Chinese Entertainment: Academic Director

Chapter 198 Is making money so easy?
Cao Yang, holding the Silver Lion for Best Director at the Venice Film Festival, stood in front of the microphone, looking at the guests applauding below, still a little dazed.

Well, let me show you the spirit of the best director. This is an experimental film. No matter who comes, no matter who questions it, this is an experimental film!
Cao Yang's eyes gradually became firm.

Good directors are definitely good actors, so it is very easy to get into the role.

"Thank you, thank you. It's not easy. I'm very excited now, even more excited than when I won the Golden Lion here three years ago."

Cao Yang spoke on the stage with great excitement and in a very infectious manner.

Hua Hua Hua...

The guests applauded again.

When the applause died down, Cao Yang continued, "Art films and commercial films are two different types. Commercial films pursue high returns, so they have big stars, big productions, compact structures, and focus on entertainment and visual effects.

Art films focus on the expression of thoughts and emotions, emphasize thinking about human nature, social ethics and human relationships. The narrative style is more diverse and may contain more personal characteristics and artistic expressions.

Art films are suitable for specific audience groups and usually require the audience to have a certain level of artistic appreciation and emotional resonance, so art is niche.

But art is also for the masses.

It can touch everyone's heart and make people feel the existence of beauty. Art is a universal cultural phenomenon and anyone on earth has the right to appreciate art.

I was thinking, since art is for the masses and is universal, why can’t art films be understood by everyone and allow everyone to feel the existence of beauty? "

Cao Yang looked at the people in the audience, shrugged his shoulders, and continued, "So, you can say that I am young and frivolous, or that I am unrealistic, I just want to try to see if I can make a popular art film.

Maybe I failed.

Some people may think that I didn’t strike the right balance in my filming and that it was a bit like a commercial film, but at least I tried my best and I explored the complexity and diversity of human nature in my film, and that’s enough!
I will continue to work hard, thank you! ”

Without thanking anyone, Cao Yang walked off the stage after saying this.

The guests reacted and clapped their hands hard one by one. I don’t know if they were sincere or not, but it doesn’t matter. I had said everything I needed to say, so let them think whatever they want.

"Junior brother, you are an amazing person. As your senior brother, I am ashamed..."

President Han took Cao Yang's Silver Lion for Best Director and looked at it over and over again, then he sighed and said.

You have nothing to be ashamed of.

I don't even know what you're talking about.

"Ha ha……"

Cao Yang could only smile and let it be. Think whatever you want.

Li Xiaoran and Gao Yuanyuan looked at Cao Yang with tenderness. They had never thought that this movie had such a meaning, and Cao Yang had never said it to them in person.

Maybe he was afraid that the actors and staff would be under pressure?

Fat Bing secretly glanced at Cao Yang's profile through a few people. He is indeed a great director. His work is extraordinary. He can win two major awards for an experimental film.

It's so charming.

At this time, the "Caoyang Bar" was simply crazy, with countless posts and replies popping up in an instant.

"Shocking news! Cao Yang won the Best Director and Best Technical Contribution awards in Venice."

"Damn, I didn't know that 'Nine-Tailed Fox' actually entered the main competition unit of Venice and won the Best Director Award. What's wrong with the domestic media? There haven't been many related reports before." "If you don't understand, just ask, isn't 'Nine-Tailed Fox' a commercial film? It was hyped before. This is Cao Yang's first commercial film, with an investment of hundreds of millions."

"The person above said that the media can't be trusted. Maybe they thought that their previous reports were wrong, so they didn't dare to report on the "Nine-Tailed Demon Fox" entering Venice on a large scale this time."

"Haha, you really underestimate the reporter's shamelessness. He even dared to swallow what was said yesterday, not to mention that it was said so long ago."

"Is 'Nine-Tailed Demon Fox' a commercial film or an art film? If it is a commercial film, it can't possibly win an award, right?"

"Experimental film. Cao Yang said in his acceptance speech after winning the Best Director award that this is an experimental film for the general public, otherwise it would not have won the award."

"Cao Yang is really awesome. Every movie he has made since his debut has won a major award."

……

After the film festival ended, Cao Yang asked the actors and staff who had work arrangements to return home first. He and President Han were going to discuss some copyright issues with the distributor.

The European and American copyrights have been sold. I guess Harvey will not be able to help laughing after watching today's awards ceremony - he has material for hype again, the Best Director Award in Venice, Cao Yang's first experimental film.

Speaking of copyright fees in Europe and the United States, Mr. Han still finds it hard to believe this fact.

2400 million US dollars. That’s 2400 million US dollars.

According to today's exchange rate, it is a little more than 1.98 million!

What is the total investment amount of "Nine-Tailed Fox"? 7500 million.

The movie hasn’t even been released yet, and it’s already made 1 million?
When did movies become so profitable?
Mr. Han thought, how come I didn't know that movies are so profitable? How can they make so much money? This is faster than robbing money.

In the next few days, President Han no longer cared much about the copyright fees sold in some places other than East Asia and Southeast Asia. Do hundreds of millions of dollars count as money?
The copyright of Little Days was eventually acquired by Kadokawa Pictures for a total price of US$600 million.

As one of the top five film companies in the world, Kadokawa Pictures is still very powerful.

Back then, the copyright of "Farewell My Concubine" by the great poet Kai Ge was bought by Kadokawa Pictures, which also set the highest record for the release of foreign films in Xiao Ri Zi.

When Hong Kong films were still flourishing, Xiao Rizuo liked to buy the copyrights of Hong Kong films.

Among them, Jackie Chan's films sold the most copyrights, with most of his films selling for between 300 million and 500 million US dollars.

Cao Yang broke Cheng Long's record.

The South Korean copyright was sold for $250 million, but ultimately fell short of the $4 million earned by Jackie Chan's "Police Stories 274: Simple Tasks."

However, it exceeded the $200 million of "Hero".

Hong Kong and Taiwan, including the copyrights of the entire Southeast Asia, were bought by Jiang Zhiqiang for US$280 million.

In this way, Xiaozi, South Korea, and Southeast Asia sold for a total of 1130 million US dollars, which is equivalent to 9345 million!
Almost another small goal.

Adding other miscellaneous items, it is definitely more than 100 million.

President Han used his numb brain to do a quick calculation. The movie hasn’t even been released yet, and it’s already made 200 million?
I can't believe it!
"How about I try making an art film?"

President Han couldn't help thinking about it, and he also had an urge to try it out.

Then I forced myself to suppress the thought temporarily. I couldn’t even tell that Cao Yang’s film was an experimental film. How could he be qualified to make an award-winning art film?
(End of this chapter)