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Back at the hotel, Xie Lansheng met Ms. Morita again in the small bar, and said hello again.

Ms. Morita gesticulated: "Sold? Sold?"

Xie Lansheng silently shook his head.

This time, the Japanese translator was also on the scene drinking together.Xie Lansheng asked Xin Ye to tell about the bad results she got just now. After listening to the translation, Ms. Morita sighed and said: "This happens often... Talking to them about copyright sales can only be successful in 10% of the time, so don't take it too seriously. "

Xie Lansheng was very grateful to Morita for his comfort and encouragement.

Morita asked again: "Then what are you going to do?"

Xie Lansheng said: "If you can't sell the copyright, it will be very difficult in the future. Maybe you can only apply for support funds from the film festival official. Ms. Morita, can you help introduce some good sales companies? Will you be interested in Asia? "Here is a solution that Lan Sheng came up with on the way back - Morita must also sell films, and her resources must be reliable.

Xinye glanced at him.

This is Xie Lansheng, as long as there is still a glimmer of life, he must fight the chaos with all his strength, and he will never sit idly by in a tiny corner of the universe.

Is there really no need to search for international buyers for him yourself?

Ms. Morita thought about it, discussed it with other people, and then turned to Xie Lansheng and said, "We have a party tomorrow night to promote several Japanese movies. You can come. I will be busy then, and I may not be able to help I don’t want introductions, but you can meet some good sales executives yourself. Those who will come to this party tomorrow should like Asian movies, at least Japanese movies.”

Xie Lansheng was overjoyed and said, "Thank you! Thank you Morita! ILoveyou!"

Morita is 40 years old, and he laughed out loud when he heard this: "Tomorrow at the party, every director will come to the stage to introduce the film he brought. So, at the end of this session, we will say that there is another Chinese friend who also wants to talk Tell me, you walked on stage and talked about the movie "Rooting" at that time."

"Great!" Xie Lansheng grabbed the edge of the table with his hands, "Great! This really saved me!"

"Come on!" After telling the time and place of the party, Morita clenched his fist and signaled, which is a typical Japanese gesture, "We all watched "Rooting", I like it very much." Several Japanese filmmakers at the same table also watched it Look at him and say "がんばれ!"

"Thank you! Thank you! See you tomorrow night!" Xie Lansheng also nodded slightly, smiled and waved, and left.

Ms. Morita is the producer, so she really has some resources.Her film was also shortlisted for the main competition unit "Turin 19". However, Morita's film was shortlisted for "documentary", and "Rooting" was shortlisted for "international feature film", and there is no direct competition.Among the six people I met that day, Mr. Sakurano was the director of Morita Films, and the others were producers of other films. One of them was shortlisted for the "Onde" unit, and the rest were not selected and just came to sell the rights.

He originally only hoped that Ms. Morita could help introduce him, but unexpectedly, the other party directly asked him to attend their party, Xie Lansheng was a little moved.He walked all the way, although he met people like Chi Zhonghe, Director Guan, Luo Dajing, Zhang Jixian, and Australian Customs, but he also met people like Wang Jinjin, Zhang Fugui, Nathan, Hunter, and Ms. Morita. Not to mention there are Xinye, Ouyang Nannan, Qi Yong, Cen Chen...

He is happy.

After bidding farewell to Morita and the others, Xinye glanced at Xie Lansheng lightly and said, "I'll go buy a suit tomorrow."

"what?"

"This white shirt is sloppy enough." Xin Ye said again, "I go out to buy a suit during the day, and I can cope with it, but now it's too late to customize it."

Xie Lansheng asked, "It's not expensive, is it?"

"It's not expensive, what is it expensive?" Xie Lansheng's brain now only has money and money, and Xinye is almost speechless: "Just treat it as a New Year's gift, just swipe my visa card."

Xie Lansheng hesitated when he heard that Xin Ye had to pay the bill: "This..."

Xin Ye pressed the back of his head and pushed him into the elevator: "Do you still want to sell the film?"

"I think..." Xie Lansheng didn't think it was very important to look good in clothes, but since Xin Ye let him wear them, he would go and buy one.He fluttered his hair, thinking how expensive the clothes would be. It's not a refrigerator color TV. At most, he would go back to do hard work and buy a gift for Xin Ye.

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So, in the early morning of the next day, Xin Ye took Lan Sheng to the very famous Roma Street.Xie Lansheng found that these shops are not like shopping malls, and each store occupies a separate front, which is quite new.

Xinye walked into a store and told Xie Lansheng not to run around, and then walked up to the clothing area on the second floor without looking sideways.When the two of them walked into the store, there was a man in a suit pulling the door. Xie Lansheng had learned a lot and felt like a gentleman.

There are no price tags on all the clothes, and Xie Lansheng has no way of knowing, but he feels that it will not be cheap. He only hopes that it will not be thousands of dollars, and the maximum will not be two thousand dollars.

2000 RMB is 400 US dollars, Xie Lansheng thought: 200 for suits and 200 for shoes, it should be enough to stop.

Xin Ye pulled out a suit and looked down, the US number 38 should be just right.He also took a fancy to a pair of leather shoes and asked SA to get Lansheng's number, and when he came back, he opened a fitting room and brought Xie Lansheng in to change them.He thought for a while, and asked SA not to tell Xie Lansheng the price of the item, and Xie Lansheng said that he already knew the price if he wanted to ask.

Then Xin Ye sat on a sofa and waited quietly, and the salesman brought some white water.He crossed his long legs, holding the paper cup with one hand and lightly tapping the armrest of the sofa with the other.

Not long after, Xie Lan was born.He was not shy or uneasy, on the contrary, he was quite happy to put on the new clothes. He squirmed in front of the mirror, looked back at Xinye, and asked, "Xinye, does it look good?"

Xinye's eyes turned slowly.

Xie Lansheng has a long neck and a straight back.The waist of this suit is somewhat narrowed, and Xie Lansheng's butterfly bone protrudes slightly, and then the lower part is retracted smoothly. The waist is so thin that people want to hold it.The two long legs in the high-end suit trousers are straight, and the small butt protrudes again, lifting the hem of the suit.

There is a saying that a man depends on his clothes.Wearing a straight suit, Xie Lansheng felt that he was different from usual, like an elite, he raised his chin, straightened his chest, put his hands in his trouser pockets, looked around, and said: "It doesn't look like a director anymore. ..." "Hey, it really seems to be socializing." "I remembered the scenes where the big directors attended the awards."

Xinye's throat was a little dry, and he said, "...um."

He also saw that Xie Lansheng had a different temperament than usual, and he was very good-looking.

At this moment, Lan Sheng turned around and showed Xin Ye a complete look at him. Xin Ye turned his gaze up and down, and found that SA had straightened the suit for him quite well—the collar of the shirt was not messed up, and the hem of the suit was ironed. Straight, the two trouser lines of the suit trousers were also pulled into two long lines, even the trousers were pulled.

It's just... Xie Lansheng's two socks are still the same as when they came out, piled up in a mess, because they have been worn for too long and the socks have already loosened.

Xin Ye walked over, stretched his own trousers with both hands, squatted down, put his hand into the other's trousers, gently lifted the edge of Xie Lansheng's white socks with a few fingers, and pulled it upwards, only felt that the ankle was really thin, pinched it It can be broken.

Xie Lansheng was taken aback, and quickly stepped back: "Hey!"

But Xinye didn't let go, said: "Don't move."

"..." Xie Lansheng didn't dare to move.

Xin Ye lifted the socks for him, stood up again, looked at them, and said to the SA in English: "Let's have another tie. Night blue, diagonal stripes, silk, do you have it?"

"I gonna go see."

Sales came back shortly afterwards, holding a tie in his hand: "Will this work? It matches well."

Xinye lowered his eyes and looked: "Alright."

After finishing speaking, he unbuttoned Lan Sheng's upper body suit one by one, and asked the other party to take it off first, then turned up the collar of his shirt, lowered his eyes, and tied his tie nimbly with his fingers.When he was wearing a tie, his fingers inevitably touched the other's chest, repeatedly, and he only felt the heat on his fingertips.

Xie Lansheng didn't know how to tie this, so he could only bend his neck and watch.When he lowered his head, the back of his neck was slender, like a swan.

Finally, when the tie knot was about to be tightened, Xinye said, "Look up."

Xie Lansheng didn't stare, but Xinye's voice was magnetic: "Look up a little more, and look into my eyes." He was 12 centimeters taller than Xie Lansheng, so the angle was just right.

Xie Lansheng raised his head to look at him, Xin Ye lowered his eyes and his eyelashes looked like butterfly wings.Xin Ye held the tie with one hand and held on to the tie knot with the other. Knowing that the other party was looking at him, he also raised his eyelids, then looked into Xie Lansheng's eyes, and slowly slid his hand up.

The two of them looked at each other, their figures reflected in the mirror.

The tie knot was slipped into place, and Xin Ye's right index finger holding the tie knot naturally landed in Xie Lansheng's small neck, which seemed to burn people through the shirt.Looking along the collar, he could see the delicate Adam's apple, the soft neck, then the chin, and the lips.

Being pressed against his most vulnerable throat like this, and being stared at like this, Xie Lansheng also became short of breath and felt uncomfortable all over.After a while, he finally closed his eyes, licked his lower lip, his mouth was dry.

Xin Ye didn't continue to look at him, he helped the other party straighten the collar, and then pulled the bottom, let Xie Lansheng take the suit and put it on, fasten the buttons, tidy up the collar and hem of the suit for him, and finally asked the person to turn around and face Facing the mirror, ask, "Okay?"

"It's very, very good."

"Then it's just this one."

"Um……"

"Go to the fitting room and change back."

"it is good……"

Xie Lansheng changed clothes in the fitting room in a daze, then walked downstairs in a daze, followed Xinye out of the store, walked along the road for a while, and then suddenly remembered something: "Xinye, you just paid the bill gone?"

Xinye glanced at him lightly and said, "I didn't pay, I robbed it."

"..." Xie Lansheng thought, Xin Ye...

He asked again, "How much in total?"

Xin Ye replied: "Less than 2000."

"RMB?"

"nonsense."

Xie Lansheng sighed: "It's so expensive."

Xin Ye: "..."

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In the evening, Xie Lansheng put on his suit again and went to the Japanese party, or rather, went to the Japanese party.Morita didn't invite Xin Ye over, and Xie Lansheng couldn't take it with him, after all, he went there for free.

The Japanese party is very elegant.The hall is covered with soft carpets, nine tables are scattered among them, a huge chandelier pours down, and the surrounding walls are well decorated.There is a table directly in front of the hall, and the background is full of movie posters.Ms. Morita and others were busy greeting the guests, while Xie Lansheng waved his hand and did not bother.

He saw a foreigner and felt that his face was very familiar. He recalled it for a long time and remembered—it turned out to be Bill, the sales director of Renaissance International. He was caught by that person on the spot when he placed an advertisement in the hotel.

Party’s meals are all Japanese-style, and they look very high-end. There are sushi, sashimi, botan shrimp, Kabayaki eel, charcoal-grilled wagyu beef, and Shizuoka melon, all served on exquisite plates.Xie Lansheng is actually quite worried about the raw food, but he can only dip it in the sauce, put it in his mouth, stretch his neck and swallow it without chewing. It doesn't taste as good as the tomatoes and eggs at home.

When the party was about to reach its climax, Ms. Morita took the wine to the stage.Wearing a long black dress, she was very elegant. She welcomed, thanked and toasted the guests present. She introduced her work "Life" in front of the big poster of her work. Finally, she said that she hoped to reach a cooperation with a powerful sales company. , sold the copyright to the world, and translated it one by one.Ms. Morita's movie hadn't been officially released to the public, so she invited everyone in the audience to watch it live tomorrow.

After Ms. Morita came down, another person came up to the stage, toasted and introduced the work. He also brought the most famous female star in Japan, said that Yumiko was the female lead, and invited everyone to watch the screening.

After talking one by one, it was finally Xie Lansheng's turn.Xie Lansheng walked over while reciting the manuscript, although, since he knew he was going to the party, he had already recited the manuscript 20 times in his heart.He also asked Xin Ye to correct his pronunciation so that his speech would not be ridiculed.

Ms. Morita took Xie Lansheng to the microphone and said: "Everyone ~ Finally, we have a Chinese friend here! His "Rooting" was shortlisted for the international feature film of the main competition unit 'Turin 19', and the screening was completed the day before yesterday , I believe many of you here have watched this movie~ Director Xie is an independent filmmaker from China, he has no contacts and funds, and he doesn’t even know how to understand international sales, so he is also an Asian filmmaker. Filmmakers, we have also invited Director Xie to promote his movie "Rooting"~ If anyone is interested, you can directly ask Director Xie~!" The translator translated it as it is.

Xie Lansheng went up with the drink, his movements were stiff because of nervousness.He forced himself to be calm, smiled, looked at Morita, and said, "Thank you Morita and the Japanese side for inviting me to meet you. I am the director of the movie "Rooting", and my name is Xie Lansheng. "Rooting" is a plot shortlisted for the main competition unit The feature film was screened the day before yesterday. Well, in order to prevent anyone from missing it, I still want to talk about its content and features..."

After talking hard for a while, Xie Lansheng found that the sales company at the party was very...not interested.

They no longer stared at the stage, but continued to eat Japanese food, and the salesmen at a few tables simply chatted with each other.With smiles on their faces, they are definitely not talking about Rooting.Occasionally, a few people looked at him from time to time because of politeness, but they were all absent-minded.

Just because it is a Chinese film.

Xie Lansheng remembered that Qi Yong said that only Japanese films in Asia have a market in Europe and the United States.

Seeing that no one was looking at him, Xie Lansheng was a little at a loss.

He had an idea in his mind, but he didn't dare to say it out, so he could only bite the bullet and continue to say what he said.

However, a few minutes later, it was too obvious that he had been ignored, and no one in the audience even wanted to listen to him seriously. Finally, Xie Lansheng, who had no choice but to bear it, decided to fight again!

He half turned around, lifted his wine glass, raised his neck, and drank the wine in one gulp. Then, he faced the field again, raised his hand, and slammed it down again, only to hear a loud "bang" , Glass shards flying everywhere! ! !

Xie Lansheng took the cup! ! !

The sales staff who were doing other things in the room were all shocked, and they became more energetic in an instant, and looked over one after another.

Xie Lansheng pinched his hips with both hands, and said calmly, "Everyone...others have always told me that the European market doesn't like Chinese films, and only Japan can sell international copyrights for Asian films. I love that kind of film. I said an offensive word, and I fully realized it in the narration just now. Everyone’s time is precious, and it is inevitable that I will be ignored. I can understand. But...but...! Everyone, look, I just promoted the film like the previous directors, no one wanted to hear it, but when I suddenly dropped a wine glass on the ground, everyone's interest arose! Why? It's very simple, because the unchanging things are broken Ah! Just like in the movie market, when the audience can only choose American movies and European movies, they may be numb. You know, there is no way to watch any genre one by one. However, if there is a movie that has never been The audience may pay attention to the Chinese films they have seen, just like everyone did just now.”

After a pause, Xie Lansheng continued: "Everyone says that there will be no market for Chinese-language films in Europe, but no one has tried it. Then why not try it? The sales company does not directly invest in the purchase of film copyrights, but after the sale If you take the commission again, the only thing you can lose is resources, that is, some time and some publicity. So, can’t you try other types of films? I know, there are risks, but not all good opportunities are obtained from risks Is it?"

He knew very well that he was not very good at English, so he spoke slowly.Xin Ye said that people who are not good at English are the most taboo to pretend to be "fluent" in chatting - just like foreigners speaking Chinese, as long as they are slow and the pronunciation is not accurate, they can be understood.

The people in the audience didn't speak. However, they didn't know if they were really interested or embarrassed to continue eating. In short, the sales executives all faced the stage quietly and listened to him continue.

Xie Lansheng took another deep breath and said, "Let me talk about the features of the movie "Rooting" next."

"First of all, China's economy has developed rapidly in the past few years, and it has also won global attention. "Rooting" does not talk about China from a historical perspective, but focuses on a rural family in China. Of course, as a literary film , it criticizes an ugly concept that has existed for thousands of years. However, this film contains both the life of the protagonists in the countryside and their wonder at the city. European audiences can see what China is like today, understand its past, Now. In fact, just last night, the executive director of a "Big Mac" in the United States came to me and said that the United States was paying attention to China and hoped to buy the copyright of "Growing Roots", but he wanted to change the ending, so he didn't reach a deal in the end. It's a pity .”

Hearing this, some proud Europeans let out a few clear smiles—in their view, Americans are a bunch of uneducated people.

"Secondly," Xie Lansheng said again, "The best actor in Berlin is Xin Ye who played the leading role in "Rooting". He has a lot of film contracts in Hollywood, or a lot, and some of them have big investment or big directors. Once the agency contract is signed for a few years, there is a high chance that "Rooting" can use the stars to sell the copyright."

Then: "Thirdly, there are many stories behind the film, and it will be more convenient to sell." He shared the story of a township head asking for a letter of introduction, the story of two main creators stealing and running away, and the Australian Customs scanning the film with X-rays Many people were fascinated by the story.

It turned out that if you listen carefully, what this Chinese director with poor English speaks is quite interesting.

After the fourth, fifth, and sixth lectures, Xie Lansheng said: "After the screening of "Rooting", all aspects received rave reviews. Film critics in European countries have a common background with the audience. Since they think it is good, then the audience should also... It will look good." Xie Lansheng slowly unfolded a piece of white paper in his trouser pocket, "I copied the opinions of many large magazines and film critics last night, and read it here... Leonardo Chiellini said that Xie Lansheng's "Rooting" tells Chinese-style family disintegration... Different from the West, the conflicts are not superimposed, but suddenly broke out. At this time, the conflicts are destructive and shocking, and let people see the very special way of getting along with Chinese families." "xxxx Said, it describes a 5000-year-old concept of Chinese families: passing on the family line. This sounds very strange, but "Growing Roots" dissects its background at a leisurely pace..." "Also, xxxxx said that in the distant communist In China, women's consciousness is also awakening, Xie Lansheng used his lens to capture a stereotype, and also used the tragic ending to give people a strong blow..."

He speaks out every sentence.

When everything was finished, Xie Lansheng bowed deeply again and said, "I very much hope to share such a story with the world."

Someone below applauded, not sure if it was for his work, or for his way of throwing a cup, or for the back story he just told.

The people who participated in the party resumed eating and drinking. Xie Lansheng called the waiter to sweep up the broken glass one by one. He hurriedly bent down to apologize, and returned to his seat at the middle table after a long time.

Then, to Xie Lan's surprise, before the party was over, several people came to the table and asked for his phone number, and some of them even made an appointment with Lan Sheng to talk tonight! ! !

Xie Lansheng only felt that he had made the right bet.

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After the Japanese party came to an end, Xie Lansheng talked with several companies in the coffee shop, but none of these companies had been to the scene to watch "Growing Roots", and they hesitated, and Xie Lansheng did not have any video tapes to provide.He is an independent filmmaker, lacking a formal business operation.

The last to come was Bill, Sales Director of Renaissance International. Bill was tall and strong, fair-skinned, fair-haired, with sea-blue eyes.

He sat down and said, "Director Xie, I have seen the screening of "Rooting"."

"..." Xie Lansheng looked at Bill and said nothing.Thanks to his little ad, some people still saw it.

"I didn't plan to watch it at first. As the company's sales director, I have too many films to watch. However, the advertisement you put in the door of the room that day made me a little interested in it. Before today, I thought, " "Rooting" is a good work, but Renaissance International has never operated a Chinese-language film and plans to give up."

"..."

"But we met again tonight." Bill's tone was cold and professional, "After listening to your speech, I think... I can give it a try. The shooting of "Rooting" was full of twists and turns, which is a good selling point I thought about it, maybe movies are more suitable for literary theaters."

Xie Lansheng had some doubts: "The Art Theater?"

Bill smiled: "There are some theaters in Europe and the United States that specialize in showcasing literary and artistic films. Their audiences generally have better education and higher income, and they may be interested in the rising Asian powers. They are generally sympathetic. You might be interested in the story behind the show and buy a ticket. Europe is different from the United States, and happy endings are not required. By the way, videotapes and pay TV can also be tried.”

"...Well." There are no literary theaters in China, not even many commercial theaters.

"We can try it out." Bill said again, "Let me introduce Renaissance International first. Renaissance International is a sales company located in London. It used to be the overseas sales company of Renaissance Films. We can represent the UK region, and Can represent the whole European region. If an agreement can be reached, Renaissance International will draw a 15% commission, and we will sign a five-year sales agency agreement and a memorandum of agreement, indicating the asking price you want and the reserve price you can accept. If it is a European agency, Renaissance International can currently operate in these vertically divided regions: the UK includes Northern Ireland, France includes the French-speaking regions of Belgium, Germany includes Austria, Spain, Benelux, and Scandinavia Regions include Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Portugal, Greece, and Eastern Europe..." Renaissance International is just a sales company in the UK, and there is no need to spend money to buy copyrights. It is not a bad idea to sign "Rooting".

Xie Lansheng's head was dizzy, but fortunately, the savior Xinye pushed open the door of PassionCafe and walked in.He was wearing a wine red shirt, like a peacock.

Bill didn't take it seriously, repeated what he just said, and continued: "The agency contract must be exclusive. After signing the agreement, Renaissance International will start to produce movie posters, commercials, trailers, and press conferences, and will also participate in more Multi-film festivals. Our company has the strength to let "Rooting" be screened at the end. You know, unless the film is very brilliant and can always be in the minds of the judges, it is a disadvantage to appear early."

Xie Lansheng: "..." There are still these ways.His "Rooting" did not appear in Turin, is it considered a disadvantage?

Bill continued: "We are responsible for the preparation of the film copy and subtitles of the film. However, the content introduction, movie script, original feature film, etc. to promote the distributors need to be provided by Director Xie on time."

Xie Lansheng's mind was dizzy, so he simply handed everything over to Xinye.

Xin Ye and Bill spoke faster and faster, and Lan Sheng began to fail to understand.

I saw Xinye crossing his fingers, leaning forward slightly, full of aura, and his eyes were like eagles.He and Bill had a good conversation at first, but suddenly they quarreled over some new topic, both of them had a hard tone, Bill kept repeating "No" and "No", the atmosphere around the table was tense, and needles could be heard.

Every word Xin Ye said was offensive, and when he said something, Bill's expression was very bad.

Lan Sheng was very afraid that Xinye would do pornography, and rationally felt that it should be stopped, but in fact he didn't take any action, and completely handed over the copyright negotiation, which was tantamount to his life, to Xinye.

A few minutes later, Bill tensed his jaw and his face was very ugly. He stared at Xinye for a while, then suddenly changed his attitude, smiled charmingly, raised his two hands, palms Make a gesture of surrender outward: "OKOK, you have won."

Xin Ye chuckled lightly.

Then they started counting, while Xie Lansheng watched blankly.It seems that on one piece of paper are estimated copies, estimated videotapes, and movie valuations—all divided into three grades, high, middle, and low, and another piece of paper is on production costs, advertising costs, marketing costs...even with bank interest!In the end, the two of them set one or two copyright prices for each vertical region in Europe. Bill took out the template of the sales agency agreement, and Xinye made the development of the film's subsidiary products, trademark registration, use of film copyright materials, liquidated damages, etc. Several articles were amended.

Bill accepted it all, and said again: "I have to confirm the revision with the legal affairs and finance department, and then go to the hotel business center to print the final version, trouble and so on."

"Well," Xin Ye took a sip of coffee, "Don't forget to add the most important thing, don't miss a single word."

Bill smiled helplessly: "Got it."

"Hi," Xie Lansheng asked after Bill left temporarily, "Did you guys quarrel just now?"

Xin Ye smiled: "Because a clause was added."

"What terms?"

"Turn a non-guaranteed sale agreement into a guaranteed sale agreement."

Xie Lansheng asked: "What is a guaranteed sales agreement?"

"That's it..." Xin Ye made a long voice, "Renaissance International must complete sales of 20 within five years, of which at least 5 in the first year, and 15 in the next four years, £. 50% of the outstanding part of the compensation.”

"!!!" £20, that's 180 million RMB! ! !

Xie Lansheng gasped and shouted: "How can it be like this?! What 'guaranteed sales agreement' is there in this world?! How could Bill agree!!!"

"In exchange, his commission has changed from 15% to 20%. In other words, if they finish exactly 20 yuan, we will get 162 million yuan. Even if they don't sell a penny, we can still get 81 yuan. "

"But that's also..."

Xin Ye was still laughing: "I told him that I have inside information, and that "Rooting" will win the final prize. At that time, maybe there won't be only one "Renaissance International" who wants to try it."

Xie Lansheng was completely surprised: "You, you lied to Bill??? How can we have inside information?!" He thought, Xin Ye is too shameless!Who would have thought that such a big actor would lie to people in a cafe?

Xin Ye is unpredictable: "Anyway, the contract has been signed, and they are also in business. If they want to make money or not lose money, they must recommend "Rooting"."

Xie Lansheng: "..." There is such a thing in the world.

In fact, Xinye only analyzed the possibility of "Rooting" winning with Bill, and finally believed that it was about 50%.Film festivals seek balance, and Rooting's Chinese setting makes it likely to win the crown.Xin Ye proposed to take a step back and share the risk——Xie Lansheng directly signed 20 and 20% from the "Renaissance International" company, because once "Rooting" won the award, there might be 40 and 20% offers waiting for him signed.

Xie Lansheng talked with Bill and Xin Ye from 9 o'clock to 1:2500, and finally signed the contract.He is very grateful to Xin Ye - he acted as a leading actor for himself, helped him settle the last [-] yuan, and now he has finalized the copyright matters for himself, and he himself... looks amazing, but in fact, he may only be able to make movies.

He let out a long sigh of relief, and a big rock finally fell down.

He sold the rights.At least 81 can be earned. 25 will be returned to the investor, and the remaining 56 will be split in half as agreed, leaving 28, which is enough for him to continue filming the next movie.

Not long after talking with Bill, a Japanese publisher also wanted to buy the copyright, and the sales scope was all over Japan, but it was only 5 US dollars. Xie Lansheng also nodded.This time, 28 has become 40.5, which is enough.

Xie Lansheng, who let go of the big stone in his heart, did not return to the hotel. He bid farewell to Xinye and went out for a walk alone.

He is still so literary and artistic, and wants to look back quietly.

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He came to the landmark of Turin - the Antonelliana spire, the pattern behind the two-cent coin.

Standing majestically, this steeple is the symbol of Turin and the only high point in the city of Turin. You can see its pointed top just by looking up.It was the tallest building in the world in the last century, and now, inside its tall tower is the Italian National Film Museum.

The city was the center of Italian cinema before World War II and had the first cinema in Italy.The Italians set up the Film Museum in the Antonelliana Tower, which shows the high status of "film".

Xie Lansheng put his hands in his pockets and approached him step by step.

Like the prince in the fairy tale going to his Rapunzel.

Under the spire, Xie Lansheng raised his head and looked at the dark shadow of the Film Museum in the middle.

After a long time, it was so long that Xie Lansheng felt a little cold, so he let out a sigh.

In the past year, Xie Lansheng always thought that the day the copyright of "Growing Roots" was sold, he would cheer for joy and be deeply proud of himself, but in fact, what he uttered was not a cheer, but a sigh.

In the cold winter night in Turin, he suddenly remembered the last scene of the classic movie "The Graduate".Hoffman, who has always been weak, vigorously snatched back the bride. However, in the last scene of the movie, Hoffman was sitting at the back of the car with wandering eyes and a blank face.

Just like him at the moment.

The author has something to say: At that time, it was really difficult for Chinese-language movies to sell copyrights. "Mom" didn't seem to sell the copyright, but Zhang Yuan won a prize of [-] dollars from the French government at the film festival, and Jia Zhangke and the others were able to sell it later.