After this promotion, Fang Yi returned to the hotel and still couldn’t find peace:
Filmmakers in Cannes kept coming to visit him, inviting him to parties, setting up connections for him, or in other words, letting others build his bridge.
For example, Li Bingbing formed a best friend group to promote "Snowflake and the Secret Fan", or the international chapter to promote the movie "The Favorite"... To be precise, it was Jiang Wenli, the wife of Gu Changwei, the director of the "The Favorite" film.
Li Bingbing didn't have to give face to her. She was just leading a group of so-called girlfriends to see Fang Yi, a monk from Tang Dynasty. But the crew of "The Favorite" had to give face to her. Gu Changwei is a director majoring in Beijing Film Academy and is a classmate with the National Teacher.
They both belong to the Northwest Gang, and it seems that they and Fang Yi are incompatible; but Gu Changwei's wife Jiang Wenli is a teacher in the performance department of Yangzhou Opera, and coupled with the little senior sister relationship with the International Chapter, Fang Yi really can't shirk it.
We still have to rely on the big tree of Yangxi.
A person is the sum of his social relationships.
Besides, the producer is also a smart guy, Jiang Zhiqiang, who has appeared on "China Screen".
Then we can only make an appointment to meet the next day.
"Speaking of which, when I was filming this film, I considered casting you as the male lead..."
Han Sanping said this after drinking a little wine while enjoying the sea breeze under the stars in Cannes.
Fang Yi: "What type of movie."
"Art films. Wasn't it possible to sell blood in the 1990s? Have you seen Yu Hua's "Xu Sanguan Sells Blood"? At that time, there was a huge difference between rural areas and cities. The sanitary conditions in some places were relatively poor, and an entire village shared a
If you draw blood with a needle, you will get 'fever', which to put it bluntly...is AIDS."
Han Sanping added, "In addition, the path of this blood is not normal. It should be used for smuggling by blood dealers... I probably know the outline of the story, but I don't know the details. I can't escape that adaptation anyway."
Yes, criticism... In short, it is about this kind of thing."
Fang Yi was speechless: "This doesn't sound simple."
"It's not simple, it's art," he patted Fang Yi on the shoulder and said meaningfully, "You have to take this kind of role well. You haven't acted like this before. There will always be demand in the future, and you will."
If someone comes to see you, you should take a good look at the book when the time comes, but don’t be impulsive... Give the same thing to some people, just let it go lightly, and keep silent, and give it to others, "
He paused and said, "That's going to be a lot of work."
This points to him.
It should be said that from the pursuit of being an actor, there are always one or two sharper art films. The same is true for directors, but it is not easy to grasp the degree. Sometimes, the right time, place and people come together.
Only then can you win a good reputation.
For example, "The Love of the Hawthorn Tree" filmed by Guoshi, although the script is a fresh love story, the era and background of it may not have been filmed by a different director. It is not written in the regulations, but it seems to be a convention.
Everyone avoids it.
It's like Jiang Wen accepted his punishment after filming "The Devil Is Coming" and didn't direct for five years. Later, he went to the director of the film bureau and asked, "Two years have passed, can I make a movie?"
I got a smiling reply: "What does it mean to be able to do it? There has never been such a rule."
Jiang Wen then happily went to take pictures.
But if you really don't take it seriously, pretend to be a foreign guest, and live up to your apology, then you will have good juice to eat.
However, Fang Yi doesn't need to think too much about this matter right now.
He came here during the last three days of the Cannes Film Festival. These three days were also the busiest three days in Cannes because they were close to the final awards ceremony. During the day of the next day, Hollywood stars and large production companies were arriving one after another.
On-site press releases from many domestic media outlets were also issued.
Fang Yi reads it piece by piece:
"The Cannes Film Market has presented good business opportunities as soon as it opened. For Chinese-language films, not only have major blockbusters spent large sums of money to purchase advertising space in various magazines in Cannes, but the stars have also been busy contacting and selling..."
"However, from the perspective of the global market, this boom does not mean that the Chinese film market has entered its own era. It can only be said that there are well-made films that have received some attention..."
"Chinese filmmakers have booked a big party in Cannes, but reporters still question such a big move. It will eventually be submerged in the vast sea of film in Cannes. The so-called high-profile appearance is just soy sauce."
Some press releases combined with current events used domestic movies to criticize the beauty who walked on the red carpet five times a day, saying that "the international style of Chinese movies has not yet become a phenomenon."
So, what are the “well-made” and “popular” movies?
Zhen Gongfu's "Martial Arts", Jet Li's "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate", and Guo Shi's "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" must all consider themselves to be "well-produced", and maybe "Preserved Meat Balls" released next door also thinks it is
Itself is "well made".
Fang Yi and his party spent the morning dealing with reporters on the beach in Cannes, and in the afternoon met with various well-known publishers and managers - the only people who came to the pub last night were some poor brothers from Asia, Africa and Latin America.
Today is the main course.
Leading the way are Lionsgate Pictures, nicknamed the "ninth largest film company in Hollywood", and The Weinstein Company, headed by the famous Harvey Weinstein, who has released domestic films such as "Heroes" and "Shaolin".
football".
Harvey didn't come in person, but his manager came. The deal between the two parties was not concluded, and the other party's price was very low, "eight hundred thousand dollars."
People from China Film Group thought it was a share of the profits, so they shook their fingers and replied with a smile: "Buyout!"
Of course it doesn't work.
Lionsgate offered a higher price, but they wanted to see the full movie, and they didn't believe the long trailer. The Yankees pride themselves on being a city on a hill and look down on modern films from other places.
Toho Pictures Co., Ltd. spent 12 million US dollars to purchase the copyright and remake rights in Japan, and only asked Fang Yi to personally lead the promotion team; South Korea's CJ Productions and Showbox also spent 2 million US dollars.
The two sides fought over the sincere price, and the price increased by one hundred thousand and one hundred thousand, and the price reached 2.6 million.
——Why is there such a big gap between Asians and Westerners?
Fang Yi was a little surprised.
Han Sanping was overjoyed and comforted him: "After all, it is a modern film. Modern films are not the business card of our Chinese films. Asia recognizes your face, but not European and American ones... Do you think it is not selling well? To be honest, this
It’s the best-selling modern film!”
"Hollywood romance movies won't sell in China."
This seems reasonable.
Fang Yi didn't bother to discuss with Han Sanping, and a new manager came to them soon. After all, there were still many people who were lucky in setting prices... They had been busy all day, but they still couldn't receive them.
There were constantly new film buyers who claimed to have sufficient budgets and asked to see the crew of "17 Again". Among them, there were also fans and paparazzi who were fishing in troubled waters and stopped them. The crowd swarmed under the hotel and refused to disperse for a long time.
Opening the curtains and looking out the window, the tents stationed on the beach were dotted like glowing starfish, clinging tenaciously to the gravel and not moving at all.
Fang Yi had participated in the Magnolia TV Festival before, and the Magic City Film Festival was nearby. He said with emotion: "It deserves to be the Cannes Film Festival. Although it is the same as an A-level film festival, the Magic City Film Festival and the Tokyo Film Festival are even better."
Having this place is different after all...it seems like moviegoers from all over the world are here."
By this time, Xianyu Liu had become perfect. She said regretfully: "If we had come a few days earlier, wouldn't we have been able to negotiate with every film producer?"
Fang Yi smiled and said: "This is not what you do in the first place. How can we finish talking about everything? It will never be finished."
Small film producers generally don't get to meet with directors and producers, let alone actors.
Xianyu Liu is very serious: "I heard that director Chen Kaige's wife Chen Hong is a good helper in his career. I really want to be like her, who takes care of everything in detail and takes care of everything in an orderly manner..."
She squinted her eyes and wrinkled her nose slightly, "Hmph, you can't escape from my grasp."
Wait, but you're not that kind of person - Director Fang couldn't suppress her unwarranted passion.
After some teasing, Fang Yi wanted to be interviewed by Forbes reporter Hao Bing and said, "I have an interview."
Liu Tianxian understood immediately and picked up a book from somewhere: "Go."
Unexpectedly, Fang Yi's phone rang.
Liu Tianxian also put down his book and glanced at him from the corner of his eye.
It's Jiang Wenli.
Teacher Jiang may have obtained Fang Yi's phone number from the school and played the alumni card.
He raised his head high when he opened his mouth, "Director Fang, I'm embarrassed to call you by your name. Although you are a student of Yang Opera, I believe that a master is a teacher. In movies, you are much better than me now.
."
"Teacher Jiang..."
"Yang Opera has produced such a young man. I never had a good opportunity to meet him before. Now is a good occasion. Do you think we have a chance to meet? We can also go out for gatherings in the future. We also have activities. Normally
Always in contact..."
Then he said, "Oh, the International Chapter is here too. I know you are a busy man now. Maybe you want to chat with the female star in your family? Actually, the most important thing is to get to know her, so I won't be reluctant to give it up for a while."
hang up the phone.
He spoke so lowly and refused to explain.
Fang Yi thought about the meaning of Jiang Wenli's words.
Is it to drag him into the Northwest Gang? Or is it just pure nonsense?
What does this have to do with Liu Yifei?
I never heard that Jiang Wenli likes to read philosophical chicken soup articles.
I met Jiang Wenli and Fang Yi when he returned to school, and he nodded from a distance. At that time, Fang Yi's potential was obvious, but he was not as famous as he is now.
But it’s not like I’m going to go out of my way to warn you.
Her eyes fell on the bored Liu, who stared blankly at the ceiling, but her eyes occasionally drifted to Fang Yi, who had just answered the woman's phone call.
Fang Yi's tone gradually became playful and heavy: "Now the organization has a difficult task for you, you..."
She had been excited all day since last night, and stood up with command, "Report! At any cost... No, please rest assured, chief!"
"What haven't I said yet? It's this... Jiang Wenli from the crew of "The Favorite" asked me to meet. She is from the acting department of my school. Strictly speaking, I should call her teacher. I told you to go and deal with it for me.
, let’s see what she wants to say, I can’t spare the time... It is said that there may be an international chapter, two girls - oh..."
Fang Yi suddenly realized this and nodded, "They are really all women. I probably know what they want to do with you."
Liu Tianxian didn't know what Fang Yi had realized, but there was a sense of obligatory determination in her words, "Female? Then you must let me do it."