Chapter 27 News back home!The news spread back home. The higher-ups also received the notification and immediately checked whether the film had passed review. After all, these people know what kind of people are able to win awards. After finding out that the procedures were qualified, he didn't say anything more. All major newspapers publish it directly in major newspapers! The crew of "If You Are the One" also saw the news. Jiang Wen, who was filming, specially picked a day to buy today's newspaper. I want to see if there is any report on Chen An’s performance in Cannes. As soon as I opened it, I saw a photo of Chen An grinning and holding the prize paper in the center. It was written in bold letters: "Twenty-year-old genius director and outstanding Beijing Film Academy student Chen An won the Best Director Award at the 49th Cannes International Film Festival!"
'The Cannes International Film Festival is one of the three major film festivals in the world. This time, "Run Lola Run" directed by Chen An caused a huge sensation as soon as it was screened in Cannes. The program booklet scored points, leading all films, and finally won the Best Director Award of this Cannes Film Festival. After winning the award, Director Chen An also thanked the Cannes International Film Festival for not discriminating against him because of his age and awarded him the Best Director Award. This is also the first breakthrough of Chinese-language films in this award. The film' Jiang Wen, holding the China Youth Daily in his hand, didn't know what to say. I first got to know this little brother Chen An because I found it interesting to chat with him. Later, I watched the short film and his script and thought he was quite talented. I didn't expect that my first feature film, which I wrote, directed and also had a cameo appearance in, would win the Best Director award at Cannes. His own "Sunny Days" also won an award, but it was the Venice Best Actor Award, which is ultimately an actor's award. Chen An is the best director. However, Jiang Wen would not want to write anything else because of these, but would continue to look for a script as soon as possible. My younger brother has surpassed me, so I have to make one of my own and submit it to Cannes. I don’t want too much, just a Palme d’Or will be enough! Carrying the newspaper with him, he walked towards the crew. The filming location was not far away, and Jiang Wen returned not long after walking. I walked into the crew and saw them filming the scene where Ge Da Ge made a guest appearance. However, several leading actors were there, including Li Baotian and Ge Daye who were filming, and Qu Ying who was standing nearby to keep them company. The crew was relatively poor and could only shoot with handheld cameras, which is why the camera in this film is shaky. So Jiang Wen did not interrupt the filming. After the filming was completed, Jiang Wen threw the newspaper in his hand to Zhang Yimou and couldn't help but said: "Your junior is really awesome. Your school finally has a genius." After hearing Jiang Wen's words, Zhang Yimou looked at the newspaper curiously, and several leading actors also came over. The first thing I saw was Chen An, grinning and holding a certificate in the middle of the newspaper. Zhang Yimou, who understood the meaning of his words, could only smile helplessly and said nothing more. The heroine Qu Ying leaned on her long legs and asked curiously, "Twenty years old? Is that true?"
"How could it be false? Otherwise, how could they say that Beijing Film Academy has produced a genius who is also a fan of Mr. Ge? He is so lucky. The best director in Cannes has always wanted to find Mr. Ge to make a movie, right, Mr. Ge?" Jiang Wen answered Qu Ying's question with a smile, and at the same time, he imitated Chen Anqi's nickname and teased Uncle Ge. Uncle Ge touched his bald head and said to Jiang Wen unhappily, "It's fine if Xiao Chen calls me that, but you're so old and still call me that. Aren't you ashamed?" "You can't say that. Who asked me to call him brother? It means I'm still young and as handsome as him!" It would have been better if Jiang Wen hadn't said this, because once he said it, the whole audience burst into laughter. He looks like a bandit and yet he compares himself with Chen An. Beijing Film Academy also received the news very early. Many teachers saw the newspaper and congratulated Teacher Mu. Teacher Mu was also a bit overwhelmed. He still wanted to calm down Chen An and let him calm down. Now, he won the Cannes Best Director Award. Forget it. He is a famous director. This is the first time he won the Cannes Best Director Award. It will definitely go down in the history of Chinese-language films! But he was still very happy, and his leaders also praised him a lot. His students earned him a lot of face this time, and he could also write it in his resume. The school was even happier, especially Dean Liu, who directly asked someone to buy a banner and hang it at the school gate. After all, it was during his term of office. A student in school won the Best Director Award at Cannes, and he’s still a sophomore. Who can do it? The banner I bought is very big, much bigger than the last short film, I almost want to hang it in the Central Theater next door! Students can also see it at first glance when entering and leaving the school gate, knowing that there is now one of the best Cannes directors hidden in their school. What a great opportunity! All the students are asking around for news about Chen An, hoping to have the chance to star in his movie. However, Mr. Xie from the Directing Department was not very happy. Because he was holding a newspaper titled "Should the cancellation of the directing department of Beijing Film Academy be put on the agenda? Photography department students won another award, becoming the first Chinese-language film to win the Best Director Award at the Cannes Film Festival!" It was the same newspaper as last time. Now Teacher Xie wanted to run directly to the newspaper and grab the editors by the neck and yell, "I taught him too! I taught him!" All major newspapers reported on this incident, and people who bought newspapers also saw the reports. Some viewers may remember that this was the director who won the Golden Lion Award for Best Short Film in Venice last year. Unexpectedly, he won the grand prize in Cannes this year. Audiences who didn't know the director also remembered this director. People still admire directors who can win awards abroad in this era. The most important thing is that Chen An was very young, which left a deep impression on them. In this way, Chen An, who had not yet returned to China, became famous overnight in cities in China with developed communications. Countless movie fans want to rush to the theaters to watch this movie as soon as possible! Chen An, who is staying in Cannes, France, is not in a hurry to leave. After the celebration banquet, Chen An has been discussing the sale of copyrights. European buyers offered the highest bids, among which EMI and MK2 offered the highest bids. The former was once the world leader, but was defeated by the rise of Hollywood and quickly declined. However, it is still a large and powerful company. The latter is also a European giant with complete distribution channels and strong financial strength.
Both sides had buyout contracts, and Chen An, as a rookie, was not eligible for any share of the profits, even though he knew that the movie had high box office. But the other person didn't talk to you about this at all, and Chen An didn't force it. After some bargaining, the European screening rights were sold to MK2 Pictures with the hype of Chen An, the -year-old best director winner at Cannes. They held on to it and sold the screening rights for US$2 million, plus the European disc copyright to make up a total of US$ million and sold it to mk. Although I know that doing this will definitely result in a loss, the situation is not on my side. I am just a rookie now and there is nothing much to say. However, the most surprising thing was that the buyer from the United States, the highest bidder was actually Warner Bros. The buyer sent over was a white man in his thirties, with a neatly slicked-back hair, wearing a blue suit and a warm smile on his face. Sitting opposite Chen An and the others, he spoke enthusiastically: "Oh~ Young Chen, my name is Jerry, I'm your fan, your movie is really well made, but I don't know if you know that North American audiences don't like to read subtitles, so we can only offer 200 million US dollars." Chen An also understood what Jerry said. In Hollywood, which is known as the kingdom of movies, the audience is indeed so arrogant that they are unwilling to read subtitles. Looking at Chen An who didn't answer, Jerry continued enthusiastically: "If you are willing to sell the screening rights, disc rights and adaptation rights outside of Europe and China, then we are willing to spend 700 million to buy them. This is the price of the best director." "So more importantly, young Chen, you are a genius. I hope to invite you to Hollywood. The Oscar is the most popular award in the world and you can earn more dollars." Although it is hard to admit it, the Oscars, based in Hollywood, is the most profitable film festival. In terms of commerciality, it far exceeds the three major film festivals. A movie that wins an Oscar can increase its box office in the world's largest movie theater by tens of millions of dollars. From a commercial perspective, it’s not that the three major awards are not good, but that Hollywood is too dazzling under the Oscars, at least for now! In the near future, an unrivaled giant ship will crush the entire global film market for more than a decade! I want everything the heroine has, please stop posting comments here every day
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