Disaster Artist

Temporarily detached from the whole situation, and analyzed from an objective standpoint, Lan Xia, as the three major film festivals, is trapped in the trap, so what is the biggest advantage they still have now?

fame.

Perhaps, explained in detail, it can be said to be history, authority, status, connections, culture, etc., but in summary, it is actually just fame.

Moreover, even fame has suffered a serious blow due to the decline in the quality of the participating films over the years, so that Lan Xia was hit by Seika.

but!

A reputation is enough.

If the Lanxia Film Festival and the Echo can launch an official cooperation, it also means that the Echo can tear a gap between the three major film festivals and traditional filmmakers.

This is enough.

Obviously, Lan Xia is also aware of Echo's request, but in fact, it is absolutely impossible for Lan Xia to treat Echo like this.

Because Li Shikuan understands that once Lan Xia opens this hole, they will have to face the rejection from all industry peers. The Lan Xia Film Festival, which is already in deep trouble, may be completely excluded by peers in the industry and fall into a situation of isolation and helplessness. Then, Their only chip will also be dimmed.

Bottom line, clear.

But Li Shikuan also understands that "reputation" is the only bargaining chip they have.

So, how did Richie do it?

name.

Although the Blue Summer Film Festival will not announce the official cooperation with Echo, they still give Echo a "fake name", which comes from an officially recognized name.

As a result, allowing Echo to launch official publicity in Lan Xia, in fact, this is in line with the treatment that Li Shikuan gave to the other two independent film festivals.

However, there are not many such booths in Lanxia, ​​and the exposure rate can be 100% certain. This is also the first step for Echo to set foot on the art film market.

More importantly, this also means that streaming media has been affirmed by the film festival for the first time, and there is a lot of room to operate from publicity to word-of-mouth to brand image and so on.

Second, the opening of the Film Archive, for Echo, also means opening up a possibility for in-depth cooperation with the three major film festivals and art films.

Very! A very important step - obviously, Rich Shikuan keenly grasped Lu Qian's "vital point" and gave a reason that Lu Qian couldn't refuse.

So far, Lu Qian's conception of art film landing on the Echo platform finally has the second piece of the puzzle after Lion Pictures and Peak Entertainment.

All along, Lu Qian's grand blueprint for Echo has been a "movie paradise"—

Not limited to commercial films and art films, not limited to algorithms and hot searches, not limited to interests and popularity, it is a hot spot left for films.

Of course, Lu Qian maintains a clear head. He knows that it is absolutely impossible not to consider profit, which is the basis for the platform to form a virtuous circle; but the difference is that Lu Qian is not obsessed with interests, algorithms, evaluations, etc., Rather, it's hoped that the Echo will open its arms to all movies.

Based on this idea, the recognition of major film festivals and the affirmation of independent filmmakers are also very important. Lu Qian needs them to understand one thing:

Echoes, not ready to turn them into money printers, nor personalities to obliterate; the truth should be turned upside down, echoes can provide a space, when they are hit and hardened in other channels, echoes can always be what they enjoy Showcase your platform.

Ji Xu still remembers the beginning of the echo—

Areas not covered by the festival.

Lu Qian hopes to provide such a platform so that people in different regions and corners can enjoy their favorite works anytime, anywhere.

Make an assumption, if the movie theater is full of superhero movies and people have no choice, they can only choose superhero movies. If this cycle continues, the living space of other types of movies will be compressed, and the creative inspiration and theme types will be different. slowly die.

However, a platform offers twenty different choices of thirty kinds, whether they like superhero movies or experimental movies, the audience can always find their favorite movies, then the whole market can prosper and give different types of movies a slice living soil.

The most intuitive is the song and dance movies.

In the current market, there is indeed no living space for song and dance movies, but does this mean that no one likes song and dance movies?

Obviously not.

More precisely, what people don’t like are “bad, low-quality, perfunctory” song and dance movies, and those “wonderful, high-quality classic” song and dance movies still have a large number of fans.

Therefore, what Echo provides is such a platform, a platform that is very similar to but completely different from Homestay.

For the Blue Summer Film Festival, the classic old films placed in the film archives are restored every year, and then re-screened and released on DVDs.

In other words, these old movies will be re-visited by the audience through video discs or online screenings, so the platform through which they log in will not have much impact. Even if other movie colleagues have quite a few criticisms, Li Shikuan can Resist those controversies and shut them up.

However, for Echo, it is a solid step towards realizing Lu Qian's blueprint, not only expanding its copyright library, but also an important step in building a brand image and content structure.

From this perspective, the chips given by Li Shikuan are invaluable.

Lu Qian, there is no reason to refuse.

Ji Xu was ecstatic, because he knew how long Lu Qian had been working hard in this direction, and sincerely hoped that the Echo could become such a platform.

But the ecstasy did not make Ji Xu lose his mind—

The more joy and madness, the calmer Ji Xu is, because he knows that there is no free lunch in the world, and Li Shikuan will definitely not give up these benefits in vain.

This further confirmed Ji Xu's conjecture that they didn't have enough chips.

"So, in this case, what price do we have to pay?"

As Lu Qian just said, the buyer's market and the seller's market have changed their positions. Since Li Shikuan has given such generous conditions, he can completely start the price on the ground.

If it is not "equivalent exchange", then even if the Blue Summer Film Festival opens the entire film archive to Echo, this cooperation may not be possible.

Lu Qian pursed the corners of his mouth lightly, and Yun Danfeng said the conditions softly.

"The price is that Blue Whale Pictures must select five or more works within five years to participate in Lan Xia~www.wuxiaspot.com~ which must include my director's work."

"Either one of my works is shortlisted for the main competition; or two of my works are exhibited in non-main competition units."

"If the target is not met, the time and quantity will continue to be extended until the target is reached."

heh!

Yu Shao took a deep breath, Li Shikuan really opened his mouth like a lion—

This is equivalent to directly tying Blue Whale Pictures and Lan Xia together, completely poaching Lu Qian from the Weihai Film Festival.

Don't talk about Ji Xu, even Shen Yanshu can hear it. The weight in these short words is likely to affect the development plan of Blue Whale Pictures in the next five years. This also proves once again that Li Shikuan is prepared and prepared Come.

Is this... robbery?

So, who robbed whom?