Chapter 296 I Have a Friend (Monthly Ticket Event 2/5)

However, Dong Ping, the producer of "The Labyrinth of Heart", was not in a hurry at all.

Faced with the surging international film producers, he showed no signs of relenting even if someone offered the price to 350,000 US dollars.

He even publicly stated that he would not sell it at the price of 500,000 US dollars now.

Film is an art, it should be a process with a beginning and an end. The Cannes Film Festival has not ended yet, so it is not time to sell the copyright.

Hao Yun almost believed it after hearing it.

But he suspected that Dong Ping wanted to sell it at a higher price after the movie won an award.

To be honest, although "The Labyrinth of Heart" received a lot of praise, there were too many movies that received good reviews at the Cannes Film Festival.

Take this year's "Nobody Knows" from Japan, the highest-rated "2046", the great "Old Boy", the "Fahrenheit 9/11" banned by Miguo, and the equally small-scale "The Outstanding", all of these movies have received rave reviews, and some of them even have a better reputation than Hao Yun.

"The Labyrinth of Heart" doesn't have much to brag about, and its shortcomings are also obvious.

Only the narrative style and the core of the film are more interesting.

Anyway, Hao Yun has no hope of winning an award, unless Quentin, Xu Ke and others give Hao Yun some help, but it is impossible for him to win the Palme d'Or or the Grand Jury Prize.

Small awards do not help the price of copyright to increase significantly.

"You have to think like this, if you can't win an award, it can't be lower than the current price. As long as you win any award and hype it up, it will be an additional profit of 100,000 or 200,000 US dollars. Look at "Old Boy" and others, they won't sell well at all."

Dong Ping patiently explained to Hao Yun.

Dong Ping invested in Hao Yun and served as a producer purely for Jiang Wen's sake.

He didn't expect that the movie shot by Hao Yun was actually shortlisted for Cannes, and it seems to be receiving rave reviews now.

This made him serious instantly.

Moreover, Hao Yun has a relatively fast production speed. Others have three and four cats and dogs. Hao Yun started filming on November 20, 2003, and the premiere was on May 18, 2004. It has only been half a year, and it can already make money, which is almost the same as cats and dogs.

Let’s take a look at Gu Changwei’s "Peacock". It has been filmed for more than a year, and he has not finished editing.

It will be good if it can be released at this time next year.

"It is true. If we can sell 500,000 US dollars, all the costs will be recovered. If we can get 12 million box office in China, then everyone will have the hope of getting 100% profit."

When Hao Yun talked about money, there was light in his eyes. He really did not hide his love for money.

There is no way, he has been afraid of poverty since childhood.

Don’t tell him the truth of life.

"12 million is a bit difficult. In fact, if you can get 20% profit, you are very worthy of the producer." Dong Ping comforted him, hoping that Hao Yun would not hold too high hopes.

There is another kind of profit he did not mention, that is, the bonus from major award ceremonies.

Small prizes range from 100,000 to 50,000, and even hundreds of thousands. For example, the Palme d'Or has a prize of 250,000 euros.

It's a lot of money when accumulated.

However, if there is no special agreement, this award is generally distributed to the producer.

For example, the prize for the director belongs to the director, the prize for the screenwriter belongs to the screenwriter, and the trophy and prize for the best film are generally owned by the copyright owner.

The copyright owner of "The Heart Labyrinth" is Hao Yun Studio.

He also paid for this movie.

After chatting for a while, Dong Ping asked him what he cared about most: "Have you started preparing for your next movie?"

Yes, this is the purpose of his rushing over.

Otherwise, he could wait until the closing ceremony to come, anyway, he would start selling the film after the award results came out.

"It's still in the script writing stage. I plan to write it first, publish a comic, and then adapt it into a script for filming. It's definitely too late this year. It will probably start shooting next spring." Hao Yun's directorship can only be considered a part-time job for the time being, and he relies more on the system to reward the script.

"Who do you plan to let run it?" Dong Ping asked directly.

"Uncle Dong, what you said, don't you plan to manage me? Although "Heart Labyrinth" didn't make much money, I still have confidence that the next movie will make more money." Hao Yun pretended to be wronged.

"Haha, cooperation is the will of both parties. Of course, I am willing to continue to cooperate with you, but if you have any other ideas, we can also part ways in peace. Since you still plan to find me, if you need my help, just call me at any time."

From this time on, Dong Ping really regarded Hao Yun as a partner, not a vassal of Jiang Wen.

Hao Yun spent the next few days watching movies and "chatting" with filmmakers.

Modify it when you have nothing to do.

"Those Years, We Chased the Girl Together" was changed to be more suitable for filming in the mainland.

Because Hao Yun had never been to high school, and it was not easy to set the story background in college, so he simply added a sentence in the preface-

I have a friend...

Perfectly solve all problems, and the narration will feel better.

Hao Yun has collected too many attributes these days, and he was unconsciously affected when making revisions.

The text remains fluent and more beautiful.

The whole story has more connotations besides the pain of youth.

When Hao Yun's revisions were almost done, the Cannes Film Festival had reached the closing ceremony and awards ceremony.

On the 22nd local time (early morning of the 23rd in the Chinese capital), the 57th Cannes Film Festival Awards Ceremony is about to be held, and Hao Yun and others once again stepped onto the red carpet.

This time, in addition to Jiang Wen and his wife, Hao Yun, Luo Jingmin, there is also a producer Dong Ping.

These days, Hao Yun often walks the red carpet.

As a newcomer to Cannes, he has received many invitations to watch movies or attend private film salons.

The purpose of getting familiar with the face has been achieved.

On the red carpet of the awards ceremony, he received warmer and more sincere applause than at the opening ceremony. In the past few days, "The Labyrinth of the Heart" has also been screened several times and has been recognized by many people.

At the same time, many people in China are also paying attention to this awards ceremony.

Sohu Entertainment specially invited well-known domestic film critics Yao Weihong and Far East Film Festival selection consultant Maria to be guests in the Sohu chat room to talk about the anecdotes of major film festivals, review the history of Cannes and predict the awards of this year's Cannes, and there are also live text and pictures.

At the beginning, Yao Weihong took stock of the films participating in this exhibition.

He introduced the directors, leading actors, and content of these films to the audience, as well as whether they were here for the award or just to attend the exhibition.

Yao Weihong said that this year's mainland film "Heart Labyrinth" is very likely to win an award.

Then he analyzed it and praised it to the utmost, so that the host of Sohu Entertainment had to quickly pull his reins.

Brother, I'm going to say it.

If I get slapped in the face later, no one will watch our show next year.

This year's Cannes Awards Ceremony did not invite a special host, and Quentin, the chatterbox, would definitely not mind playing this role.

He first said a bunch of nonsense that he thought was very awesome, and then started to present the awards.

The first one was the Golden Photography Award, which was awarded to "or".

Then there was the Short Film Palme d'Or, the Short Film Jury...

At this time, Hao Yun, who originally had a nonchalant attitude, couldn't smile anymore.

He was a little nervous.

What would he do if he was given the Palme d'Or?

Should I be calm or excited? Should I cry?

Also, when presenting awards, people will use the etiquette of kissing each other. What if a bearded man presents the award? Will it hurt?

"Next, let's present the Best Screenwriter Award, "Heart Labyrinth", Hao Yun~!"

If it's a beautiful woman, can I kiss her directly? Hao Yun doesn't quite understand the etiquette of these people, because the etiquette is completely different from different places.

Some people kiss each other's faces, pinch their mouths, and make a kissing sound.

Some people kiss directly on the face with their mouths, which is not considered hooliganism.

Some people even kiss each other on the mouth. Hao Yun has seen it more than once, men kissing each other on the mouth to show friendship.

Of course, tongue temperature is definitely not allowed.

"Hao Yun~" Quentin, the jury seat, had to speak again. He felt that his Chinese was good enough.