Since 1983

Cannes is very cold in the morning, especially after it has just rained.

Standing on the balcony of his room, Xu Fei looked at the sea not far away and the white awnings, feeling refreshed

I brushed my teeth, washed my face, shaved my beard, and suddenly looked in front of the mirror. There were a few white hairs on my temples...

"Why!"

Xu Fei wanted to grab it but didn't. Forget it, he is 35 years old after all.

As the sun slowly came out, he ordered breakfast to eat on the terrace while reading the Cannes Show Book. Probably because of the heavy rain yesterday, which led to chaos and incompetent management, many reporters complained one after another.

After drinking the last bit of coffee, I feel that I am in good condition.

He put on his suit and went out, went to the appointment alone, and called a car to go to the hotel ten minutes away. Not in the conference room, but in a large suite, the door was opened by Allen from the Locomotive Company.

"Mr. Xu, how are you doing?"

"All right, nice to see you again."

He entered the room and greeted Lao Song and An Tian. Xu Yingzhu also arrived, followed by a woman.

Very tall, dark and straight, with a pure and sweet smile, and very dignified when not smiling, with the unique taste of Korean women in his eyebrows and eyes.

Yo!

Xu Fei blinked, maybe he knew her by himself.

"This is Ms. Cui Zhiyou, a very outstanding newcomer."

"Hello!"

"Hello!"

Lao Song is excited, is it finally time to entertain?

He glanced at Xu Fei, tsk, what a son of man! Son of man in vain!

Choi Ji Woo will be 25 years old, a young rookie, who has not acted in "Winter Sonata" or "Stairway to Heaven", and sat obediently behind Xu Yingzhu after shaking hands.

Not to the side, but slightly to the back.

Yasuda didn't say anything, he would sometimes bring a female star to talk about things.

As the host, Alan took out a box of tea and said with a smile, "You Orientals love to drink tea. I specially bought some high-end products. You can taste them for me."

"..."

Xu Yingzhu winked, and Cui Zhiyou hurriedly took over the work and poured water to make tea.

"Oh, thank you."

Allen handed it to her and said: "After Berlin, Mr. Song has been communicating with me, and I have been communicating with Hardy. The result was very unpleasant. Cactus still wanted to turn it into a Hollywood movie and decided to withdraw from the project.

But Mr. Song impressed me, his pan-Asian project is very good. I also think that the film is more suitable for the Asian market, so I invite everyone to come here this time to talk about how to cooperate. "

"Then your company..."

"We are responsible for the North American distribution of the film, or global distribution. Of course, I will not hide that Locomotive does not have the ability to distribute globally, but we will cooperate with Sony Classics to try to release it in as many countries as possible."

Xu Yingzhu's eyes lit up instantly.

For Koreans, it is a victory to be released in North America!

An Tian was also very moved.

On the face of it, Columbia has been acquired by Sony, so Japanese movies can be released casually.

In fact, it is not. If a movie with no quality is released blindly, it is to discredit yourself. And Sony is in Hollywood, so it has to abide by Hollywood's gameplay.

"Then let's go one by one?"

As the proponent and advocate of the project, Lao Song presided over the overall situation without hesitation, saying: "First of all, the place where the story takes place, I admit that Hong Kong lacks geographical advantages. What's your opinion?"

"Of course in Korea! I have communicated with all parties, and if the scene is filmed in Korea, I will definitely give the most favorable conditions for shooting.

Our train system is also very developed, 10 years ago, the railway mileage reached 51,000 kilometers, there is enough space for depth..."

"Japan has the Shinkansen."

"us……"

"Shinkansen."

your sister!

Yasuda easily took the lead and said: "If we talk about developed, of course it is our Japanese railway system.

In addition to the world-renowned Shinkansen, we also have a large number of ordinary, express, express, express, and a large number of local and regional private railways.

We can produce whatever trains we want to photograph.

Japan has a huge number of train fans and has formed a culture, and these are potential audiences. Not to mention, we are the second largest film market in the world! "

KO!

Seo Young-soo: ○|￣|_

There is no way, Korean films, which have just emerged and have not yet risen, have the least right to speak in negotiations.

For example, this year's Cannes, "Chunhyang Tale" directed by Lim Kwon-taek is the first Korean film to enter the official competition. And China and Japan have already won the Palme d'Or.

Seeing that Xu Yingzhu was closed to himself, Allen said, "Let's put this aside first, and the next one."

"The next item is the issue of special effects. Mr. Allen will help contact the top special effects company in Hollywood. In fact, the special effects of this film are of a very low level, mainly makeup and zombie action design.

Special effects are mostly used outside of the train, which is the location part. "

"Can!"

"Can!"

"Then continue, director, Tsui Hark."

"be opposed to!"

Yasuda was the first to say: "Japan also has many excellent and well-known directors, such as Takeshi Kitano, Yoji Yamada, Yuki Mitani, Shohei Imamura..."

"Are you sure you want them to make a zombie movie?" Lao Song asked back.

"Well……"

Yasuda is embarrassed, because the situation of Japanese movies is very embarrassing, and the technology tree is completely crooked.

Either go for warmth and sadness, "Guide Dog Little Q", "Love Letter", "Calling Love in the Center of the World"

Either go to cult, Cult, "Sewer Mermaid", "Killer One", "Female Prisoner No. 701"

Either go to the cartoon, "Spirited Away", "Your Name", "My Neighbor Totoro"

Either go to the indescribable, Mikami, Angel, Hashimoto...

They also don’t make purely commercial blockbusters. Just look at the box office rankings. Five of the top ten are cartoons, three are Hollywood blockbusters, and there is only one local live-action movie, “Jump the Big Search Line 2”.

Still born out of Japanese drama.

So Yasuda thought for a long time, and said: "Then I recommend Kinji Fukasaku ("Battle Royale"), or Kiyoshi Kurosawa ("X Shengzhi")."

"be opposed to!"

Seo Young-soo followed, "We also have many excellent directors in South Korea, like Lim Kwon-taek, Lee Chang-dong, Kim Ki-duk..."

His voice is relatively weak. Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon-ho have just debuted and haven't carried the flag yet, so they can't come up with decent people.

"You guys are also art directors, right? Not suitable, not suitable."

Lao Song shook his head, and continued: "In terms of actors, not counting the children, there are four leading actors, male lead, pregnant woman, boxer, and villain.

I think Leslie Cheung can be the hero, and Gong Li will play the pregnant woman. "

"No, no, no! Since the shooting is in Japan, it is natural to use Japanese actors..."

"When will you decide to shoot in Japan? Korea is absolutely fine!" Seo Young-soo fights for every inch of land.

Ri Yasuda ignored him and said, "We can provide Yuji Oda, Takuya Kimura, Masaharu Fukuyama, Takako Matsu, Rie Miyazawa, Nanako Matsushima, Yuki Uchida, etc., all of whom are the most popular actors in this country."

"No! This movie can't have a certain regional color. The style of Japanese movies is too prominent. Not everyone likes your style.

What we have to do is to make the vast majority of audiences adapt to the commonality! "Old Song said.

“We are the second largest market in the world!”

"But you don't represent the only market! This film is going to be distributed in Pan Asia, and even globally!

In Asia, is Oda Yuji as popular as Leslie Cheung? In the whole world, is Matsu Takako as famous as Gong Li? "

"..."

The momentum is overwhelming, and the sword is on the verge of breaking out.

Seo Young-soo repeated weakly: "Actually, there are many excellent actors in Korea, like Choi Min-sik, Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun..."

Still ignored.

The passer-by male protagonist Xu Fei drank tea, stayed out of the matter, and kept looking at Cui Zhiyou.

Lao Song leaned back, imitating Mr. Xu: "Mr. Yasuda, let me remind you, I didn't ask you to cooperate, it was you who asked me to cooperate!

I don't see any sincerity from you. Your sincerity is not as good as Representative Xu. Representative Xu and I can handle this project. "

Hiss!

Xu Yingzhu was flattered, Yasuda frowned tightly, how could it be repaired!

He understood the role of the Koreans, and he was the one who forced himself to give in!