"Oh, the price is too high! Hey, you have to know that this is just a niche movie."
"Mr. Dutron, you should know very well that the cost of "Green Grass" is much higher than that of "Incense". As for the niche you mentioned, I don't think so. At least it is very popular with the audience here."
"Four hundred and twenty thousand euros! Congratulations, this is the highest price I can pay within my power. I hope you can understand." Duteron said with a sincere face.
"Understand? Of course I understand!"
He Xin glanced at Xiao Douding helplessly. He knew that he was not good at business. Moreover, the last time he sold "Incense", although the price of 350,000 euros was very gratifying, thinking about it afterwards, he still felt that he was selling "Incense".
He was at a bit of a loss, even if he could get another 10,000 or 20,000 euros, that would be fine! So this time he planned to be a down-to-earth tool man, and Xiao Douding and Xiao Song would be responsible for negotiating the sale of the film.
After stretching for two days, Duteron came to his door. However, after two negotiations, the price was never reached. No, early this morning, Duteron actually came to block his door.
I have to say that this foreigner is really a thief. He knows that He Xin is the boss. At the same time, because of his last experience, he still thinks that He Xin is easier to talk to. After all, he is an artist!
In fact, the price of 420,000 euros is quite good for He Xin. In recent years, as the euro has continued to strengthen, the exchange rate with the RMB has reached 1:11, which means that 420,000 euros has reached 460,000 euros.
One hundred thousand, which is more than twice the cost of "Green Grass".
However, in view of the good reviews of the film from the outside world and the film studio's intention to purchase the film, Xiao Douding and Xiao Song raised the minimum target from 300,000 euros to 450,000 euros. Now that Duteron came to the door, they raised the target again.
to half a million euros.
Now both parties understand in their hearts that the other party is sincere in buying and selling, but it is nothing more than one asking for an exorbitant price and the other paying the money on the spot.
"To be honest, Mr. Duteron, at this time I would rather drink coffee and talk about movies with you. As for business... I think it's better to leave it to professionals!" He Xin spread his hands.
"Hey, stop joking, I know you don't like coffee, you like Chinese tea!" Duteron pointed at the tea in the cup in front of He Xin and laughed.
He thought he had told a joke, but seeing that He Xin, Xiao Douding who was translating next to him, and Xiao Song next to him all reacted indifferently, he pinched his big nose in embarrassment and said frankly: "Okay, I'll say
The 420,000 euros is indeed my highest authority, and I didn’t lie. But you should believe in my sincerity and give me a sincere price, so that I can fight for it from the company.”
Several people looked at each other, and finally Xiao Douding pursed his lips and reported a price: "Five hundred and eighty thousand euros!"
"what?"
Duteron almost jumped out of his chair. After a long time of talking, the other party lowered the price by 20,000 euros.
"OK OK!"
He Xin hurriedly tried to smooth things over, and then said seriously: "Five hundred and fifty thousand euros, this is our base price."
Duteron looked at him seriously, and finally stood up helplessly and said: "Okay, He, I will try my best to fight for it from the company."
He Xin also stood up and shook hands with him and said, "But you'd better hurry up. If nothing unexpected happens, we plan to return to China on the 18th."
"OK!"
After sending Duteron off, Xiao Douding snorted: "This foreigner is dishonest at first glance. He is the vice president of MK2, but he has no power to decide on hundreds of thousands of euros? Only a ghost can believe it!"
Xiao Song looked normal and said: "Business negotiation, to put it bluntly, is a bargaining process."
After saying that, he also specifically reminded: "Boss He, Mr. Hu, I think we still need to keep in contact with other film producers. After all, if the contract is not signed, nothing counts."
"Yes, Brother Song is right." He Xin nodded.
Xiao Douding glanced at him and snorted: "This is a matter of course, you still need to remind me!"
Hey, it seemed that Xiao Douding was becoming more and more rude when talking to Brother Song. He Xin looked at Xiao Song and found that the other person was not angry at all, and acted as if he was taking it for granted.
What's going on?
However, the matter of selling the film has finally been settled, and it can even be sold at a good price, which makes He Xin feel very comfortable. This time he came to Berlin and finally exceeded the task.
If you think about it, if it really sells half a million euros, according to the studio's 40% share, it will get a little over two million, and this does not include the share of the domestic box office. In a word, the money for "The Stone" in the second half of the year
It's settled.
…
"Sister! Director Gu!"
He Xin hugged Jiang Wenli with a smile, and then shook hands with Gu Changwei. He couldn't help but said in surprise: "Director Gu, I thought you couldn't come. How did you find the things later?"
"Hey, you also know about this?"
Gu Changwei looked embarrassed and said: "The main reason was that I was too busy some time ago. When the air tickets and passports were delivered, I just put them away, but later I couldn't remember where I put them. I did them all the day before yesterday.
I was already preparing for not being able to come, but Wenli and I drove home that day. Wenli saw one of my hats on the back seat, and said that this hat was my favorite, so she put it in the car to be careful of someone sitting on it.
Well, I just picked it up casually, and found that my ticket and passport were neatly under the hat. You said that I had searched for it N times in the car before, but I didn't think of picking up the hat to take a look."
Even he laughed at the end.
He Xin couldn't help but laugh and said: "You can encounter such a bizarre thing. This is definitely a good sign. "Peacock" will definitely win the award this time!"
"Hey, let me lend you some good words!"
Gu Changwei and his party arrived in Berlin on the evening of the 15th. In addition to Jiang Wenli, they also had the three siblings from "Peacock", Zhang Jingchu, Feng Li and Lu Jinlai.
Staying at the hotel officially designated by the organizing committee, He Xin hurried over to visit Duteron after dealing with him early this morning.
At this time, Senior Sister Zhang was wearing a white turtleneck sweater, a pure white long waisted down jacket, no makeup, long hair shawl, still as pale as a chrysanthemum, standing behind the director and his wife, looking at him with a smile.
"Senior Sister Zhang!"
He Xin walked over and hugged her with a smile.
Having collaborated in two dramas, the two of them are now considered old acquaintances.
As for Feng Li and Lu Jinlai, it was their first time to participate in such a grand film festival abroad, so their expressions were inevitably a little restrained. They shook hands and exchanged a few polite words.
Because the crew of "Peacock" arrived late and had a busy schedule, they were busy checking in and setting up the exhibition today. Tomorrow will be a press conference at noon on the 17th, and in the evening they will attend a welcome banquet hosted by the organizer, and the film will premiere on the 18th.
Maybe I could squeeze in some time today, so Senior Sister Zhang took the initiative and said: "Xiao He, you are considered a regular visitor here, so you can go out with me for a walk later!"
"Beautiful lady, I am very willing to serve you!" He Xin responded with a smile.
Then he said to Jiang Wenli: "Sister, you can go too!"
"I really want to go, but it's a pity that there are too many things to do and I can't leave. You go and have fun. Have fun!"
Although Jiang Wenli hid it very well, He Xin could still vaguely feel that Jiang Wenli didn't seem to have a cold.
Oh, come to think of it, at least during the time when He Xin was guest-starring, I felt that the relationship between the two was quite normal.
But how can I put it this way? This kind of thing is quite common in film crews. Directors and actors are usually more emotional. Actresses in particular sometimes have to fully understand the director's intentions, and directors are usually under a lot of pressure.
Is this a good means of communication and understanding, and is it also a sign of being responsible for the movie?
It’s really hard to say!
Strolling around is nothing more than the Cinema Palace, Potsdamer Platz, and the busiest Crotch Street.
Senior Sister Zhang’s English is very good, and most Germans can speak English, so there is basically no language barrier. However, Senior Sister Zhang does not seem to be too keen on shopping. She would rather browse movie posters around the movie palace and ask He Xin about movies.
Various gossips about the festival since its opening.
Thinking back to the fact that after the Berlin Film Festival announced the shortlist for the main competition, the domestic media has been hyping the news about her competing for the Best Actress. It seems that our Senior Sister Zhang is very excited when she comes to Berlin this time!
When the two of them happened to pass by the movie poster of the shortlisted German film "Sophie Schuller", they pointed at the picture of the heroine on the poster and laughed: "This may be the biggest and only rival you have encountered so far.
"
After watching this film, I was very impressed by the performance of the young German actress named Julia Yates in the film. The media also praised this local actress and considered her the most popular at this film festival.
Best Actress.
Zhang Jingchu stopped and looked at her carefully, then smiled and said: "She looks a lot like Sandrina Bonaire!"
Sandrina Bonnard, the Venice Best Actress and the famous French goddess of literature and art.
These days, liking French New Wave movies is a sign of style. For example, Zhou Xun’s idol is another French actress Elizabeth Huppert. But for He Xin, he still likes Sophie Marceau, nothing else.
, just beautiful!
At noon, He Xin treated him to a treat, and the two of them had lunch at a small restaurant near Potsdamer Platz that he often frequented that made very good sauerkraut stewed elbows.
"Shall I treat you to a movie this afternoon?"
After lunch, Zhang Jingchu held up a film festival schedule and looked at it.
"Okay, what movies are showing today?"
"Well, "The Accusation"! A Danish film that was also shortlisted for the main competition."
"OK!"
During the film festival, there are seven to eight to ten movies released every day. Today, He Xin originally wanted to see the Hollywood adventure comedy "The Life Aquatic" because the heroine of this movie is his favorite Cate Blanchett.
The famous "Kate the Devil".
It’s just that this film was only shortlisted for the screening section.
Generally speaking, people who come to a film festival for the first time tend to pay more attention to the films shortlisted for the main competition section. To be honest, after participating in such a film festival, He Xin already has experience. The really good ones are the films that are not in the competition section, because those
The movie is more interesting and not as cold as the competition movies.
Two hours later, when the two walked out of the cinema, they were relatively speechless.
It's really embarrassing. No one expected that this Danish film shortlisted for the main competition would actually tell the story of a man.
While watching, Zhang Jingchu was standing by to help him quietly translate the English subtitles, which were a bit incoherent.
The plot of the story is roughly that of a wealthy middle-class family. The father is a swimming coach and the mother is a secretary. However, the fourteen-year-old daughter who is in adolescence is very rebellious and has a very tense relationship with her parents.
During a conversation with the school psychologist, the daughter revealed a shocking secret that would change the fate of the whole family: starting three or four years ago, her father had an abnormal sexual relationship.
This situation immediately attracted the attention of the authorities, who arranged for the daughter to be removed from the family and the father was detained and faced serious charges.
The mother was under tremendous psychological pressure. Although all her relatives and friends looked at them with strange eyes, she always believed in and supported her husband until the latter was finally acquitted.
A few months later, the parents saw their daughter again and had the opportunity to explain what had happened and to reconcile the family.
how to say?
A very Western story about love and reconciliation, but for reserved Easterners, this taboo will always make people very embarrassed, especially when two young men and women watch this kind of movie together.
It seems that Denmark, a small Nordic country, is particularly fond of movies with this theme. He Xin vaguely remembered that he had watched a Danish movie called "Hunting" online in his previous life, which was also about this. Because of the embarrassment and dull plot, he watched half of it.
I can't stand it anymore.
This Berlin Film Festival seems to be amplifying the theme of "sex" all the time, and it actually focuses on Chinese-language films.
For example, the Hong Kong movie "Peach", which was shortlisted for the non-competition section and starred Japanese actress Keiko Matsuzaka, Korean transgender artist Ha Ri-soo and Hong Kong porn star Zhang Xiaohui, was so large that it was called a "shemale show" by the media once it was released.
show".
Another Chinese-language film "A Cloud in the Sky" that was shortlisted for the main competition just premiered yesterday. The title looks very artistic and beautiful, but halfway through, He Xin and Ning Hao almost walked out with their legs crossed.
Exit midway.
The scale of this musical is so large that it looks like a live action movie.
Seeing a few red pimples recently appearing on Ning Hao's face, he really considered whether to help Haozi introduce the real "crotch" street in Berlin. After all, Sister Na didn't come with her this time.
What's even more exaggerated is that at the press conference after the premiere, in the face of media doubts about the scale of the film, Tsai Ming-liang actually admitted that he was filming an pornographic film!
In addition, the third-rate Chinese porn star judge in Hollywood frequently appears on various red carpets in bold outfits, and also talks about anything on talk shows...
It’s still the same sentence: there is no film festival without “sex”!