The tide gradually receded, exposing wet gravel and messy shells. My hands stood on the beach and sank into it, leaving unclear palm prints, knees, and footprints.

Wu Xiaozu held a cigar in his hand, panting heavily, and lazily lay on his back towards the beach, shirtless. His hormones were roasted by the sun and were shiny. His muscles were well defined, and the male dog waistline around his waist became more and more obvious.

Wherever you look behind the sunglasses, you can see the graceful outline of a perfect peach? Monica Bellucci's body is covered with fine water drops, which are placed on the T-string of her trousers, exuding temptation.

On the beach, a man is lying on his back with half a cigar in his mouth. A woman in front of him is packing his clothes. Next to him is a bottle of champagne and two crystal glasses. The black and silver Leica camera is stained with gravel. The camera on the easel is

The drawing board was blown by the sea breeze and kept turning the pages... Each painting is a brand new posture, a thick stack...

The movie manuscript is the sketch for "Pulp Fiction".

The cartoons show close-ups of the shots. During the filming of the movie, Wu Xiaozu was used to drawing manuscripts of the shots and showing these shots to the photographer in a two-dimensional hand-drawn way.

The storyboard is the most intuitive reflection of the director's shooting intention. Many directors' storyboards themselves reflect the overall style of their film and their own artistic style.

Zhang Yimou's storyboards are very neat and orderly. The whole storyboard is just like a comic book, very standardized.

Hitchcock paid special attention to space and architecture.

Tsui Hark's manuscript is a typical comic style, very imaginative and unconstrained.

The most bizarre thing is naturally the later manuscripts of Zhou Xingxing and Jiang Wen... Most people can't understand it, let alone read it.

Director Wu's storyboards pay great attention to shadow structure and are very vivid overall.

In addition, Wu Xiaozu is also sorting out the storyboards of many previous films, and has asked the company's screenwriting and creative department and artists to help complete the missing parts.

Because some time ago, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts contacted him and wanted to use his film storyboard manuscript as a textbook.

Director Wu thought about it and prepared to sort it out for Searchlight Media to publish, including a summary and summary of some of his film concepts and techniques, as a contribution to Chinese films.

Every director has his or her own creative highs and lows.

After filming "Seven Sins", Wu Xiaozu felt that he had fallen into a creative bottleneck.

Click!

Wu Xiaozu held half a cigar in his mouth, picked up the camera, pointed it at Monica Bellucci and took pictures. The Italian Ocean horse in the static situation has a special cold charm. She has a typical ascetic cold face.

In the past few days, dozens of rolls of 135 film have been used, each with 36 frames, and at least thousands of photos have been taken. Most people cannot afford this cost, let alone the subsequent development of the photos.

Monica herself was used to his fiddling with her, and she felt suddenly enlightened.

Various postures...

For art.

Wu Xiaozu felt that after a hundred years, he could open a personal art exhibition. He took countless beautiful pictures in freeze-frame photos - art is connected, and artists can also be connected.

"Someone is here." Monica put on a gauze skirt and took the initiative to help Director Wu put on his swimming trunks.

The visitor is Zhang Jiazhen.

During this time, Zhang Jiazhen was also helping discuss overseas distribution of "City of Sadness".

MK2 finally spent 1.8 million US dollars to obtain the rights to several large markets in France, Italy and Germany. The prices in other small countries vary. The cheapest one may be sold for 10,000 to 20,000 US dollars, and of course there are also tens of thousands of US dollars.

There are only very few orders...

All of them add up to more than 2.3 million US dollars.

The investment in this movie is only US$200,000. In other words, the movie has not yet been released, but Europe has already reaped a profit of US$2 million. Although some publicity and public relations costs have to be excluded, the profit of US$1.5 million is not a problem.

.Converted into Hong Kong dollars, the net income is 11.7 million Hong Kong dollars. The Asian market has not yet developed, but this literary film has already made a lot of money.

As for North America...neither Harvey nor Wu Xiaozu intends to tinker with it. There will be no market for such a movie in North America. Of course, it will be released on the video tape market.

Today, Woodpecker and Windmill have become well-known video tape production and distributors in Europe and Europe. The people in charge also often go to major film festivals and purchase low-cost films for distribution.

It cannot be compared with large distribution channels such as PolyGram, but in terms of adults, it is definitely unique, not inferior to Japan and San Fernando. At the same time, it has its own market weight in art films, cults, B-level films, and underground low-cost films.

The profit is not high, but the win is the steady stream of water.

In the past two years, with the financial support of E7 Culture, I have also begun to enter various film trading markets.

"Azu——"

Zhang Jiazhen held a bucket of cold beer and threw one to the other party. He looked at the private beach and the private ocean horse and smiled slightly.

"Brother Zhen, have you agreed on the distribution channel in Italy?" Wu Xiaozu took a sip of cold beer.

With the help of Giuseppe Tornatore, a local Italian filmmaker, they also contacted film companies and distribution companies in Italy. The latter served as the chairman of an Italian film company and had close ties with the media industry.

With the help of him and Marco Muller, 1024 also tried to build a distribution channel here.

"The progress is going quite smoothly, but Italy and Portugal are not very enthusiastic about Hong Kong films. After all, there are very few Chinese in Italy. The main distribution markets for Chinese films are France, the Netherlands, Germany and other countries." Zhang Jiazhen answered truthfully.

.

Wu Xiaozu also knew what he said.

"We are also preparing for the future."

Now that he has decided to enter independent films, Wu Xiaozu must have his own plans. If it is all left to Hollywood... he will probably be tricked to death by Harvey. In the future, Harvey will be regarded as one of the largest buyers of European films in North America, and Wu Xiaozu also hopes that

While he has become the largest distributor of European films in Asia, he can also share the dividends of Asian films in Europe.

After eating, the plaintiff eats the defendant.

At the same time, it may be that Harvey's weight is diluted.

Of course, he does not have Harvey's unique conditions in North America, so it will definitely be more difficult.

How will you know if you don't try?

When humans think, God laughs.

In this case, why not start by laughing!

"By the way, there is news from France. I hope you can receive the knighthood next week." Zhang Jiazhen glanced at Wu Xiaozu's private Ocean Horse.

There are many types of knighthoods, the most common ones are the French Knights of the Order of Letters and Arts, the French Knights of the Order of Education, the French Knights of the Legion of Honor, and the French Knights of the National Order of Merit. The first two are ministerial-level, and the latter two are national-level.

Wu Xiaozu was awarded the ministerial level Chevalier des Lettres et des Arts. Next year, Uncle Long will be awarded the same thing. This year, Uncle Long is also very famous. Wu Xiaozu was awarded the French Knight Medal, and Uncle Long was also awarded the Order of the British Empire, uh... MBE.

The title, like Wu Xiaozu's knighthood, is the lowest level. But it is indeed remarkable.

For the profession of celebrity, it has indeed improved the reflection of social status.

Monica Bellucci was shocked.

Looking eagerly at Wu Xiaozu who was lying there, his cold face was a little moved. In any case, being awarded the French Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters is also very impressive!

"By the way, the French side sent us news through Woodpecker. It seems that they have a film company that wants to invite you to direct a movie." Zhang Jiazhen brought another news, which even caught Wu Xiaozu off guard.

This is the first time that a European film company has invited him to direct a film, and Harvey certainly does not count.

“Which company??”

"French A2 Film Company. "Rodin's Lover", "Ballroom", "Ocean Manon", "Love on the Mountain" and Godard's "The Passion" and "Carmen" are all works produced or co-produced by this company

." Zhang Jiazhen took the initiative to introduce.

French A2 Film Company is very famous in Europe. Although it is not as good as Gaumont in France, its strength cannot be underestimated.

Wu Xiaozu was a little flattered by their invitation.

Director Wu went abroad based on his strength???

"Who informed us?" Wu Xiaozu was still a little confused.

"The person in charge of the French company said that it was Miss Isabel Adjani who made the call in person. She originally wanted to contact you, but the phone was blocked." Zhang Jiazhen answered seriously.

Cough cough cough~

Wu Xiaozu blushed and walked around, not relying on his strength... After a moment, he glanced at Monica Bellucci, who was sitting quietly beside him.

This can be regarded as relying on strength.

Therefore, a man must be strong...all your friends can help you recommend him!

Monica Bellucci doesn't know.

She had a shocking feeling at this moment.

She also knew the name of Isabel Adjani! At this moment, she felt that she could learn more about this man's strengths.

"Do you know what movie it is?"

"They didn't tell me about the specific filming appointment, but I think we can talk about it when we go to France this time." Zhang Jiazhen said proactively: "It just so happens that Woodpecker Company and Acheng are both interested in developing real-life dao mo and peripheral products... At the same time, we hope that we can

Obtained the rights to remake many blockbusters..."

"Cough cough cough..." Wu Xiaozu almost choked on a mouthful of cold beer.

I am really engaged in the cultural industry, what the hell is real person mo????

Wu Xiaozu is determined to open the big-breasted brother's head and take a look! What on earth is he thinking...

Are you going to become a comprehensive tycoon???

Daily life, woodpeckers, windmills...

Wu Xiaozu felt that he could no longer keep up with his busty brother.

Protruding!

However, I have to say that his vision is indeed very unique. Today, the related industry is still a blank market, especially in Asia. If he really develops it, it can be foreseen...

Later Private Company is such a company, a leader in the industry. In 2007, this company officially ranked 91st among the top 500 companies in the world, with total assets of US$93 billion...

Damn it, its market value is higher than that of Hollywood companies.

I have to say, he was a little tempted.
Chapter completed!