hong Kong circle.

But now Li Tang openly criticizes Cheng Guo's film at the Venice Film Festival, which is tantamount to cutting off his way to Hong Kong for development, after all, the Hong Kong circle is a well-known group. And they definitely know why Li Tang criticizes, what he criticizes, and then there is a disagreement in values.

The premiere of "The Third Man" did not have a red carpet, and there was no chairman of the film festival to support it, on the one hand, it was shy in the pocket, and on the other hand, it was determined by the positioning of the film itself, after all, it was shortlisted for the second-level competition unit.

As for being able to arrange a medium-sized screening hall that can accommodate nearly 500 people, that is the result of Ne An PR.

Fortunately, the main suspense concept of "The Third Man" has attracted many fans, after all, watching too many so-called art films with a lot of literary flavor is easy to cause physical discomfort, and it is not bad to change the taste occasionally.

Before the movie started, the screening hall was basically filled with almost two-thirds of the audience, which made Li Tang and Nai An invariably breathe a sigh of relief.

In Li Tang's view, while attracting the audience, it can naturally attract the attention of film companies, after all, not a penny has been paid so far.

As for Ney'an, she took advantage of the favor to make a hall, if the premiere was empty and there were only two or three kittens in the screening room, it would be a really humiliating thing, and there might not be a next time.

"Mr. Huber!"

Suddenly, Zeng Jia saw a white-haired "old man" and hurriedly greeted him.

"I didn't expect you to come."

The "old man" also spoke English with an obvious German accent and chatted with Zeng Jia with a smile.

"Brother Li, this is Mr. Huber of the German AG company."

Looking closer, this Mr. Huber is actually not very old, but his white hair makes people subconsciously think that this is an "old man".

"Mr. Huber, this is Mr. Li Tang, the producer and star of this film."

Zeng Jia introduced the two in English that he was not fluent in.

Through the exercise in the film market in the past few days, her English speaking ability has been greatly exercised.

"Mr. Huber, it's an honor to meet you!"

Although Li Tang has never heard of any AG company, there is no doubt that this is a film company. Since it is a film company, it is a potential customer, Li Tang hurriedly greeted him with a smile, and at the same time once again showed off his foreign language skills, and directly greeted the other party in German.

Li Tang doesn't know AG company, it doesn't mean that Naian doesn't know. When he first heard Zeng Jia's introduction, Nai'an's eyes couldn't help but light up.

While Germany's largest arthouse chain is the famous "Arsenal" cinema, Hamburg-based AG Cinema is no slouch either, with nearly 200 arthouse cinemas said to be in Germany alone. Its size is second only to the "arsenal", which is known as the pride of German culture.

She couldn't help but whisper to Zeng Jia, "How do you know this Mr. Huber?" ”

Zeng Jia said: "It's in the film market, I saw him watch the trailer several times, so I chatted with him a few more words, and he also gave me a business card, and said that he would come to see the premiere." I thought it was a kind word, but I didn't expect it to come. ”

Nai'an's heart moved, and he hurriedly asked, "How many business cards have you received in the trading market during this time?" ”

Zeng Jia thought for a while and said, "Not much, just a dozen." ”

"Does the business card match the face?"

"Uh...... It's hard to say, foreigners all look similar. It was this Mr. Huber whose gray hair was particularly recognizable. ”

Nai An was a little regretful, thinking that after the opening of the film festival, the flow of people in the trading market was still good, and it was indeed difficult for Zeng Jiaquan to remember that it was indeed a bit strong, so he had to say: "Then you try to pay attention to it." ”

"Sister An, don't worry, I know it." Zeng Jia nodded.

Just as Ne Ann and Zeng Jia were whispering, the Mr. Huber was surprised to hear Li Tang greet him in fluent German with a Bavarian accent. Very few Asians are fluent in German.

Hurriedly shook hands with Li Tangbin, and at the same time switched to German: "Mr. Li Tang, it's an honor to meet you." Actually, I've known you for a long time, Mom... Beat! ”

Hearing the last extremely difficult Chinese pronunciation, Li Tang did not react for a while.

Fortunately, Cheng Er, who was beside him, immediately reminded: "Motor! ”

Li Tang suddenly realized at this time, and he didn't care about complaining, so he hurriedly smiled: "That's a particularly beautiful movie, isn't it?" ”

As he spoke, he hurriedly introduced Ne to the German, emphasizing that this lady is the producer of "Suzhou Creek" and one of the producers of "The Third Man", which premiered today.

After all, with potential customers, business still needs to be negotiated by Ney.

watched Li Tang talk and laugh with Huber in fluent German, and also acted as a translator for Huber and Naian. Cheng Er's eyes were hot, and he whispered to Fan Xiaopang and sighed: "I feel that Brother Li is really a foreign expert, as if he can say anything, and he can say it so well." ”

Fan Xiaopang couldn't understand how Li Tang could know so many foreign languages, English was already difficult for her, and now she could only memorize a few commonly used words that she had learned in junior high school.

But it didn't prevent her from expressing disdain for Mr. Li's pretentiousness: ", he can't speak this local Italian." ”

Cheng Er glanced at her, didn't say anything more, and secretly complained in his heart: "This is probably the so-called pampering and spoiling, and sure enough, only women and villains are difficult to raise." ”

Approaching the time of the movie screening, several more film companies came one after another, but unfortunately Zeng Jia didn't recognize whether she had left a business card, but it did not prevent her from enthusiastically coming forward to greet and introduce the main creator of the movie.

Due to time constraints, everyone simply shook hands and sat down in the front row.

For the movie "The Third Man", starting from the rough cut version, Li Tang didn't know how many times he watched it, and he had already memorized it backwards. So during the film's screening, most of the time was spent observing the reaction of the audience and the few studios in the front row.

It should be said that Cheng Er does have something, and the movie did not rely on setting layers of question marks and rendering the atmosphere through music like ordinary suspense films from the beginning. Most of the time, the film is almost quiet without background music, which makes people feel the slightest change in their hearts.

In fact, to put it bluntly, this is also a helpless move, after all, music also costs money, and there is not so much budget.

At the same time, he uses flashbacks and montages to exaggerate the psychological changes caused by unexpected twists and turns, and finally leads to a surprising ending.

Other photographic techniques, such as the use of unconventional and subversive long lenses or seemingly dull lens language, to describe the complex heart and chaotic life of urban people at the moment, are not surprising to European audiences, because these are the leftovers of Europeans.

But overall, the final effect was good, and after two hours of viewing, no one left the show early. The filmmakers in the front row watched it seriously one by one. In particular, Huber communicated directly with Nai'an in English, and although he did not make a decision on the spot, he also made an appointment with the time and place of the next negotiation.

If you talk about how well "The Third Man" was filmed, it may not be, after all, after the premiere, the house book only scored a score of 2.6, and it can only be ranked in the lower middle of the shortlisted films that have been released.

However, the use of refreshing editing techniques and unique themes still attracted many audiences, and in the second scene, there was a scene of queuing up to buy tickets, which made everyone excited.

"Any news?"

As soon as Zeng Jia came back, Li Tang couldn't wait to ask.

At present, in addition to Huber's German AG company, Ney is also contacting the old French MK2, after all, the largest French art theater company has worked very happily with Lou Ye's two films, including "Suzhou River", and Li Tang is not a strange face in their eyes.

But it is this kind of company that is bigger and older, and the higher the market share, the more difficult it is to bite. For example, the German guy Huber was very polite on the surface, but he offered only $100,000 to buy out the distribution rights in Germany, including theaters, DVDs and new media.

Naian talked to him for two rounds, and finally raised the price to 120,000, but he refused to add more.

And the MK2 is even more awesome, and there has been no response so far.

However, Zeng Jia contacted a local Italian distribution company to negotiate well, and it was also a $100,000 buyout of the distribution rights in Italy.

Given the gap between Italy and Germany, this price is perfectly acceptable. But Zeng Jia was not satisfied, and specially invited an international student translator to negotiate with the film company many times.

The second update!

(End of chapter)