I Really Didn’t Want to Be Famous

Chapter 278: Actually I don’t know him well (the third one is 11 in case)

Maybe I may speak a little bit substandard English now, but after repeated dialogues and constant corrections, my English will be better...

This is Lu Yuan's subconscious mind.

He originally planned to have a good **** with Jenny in English. He felt that chatting with foreign friends in English would increase his oral level.

After all, many things are just like actual combat. No matter how many words you remember, no matter how good your grammar is, it's useless if you can't speak.

Don't ask why.

The question is that Lu Yuan wants to be a man proficient in English!

He feels he has a gift for languages!

However, it is a pity that Jenny didn't give Lu Yuan the opportunity to talk to her in English at all, but spoke Chinese directly.

Lu Yuan didn't know Jenny.

But Lu Yuan knew James.

Yes, it is the "California Guest House", well, the director of "California Night".

Jenny tells Lu Yuan that she is director James' assistant.

Lu Yuan could hear James dictating by the phone and Jenny was translating James...

On behalf of the company, James wants his own global distribution rights for "This Man From Earth".

Lu Yuan learned from the dialogue between James and himself that this product has actually been paying attention to Chinese movies over the years, and his sudden explosion of film is naturally within James' attention.

After James watched the films that flowed out of the film, he became very interested in the film. He seemed to see the potential, so he specifically sought out the distribution manager of Paramount, hoping to get the global release of this film. right……

James is naturally a veteran in Paramount, and his status is of course different from other small directors. The distribution manager immediately agreed after reading the information and understanding the film.

James's meaning is actually very simple. He wants to win the global distribution rights of this film and sincerely invites the talented Lu Yuan to come to the American company Paramount.

He hoped that the two could sit down and talk about the future development of film and communicate with each other about shooting skills.

He felt that this movie might be able to bring future science fiction films to a whole new field...

He admired Lu Yuan's talent very much, and it is definitely a good thing to have more contact with a talented young man like Lu Yuan in James' heart.

Lu Yuan responded to James after listening.

The global distribution rights of this film are indeed not in his own hands to other companies, but he has to carefully consider how to cooperate with such issues.

Adults, you have to be careful when you do things, right?

James naturally didn't have any comments but sent an encrypted contract to Lu Yuan's mailbox.

What he meant was that he hoped that Lu Yuan could give him an early response. After all, there are still resources and gaps for a movie in April. When other Hollywood blockbusters are released in May, they will not be so freely controlled. Moreover, in May, China’s The films are all being drawn, and it is impossible to have any sales in overseas markets.

Lu Yuan was silent for a while after hanging up the phone, then he called Wu Tingting and asked Wu Tingting to come to the office.

Wu Tingting came to the office as soon as she received the call.

She is strange.

In her impression, Lu Yuan rarely called her to the office in the middle of the night.

"Mr. Lu, what's wrong?"

"Sit, I want to ask you a little thing." Lu Yuan took a sip of coffee and moved his body.

In the early hours of the morning, there was a feeling of coldness. Sitting for a long time made Lu Yuan feel a little backache...

"Oh, you said." Wu Tingting sat opposite Lu Yuan.

She was puzzled.

Little thing?

What little thing?

Is it about the issue of tomorrow's movie promotion?

"Do you know about the global distribution of Huaxia Movies?" Lu Yuan looked at Wu Tingting.

"Global distribution of Huaxia Movies? Um..." Wu Tingting was taken aback and then said seriously: "Mr. Lu, it is very difficult for Huaxia Movies to be distributed globally unless we are big companies like Tianyu and Huajin. Capital and overseas companies talk about the issue of overseas distribution rights..."

"Connector?"

"Well, yes, President Lu, you are considering the overseas distribution rights of this "This Man Comes From Earth"... Let me tell you the truth, don't be angry, it is very difficult for us, after all these two In 2015, China Huaxia Company basically introduced more Hollywood movies, and few movies overseas. Joaquin and Tianyu went out a few, but the response was not very good. Basically, they died soon after they went out. It’s the type that doesn’t make money after paying for the promotional expenses. Overseas companies generally don’t like our Huaxia movies. After all, few kung fu movies are being made now..."

"Oh, it turned out to be like this." Lu Yuan nodded.

Is the current situation of Chinese movies so miserable in Hollywood?

But think about it.

The Chinese movies that go to Hollywood are basically unacceptable, and there are some gaps between the Eastern aesthetics and the Western aesthetics. Unless it is those early kung fu action movies, it is no use going out.

"Well, Mr. Lu, I actually tried to contact overseas. Two days ago, I also contacted third-tier Hollywood entertainment companies such as Midland and Frost and showed them our box office data. It’s a pity that when people listened to science fiction films, they bluntly rejected us. Our Chinese movies are really unsatisfactory overseas, let alone science fiction films. It is estimated that they are making fun of us behind their backs..." Wu Tingting said. After the sentence, I suddenly felt that I might have said it a bit too harsh, so he added: "Mr. Lu, in fact, we don’t lack everything else. We only lack time. I believe that in five or six years, our company will be able to compete with Tianyu. Like Joaquin, it’s connected to Hollywood..."

"Leave aside this, let me ask, how does this Paimeng compare to the two companies of Floss and Midland?"

"Pimeng... President Lu, Pimeng is a major entertainment company close to the front line in Hollywood. No matter its strength or scale, it is not comparable to Midland Floss... Lu Yuan, why do you ask?"

"All right, you look at this contract."

"contract?"

"Well, do you think this global distribution rights contract is okay?"

"what?"

Wu Tingting watched Lu Yuan turn the computer screen around, and then clicked on the mailbox to open an English contract...

She stared at the Parmon's sign on the contract.

Global distribution rights agency contract?

This……

this is……

"have a look……"

"Mr. Lu, this, this...is this...really true? You...you...who gave it to you?" Even as calm as Wu Tingting, he was shocked by Lu Yuan's sudden operation.

She looked at Lu Yuan in disbelief.

I started to stutter a bit...

"James sent it to me, I hope we can give him a reply as soon as possible, but as you know, I have always been a very prudent person and I will definitely not sign contracts casually, so I asked you to come here to let you help. Take a look at this contract, um, if this contract is okay, let's sign it. Although our film's overseas market performance may not be good, isn't it a small mosquito?" Lu Yuan smiled slightly.

His expression was calm.

His expression seemed to be hesitating when someone asked him to sign.

The sense of pretense is so vivid...

"James is, isn't it, director James... how do you know him?"

"Actually, I don’t know James very well, so I sold him two pieces, one piano piece, one song... But he was really sincere on the phone just now. Isn't it good to refuse?" Lu Yuan smiled indifferently, "It doesn't matter, you can read the contract first... and then talk about it after reading the contract.

"..." Wu Tingting originally thought that she was too nervous about Lu Yuan, and she took it for granted no matter what Lu Yuan did.

but now……

She found herself still shocked.

"Don't look at me with this expression. Hurry up and read the contract. I promised James to reply to him earlier. As an honest and trustworthy person, I can't let him dove..." Lu Yuan smiled again after seeing Wu Tingting's dumbfounded expression. A reminder with a smile.

Still...

It's so pretending...

"..."

Wu Tingting nodded deeply.

She suppressed the shock in her heart.

night……

It's getting deeper.

Moonlight shined through the window into the office.

Wu Tingting knows that tonight must be a sleepless night...

even……

She felt a little weird.

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The box office battle in April ushered in a small peak on April 8.

The Hollywood movie "Future You" officially broke through 10 million box office on that day, and the dark horse of "Maddy Alien" also continued to excitely hit 7 million and returned the movie to its original score in almost a day.

Director Xu Qifeng excitedly sent the actors a big red envelope of tens of thousands of dollars, so happy...

These two films performed well, and of course there were mediocre ones.

While the "Breaking Aliens" team was so excited that they couldn't sleep every day, the other movie "The Stray Pig" was getting sluggish. It was released for eight days, and the box office of each day was gradually decreasing. By the eighth day, he The box office has fallen by half a million, and the reputation on the Internet is constantly being criticized...

In fairness, the quality of "The Stray Pig" movie is not bad, at least compared to the other two "Youth Paradise Lost", "The Flower of That Year" is much better...

It’s a pity that the jewels of "The Wanderer" are in front, and many preconceived concepts make "The Wandering Pig" in the hearts of movie fans really have no reason to score high. "The Wandering Pig" is not as good as "The Wanderer" and even fans criticize it. This "The Wandering Pig" copied some parts of "The Wanderer" but did not plagiarize the essence. On the contrary, there is a feeling that painting a tiger is not an anti-dog...

In this environment, the movie's potential is exhausted. The movie tour in April is almost over.

As for the two films "Paradise Lost Youth" and "The Flower of That Year"...

Spicy eyes!

The box office has a spicy eye, and the word of mouth is also a spicy eye. Apart from the few negative reviews on Tomato.com, this movie has no sense of existence...

These two movies are like a joke. When they were released on the seventh day, the schedule was finally reduced to one movie a day, and they were still the kind that no one would watch...

Youth movie...

Haha, this youth literary film...

Is there a market for this movie now?

You might as well come to a follow-up movie like "The Stray Pig", at least they are much hotter than you, at least they won't lose money!

And you guys?

It is no exaggeration to say that it was a loss to grandma's house.

Of course, whether it's the outbreak of "Future You" or "Maddy Alien", it is reasonable and understandable.

Well, it makes sense.

But... "This Man Comes From Earth" directly and brutally hit an incredible score of 30 million at the box office on the 8th!

Yes!

You read that right!

thirty million!