193 Tea

After the Hong Kong Island premiere, Bai Quinn refused Jack Cheng's attempt to stay and headed north to the capital.

In addition to promoting "Rush Hour", he also has a procurement task...

A teahouse in the capital.

The reporter in a suit pressed the mP3 recorder in his pocket, cleared his throat, and said, "Thank you, Mr. Bai Quinn, who took the time to accept an exclusive interview with our "Watch Movie" magazine. I represent..."

Bai Quinn interrupted him, and this cliché made him feel very familiar but uncomfortable.

"Just call me QB, and we don't need to be so serious, just like when we meet and chat, two or three friends, a pot of tea, and chat from all over the world. You Beijingers aren't saying... cutting down what..."

"Talking about the mountains!" Chen Kaige, on the other end of the tea table, took the conversation and said in a unique way.

Bai Quinn nodded in agreement, "Yes, talk about the mountains! Today I am here to talk about the mountains and listen to the stories."

Brother Chen Kai took the opportunity to fill the tea cup in front of Bai Quinn and said, "When the guest came to tea as wine, the bamboo stove was boiling and the fire was just red. Let's use tea as wine and tell stories. Let's tell you, Xiaobai, what about Jing Ke..."

The reporter glanced at Brother Chen Kai who was pouring tea with extra tea soup, and looked helpless. This man refused to leave, which not only interfered with his interview status, but also kept interrupting him if he had nothing to do!

Fortunately, Mr. Bai Quinn's junior is very good. If he had any problems with Bai Quinn's communicating with him, he would have to ask questions in English throughout the whole process. If he was interrupted by Director Chen again, what else would he ask about this interview!

Finally, he could only lower his face and say, "Director Chen, can you... let Mr. Bai Quinn first..."

Brother Chen Kai suddenly realized, "Yes! Yes! Come first, you Changying, I have dealt with you too..."

The reporter pretended not to hear and hurriedly asked Bai Quinn: "Mr. Bai Quinn, I heard that you also have Chinese descent. Is this true?"

Bai Quinn took a sip of tea and said, "I did say in public that I have Chinese descent, but most people think I am Italian..."

Pointing to his face, he said, "They don't think I'm like a Chinese..."

"Like Al Pacino when he was young..." Chen Kaige echoed.

"But my grandfather is indeed a Chinese. I heard that he studied in Germany when he was young and went to the United States for war. By the way, my grandmother is German, but I have never seen them. They died before I was born. When I was very young, my father also left the family, so I actually raised it as an Italian..."

Brother Chen Kai thought that what Bai Quinn said about "leaving family" was that people were gone, so he was not easy to respond and made tea silently.

But the young reporter was stunned and continued to ask according to the question in his notebook: "Will your father tell you where your ancestral home is in China? You speak standard Mandarin, which is very difficult to judge..."

"Sorry, I don't know this either, my father didn't say it."

Brother Chen Kai seized the opportunity and said, "Xiaobai, are you interested in seeing the beautiful mountains and rivers of the motherland? Take your girlfriend around the country..."

Bai Quinn drank another cup of tea and said, "I will go to Japan at the end of the month. I will stay here for about ten days. After leaving Beijing, I will go to the Three Gorges and Chengdu for fun. Didn't I say that I won't go to the Three Gorges again, and I will be unable to see it when the dam is built, and I will finally leave Shanghai."

As soon as he heard the words Shanghai, Chen Kai's eyes lit up and asked hurriedly: "Since we have arrived in Shanghai, are you interested in coming to Hengdian? We built a Qin Palace in Hengdian, based on Xianyang Palace, not a single palace, but a whole building complex. There are five steps and one floor, ten steps and one pavilion, the corridor is back, the eaves are high and the eaves are high, each holding the terrain, and the heart is in love..."

The reporter gave Brother Chen Kai a blank look and said, "This is stupid, can foreigners understand what you said?"

Bai Quinn listened with relish and asked: "So, the investment in the filming of your "Jing Ke Assassination of Qin King" must be very large. Listening to your description of this Qin Palace should be expensive? Then I should regard it as a big production. I am bluntly speaking, the market for foreign language films in the United States is very small, and it is difficult to recover the cost of large productions..."

Brother Chen Kai was a little embarrassed. The Americans were indeed straightforward. According to the normal script, I shouldn’t have bragged about selling movies. You expressed your interest, and then I asked for a price and you bargained. Finally, I reached an agreement... I lowered the price as soon as I came, which was too unexpected!

"Although it cost a lot of money, the local government paid off the big deal..." Chen Kai quickly explained, afraid that he would scare people away.

The reporter was even more confused. It turned out that Director Chen was here to sell movies!

This is the interview time I finally bought. If you come, just stop leaving, and use my interview time to discuss business!

Believe it or not, I will learn from Jing Ke, and I will let you have blood splattered five steps!

Brother Chen Kai's intrusion obviously disrupted the rhythm of the reporter. He directly asked a tricky question to slap Brother Chen Kai in the face in front of him: "Mr. Bai Quinn, have you ever watched Chinese movies?"

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Bai Quinn remembered the days when he was watching movies at Blockbuster and replied in that nostalgic tone: "Of course I have seen some! But I can come into contact with very few Chinese movies. The ones I see most are Hong Kong Island movies, especially martial arts movies."

“Is there any Chinese film that impressed you?”

Bai Quinn nodded and replied: "I remember one that won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film nomination..."

Brother Chen Kai smiled and his face was full of hope. He just said it out loud. Nominated for an Oscar foreign language film, who else can be there? My "Farewell My Concubine"! Praise me! Praise me!

"The Wedding Banquet, by the way, there is also "Food and Female". Ann Lee is a very talented director. I have also watched his "Sense and Emotion". If I have the chance, I really hope to work with him..."

When Bai Quinn worked at Blockbuster, she happened to have just become famous. His movies were placed in a prominent position in the store, so naturally he had already seen them.

"An Li is a Taiwanese..." Chen Kai Ge wanted to remind him.

Bai Quinn immediately understood what he meant and said, "Isn't that also the Chinese country... If it's a mainland movie, "The Big Red Lantern Hanging High"..."

Upon hearing this, Brother Chen Kai almost squirted out a bite of tea. Is my "Farewell My Concubine" so unparalleled?

"And, Director Chen's "Farewell My Concubine"..." Bai Quinn turned to Chen Kai and said, "It was because I watched your "Farewell My Concubine" that I would talk to you about cooperation with you while "Jing Ke assassinating the King of Qin" was still finished, Director Chen."

Brother Chen Kai's face was filled with smugness, and he quickly bowed and said, "Thank you for your trust..."

Bai Quinn knocked on the tea table and said, "A $500,000, I bought out the North American distribution. You should have heard of it. Director Zhang's movie is also the price. I just want to establish a cooperation between the two parties first. There are one in the present and two in the future, so I am willing to buy the film without finishing the film...

By the way, after "Beautiful Life", we Wademark Image also purchased "The Pianist on the Sea" by Italian director Tonatore. This is what I said, build mutual trust and continue to cooperate..."

Brother Chen Kai really wants to say how much can Lao Zhang spend in the rural film, which is all filmed in small mountain villages and yellow land?

I built a Qin Palace! Dear!

Can it be the same? Five hundred thousand dollars, I’m going to give you a beggar!

Brother Chen Kai said anxiously: "I'm a big production..."

Bai Quinn looked surprised, "Isn't it the local government invested in the construction of the Qin Palace?"

Brother Chen’s eyes rolled, remembering Bai Quinn’s comments, and said: “My movie contains Emperor Gong, she is one of the '50 most beautiful people in the world’ selected by you American People’s magazine…”

Bai Quinn confronted him, "I'm on the list too, but the movie is not beautiful, otherwise I might have been nominated for the Oscar. Who is handsome, actor Jack Nicholson and Daniel Day Lewis?"

The reporter quickly took advantage of the situation and asked, "QB, if you have the chance, which Chinese actress do you want to work with?"

Bai Quinn stretched out his hand and counted with his fingers: "There must be one of Emperor Gong, Maggie Cheung... Chen Chong..., well, that's all, my girlfriend is back..."

Sarah and Lina returned to the tea room with big bags and started complaining from a distance that Bai Quinn did not go with her. Lina and she didn't understand, and they didn't know if the things they bought were expensive.

Bai Quinn turned to Chen Kai helplessly and said, "If your "Jing Ke Assassination of Qin King" wants to sell the North American copyright now, I can only pay $500,000 without seeing the whole film, or come to me after you finish the film. If you have confidence, I will accompany you to get the prize. Sorry, I have to leave..."

Since the road to purchasing foreign language films has been opened, Wademark Image naturally cannot only develop the Italian film industry, and the booming Chinese films are also a treasure that needs to be developed urgently.

Bai Quinn believes that with his blood and language advantages, he will definitely occupy the Chinese film industry earlier than Harvey.

Obviously, compared to Chen Kaige's "big production", he is more optimistic about Zhang Mouzi's "small story". While "No One Leaves" is still for the end of the film, he paid $500,000 to purchase the North American distribution rights.

This move immediately ignited a "firebuoy" in the Chinese film circle, attracting many works that want to enter the American theater chain. "Jing Ke Assassination of Qin" is already a reliable one, so Bai Quinn squeezed out the time to talk to Chen Kaige.

But the result does not satisfy both parties.

However, the most dissatisfied person soon appeared.

Bai Quinn was taken away by his girlfriend, and Brother Chen Kai also ran away angrily. The reporter from "Watching Movies" magazine looked at the bill of more than 300 yuan and shouted that the store owner was cheating!
Chapter completed!