Other than Peace Wheel, Lin Ran also saw Jiang Wen's One Step Away.
As well as Grave Robber's Chronicles, Journey to the West: Three Beats the White Bone Demon, and other highly watched films.
Then, there were some low-budget films that did not attract much attention.
Lin Ran found the booth he had applied for and realized that it was the closest to the inside, at the absolute edge.
Moreover, the booth was very small and could only accommodate less than ten people.
Lin Ran could only laugh bitterly.
Even though 'The Tuner' was nominated for the competition, it was only a short film that lasted about ten minutes.
Why did the Cannes Film Festival become the most successful and influential film festival among the three major European film festivals?
Apart from actively welcoming Hollywood blockbusters to promote themselves, it was also related to the Cannes Film Festival being one of the top film trading markets in the world.
The movie market was supported by the volume of transactions.
In the film market, short films were naturally at a disadvantage. It was only natural that the organizers did not value them.
Lin Ran hung up the promotional poster and played the contents of The Tuner.
Then, he waited for the customers to come to him alone.
Compared to the other booths, which had at least four or five people, it seemed a little lonely.
However, Lin Ran did not care.
After he earned his first bucket of gold, he would definitely get better and better in the future!
After waiting for five to six minutes, a customer came.
Unfortunately, it was not a movie buyer, but a fellow countryman.
After he stopped to look at the poster, he said in surprise,"You're the director of 'The Tuner,' Lin Ran?”
"Yes." Lin Ran smiled and nodded.
"Congratulations on being nominated for the Cannes competition. I am the director of 'Blind Dog', Zhao Qiang.”
"Hello, Director Zhao. How many countries have you sold the copyrights to Blind Dog?”
Lin Ran asked after greeting him.
"Not a single one." Zhao Qiang shook his head with a bitter smile.”
"Let's wait slowly."
Lin Ran comforted.
Zhao Qiang nodded his head and started watching The Tuner. He wanted to see why this short film was nominated for the Cannes competition.
"Wonderful!"
Ten minutes later, Zhao Qiang gave Lin Ran a thumbs up.
"You flatter me."
Lin Ran smiled humbly.
After a few more minutes, Zhao Qiang returned to his booth.
Lin Ran was bored and played with her phone.
After some time, a slightly fat white man in his forties came to the booth.
"Sir, please come in and take a look."
Seeing that someone had arrived, Lin Ran's spirits were lifted. He quickly put down his phone and greeted them warmly.
Nicholas looked at the poster and felt that it had a very high aesthetic standard, so he went in to watch the specific content of the movie.
For a buyer like him who had been dealing with movies for more than ten years, he had a lot of experience. If the promotional poster was bad, then the content was likely to be bad too.
In fact, this was indeed the case. For example, Director Bi's " Chasing Dreams Entertainment Circle " and Liu Dazhuang's " Shanghai Fortress " were all like this.
Lin Ran replayed 'The Tuner' and did not say anything else. He quietly waited for the customer to finish watching before talking.
At first, Nicholas did not have any expectations.
However, when he saw the sound engineer, played by Chen Kun, come out of the cafe, pretending to be blind but pranking an old lady while crossing the road, saying that he would help her cross the road, the old lady's stunned expression became interested.
When he saw the scene where the piano master fought with the old lady who had killed her husband, his mood became even more tense.
"This is a good movie!"
Nicholas commented in his heart after reading it.
However, he did not show it at all. He only said indifferently,"This is just a short film?"
"Yes, but the level of excitement is no less than that of a feature film.”
Lin Ran replied with a smile.
Nicholas did not reply and said directly,""Young man, I offer 100,000 USD to buy out all the copyrights of this short film except for China.”
When Lin Ran first heard the direct offer of 100,000 USD, he was very excited, thinking that he had met a sucker.
He did not expect the other party to treat him as a fool.
"Sir, this price is too low.”
"Young man, the cost of your short film is about ten thousand dollars. One hundred thousand dollars is not a small amount.”
Nicholas said.
Lin Ran only smiled." If it's the US copyright, I can agree to it."”
"No, impossible!
The short film couldn't be released to the cinema or on a CD. It could only be broadcast on video websites.
How about this, I'll add another 50,000 dollars.”
Nicholas continued to bargain.
Lin Ran shook his head. It was obvious that this buyer was treating him as a newbie who didn't know anything about the industry.
Nicholas frowned and asked,""How much do you want?"
Lin Ran raised two fingers.
"200,000?"
Nicholas was overjoyed when he saw that Lin Ran's offer was only 50,000 dollars more.
However, as an experienced negotiation veteran, he still did not agree readily. Instead, he pondered for a moment and pretended to be in pain.
"Alright, since I like this short film very much, I'll take a loss and buy it.”
"No, I said 2 million USD.”
" Two million?!"
Nicholas widened his eyes in shock and said angrily,"
"Brat, why don't you go rob them? Do you think you're Cameron?”
Nicholas left indignantly.
Lin Ran just shrugged and did not care.
From what he had learned from Jia Zhangke last night, Lin Ran knew that this guy was most likely a movie broker.
It was not a representative of a specialized distribution company, nor was it a buyer sent by a video website. It was a middleman for the movie.
By buying at a low price and selling at a high price to earn the difference, it was like a scalper!
This kind of person was often the greediest.
Therefore, Lin Ran couldn't be bothered to argue with him and directly offered a sky-high price to scare him away.
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