Chapter 351 Free Publicity, Don’t Miss It

Leo shrugged, "Well, I do feel a little emotional, probably because I feel sorry for Fang Rong."

"Hmm? What's wrong? Let me see." Wang Zhan said, looking down at the phone screen and pressing the play icon.

Half a minute later, when the video was over, he returned the phone to Leo and sighed, "Oriental Media is indeed short of popular young actors around 20 years old. It would be great to train one. However, it is very difficult to use a newcomer as the protagonist. You have to compete with the platform. Fang Rong has really changed."

He and Fang Rong are in the entertainment industry and have worked together five or six years ago.

I still remember that Fang Rong was an ostrich at that time, playing it safe. He loved to show off but only dared to show off some unimportant things secretly.

Now, he actually agreed to use newcomers in the new film and promote newcomers.

It's not easy.

Wang Zhan picked up the menu and continued, "However, Chen Xiao should be present. If Fang Rong made the final decision, then he has not changed, but mutated."

Leo put away his phone, "If Zhou Fan had not accepted "Heartbeat Moment" last year, there might still be some hope. Alas, I feel more and more that it is all fate."

Wang Zhan smiled, "How old are you? At the age of 26 or 27, you are already lamenting your fate. It is more appropriate to say that it is luck, right?"

At this point, he paused while flipping through the menu and frowned.

Yes, Zhou Fan also went to audition...

The next moment, an idea that gave him goosebumps flashed through his mind-could Zhou Fan have done this?

"I'll make a call, you order first."

As he said, he immediately put down the menu, picked up the phone, and called his secretary.

After the establishment of Oriental Media, it has maintained a very good cooperative relationship with Jiahao. When Oriental Media needs external actors, it will also think of Jiahao first.

Such a good cooperative relationship must not be ruined by an artist.

The call was quickly connected.

Wang Zhan said, "Xiao Qin, have you seen the entertainment news about Fang Rong using new people? Check if it was done by Zhou Fan."

"Don't worry, Mr. Wang, it's not him."

"Are you sure?"

"Well, I just met Director Liu from the Artist Management Business Department. He saw the news online and urgently confirmed this matter. He can guarantee 100% that it was not done by Zhou Fan."

"That's good." Wang Zhan breathed a sigh of relief.

The secretary on the other end of the phone continued, "Mr. Wang, your flight ticket for the business trip to Shanghai next week has been booked. I will send you the information immediately."

"Okay." Wang Zhan breathed a sigh of relief and leaned back against the back of the chair. "By the way, please book me a ticket for the movie "The Grand Budapest Hotel" according to your schedule."

"Okay."

"OK." After saying that, Wang Zhan hung up the phone.

Leo raised his head and smiled, "I also bought a ticket for The Grand Budapest Hotel, and I'll go see it next week."

"The movie that Chen Xiao and Chazelle collaborated on is indeed worth watching. Or, people in the industry will all go and see it, right?" Wang Zhan took the menu next to him back and opened it again, "Speaking of this, I've been wondering about something recently."

"President Wang, tell me."

Wang Zhan raised his head and looked out the window, "The Grand Budapest Hotel was co-produced by the two of them, and it's an art film. It should have won major awards. Now it's being released in many countries at the same time, which is equivalent to giving up a bunch of big awards. How could they make such a decision?"

The main competition unit of international A-level film festivals usually requires the participating films to be international premieres.

That is to say, before participating in the competition, the film has only been released in the country where the production company is located, and cannot be released in other countries and regions.

The main competition units of the three film festivals, such as Cannes, Berlin, and Venice, have such requirements.

This is to ensure the uniqueness and freshness of the main competition unit of the film festival, and to attract distributors, media, etc. to the film festival.

In some cases, the film is even required to premiere globally at the film festival, that is, it cannot be released in the country before participating in the competition.

So, if you are aiming for awards and fame, you will only release it in your own country, or premiere it directly at the film festival.

If you want to win the box office or open up the market, you will choose to release it in multiple countries at the same time. For example, the profitable "Harry Potter" and the market-opening "The Truman Show" chose to be released at the same time.

But "The Grand Budapest Hotel" directly gave up the three major awards and many film festival awards and released it in multiple countries. Why?

Wang Zhan frowned and continued, "New Era can't come for our market."

Under the protection policy of the Film Bureau, overseas film companies cannot reach out to the domestic distribution network. Overseas films cannot get a particularly good schedule, and even Hollywood cannot open up the market, let alone a medium-sized enterprise like New Era.

To make money? It's unlikely.

Could it be that Chen Xiao and Chazelle really won so many awards that they don't care?

This...is not impossible.

Chen Xiao doesn't need to be mentioned. In the past two years, some film festivals sent a video of him delivering a speech, but he didn't show up in person.

Although Chazelle didn't go to the point of wholesale awards, he was photographed by the media provoking his peers on the stage at the Venice Film Festival. He once publicly said that it didn't matter when he was alive, as long as he could leave his name in history after death.

With this mental state, he probably doesn't care much about the current awards.

Just as he was guessing, Leo pursed his lips across the table, thought for a moment and said, "I probably know something about it."

"Hmm? What's the inside story?"

"Last year, I was filming a TV series in the Western Regions and had a meal with Director Chen and talked about this movie. He mentioned that he and Chazelle had agreed to only create art and not win awards for this movie."

"Hmm? Did they agree directly? Why?"

Leo lowered his head and looked at the menu, "He didn't say. Maybe he's too busy and doesn't want to run around."

Wang Zhan looked at Leo's expression, stunned for a moment, and suddenly understood.

I understand. This limits the scope of cooperation.

The script was given because of their friendship. Chazelle pursues art, so Chen Xiao will only cooperate with him in art, but not help New Era win awards.

Tsk, it's good to have a script, just hold Chazelle directly.

Wang Zhan frowned slightly.

Why does this sound like catching a wild boar in a cage?

Forget it, it's not Jiahao's award, who cares about them.

……

At the same time, in the ancient house of Capital Film and Television City.

A group of directors were having lunch in the lounge.

Chang Yu walked into the room with a tablet, came to Chen Xiao, bent down and whispered: "Director Chen, the hot search about Director Fang using newcomers has been pushed to the 28th place on the entertainment list."

Chen Xiao nodded, then turned his head to look at Fang Rong who was quickly showing off his fan next to him, turned back and whispered: "Director Fang can handle it, how is Qi Mu?"

Chang Yu smiled and said: "I just saw him, he was very excited, and said he was thinking about how to return home in glory tonight."

"Okay, I know. Let the public opinion continue to ferment. Free publicity, don't miss it."

"Okay." Chang Yu agreed and turned to leave the lounge.