Not long after they returned to the hotel, Gulinazha sent a WeChat video call.
After the call connected, Lin Ran saw that she was lying on the sofa with her slender legs raised and swaying.
"Lin Ran, is Cannes fun? I haven't been to Cannes yet."
"It's fun. Do you want to come over?"
Lin Ran smiled and nodded.
Gulinza looked forward to it and shook her head."But I'm a little busy these few days."
"It's okay. When I'm free in the future, I'll come and play with you.”
"Alright."
Hearing Lin Ran's words, the smile on Gulinazha's face became even sweeter.
The two of them chatted for more than half an hour before ending the call. Then, Lin Ran went to bed early. He would be busy from tomorrow onwards.
The next day, Lin Ran woke up early.
After having breakfast at the hotel, he took the materials and went straight to the Cannes Film Festival's trading hall, which was specially set up for film trading.
As soon as they entered the trading hall, a bustling atmosphere greeted them.
At a glance, each booth had a promotional poster hanging on it, and the screen was playing their own film.
In front of the booths of the films that had attracted the attention of the outside world, a large number of film dealers from various countries had gathered.
On the way to the Chinese film exhibition area, they passed by the three exhibition areas of the United States, India, and Spain.
In their exhibition area, the flow of people was the largest.
It couldn't be helped. Movies from these countries sold the best.
Needless to say, Hollywood was the center of the world's movies.
Although there were all kinds of weirdos in India, in the film industry, Yindu movies had developed very quickly in recent years.
Let's put it this way. Among the top ten foreign language films (non-English films) that were released in the United States, Yindu films often accounted for more than half.
At its highest, it could even reach eight!
As for Chinese-language films, the box office sales in the United States had become less and less ideal in recent years. There were not many films that could exceed 1 million US dollars at the box office.
As for Spain, many people might be surprised. They didn't feel that Spanish movies were awesome.
In fact, Spanish movies were mainly sold to Hispanic-speaking countries. Now that the number of people speaking Spanish had reached 600 million, it was almost the second most spoken language in the United States.
Therefore, there were many viewers in the US for Spanish films.
Next, they arrived at the Chinese film exhibition area.
At a glance, there were quite a number of people.
And the first booth was Peace Wheels!
That's right, it was Wu Baige and Zhang Ziyi, Kim Seong-woo, Huang Xiaoming, Song Hye Kyo, Tong Dawei, Masami Nagazawa, and other superstars from China, Japan, and Korea.
However, the main creators were not present. The ones in charge of selling the film were the staff of the film studio.
" Peace Wheels " had yet to be completed. It only had a few minutes of trailer footage. It would only be released in December in China.
With so many superstars joining the film, and with Wu Baige as the director, even though there was only one trailer, the film was still very popular with film companies from all over the world. They stopped to watch and inquire about the price.
Lin Ran listened for a while and realized that the film producers were very confident. The prices they offered were often much higher than those of the film producers.
In the negotiation, he appeared particularly domineering.
He had a posture that said if he wanted to buy it, then buy it. If he didn't want to buy it, then get lost.
Lin Ran couldn't help but shake his head. The investors of this movie clearly had huge ambitions. They thought that with the addition of Wu Baige and the superstars from China, Japan, and Korea, they could create a box office miracle.
In order to reap more box office earnings, it was specially divided into two parts.
They really treated the audience like leeks!
However, their faces were about to be slapped until they were swollen!
This movie had an investment of 40 million US dollars, but the domestic box office of the first part was only 195 million US dollars, and the reputation was bad.
As a result, when it came to the second part, the audience who were still rushing to eat sh * t decreased by a lot, and the box office was only left with 50 million.
The total domestic box office earnings totaled 245 million!
The total cost of producing the movie, plus the 400 million publicity, was only 80 million.
Huge loss!
You said that China's box office was a flop, but didn't they still have the Japanese and Korean ticket warehouses?
If it exploded in Japan and Korea, it could be earned back.
When the studio saw the huge loss of " Peace Wheels " in China, they did not dare to release it in Japan and Korea immediately.
It was only shown in Wanwan, Xiangjiang, Xinjiapo, Malesia, Yuenan, and Cambodia.
Compared to the huge cost, the box office revenue of these small places was almost negligible.
It wasn't until 2019, five years later, that " Peace Wheel " was released in Japan, but it still failed.
As for copyrights from other countries, they were not worth much.
All in all, this movie caused the investors to suffer a huge loss of almost 300 million yuan. They had lost so much money that they had lost all their savings.
Therefore, after " Wheels of Peace," Wu Baige was completely abandoned by the film companies in China. There were almost no movies to shoot!
It was just like how the huge loss of Wind Speaker caused MGM to go bankrupt and was chased out of Hollywood!
This book is provided by FunNovel Novel Book | Fan Fiction Novel [Beautiful Free Novel Book]