Maybe my English may not be standard now, but after repeated conversations and constant corrections, my English will get better...
This was Lu Yuan's subconscious thought.
He had originally planned to have a good anal sex with Jenny in English. He thought that chatting with foreign friends in English would improve his spoken English.
After all, many things are just like actual combat. No matter how many words you remember or how well you remember the grammar, it is useless if you can't express it.
Don't ask why.
The question is that Lu Yuan wants to become a man who is proficient in English!
He thinks he has a talent for languages!
Unfortunately, Jenny did not give Lu Yuan any chance to talk to her in English and instead spoke directly in Chinese.
Lu Yuan didn't know Jenny.
But Lu Yuan knew James.
Yes, that’s the one for “California Guest House”, uh, the director of “California Nights”.
Jenny told Lu Yuan that she was Director James' assistant.
Lu Yuan could hear that James was speaking on the phone and Jenny was translating James' words...
James wants the global distribution rights for his film "The Man From Earth" on behalf of the company.
Lu Yuan learned from the conversation between James and himself that this guy has actually been paying attention to Chinese films over the years, and his suddenly popular movie is naturally also within James' attention.
After James watched the leaked trailer of this movie, he became very interested in it. He seemed to see the potential, so he specifically looked for the distribution manager of Paimon, hoping to get the global distribution rights of this movie...
James is naturally a veteran in Pimon, and his status is certainly different from other young directors. After reading the information and learning about the film, the distribution manager immediately agreed.
James's meaning was actually very simple. He wanted to obtain the global distribution rights for this film while sincerely inviting the talented Lu Yuan to visit Paimon Productions in the United States.
He hopes that the two of them can sit down and talk about the future development of movies and exchange shooting techniques with each other.
He thinks this movie may be able to take future science fiction films to a whole new realm...
He admired Lu Yuan's talent very much. In James' mind, it would definitely be a good thing to have more contact with a talented young man like Lu Yuan.
After listening to this, Lu Yuan also responded to James.
He does have the global distribution rights for this film and has not given them to other companies, but he needs to consider carefully how to cooperate.
As adults, we should naturally be more cautious in doing things, right?
James naturally had no objection and just sent an encrypted contract to Lu Yuan's email.
What he meant was that he hoped Lu Yuan could give him a response as soon as possible. After all, he still had the resources and time to release another movie in April. When several other Hollywood blockbusters were released in May, he would not have such free control. Moreover, all the movies in China were taken off the shelves in May, so there would definitely be no sales in the overseas market.
After Lu Yuan hung up the phone, he was silent for a while. Then he called Wu Tingting and asked her to come to the office.
Wu Tingting came to the office as soon as she received the call.
She is weird.
In her impression, Lu Yuan rarely called her to the office in the middle of the night.
"Boss Lu, what's wrong?"
"Sit down. I have something to ask you." Lu Yuan took a sip of coffee and stretched his body.
The early morning night was a little chilly and Lu Yuan felt a little sore in his waist and back after sitting for a long time...
"Oh, you say." Wu Tingting sat opposite Lu Yuan.
She was very confused.
Small matter?
What little thing?
Is this about tomorrow's movie promotion?
"Do you know about the global distribution of Chinese films?" Lu Yuan looked at Wu Tingting.
"Huaxia Films will be distributed globally? Hmm..." Wu Tingting was stunned for a moment and then said seriously, "Mr. Lu, it is very difficult for Huaxia Films to be distributed globally, unless we are a large company like Tianyu and Huajin, so that we have the capital to contact overseas companies to discuss the issue of overseas distribution rights..."
"Connector?"
"Yes, Mr. Lu, you are considering the overseas distribution rights of "This Man From Earth"... Don't be angry if I tell you the truth. This is very difficult for us. After all, in the past two years, our Chinese company has basically imported more Hollywood movies, and very few movies have been exported overseas. Joaquin and Tianyu have exported a few movies, but the response was not very good. Basically, they died soon after they were released. Well, they lost money on publicity and still didn't make any money. Overseas companies are generally not optimistic about our Chinese movies. After all, few people are making kung fu movies now..."
"Oh, so that's how it is." Lu Yuan nodded.
Is the current situation of Chinese films so dire in Hollywood?
But it makes sense when you think about it.
Chinese films that go to Hollywood generally fail to adapt to the local climate, and there is some gap between Eastern and Western aesthetics. Unless it is one of those early kung fu action films, it would be useless to go abroad.
"Well, Mr. Lu, actually I have tried to contact overseas companies. A few days ago, I asked someone to contact Hollywood's third-tier entertainment companies such as Midland and Frost and showed them our box office data. Unfortunately, they rejected us outright when they heard about science fiction films. Our Chinese films are really not doing well overseas, let alone science fiction films. I guess they are laughing at us behind our backs for overestimating our capabilities..." After Wu Tingting said this, she suddenly felt that she might have said it too discouragingly, so she added, "Mr. Lu, actually we have everything we need. We just lack time. I believe that in five or six years, our company will be able to connect with Hollywood like Tianyu and Joaquin..."
"Let's not talk about that for now. Let me ask you, how does Paimon compare to Frost and Midland?"
"Paimon... Mr. Lu, Paimon is a major entertainment company close to the first-tier in Hollywood. Whether in terms of strength or scale, it is not comparable to AFL... Lu Yuan, why are you asking?"
"Okay, take a look at this contract."
"contract?"
"Well, do you think this global distribution rights contract is okay?"
"ah?"
Wu Tingting watched Lu Yuan turn the computer screen around, then clicked on her email and opened an English contract...
Her eyes widened when she saw the Paimon logo on the contract.
Global distribution rights agency contract?
this……
This is……
“Let’s take a look…”
"Mr. Lu, this, this... is this... really true? You... you... who gave it to you?" Even someone as calm as Wu Tingting was shocked by Lu Yuan's sudden action.
She looked at Lu Yuan in disbelief.
I started to stutter a little...
"James sent it to me. I hope we can give him a reply as soon as possible. But you know, I have always been a very cautious person and I will never sign a contract casually. So I asked you to come here to ask you to help look at this contract. Well, if there is no problem with this contract, we will sign it. Although our movie may not perform well in the overseas market, a small amount of money is still meat, right?" Lu Yuan smiled slightly.
His expression was calm.
His expression was as if someone was asking him to sign and he was hesitating.
The feeling of pretending is so thorough...
"James is, could it be, the great director James...how do you know him?"
"Actually, I'm not very familiar with James. I only sold him two pieces of music, a piano piece and a song... But he was really sincere when he spoke on the phone just now, so it's hard for me to refuse right now, right?" Lu Yuan smiled indifferently, "It's not important. Just read the contract... Let's talk about it after you read it."
"..." Wu Tingting originally thought that she was already thick-skinned enough towards Lu Yuan, and she took whatever Lu Yuan did for granted.
But now…
She found herself still in shock.
"Don't look at me with that expression. Hurry and look at the contract. I promised James that I would reply to him as soon as possible. As an honest and trustworthy person, I can't stand him up..." Lu Yuan looked at Wu Tingting's dumbfounded expression and smiled faintly again before reminding her.
Still...
So pretentious...
“…”
Wu Tingting nodded deeply.
She suppressed her shock.
night……
It gradually got deeper.
Moonlight shone into the office through the window.
Wu Tingting knew that tonight would be a sleepless night...
even……
She felt a little unbelievable.
…
The movie box office battle in April reached a small peak on April 8th.
The Hollywood movie "Your Future Self" officially broke through the 10 million box office on the same day, and the dark horse "Alien" continued to excitedly hit 7 million, and the film recovered its investment in almost one day, which was a gratifying result.
Director Xu Qifeng excitedly gave the actors huge red envelopes of tens of thousands of yuan, and was extremely happy...
These two movies performed well, but of course there were some mediocre performances.
While the team of "The Alien" was so excited that they couldn't sleep every day, another movie "The Stray Pigs" was becoming increasingly sluggish. After eight days of release, the box office was gradually decreasing every day. By the eighth day, its box office had dropped below 500,000, and its reputation on the Internet was constantly negative...
To be fair, the quality of "Stray Pigs" is not bad, at least it is much better than the other two films "Lost Paradise of Youth" and "Flowers of That Year"...
Unfortunately, with the success of "The Wanderer" and many preconceived notions, "The Wanderer" has no reason to get a high score in the minds of movie fans. "The Wanderer" cannot compare with "The Wanderer". Movie fans even criticized "The Wanderer" for plagiarizing some plots of "The Wanderer" but failed to plagiarize the essence. Instead, it felt like a poor imitation...
In this environment, the film has exhausted its potential and the film journey in April is almost over.
As for the two movies "Lost Paradise of Youth" and "Flowers of That Year"...
It's an eyesore!
The box office was terrible, the word of mouth was terrible, and apart from a few negative reviews on Tomato.com, this movie didn't even have any presence...
These two movies are like a joke. On the seventh day of their release, the number of screenings was finally reduced to one show per day, and no one went to see them...
Youth movies...
Haha, this youth art film...
Is there a market for this movie now?
You might as well make a copycat movie like "Stray Pigs". At least they are much more popular than you, and at least they won't lose money!
And you?
It is no exaggeration to say that it is a huge loss to my grandmother's family.
Of course, the explosion of both "Your Future Self" and "The Alien" is reasonable and understandable.
Well, that makes sense.
But... "This Man From Earth" grossed an incredible 30 million at the box office on the 8th!
Yes!
You read that right!
Thirty million!
one day!
Damn...
The box office is three times higher than that of "Your Future Self"!
this……
This is simply a monster, right?
It's totally unreasonable!
Is there still suspense about who will be the box office champion in April?
Completely gone!
Of course, this box office explosion is just the beginning!
Within half an hour after the box office data was posted, Zhou Shuai updated his Weibo.
An even more shocking piece of content was revealed on Weibo.
"This Man From Earth" is currently negotiating with Paimon for overseas distribution rights.
In other words, this movie might...
We are leaving China!
"boom!"
This news was like a huge earthquake, and everyone was stunned...
Damn it!
this……
This is fucking terrible!
etc!
How is Lu Yuan related to Paimeng again?
When Chen Jianfeng heard the news, his heart almost stopped.
He found it a little unbelievable.
Hasn’t Paimon been in contact with their Joaquin all the time?
This news must be fake!
Yes, it must be fake, it must be a smokescreen released by that bastard Lu Yuan!
After thinking about it, Chen Jianfeng felt that it was more and more impossible.
yes……
How is that possible.