April 16.

The Beijing International Film Festival officially opened.

This film festival, which has only been held for six years, is actually not very famous.

But the position it is in still makes it competitive enough.

Xu Jia originally didn't plan to participate, after all, in order to attract popularity and status, this film festival must be more biased towards foreign films.

It can be seen from the invited guests and crew this time.

Most of them are foreign crews.

The chairman of the jury is Billy Augustan, a Danish director.

Among the remaining six judges, there are only two Chinese filmmakers.

One is Zhang Wanting, a female director in Xiangjiang, the screenwriter of "Seven Little Blessings", and the other is Ma Sichun's aunt Jiang Wenli.

And this time, there are only three Chinese films shortlisted for the main competition unit of the film festival.

"Not a Problem", "Operation Mekong", "I Am Not the God of Medicine", needless to say, the former is needless to say, as an anti-Japanese type of film, the premiere can be placed at the Tokyo Film Festival, which can explain the problem, it is indeed a cow beep.

And the starring role is also an acquaintance range teacher, and won the Golden Horse Best Actor for this film.

The third "I Am Not the God of Medicine" needless to say, produced by Jiaxing, has a bumper harvest of commercial word-of-mouth, and it can be said that Xu Jia was the most satisfied movie last year.

In one fell swoop, Wen Muye was promoted to the position of a well-known director.

If this film is not shortlisted, that's the problem.

It's just that "Operation Mekong" is a bit too much, this film is overwhelmed by "Wolf Warrior 2", not to mention a war film, why can it be shortlisted, "Wolf Warrior 2" can't?

It is estimated that the Beijing circle and the Hong Kong and Taiwan circles behind it have exerted their strength.

Don't look at these three circles, they were beaten by Xu Jia, one shrank his head in the capital, and the other two returned to the base camp.

But that's on a business level, and when it comes to this kind of vanity fair, it's their turn to have the upper hand.

After all, the development time of the domestic entertainment industry has only been one or two decades, and before that, it was all inbreeding, and it was all about personal relationships.

Xu Jia definitely can't compare to this, and he doesn't bother to compare.

"Shall we attend the opening ceremony?" Miao Yuqing asked.

Xu Jia came back stuck, and they weren't prepared at all.

"If I don't go, our people won't go, when I speak, I'll leave together." Xu Jia shook his head and said.

He is not muddy, and he is willing to come to save face.

If the other party feels superior, then I'm sorry, this face is gone.

Today's Xu Jia still has some willful qualifications.

What's more, if you are not willful, the other party should be willful.

"Understood."

Miao Yuqing nodded and continued: "The Academy Awards announced the shortlist, including "Parasite", which was nominated for Best Picture and Best International Film. ”

"Barbie" has officially started filming in the United States, and it is estimated that it will be completed by the end of the year, and the cost will be controlled at about 30 million US dollars, but the publicity cost will be equally high."

Since Xu Jia does not plan to attend the opening ceremony in the short term, as the secretary of the board of directors, she has to report on the recent work process and results.

These two overseas films bear the brunt, whether it is the Academy Award nomination, or the production and publicity of "Barbie" as high as 60 million, it is not a trivial matter.

"I'll contact Harvey when I go back, "Barbie" will give me full support, if the publicity and distribution costs are the same as the production costs, some are less, and the budget will be doubled." Xu Jia said in a deep voice.

Harvey's intention, he knows very well, is nothing more than wanting to fulfill his promise.

After all, it took a lot of effort for him to push "Parasite" into the shortlist.

However, Xu Jia didn't plan to keep his promise from the beginning, to see if that guy knew each other, and if he didn't know each other, he would send him to experience the disaster of prison in advance.

As for "Barbie", this film is not only a tool for Xu Jia to make profits, but also a propaganda tool for making wind and rain in the United States.

And this film needs more help in publicity, 30 million US dollars seems to be a lot, but it is still stretched thin in one place in the United States, not to mention that Xu Jia is aiming at the global market.

Using American feminist ideas to capture the world's money is called killing people with a knife.

"Okay."

Miao Yuqing responded.

When she went out, Xu Jia called Harvey.

"Hi, Harvey, I received this great news, you really have a lot of energy, and it was the right choice to find you in the first place." Xu Jia did not hesitate to praise.

If it weren't for Harvey, he wouldn't be so familiar with the unspoken rules of overseas film festivals.

Even the team that Jiaxing is now running around in major film festivals is influenced by Harvey.

Of course, the latter is not clear about this, if it is clear, I am afraid that the attitude towards Xu Jia will not be so friendly now.

"Hey, friend, that's what I should do, but the price we negotiated in advance, do you have to pay me some in advance, after all, you have already seen a certain amount of results, there is a saying in Huaxia called brothers to settle accounts, although we are friends, money and things still have to be calculated."

Harvey's hearty laughter came out of the phone, and he didn't forget to threaten faintly: "You know, I can help it shortlist, and I can also let it out, this kind of result is something that neither you nor I want." ”

This is also when he understands that Xu Jia's strength is stronger than he once thought, so he will secretly coerce and lure.

Otherwise, I'm afraid that I won't do anything after receiving the money.

You can't trust this kind of guy's discipline.

The corners of Xu Jia's mouth rose, and a cold color flashed in his eyes, it seems that this guy has no way to go in heaven, and there is no way to break through hell, and laughed softly: "Well, this money will be credited to your account when I arrive at the Academy Awards with the crew of "Parasite" for luncheon, this money is of little meaning to me, and what we will do in the future is big business." ”

He continued to seduce Harvey with bait, not worrying that the other party would not be fooled.

After all, the reasons he gave were all right, and the nominated crew would often attend a luncheon before the final vote.

This is the time to move around.

When Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was shortlisted for the Best International Film Award, it was through this opportunity to follow Harvey and other producers to have dinner with various judges, and it was voted for.

Do you really think that foreign countries don't talk about the so-called relationship and the human society?

That's just because you didn't get to that level.

Just like the difference between big cities and small cities in China, small counties feel that there are many networks, and that is because they are small, they can be encountered everywhere, while in big cities, often ordinary people do not encounter things that need to be used.

"Hehe, then I'll be waiting for you here, this time I will definitely make you and Director Bong Joon-ho feel at home."

Harvey said excitedly that with his current situation, the money promised by Xu Jia was a lot of money for him.

Seeing that he was about to enter his pocket, he wished that the other party would come sooner.

(End of chapter)