Entertainment: God-level director

Chapter 13

"Brother Ran, I wish you the best short film"

"Definitely based on Linzi’s level"

"Brother Ran, have a nice trip."

Before departure, the three animals in the dormitory blessed Lin Ran.

"Thank you for your blessings. It's getting late, so I'll set off. Lin

Ran smiled and waved to them, then pulled his suitcase out of the dormitory.

On the way downstairs, he met many acquaintances, and they all wished Lin Ran the grand prize.

Downstairs of the dormitory, a white car Volkswagen was waiting for Lin Ran.

After putting the suitcase in the trunk, Lin Ran opened the passenger door and got in.

"Teacher Wang, I’m sorry to bother you."

"What's the trouble? The school originally wanted to send someone to accompany you, but you didn't agree."

Wang Haiyi shook his head with a smile, started the car skillfully, and drove towards the Capital International Airport.

Since the distance was long, he specially drove Lin Ran to the airport.

"Lin Ran, treat your trip to Cannes as a trip to learn a lot. It doesn't matter if you don't win an award, just treat it with a normal attitude."

After being sent to the airport, Wang Haiyi earnestly warned

"Teacher Wang, I know"

"Then I wish you all the best."

There is no direct flight from the capital to Cannes. You have to fly to Paris first and then transfer.

At 11:40 in the morning, Lin Ran boarded the flight to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport.

As for the two leading actors in the"Tuner" crew, Chen Kun is filming the movie"The Secret of the Dragon" and will not arrive in a few days. He will attend the closing ceremony directly. However, because of his age, Mr. Li Mingqi will not go to Cannes after a bumpy journey of nearly 20 hours.

, Lin Ran finally arrived in Cannes.

Cannes has a permanent population of only 70,000. It is usually a quiet and relaxing seaside town, but now during the Cannes Film Festival, filmmakers and a large number of tourists from all over the world gather here. , it seemed particularly lively.

After resting for a few hours and getting over the time difference, Lin Ran contacted Jia Zhangke.

As a judge this year, he was from Nortel. The department director Wang Rui had already greeted him and invited him. Duoduo took care of Lin Ran.

The call was quickly connected, and Jia Zhangke's voice came:"Xiao Lin, are you here?"

"Well, I just arrived at the hotel.

Director Jia, do you have time tonight? I would like to treat you to a meal and ask you some questions about selling films. Lin

Ran said

"There is an opening party tonight. I will call you after the party."

"OK"

Lin Ran agreed.

Thinking that staying alone in the hotel would be boring, Lin Ran went out wearing a pair of sunglasses.

The most attractive thing about Cannes is the beautiful promenade, with a beach and bay on one side and elegant hotels on the other.

The hotel's buildings include ancient buildings from the last century, as well as very modern buildings. They are very beautiful.

In the green belt in the middle of the street, there are flowers blooming all year round, and there are vibrant palm trees everywhere [Winner of the Cannes Film Festival's highest award. This is where the name"Golden Palm" comes from.

After visiting for a while, Lin Ran went to the Cinema Palace to watch some of the movies being screened this year.

At around nine o'clock in the evening, as soon as Lin Ran returned to the hotel, he received a call from Jia Zhangke. Call him and make an appointment to meet him at the hotel where he is settled.

"Hello, Director Jia, I am Lin Ran."

"Xiao Lin, you are my junior brother, you are welcome, come in and sit down."

Jia Zhangke smiled and was very kind.

After entering the room, Jia Zhangke poured a glass of water for Lin Ran and then said proactively:

"Kobayashi, the concept of"The Tuner" is very exciting, but it's a pity that it's a short film. If it could be expanded a bit more……"

"Well, actually I have plans to make feature films in the future."

"Let’s talk about this short film first. The script is very exciting, and it vividly portrays the greed, cowardice, and hypocrisy of human nature.

However, there are still some shortcomings in technique and composition.……"

Lin Ran listened carefully and felt that he benefited a lot.

Jia Zhangke is not good at making commercial films, but when it comes to artistic films, Jia Zhangke is definitely a master and has won many international awards.

Lin Ran didn't despise literary and artistic films, but those that specialized in filming the dark side of the country to please foreign judges and win awards.

I even despise these art film directors who specialize in filming the dark side of the country to please foreign judges and win awards, but have no box office in the country and call the audience trash and don't understand appreciation.

We chatted for almost ten minutes before talking about selling the copyright.

"The Cannes Film Festival has a special trading hall for film trading. You have to prepare posters and bring film resources, right?"

"Brought."Lin Ran nodded.

"That's good. There are many booths in the trading market. You can use the equipment on the booths to play content. If there are interested film producers, they will come to communicate."

"Director Jia, I would like to ask again about the copyright fee. How much is the copyright fee for short films like this?"

Lin Ran asked the most critical question.

He had never been to this kind of film festival in his previous life, so he didn't know the market conditions at all, and he couldn't find it on the Internet.

Only real insiders would understand.

"Not high, this kind of short film of more than ten minutes can only be sold by online video copyright, and generally it will not exceed US$50,000.

Your"The Tuner" has been nominated. There may be more interested film studios, but the bargaining price won't be much higher."

Lin Ran silently calculated in his mind. Even if it is calculated at 50,000 US dollars, selling the copyrights in 20 countries is only 1 million US dollars.

Less than 7 million RMB.

This amount of money is far from enough to make a movie.

I hope When the time comes, let’s sell the copyrights of more countries. Let’s take one step at a time.

"Xiao Lin, don’t think that US$50,000 is a small amount. In fact, the copyright fees for many feature films are only US$100,000 or US$200,000.

After all, the market for literary films is too small!

To be honest, it is difficult to sell the rights to my movies for more than $500,000."

Seeing Lin Ran's silence, Jia Zhangke thought Lin Ran was hit by the copyright fee, so he consoled him

"Well, I understand."

Lin Ran nodded.

At this time, the door of the room opened from the outside, and Jia Zhangke's wife, Zhao Tao, his queen, came back.

Lin Ran said goodbye.

"Xiaolin, if you encounter any problems, please call me at any time."