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"Hello, you two, I am Harvey Weinstein from Miramax Pictures in the United States. I have watched "Raise the Red Lantern" filmed in your country and I am very satisfied. I represent Miramax Pictures.
The industry hopes to buy the global broadcast rights of this movie!"
Harvey Weinstein looked at Sun Jiarui and Zhou Qiang with a smile on his face and some anxiety in his heart.
He has indeed watched the movie "Raise the Red Lantern". With his many years of experience in the independent film industry, he can conclude that this movie is still profitable in North America and even the world, with a global box office of several hundred
Ten thousand dollars should be no problem.
The benefit of millions of dollars is already a huge benefit to Harvey Weinstein at this time.
If this was a Chinese movie made by someone else, he would be confident to win it, but who asked the director of this movie to be Kun? Kun can write a "Jurassic" movie that is very popular in North America and Europe.
Park" came out, which shows that he knows the history of these two countries very well, so he thinks that he may pay a little more this time to get the copyright of this film.
Of course, Harvey's main purpose is to establish a good relationship with Wu Jianye through this movie. He really likes "Jurassic Park" and according to his keen eyes
, he concluded that if this movie could be adapted into a movie, it would definitely be a very successful movie.
Now Miramax Pictures can only be regarded as a new film studio in Hollywood. It urgently needs to get heavyweight works to enhance Miramax Pictures' status in Hollywood.
If he can get the rights to adapt "Jurassic Park", and with the current popularity of "Jurassic Park" in Hollywood, he can rely on the rights to adapt this film to reach a certain level with several major Hollywood film companies.
Cooperation.
At this time, he regarded the adaptation rights of "Jurassic Park" as his fulcrum to leverage the Hollywood fixed-interest team, and the overseas copyright of the film "Raise the Red Lantern" was his leverage to leverage the rights of "Jurassic Park".
The fulcrum of the adaptation rights of "Logic Park".
Zhou Qiang was the first to show a surprised smile. Now that the film festival has not ended, a film producer has found him and wants to buy his global broadcast rights. This means that Wu Jianye has now completed the task promised to the manufacturer.
Half done!
"Hello, Mr. Weinstein, thank you very much for your appreciation!" Zhou Qiang shook hands with him.
Sun Jiarui is also very happy. Although he doesn't like Wu Jianye, it doesn't mean that he doesn't want the movie "Raise the Red Lantern" to be sold, because only if it is sold can it be considered his achievement. It can be said that here
On this point, his appeal is the same as Wu Jianye.
"Mr. Weinstein, I am Sun Jiarui, who is responsible for the overseas copyright of the film "Raise the Red Lantern". If you have any questions, you can tell me directly!" Sun Jiarui took over the conversation with a smile.
Whether it is Sun Jiarui or Zhou Qiang, both of them often interact with foreigners, so their English is still very good. When communicating with Ichikawa Kun and others, they had translators, but at this time, they did not need to communicate with Harvey Weinstein.
It’s time for translation.
Zhou Qiang glanced at Sun Jiarui, but didn't say anything. As Sun Jiarui said, as the representative of the I/O Company, he really had to go through them if he wanted to buy the movie "Raise the Red Lantern" abroad.
Harvey Weinstein smiled and shook hands with Sun Jiarui again, and after some pleasantries, he proposed to immediately purchase the copyright to "Raise the Red Lantern".
However, the nature of a businessman means that even though he was worried that Wu Jianye knew about the European and American film market, he still wanted to try something.
"Manager Sun, although I personally am very optimistic about the movie "Raise the Red Lantern", I think you two should also know about the situation of your country's movies being released in Europe and the United States, so I hope that we can both
Buy the overseas copyright of "Raise the Red Lantern" at a price that is acceptable to everyone!"
Zhou Qiang said from the side: "Mr. Weinstein, you see, the director of our movie is not here now. Maybe we can wait until Director Wu comes and we can discuss it in detail!"
"Team Zhou, the two of us are responsible for the purchase and sale of film rights. Xiao Wu is just the director of this film. We don't have to wait for him. We can just tell him after we have made the decision ourselves!" Sun Jiarui told Zhou Qiang in Chinese dissatisfied.
said.
Because he did not understand Chinese, he did not understand Sun Jiarui's words. Harvey Weinstein showed a puzzled expression, but he did not ask what the two people said, but agreed with Zhou Qiang's words: "If I can meet Director Wu,
, it would be better to have an interview in person!”
He just hopes to establish a good cooperative relationship with Wu Jianye through this movie, and naturally hopes to meet Wu Jianye more often.
Sun Jiarui waved his hand and said with a smile: "Mr. Weinstein, there is no need to discuss it with Xiao Wu, we can make the decision on this matter!"
Harvey Weinstein looks like a black question mark
But he still smiled and said: "Actually, we can listen to Director Wu's opinion!"
Sun Jiarui shook his head firmly, "No, we can just talk!"
Harvey Weinstein was helpless. At this time, he had already felt that Sun Jiarui's relationship with Wu Jianye did not seem to be very good.
"Can!"
However, he decided to stabilize Sun Jiarui first, but he also decided not to discuss the specific price with Sun Jiarui. He needed to know the specific relationship between Wu Jianye and Sun Jiarui. At the same time, he decided to study the Chinese culture carefully. At this time, he
I already felt that I might be a little anxious.
So after arguing with Sun Jiarui for a while, he left the contact information of both parties and left.
Early morning!
Harvey Weinstein burst into laughter in his room. Next to him lay a blond beauty, like a snake, hugging Harvey Weinstein's neck from behind.
"Honey, what's wrong?"
"It's okay, I just lamented that China is a magical country!" Harvey said proudly. His desk was filled with a lot of information about China.
Especially the information on the relationships within the system. Only then did he understand why Sun Jiarui dared to speak like this. In America, individuals are individuals and the system is the system. What is required is individuality.
Especially when it comes to personal property, there are almost perverted protection rules. As long as you pay enough taxes, the so-called personal property is sacred and inviolable.
But after Harvey Weinstein read China's information, he felt that he knew China's rules.
That is, the system is higher than the individual. In China, collectiveness is more important, which means that you must obey whatever the superiors ask you to do, even if it is your personal life.
We all know that Harvey Weinstein’s summary is one-sided nonsense, but in Harvey Weinstein’s own opinion, this is how he understands it.
The blonde beauty blew hot air into Harvey Weinstein's ear and said with a sweet smile: "What's the point of that place? I heard they are all poor people. How can it be compared with the great United States!"
Harvey held the blond beauty in his arms and said with a smile: "Beauty, don't worry, after the film festival is over, I will take you to Hollywood, where I have my own film company, and then I will arrange a movie for you.
Yes, in a few years, you will become a famous movie star in the United States!"
Obviously this blonde beauty is also an Italian girl who dreams of becoming a star.
The next day, Harvey approached Sun Jiarui again and proposed directly, hoping to buy the national copyright of "Raise the Red Lantern" excluding China for US$10,000!
Ten thousand dollars!
Sun Jiarui showed a surprised smile. Domestic movies have been sold in the past, but they were all priced at a few thousand dollars. Now the other party actually asked for ten thousand dollars!
This is already the largest selling price for overseas copyrights in China!
Although Zhou Qiang also thinks that the price of 10,000 US dollars is a lot, he still feels that the price can still be raised. At the same time, he also hopes to discuss it with Wu Jianye before selling it.
"Mr. Harvey, isn't this price a bit low? Besides, we haven't discussed this matter with Director Wu yet. I still think we should discuss it with Director Wu before making a decision!"
Sun Jiarui glanced at Zhou Qiang dissatisfied. This Zhou Qiang was good at everything, but he was too opinionated. The price of 10,000 US dollars was not low. Besides,
"Team Zhou, the two of us are the core of this negotiation. Wu Jianye can just be responsible for filming the movie. There is no need to discuss this kind of thing with him. We don't know what time they came back yesterday. Today they will be back."
He didn't come over to watch the movie. He was simply unorganized and undisciplined. After I go back, I will definitely report on his performance in Venice. Letting such a person negotiate with foreign friends, wouldn't it be a disgrace to our country?"
Zhou Qiang smiled bitterly and said: "Captain Sun, they are still young. They had a day of relaxation yesterday, and they must be tired today. They should have a good rest!"
The conversation between the two was still in Chinese, and Harvey, who was standing aside, thought that the two were discussing because of the price. After thinking about it, even if Sun Jiarui was in charge of Wu Jianye, he did not want to fall out with Wu Jianye.
Yes, so
"Manager Sun, since you two are not satisfied with the price, how about fifteen thousand dollars?"
Harvey raised the purchase price!
Sun Jiarui was overjoyed: "Okay, it's settled!"
Then Sun Jiarui was afraid that Harvey Weinstein would regret it, so he immediately urged him to sign the contract!
Next, without Wu Jianye's knowledge, the global rights to "Raise the Red Lantern" were sold to Harvey Weinstein for US$15,000.
After signing the contract, both Harvey Weinstein and Sun Jiarui smiled.
"Manager Sun, Manager Zhou, in order to celebrate the cooperation between you and me, why don't you let me be the host and invite you two to have lunch together!" Through yesterday's research on China, Harvey Weinstein thought he had understood China.
Know the rules and traditions of China. The wine table is a good opportunity to promote the relationship between the two parties.
He also hoped to persuade Sun Jiarui at the wine table to order Wu Jianye to sell him the rights to adapt "Jurassic Park".
Sun Jiarui felt Harvey's enthusiasm and felt that his face was bright. In the past, if domestic movies wanted to sell overseas copyrights, they had to go up to the pole to beg these overseas distributors. Now the other party not only goes up the pole
Begging them to buy the copyright and treating them to dinner naturally made Sun Jiarui very happy.
At this time, he had already thought about establishing a relationship with Harvey, and he might become a regular overseas distributor of domestic films in the future.
If this matter comes to pass, his status in the company will skyrocket!
Both parties had their own secrets, but they drank the wine very happily, so after three rounds of drinking, Harvey proposed that Sun Jiarui would step in and let Wu Jianye sell the copyright, but Sun Jiarui didn't even listen.
If you understand, you agree.
"Harvey, don't worry, this is just a small matter, Wu Jianye is just a junior, he still has to listen to what I say!" Sun Jiarui said with a loud tongue.
Zhou Qiang showed a wry smile next to him. He really didn't know where Sun Jiarui's confidence came from.
"Where are Team Sun and Team Zhou?"
When Wu Jianye and others came to the screening room in the afternoon, they did not see Sun Jiarui and Zhou Qiang. Zhao Fei asked curiously.
"I didn't see it. Maybe I'm too tired these two days and I'm resting in the hotel!" Tianzhuangzhuang looked around and said indifferently.
"Okay, since they are resting, we don't need to worry about them. Let's go in and watch a movie!" Wu Jianye said.
Today's screening was for two other films that were participating in the exhibition. Everyone did not take Sun Jiarui and Zhou Qiang's absence as a big deal. They just thought that the two of them were too tired from the past two days, so they went back to rest.
None of them thought that without their knowledge, Sun Jiarui had sold the overseas copyright of "Raise the Red Lantern"!
night!
Wu Jianye and others returned to the hotel and saw Sun Jiarui and Zhou Qiang waiting for them in the lobby.
What made Wu Jianye very curious was that Harvey Weinstein was also with the two of them.
When Harvey Weinstein saw Wu Jianye, he smiled: "Kun, we meet again!"
Wu Jianye suppressed his curiosity, shook hands with Harvey Weinstein, and then looked at Zhou Qiang with some confusion.
Sun Jiarui said proudly: "Xiao Wu, let me tell you good news. We have sold the overseas copyright of "Raise the Red Lantern". Do you know how much we sold?"
Wu Jianye was stunned. The first thing he felt was that he was dreaming. What kind of person without common sense would have to sell the film rights before the film festival ended?
Then he saw Sun Jiarui's triumphant smile again.
"How much did it sell for?"
Now he hopes that Sun Jiarui will not be too stupid, never sell it at a low price, and instead kill Harvey Weinstein!
"Fifteen thousand dollars! How about that? It's awesome!"
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