Chapter 765: Venice's highest price in history! Venice tasted the sweetness.
The much-anticipated Venice Film Festival has come to an bustle of the entire city suddenly dropped sharply. In less than three days, the number of tourists decreased by almost one-third.
But Venice soon released the data, and this year's Venice Film Festival achieved the best results in nearly a decade!
It is also Mr. Barabe’s best achievement as artistic director!
Compared with recent years, there have been many breakthroughs in terms of tourists, media, film critics, etc.
This year's Venice is also the best-rated film festival in the media.
The selection of the Cannes jury this year was severely criticized by the media, and was completely unsatisfactory in every way.
And with Chen An's successful coronation, the popularity of Venice this time has reached the sky!
Thanks to this, the transaction volume of some movies has also increased significantly. The copyright of "The Woman Who Left", which won the Grand Jury Prize, was sold for more than 10 million US dollars!
And these days Chen An has been busy making money.
The main copyrights sold are those outside East Asia, Southeast Asia and North America.
Those are areas that Chen An cannot reach, so the distribution rights must be sold.
Even so, there are still countless publishers rushing to buy it.
The Big Six in Hollywood are also very interested in this work, and Chen An has completed the three major grand slams, so there is plenty of room for maneuver.
The fame that comes with it is valuable!
Thanks to Chen An's unprecedented record, the value of the film has been significantly magnified!
But compared to the tyranny of the Big Six, Chen An still prefers to take his time and take things slowly.
If you go to the Big Six, you can directly package them for sale at an affordable price, but I don’t want to accept the accompanying contract.
Many people strongly demanded that the North American distribution rights should also be taken over.
Or you can buy streaming media or physical audio and video copyrights in a package at a low price.
But Chen An felt that there was still some potential in the North American market, so he didn't even think about selling it.
"Chen, I'm sorry that you didn't agree to Warner's generous offer."
The new Warner film purchasing agent said with a look of regret.
Chen An laughed instead: "Maybe I am more familiar with Warner than you."
These words made the Warner people look a little ugly.
Chen An didn't talk about this and changed the subject: "Let's talk about other projects, shall we?"
A lot of time has passed, and I guess it’s almost time. I haven’t received any notification, so maybe I can’t collect it myself.
I heard that Spielberg personally fought for copyright in his previous life, which is not easy.
The man looked a little better and replied, "I don't know much about it, but I heard that the copyright of a small life was stuck and it was handed over to Sony to solve it."
Chen An nodded, roughly understanding it. Needless to say, the Ultraman copyright is the most difficult to deal with.
It’s not that they are unwilling to give it to us, but they are in the midst of a copyright dispute and cannot get it.
After seeing off the Warner people, Chen An went to another place to meet the MK2 people, the last batch.
For now, he is most satisfied with Gaumont's offer.
"Old Ryan, it's been so many years, I didn't expect it's still you."
Chen An couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the MK2 film producer, Old Ryan, who was coming over.
When we first met, he was in his prime, but now he is old with white hair and wrinkles on his face. It has been almost twenty years.
Old Ryan smiled faintly, like a kind old man, "I'm not like you, Chen."
"Twenty years is almost enough to bury me in the ground."
"Oh, old Ryan, I would rather it is you who will always be my partner in the future."
"Haha." Old Ryan took off his hat and laughed, his wrinkles becoming more prominent. "I'm old, and I'm going to retire next year. I won't be able to come and discuss the purchase of the film copyright with you in person anymore."
"I'm sorry." Chen An said slowly.
The other party is really old, and no one can escape the power of time.
Old Ryan seemed very calm, and said in a relaxed tone: "Everyone has this moment. Chen, you should congratulate me. I can retire now. I plan to move to Norway after retirement. I like it there. It's great, isn't it?"
"I can't argue with that, can I?"
Chen An spread his hands and congratulated the other party. Old Ryan smiled happily and started to talk about business: "Chen, those distribution rights that you said you were not going to sell are all huge stockpiles of tickets."
"I know, that's why I changed the film company."
"2200 million US dollars, this is the final offer for mk2, although it is not worth that much."
"It's indeed not worth that much." Chen An nodded.
The coffee that Old Ryan ordered was served. He stirred it out of habit without adding sugar and added some milk.
"But it's different. It's your most special work."
At least half of the added value is because Chen An achieved an unprecedented grand slam through this work.
This is destined to be a highly anticipated work, beyond the value of the Venice awards.
And the commercial elements are also very good, it is not just an art film.
The two are combined so perfectly that they are difficult to distinguish, which is why "Cahiers du Cinema" gave such an evaluation.
2200 million US dollars is the offer made by Old Ryan for the European distribution rights. Chen An cannot reach out to other places, not even MK2.
Chen An smiled unconsciously: "Is this your last gift to me?"
Old Ryan blinked, "You could think so."
"Then I'll take that as it is. I'm happy to accept this gift."
Lai Ryan smiled and said nothing more. Today the two of them just had a simple discussion.
After finishing his coffee, Old Ryan put his hat back on and didn’t answer until he stood up to leave: “If you want to thank me, then you can come to Norway to see me. I can also brag to my new friends that I know a famous film director!”
The old man was very casual. He didn't even wait for Chen An to speak. He pushed the door open without looking back, waved with his back to him, and left calmly.
A few days later, after all the copyrights were sold, Chen An flew back to China.
Of course, I had a good time too. It’s fun to play anything when you’re having fun.
The crew members left with Chen An. They were not in a hurry to go back. It was a rare opportunity for them to come here, so they had the chance to have some fun.
Chen An sold the remaining copyrights one by one and divided them among more than a dozen buyers.
The production budget of the film was as high as 900 million US dollars, which is lower than the original but still not a small amount.
In the end, excluding the copyright retained by Chen An, the total sales amounted to 3200 million US dollars!
The news was also reported, breaking the highest transaction price at the Venice Film Festival!
Moreover, this Venice Film Festival was a great success. Thanks to Chen An's record-breaking performance, the selling prices of a number of films increased significantly!
The transaction volume directly created a new historical high!
It has become the world’s number one A-class international film festival this year!
Beyond Cannes!
"It's so tiring, and it's not easy to play."
Wen Yongshan, with a tired look on his face, lay on the chair and wailed.
These words made countless workers want to punch her.
Liang Jiahui didn't know how to talk to his junior and was simply too embarrassed to watch.
"Playing is about having fun and relaxing. What's the point of running around just for the sake of playing?"
"It's a rare opportunity to come here, so I must play more."
Wen Yongshan couldn't help but refute in a low voice, but she didn't dare to be too tough.
Zhang Ruojun, Zhang Zifeng and Song Tiesa had already fallen asleep.
The four of them turned into special forces, running around everywhere, and completed a project that would take others half a month in just a week.
Chen An smiled and said, "No matter how fun it is, it will be meaningless if you treat it as a project task."
Liang Jiahui nodded in approval.
Wen Yongshan shrank back in grievance and stopped talking, then lay there with her eyes closed, which made Chen An want to laugh.
(End of this chapter)
