Sammy and the others have absolutely no intention of taking advantage.
Well, no one will believe this.
Rossi received a very agreeable gift, like the signature of a quarterback from a football star; Michaelon let go of his stomach and ate for several days; even Sammy, who was eccentric and hard to please Received a couple of ugly (Mickey language) dinosaur models.
What a wonderful day!
But this can't go on forever.
So, they had to reluctantly gave up those warm invitations, returned to the room for a meeting, looked at the list of buyers together, and determined to discuss a result.
Among all the publishers who took the initiative to contact them, Rossi personally prefers three.
So he seriously started to introduce Sammy to them.
The first is Tomorrow Films.
The scale of this company is not big, and even in the whole of Hollywood, it is as small as a drop in the ocean.
However, it has a unique advantage in the circle of independent films. It was established early and has an excellent reputation over the years. It has released many independent films with good responses before, and its strength is also very strong.
Normally, this is a good choice.
But unfortunately, the representative of their company told Rossi frankly: "In this film festival, in addition to your "Snake Calamity", we also saw another film called "Street Lily". ” film. So, the company is more inclined to take that film first, and there are already negotiations over there.”
“Snake Bane is wonderful, but…”
He paused for a few seconds and continued to say sincerely: "At present, I can only promise you, if you are willing to continue to cooperate with us, I will try my best to get the most reasonable price and promotion plan for you."
The movie "Street Lily" happened to be a big hit this year, and it also won two awards for Best Picture and Best Actress. It can be said that it has attracted much attention.
Therefore, the comparison between "Snake Bane" and it is like the comparison between 'a dark horse who has made great progress but is still unstable, and a top student who has always played steadily and firmly occupies the first place'. weak.
Rossi naturally understands the company's choice.
But even if he likes this company again, considering that if he signs the same company with the popular "Street Lily", "Snake Disaster" is likely to have to make way for it in the follow-up, thus failing to achieve the expected income, he is unavoidable. After a little hesitation, he euphemistically said that he needed to think about it.
The representative of Tomorrow Film Company didn't mind either, and readily agreed.
This reliable attitude of 'not concealing, telling bluntly, and being polite from beginning to end' has successfully boosted Rossi's favorability.
so that...
Even if I really don't want "Snake Bane" and "Street Lily" to compete, or even become a foil...
He still put the company on the shortlist.
The second option is Kerry Brothers Films.
This is a brand new film company that has not been established for a long time.
The bosses are the Kerry brothers, a pair of twins.
To distinguish them, people habitually call them Big Kree and Little Kree.
The brothers started out in music in the early days, signed many popular bands, and sold many hit records.
However, due to the rapid development of the Internet, people gradually lost the habit of buying records, and the music market was forced to enter an ice age.
With multiple music companies going out of business, the brothers had to start thinking about finding another way out.
So, after thinking about it, they decided to get their hands on the film industry.
In their opinion, there is not much difference between making a movie and making an MV.
As a result, they not only quickly established a film production company, but also made movies in the way they used to shoot MVs for the band.
The results were astounding!
That film was later included (as a negative example) in the textbooks of the USC School of Film and Television Arts - a well-known representative work of the 'PPT film'.
Obviously, interlaced is like a mountain.
If you can do the music market, you may not be able to do the movie market.
The two brothers fully recognized the facts, and finally stopped tossing around and insisting on taking pictures by themselves.
They turned their attention to the outside world, waving large sums of money and wanting to invest.
But a layman is still a layman.
Even if the two brothers can keenly sense which musician's record can sell well and find a music theme suitable for the market at any time, they still can't figure out what can be popular in the film market.
So, as of today.
The two brothers have won the reputation of 'Hollywood's biggest swindler'. It's really exciting to invest in one and lose the other!
Since I can't shoot my own skills, and I don't have enough investment vision...
The two brothers had no choice but to relentlessly (without any means) to take aim at the film festival again.
They pondered 'even though they couldn't read it'.
But you can buy a 'during the festival's screening, the attendance rate is higher, it is better to get that little award'.
In this way, you can make some money and return blood.
Otherwise, no matter how rich you are, it will be unbearable to lose like this.
As it happens, "Snake Bane" meets all their requirements.
They immediately offered the highest price for the film, trying to win it all in one fell swoop.
However, Rossi had to tell Sammy honestly: "These two brothers are really laymen, very, very laymen! They don't know anything, and they ask me as soon as they meet, do you think this film about 'snake eating man' will Make money? Snakes eat people? Well, there's nothing wrong with that summary, but listen... forget it. Anyway, he asked that, and I'd say 'I think it should make money'. And then... guess what? They told right away I'm 'OK, then let's talk about the price'."
The brothers are too funny!
Sammy laughed.
Instead, Mickey asked suspiciously, "What about the third option? There is a third one, who is the third one you're talking about?"
Rossi simply continued: "The third option is Louis Madsen, who is the most enthusiastic of all the publishers."
He paused for a while before introducing in detail: "His company is currently very small, it's more a temporary studio than a company. But this man has a wide network of contacts and comes from a real Hollywood family. Big, but the elders are definitely the older generation of Hollywood filmmakers. So, probably because he was familiar with the film since he was a child, this person is also very professional in film. I tried to chat with him a few words and found that he has a good understanding of all aspects of film. They can understand clearly, and at the same time, they also give some very good suggestions.”
Sammy said thoughtfully, "Sounds like a good guy."
"Not only is it good, but I really like your movies."
Rosie said with a bit of tears and laughter: "This person is probably the person who wants to buy our movie the most. He has called me about fifty times, and he sends messages every day, asking me to hand over this movie to me. To him! And, stalking me every day. God, you don't know how tough this guy is... If my girlfriend Ellie knew 'I didn't answer her lately' just to chat with this guy, She will definitely kill me."
"Sounds interesting."
Sammy sighed while standing and talking without back pain.
Rossi rolled his eyes and continued: "Actually, if it wasn't for a serious flaw on his side... I would have succumbed to this stalking and agreed to sell it to him."
Sammy asked curiously, "What flaw?"
Rossi tried hard to think about it before saying, "That's what he told me that day."
He began to imitate the pleading tone of Louis Madsen's sincerity:
[I really like your movie "Snake Bane" so much! I watched it in the cinema more than ten times in a row! Listen, Rosie, I'm willing to give everything to get it, big money, top money, no problem! But... oh my god, I don't have money, I don't have money, what should I do? What should I do! I can't give you that much money. But if I lose it, my heart will be broken! ]
Sammy:…
Mikey: …
Rossi spread his hands helplessly.
Then, he took the initiative to help summarize: "In terms of advantages, Tomorrow Film Production Company has the best reputation, and the facts are reliable; the Kerry brothers are rich; Louis has connections, and people are very professional. So... Who do we choose? "
However, there was not a second of hesitation.
Sammy replied, "Choose the rich one."
Mickey replied, "Choose the rich one."
"You two really agree."
Rossi looked at the two of them speechlessly, and said casually, "Louis will be very disappointed. He said it before, and his heart will be broken."
Sammy's heart did not fluctuate, but asked solemnly: "Did he not read Wilde?"
Then, before Rosie could answer, he read Wilde's famous words to himself: "The heart was made to be broken."