Chapter 542 Negotiation Is a Science

"Ah? Can I go too?"

Wu Yuan was stunned.

If he remembered correctly, "back then" after the WTO film agreement expired, the negotiations were of a very high level.

He also didn't remember any related reports mentioning that there were people from the cultural and sports circles in the delegation. At least they had to be senior officials from the Film Bureau and the General Administration, right?

How could he, a purely cultural and sports director, get involved in this matter?

"Director Wu, you are the person involved, so I will just say it directly."

Representative Li spread his hands and said patiently: "In fact, this matter is not a secret in the Film Bureau."

"The higher-ups want to form a delegation to negotiate with the Americans, so they definitely need some professional consultants."

"In China, no one knows the film industry of the two countries better than you. You also know the Hollywood side best, and there is also a Hollywood film company."

"For the negotiations on film-related issues, you must be invited as a consultant to participate together."

"It's just that this kind of thing will definitely not be spread everywhere. Even if the negotiations are successful, who will be in the specific negotiation delegation? , and will not be announced to the outside world. "

"In fact, this is also a kind of protection. After all, no one knows whether the new agreement will have a good or bad impact on the mainland film market."

"For negotiations at the national level like this, a small clause may affect a market of hundreds of millions or even billions of dollars after it is finally implemented, causing some companies that were originally able to operate normally to face difficulties or even go bankrupt because of the new clause."

"So anyone involved in the negotiations will try to keep it confidential and will not announce it to the outside world."

"My job is about the import and export of movies, so I know some of the inside stories here."

Wu Yuan nodded as if he understood.

These things were something he could not get to know in his "previous life". In his previous life, he only knew that a new agreement was reached in 2012, but who specifically negotiated was not something he could know at this level.

It turns out that there are real industry leaders as consultants for such negotiations?!

"Besides me, there should be other consultants, right?"

"Director Zhang Yimou?"

Representative Li shook his head: "No, you should be the only consultant in the film industry."

"Because you are not only an influential director internationally, but also the boss of a Hollywood film company. You have a dual identity and are very familiar with the production of films and the distribution, screening and market in both countries."

"Other mainland directors, even if some of them are also very influential internationally, may not understand the market as well as you do."

"The most important thing is that they don't look at this negotiation from a macro perspective."

"This negotiation is not just about the number of films to be imported for sharing, the box office sharing ratio must also be changed, the issue of batch films must be re-negotiated, and the treatment of co-production films must also be implemented."

The negotiation of the new agreement this time is not just about fighting for more films to be imported for sharing.

This involves the film market worth tens of billions of dollars behind it, and even to put it seriously, it will affect the development of the film markets of both countries.

What kind of agreement should be reached to make Hollywood a part of Julie's mainland film market development, while not affecting the self-reliance of Chinese-language films, the development of mainland private film enterprises, and protecting the Chinese film industry.

This is a very complicated matter, not something a simple director can have an insight into.

In fact, Wu Yuan doesn't understand it either.

The fact that his film production company can develop so well on both sides of the ocean has nothing to do with his market vision or anything like that. It's just that he has a golden finger of foresight.

How could he know that if the number of Hollywood blockbusters imported through profit sharing is controlled to a certain number, it would be the best for the Chinese film market and satisfy Hollywood at the same time.

But Wu Yuan is not panicked.

He doesn't understand these, but he has a hang-up!

He knows what kind of memorandum of understanding agreement was finally reached this time.

If he is really asked to join the negotiation delegation as a consultant at that time, he will adapt to the situation.

"I understand, thank you Representative Li." Wu Yuan thanked with a smile.

Representative Li waved his hand: "Nothing, you will know about this soon."

"The specific time for departure for negotiations will be announced, and the superiors will definitely notify you."

"Okay." Wu Yuan nodded.

"The flight time is still long, take a nap and rest for a while."

At 3 a.m. on September 13, Beijing time, Wu Yuan and the Chinese army that went to the Venice International Film Festival arrived at Beijing International Airport.

The airport was still very busy at 3 a.m., but there were not many reporters squatting here.

The attention of the three major European films is really getting worse year by year.

After saying goodbye to others, Wu Yuan quickly got on the nanny car that came to pick him up and went straight home.

"Are you back?" Liu Yifei opened her eyes in a daze and saw Wu Yuan standing in front of the window changing into pajamas.

"Well, why didn't you pick me up today?"

Wu Yuan asked with a look of grievance: "Every time I returned to China, you would pick me up in person if you were free."

When Wu Yuan set off for Venice, the promotion period of "Better Days" was basically over.

Nowadays, with the exception of a very small number of phenomenal works, most domestic movies have almost exhausted their box office potential within the first two weeks of their release.

The same is true for "Young You". The box office was 400 million in the first week of release, but it plummeted to less than 200 million in the second week, and only tens of millions in the third and fourth weeks.

In the end, the box office of this movie was fixed at 678 million, temporarily ranking first in the box office of mainland movies this year.

However, the topic of "campus violence" triggered by this movie has not diminished in popularity on the Internet. To this day, many people still discuss "campus violence", and it has even extended to the field of social issues.

But all this has nothing to do with Liu Yifei. For her, after the promotion period is over, she is completely liberated and can stay at home and mess around.

But things seemed to be different from what Wu Yuan thought. At least Liu Yifei didn't stay at home and be a salted fish today.

"I'm tired." Liu Yifei stood up, put the pillow behind her back, and yawned as she said, "I went to shoot a pictorial with my mother today, and we didn't finish until one in the morning."

"I originally wanted to call it a day and pick you up directly, but I was too hungry, so I came back to eat first. After eating, I felt very sleepy. I wanted to take a nap and fell asleep immediately."

Wu Yuan raised his eyebrows, "Picture shoot? Or shoot it with mom?"

"Yes, yes." When she mentioned this, Liu Yifei immediately became energetic and said with a smile: "'VOGUE' wanted to do a mother-daughter fashion theme and invited me and my mother to shoot a cover for them, so I agreed."

"Originally, my mother was not willing to do it. She was too embarrassed to appear in the photo, and she felt that she was old and would not look good in photos. However, due to my coquettish offensive, she still agreed."

"The finished film is beautiful. When the magazine is released, I will definitely buy a batch for my collection."

"Why don't you just ask the photographer for the original film?" Wu Yuan rolled his eyes and said a little funny.

"That's right!" Liu Yifei clapped her hands and then realized, "I will contact "VOGUE" tomorrow." (End of Chapter)