Chapter 277 Actually, I Don’t Know Him Well

Maybe my English is slightly substandard now, but after conversations and constant corrections, my English will get better...

This was Lu Yuan's subconscious thought.

He originally planned to have a good anal with Jenny in English, and he thought that chatting with foreign friends in English could improve his oral English.

After all, many things are the same as actual combat. No matter how many words you remember, and no matter how good your grammar is, it is useless if you cannot speak them.

Don't ask why.

The question is that Lu Yuan wants to become a man who is proficient in English!

He thinks he has a talent for languages!

Unfortunately, Jenny didn't give Lu Yuan the chance to talk to her in English, but spoke Chinese directly.

Lu Yuan doesn't know Jenny.

But Lu Yuan knew James.

Yes, that "California Guest House", ahem, the director of "California Night".

Jenny told Lu Yuan that she was an assistant to Director James.

Lu Yuan could hear James dictating beside the phone while Jenny was translating what James said...

On behalf of the company, James wanted the worldwide distribution rights to The Man From Earth.

Lu Yuan learned from the conversation between James and himself that this guy has been paying attention to Chinese movies these years, and his movie that suddenly became popular is naturally also in James' attention.

James became very interested in this movie after watching the clips of the movie, and he seemed to see the potential, so he specifically approached the distribution manager of Paramount, hoping to get the global distribution of the movie right……

James is naturally a veteran in Paramount, and his status is of course different from other small directors. The manager of the distribution department agreed immediately after reading the materials and learning about the movie.

The meaning of James is actually very simple. He wants to win the global distribution rights of this film and at the same time sincerely invite the talented Lu Yuan to come to Paramount Corporation in the United States as a guest.

He hopes that the two can sit down and talk about the development of future movies and communicate with each other about shooting skills.

He felt that this film might be able to bring future sci-fi films to a whole new realm...

He admired Lu Yuan's talent very much.

It is definitely a good thing for James to have more contact with a talented young man like Lu Yuan.

Lu Yuan also responded to James after listening.

The global distribution rights of this film are indeed in his own hands and have not been given to other companies, but he has to carefully consider how to cooperate with such issues.

As an adult, you should be more cautious when doing things, right?

Naturally, James had no objection and just sent an encrypted contract to Lu Yuan's mailbox.

What he meant was that he hoped that Lu Yuan could give him a response sooner. After all, there is still one movie in April and there is a gap period. When the other Hollywood blockbusters are released in May, they will not be so free to control. All the movies on the border are underdrawn, so it is inevitable that there will be no sales in overseas markets.

After Lu Yuan hung up the phone, he was silent for a while, then he called Wu Tingting and asked Wu Tingting to come to the office.

Wu Tingting came to the office immediately after receiving the call.

She is weird.

In her memory, Lu Yuan rarely called her to the office in the middle of the night.

"President Lu, what's the matter?"

"Sit down, I have a small question to ask you." Lu Yuan took a sip of coffee and moved his body.

The early morning night felt a little chilly. Sitting for a long time made Lu Yuan feel a little backache...

"Oh, tell me." Wu Tingting sat opposite Lu Yuan.

She was puzzled.

trifle?

what trifle?

Is it something about tomorrow's movie publicity issue?

"Do you understand the global distribution of Chinese films?" Lu Yuan looked at Wu Tingting.

"Global distribution of Huaxia Movies? Hmm..." Wu Tingting was taken aback for a moment, then said seriously: "Mr. Lu, it is very difficult for Huaxia Movies to be distributed globally, unless we are a big company like Tianyu and Huajin. Capital and overseas companies discuss the issue of overseas distribution rights..."

"Joint?"

"Well, yes, Mr. Lu, you are considering the overseas distribution rights of "The Man From Earth"... Let me tell you the truth, don't be angry, this is very difficult for us, after all, the two In 2010, our Huaxia Company basically imported more Hollywood movies, and few movies went overseas. Joaquin and Tianyu released a few, but the response was not very good. Basically, they died shortly after they went out, um, It’s the type that pays for publicity expenses but still doesn’t make money. Overseas companies generally don’t like our Huaxia movies very much. After all, few people make Kung Fu movies now..."

"Oh, so that's the case." Lu Yuan nodded.

Is the current situation of Huaxia movies so miserable in Hollywood?

But think about it.

Chinese movies going to Hollywood are basically unacceptable, and there are some gaps between Eastern aesthetics and Western aesthetics, unless it is the early kung fu action movies, otherwise it is useless to go out.

"Well, President Lu, in fact, I have also tried to contact overseas. Two days ago, I also asked someone to contact third-tier entertainment companies in Hollywood like Midland and Frost, and showed them our box office data. It's a pity that when people heard about sci-fi movies, they directly rejected us. Our Huaxia movies are really disappointing overseas, let alone sci-fi movies. I guess they are making fun of us behind our backs..." Wu Tingting said this After the sentence, I suddenly felt that what I said might be too shocking, so I added another sentence, "Mr. Lu, in fact, we don't lack anything else. What we lack is time. I believe that in another five or six years, our company will be able to compete with Tianyu." As Joaquin is connected to Hollywood..."

"Let's not talk about that, let me ask, how does Paimon compare to Frost and Midland?"

"Pimmons... President Lu, Pimmons is a top-tier entertainment company in Hollywood. In terms of strength and scale, it is not comparable to Midland Follos...Lu Yuan, why do you ask that?"

"Okay, let's take a look at this contract."

"contract?"

"Well, do you think this global distribution rights contract is okay?"

"what?"

Wu Tingting watched as Lu Yuan turned the computer screen around, and then clicked on the mailbox to open an English contract...

Her eyes widened after seeing the Paimon logo on the contract.

Agency contract for global distribution rights?

This……

This is……

"have a look……"

"Boss Lu, this, this...is this...really true? You...you...who gave it to you?" Even Wu Tingting, who was as calm as she was, was stunned by Lu Yuan's sudden operation.

She looked at Lu Yuan in disbelief.

I started to stutter a little when I spoke...

"James sent it to me, I hope we can give him a reply as soon as possible, but you also know that I have always been a very cautious person, and I will definitely not sign contracts casually, so I called you here to ask you to help Take a look at this contract, um, if there is no problem with this contract, let’s sign it, although our film’s performance in overseas markets may not be good, but no matter how small a mosquito is, it’s still meat, right?” Lu Yuan smiled slightly.

His expression was calm.

His expression seemed to be that he was hesitating when someone asked him to sign.

The sense of pretense is so vivid...

"James is, could it be, the great director James... how do you know him?"

"Actually, James and I are not very close, so I sold him two pieces of music, one piano piece and one song... But what he said on the phone just now was really full of sincerity, and I didn't know it for a while. It’s good to refuse, isn’t it?” Lu Yuan smiled indifferently, “It’s not important, you should read the contract first...after reading the contract.”

"..." Wu Tingting originally thought that she had enough nerves towards Lu Yuan, and she took it for granted no matter what Lu Yuan did.

but now……

She found herself still in shock.

"Don't look at me with this expression, read the contract quickly, I promised James to reply him sooner, as an honest and trustworthy person, I can't let him go..." Lu Yuan smiled again after seeing Wu Tingting's dumbfounded expression A reminder with a smile.

still...

So pretentious...

"..."

Wu Tingting nodded deeply.

She suppressed her shock.

night……

gradually deepened.

Moonlight shines through the windows into the office.

Wu Tingting knew that tonight must be a sleepless night...

even……

She felt a little weird.

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The movie box office battle in April ushered in a small peak on April 8.

The Hollywood movie "Future You" officially broke through the box office of 10 million that day, and the dark horse "Mad Alien" also continued to hit 7 million in excitement, and the film returned to its budget in almost a day with gratifying results.

Director Xu Qifeng excitedly sent tens of thousands of red envelopes to the actors, he was so happy...

Both films did well, and of course there were mediocre ones.

While the "Mad Alien" team was so excited that they couldn't sleep every day, another movie "Stray Pig" was getting depressed. It was released for eight days, and the box office was gradually decreasing every day. By the eighth day, they The box office dropped by 500,000 yuan, and the word-of-mouth on the Internet is constantly getting bad reviews...

In all fairness, the movie quality of "The Stray Pig" is not bad, at least compared to the other two "Youth Lost Paradise", "The Flower of That Year" is much better...

It's a pity that the gem of "The Wanderer" is ahead, and many preconceived concepts make "The Wandering Pig" really have no reason to score high in the hearts of movie fans. "The Wandering Pig" is not as good as "The Wanderer" and even fans criticize it Some parts of "The Wandering Pig" copied "The Wanderer" but did not copy the essence. Instead, it has a feeling that painting a tiger is not an anti-dog...

In this general environment, the film's potential has been exhausted. April's movie journey is almost over.

As for "Youth Paradise Lost" and "Flowers of That Year"...

Spicy eyes!

The box office is hot, and word-of-mouth is hot. Except for a few negative reviews on Tomato.com, this movie has no sense of existence...

These two films were like a joke. On the seventh day of release, the number of films was finally reduced to one per day, and it was still the kind that no one would watch...

youth movie...

Hehe, this youth literary film...

Is there a market for this movie now?

You might as well come to a follow-up movie like "Stray Pig", at least their popularity is much higher than yours, at least they won't lose money!

And you?

It is no exaggeration to say that it is a loss to grandma's house.

Of course, whether it is the outbreak of "Future You" or "Madden Alien", it is reasonable and understandable.

Well, it makes sense.

But... "The Man From Earth" directly and savagely smashed down an incredible 30 million box office results on the eighth day!

Yes!

You read that right!

thirty million!

one day!

Nima...

It directly beat the box office of "Future You" by three times!

This……

This is just a monster, right?

It is simply unreasonable!

Is there any suspense for April's box office champion?

Not at all!

Of course, this box office explosion is just the beginning!

Within half an hour after the box office data was posted, Zhou Shuai's Weibo was updated.

An even more astonishing piece of content broke out on Weibo.

"The Man From Earth" is negotiating overseas distribution rights with Paramount.

In other words, the movie might...

Going out of China!

"boom!"

This news shocked everyone like a major earthquake...

Nima!

This……

This is so bad!

and many more!

Why did Lu Yuan get involved with Paimon again?

After Chen Jianfeng heard the news, his heart almost stopped suddenly.

He felt a little unbelievable.

Hasn't Paimon been in contact with Joaquin all the time?

This news is false!

Yes, it must be fake, it must be a smoke bomb released by that bastard Lu Yuan!

After thinking about it, Chen Jianfeng felt more and more impossible.

yes……

how is this possible.