I am a director, but I have the skills of an actor

Chapter 21 China Film Intervention
"Qingzi, I never thought that I would be able to go to the Berlin Film Festival one day."

On the plane, Bo'er spoke to Wan Qingshan across the aisle.

"Boer, you have said this dozens of times since I met you." Wan Qingshan looked helpless.

Bo'er smiled coquettishly, "I can't believe it."

“We’re already on the plane, no matter how hard you don’t believe it, you should believe it.

Bo'er, please let me have a rest. Last night, I went to bed very late preparing things. "

Bo'er smiled coquettishly, turned around and started chatting with the little girl Chen Chen who invited the translator.Wan Qingshan slept with his head turned against Chen Yumo.

Having brought Wan Qingshan to meet Chen Yanfeng, Chen Yumo no longer concealed the relationship.In front of Bo'er and the others, they no longer deliberately distanced themselves from Wan Qingshan.

Bo'er was not surprised to see that the relationship between the two suddenly became closer.He has such a sharp eye. As early as when he was on the set, he discovered that Wan Qingshan and Chen Yumo had an unusual relationship.

As soon as he got off the plane, Wan Qingshan walked towards the middle-aged man holding a sign with his name in the crowd.

The middle-aged man knew Wan Qingshan. Before Wan Qingshan had passed, the middle-aged man came up to him and said, "Wan Qingshan, hello."

"Hi, sorry to trouble you."

Wan Qingshan said a few polite words, followed the middle-aged man out of the airport, and got into a car.

After arriving at the hotel arranged by the middle-aged man, someone came to the door after a while.

"Mr. Yan, please excuse me." When Wan Qingshan saw the visitor, he immediately stretched out his hand and said.

Yan Pingxue, a thin middle-aged woman, stretched out her hand with a smile on her face and shook Wan Qingshan's hand.
"Director Wan, what are you talking about? Your film was shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival and also made our China Film Festival famous. Why would you find it troublesome?"

"Selection" is affiliated with China Film Group, and the name of the production company is written on the letters.

In the early years, the films made by Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige were all backed by Xiying.

In recent years, Chen Kaige has gone silent, and the films produced by Zhang Yimou are all jointly produced by New Picture and Hong Kong companies.

The China Film Studio has never appeared on the screen at European film festivals, so this time Wan Qingshan's film was shortlisted for Berlin, and the people at China Film were even happier than Wan Qingshan.

Before Wan Qingshan came to Berlin, China Film Group sent Yan Pingxue to Berlin to take the lead and prepare everything.

Wan Qingshan and Yan Pingxue exchanged polite words before getting down to business.

"Mr. Yan, I have never been to a film festival and I don't know the procedures of the Berlin Film Festival. Can you tell me first so that I don't make a fool of myself."

"Director Wan, the film process is very simple. After the opening of the film festival, the organizer of the Berlin Film Festival will arrange to screen your film. Then, just wait for the closing party."

Yan Pingxue changed the subject and said with a smile, "However, Director Wan, if you want to sell the film distribution rights to a distributor, it will be more troublesome.

To be honest, you don't have any fame now.Distributors buy movies to distribute, and either the director or the actors are internationally famous.

Or, your movie won an award.If the movie wins awards.You don’t have to go to the publisher, they will come to you.

However, if you want to sell the distribution rights, it is best to sell them before the closing party.Otherwise, if the movie doesn't win any awards, it may not be sold at all. "

Suddenly, Wan Qingshan's face became a little ugly. He really didn't expect that it would be so difficult to sell a movie even though it was shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival.

Yan Pingxue saw Wan Qingshan's frown and silence, and the corners of her mouth rose slightly unconsciously.
"Director Wan, if you want to sell "Selection", we at China Film can help. China Film has always been responsible for the import of foreign films, and we also know some distributors in Europe. We at China Film can sell your movie to them."

Wan Qingshan immediately realized that Yan Pingxue made it so difficult to sell movies because he wanted China Film to take over.

"Mr. Yan, let's be honest, what are the conditions of China Film Group?"

"Director Wan is quick to speak, so I'll tell you straight. We, China Film Group, want to invest in your movie."

"You China Film Group Corporation has such a huge appetite. You only invest in the movie after it has been shot. How can you do this?"

Chen Yumo stood up angrily at these words and shouted angrily.

Yan Pingxue's expression remained unchanged and she ignored Chen Yumo. She kept staring at Wanqing Mountain.

Wan Qingshan pulled Chen Yumo to sit down and asked without sadness or anger, "Based on an investment of 500 million, how much share do you want."

Yan Pingxue frowned, "Director Wan, the cost of your movie is far from 500 million." "Mr. Yan, there is no need to reinvest after the movie is finished."

After Yan Pingxue was silent for a moment, he said, "China Film offered 200 million, which is half. Director Wan, 200 million. You have already recovered the cost."

Wan Qingshan did not bargain and immediately agreed.

"Okay, but I still have a condition."

"Director Wan, please speak."

"The domestic box office and disc copyrights are part of my income. I want to sell it to China Film for 500 million."

Yan Pingxue was stunned. This was the first time she had heard of selling the box office proceeds in advance.

"Director Wan, I can't make the decision on this matter. I need to ask the superiors for instructions?"

"No problem, as long as it can be confirmed before the Berlin Film Festival closing party starts."

"It won't take that long. I'll be able to give you an answer later, Director Wan."

After Yan Pingxue left, Chen Yumo hugged Wan Qingshan's arm and said angrily,

"For a company as big as China Film Group, the appearance is too ugly. The film was shortlisted for the Berlin Film Festival, and they wanted to get involved."

"Qingzi, it shouldn't be the decision of China Film's senior management. They won't risk their own future for this little money. If this matter gets out, China Film's reputation will be ruined." Bo'er said.

"The senior management of China Film Group would definitely not do such a thing. They should be a group of second-generation people who are not afraid of anything. Seeing that I am young and have no connections, they jointly wanted to make some money from me.

However, this can be regarded as mutual benefit. Without them, I would not be able to sell "Selection", and I would not lose money. "

Before, Wan Qingshan wanted to be like Chen Yumo. He was so angry that he wanted to curse. He wanted to say that at the worst, I would not sell it. I could not afford to lose the 200 million.

However, when Chen Yumo interrupted angrily, Wan Qingshan calmed down a little, thought about it, and agreed to Yan Pingxue's deal.

Wan Qingshan's words made Chen Yumo understand their current situation.

If you want to sell "Selection", you can only rely on China Film.

After Chen Yumo calmed down, he asked curiously, "Qingshan, what do you think? 500 million sold all the domestic income."

"500 million is my half of the money, which means 1000 million is the domestic income. How much the disc copyright can be sold for depends mainly on the box office. 1000 million, at least 3000 million at the box office. Yumo, you Do you think "Selection" can have a box office of 3000 million?"

Chen Yumo shook his head without thinking. Domestic movies that can gross 3000 million yuan either have big directors or big stars.

"Selection" has nothing, even if it won an award at the Berlin Film Festival, it will be useless. This kind of heavy type of film is inherently unable to sell at the box office.

Chen Yumo suddenly thought, "Qingshan, the people at China Film are not stupid, they won't agree."

Wan Qingshan smiled helplessly, "We will definitely not have a box office of 3000 million when it is released, but they are not sure, they are from China Film.

For the sake of money, they will definitely guard against pirates. As long as no pirated discs are released within a period of time and the "Selection" show is arranged during prime time, they can still make money. "

Wan Qingshan believed that they would definitely agree to this profitable deal.Yan Pingxue's performance did not slap Wan Qingshan in the face.

The next day, Yan Pingxue brought news and agreed to Wanqingshan's deal.We just talked about the price and finally settled the deal at 400 million.

The people at China Film were very active in making money. The next day, they put the money into Wanqingshan's card.

As soon as the money arrived, Wan Qingshan signed a contract with Yan Pingxue.

When signing the contract, Wan Qingshan made a random excuse. Not only did he not sell the online film and television rights, he also wanted to transfer half of China Film's online film and television rights to him for free.

Nowadays, online film and television rights cannot be sold at all. Yan Pingxue was curious and agreed.

Once the contract was signed, Wan Qingshan was basically fine in Berlin. All he had to do was wait for Yan Pingxue to sell "Selection" and then wait for the money to be divided.

With nothing to do, Wan Qingshan and Chen Yumo started playing in Berlin.

(End of this chapter)