Let you invest, you support half of the entertainment industry?

April 16th.

The Beijing International Film Festival officially opens.

This film festival, which has only been held for six times, is actually not very famous.

But its location still makes it competitive enough.

Xu Jia originally did not intend to attend. After all, in order to attract popularity and status, this film festival would definitely prefer foreign films.

It can be seen from the invited guests and crew this time.

Most of them are foreign crews.

The chairman of the jury is Billy Augustan, a Danish director.

Among the remaining six judges, there are only two Chinese filmmakers.

One is Hong Kong female director Zhang Wanting, screenwriter of "Seven Little Fortunes", and the other is Ma Chun's aunt Jiang Wenli.

This time, there are only three Chinese films shortlisted for the main competition of the film festival.

"No Problem", "Operation Mekong" and "I'm Not the God of Medicine", needless to say the former. As an anti-Japanese film, it can be premiered at the Tokyo Film Festival, which shows the problem. It is indeed awesome.

Moreover, the starring role is an acquaintance, Teacher Guang, who won the Golden Horse Award for this film.

Needless to say, the third film "I'm Not the God of Medicine" was produced by Jiaxing and gained both commercial and reputation. It can be said to be Xu Jia's most satisfying film last year.

In one fell swoop, Fumino was promoted to the position of a well-known director.

If this film is not shortlisted, that would be a problem.

It's just that "Operation Mekong" is a bit unjustified. This film was outshone by "Wolf Warrior 2". What's more, why is it a war movie that can be shortlisted but "Wolf Warrior 2" can't?

It is estimated that the Beijing circle, Hong Kong and Taiwan circles behind the scenes exerted their strength.

Don't look at these three circles. They were beaten to a pulp by Xu Jia. One of them was shrinking his head in the capital, and the other two retreated to the base camp.

But that's on a business level. In this kind of vanity fair, it's their turn to have the upper hand.

After all, the domestic entertainment industry has only developed for a decade or two. Before that, it was all about inbreeding and personal connections.

Xu Jia definitely couldn't compare with this, and he was too lazy to compare.

"Shall we go to the opening ceremony?" Miao Yuqing asked.

Xu Jia came back in a hurry, and they were not prepared at all.

"If you don't go, none of our people will go either. When I say something, we will leave together." Xu Jia shook his head and said.

He is not a fool, he is willing to come just to give face.

If the other party feels condescending, then I'm sorry, it's a loss of face.

Today, Xu Jia is still somewhat willful.

More importantly, if you are not willful, the other party should be willful.

"clear."

Miao Yuqing nodded and continued: "The Academy Awards announced the shortlist, including "Parasite", which was nominated for Best Picture and Best International Film. After the news came out, Harvey hopes Please contact him."

"The filming of "Barbie" has officially started in the United States and is expected to be completed by the end of the year. The cost will be controlled at about 30 million US dollars, but the publicity expenses will be equally high."

Since Xu Jia does not plan to attend the opening ceremony in the short term, as the secretary of the board of directors, she has to report on the recent work progress and results.

These two overseas films are the first to bear the brunt. Whether it is an Academy Award nomination or the production and distribution cost of "Barbie" is as high as 60 million, it is no small matter.

"I will contact Harvey later. "Barbie" has given them full support. If the publicity and distribution costs are the same as the production costs, which is a little less, I will double the budget." Xu Jia said solemnly.

He knew very well the purpose of Harvey's visit. He just wanted to fulfill his promise.

After all, he put in a lot of effort to put "Parasite" on the shortlist.

However, Xu Jia had no intention of keeping his promise from the beginning. Let's see if the guy understands the situation. If not, he will be sent to experience the disaster of prison in advance.

As for "Barbie," this film is not only a tool for Xu Jia to make money, but also a propaganda tool for causing trouble in the United States.

Moreover, this film needs more help from the publicity side. Thirty million U.S. dollars seems like a lot, but it is not enough to spend in one place in the United States, not to mention that Xu Jia is targeting the global market.

Using American feminist ideas to capture the world's money is called killing with a borrowed knife.

"good."

Miao Yuqing responded.

After she went out, Xu Jia called Harvey.

"Hi, Harvey, I've received this great news. You really have a lot of energy. Finding you was the right choice." Xu Jia praised him without hesitation.

He truly feels this. If it weren't for Harvey, he wouldn't be so understanding and familiar with the unspoken rules of overseas film festivals.

Even Yu Jiaxing's team that currently travels to major film festivals was influenced by Harvey.

Of course, the latter doesn't know this clearly. If he did, I'm afraid his attitude toward Xu Jia wouldn't be so friendly now.

"Hey, friend, that's what I should do. But if we have agreed on the price in advance, do you have to pay me some in advance? After all, I have already shown you certain results. There is a saying in China called brothers. Let’s settle the accounts, even though we are friends, we still have to settle the financial matters clearly.”

Harvey's hearty laughter came from the phone, and he faintly threatened: "You know well, I can help it get shortlisted, and I can also make it come out. This is an outcome neither you nor I want."

This is why he secretly coerced and lured Xu Jia when he realized that he was stronger than he once thought.

Otherwise, I'm afraid nothing will be done even after receiving the money.

You can't trust this guy's integrity too much.

The corner of Xu Jia's mouth raised, and a cold look flashed in his eyes. It seemed that this guy had a way to heaven and no way to hell. He chuckled and said, "It's easy to say, this money will wait until I bring the "Parasite" crew to the Academy Awards." When you attend the luncheon, it will be credited to your account. This amount of money is nothing to me. What we want to do in the future is big business."

He continued to use bait to seduce Harvey, without worrying that the other party would not be fooled.

After all, the reasons he gave are all legitimate, and the nominated crew often attends a luncheon before the final vote.

This is the time to move around.

When Ang Lee's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was shortlisted for the Best International Film Award, it was through this opportunity that he had dinner with producers like Harvey and various judges to get the vote.

Do you really think that foreign countries don’t talk about the so-called relationship and human society?

That's just because you haven't reached that level.

It's like the difference between big cities and small cities in China. Small counties feel that they have more connections. That's because they are small, so they can meet people everywhere, while in big cities, ordinary people often don't encounter things that require the use of connections.

"Haha, then I will be here waiting for your arrival. This time I will definitely make you and Director Bong Joon-ho feel at home."

Harvey said excitedly that with his current situation, the money Xu Jia promised would be a considerable amount of money for him.

Seeing that it was about to fall into my pocket, I wished that the other party would come soon.