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Chapter 37 Harvest
“Hometown and Chorus member.”

"Chorus member" is the English translation of "The Spring of the Underachievers".

When he heard this word, he immediately pushed Bai Cheng beside him.

"Uncle Bai, you got the award!"

"FIPRESCI Award for Best Film."

"Ah?" Bai Cheng looked at Huang Ze in bewilderment, "Did our film win an award?"

"Yes!"

"We did win the award." The people from China Film Group also said ecstatically.

"Haha, that's great." Bai Cheng stood up. Because of excitement, his hands kept clenching and unclenching, and then clenching again.

"Congratulations, Uncle Bai!"

"Congratulations."

"Congratulations, congratulations!" Bai Cheng shook hands with everyone else one by one, then walked towards the podium.

As he walked, his eyes became moist.

He started acting in drama in 38 and directed films in 46.

It can be said that these things have been with him for half his life.

There were two times when he thought he would never be able to watch movies again in his life.

Fortunately, everything is over.

But he really didn't expect that, at the age of over 60, he would not only be able to work as a director again, but he would also be able to receive awards at such a film festival and bring glory to his country!
"Thank you!"

After receiving the award from the guest, Bai Cheng faced the camera with tears in his eyes, "I would like to thank my motherland for supporting this film, thank the jury for their kindness, and thank every member who participated in the production of this film."

"In addition, a special thank you to Huang Ze for writing the script of this film, composing the soundtrack, and serving as the assistant director of this film. I hope you can stand here and receive the award next time!"

"Do your best." Huang Ze nodded slightly and waved at Bai Cheng.

"Yeah!" Bai Cheng received Huang Ze's message, nodded, and then walked down the podium with the award!
With an award, everyone finally felt relieved.

For the other awards that followed, the seven people just acted as spectators.

The Volpi Cup Best Actor award was given to Nasharuddin Shah from India.

The Best Actress award was given to Pascal Ogier, the lead actress in "Full Moon Over the Flower City".

If Huang Ze had not paid some attention to the Big Three in his previous life, no one would have thought that this 25-year-old Venice Film Festival queen would die of a sudden heart attack the day before her 26th birthday.

That was less than fifty days after I won the Best Actress award.

There is no greater joy or sorrow than this.

Huang Ze could only sigh in advance.

The award ceremony continued, and the Silver Lion Award for Best Debut Film was given to a Japanese female director.

The Golden Lion Award, like in the previous life, was finally won by the domestic director Krzysztof Zanussi with "Year of the Silent Sun", a film about the love between an American soldier and a Polish widow in 46.

This year's Venice Film Festival has also come to an end.

A perfect ending for Huang Ze.

The only two regrets are that I didn’t win the Golden Lion Award and that I wasn’t the director.

Of course, the latter is more important.

……

The next day.

The exhibition hall of "Spring of the Underachievers", which won the award, attracted many distributors to inquire about prices.

Because he had won the award, Huang Ze began to give advice to the China Film representative and talked about the approximate price of this award in countries of certain levels.

For example, the United States is rich and has a large population, so its price must be higher.

As for some countries, it’s good enough if they can pay. They just grit their teeth and sell it. If they miss this opportunity, there will be no next one. A country may have only one distributor.

"How do you know so clearly?"

"I've been to Hong Kong Island and asked someone for some information." Huang Ze made up a story.

The other party didn't ask any further questions and just nodded to indicate that he understood.

Just then, a publisher came over.

"Hello, I'm the Italian distributor. I want to buy the Italian copyright of this film. How about $30,000?"

"Eighty thousand!" "No, no, no, that's too expensive. Thirty-two thousand dollars, that's the highest price I can offer."

After some bargaining, the price finally settled on forty-five thousand dollars.

Even if the other party cannot make money in theaters, by distributing the film through videotapes, it is only a matter of time for them to recoup their costs using a steady and long-term model.

"I'll pay three hundred thousand! The copyright of the United States belongs to us."

Two fat men came over.

A big nose, a slightly bald head, a fierce look, and a very distinctive eyebrow.

It seems vaguely so.

"Hi, I'm Harvey and this is my brother Bob."

"Young man, this movie has a great story and music." Harvey Weinstein extended his hand to Huang Ze, "Have you made other movies before?"

"No."

"I look forward to your works as a director. If possible, I might buy them and take them home to enjoy them." Harvey smiled and made a promise that was not really a promise.

"I think you should see the value of this film." Huang Ze cares more about making more money now. "Such values ​​are universally accepted. Don't you think your bid is a bit low?"

"How much do you want?"

"Four hundred thousand!" said the representative of China Film Group Corporation.

"Deal!" Harvey Weinstein glanced at the China Film representative, then pointed at Huang Ze with a smile, "Remember, you have to sell your new work to me at the same price!"

"sure!"

You can say that Harvey is not a very kind person to do such a thing.

But he is really good at running independent films.

He was able to carve out a path for himself in the big studios and even became an important Oscar promoter.

At the same price, choosing him is indeed a good choice.

In his past life, countless films have shined under his editing.

This is definitely someone who understands movies.

After the Harvey brothers left with the copies, the China Film representative was a little confused, "Did I bid too low? Should I bid 500,000?"

"This price is about right." Huang Ze could only say this. After all, it was already sold. What's the point of discussing this? Is it just adding to the trouble?
After the United States sold this large order.

The remaining small orders came in one after another.

All major countries with purchasing power were sold out in one day.

I stayed there for another day the next day and only sold a little in the morning, but the store was closed in the afternoon.

Obviously, everything that should be bought has been bought.

The rest are those who will not buy or cannot afford it.

After returning to the hotel, Huang Ze took out the little notebook.

The proceeds from these two days, plus the proceeds from previous sales, totaled $1,213,000.

Closing the notebook, Huang Ze could already imagine how jealous Director Xu was.

What do the four words "foreign exchange earning unit" mean nowadays?
But this time, these four words definitely have nothing to do with Shanghai Film Studio.

It all depends on whether Director Xu can achieve his next goal.

“It’s hanging!”

Thinking of this, Huang Ze shook his head slightly.

Shanghai Film Studio is already too conspicuous.

Other studios have largely been left behind.

If you continue to argue about this, you might end up being the first to be shot.

"Hey, you're just worrying too much!"

"This is not something a small employee like me should consider."

"Let's think about how to ask Director Xu to take the director position he promised us."

Huang Ze rubbed his hands excitedly.

After almost a year of planning, the day is finally here.

(End of this chapter)