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Ms. Zhang is also a blessing in disguise.

Such an ironic episode brought the relationship between the two of them a lot closer.

The main thing was Tang En's attitude.

If she put on airs again, it would only embarrass Ms. Zhang even more. He didn't want to bully others, so he could only put down his posture, take the initiative to chat with her, and enlighten her.

Miss Zhang is obviously not a fuel-efficient lamp, so she immediately seized the opportunity and quickly narrowed the distance with Tang En.

"Director, how about...how about I call you brother!"

"elder brother?"

Tang En cast a deep glance at her.

It will climb along the pole!

He said to her with a half-smile: "I also know some female artists in Korea and Japan, most of them call me Dad."

"Father?" Ms. Zhang glanced at her peers who were about the same age as her in front of her, and was slightly taken aback. Then, a flowery smile quickly appeared on her pretty face, and she twirled her hair by her ears, "Okay , how about... I call you godfather?"

"Ahem..."

Tang En almost couldn't catch his breath.

Be a godfather to the international chapter?

Like the mysterious benefactor behind Big Sweet?

To be honest, there was a bit of a delay between the flashes and the flints.

Ms. Zhang was also decisive enough. Seeing Tang En's hesitation, she yelled coquettishly and sweetly: "Godfather~~~"

"Stop, stop!"

Tang En hurriedly waved his hand and interrupted her.

This is not a fuel-efficient lamp!

She is much more difficult than Da Tiantian.

That year, at the Berlin International Film Festival, Lao Mouzi won the Silver Bear Award for his film "My Father and Mother".

This is equivalent to the best director award.

Lao Mouzi missed the Golden Bear Award, but it is also a great achievement to win the Silver Bear Award. He came to the stage to accept the award in good spirits. Unexpectedly, Miss Zhang, the heroine of the movie, also stood up, wearing a bellyband-style backless dress, and followed Lao Mouzi on the stage.

Lao Mouzi was dumbfounded, and quickly asked her in a low voice: "What are you doing after? Go back!"

Miss Zhang pretended not to hear: "What did you say?"

"go back!"

"What?"

"I let you go back!"

"What did you say? Louder?"

Lao Mouzi was furious on the spot.

Not to mention the Silver Bear Award, even the Golden Bear Award, there are no actors and directors to go up to receive the award together. When he won the Golden Globe Award with "Red Sorghum", didn't Gong Huang applaud him in the audience?

Fortunately, Miss Zhang went up to the stage with him to accept the award.

Fortunately, she was not bold enough to grab the microphone to deliver her acceptance speech.

However, the scene of her standing next to Lao Mouzi and receiving the award together has become the focus of the major entertainment pages in Europe, especially the apron-style dress, which is really eye-catching.

Lao Mouzi is famous, and Miss Zhang is even more famous!

Since then, Ms. Zhang has completely gained a foothold in the European film market, and she is the second only actress in mainland China after Gong Huang!

This method is many times better than those female stars who accidentally slip off their dresses, accidentally fall down, and spend time slowly, scratching their heads and posing for poses on the red carpet.

You know, Ms. Zhang was only 20 years old and still in college.

Even, she has just debuted, and she doesn't even have an agent.

All these layouts and arrangements come from the thinking of a 20-year-old girl!

Is this okay?

Being a godfather to Ms. Zhang is exciting, satisfying and fulfilling. But this kind of woman is too straight-minded, hard to control, and too troublesome.

Tang En pondered for a while, but suppressed the restlessness in his heart, and waved: "Okay, I'm only one year older than you, why are you shouting?"

Ms. Zhang said nonchalantly: "What are you afraid of? I like it. You have seen it anyway, so it doesn't matter."

Tang En said angrily: "What are you talking about? What have I seen? Aren't you still wearing underwear..."

Miss Zhang interrupted with a smile: "How about... I take it off for you to see?"

After saying that, she stood up, and in front of Tang En, lifted up her skirt, doing it to give Tang En a complete appreciation of the infinite scenery under the skirt.

How could there be any more shame and embarrassment just now?

Really good acting!

"Okay, what's so interesting, you pretend I've never seen a woman?" Tang En stopped her angrily, and waved his hand, "Forget it, if you want to call, just call me brother, godfather Don’t call it this kind of name. Don’t think I don’t know, in China, the word godfather…has other extended meanings.”

Miss Zhang chuckled, "You know so much!"

"Is not it?"

"Uh... more or less, I don't really understand." Ms. Zhang said something perfunctory, then she pursed her lips and chuckled, and called sweetly, "Brother Walker!"

"Just call Brother Tang!"

Tang En felt a headache.

In Japanese and Korean cultures, the hierarchy is very distinct, and absolute obedience is admired. That's why Twain's attitude towards soft girls from Japan and South Korea is always very strong, and the girls are also very delicate, considerate, well-behaved and obedient.

If Miss Zhang was half as well-behaved as them, Tang En wouldn't be so "calm".

"Brother Tang!"

Ms. Zhang yelled beautifully, then pouted her mouth and said coquettishly: "Brother Tang, what are we going to do with the North American release of "House of Flying Daggers"? Or...you can make a price and buy it!"

"I'll make an offer? Didn't Focus Pictures contact you?" Tang En looked at her with a half-smile.

"Brother Tang~~"

Ms. Zhang was sitting on a soft chair beside her, twisting her body and acting coquettishly, her soft voice was really fascinating, "Focus Pictures only offered 5 million US dollars, which is 3 million US dollars lower than Fox Searchlight. !"

Tang En glared at her, "Speak well, don't be rude!"

Miss Zhang blushed slightly, pursed her lips and nodded, she was much more honest.

Tang En frowned and said, "The film release, such a big matter, how can the director and actors handle it? Where's the producer? Where's Jiang Zhiqiang?"

Miss Zhang said: "Boss Jiang...he has more important things to do."

"Um?"

"He's negotiating with officials from the Film Bureau."

"ah?"

Tang En was taken aback.

Ms. Zhang tilted her head and said, "I don't know the specific situation, it seems that "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers" are big sellers... Oh, by the way, "House of Flying Daggers" has already been released in China, and it won't come out soon. Unexpectedly, it should be the box office champion in mainland China this year. However, the film market there is still a planned economy model, and the "unified purchase and sales + hierarchical distribution" model adopted is very inconsistent with the law of film development. With the help of Director Zhang As well as the success of "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers" in the international market, Mr. Jiang and Mr. Zhang are busy with the work of the film bureau and cinema chain during this period, and improve the production team's reputation from the policy perspective. Divide the account to activate the film market."

Tang En nodded greatly.

This is a good thing with infinite merit!

In Chinese movies, it is well known that Lao Mouzi started the era of blockbuster movies. This is of great significance. It is not just as simple as blockbuster movies, but it promotes the market-oriented reform of Chinese movies.

Since then, China's film market has really developed vigorously.

In the current mainland, Hollywood movies can only get 15% of the account, and local films only get 25% of the account. More money is divided among the Film Bureau, China Film and the cinema chain.

This is the power monopoly.

After the market-oriented reforms, the proportion of the production side's accounts will be much higher, reaching about 35%. However, China Film is still the largest distributor with a monopoly.

In any case, people like Jiang Zhiqiang, Zhang Weiping, and Lao Mouzi have all made great contributions to Chinese films.

"I see, I can solve the "House of Flying Daggers" matter."

"Really? Brother Tang, how much do you want to bid? Miramax once offered 15 million US dollars!"

"Why do you have to buy it out?"

"What's the meaning?"

"How about the split?"

"Divided into?"

Miss Zhang was slightly taken aback.

A sharing agreement... I'm afraid this is inappropriate, right?

In theory, a sharing agreement is more cost-effective than a buyout agreement.

Usually, when filmmakers buy a film, they will try their best to lower the buyout price in order to obtain higher profits.

Therefore, many domestic film companies in the United States usually sign sharing agreements when they sell films to the six giants. For example, when Dunn Films made "Wedding Crashers", it signed a sharing agreement with 20th Century Fox.

To this day, Twain Films still receives dividends from "Wedding Crashers" from 20th Century Fox every year.

However, there is also an advantage to buying out!

That is, the funds can be in place at one time!

If you sign a sharing clause, this requires a long-term operation to collect money slowly.

American film companies, as well as some European film companies, are of course no problem.

They have a complete film guarantee system, and they can go to the bank for a loan with the terms of the sharing agreement and the guarantee through the insurance company, and there is no cash flow obstacle.

And you can earn more money through the sharing agreement, why not do it?

However, in some countries where the film industry is backward, it will not work.

Holding the share agreement in their hands is like waste paper!

Make money in the long run?

It's useless!

They're still waiting for a quick payback before moving on to making movies!

For example, Zhang Weiping and Jiang Zhiqiang, the investors of "House of Flying Daggers", are not considered rich, and they are just waiting to sign a buyout agreement to quickly withdraw funds.

As for the sharing agreement for long-term operations, it is really unreliable.

In a few years, I don't know if New Picture Films will still exist.

"Brother Tang, I can't answer this matter..."

Miss Zhang is very self-aware, she can't make a decision on such a big matter.

Tang En nodded, "Tell the investors, two plans. First, buy out all the North American copyrights of "House of Flying Daggers" for 10 million US dollars; second, share the agreement, and the income will be divided equally."

"Huh? It's only 10 million US dollars?" Ms. Zhang was slightly disappointed.

Tang En looked at her amusedly, "Such a big tone? It seems that you are worth billions?"

Ms. Zhang said: "But Miramax opened to 15 million US dollars!"

"Miramax is going bankrupt!"

Tang En's attitude was very firm.

"Hero" is the pinnacle of Lao Mouzi. Before that, there has never been a director who can use colors to the extreme like him. The entire United States was shocked, and many media called him the title of "film master", thinking that he was the greatest film director after Akira Kurosawa. In the use of film audio-visual language, it is unique and innovative, better than An Lee!

Especially the overall mise-en-scène.

This shooting technique, which was almost lost in Hollywood after Francis Coppola retired, can be seen in a Chinese director, which really brought a collective climax in the Hollywood industry.

It's a pity that "House of Flying Daggers" and later "Curse of the Golden Armor" are suspected of blind repetition in the use of film language, and lack of progress. The lack of artistic exploration is a real money grab.

The North American market can create less and less value.

The buyout price of 10 million US dollars is already high enough!