Chapter 924 920 King Meets King

Chapter 924 920. Wang meets Wang

Xu Xin received a message from Georgia just before going to bed at night.

"Xu, my friend, I have arrived in Berlin. My colleagues and the head of your film company have an appointment to meet at the cafe at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. Do you have any plans tomorrow?"

"No, George, we'll meet at the cafe at 10 o'clock."

"Okay, good night."

"Good night."

After replying to the message, Xu Xin handed the phone to his wife to take a look.

In the darkness, Yang Mi closed one eye and half opened the other. After taking a look, she said:

"George is indeed a gentleman."

"Old money."

"Go to sleep. You have a tough battle tomorrow."

"It's not a tough battle. We have a bottom line, so let's talk."

"By the way, have you always planned to talk to Jesse and the others after the negotiation?"

"Yes."

"Why? For such things, it would be better to discuss them in advance?"

"What if their opinions are contrary to the factory?"

"Well..."

In the darkness, Yang Mi heard him use "factory" instead of "I" as a name, and she understood what her husband meant, and responded:

"That's right. Then... no matter what, the interests of friends must be guaranteed, right?"

"Yes."

Xu Xin turned around, hugged her and took a deep breath:

"Go to sleep. Will you come with me tomorrow?"

"No, I have a show tomorrow. But we can have lunch together at noon."

"Okay~"

...

February 12.

The third day of the Chinese New Year.

Valentine's Day is approaching.

There are many people coming today. All the people from the "Burning Sun" crew who are going to participate in the film festival will come today, including Lao Lang.

But the time is noon.

In the morning, when Xu Xin was eating breakfast, he took Zhong Changyou's movie guide and took a look.

As expected, the prefix serial number of "Burning Sun" is still "*1".

At the same time, he also brought a stack of printed A4 paper.

"Director Xu, this is the review of each movie given by most film critics in five days... The more important one is this list. This is the prediction of the award list given by the Film Critics Association. But the accuracy of this list is difficult to evaluate, because sometimes it is accurate and sometimes it is not. But overall, our reputation in Berlin has risen!"

When saying this, Zhong Changyou tried to suppress his excitement.

After Xu Xin took the list, he found that the content on it had been translated into Chinese.

Best Film: "The Burning Sun"

Grand Jury Award: "Baby Style"

Best Director: "The Burning Sun"*...

Seeing this, he looked up in confusion:

"Why are we both the Best Film and Best Director? And there's an asterisk?"

"In this film review prediction, the critics did not cover all the movies, but speculated the most likely film to win in each position. If there is a repetition, it will be marked with an asterisk. Please look down..."

Zhong Changyou pointed to the position on the paper, and Xu Xin saw that the name on [Best Screenplay] was still "The Burning Sun".

However, in the next column, that is, on the Best Actor, there was a very interesting thing.

"Zhang Yi, Duan Yihong, Nazef Mujic, Paul Rudd"

"Does that mean these four people have a chance to win the Best Actor award?"

"Yes. Nazef Mujic won "A Little Life" and Paul Rudd won "Prince Avalanche". But I don't think the chance of "Prince Avalanche" is high. The movie was adapted from last year's Icelandic movie "The Roadman at the End of the World". I even found the original work and Paul Rudd's performance was not as good as Hilma Kortjasson's."

Xu Xin nodded slightly and looked at the next column.

Best Actress: "Yang Mi, Paulina Garcia"

When he saw his wife's name, his eyes moved and his heartbeat began to speed up for no reason.

He took a deep breath and calmed down.

He just glanced at the next awards and passed them by.

Because in his eyes, the Golden Bear Awards are the only valuable awards...If the Best Newcomer award had not been cancelled, he might have seen if Shishi could get it...but these two awards were directly cancelled after the 51st Golden Bear Awards. If Shishi is not nominated for Best Actress, it means that she has no chance for the next awards.

After reading it, he didn't say anything.

Just like Zhong Changyou said, these are just predictions.

It's not a real list of winners.

Putting the information aside, he said to Zhong Changyou:

"After the Paramount people meet us today, you can talk to them, brother Zhong. But there is an acquaintance of mine there, I will feel his bottom line first to see what he is like. You talk normally, and I will see what happens."

"Okay."

Zhong Changyou responded and said:

"Then our bottom line remains unchanged?"

"Yes, unchanged. It's still the highest split in half, 26 each. As for how many awards are nominated, how many are nominated for each award, how many awards are won, etc., you can decide."

"If we can't reach an agreement..."

"If we can't reach an agreement, let's go to the next one. I told Director Zhang that the two companies behind Director Zhang's "Jinling" are also strong. Our biggest advantage is not the domestic box office, but the Italian box office. The Italian box office has exceeded 55 million US dollars, which is the basis for our negotiations. They may not recognize the Chinese market, but the Italian market and the fact that all the leading actors in this film are Europeans will be more popular in the North American market than Chinese films. You have to understand that we are not begging them now, but Paramount wants to cooperate with us. Don't they like to talk business, so let's do the same."

"Okay, I understand."

Zhong Changyou nodded again.

Then, the two began to eat breakfast.

After breakfast, Xu Xin returned to the room.

Yang Mi hadn't left yet. When she saw her husband coming back, she quickly said:

"Just in time for you to come back... Here, take a look. You've caused trouble again."

"......?"

Xu Xin's expression instantly became interesting:

"What did I do again?... Could it be that Xiao Zhou and the others caused the trouble?"

He subconsciously began to recall the content of his interview yesterday.

He was trying to find out what he said was inappropriate.

But Yang Mi shook her head slightly:

"No, it's the Koreans... You are hated by Korean men."

"Ah?"

Xu Xin was really confused.

The great cosmic superpower has no grudges against him, so why is he hated by them?

"Why?"

"Here, take a look for yourself."

Yang Mi handed him the phone and asked:

"Will you dress more formally later?"

"No need to be too formal."

"Then don't wear a tie?"

"Okay."

Xu Xin responded and looked at the screen of his wife's phone. Only then did he realize that it was a Weibo topic.

# Xu Xin sparked heated discussions in Korea in Berlin #

? ? ?

He looked at the Weibo with the most likes and comments.

Coincidentally, it was posted by [self-media].

"Yesterday, Xu Xin, who was competing for the Golden Bear Award in Berlin, caused a heated discussion among Korean netizens because of an action. The reason was that Korean actress Kim Yu-bin uploaded a photo with director Xu Xin and wrote: Xu Xin is a very gentlemanly man. When shaking hands, he would use the "fist bump" because he just finished smoking and didn't want her hands to be stained with cigarettes. This action was said by Kim Yu-bin on Twitter, and immediately set off a wave of discussion on the Korean Internet."

This is the text of the Weibo, and then there are 9 screenshots.

In the first picture, I don't know which wicked editor combined the photo of himself wearing a suit specially used for business with the pretty girl who looked familiar but couldn't remember who was who.

Xu Xin thought that people who didn't know would think that we were having a scandal!

The second picture was... he didn't know when he was caught, and he was wearing a suit, sitting on... an outdoor bench smoking and thinking.

Wow. Dude is so handsome!

And starting from the third picture, it is a long picture.

It is the content of the tweet sent by the girl who took a photo with him yesterday. Xu Xin scrolled down and found that the "" of this tweet has exceeded 60,000.

"That heart, is a like, right?"

"Yes."

He continued to read the comments, which have been translated into Chinese by the media that posted this picture.

The first one, which is also the one with the most likes, has exceeded 16,000 comments. The translation is:

"Xu Xin is handsome and gentlemanly. As expected, "Secret" can be filmed, and Korean men can't compare, forever!"

Seeing this comment, Xu Xin's mouth twitched.

Then came the second one:

"All the rubbish men who smoke, come and see how to get our recognition. Xu Xin's details are great! Women can't resist the charm of gentlemen."

The number of likes for this comment is 11,000.

Are Korean netizens so idle?

"So, Yang Mi must be a very good person to attract Xu Xin. She is no worse than our sister Jun Ji-hyun."

? ? ?

Do you want to see what you are talking about?

"I have no resistance to men with gentlemanly manners, but unfortunately, there are so many doggies around."

"Trivia: Xu Xin is not only the best director in Venice, but also the second son of a chaebol, a super rich mining owner, and his brother is the chairman of a real estate developer with a market value of 100 billion won. His love with his wife originated from a chance encounter in college. The two held their wedding in Ireland, where divorce is impossible. This is a love between the second son of a chaebol and Cinderella that lasts until death."

"Is there really such a good man in the world? Why can't such a man be given to me."

"Pfft...hahahahaha...did you see this comment? People say you are Cinderella."

Hearing this, Yang Mi, who was looking for clothes for Xu Xin, rolled her eyes:

"I saw it. What they said is right, I am just marrying up, don't you think, Korean Women's Friend~why don't you consider it? Pursue Jun Ji-hyun? People say she is prettier than me."

"Don't be funny. She is not as pretty as you, you are the prettiest~"

Xu Xin quickly came to her and threw his phone aside.

"You don't want to watch it anymore? The first part is the Korean ladies praising you, the latter part is the most interesting. A group of Korean men seem to have their self-esteem stimulated, chasing after you and scolding you."

"Am I sick? Do I have to watch others scold me?"

"There's more to come. The girl deleted her tweet as soon as she saw that something was wrong, apologized, and said she didn't mean to say that Koreans were ungentlemanly. Regardless of whether others accept it or not, the news has been passed back to China, and now a group of people are waiting to attack you."

"... Attack me? Koreans attack me?"

"No, bees finally get a chance and they all attack you."

"..."

This bunch of old bastards is really enough!

Why are your affairs everywhere?

I just took a photo with someone, and you guys are also attacking me?

He shook his head helplessly:

"It's okay. Even if it didn't happen, they would attack me 800 times a day. It doesn't matter... Is it on the hot search?"

"18."

"..."

Under Xu Xin's completely speechless gaze, Yang Mi found the suit and shirt in a good mood, gestured to her husband, and said:

"Let's take this set. Hehe~"

Seeing that she was still laughing, Xu Xin asked in confusion:

"Why do you feel that you are quite happy?"

"I am definitely happy. You will know after reading the comments. After someone popularized your family background in the comments, a group of Korean women were hungry and clamored that we were just out of an idol drama. The story of... a bunch of people are almost jealous of me. How can I not be happy? "

As she said, she put the clothes on the bed, took out a belt from the closet, and continued to say with a smile:

"This feels the best. I get things that others can't even dream of getting every day!"

"... Sister, can you be more elegant?"

"Hehe~Hehe~Muhahaha~Master, I am so happy... Hurry up, change your clothes, let's take a selfie."

"Get out! You are adding fuel to the fire at this critical moment?"

"Hey, hurry up!"

"No, don't give me that! Can you do something human?"

Xu Xin said, picked up the clothes and left.

"Where are you going?"

"Living room! Change clothes! To prevent you from secretly photographing me!"

"Muhahaha~"

Hearing this rough movement, Xu Xin muttered:

"I've had enough of this life. If I can't get a divorce, I would have found another partner long ago!"

Yang Mi didn't get angry when she heard it, but instead gave a triple affirmation with a playful smile:

"Ah, yes, yes, you go quickly, find a Korean guy who eats spicy cabbage with chili on the teeth every day, and smells of garlic all over his body..."

"Find one, I'm afraid of you!"

"Ah, yes, yes~"

...

Finally, Xu Xin, dressed handsomely, went out.

When he was about to close the door, he heard his wife, who had inexplicably liked "regional black" since she came to Berlin, say: "Come on! Defeat the imperialist ambition wolf!"

Brother, do you know you are in Berlin?

With a bit of helplessness, he touched his pocket and went downstairs to smoke directly.

This time, the cigarettes were smoked peacefully. After Zhong Changyou and his group arrived, everyone took a car directly to the cafe where they agreed to meet.

Cafes cover a wide range of areas in Germany and have social attributes.

In theory, all major film producers should report all film transactions during the film festival to the organizers of the film festival.

The organizers do not charge any fees, but they must know these news, because these film transaction information is also the basis of the film festival's market influence. They must know these things for publicity.

The place chosen this time is called a cafe, but it is actually a cafe next to the Berlin Film Festival Film Trading Venue.

This cafe is specially used for everyone to negotiate.

Compared with ordinary cafes, it is more business-like.

Of course, the charges are definitely expensive.

Xu Xin and his group arrived first. When they arrived in the box, after the last experience, Xu Xin did not dare to challenge some teas whose names he had never heard of. He simply asked for a pot of black tea and then began to wait.

Soon, the waiter brought over the teapot, sugar cubes, milk and other things.

Xu Xin's eyebrows were throbbing.

There was no need to follow the local customs. After pouring himself a cup of tea, he chatted with Zhong Changyou, looking relaxed.

Then, at 9:55.

The door was pushed open.

Under the guidance of the waiter, Xu Xin saw his "old friend".

"George."

"Hahaha, Xu~ Long time no see!"

Georgia Kaykendis, who was still full of old money in the United States, but looked like a noble "Feng" here, opened her arms and gave Xu Xin a big hug.

"How are Yang and the children?"

"Very good, but Yang has a promotional event in the morning and can't come."

Xu Xin smiled and greeted him, while noticing one thing.

Old money... is walking in the first position of this group of Paramount team.

In other words... the leader?

He thought secretly.

...

After greeting Georgia for a while, the other party personally introduced the people of Paramount to Xu Xin, just like the party in Los Angeles that day.

It further confirmed his identity as the "boss".

But this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that there is a man named "MAX" among these buddies, and this buddy can also speak Chinese.

But the Chinese is a bit outrageous.

When Xu Xin shook hands with him and said hello, the man said:

"My name is Marx."

Xu Xin almost stuffed a copy of "Das Kapital" into his mouth.

Max is Max, why is he pretending to be a cultured person?

After this little episode, everyone sat down around the sofa.

It must be admitted that the private room of this cafe was designed, and the overall shape was U-shaped, so the atmosphere of negotiation did not start with a sharp confrontation.

At this time, Georgia sat down first.

He sat below the U-shaped sofa area.

If the two sides were lined up, he would be the one to take the lead.

After seeing this, Zhong Changyou glanced at Xu Xin obscurely.

But Xu Xin did not look at him.

After a little thought, he sat down next to Georgia.

Okay.

Then the king will meet the king.

In the final analysis, the movie "Perfect" is the one that he has the final say.

Zhong Changyou was a little surprised, but he still sat down next to him.

Everyone sat down, and the waiter searched for drinks and went out to place the order.

As soon as the door closed, Georgia, with her legs crossed and her blue socks embroidered with Roman patterns, looked at Xu Xin and said with a smile:

"Xu, you can't miss Christmas and New Year this year. When we had dinner together, we all felt a little regretful without you. Especially GIGI, you can see that she missed you and the children very much."

There was no smoke of negotiation.

They just started with family talk.

Xu Xin smiled and nodded:

"I'll try this year, mainly because the children are in school and the holidays here are still relatively short."

"Well, I know. But if you have time, you can still come... Or have you considered bringing the children to the United States to study?"

"Sorry, George, I don't have this plan. Besides... You know. The tragedy in Miami in 2012..."

"Of course."

Georgia restrained her smile and made a cross on her chest:

"May these angels rest in peace in heaven."

After expressing his condolences to the victims of the shooting, he continued:

"I just came back from Italy yesterday, Xu, it's amazing. According to the data of previous years, you have locked in the top three movie box office this year."

Hearing this, Xu Xin understood that he was going to get to the point.

So he also perked up and said with a smile:

"George, the box office is not important to me. Do you remember? When we were in Los Angeles, the movie we talked about while having dinner together was "Perfect", but its name at that time was "Telephone Ringing"."

Georgia nodded slightly:

"I remember, you said at that time that you and a few Italian friends came up with an idea. After I saw the news about this movie, I concluded that it should be this one."

Xu Xin continued.

However, the words seemed a bit dense:

"Haha, yes. This movie was inspired by me, screenwriter Philip, and Jesse. Although I don't care about the box office, they also get dividends. So from a friend's perspective, I am still very happy that the box office is high."

Old Qian looked quite surprised, but his tone was very ordinary:

"Do they also get a share of the box office?"

"Yes, Philip gets 10% of the post-settlement share, and the other actors get 2%. This is a work we made together, of course everyone has a share."

"You don't?"

"Haha... If someone else asked me this, I would definitely not say it. But we are friends, I will definitely not hide it from you. I am one of the investors, so I won't take dividends."

When the two of them were talking, no one else spoke.

The whole box seemed to have become a one-man show for the two.

While listening to Director Xu's words, Zhong Changyou would occasionally observe the expressions of the foreigners opposite him.

He actually understood what Director Xu meant.

Although it was just a casual chat, when the two of them turned the topic to the movie after the previous greetings, the negotiation had actually begun.

Or the "line" of the negotiation has already been drawn by Director Xu.

Director Xu said that he was an "investor", then mentioned "friends", and told Georgia "I don't care about the box office" actually only meant one thing.

Or, it expressed a meaning:

"This movie is not just our own business. We have to take out 22% of the profits we received and share them with the screenwriters and the leading actors."

This is the bottom line drawn by Director Xu.

He is an investor and he has the right to decide.

Director Xu expressed this meaning, but the subtlety of language lies in association.

When the investor of this film expressed this fact, the people who heard the news must understand the meaning of his words.

"If the profit is too little, my friends will not have enough to share. No."

"I have the right to decide, but if the money is too little, my friends can't share much money, which will also affect our friendship."

All the bottom lines are included in this general expression and set the tone.

Although we are also friends, this negotiation also has a bottom line.

And it is precisely because we are friends that I will come up and tell you the bottom line.

If we still want to be friends, then we should conduct this negotiation from the perspective of "friends", relax the atmosphere and do what we can.

"Tsk..."

Zhong Changyou sighed unconsciously.

Or maybe Director Xu is amazing...

Although he is not very old, but... he has really mastered the art of "listening to words and listening to music".

But... can these straightforward foreigners understand?

He subconsciously observed the faces of the people on the other side.

But the feedback he got was calm.

Obviously, they are also professionals.

Regardless of whether you understand or not, at least, these people will never let you read what they are thinking.

Zhong Changyou was thinking, and suddenly heard a burst of laughter:

"Haha, of course, Xu. I understand. MAX, let's talk about movies."

He turned his head subconsciously and saw the gentle smile of the elderly gentleman.

This person... understood?

Or... did he understand?