Exploiting Hollywood 1980

  Chapter 520 Selling the World

   "BeatDance", the girl Ronald met on the road, and a bunch of her girlfriends, are now working hard for Cannon Films outside the Palais des Films in Cannes, handing out leaflets to passersby.

   "Come and see, the latest dance from America!"

  Today is the opening ceremony of Cannes and the premiere of the opening film "Sagan Fort". Cannes generally requires films to be selected for the Palme d'Or, to premiere at the festival.

   They were all wearing miniskirts and grey jackets with BeatDance on the back and Cannonball Pictures on their chests. Stand behind the crowd at the entrance of the Movie Palace, and send a copy when you meet someone.

   The reporters, guests, and movie buyers at the scene were sent one by them. Some people just put it in the bag, some people just throw it away, and those buyers look at it seriously, how big is it? Marketing at the opening?

   The photojournalist who was shooting the stars on the red carpet was also attracted by their beautiful figures.

Even the TV station turned the camera over, "This year's screening session, Cannes also attracted a lot of American films, Mr. Hair Country's Minister of Culture, and the president of the American Film Association, will also negotiate during Cannes, on the two countries. Exchange of views on the opening of the film market.

What we saw outside the door of the Film Palace is that this year's screening film 'Hot Dance', English called BeatDance, is the only studio in America that respects the creation of artists, and is invested by the former top executives of United Arts and invested by Orion Films and issued. There will be various public screenings at the festival.

  Alright, here comes the main creative team of ‘Sagamburg’, Ms. Catherine Deneuve. "

   "Okay, Cut!" The photographer made a good gesture to the host, "We'll shoot when Deneuve arrives. But you seem to be wrong, Orion releases hot hip-hop, not hot dance."

   "That's right, isn't it called BeatDance in English?" The host walked up to the Cannon Girl in two steps, took a flyer, crossed out the title of the film above, and wrote BeatDance by hand at the bottom. "

"There must be something wrong. I have seen the poster of Orion, not these three actors." The cameraman took the flyer suspiciously. precise."

   "Come on, here comes Deneuve." There was a scream, and the photographer's flash flashed again at the exit of the luxury car across the road.

  In the limousine, a middle-aged beauty came down.

She looks like a Greek goddess today, with an off-shoulder light sky blue dress tied with a knot on the right shoulder, two wind chime earrings, also the same light sky blue, and a broken diamond bracelet on her right wrist , A pair of light blue high heels on the soles of the feet, the whole person is graceful and luxurious.

   If you change the light sky blue to green and add a crown, it is very similar to the Statue of Liberty that the hair country gave to America and is now placed on New York Island.

  The crowd swarmed up again, trying to get as close to her as possible to take pictures. Outside the Film Palace in Cannes, there was no security and security line blocking like Oscar, and Catherine Deneuve was pushed back slightly by the crowd. Depardieu, the big nose behind her, hurried forward to protect the flowers.

   "Dance, dance, come and see American music and dance movies, the latest dance form, break dance."

   Minahan gave the Cannonball girls a good daily salary and promised that as long as they got enough flyers, they would have the opportunity to make cameo appearances in the movie.

   Several girls worked very hard, and they gave one when they saw anyone. One girl was so excited that she didn't know who was approaching, and a flyer was delivered to Deneuve.

   "Uh, sorry, Ms. Deneuve." The girl stuck out her tongue.

   "It's okay", Deneuve smiled and gave her the flyer, "BeatDance? What dance is this?"

   "I don't know? I've never heard of it." The fat girl Sophie Marceau next to her stretched her neck to read the flyer and said she didn't know, "Let's go in."

   "Let's go there. It's not easy to see this movie, even Deneuve liked it. The address on the flyer is room 515 of the hotel, right?" Several movie buyers from Southeast Asia began to exchange news.

   "Hurry up, hurry up, I saw the people from your hometown's rich entertainment are also here."

   One after another limousines drove over, and a team of guest stars began to enter the main venue in accordance with the competition order of the Palme d’Or.

   "Natasha, Natasha!" fans and reporters began screaming again, this time with Natasha Kinski's "Texas, Paris" crew.

  Natasha Kinski wore a loose light green dress with no extra accessories. Below the neck was a large white collar with a rounded edge. The temperament of the whole person was like a summer water lily, which seemed to be naturally de-carved.

   She got out of the car after that was the actor of "Paris, Texas", her ex-boyfriend, Harry Dean Stanton (Harry Dean Stanton).

  Natasha put her arms around Stanton's neck naturally and waited on the side of the road. The two smiled at each other.

   Stanton looks very ordinary, and there is a scar on his face, but he has always been a female star killer. His acting skills are very skilled, which is very popular with art film directors. Many female stars also fell in love with him during the filming because of his role.

   He was also Rebecca De Mornay's boyfriend before he became involved with Natasha Kinskin. The two actresses had a small battle for him in Coppola's "Old Love, New Love" crew, and finally he chose De Mornay.

   Until Tom Cruise showed up and snatched De Mornay, Stanton naturally went back to reconnect with Kinski.

  The relationship between the two continued until Kinsky was filming "Maria's Lovers", and this time Kinsky moved away again and fell in love with the actor Vincent Spano.

   In short, Stanton is best at playing the role of the best male friend of female stars from all walks of life.

  Natasha Kinski poses for reporters to use up a lot of film, and then she prepares to cross the street and enter the Film Palace.

   Before she got to the road, a man with Middle Eastern features came over to help her.

   Natasha Kinski gave up and avoided the man's support.

   Immediately, she felt inappropriate again, put on a sweet smile, put her right hand around the arm of the Middle Eastern man, looked at Stanton on the other side, and put her left hand around his arm, and the three of them crossed the road together.

   Soon all the guests entered the film palace and the screening of the opening film began.

   At the same time, in the hotel where he was staying, Yoram of Minahan opened another large suite, which was crowded.

   "Where are you from?" Yoram exclaimed.

   "The nest is from Malaysia, Malaysia..."

   "Malaysia, the price is 300,000. The deposit is 10%."

   "I'll give you a check!" The film buyer hadn't even seen the copy, but today's battle outside the venue really scared him, even Catherine Deneuve saw their poster. Definitely top quack.

"Where are you from?"

   "Philippines, Philippines...your ninja movie was shot in our studio, give me a friendship price, 200,000!"

   "One price, 320,000. If you don't want it, I'll sell it to your competitor. Yoram is more familiar with the situation in the Philippines, and he's not afraid of lowering the price.

  "I'm from Singapore! …"

"I'm

   "I'm from Yugoslavia... let's not make too many copies."

   "So you guys pirate your own, right?"

   "I'm from Chile..."

  …

   Film buyers from one country after another surrounded the two brothers, as if they didn’t want money, filled out checks and scrambled to send them to the two producers.

   The genius of business negotiation among the two brothers is Yoram. He does not need to look up the data, he remembers the movie audience population of each country clearly, and everyone is a buy. Those buyers were dejectedly guessing the bottom line, and they still had to send him money.

   "Everyone!" Minahan shouted, "We'll go to the bank to check your check, and in three days, we'll be on the beach, showing the movie live, and when you all come, we'll sign a formal contract."

  Orion is still useful to the organizing committee's protest, they don't want to offend the American producer of prolific art films. No show time for the cannon.

   But how could the two of them be stumped by such a small difficulty? EMI's projection equipment will arrive soon, set up a big tent on the beach, and put it on site.

It was the first time Ronald saw how the two brothers sold their films at the European Film Festival. There were no copies, no synopsis or actors. With just a poster, a tongue, and a little creativity, they could sell it. crazy.

   It seems that the world's movie market is very broad, and everyone's demand for fresh and interesting Hollywood movies is very strong.

   "Are they going to buy movies, don't they watch the content of the movies?" Ronald was also surprised.

"It's worth watching, but Hollywood has limited movies suitable for their market. For musical films like ours, there is not much obstacle in the lines, so it is the type they like. Coupled with Hollywood's set of shooting methods, these countries' The audience, it's still very attractive," Minahan explained to Ronald.

   "In addition, your publicity strategy is very effective. They all think this is a Hollywood giant. They are all afraid of being seized by other publishers in their country, so they don't hesitate to sign a contract first."

"The people who come today are all small countries, the main Western European countries, the hair country, Germany, Italy, Britain, and several strong markets in East Asia, Dongying and Korea, are still waiting to see the quality comparison between us and Hot Street Kid. "

  Yoram counted, this time selling several million copies of gold, it is a small test, the real big money, still in those rich countries.

   "What about the Eastern European countries?" Ronald asked.

"They? Their market is not easy to enter, and they can't sell for much money. For example, in East Germany, many of the movies we show in West Germany, after a few weeks, pirated copies will be circulated, and then after a few weeks, Poland and Czechoslovakia have it too. Only Yugoslavia will pay a little.”

   "Since that's the case, why don't we make the screening on the beach bigger and get the three leading actors directly, let them dance live and hold a press conference. This way, we can also overwhelm Orion's hot street boy."

  Ronald also has a little grasp of the ways of the two brothers. The European market has no concept of breakdance at all. As long as they are preconceived, they can instill in their minds that breakdance is BeatDance. The most authentic one ends with a dance (BeatDance), not a street (BeatStreet).

   "Hahaha, it's exactly what I want, I'll call now."

   (end of this chapter)