Chapter 1726 - 839: Closing Ceremony (Part 2)

Chapter 1726: Chapter 839: Closing Ceremony (Part 2)

Because Zhou Yun is a well-known actor, she indeed knows many film vendors, but this doesn’t mean she can do this better than others.

No film vendor would spend millions of US dollars just to buy an unsellable movie because the seller is a celebrity.

This is commercial behavior, not a human transaction.

And the movie "Treasure" has been seen by almost all domestic companies with overseas distribution business.

They have evaluated it and believe the movie’s sales prospects are not good, which is why they chose to abandon it.

But this movie, which was deemed unfeasible by so many companies with overseas distribution business, was still sold by Zhou Yun.

This is too unbelievable.

"Is Zhou Yun really a miracle worker, or what’s going on? Why do the movies she picks always achieve commercial success?"

"She didn’t package it together with her other movies, did she?"

"If that’s the case, then it’s understandable."

"That’s not what happened. She specifically went to sell ’Treasure’. It’s said she re-edited a version, and reportedly that version is very good."

"Re-edited a version?"

"Yes."

"Did it pass the review?"

"It wasn’t publicly screened, nor was it submitted for competition; it was shown privately to a few buyers, so no review was needed."

"There’s nothing sensitive in this movie, isn’t that right?"

Everyone was discussing Zhou Yun selling "Treasure".

Behind these discussions, the fundamental reason is the desire to know how Zhou Yun managed to sell the movie "Treasure".

They wish to replicate this path.

Aside from wanting to explore this business, more film companies are targeting their own inventory of films yet to be sold overseas or whose broadcasting rights have not been released.

These years, Chinese-language films have produced many movies, with some progressively entering international markets, but they remain the minority; most circulate within countries like Japan, Korea, Singapore, and Thailand, without truly expanding larger markets.

According to their sources, Zhou Yun has this time truly sold into Europe and America, which requires definite strength and connections for people to be willing to watch your films.

It’s not that Chinese-language films don’t sell well there.

That’s not the case.

What’s happening is they already have stable film channels, with the number of films purchased and the budget set to the limit each year.

Buying this Korean film could earn that much money, selling that Japanese film could earn that much money; it’s all about getting that much money. At this moment, it depends on whose price is lower and with whom you can interact more quickly and familiarly.

These are all very rudimentary things; the real core, of course, isn’t just these, but these intertwined logics indeed exist.

Zhou Yun using her fame and reputation to invite people to come see the film is the first step to success.

And "Treasure" can impress these buyers with its film quality, making them feel it’s worth purchasing and can be profitable in the future, which is the second step to success.

Many films have the ability to achieve the second step but lack the ability to achieve the first step.

Many film companies set their sights on Zhou Yun.

Since Ning Yao can leave the overseas distribution of "Treasure" to Zhou Yun and her team, why can’t they do the same?

Such thoughts easily arise in their minds.

When Zhou Lan returned to the country, she already scheduled meetings with almost ten film company bosses, all from small or medium-sized film companies.

Companies like New Shield and Seapool, being large, have their own channels and don’t need Zhou Lan’s help, but for these moderately capable small and medium companies, her connections are especially precious.

Zhou Lan didn’t expect that selling "Treasure" in Berlin this time would open up such a brand new business for her.

Zhou Lan was stunned and, of course, pleasantly surprised.

This time Zhou Lan directly took her secretary Li Zhu to meet these bosses.

Now she has a very firm belief in whatever work she does, which is to train more people; otherwise, when it comes time to use people, if there’s no one available to use, it’d be sorrowful.

Before, Zhou Lan had some "wolf-like consciousness" and didn’t want to train apprentices because apprentices, once trained, would want to compete with the master for territory.