Menadier Street.

The main thoroughfare connecting Cannes Nova Nova and the old town, during the festival there are a lot of tourists, mostly western faces.

The road is not too wide, and there are shops on both sides, mainly selling some specialties and food from the south of France.

There are also oriental handicrafts, and Shen Mengxi even saw a lot of porcelain...

Zhao Jinsong took a celadon bowl and played with it in his hand: "... If we can pick up a big leak in Menadier Street, then go back, it is definitely a legend in the literary circle!"

Shen Mengxi took a look: "You think too much, these are all modern handicrafts, produced on the assembly line, and they are worthless!"

"I look good!"

"If it looks good, I'll buy it!"

Zhao Jinsong hesitated, but still put the bowl down: "... Forget it, I don't understand this thing, so it's useless to buy it back!"

Shen Mengxi pursed his lips and pointed: "... If you really want to collect, you should go to the London Antiques Market, where antiques from all over the world are available, and although they are expensive, there are many real things. ”

"Why London?

"There are too many fakes in Panjiayuan... Not many are going anywhere!"

The two men were idle over there, and Li Yiping had already gone to a restaurant...

"Let's go, get something to eat!"

......

The next day, the festival opened.

There is nothing to say, "Painted Skin" is not the main competition unit, but after the shortlisted films have walked the red carpet, they will go up again, arrange the photography team with them, take a few photos of the red carpet, and send them to China, the title is '"Painted Skin" crew debuted in Cannes'...

Publicity, no shame!

When you come to Cannes, you have to make some news!

Buffett Zhao and Zhou Xun don't wear dragon robes, so they can only start from other places.

Anyway, it's not Shen Mengxi who walks the red carpet!

Zhao Jinsong, as the person in charge of overseas marketing and publicity of "Painted Skin", followed him on the red carpet...

He felt ashamed...

After all, not everyone can be Fan Xiaopang!

Shen Mengxi comforted him: "How much praise you can withstand, how much slander you can withstand!"

It's a pity that Zhao Jinsong said: "... I'm behind the scenes!"

"Don't worry, this time I go back, I will make a movie that is very high, and strive to come to Cannes next time, we can stand openly!"

“...”

High-end movies?

Before he could continue to ask, Shen Mengxi turned around and followed Li Yiping to the private room he had rented earlier.

Let's take a look at the rules of the Cannes film deal...

I chatted with filmmakers from several regions for an afternoon...

Most of these filmmakers have their own set goals, and they have already set a clear intention to buy and sell before going to the exhibition, and they have also established a relatively stable cooperation network in Cannes in the long-term cooperation!

Why are you willing to talk nonsense with Li Yiping in the private room?

Because this private room offers pastries, drinks, and comfortable sitting - in the financial crisis, there are fewer and fewer sellers willing to provide this kind of service!

According to Jin Kaixi of Xijie Media: Speed dating is popular this year, the two sides of the transaction sit around a number of tables, and the producer goes to the table to negotiate with the filmmaker in a targeted manner, usually about 20 minutes, and when the time is up, they will change the table and start a new negotiation with other people, and the pace is fast and racing!

Just to spend less...

This year's trading market is indeed sluggish!

Under the influence of the subprime mortgage crisis, the DVD and TV industries fell into a low ebb, and many buyers who originally wanted to buy were more cautious...

Lost the support of the auxiliary market!

You know, many buyers buy copyrights, not by the release route, that is, by the way to release DVDs, by the way to sell to TV stations...

The situation in Russia, Brazil and Spain is particularly striking.

It is said that many local TV stations have gone bankrupt!

In addition, the strength of the local film industry is also having a negative impact on the purchase of foreign films.

For example, in recent years, the boom in Japan's domestic film industry has led to a decline in demand for foreign films, while the weakness of South Korea's domestic film industry, which began last year, has made it an active new buyer.

Handing the last invitation to the filmmaker from Canada, Shen Mengxi suddenly said: "... I sold "Painted Skin" for $2 million, and I feel like I'm at a loss!"

Li Yiping shook her head: "We should be considered a long-term cooperation with Xijie, you think the first part of "Painted Skin" sells less, and the second part can be opened at a higher price..."

"There's a question, why do they always talk about financial crises, why don't I feel anything at all?"

“... I don't know..."

The two were strangely silent for a moment, and kept silent...

......

On the 16th, the third day after arriving in Cannes, the crew of "Ip Man" also came.

First checked into the hotel, spent half an hour, and then discussed the marketing methods of "Ip Man", and finally decided to sell it together...

Now that we've talked about business, let's talk about private matters.

It was in Shen Mengxi's room—his room was the largest.

"Ip Man" only brought a 20-minute trailer this time, the movie has not finished filming, Zhen Bullet has not come, he is still familiar with Wing Chun, "Ip Man", it must be a Wing Chun move...

Xiao Xu said one thing: "... Wang Jiawei's Zedong Film and Television bombarded "Ip Man" some time ago!

Zhao Jinsong was taken aback: "Ah, what does it have to do with him?"

"I heard that as early as 2002, Wang Jiawei announced that he was going to shoot "Ip Man", and the starring role was Liang Chaowei!"

"200 years? But didn't he make "Blueberry Nights" later?"

"Later he went international... Even if he didn't go international, you don't know how slow he made films!"

Zhao Jinsong looked at Shen Mengxi: "Mengxi, do you know about this?"

"Of course I know!" Shen Mengxi smiled: "I already give him a lot of face, otherwise, I will directly name it "The Grandmaster of the Generation - Ip Man"!"

Glancing at Ye Weixin, Shen Mengxi said: "Don't worry about him, we filmed "Ip Man", which was authorized by Mr. Ye Zhun with the nod, and it has nothing to do with him Wang Jiawei's half a dime!"

“... I heard that Wang Jiawei was also invited to Cannes this year, and it seems that it is still a director's fortnight project!"

Wang Jiawei is a descendant director of Cannes...

In fact, Cannes has a certain routine for praising directors, either digging out from units such as the Director's Fortnight, or absorbing already famous directors from the Berlin and Venice Film Festivals, and then using Cannes' golden signboard to make them more famous.

It looks as if they made these directors popular.

Wang Jiawei is like this, the legendary Cannes line...

What about the lineage?

You're going to shoot "Ip Man", so no one else is qualified to shoot it?

Six learn this six!

Shen Mengxi didn't care: "Mind our, we sell our films!"

Zhao Jinsong said again: "He has a good relationship with the Cannes official, will he..."

"Is Cannes forbidding us to sell Ip Man?"

"Not really..."

"Isn't that the end of it!"

"Wang Jiawei has a lot of fans... If it's released then..."

"Do you think he can shoot his "Ip Man" before we release it? Maybe we are all filming the third part, and his "Ip Man" doesn't even have a shadow!"