Chapter 21 Nomination!

Go to Hollywood to make a movie?

This is indeed a very tempting suggestion.

At least when Chen Yuan heard John actively invite Wu Yuan to Hollywood, his expression immediately became excited.

Filmmakers of Chen Yuan's generation are absolutely yearning for Hollywood, and even regard it as a movie palace.

Who said that Hollywood movies have conquered the global market in their generation, and a movie can easily win hundreds of millions of dollars in global box office!

The big ship in 1998 grossed 1.8 billion US dollars in the global box office, which not only broke the iceberg, but also broke the Chinese film market!

In comparison, the box office of domestic movies is only a few hundred million RMB, which cannot be compared with it at all!

At the moment when the Hong Kong film industry is in decline, Hollywood has undoubtedly become the most dazzling pearl in the global film industry.

From directors to actors, no one does not want to go to Hollywood to make Hollywood movies!

Why is Wu Baige regarded as an international director by domestic filmmakers?

Is it because of the only Best Director Award in his hand?

Are there few directors who have won the Academy Awards?

Or is it because of the Asian hit "A Better Tomorrow"?

No, neither!

It's because he has been in Hollywood and directed Hollywood A-level blockbusters!

It's because the Hollywood blockbuster "Mission Impossible 2" directed by him grossed more than 500 million US dollars in the global box office in May this year!

Although he was driven back from Hollywood after filming "Windtalkers" with an investment of 115 million US dollars and a box office of less than 80 million, and "Memento Motion Picture" which lost a lot of money.

But after he came back, he was still hailed as an international director and had a crowd of fans!

Even if he filmed the shitty "Red Cliff", he is still a top domestic director!

Now Wu Yuan has the opportunity to go to Hollywood to make a movie, and it was Fox Searchlight that took the initiative to invite him to Hollywood!

This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for any other mainland director!

Chen Yuan wanted to agree to it for Wu Yuan immediately!

However, Wu Yuan was not so excited, but calmly pondered.

Having experienced the memory in the dream, he did not look down on the domestic film market and the myth of Hollywood like Chen Yuan.

Admittedly, the current mainland film market is indeed small, but the mainland film market will soon usher in a big explosion!

In just 20 years, the mainland film market has gone from not even in the top ten to the world's largest film market.

20 years later, Hollywood is just like that. Except for superhero movies, the global box office of other movies may not be as high as the box office of mainland blockbusters!

To put it bluntly, Wu Yuan only needs to take root in the domestic film market and develop well. The domestic market alone is enough for him to eat well.

It's just that it's still a few years away from the opening of the mainland blockbuster era.

And Wu Yuan does need a sum of money to plan ahead for the mainland movie blockbuster era.

Let him go to Hollywood for long-term development, then Wu Yuan is unwilling, he hopes to personally participate in this great era of reform of the mainland film market.

But if he could go to Hollywood to make a quick buck, and then invest the quick buck into the mainland film market to accelerate the development of the mainland film market, he would be happy.

It is true that Hollywood movies are very profitable these days!

Thinking of this, Wu Yuan also smiled.

"John, I will seriously consider your suggestion."

"But let's talk about the adaptation rights of "Coherence" first."

In the end, the North American copyright of "The Night the Comet Came" plus the adaptation rights were sold for 1.3 million US dollars.

This is a price that makes Chen Yuan very satisfied.

After the negotiation, Wu Yuan and John exchanged contact information and work emails.

Fox Searchlight is not a company with a lot of money.

Whether Wu Yuan can take advantage of Fox Searchlight depends on whether he can come up with a script that will attract Fox Searchlight.

Although he has the idea of ​​going to Hollywood to make a quick buck, this is not something that can be negotiated in a short time, and it will take time to get in touch later.

After finishing the most important North American copyright sales, Wu Yuan did not participate in the negotiations for copyright sales in other places, but handed it over to Chen Yuan.

The film producers in Europe, South America and Asia are not as rich as those in North America, and the market is not that big. On average, each film producer only offers a price of tens of thousands of dollars, which is not worth Wu Yuan's haggling.

For him, this year's Sitges Fantasy Film Festival trip has been very successful.

The following movie week is completely a vacation and enjoyment of the movie trip.

Although "The Night the Comet Came" has added many screenings in the local film festival theater, the film festival is not for Wu Yuan alone after all, and there are still many other movies being screened.

After observing the screening of "The Night the Comet Came" for half a day, he, Chen Kun and Zeng Li continued their movie-watching trip.

Two days later, Chen Yuan and film producers from all over the world had almost finished their talks. Including the North American market, "The Night the Comet Came" sold a total of 2.55 million US dollars.

There are profits from buying out copyrights and profits from adaptation rights.

It was a pretty good price. If converted into domestic currency, it would be over 20 million!

And without having to split the profits with the cinema, Wu Yuan could take over 4 million personally!

In Chen Yuan's room, after the copyright sales were finally settled, he stared at the white paper in front of him that recorded the sales situation in a daze. He stared at it in disbelief for a long time before taking out his mobile phone and making a long-distance call.

"Hello, Mr. Han."

China's time is six hours ahead of Spain. It is already evening in China at this moment, but Mr. Han is still energetic and full of expectations: "How is it, how much did it sell for?"

"2.55 million!"

"US dollars!"

Mr. Han on the other end of the phone immediately fell silent, and only heavy breathing echoed in the receiver.

After a few short and long seconds, he asked again: "Fox wants to invite Director Wu to Hollywood to film, how is it going?"

"Director Wu said he needs to think about it and is still thinking about the script. It is impossible for people in Hollywood to spend money before seeing the script." Chen Yuan replied with a smile.

"Okay! Okay!" Han Dong's tone was very excited: "Xiao Chen, take good care of Director Wu outside, I'll be waiting for you to return victoriously in Beijing!"

Overseas calls are still very expensive. Even though Han Dong is the vice president of China Film Group, he is reluctant to waste this money. After a few more instructions, he hung up the phone.

Putting away the phone, Chen Yuan thought about it in his mind.

Tomorrow is the closing of the film festival. The trip to Sitges for "The Night the Comet Came" can be said to be very successful.

Now there is only one last thing left.

Since they have signed up for the film festival, they should at least look forward to the awards of the film festival, right?

Unfortunately, this thing is not something they can control. It depends on the thoughts of the film festival jury.

Just thinking about this, the Chinese translator hired by China Film in the local area knocked on the door and walked in excitedly.

"Producer Chen, the organizer of the film festival sent someone to notify us to attend the closing ceremony and award ceremony!"

"Our film has been nominated for three major awards: Best Screenwriter, Best Actress and Best Film!"