Entertainment: God-level director

In addition to"The Peace Wheel", Lin Ran also saw Jiang Wen's"One Step Away". and"Tomb Robbery Notes"》，《Movies that attracted a lot of attention, such as"Journey to the West: Part 3: Fighting the White Bone Demon", are also here.

Then, there are some low-budget films that don’t get much attention.

Lin Ran found the booth he applied for and found that it was closest to the booth and at the absolute edge.

Moreover, the booth area is very small and can only accommodate less than ten people.

Lin Ran could only smile bitterly.

Even though"The Tuner" was shortlisted for the competition, after all, it is only a short film of more than ten minutes.

Why has the Cannes Film Festival become the most successful and influential film festival among the three major European film festivals?

In addition to actively welcoming Hollywood commercial blockbusters for promotion, it is also related to the fact that the Cannes Film Festival is one of the world's top film trading markets.

The film trading market is supported by transaction volume.

In the film trading market, short films are naturally at a disadvantage, and it is natural that they are not valued by organizers.

Lin Ran hung up the promotional poster and scrolled to play the content of"The Tuner".

Then, he waited alone for customers to come.

Compared with other booths where there were at least four or five people, it seemed a bit too lonely.

But Lin Ran didn't care.

After you make your first pot of gold, you will definitely get better and better in the future!

After waiting for five or six minutes, a customer came to the door.

Unfortunately, he is not a movie buyer, but a compatriot.

After he stopped to look at the poster, he was surprised and said:"Are you Lin Ran, the director of"The Tuner"?"

"right. Lin Ran smiled and nodded.

"Congratulations on being shortlisted for Cannes competition. I am Zhao Qiang, the director of"Blind Dog""

"Hello Director Zhao, in how many countries has the copyright of"Blind Dog" been sold?"

After saying hello, Lin Ran asked directly.

Zhao Qiang smiled bitterly and shook his head:"Not one yet."

"Just wait."

Lin Ran comforted.

Zhao Qiang nodded, and then started watching"The Tuner", wanting to see why this short film was shortlisted for the Cannes competition.

"Wonderful!"

More than ten minutes later, Zhao Qiang gave Lin Ran a thumbs up

"you flatter me."

Lin Ran smiled modestly.

After communicating for a few more minutes, Zhao Qiang went back to his booth.

Lin Ran was bored and played with his mobile phone.

After some time, a fat white man in his forties appeared. Arriving at the booth

"Sir, please come in and take a look."

Seeing someone coming, Lin Ran perked up, quickly put down his phone, and greeted enthusiastically.

Nicholas looked at the poster and felt that it had a high aesthetic standard, so he went in to watch the specific content of the film.

For someone like him, I am a buyer with more than ten years of experience in film transactions. If the promotional poster is bad, then the content is probably also very bad.

In fact, this is indeed the case, such as"Dream Acting" directed by Bi, who is known as Wang Yuyan in the film industry. This was true for"The Fortress" starring Liu Dazhuang.

Lin Ran replayed"The Tuner" and said nothing more.

At first, Nicholas didn't report anything. Looking forward to it.

But when I saw the tuner played by Chen Kun coming out of the coffee shop, pretending to be blind, he pranked an old woman while crossing the road, saying that he would help her cross the road. The old woman looked surprised and became interested. Get up.

And when I saw the final scene of the battle of wits between the tuner and the old lady who killed her husband, I felt even more suspenseful.

"This is a good movie!"

After watching it, Nicholas commented in his heart.

But he didn't show it at all. He just said lightly:"Is this just a short film?"

"Yes, but it's no less exciting than a feature film.

Lin Ran replied with a smile.

Nicholas did not answer the question and said directly:"Young man, I will pay you $100,000 to buy out all the copyrights of this short film except Tianchao.""

Lin Ran was very excited when he heard the direct quotation of US$100,000. He thought he had been taken advantage of.

Unexpectedly, the other party thought he was taken advantage of.

"Sir, this price is too low"

"Boy, the cost of your short film is only about 10,000 US dollars. 100,000 US dollars is quite a lot."

Nicholas said.

Lin Ran just smiled:"If it is an American copyright, I can promise you that."

"No, it's impossible!

The short film cannot be screened in theaters, nor can it be released on DVD. It can only be broadcast on video websites.

Well, let me add another $50,000."

Nicholas continued to bargain.

Lin Ran shook his head. It was obvious that this buyer regarded himself as a novice who had no knowledge of the business.

Nicholas frowned and asked directly:"Then how much do you want?"

Lin Ran pointed out two fingers.

"200,000?"

Nicholas was overjoyed when he saw that Lin Ran's offer was only $50,000 more.

However, as an experienced negotiator, he still did not readily agree. Instead, he pondered for a moment and made a look of pain.

"Well, since I like this short film so much, I bought it at a loss."

"No, I'm talking about $2 million"

"2 million?!"

Nicholas' eyes widened, astonished, and said angrily:

"Boy, why don't you grab it? Do you think you are Cameron?"

After that, Nicholas left angrily.

Lin Ran just shrugged and didn't take it seriously.

Judging from what he learned from Jia Zhangke last night, Lin Ran knew that this guy was most likely a movie broker.

He just didn't specialize in distribution. Company representatives are not movie buyers sent by video websites, but movie middlemen.

They make money by buying at low prices and selling them at high prices, just like scalpers. Therefore, these people are often the most greedy.

Lin Ran was too lazy to talk to him and simply offered a sky-high price to scare him away.