Chapter 133: Nothing to do, why chase stars
Chapter 133: Nothing to do, why chase stars
A Quiet Place had just finished filming.
The outside world has no idea what Fan Wumian filmed this time.
Port city.
First, there was news that Fan Wumian hung a poster at the Berlin Film Festival demanding "350 million US dollars + box office dividends", which made a group of veteran filmmakers laugh and scold the young people for not knowing their place.
Many media outlets are paying attention to his movements.
When the news that the overseas distribution rights of "A Quiet Place" had skyrocketed in price, suddenly soaring from US$350 million to US$2000 million, reached Asia through reporters.
Everyone in the entire Chinese film industry who heard about this found it unbelievable. They stared at the number on the poster again and again before they were sure that it was really 2000 million US dollars.
A group of media, like hyenas smelling blood, swarmed in instantly and looked for industry insiders to interview.
A reporter from the Hong Kong Island Daily wrote an article titled
——《Vermicelli as shark fin! Fan Wumian’s dead chicken is used as a rice cover, and the price of lard brain is 2000 million US dollars!》
Paparazzi blocked Wang Jing as she was taking a female model out to sea for the night when the yacht had just docked in the morning.
The other party said, "Maybe he has no idea about money, and it's quite troublesome to sell it for 2000 million Hong Kong dollars."
Mainland reporters were also busy.
The famous director Feng Gang always speaks his mind. He happened to be promoting his own movie outside and commented, "How much he gets is his business, but whether it can be sold is another matter."
Popularity is a double-edged sword, and it can easily backfire if you’re not careful.
Unlike the previous period when most of the media were busy praising Fan Wumian, the price he offered at the Berlin International Film Festival this time was so ridiculously high that it instantly became a hot topic.
Coupled with the strong support from some fans online and the remarks being taken out of context by some unscrupulous reporters, the heat of the whole incident instantly ignited.
This is Zuo Ziyan.
When she saw that some media used the term "turning a chicken over" to describe Fan Wumian's behavior this time, she immediately became furious.
However, she was indeed very unhappy, but after watching the rough cut of the sample film, she couldn't help but feel from the bottom of her heart that the asking price of 2000 million US dollars was indeed a bit high.
This is mainly because the Hong Kong film market is too small.
In the past, if a movie could earn 30 to 40 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office, it would have a chance to become the highest-grossing movie of the year.
Living in such an environment will naturally limit your vision and imagination.
What's more, even the recently popular movie "Kung Fu" by Stephen Chow, the total box office so far is less than 2000 million US dollars.
According to the newspaper.
The overseas distribution rights of "Shaolin Soccer" were only sold for US$150 million, and the overseas distribution rights of "Kung Fu" were only sold for a mere US$250 million.
In other words, the combined price of these two movies is only one-fifth of what Fan Wumian asked for.
As this is the first work in which he directed and acted himself, the outside world naturally thinks that there is nothing wrong with Fan Wumian being too crazy.
But he is my boyfriend after all.
When talking to the parents who took the initiative to talk about this matter and talking about the topic of Fan Wumian, Zuo Ziyan also spoke up and told them that he would definitely not set a high price for no reason, and praised him for his business acumen.
There was too much noise.
Brainwashed by countless news and netizens, they commented that Fan Wumian's "A Quiet Place" is definitely not worth 2000 million US dollars.
This time even many of his fans were unable to help him argue, silently hoping that their brother could fight back.
Berlin, Germany.
When she's out and about, Zhuang Muxi, the female lead, feels less restrained.
After getting up in the morning, he stammered again and said that he did not get enough rest last night and wanted to stay in the room to catch up on some sleep.
It was a little after 3 o'clock in the afternoon in the port city, but only a little after 8 o'clock in the morning in Berlin.
Being tortured by jet lag is bound to give people a headache.
With the help of Jiang Shixi and Lu Hao, Fan Wumian sent a text message to Zuo Ziyan, telling her that he knew what was going on, and then went back to bed to take a "nap".
It’s a pity that Zhuang Muxi’s situation has been a bit unfortunate in recent days.
Otherwise, she seems to be eager to try it out, and maybe she will have the opportunity to live a happy life during these days of attending the Berlin Film Festival.
Fan Wumian was still awake when he received the call from Ji Qiao.
After asking the film festival committee about the movie ticket time, I found out that it was scheduled for 10 a.m. I immediately got up, packed, changed clothes and went out.
Although the final list of winners will be determined by several judges this year, the film festival committee has relatively great power and can recommend some strong films for nomination.
If you don’t know, forget it.
Now that he knew that some members of the film festival committee had noticed "A Quiet Place", he certainly wanted to give it a try. Even if he couldn't win the grand prize in the end, getting a nomination would be great.
Met with Jiang Shixi, Lu Hao and the hired international student translator in the hotel lobby.
After meeting, Jiang Shixi smiled and said to Fan Wumian:
"When it first started to attract media attention, it became one of the most watched works with a bid of $2000 million. The attitude of the cinema changed immediately. They said they would cancel several films with poor attendance and change the show to show A Quiet Place. I hope to seek your consent, boss."
Fan Wumian asked, "Did they say how many more games will be added?"
Jiang Shixi didn't understand German, so the translator just used his phone to talk to the theater manager.
Hear the words.
The temporary translator answered him:
"There are a total of 11 cinemas as regular venues this year. The staff told me that each cinema will add one show. If ticket sales and feedback are good, it may be increased to two shows."
Wait for him to finish.
Fan Wumian suddenly laughed.
Previously, only five screenings were scheduled during the entire film festival, but now there are 5 more screenings a day, which is a treatment only for popular movies.
Lu Hao smiled and said:
"With more previews, A Quiet Place will have more exposure. Our film has highlights. With its biggest feature of being quiet and silent, it has a chance to attract media attention. The judges are tired of Hollywood's routine popcorn movies, and this may arouse their interest."
Fan Wumian's focus was different, and he couldn't help but laugh:
"If the preview period attracts many audiences to buy tickets, it will allow distributors to see business opportunities and the probability of selling overseas distribution rights will also increase greatly."
The success of wholesale albums and mobile phone ringtones has made Fan Wumian taste the sweetness.
Thinking that opportunities come to those who are prepared, he has no intention of just sitting there and waiting to die.
When he was thinking about how to continue to increase the exposure of himself and "A Quiet Place", he happened to see a star getting out of a car and was instantly surrounded by passers-by.
blinked.
He suddenly realized that finding a popular and influential European and American celebrity to help promote the product would make it easier to attract media attention and thus achieve the effect of publicity and promotion.
Remember that the movie "A Quiet Place" has many distributors, so it is easier to close a deal.
Just do it.
It is impossible to pay for it. European and American celebrities are worth tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars. Their appearance fees are not cheap.
Following this line of thought, Fan Wumian said to Jiang Shixi:
"Let's go to the cinema by ourselves. Please help me check which famous singers are there, preferably American singers, who are at the Berlin Film Festival. The more famous the better."
“???” Thinking that the movie hasn’t been sold yet, you’re actually thinking about chasing stars?
Agent Jiang Shixi was quite helpless.
They have heard about the sarcasm and ridicule coming from across the Taiwan Strait and Hong Kong.
This morning, many reporters came to the entrance of the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Berlin where I was staying, hoping to interview Fan Wumian in person and ask him how he dared to ask for $2000 million.
The posters have already been posted, there is no point regretting it now.
Jiang Shixi was a little worried that Fan Wumian might fail this time. In fact, even his agent hadn't seen the finished film "A Quiet Place", so it was hard for him to muster confidence.
He obediently went to collect the singer information that his boss wanted.
Fan Wumian, on the other hand, brought Lu Hao and his assistant Pu Jiajing to a cinema called "Arsenal".
During the waiting period.
Although he saw several audience members who were dressed very formally and looked like members of the film festival committee, Fan Wumian was in no hurry to step forward and say hello.
The main concerns were language barriers and being looked down upon because of their youth, which ultimately backfired.
9:55 am.
Fan Wumian wore a mask and walked into the venue behind dozens of spectators.
The small theater can accommodate about forty to fifty people in total. The screen is not very big, but even if you sit in the first row, you can still have a good viewing experience.
Seeing so many audiences coming to watch the movie he shot and starred in, Fan Wumian felt a great sense of self-satisfaction.
However, the most important thing today is what the members of the film festival committee and other film festival staff think of this film.
Thinking that among these unfamiliar audiences there might be representatives of some distributors, Fan Wumian found it hard to calm down and watch his own movie.
As soon as 10 o'clock arrived, the screening began immediately.
In the corporate opening credits, you can see a cute one-eyed cartoon bandit who shouts “Ha! Ha!” while swinging an axe and chopping randomly.
I accidentally hit a big rock, and there was a "crack" sound and a crack appeared on it.
The little bandit was so scared that he dropped his axe and ran away.
Afterwards, the outer shell of the entire mountain could be seen breaking apart, revealing a glittering golden mountain with a line of words appearing on it, which read "Mountain Bandit King Media".
Fan Wumian glanced back quietly and found that some committee members were amused by the opening clip.
After introducing the director, leading actors and other information in both Chinese and English, the main film quickly began.
At the beginning, there is an empty road, a scrapped car, and weeds on the side of the road.
The screen went black and displayed - "Day 87".
As the camera moves, we come to the first day of filming, when the scene was recorded in the shopping mall.
The whole process was quiet, with only some slight sounds. This strange arrangement was instantly noticed by the audience.
Without the distraction of sound, they were able to concentrate and watch everything on the screen carefully.
The audience thought that sound would appear soon, but they found that all the actors were communicating through sign language, which made them a little confused, but also aroused their curiosity.
Not only was the screen quiet, but even the theater was so quiet that you could hear people breathing.
On the screen.
After Fan Wumian and others left the mall, they appeared in the suburbs.
At this time, Ma Yingjie secretly glanced back and found that several members of the film festival committee were all staring at the screen without blinking, obviously absorbed in it.
Unable to suppress his smile, he stretched out his hand to Fan Wumian and gave him a thumbs up.
Just when the sound of the toy plane was heard, the male protagonist played by Fan Wumian could be seen, his pupils instantly constricted, and he turned around abruptly.
Zhuang Muxi also acted very well. When she was about to break down and cry, she covered her mouth tightly.
As there was a noise in the jungle, a dark shadow flashed by.
Just when Fan Wumian was running forward frantically and was about to catch Zhuang Muxi's brother, the little boy was taken away by the monster, with a trace of blood remaining on his face.
Many viewers had their hair standing on end and expressions of shock on their faces.
With its unique creativity and tense atmosphere, several judges were also attracted and stared at the screen intently.
If they were wondering before how an 18-year-old new director from Hong Kong dared to ask for 2000 million US dollars.
Seeing this, many people have begun to change their minds and feel that it does make some sense.
After all, Hollywood movies often cost tens of millions or even hundreds of millions of dollars, and it is difficult to come up with new ideas in an era when Marvel heroes have not yet been brought to the screen.
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If you want to know which popular European and American singers are at the Berlin International Film Festival, you can find out by searching the news online.
Jiang Shixi quickly compiled a list.
Worried that some people might have left early after attending the opening ceremony, I looked for people to help confirm with the help of an interpreter.
It has finally been confirmed that Celine Dion, who sang "My Heart Will Go On", Justin Timberlake, the original lead singer of the "N Sync" group, Britney Spears, and Avril Lavigne, who has become very popular in Europe and the United States in the past two years, seem to be in Berlin.
The film and music worlds are inseparable.
Some singers played roles in the movie, and some sang the theme songs, and were invited to help promote the film.
Fan Wumian is not the only one who is busy with publicity. Other potential investors of popular movies have also been busy these past two days, holding parties everywhere every night and trying every means to create hot searches and attract attention.
Like a female star's skirt slipping down, or someone having a tryst, news like that was flying everywhere.
If the selling price had not been raised from $350 million to $2000 million in one go, it would have been difficult for "A Quiet Place" to have a chance to stand out at the film festival. After all, Fan Wumian was completely unknown in Europe and the United States and was still a new director.
It is also because we understand that we are unfamiliar with the place and it is difficult to attract attention.
So Fan Wumian started to have evil thoughts again. He wanted to use a good song as bait to attract a famous European or American singer to help him promote his song.
This is a big business involving 2000 million US dollars, and it is worth serious planning.
As for why they chose a singer instead of a big-name Hollywood actor.
The reason is simply that he remembers some English songs and has the opportunity to try to cooperate with international big names, but those Hollywood actors will not give him face for no reason.
When Fan Wumian received the text message from Jiang Shixi, the movie theater had already ended.
Seeing that several judges seemed to be still unsatisfied and obviously enjoyed the show very much, he did not go forward to disturb them and quietly took Lu Hao, Pu Jiajing and others away.
Standing on the roadside.
Fan Wumian pondered for a while, and was torn between Britney Spears and Avril Lavigne, but finally chose to contact the latter.
Continue to ask Jiang Shixi to help find out where Avril lives.
the other side.
Jiang Shixi, the agent, sighed after hanging up the phone and said to himself:
"I'm an agent, not a professional paparazzi. I'm a celebrity, so why would I chase after celebrities if I have nothing else to do?"
(End of this chapter)