Mai Fan's personal account, which had been silent for nearly half a month, suddenly sent out a special official announcement.
At the end of this press release, several extremely important official Weibo posts are circled.
What are these official Weibo blogs?
@中国电影, @1905影视, @CTV-6, and @天电影review.
So what is the content of this official announcement issued by Mai Fan?
The content is as follows:
Congratulations to "Spring Day," directed by Cheng Feng and starring Mai Fan, for being shortlisted for the Outstanding Film Award and Best Actor at the Cannes, Venice and Berlin Film Festivals.
May Chinese films ride the wind and waves and sail across the sea sometimes.
I wish "Spring Day", a representative of Chinese art films, to achieve good results at international film festivals...
Once this news is released...
The entire film world was in a frenzy.
As the first Chinese film company to receive the news and have already sent out follow-up media, it was the first to repost Mai Fan’s press release and @tagged director Cheng Feng and starring Mai Fan.
The news was overwhelming, and the square in the film and television industry was filled with news about the movie released by Blue V's official account.
The domestic film industry has not seen such a grand event for a long time.
In this exciting moment, who cares about the turmoil of a talent show column.
Everyone in the industry is staring at who this male protagonist is who appears out of nowhere.
After all, Director Cheng Feng already has a good reputation in the literary and art circles.
Moreover, everyone in the industry knew that his film would not be able to attract investment at the beginning.
Later, it was reluctantly turned on, and the industry only viewed it as a joke.
With an investment of five million, the salary is not as high as that of the leading actor in a commercial movie. What kind of success can it achieve?
Besides, if the investor plays the male lead, he is still a newcomer with that kind of appearance. How can those foreign judges accept Mai Fan’s appearance?
Unfortunately, they really made a mistake.
Foreigners don't really judge ugliness. In the superb acting skills and the atmosphere that fits the era, what foreigners see... is only the excitement of this story.
They were deeply attracted by the young man named Fan in the movie.
I was moved by his enthusiasm and forbearance, passion and calmness.
At the final moment when the male and female protagonists separated, they had a lot of confusion, but this did not prevent them from liking this film and Mai Fan, who perfectly interpreted the main role of this film.
This is why "Spring Day" was shortlisted at the film festival.
This is also the reason why after this news was spread to China, people who were lucky enough to see the samples were strongly recommending it.
Mai Fan finally got up after waiting for this news.
He rushed directly to the newly set up studio and clapped his hands to the two or three employees who were about to have some time off: "Comrades, it's time to work! We can finally start moving!"
The employees who had been prepared long ago were performing their duties and immediately sent a sum of money to Director Cheng Feng who was far away in France.
This is the operating capital they promised after the film is shortlisted. The promotion of the film "Spring Day" in subsequent film festivals, previews, and press conferences will be fully handled by a professional operating company.
What Mai Fan in China has to do is...to make the most of this news, save publicity costs and at the same time stabilize his existing fan base.
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Sure enough, the news of the finalists was released.
The Maifan Fans Support Club, which has hit rock bottom, is like a butterfly emerging from its cocoon and soaring into the sky.
The number of fans that day directly exceeded the 500,000 mark, and three days later, it became the current 1.8 million.
Mai Fan did not use a navy company to fill his fan club with zombie fans.
Those data falsifications that are just to make himself look better are of no use to Mai Fan.
He set his sights on some Internet celebrities...
Yes, since everyone thinks he is a pure businessman, then he will do what a businessman should do.
You must know that the film "Spring Day" can be shortlisted for three of the four major films at the same time, which means that their crew will be invited by the organizers of film festivals in three different countries.
This kind of invitation usually gives the crew a certain red carpet spot.
As for the members of their crew, there are only three of them who are qualified to walk on the red carpet.
There is one director, one male lead, and one female lead.
As for other awards, if you are lucky enough to win other awards, the director will accept the award on behalf of these people.
However, the film festival inviter will give a film a minimum of five and a maximum of six invitations.
Then they will have 2 to 3 vacant red carpet qualifications for each film festival.
And this quota.
Mai Fan raised the corner of his mouth and listened to the help from the studio to make a call.
Are foreign film festivals popular?
certainly!
There is only one event a year, and the higher the qualification, the rarer it is.
And how much can these red carpet spots cost?
Mai Fan licked his fingers and found that at least 10 spots had been sold in the three film festivals he was invited to.
The price per location is US$50,000, no bargaining is accepted.
This is the price set by Mai Fan. When they first heard about this price, everyone in the studio thought their boss was crazy.
But now, when they called based on the list provided by Mai Fan.
Ten people on these twelve calls... agreed immediately.
Who are these people?
Internet celebrities, little stars below the 18th line.
Do they lack money?
What they lack is the opportunity to improve their style.
And Mai Fan provided them with a golden opportunity.
After getting the funds, what did Mai Fan do with them?
Through the hands of director Cheng Feng... it was transferred to a foreign company responsible for publicity and distribution operations.
Because of his buying and selling, the film "Spring Day" has reached the last step of participating in the award. The investment amount of the film... is still the original: 5 million yuan.
"That's good, Mai Fan, you are simply a business wizard!"
"He's my brother after all!"
Neither Director Cheng Feng nor Mai Zhentian felt there was anything wrong with Mai Fan's behavior.
Of course, you should save money when you can. Good money should be spent wisely.
But in the eyes of outsiders, what Mai Fan did was shocking.
Who would bring this matter to fruition?
Aren’t most people exchanging red carpet spots for resources with entertainment companies that need them?
When you arrive at Maifan, why is it so special?
This made the film and television company, which felt a sense of crisis due to Mai Fan's sudden rise...immediately seize the opportunity of Hei Mai Fan.
Rich locals, nouveau riche, coal bosses, and entrepreneurs were all targeted at Mai Fan.
This group of sailors is completely black and white...
The reaction of those netizens was beyond the expectations of these entertainment companies.