Among them were directors and actors, who were not arrogant in front of Director Ning and were mostly quite respectful. Out of admiration for Xiao He, Director Ning also made sure to introduce Xiao He to these people during their interactions.

Hsiao Ho's film "Law of the Jungle" has a certain degree of popularity in Asia, and his film "Twelve Mirrors" has been circulating online recently. Some people who have some impression of Hsiao Ho showed amazement on their faces.

One of the directors from Japan stared at Xiao He for a long time. Before leaving, he asked for Xiao He's contact information. Judging from his expression, he seemed quite interested in Xiao He and had the intention to cooperate in the future.

Although he wasn't very fluent in Japanese and didn't really want to act in a movie in Japan, Xiao He naturally wouldn't refuse such an opportunity to expand his network, and decisively gestured for Liu Rulan to hand over her business card.

After handing out the first one, many more were given out in succession. Whether they were doing it out of respect for Director Ning or were genuinely interested in Xiao He, the results of this brief exchange were clearly quite good.

Liu Rulan's smile never stopped.

Even the rest of the crew benefited.

Incidentally, several overseas distributors also came to Director Ning in advance to discuss the overseas distribution of "No Bait".

This is actually the true essence of the Cannes Film Festival: a global film copyright trading market.

Generally speaking, the Cannes Film Festival usually lasts about 12 days. Apart from the most important opening ceremony and the final awards jury closing ceremony, most of the time is spent on the premieres of the films participating in the event and the opening of the film market.

In layman's terms, it's a group of buyers who bring their carefully crafted works to this event, forming a small trading market. Sellers from all over the world come here to watch the films and finally select the most promising works to buy and take back to their own countries or regions to make money.

In other words, when domestic films go to Cannes, the essence is to leverage the festival's popularity to sell the film's overseas "screening rights (copyright)" to distributors, who then connect with local theaters and cinemas to allow the film to reach audiences overseas.

These people are approaching Director Ning in advance, which is like picking cabbages before the "market" has officially opened, trying their luck, and seeing if they can snatch the overseas distribution rights of "No Bait" ahead of time.

At this stage, "cabbage" (referring to the movie's price) is usually cheaper because it hasn't premiered yet. It's similar to a blind box, where you don't know the true quality of the movie, which has both advantages and disadvantages.

Director Ke Ning is a well-known director with many years of experience, and "No Bait" is an official shortlisted work, which at least shows that the quality of "No Bait" is very guaranteed.

So, as soon as the distributors who have been working with Director Ning for many years saw him, they couldn't help but gather around, wanting to have a chat with him beforehand.

Although it's highly unlikely that Director Ning will finalize a distributor before the official premiere of "No Bait," but... what if?

Unfortunately, there's no such thing as a "what if".

These people came full of excitement, and then left disappointed.

Watching the disappointed figures of those people, Director Ning couldn't help but sneer: "These capitalists, I was just waiting for 'No Bait' to make a fortune, but they're squeezing the profit share to death."

Is he such a short-sighted person?

He then patted Xiao He on the shoulder and earnestly reminded him: "There should be many partners and producers coming up recently. Be careful, don't make promises lightly, and don't rush to sign contracts. This place is full of all sorts of people, be careful not to get scammed."

Xiao He nodded: "I understand, thank you for the reminder, Director Ning."