Exploiting Hollywood 1980.

Chapter 520

"Beat Dance," the girl Ronald met on the road, and her gang of girlfriends, are now toiling outside the doors of the Palais in Cannes, handing out leaflets to passers-by for Cannon Films .

"Come on, the newest dance from America!"

Today is the opening ceremony in Cannes and the premiere of the opening film "Saganborg".For the films participating in the selection of the Palme d'Or, Cannes generally requires the premiere at the film festival.

They all wore miniskirts and gray jackets with Beat Dance on the back and the Cannon Pictures logo on the chest.Standing behind the crowd at the entrance of the movie palace, send a copy to anyone you meet.

The reporters, guests, and movie buyers on the scene were handed out a copy.Some people put it in the bag, some people threw it away casually, and those buyers looked at it solemnly, how could they be so generous?Marketing at the opening?

The photojournalist, who was originally shooting the stars on the red carpet, was also attracted by their beautiful figures. When they were free, they turned around and snapped snappingly.

Even the TV station turned the camera over, "Cannes has also attracted a lot of American films in this year's screenings. Mr. Hair Country's Minister of Culture and the president of the American Film Association will also negotiate during the Cannes period. Exchange views on the opening of the film market.

What we saw outside the gate of the Movie Palace is that this year's screening film 'Hot Dance', which is called Beat Dance in English, is the only studio in America that respects the creation of artists, and the former executives of United Artists formed Orion Films investment and distribution.Will be open to various public screenings at the festival.

Well, the following is the main creative team of 'Saganborg', Ms. Catherine Deneuve. "

"Okay, Cut!" The photographer made a good gesture to the host, "We will shoot again when Deneuve comes. But you seem to be wrong, the release of Orion is hot street dance, not hot dance."

"That's right, isn't it called Beat Dance in English?" The host walked up to Cannon Girl in two steps, took a flyer, crossed out the film title on it with a pen, and wrote Beat Dance on the bottom. "

"There must be something wrong, I've seen the poster of Orion, it's not these three actors." The cameraman took the flyer suspiciously, "I don't understand it either, English is so vague, it's not as beautiful as hair language precise."

"Here we come, Deneuve is here." There was a scream, and the photographer's flashlight flashed again at the landing place of the luxury car across the road.

A middle-aged beauty got out of the limousine.

Her dress today is very similar to a Greek goddess, with an off-shoulder light sky blue skirt, tied with a knot on the right shoulder, two wind chime-style 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 will look like the Statue of Liberty that is now on New York Island as a gift from the Hair Country to America.

Everyone swarmed up again, trying to get as close to her as possible to take pictures.The film palace in Cannes is not blocked by security and safety lines like the Oscars. Catherine Deneuve was pushed back slightly by the crowd.Depardieu, the big nose behind her, hurried forward to protect the flowers.

"Hot dance, hot dance, come see American musical movies, the latest dance form, break dancing."

Minahan gave the Cannon Girls a good daily salary and promised them a chance to make cameo appearances in movies as long as they distributed enough leaflets.

A few girls worked very hard, and they gave a leaflet to anyone they saw. One girl distributed it vigorously, but she didn't see who was approaching, and a leaflet was delivered to Deneuve.

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

"It's okay," Deneuve smiled and returned the leaflet to her. "BeatDance? What kind of dance is this?"

"I don't know? I haven't heard of it either." The fat girl next to her, Sophie Marceau, stretched her neck and looked at the flyer, expressing that she didn't know, "Let's go in."

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

"Let's go, let's go, I see people from Regal Entertainment from your hometown are also here."

Luxurious cars drove over one after another, and teams of guest stars began to enter the main venue in the order of the Palme d'Or.

"Natasha, Natasha!" fans and reporters screamed again, this time from Natasha Kinski's "Paris, Texas" crew.

Natasha Kinski is wearing a loose light green dress with no extra accessories. Below her neck is a large white collar with rounded edges. The temperament of her whole person is like a summer water lily, which looks natural and uncarved.

She got off after her ex-boyfriend, Harry Dean Stanton, the star of "Paris, Texas."

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

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

He was also Rebecca De Mornay's boyfriend before his drama with Natasha Kinskey.The two actresses in Coppola's "Old Love, New Love" crew fought a little for him, and finally he chose De Mornay.

Until Tom Cruise appeared and snatched De Mornay away, Stanton naturally went back to rebuild with Kinski.

The relationship between the two lasted until Kinski filmed "Maria's Lovers", this time Kinski moved on and fell in love with the male lead Vincent Spano.

In short, what Stanton is best at playing may be the role of the best male friend of various female stars.

Natasha Kinski posed for a lot of film used by various reporters before she was ready to cross the street and enter the Palace of Films.

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

As soon as Natasha Kinski gave way, she avoided the man's support.

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

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

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

"Where are you from?" Yoram exclaimed.

"The nest belongs to Malaysia, Malaysia..."

"Malaysia, buy it now, 30. Deposit is [-]%."

"I'll give you a check!" The buyer of the film hadn't even seen the copy, but the battle outside the venue today really scared him, and even Catherine Deneuve saw their posters.It must be top-notch.

"Where are you from?"

"Philippines, Philippines... your ninja movie was filmed in our studio, please give me a friendly price, 20!"

"Buy it, 32. 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 is not afraid of his opponent lowering the price at all.

"I'm from Singapore!..."

"I'm

"I'm from Yugoslavia...we don't want too many copies."

"So you'd better pirate your own version, right?"

"I'm from Chile..."

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Movie buyers from various countries surrounded the two brothers, filling out checks as if they didn't want money, and scrambling to send them to the two producers.

The genius of business negotiation among the two brothers is Yoram.He doesn't need to look up the information, but he can clearly remember the movie audience population in each country, and everyone has a buy-it-yourself price.Those buyers were dejected and guessed the bottom line, and they still had to give him money.

"Everyone!" Minahan yelled, "We'll go to the bank to check your checks. In three days, we'll be on the beach, showing a live movie. When the time comes, you all come, and we'll sign a formal contract."

Orion's protest to the organizing committee is still useful. They don't want to offend this American producer of high-yielding art films.No time for cannon screenings.

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

It was the first time for Ronald to see how the two brothers sold a film at a European film festival. There was no copy, no synopsis and no actors. With just a poster, a tongue, and a little creativity, they could sell. crazy.

It seems that the film market in the world is very vast, and everyone's demand for fresh and interesting Hollywood films is very strong. I came to the right place this time, which is an eye-opener.

"They want to buy a movie, but don't they watch the content of the movie?" Ronald was also surprised.

"It's something to watch, but there are limited Hollywood movies suitable for their market. Musical and musical films like ours don't have too many barriers in terms of lines, so they are exactly the type they like. Coupled with Hollywood's set of shooting methods, it is very important for the people of these countries. The audience is still very attractive." Minahan explained to Ronald.

"In addition, your publicity strategy is very effective. They all think that this is a Hollywood blockbuster. They are afraid that other distributors in their country will take the lead, so they don't hesitate to sign the contract first."

"Today are all small countries, the main Western European countries, hair countries, Germany, Italy, Britain, and several strong markets in East Asia, Japan and Korea, are still waiting to see how our quality compares with Hot Street Boys. "

Yoram counted. This time, several million copies were sold, which was considered a small attempt. The real big money was still in those rich countries.

"What about Eastern European countries?" Ronald asked.

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

"Since this is the case, should we make the screening on the beach a bit bigger, and directly invite the three leading actors, let them dance on the spot, and hold a press conference. This way, we can also overwhelm Orion's hot street boys."

Ronald also knew a little bit about the ways of the two brothers.The European market has no concept of breakdancing at all, as long as they have preconceived ideas, they can instill in their minds that breakdancing is Beat Dance.The most authentic one ends with Beat Dance, not Beat Street.

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

(End of this chapter)