Although I have already taken the seat, there are a large group of celebrities who have become popular in the carpet behind me, and at least they have to wait for one or two hours. Many filmmakers present know each other and they frequently walk around to say hello. Huo Dong and Tao Xue didn't know anyone, so they could only chat with Wang Qi casually.

Wang Qi asked casually: "Brother Dong, Sister Xue, has any reporters asked you for interviews?"

Huo Dong was stunned. He suddenly discovered this blind spot. To be honest, there were many reporters at the cocktail party, but they were all European and American journalists. The few in China were still fashionable journalists, and there were almost no entertainment journalists. It is estimated that Tao Qingran also attached importance to Dingzun's brand promotion and the momentum of the film festival, so he did not pay attention to those domestic entertainment journalists who were useless. So he asked back: "Brother Wang, are there many reporters from China?"

After hearing this question, Wang Qi also felt something strange: "No way? This year is a great harvest of Chinese films. Major domestic media have sent reporters and will broadcast them live. Haven't you ever asked you?"

OK! Ignore unpleasant topics first. I guess the two fates are the hottest winners, and "Dream of Hometown" is here to make up the numbers. Domestic media do not pay attention to them at all, and they all compete for the hot topics of two fates.

Wang Qi changed the topic and told Huo Dong the good news: "We have a cooperative publisher in Europe, which is a relatively famous art film distribution company. Your films have been sold, sold for US$420,000 and sold to five countries. If you can enter the main competition unit, you should be able to sell for approximately US$23 million. If you can get a few awards, there are only a few small awards, and there may be more than hundreds of thousands."

"Oh? Brother Wang, can you tell me the situation?"

"It doesn't matter if you tell you..."

It turns out that the European issuing company used the method of package issuance. Regardless of the final profit, it will take a 15% commission.

For small countries like Nordic and South America, the market capacity is not large, so they simply buy it out. Whether they win the award or not, they won’t be much more money. In the future, there may be dozens of countries such as Africa and the Middle East, which are tens of thousands of dollars more, and only a few thousand less. Anyway, mosquito legs are also meat, and the total amount is also quite large.

Large film markets such as Europe, North America, East Asia, and Southeast Asia generally use the sharing method. However, it takes a long time to get the money, which usually takes one or two years.

In fact, this is the dividend of entering the main competition unit. Huo Dong has no ability to operate at all, but Huaying is more than enough. Therefore, relying on this film sale alone can guarantee Huaying's profit. There are two domestic movie channels and online exclusive broadcast rights. If the box office after public release is added, Huaying can earn at least more than 10 million.

Of course, I can’t even envy this kind of thing. Even if I’m lucky this time and I happened to encounter a bad year, isn’t there any Huaying’s operation?

So Wang Qi was not afraid to confess to Huo Dong at all. If there were similar videos in the future, they would still be handed over to Huaying to operate, and the most buyout price would be higher.

Of course, if the wife eventually becomes a mother-in-law and Huo Dong becomes an internationally renowned director, then there is no need for a second-hand dealer like Huaying. Film festivals will rush to invite them, and overseas distributors will also take the initiative to come.

But... Huo Dong had probably eaten a few pounds of brain-destroying movies, and he would also shoot such art films.

Huo Dong is not jealous of Huaying's making a lot of money, which is also their company's ability. However, he is still very concerned about the reputation of this movie. Don't be too fussy and make a joke in the end.

"Brother Wang, can the distribution company guarantee a box office for such an art film?"

"Don't say, they attach great importance to this project." Wang Qi said with a smile, "Although art films are niche, there are a group of loyal fans in every country. Moreover, European and American countries have special art film theaters. You should know that the prospects for awards and box offices are not the same. The films that win big prizes are not sold well, and the publishers have their own choices. To be honest, other art films are mostly gray, full of violent porn, and seem to be getting more and more intense, with a fixed group of curious audiences.

On the contrary, your "Dream of Hometown" can be watched all ages, not only art theaters, but also commercial theaters can also be screened. The audience is relatively wide. Also, you don't know? This time the screening received almost no applause from the audience, but your video is more popular. So the distribution company is quite optimistic, and they even believe that the box office in France can reach 2 million to 2.5 million euros. So the data I just mentioned is still very conservative."

Huo Dong understood what Wang Qi meant. Winning the award should be inconsistent with the tastes of the film festival and the judges, but the reputation should be very good. So he gained something from participating in the Cannes Film Festival this time.

If you really don’t want to win an award at all, you must be pretending. But Huo Dong has no foundation now, so you should give priority to reputation and box office! As for the awards? Let’s talk about it after you succeed!

...

After chatting for a while, more and more crews arrived. Perhaps the organizing committee specially arranged that the seats of Chinese filmmakers were arranged together.

It must be polite and communicate with each other. Those actors are quite polite. They are all in the same circle and may work together in the new crew in the future. He Jiuyue is also quite enthusiastic and even introduced several Hong Kong filmmakers to Huo Dong, who exchanged business cards with each other. However, Xie Yun and another director named Zhou Lianren were very perfunctory. Although they were a little concealed, they could feel a little repelled from their own feelings no matter how they looked. This made Huo Dong a little confused.

There should be no conflict between the two sides? They didn't know each other before, and there was no conflict at all. They were even shooting their own movies, and they would not block the other party's financial path. Could it be that they were the ones who were accidentally injured by themselves? They should all be academic and want to stand up for their friends?

This is not right! They are all adults, are they cunning? It’s just a few words of scenes. Is it necessary to show your face here?

Wang Qi, who was standing by, also noticed this situation. He smiled and explained in a low voice: "Dongzi, don't blame Xie Yun and others. Xie Yun is a man who is very arrogant and has been praised too much in the film critics before. But he has never made a movie with excellent box office. Although he won several awards, it is basically all box office poison. And this time, your "Dream of Hometown" was sold well. I heard that no one from him or Zhou Lianren came to buy it. Even if they won the prize in the end, the price of the sale will not exceed you. Maybe they are jealous of you and they are unhappy."
Chapter completed!