Chapter 2483

"Please don't push any further."

"Then put it on hold."

Lanli and tieri don't have much time between each other. All the fights are between lightning and flint. Both of them are very tough - more accurately, they are not trying to tear their faces, but are testing each other's bottom line. This fight is not so simple.

According to common sense, it's time for Langley to plead with tieri. Cannes Film Festival is willing to "give up" a kind of attention unit, which is a huge breakthrough. Don Quixote channel should not push any further.

But lanli smelled something different.

Why did Arthur go to Studio Ghibli get the wind out? Why did tieri make a special trip to New York? Why did tieri change his mind in just five months?

Of course, there are many reasons, such as the box office record of "Jurassic world", the ticket sales record of Pioneer Village Music Festival, the top Oscar of "pop drummer" and so on. One small event after another creates momentum. However, there is still a lack of the most crucial one. Lanli is unable to complete the puzzle for the time being.

Now, Langley is testing tieri's bottom line, trying to find the last piece of the puzzle and piece together the overall situation. Otherwise, even if they sign a contract with Cannes, Don Quixote channel will still be passive - and this passivity may affect the independence of Sisyphus film and Don Quixote channel, which Langley absolutely does not allow, if necessary, He would rather give up this cooperation with Cannes.

In the face of lenley's tough, tieri did not give in, but... Did not leave.

Like Langley, tieri slowly picked up his coffee cup, and the two of them sat in the open-air cafe and tasted the coffee.

A little precipitation for a moment, let the quiet atmosphere spread slowly.

"Plus the director fortnight."

It was Langley who broke the silence this time. Since tieri did not leave, it means that there is still room for negotiation, and he must know how much space there is.

Tieri looked embarrassed.

Lan Li chuckled and added, "I'd like to be the chairman of the jury next year, but I warn you in advance that I'm not a guy who can easily compromise. Be careful that the jury may directly fight because of fierce differences. You should believe in my boxing ability, which is definitely not something those old guys can fight against."

Tieri still did not speak, just looked at Langley with interest.

But lanli was not embarrassed. He slowly put down his coffee and met tieri's eyes. "Or, we can guess what made you change your mind in just five months."

Within tieri's expectation, Langley also put down his coffee, "if I say, because of the movie?"

Lan Li put on the appearance of listening.

"Your words moved me. Every year, a large number of films appear in Cannes to show the world their style, especially in those areas where the film industry is relatively backward. What they show is the most primitive and vigorous power of films, which is very rare; But unfortunately, it's often something the market doesn't care about. "

Tieri told it seriously.

"In Cannes this year, the 'ram' of Iceland and the 'earth and shadow' of Chile are both the main competition units. Besides, my favorite works have also won numerous praise and affirmation at the film festival, but so far they have not been able to find an international copyright distributor, except France."

The last sentence revealed a little pride, which made Langley smile, but tieri shrugged his shoulders very frankly. "I'm telling you the truth. If these films can't be selected as the best foreign language film entries by his country, they may never be seen by other audiences."

"You have to know that they are on the stage of Cannes, the largest film market in the world. If Cannes can't find distributors for them, I strongly doubt what other film festivals can do." The confidence in tieri's words, even with a kind of arrogance of the world center, has an irrefutable firmness - he sincerely believes that Cannes Film Festival is the best film market in the world.

"So, as you said, if these films are buried and disappeared, it will be a serious blow to those film lovers who can't come to Cannes and those areas with relatively weak film industry. Who knows if those talents will be submerged like this?"

Tieri slightly adjusted his sitting posture and focused on lenley with a firm sense of mission in his eyes. "I brought them to Cannes and I hope to bring them to the world. Since the traditional cinema has no way to give them a platform, at least I hope technology can play a role. "

Langley believes in Thierry.

He believes that Thierry's love for film is sincere. No matter how Cannes got to this stage, their delicate balance between business and art is commendable, at least not inferior to Oscar, and even slightly better than Oscar.

But Langley also knew that tieri didn't know the whole story. The earth shaking changes in just five months, from quantitative change to qualitative change, still need a key factor.

"Tieri, that's enough to convince Cannes Film Festival, but not enough to convince the French Film Association." Lanli is pressing forward step by step.

"It's our problem. You don't have to worry." Tieri knew that his decision could be subject to opposition from within the French film industry.

Langley didn't speak, he just kept his eyes on tieri.

However, tieri is also a hard nut, he took the initiative to meet the line of sight of lanli, "a kind of attention plus the director fortnight, then we have a deal."

Then, tieri's shoulders relaxed slowly. "So, are you ready to face the media now? If there is no accident, we will announce the selection of members of the jury, including the chairman of the jury, in January. At that time, I'm afraid the media will not let you off easily, and it's still during the award season. "

"The trouble is mainly with you, not with me. My pressure should start when I get to Cannes. " Lan Li laughed lightly.

Tieri could not retort, "by the way, do we need to postpone the announcement of the chairman of the jury? As far as I know, "lobster" may win you another nomination this year, and "Carol" is also very promising. These are all works of Cannes. If you don't want to interfere with the public relations of the award season, we can postpone the announcement until after the award ceremony. "

College public relations is a very delicate thing. If Hollywood learns that Langley is going to be the chairman of the jury of Cannes Film Festival, and he is only 26 years old, then competitors can easily push Langley to a "new height", indicating that Langley can not be included in the scope of awards, which is a bit like a sense of lifelong achievement, This is very bad for the blue ceremony award season, and it is very possible to lose the nomination by accident.

Lan Li pursed the corners of his mouth and said, "it doesn't matter to me. Just follow your plan. Even without Cannes, I don't think they are willing to vote for me for the second year in a row

Between the lines with light irony, which makes tieri full of laughter.

There wasn't much content in the follow-up conversation. Thierry and Langley exchanged their views and opinions on some films. The discussion still revolved around the film itself - after all, Langley's taste will represent Cannes' taste next year, and Thierry still needs to make some preparations.

This year, Coen Brothers broke out a surprise at Cannes Film Festival. Tieri doesn't mind, but he hopes to be ready before the surprise appears.

Until Thierry left, he did not mention the key factor to promote "quantitative change to qualitative change". Obviously, he did not speak so easily.

Then, Langley found the answer in Andre's place

Roman Abramovich.

The super tycoon has not been on vacation for the past five months, and his continuous moves have changed the pattern of things.

First of all, after breaking the box office record at the premiere weekend of "Jurassic world", he injected 50 million US dollars into hall venture capital, and increased his second investment of 200 million US dollars three months later, becoming the biggest customer of hall venture capital at present.

Secondly, he reached a cooperation agreement with the French Ministry of culture to set up a new foundation in Cannes Film Festival, which is specially used to sponsor the shooting of local films in France. The first investment reached US $30 million, mainly for young directors under the age of 30.

In short, Roman solved the main contradiction in French films for tieri - the remaining minor contradictions, which tieri can solve by himself. This is the real key to change the whole situation. Money is part of the reason, and Roman's contacts are another part.

In the same situation, there may be different problems in Italy and Germany, but in France, Roman succeeded in opening up the situation.

For Roman's move, Andre is slightly uneasy, but more excited——

Because Roman's investment and Alexander Hamilton's contacts are causing a chain effect in the European continent, and the box office results of "Jurassic world" and the Internet boom of Pioneer Village Music Festival are virtually becoming the best samples, hall venture capital's fund-raising work has made incredible breakthroughs and progress.

For at least the next two years, Sisyphus pictures and Don Quixote channel will be in full swing, and the rest will depend on whether they can make a profit.

The higher you fly, the heavier you fall.

Andre also understood this, while excited, he also kept a little sense, "what do you think, lanli? If you're upset, we may need to slow down a little bit, so let's slow down. I know you don't know much about finance, but we all believe in your intuition. More importantly, the projects of Sisyphus still need to be decided by you. I need you to give me a decision. "

"Don't worry, just follow the plan." Lanli gave the answer: the bow does not turn back. Now that it has started, let the storm come more fiercely.