Hollywood legendary director

The silver-clad Park City ushered in the first ray of sunlight in the morning, the cold air slowly receded in the golden light, and the chattering noise unveiled another lively day of the Christmas Film Festival.

Lehman got up early as yesterday, and there is a party waiting for him tonight.

For Hollywood, many opportunities to make contacts are established at various parties, and after each year's Oscars, the Oscar night hosted by Vanity Fair is the top party in the film industry.

Sundance is certainly not as important as Oscars, but as long as it is a film festival, similar events will always be held.

It's just that these parties are held very privately, and there is no way to get invitations. Even many filmmakers who come to the exhibition will not know that such parties exist.

But George has already arranged everything. For him, or for Europa Pictures, it is obviously extremely beneficial to make some connections in the Hollywood film industry.

Of course, this was also very beneficial to Lyman, so he agreed to George to attend such a party.

Approaching the evening, Lyman returned to the hotel room to bathe again, then put on a light blue formal suit and followed George.

There is a limit on the number of people at the party, so except for the two of them, Thomas and others are still staying in the hotel.

This is an official Sundance party, so there are many people coming and going.

Lehman took a glass of champagne from the waiter and took a sip. The feeling of alcohol eased the slightly nervous mood.

To be honest, he has never come to this kind of party before, and he had to make contacts before, it was all done in the wine bureau, and it has never been like this, in such a place—

Surrounded by people in formal and evening gowns, and I saw few familiar faces, and most of them had never met each other, as if I was standing at the crossroads of the Avenue of Stars in Los Angeles, with pedestrians and busy cars. But no one will notice who is ordinary.However, this is not an outdoor crossroads, but a rather grand party scene.

The clothes are fragrant and the shadows, the feasting, the paper drunk and gold fans...The breath of luxury and publicity roars towards the face, and it slowly lurks around, like a piece of quicksand, which makes people fall into it without realizing it.

"Go, go over there."

George is obviously much more relaxed, and he has participated in such a place on behalf of Europa Pictures, but he has become more skilled.

Passing between the two groups of people talking, George gestured to the front left with his eyes: "The person across from Robert Rayford is Kevin Durant, the distribution manager of Warner Bros. Pictures. I have seen it before. On his side, he still has some impressions of him."

Lehman nodded and accepted George's popular science.

They have been searching for the figure of Robert Rayford in the crowd before. After all, this is the founder of the Sundance Film Festival and has communicated with Europa Pictures. Obviously, it is suitable to have a good relationship in this kind of scene.

Of course, the location is now known, but it is not the best choice to find the past directly, they need a suitable time to insert.

In addition to the two in the center of Robert Rayford's circle, there were four or five people outside talking eagerly.

But George did not reveal their identities, and it is estimated that they will not be any real power figures or can help them.

The center of the circle is undoubtedly Kevin Durant, Warner's distribution manager, and everyone else seems to be talking around him.

Lyman watched carefully from the side, and finally waited until the crowd showed signs of dispersing. George on the side saw this and began to walk quickly. He was also about to take the initiative to attack, holding a champagne glass and stepped forward, following Behind George, but less than two steps, the path in front of him was blocked by a figure.

A thick, slightly obese figure walked out directly from the side and blocked Lehmann's path. "I didn't expect us to meet here."

Standing in front of him was a face that Lehman disgusted-Harvey Weinstein.

Although Lehman was a little surprised as to why this guy seemed to recognize him, he was only slightly surprised. Soon he controlled his emotions and recovered his calm, showing a polite smile, "Really? It’s a great honor to meet you, Mr. Harvey Weinstein."

In Lehman's simple greeting, the irony meant it was really obvious, because he didn't even stretch out his hand, and obviously didn't want to know Harvey.

Harvey didn’t expect Lehman to stab himself as soon as he came up, but what kind of person he is. It’s nothing more than pediatrics to deal with this kind of scene. -Mr. Rust."

As he spoke, he proactively extended his right hand.

Although Lyman didn't want to, he didn't want to fall behind and lose courtesy, so he also stretched out his hand to hold him in a friendly manner.

Harvey looked at this rather young face in front of him, and he was also emotional.

He has never paid attention to such a newcomer in the director industry, but he still needs to make friends by mistake.

This is Sundance, the place where Miramax Films rises. They will not miss the film festival every year.

They also knew the list of participating films for this year's film festival early. At first, they didn't know that Lyman was also here, but since the premiere of "Three Fools in Bollywood", it has received numerous praise.

When Harvey sent someone to investigate the identity of the director of the film, he discovered that they had a relationship with Miramax.

Even at last year's Venice Film Festival, he put one of his own company's hands, not to mention his first film debut, which was the North American channel released by Miramax.

Harvey suddenly got an impression of this person.People are always like this, the memory needs to be activated to be clear.He still remembered that people came to the door that day and said that there was a problem with the signing of the distribution terms, and he ruthlessly refused the negotiation.

As for the director with this talent, the first film brought more than 3 million US dollars in profits for Miramax. Although the second film did not win the distribution rights, it was also learned through various channels. After deducting the production cost of the film, Europa Pictures will earn more than 30 million U.S. dollars in this film.

That was 30 million U.S. dollars. After Miramax worked hard for a year, the income was half higher than this. It was still in the case of various methods.

So even though he knew that the relationship between the two parties was definitely not good, or even bad, Harvey took the initiative to find it.

He needs to see if he can win over Lehman and make him the second "Quentin Tarantino" to be excavated by Miramax.

"What's the matter? Mr. Harvey-Weinstein, if it doesn't matter, I have to leave first, my companion needs me." Lehman frowned slightly and said so deliberately.He really didn't want to have any contact with Miramax, this company simply made him sick.This is true whether it is the means of doing things or the person's style.

Harvey chuckled and laughed, "Are young people always so anxious?"

Lehman shrugged and said of course: "Time is a precious thing, I don't want to waste it."

When Harvey heard Lyman's ridicule again, the smile on his face not only did not fade, but became even brighter, "Well, then, let's talk about business. This is why I came to you."

The straightforward words hit back from another angle.

When Lehman heard that Harvey had something to find himself, he couldn't help thinking in his heart: What would it be?

Fortunately, Harvey's next words gave Lehman the answer to his doubts.

"Are the North American distribution rights of "Three Fools Raising Bollywood" still in the hands of Europa Pictures?"

Every year, Miramax seeks project cooperation or deals in Park City, and Harvey is decisive and has a keen sense of smell. The decision is often made between the electric light and flint, and then it is reached before the other publishers find it. The result you want.

This is also one of the important factors that Miramax can now dominate the independent film circle: the wide-spread network, selected, and slow layout.

The Weinstein brothers can start from Sundance at the beginning of the year and continue to find films in major film festivals throughout the year, and wait until the end of the year to select seed players from them, concentrating resources on grand prize public relations, leading the international category A awards season, and even Is the biggest winner of the Oscar.

Harvey has the most credit for this. His vision is always very vicious. Otherwise, he would not bet on investment films when "Falling Water Dog" was unknown. Later, Quentin was able to win so many awards. It is he who operates in one hand.

An excellent director of postmodernism was born.

Lyman raised his eyebrows and looked at Harvey with interest.

He just heard it right, Miramax wants the North American distribution rights of his film.

Wow, I have a sense of accomplishment, so excited, so happy.

After being pitted once, while still joking in Lyman's words, he still asked for cooperation.

It can only be said that it is Harvey, regardless of barriers, everything is based on interests, even if he slaps himself, resists ridicule, but also acts decisively, all showing the aura of the hero.

Miramax was able to come to this day, really did not rely on luck and simple vision.

But what can this be?

Lyman is no longer the same him.The right to speak is in his hands, and now he has the final say.

"Sorry, I can't speak at Europa Pictures. I'm just a small director and can't worry about such big things."

Is the reason for such rejection sufficient?Harvey Weinstein... Sir!

In fact, so far, the North American distribution rights of "Three Fools in Bollywood" have really not been released. In this market, Europa Pictures is really not able to get involved because it is an outsider. However, Pella has been working with it. Meng Pictures already has some intentions.

However, for future consideration, George's trip also came with whether he could find more beneficial release terms.

Cooperation?How can it be done without competitive pressure.This is what Europa Pictures thinks.