Chapter 777 Long-Term Partner

"He is a super soldier trained by a Nazi remnant organization!"

"Hahaha!"

Chen Qi's first sentence made Price laugh, and he said: "Nazi remnants, this setting is too perfect! Keep going!"

"But he doesn't want to be a puppet of the organization and plans to defect..."

He talked about the general plot of "Black Mask" and concluded: "Although "Black Mask" has a Chinese as the protagonist, I am very confident in it.

This is a mature work with a routine, the origin of power, the friction between ordinary life and super power, powerful opponents of the same origin, the sublimation of thoughts obtained by sacrificing people around, plus some love embellishments, and a hearty battle at the end, without a trace of redundant plot."

"Wow!"

Price couldn't help clapping his hands when he heard the end: "Chen! You just did a perfect test. Volume, you summarized it very well! According to this set of programmed content, we can produce it on an assembly line. "

"Don't worry about the assembly line, I just want to release "Black Mask" in North America this year."

"..."

Price pondered for a while and said: "Your creativity is amazing. Columbia really needs your help and can also provide you with resources. In this case, I think it's better to sign a formal agreement.

As long as it is your movie, we will distribute it at a 20% agency fee. And you have to write a story for us every year."

"What about the term?"

"How about five years?"

"Too long, there is a saying in China that things are unpredictable, no one knows what will happen tomorrow, so it's better to leave some margin. Three years, if the cooperation goes well, we can continue."

"Okay!"

Price thought about it and felt it made sense.

Historically, Japan acquired Columbia in 1989.

Chen Qi didn't know if this would happen again. Anyway, he didn't want to be tied up for five years, three years was just right.

He paused and said, "Mr. Price, can I ask you for a personal favor?"

"Oh? What?"

"There is an actress named Chen Chong who is living in Hollywood, I..."

"Do you want to help her find a movie?"

"No, no! Well, you can also say find a movie. It doesn't matter what role she is given. The key is to make sure she is not free this year and can't take time to shoot other movies."

"..."

Price's expression was subtle, but he didn't ask any more questions. This was nothing in Hollywood. He smiled and said, "It's a small matter!"

When "The Last Emperor" was being prepared, China opposed Chen Chong's participation.

She had just finished the 1985 Spring Festival Gala, and in 1986 she filmed another movie "The Big Boss". "The Big Boss" tells the story of the British businessmen's intrigues in the late Qing Dynasty to compete for the Hong Kong market. Chen Chong played a maid who served the British and had a nude scene.

So she had a bad reputation in China at the time, but Bertolucci insisted on letting her play, and she did.

She had some influence in Hollywood with "The Last Emperor", and then she filmed "The Sent-Down Girl"... These thoughts are all in the same vein.

…………

Chen Qi negotiated with Price and notified Sundance. Jiang Zhiqiang signed a contract with Columbia's manager on behalf of the company to distribute "Sweetheart".

He went abroad this time, in a hurry, doing the most things in the shortest time.

He did not return to Park City, but returned directly to China with Ling Mei.

On the long-distance flight, Ling Mei sat next to him and expressed her thoughts: "Xiao Chen, my biggest feeling this time is that all human beings are the same! No one should say anything bad about anyone else!"

"Hey, why are you still swearing?"

"In the past, in our minds, the United States was called the American Empire and should be overthrown. Now the two countries are friendly, and they talk about freedom and tolerance, and the beacon of mankind. Anyway, they are all exaggerated. I believed it for a while, but after coming here, I found out, what freedom and tolerance?

I saw a white policeman beating a black man with my own eyes.

And what you did was a naked exchange of interests.

I can only say that people are the same, they all talk about money and personal relationships. Anyone who denies these and keeps praising good things must have ulterior motives."

"..."

Chen Qi was surprised and said, "You are so deeply touched?"

"It's not that it's deep, but after seeing your behavior, I seem to understand how to deal with foreigners."

Ling Mei was in poor health, and the special forces-like itinerary made her very tired. After speaking, she squinted and fell asleep.

Chen Qi blinked. This elder sister led him astray... Ah, bah! She led him astray.

…………

On the 28th.

The Sundance Film Festival closed.

Unlike the three major European festivals, they did not send letters of retention to the award-winning crews in advance, but all crews could attend the closing ceremony. Some directors also left because they were too poor to afford the board and lodging.

Still in that small theater.

Redford relied on his personal face to invite several Hollywood stars to support the event and be the award presenters.

"We are pleased to see that more and more individual films have emerged in this film festival, and they have caused widespread discussion and even quarrels. We hope that there will be more such quarrels next year. They are like flowers blooming in the soil of commercial films, representing the light of independent films."

"There are too many excellent works this year, and we can't bear to give them up, so we temporarily added several awards."

"Special Recognition Award, "Seven Minutes in Heaven"!"

"Wow!"

A female director came on stage excitedly, and the pork she shared was also pork!

"Seven Minutes in Heaven" is a youth film starring Jennifer Connelly. It's a pity that she didn't participate, otherwise Chen Qi might have another sister.

"Honorable Mention: "The Nectar of Love"!"

Another director who received the pork came on stage.

Afterwards, there were two official awards. One for documentary and one for feature film.

Not mentioning the documentary, when it came to the feature film, Redford personally opened the envelope and announced: "The winner is - "Sweet Talk"!"

"OH!"

Joss Chopra, the director of "Sweet Talk", and the heroine Laura Dunn almost jumped up, but before their cheers fell, Redford said: "Sweet Talk!"

"..."

There was a one-second freeze at the scene, followed by thunderous applause.

Mo Dundi was stunned, happy but not so happy, and walked onto the stage at Jiang Zhiqiang's urging. As a director, he knew too well what "Sweet Talk" was, purely relying on Chen Qisao's operation and forced sublimation.

Uma Thurman was very happy, jumping like a pony.

The reporters were also a little surprised by the result, and they understood it after a while.

"Sweet Talk" represents conservatism, while "Sweetheart" is the opposite. Both of these thoughts are forces that cannot be ignored in today's American society. Sundance doesn't want to offend either of them, so it simply gave awards to both.

"The spirit of independent film is to stick to one's own views. Our film festival adheres to the position of freedom and tolerance, and is not biased towards political tendencies. The jury unanimously believes that both excellent films should win awards..."

Redford explained, which made the film festival seem to have no political meaning.

Everyone will appreciate the value.

(After the fight!)