Chapter 685 Senior Sister

In fact, the original version of "Painted Skin" has never been released in Europe and the United States.

Foreigners cannot understand "Painted Skin"...

Shen Xudong also felt that "Painted Skin" would be difficult to sell in Europe and the United States, but Xu Ke said, ""A Chinese Ghost Story" was well distributed in European countries, and "Painted Skin" should be able to do the same! ’ Just bring it over.

""Painted Skin" is the story of a man with a family and how he makes a choice when he meets the girl of his dreams!"

Shen Xudong briefly explained the core of "Painted Skin" to these film producers.

Hey, Chinese-language films are really hard to sell nowadays, especially in the European and American markets. After martial arts blockbusters failed to sell, European and American film producers did not dare to pay high prices to win over other genres...

To make matters worse, the market performance of "The King of Kung Fu" almost crashed!

Of course, in terms of input output, "The King of Kung Fu" cost 50 million U.S. dollars, and its global box office has exceeded 100 million. For an action movie, the box office is twice the cost, which can be considered a success...

However, Jackie Chan + Li Lianlian, two Kung Fu superstars teamed up to win this box office, which is really not enough!

You must know that Lionsgate's expectation for "The King of Kung Fu" is that it will exceed 100 million in North America.

The North American box office is only $50 million...

This result is very disappointing.

Coupled with the financial crisis, it will be difficult to have Chinese-language films screened on a large scale in North America in the future.

The film producers decisively talked about the plight of Chinese-language films. Shen Xudong smiled and did not refute, but Zhong Lifeng started talking to them...

"The audience may be tired of the style of "Hero", but "Painted Skin" is different. We are talking about love. This is the Olympic year. The whole world is paying attention to China. I believe there will be many viewers for this traditional oriental love story. Interested in!"

"What's more, the producer is Shen Xudong! There is no movie produced by Xudong that has not been a hit!"

"But...the focus of attention of Eastern and Western audiences is different. You have to understand..."

The speaker was Richard, the representative of Marcus Theater. Marcus Theater is the fifth largest theater chain in the United States, with 89 theaters and 895 screens...

They often screen foreign language films and are regular visitors to Cannes.

However, you can tell from his words: I am very interested in this product, but I don’t want to pay a high price...

It doesn't matter, as long as he is interested in buying it, the price can be negotiated.

…

Chen Hao came to Cannes with the crew of "The Ancient City" to appear and promote the film.

A three-minute clip was prepared: Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang are preparing to open a coffin and rob a tomb. The rules for tomb robbing are to light lamps at the four corners. When the lamps go out, you must stop - people light candles, ghosts blow out lamps, and if the rooster crows and the lamps go out, gold will not be touched!

The next second a rice dumpling appears, and the suspenseful atmosphere is full...

With Xu Ke's blessing, "The Ancient City" sold well, but for Chen Hao, it was quite embarrassing. When "The Ancient City" went to Cannes, almost all the people who took pictures of "The Ancient City" were domestic reporters...

Let’s take another look at the press releases sent to China: “The Ancient City” made a stunning appearance in Cannes, “The Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Ancient City” debuted in Cannes, and the Chinese-style tomb robbing series hit Hollywood… Oh, and there is also “The Ancient City” Appearing in Cannes, Liu Ye, Jiang Wu and Chen Hao stunned the audience!

It’s very embarrassing, obviously no one took pictures of me on the red carpet...

At the same time, Chen Hao envied his senior sister Zhang Ziyi.

Zhang Ziyi not only appeared on the red carpet, but also held a fundraising party in Cannes. It is said that she successfully raised 500,000 US dollars...

Zhang Ziyi Fund was also established, with the first batch of capital injection of 1 million U.S. dollars...

Although Chen Hao also donated 3 million, the weight is different.

Your domestic donations and international fund-raising have different levels of news!

Zhang Ziyi's actions not only became the focus of Cannes, but domestic reports also emerged one after another: 'Zhang Ziyi raised nearly 7 million yuan for disaster relief in Cannes', 'Zhang Ziyi attended the event in plain clothes and once again raised funds for the disaster area'...

There are also reports on ""Zhang Ziyi: Philanthropist "Zhang Girl"""...

The philanthropic persona is firmly established!

Chen Hao is very envious. Not every Chinese can do fundraising work in Cannes.

You have to have weight, visibility, and appeal.

However, Chen Hao was not ignored. She followed Gong Li and met many people, not only producers but also some brand owners...

Shen Xudong saw Chen Hao following Gong Li at the reception - Gong Li was also here. Her "Shanghai" was going to be pre-sold overseas. "Shanghai" was the movie "Shanghai", a big bad movie...

The second installment of Weinstein Pictures’ seven-movie plan for Asia…

Thank you for the failure of "Knight of the Dead", otherwise, Harvey would definitely continue to get involved in "Seven Samurai", Shaw Brothers' movies "Fab Five", "The Cold-blooded Thirteen Eagles", "The Drunken Man"...

Pulling back, Shen Xudong saw Chen Hao and Gong Li together...

It can be regarded as the inheritance of Chinese opera!

Seeing Shen Xudong coming over, Gong Li asked, "Have you finished talking to them?"

"...Zhong Lifang is talking to them,"

"Is the overseas copyright of "Painted Skin" still going well?"

"It's okay... I think it can be sold, but the price will suffer a bit."

Gong Li just asked casually. She didn't know much about overseas copyright sales. She glanced at Chen Hao, then remembered something and asked Shen Xudong: "By the way, I never asked you, why didn't Zhou Xun come? "

"Her agency said there are no dates and she can't leave!"

"...Can't you leave? Can't you even come to Cannes?"

Shen Xudong shrugged: "Maybe someone really has something wrong..."

"What's the matter..."

Gong Li was about to continue talking when he suddenly shut up. Shen Xudong felt a little strange and quickly followed her gaze... Well, Zhang Ziyi is here!

She was still dressed in plain clothes, but fortunately she had the sense to know that this was a Tianmei movie night, not a fundraising event, and she did not go to the main stage to make a fund-raising announcement or anything like that.

She came over, and Gong Li couldn't ignore it, so he asked, "How much money have you raised?"

"$500,000..."

"Keep up the good work!"

Shen Xudong suddenly asked: "Didn't your boyfriend donate money? Didn't he say that he is worth 5 billion US dollars? He just swiped and it was enough!"

"...Many of the people who donated money are Vivi's good friends. I don't have many friends here!"

Shen Xudong didn't know what to say, so he could only say: "...come on."

…

In the hotel, Shen Xudong was really not in the mood to watch TV, so he simply went downstairs. When he opened the door, he met Chen Hao.

"...Who made you not see me for almost a year!" "Sister, I'm very busy!"

"Busy to go to Hong Kong to spread art?"

Shen Xudong shook his head: "It was a friend's introduction. I reluctantly accepted it. Otherwise, if word spreads, it will be difficult for friends to behave!"

Chen Hao rolled his eyes: "You are really considerate!"