After the opening ceremony, the film festival organizing committee also had a small reception party. Will Smith went to find Sophie Marceau, who caused a sensation on the red carpet, and Ronan showed his face at the reception and returned to the hotel.

I vaguely remember that Sophie Marceau was a person around 1965 and he was really an aunt-level existence.

Ronan returned to the hotel and called Connie who was accompanying him, saying, "You go and contact the film viewers of the Embassy Film Industry and ask them to contact the Korean director Park Chan-woo, and ask if the North American copyright of "Old Boy" is still there? And... Well, if possible, buy the remake rights together."

These names are very strange, Connie quickly wrote them down in her notebook and asked, "Are there any other videos?"

There are only a few movies that Ronan has an impression of. I heard Tom Hanks talk about Coen’s “The Old Woman Killer”. It is a work by Disney’s Touchstone Films. Pure Japanese comics like “Ghost in the Shell 2” are limited in the North American market.

As for the movies of King of Sunglasses, let’s forget it, the market is too narrow.

But what about "Fahrenheit 911"?

The content of this film is more sensitive than "The Passion of Jesus". It was precisely because of this that it caused a huge sensation later. Ronan did not know the specific data, but remembered that it seemed to be the first documentary in North American film history with a box office of over 100 million yuan.

Ronan hesitated for a moment and said, "Let them contact Park Chan-woo and his "Old Boy" first."

To be honest, Ronan didn't think about it.

It is definitely fake to say that "Fathan 911" is not a family, but "Fathan 911" directly points out that it is not a family, and involves too much politics and its dark side.

The cake is big, but not so delicious.

Although Ronan has been planning to be a leftist since the beginning, and has become more and more left-wing in recent years, and is naturally not on the same front as the family, there is no need to provoke these traditional political families.

The rednecks in Texas are not easy to mess with.

Ronan thought about it and decided to think that this "Fahrenheit 911" did not exist.

There are many projects that can be sold well in the future, so there is no need to take such political risks.

Compared to "The Passion of Jesus", no matter what the perspective is, Fahrenheit 911 has a much greater risk.

After Connie left, Ronan thought of the political situation in the United States from political films. With the development of relativity entertainment, it is necessary to make some investment in politics.

Not to mention anything else, when relativity entertainment develops to a certain scale and wants to retake other companies, antitrust investigations are enough to drink.

I vaguely remember that Time Warner wanted to merge with News Corp several times, but they were all forced to stop.

Ronan thought of a name, turned on his computer and searched for public information. The black senator from Illinois was running for the federal senator.

If nothing unexpected happens, this person will not only be successfully elected, but will also reach the peak of his political career in the next few years.

Ronan called Robert Lee, first explained a few words, and then sent the public information downloaded from the website to Robert Lee through an encrypted email address, with Robert Lee responsible for making preliminary contact with the other party.

For some well-known reasons, political things cannot be too deep.

The Embassy Film Industry is very efficient. The next morning, Ronan had just had breakfast when the relevant personnel spread the news to Connie.

"They had contact with Park Chan-woo last night," Connie said quickly: "The North American copyright of "Old Boy" has not been sold yet. It is currently in the hands of the production company. Embassy Pictures will start formal negotiations with them on North American distribution and remake copyrights today."

Ronan ate a fried egg and nodded with satisfaction: "It's very fast."

Connie asked: "Are there any other itineraries for "Ten-Side Haze" today?"

Ronan thought for a while and said, "First go to the premiere of "The Ten-Side Haze", and then go to the film trading venue to see it."

Connie said, "Okay, I'll contact the vehicle."

Perhaps it was the great success of "Hero" worldwide that gave the producers and overseas distributors outside North America enough confidence that they placed the global premiere of "The Horizon" at the Cannes Film Festival and rented the Lumiere Hall for the premiere.

In addition to the second Zhang and Navas of Lionsgate Film and Television at the opening ceremony of the festival, Ronan met with Sony Entertainment's old friend Chris at the premiere.

"How much did you earn in the previous "Heroes"?" Chris asked directly.

Ronan smiled: "I didn't lose money."

Chris shook his head and said, "That's strange. Those two Mr. Zhang only have the copyright of the Oriental Market, and the copyrights from other places have been sold to your Embassy Film Company. Even if the Oriental Market is eliminated, the North American box office of "Hero" will still have nearly $200 million. Do you think Embassy Film Company has not made any profit?"

He deliberately lowered his voice: "The producer of "Hero" is just named, and the real benefits have been taken away by you and the Embassy Films, right?"

Ronan just laughed and didn't answer Chris's words at all.

Chris asked, "Is there a net profit of $100 million?"

Ronan whispered and said vaguely: "Ten millions of dollars."

Seventy or eighty million US dollars are also tens of millions of dollars, and there is nothing wrong with this.

Due to the equity structure of Relativity Entertainment, it is difficult for outsiders to understand the company's very specific operating data information. Chris originally wanted to borrow his good relationship with Ronan for many years and take a look.

But when I saw that Ronan was not leaking, I had to say, "Ronan, what do you think of this "Ten Sides of Haze"? It is said that you also participated in the North American copyright bidding conference organized by Xinpai Company."

Ronan shrugged: "Please, Chris, I haven't even seen the movie yet, how do you judge?"

Chris whispered: "I feel that no one in Hollywood knows Oriental movies and Oriental moviemakers better than you, otherwise there would be no success in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hero".

Ronan didn't take his compliments at all, but said, "I'll have to wait until I've watched the movie."

Seeing that there was nothing to ask from Ronan, Chris simply changed the topic: "Relativity Entertainment acquired Marvel Comics and reorganized it into Marvel Entertainment, and we will have more opportunities for cooperation in the future."

Ronan nodded: "Yes." He continued: "Chris, we are old friends, and I don't hide some things from you. I have had many ideas about Spider-Man. You can give me feedback to Sony Columbia Pictures for me. Marvel Entertainment hopes to cooperate with Sony Columbia Pictures on more about the "Spider-Man" project."

Chris's words just said were just a test, and he wanted to see how Relativity Entertainment's attitude towards Spider-Man and Sony Columbia Pictures after acquiring Marvel.

There are rumors in the circle that the newly formed Marvel Entertainment copyright department has already fought with 20th Century Fox. There is a major conflict of interest between the two sides in the "X-Men" series and the "Fantastic Four" series, and it is very likely to go to court.

If Marvel Entertainment did not have the support of Relativity Entertainment Group and Ronan Anderson behind it, he would not believe it even if he was beaten to death.

Sony Columbia Pictures is not afraid of Marvel Entertainment causing trouble. After all, when Sony Entertainment bought Spider-Man from Cannon Pictures, it inherited all the rights and interests of Cannon Pictures in this series.

But some things are not a question of whether they are afraid or not.

For example, he heard that Marvel Entertainment was preparing to mess with the Fantastic Four in the comics, and even let the Fantastic Four die in a frustration as a villain.

This is really disgusting!

Ronan is also exploring Chris's Columbia Pictures and Sony Entertainment: "After Marvel Entertainment's film plan begins, it's better to let Peter Parker return to Marvel temporarily, and then..."

"Return to Marvel?" Chris interrupted Ronan directly: "I'm not responsible for this, Ronan, it's useless to tell me."

Ronan nodded: "I hope you can convey Marvel Entertainment's request to work with Sony Columbia Pictures to develop the Spider-Man series more in-depth."

Chris said seriously: "I will."

Luo Nan no longer continues this topic. To a certain extent, this is also considered to be a polite first and then a soldier.

If Sony Columbia Pictures can handle it and develop the Spider-Man series with Marvel Entertainment in advance, Ronan doesn't mind taking Iron Man with Spider-Man and flying.

In this way, the Avengers plan can also borrow the popularity triggered by the Spider-Man series at the beginning.

But it is indeed very difficult, after all, Sony Columbia Pictures has not yet experienced the stage when Spider is only three.

If Sony Columbia Pictures refuses, Ronan will certainly not give up, and everything will be done as planned before.

Ronan then greeted Navas, found two more, and chatted with them for a while.

These two are very energetic and want to create a new film of "Heroes"-like glory.

To be honest, this film will definitely be commercially successful. Not to mention anything else, the $20 million North American copyright fee paid by Lionsgate alone is enough for the New Picture Company to recover all its investment.

The remaining international issuances of Sony Entertainment and the gains in the Eastern market can basically be classified into the ranks of profits.

Er Zhang did a very outstanding business in the film "The Story of Haze".

After Ronan left, the two looked at his back and felt a little moved.

"He almost took away all the profits of the last part."

"Don't think too much, Lao Zhang. We have no choice but to have no international issuance capabilities and business reputation has not been opened. We can only sell international copyrights, let foreigners take the big profits, and we exchange profits for market popularity. Facts have proved that this strategy was successful, and we ushered in a market explosion in "The Horizontal Haze".

Director Zhang said: "I am still a little unwilling to give up." He changed the topic: "The news and media are almost prepared, right?"
Chapter completed!