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Chapter 356 There is a chance

"Then I'd like to thank you, Mr. Huang, for your good wishes." Li An smiled modestly.

"Okay, come and admire it for me." Huang Ze hugged the Golden Bear Award, stared at it, and stroked it carefully. "What a good thing! This is the only one I need."

"Mr. Huang, you are the one who wants to promote Chinese-language films to the world. It is understandable that you don't have enough energy to focus on the Berlin Film Festival."

"If you really want to win an award and go all out for the Golden Bear, there will be no problem." Li An spoke the truth. At least in his heart, this was the truth.

After all, Huang Ze had already won the Golden Lion Award and the Palme d'Or when he was 30 years old. He still has a long career as a director, and the Berlin Film Festival ranks third among the three.

Even if one wants to collect all three Grand Slams, the last award will increase the difficulty a lot, so Huang Ze still has a great chance.

Li An is very confident.

"Hahaha, no, no, if I want to get this last one of the top three, I'll have to work hard. Come to think of it, I haven't had any of my works screened at the Berlin Film Festival yet, so I have to plan carefully, right?"

"There will definitely be no problem." Li An continued to emphasize.

"Let's not talk about this anymore. You are the protagonist today!"

"Come on, let's go celebrate!"

Huang Ze returned the trophy to Li An, "Remember to attend my Golden Deer Award ceremony! Great director, you can't be absent."

After all, Li An's "The Wedding Banquet" was invested by Xinghai. If he wanted to participate in the competition, he would naturally register after the film was completed.

In order to give the Golden Deer Awards more credibility, Huang Ze deliberately announced the main competition units of the Golden Deer Awards on January 15, and "The Wedding Banquet" was among the main competition units.

Huang Ze actually just mentioned it casually.

This made Li An even more reserved. "What big director? He is far inferior to you."

"I will definitely go to the award ceremony. If there were no Golden Deer Awards, I wouldn't have met Director Huang, and I wouldn't be who I am today."

"Too modest!"

"You do have the talent, I may have just made this day come earlier." Huang Ze knew that even without him, others would have won the Golden Bear, so he just used the word "maybe".

But Li An didn't know that, and he felt even more grateful to Director Huang for understanding him.

……

Before I won the award, no one cared.

If we win the Golden Bear Award, the news of the award will be the best publicity. Distribution will no longer be a problem and distributors will naturally come in droves.

More importantly, this version of The Wedding Banquet is available in English, not just Mandarin.

Moreover, Li An originally studied in New York, and here are the director’s original lines, not a translation.

In addition, the choice of subject matter is very appealing, so when the copyright of this film was sold, it was much more popular than Huang Ze’s previous art films.

"One hundred thousand, one hundred thousand dollars!"

"Too low, two hundred and fifty thousand."

"Two hundred thousand."

"make a deal!"

"In your country, at least $800,000. This is an English film, an English film, you know?"

"Deal?"

"Huang, we at Warner can offer two million dollars, and promise to spend at least one million dollars on publicity, to ensure that it won't be released casually and enter the video tape market?" This time, Warner's film selector is not George. After all, the other party is the vice president. And it's not a film directed by Huang Ze himself, so he wouldn't come here just because he smelled the scent. Instead, it's a new face that has never been seen before.

"Too low." Huang Ze said, "This is a movie made in the United States, and there is an English version of the dialogue."

"And the producer's name is mine!" Huang Ze thought his reputation was still valuable.

Even though this film doesn't actually seem to have the potential to be a big hit in the North American market.

But just the few words "Producer Huang Ze" are enough to attract a group of movie and music fans, right?
"But most of the actors in this movie have yellow faces, and this is not a martial arts film, but a modern film. It's unprecedented. So, Huang, I'll give you 2.5 million."

"..." Huang Ze didn't want to talk for a moment.

This number really made Huang Ze speechless.

At this moment, a familiar yet unfamiliar voice sounded, "Three million dollars!"

Following the sound, I saw a familiar face!

It was that fat couple, the Weinstein brothers.

"Huang, long time no see!" Harvey Weinstein smiled and extended his hand with a face full of flesh. "We haven't talked since the Oscar dinner."

"But I have seen every movie you have made since then."

"To be honest, it's a shame!" Harvey sighed, "Why are you making commercial films? Your art films have a good reputation and can make over 100 million yuan at the North American box office."

"I am also a businessman, albeit a third-rate one." Huang Ze smiled, "Then, let's negotiate the price. Three million is still too little, four million US dollars! One price!"

Huang Ze didn't even set up insurance in advance, and told Harvey that he would not accept a deposit and required payment in one lump sum.

That's not necessary.

His operation is aimed at production companies that are eager to enter the North American market but do not have better distribution channels and connections.

In the end, the other party endured it in order to allow the film to be released in the United States, where the film industry is most developed.

But I am different now.

If the other party dares to do so, I will definitely accept the deposit with pleasure. At worst, I can look for a distribution company. At least Warner will definitely help with the distribution.

"four million."

There was a hint of bitterness on Harvey's smiling face, but after thinking about it, he nodded, "Huang, if you were not the producer, I would not agree to this price, but since you are the producer, let's just consider it as making friends."

"I agree, four million dollars."

"Happy cooperation!" After signing the contract, Harvey did not cause any trouble. He transferred the money readily and completely sold the North American copyright to the other party. Harvey smiled.

"The box office of this movie won't be too high. Ten million dollars is a threshold, so I plan to push it to the Oscars next year and try to compete for the Best Foreign Language Film."

"Huang, this is your production. If you have time, can you accompany me to some banquets or something?"

"I can arrange anything you want." Harvey said with a smile that all men understand.

"No need to make any arrangements. I will attend the banquet if I have time."

It's no big deal, it just takes some time, and I need to get closer to the judges.

"That's great. We'll contact you then!" Harvey Weinstein shook hands with Huang Ze again and walked away.

Huang Ze turned his head to look at Li An beside him and saw that he was a little dazed.

"What are you thinking about?" Huang Ze asked.

"Oscar."

He studied film and television in the United States, so it would be a lie to say that he had never fantasized about standing on the Oscar podium, and Li An did not hide it.

"Let this pair of brothers do it, maybe there's a chance." Huang Ze encouraged.

(End of this chapter)