"Hello, beautiful lady. Are you the organizing committee of the Cannes Film Festival?... Yes, I am from China, not Hong Kong, China or Taiwan, China. ... Yes, my film is ready to be registered for competition. ... Excuse me, is there anyone?

Is there an intermediary service agency that can register as an agent? Can you recommend it? Can you give me their contact information?"

"Hello, I was recommended by the organizing committee of the Cannes Film Festival. I heard that you can register as an agent?...Excuse me, what information should I prepare? How should I fill out the registration documents?...How much do you charge?"

"..."

In the future, the red carpet shows at the three major European film festivals will turn into Chinese shows like cabbage. Even a third-rate Internet celebrity can attend the red carpet. As a veteran in the film and television industry, how could he not be familiar with it?

For Chinese-speaking filmmakers in this era, being able to participate in the three major European film festivals seems to be particularly prestigious and mysterious.

However, this is not the case at all.

Since it is an international film festival, it will accept a wide range of registrations. The process is relatively simple. There are also semi-public intermediary service agencies to help new directors and new works register. Even the agency service fees and registration fees are quite cheap.

It is of public benefit nature.

It's just that at this time, people in China basically didn't understand foreign languages, and they couldn't find a place to ask, which led to the beauty of distance.

Even those Mainland award-winning films need to be second-tier dealers through Hong Kong film producers? Don’t you know that those Hong Kong film producers also use intermediary service agencies, and they just rely on their fluent English?

None of these problems were a problem for Rong Guang. After making a few international long-distance calls, he sent the video tapes and registration materials of the participating films, as well as the remitted registration fees and service fees.

I just printed out two more copies with English and French subtitles. I opened the international long-distance phone line in the rental house and bought a fax machine. This made Rong Guang even more cash-strapped, with only two thousand US dollars and four thousand US dollars left.

To be honest, if Yuan Quan had accepted the 6,000 yuan in salary at that time, he would not have even had this little money.

Even so, Rong Guang still knew very well at this moment that the chances of the film passing the first shot were only 50-50.

Do you know how many films participate in the Cannes Film Festival every year? At least 1,500!

If we only look at the quality of the film, coupled with the advantages of the film as a tribute to the filmmaker, Rong Guang is very confident that, not to mention being shortlisted for the main competition unit, it will at least pass the test.

However, the disadvantages of "Add a Long Shot" are also obvious.

You know, those judges will never be able to watch the more than 1,500 movies. So you have to go through some reviewers to select the shortlisted movies.

Reviewers are also faced with a large number of films. It is very likely that they will just watch the beginning and those obvious bad movies will be thrown aside. In "Add a Long Shot", the big bad movies at the beginning take up a lot of time.

Too long.

Therefore, we can only hope that the reviewers will be responsible and hope that they can watch the film completely. Rong Guang has no control over this aspect, everything depends on the favor of the goddess of fate.

…

Anyway, everything that needs to be done has been done. For a while, Rong Guang became idle.

In boredom, Rong Guang even considered that if bad luck didn't pass, he would take the remaining money back to his hometown. Even if he was forced to insist, cry, make trouble, and hang himself, he would still force his parents to get medical treatment. As for the debt he owed

The debt can only be paid back slowly in the future.

On the contrary, Rong Guang believes that the investment in the film is not a big deal. The worst outcome is to wait until the three major video platforms emerge and sell them the copyright. Not to mention, how many comedy movies above the qualified level can be sold at least.

One hundred thousand, and you can still get tens of thousands in click share every year. It’s just that it’s too old, and the payback period is too long.

In this way, Rongguang spent more than ten days doing nothing.

On that day, Rong Guang made the usual international long-distance call: "Hello, Miss. I am Rong from China. Has my video been approved?"

"Oh! Congratulations! We just got the approved list, and it contains the name "Add a Long Lens". I hope your film can be shortlisted for the main competition unit."

"Thank you! Thank you! Haha."

"Rong, please wait a moment. Is your fax number the one you registered? If there is no change, we will send you some information. Please wait patiently."

"Haha! Thank you, miss, you are really my angel! I love you madly! Hahaha!"

As soon as he hung up the phone, Rong Guang waved his arms excitedly. This game of chess finally came to fruition after all the hard work.

Go to hell, go to hell with them all! Let me teach you what the old gunman’s tricks are!

You have no idea that in the future, Chinese-language films will develop four major brands—Chinese-language blockbusters, kung fu films, award-winning art films, and late-night trash films!

For ordinary movie fans in China, they may know all about Chinese-language blockbusters and Kung Fu movies. But for award-winning art films and late-night garbage movies? Even if they are politely evaluated, their reputation may not be very good. Few people will care, and they may even not care about it.

have no idea.

But we are not discussing word-of-mouth issues here, but brand issues. Since it can become a brand, it has a very mature business model. This should not be difficult to understand. Without a mature business model, any brand will slowly be eliminated.

There is a lot of content about this aspect, so I won’t introduce it for now. I will explain it one by one in the future.

After receiving the faxed information, Rong Guang took out a newly bought "World Atlas", studied it, and then started making international long distance calls.

"Hello. Are you here the telephone exchange in Niamey, the capital of Niger? What is the phone number of the largest cinema in Niamey?"

"Hello. Are you the gentleman in charge of film procurement? Are you interested in the films shortlisted for this year's Cannes Film Festival?..."

"..."

"Hello, you are……"

"That's right! If you don't believe it, you can check it out. Our "Add a Long Shot" has been shortlisted for the Cannes Film Festival..."

"..."

Rong Guang's behavior seemed like someone selling insurance over the phone. It should be said that there was really no difference.

But this channel was explored by hundreds of Chinese-speaking filmmakers, who went through countless detours and paid countless tuition fees. In the end, they actually managed to break through the overwhelming power of Hollywood's global distribution system.

Way to live!

To understand this channel, we must first understand one truth - there is demand for movies in any market. There will be no shortage of people watching movies anywhere. No matter how poor, backward and war-torn areas are, there will always be a few cinemas. Even if the people at the bottom buy it
Chapter completed!