Chapter 686： Don't be a dog lick

When he came to Toronto, Ronan's biggest interest was the new film screening and trading market at the Film Festival.

The discovery and purchase of "Blair the Witch" at the Saint Denis Film Festival that year seemed to be in front of our eyes. Tony Koch was also one of the participants and immediately followed Ronan with great interest.

"Can you find a film like "Blair the Witch"?" Tony Koch is also a rich man now. He doesn't pay much attention to how much money the film can make. What he enjoys is the process of participating in the excavation: "I can find a Movies similar to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" are also fine."

Ronan stood in the front hall and looked forward to all booths. Compared to the Cannes Film Festival, the film trading market in Toronto was significantly larger.

Tony Koch said: "Let's go, what are you waiting for? Ronan, let's start our journey of discovery."

Connie, who was half behind Ronan, answered the phone and quietly said: "Thomas from Embassy Pictures is calling. He can't make it through this morning."

Ronan nodded slightly: "Still dealing with "When Happiness Knocks on the Door"?"

"Yes." Connie whispered: "I am coordinating with the organizing committee to increase the number of exhibition venues."

Tony Koch interjected: ""Eavesdropping Storm" can make a movie theater give "When Happiness Knocks on the Door."

Ronan looked at him curiously, and Tony Koch shrugged slightly: "The Embassy Pictures won two theaters for "Eavesdropping Storm", but the audience was very small. Although most of the audience who saw the film thought the film was shocking, It’s a fact that the film is dull."

"This is a normal phenomenon." Ronan said: "European films are still slow-paced and heavy-themed genres, which cannot be compared with commercial films."

Even with the Berlin Film Festival Golden Bear Award and multiple European film festival awards, films like "Eavesdropping Storm" can’t be achieved at the Oscars, it would be too difficult to achieve good results in the North American film market. Up.

Tony Koch looked at Ronan: "So, the Oscar for best foreign language film is critical."

Ronan walked towards the trading area and said, "Let's see if we can meet a good movie."

Tony Koch is full of interest: "If I find out, let me negotiate."

"Okay." Ronan said: "If it is true, I will ask Embassy Pictures to authorize you."

As soon as Ronan entered the trading area, he fell in the eyes of some caring people. Several people came to say hello and wanted to invite him to the booth to watch the film, but they were all stopped by the bodyguards.

"Someone is following us." Connie came closer and reminded quietly: "It seems that there are buyers from other issuing companies."

Tony Koch shook his head and said, "Look, Ronan, if you really want to find something, you must let me negotiate. Your goal is too big."

Ronan felt helpless and said, "Let's watch more."

The speed of the group slowed down significantly. Whenever he saw a movie with a gimmicky name, Ronan would stop and look at the screened footage and related materials, but refused to make any contact with the seller.

Those who followed, all the stalls where Ronan stopped, were frantically collecting information.

In recent years, Ronan and Embassy Pictures have purchased and distributed not many films, but every time they invest more than one million US dollars, they can always get several times the revenue.

How could other people not be jealous?

Lionsgate’s Navas just entered the trading floor and got news about Ronan.

"Ronan Anderson is here too?" Navas felt unpleasant, as if something that was originally his own was being snatched away, he quickly ordered the people around him: "Go and follow Ronan Anderson. Write down every film he watched."

The young assistant hurriedly said, "I will go now."

Just in case, he also took two other people with him.

Navas watched the three people leave, be patient, and searched for films useful to Lionsgate.

The Toronto Film Festival has a huge trading area. Ronan and others walked for more than an hour, but they only saw less than one-fifth of the exhibition area.

Arriving at the booth of a South Korean production company, Ronan and Tony Koch stood not far from the small screen, watching the protagonist fight to death in the movie.

"How big is the prize possible?" Ronan asked.

Tony Koch knew that Ronan was asking about "Eavesdropping Storm" and said: "It is estimated that it is difficult. There is no jury in the Toronto competition. The awards are all voted by the audience. There is no advantage to such a boring film as "Eavesdropping Storm". ."

Ronan nodded slowly: "The main thing is to do a good job of publicity and promotion, and the goal is still Oscar."

Although the Toronto film industry is also an international category A film festival, it is fundamentally different from European film festivals such as the Cannes Film Festival and the Berlin Film Festival.

The biggest, most famous, and best done by this film festival is to improve the trading platform for many film producers, focusing on broadcasting and trading films.

Although there is also an awards session, there is no dedicated jury. There is no professional competition project like other film festivals. The awards are won by the film with the highest votes selected by the audience participating in the film festival.

The award of the Toronto film industry is called the Audience Choice Award.

In the past few years, the winners of the audience vote have been famous films, such as "The Pianist", "American Beauty", "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", "Angel Loves the Beauty", "Whale Rider" and so on.

"Eavesdropping Storm" originally wanted to compete, but judging from the audience's response, the probability is less than 1%.

On the contrary, "When Happiness Comes Knock on the Door" received a good response, and the current vote rate is also very high, and it is hopeful that it will hit the audience vote award.

Will Smith has contacted Ronan, and in a few days he will also come to Toronto to participate in several promotional activities in order to canvass as many votes as possible.

Wherever there is a vote for selection, the method of canvassing is always indispensable.

In the Korean film being screened, Ronan remembered the title when the beautiful girl in the restaurant opened her legs to show her bottom, and the actor spewed rice.

This is one of the few Korean movies that left an impression on him. It seems to have been made into a series. If I remember correctly, it should be called "Color is Empty".

Tony Koch asked: "Interested in this film?"

Ronan shook his head: "North America can only enter the DVD market. You will lose as much as you invest in theaters."

Tony Koch looked at the male protagonist on the screen and said with emotion: "Poor spare tire."

Ronan became interested and asked, "Have you ever been a spare tire?"

"The lesson is painful." Tony Koch said to Ronan very seriously: "This is a lesson I have personally experienced. Don't be too good to a woman who uses you as a spare. Don't be a licking dog."

Ronan gave him a thumbs up: "Tony, it's not easy to see this through."

Tony Koch sighed: "The licking dog has nothing in the end except to drive up the market price."

Ronan patted him on the shoulder: "Tony, you really understand it." He asked curiously, "So, how many spare tires do you have now?"

"A lot." Tony Koch was full of rich and handsome style: "There are always seven or eight. Unlike you, there are only two left."

Ronan said: "There is no way, the environment is like this."

At this time, according to his usual practice, Vinci asked the booth company for some film materials, Ronan and Tony Koch left here.

The Toronto Film Festival is not so much a film festival as it is a large trading market.

When Ronan watched it, he found a lot of impressive films, such as a movie from the East called Zhou Yu's Train.

However, most of these films are sold with North American copyrights. Not to mention their prospects in the North American market, it is difficult to recover the investment.

Even if the selling price is not very high, it is also costly to get a DVD with a lower investment.

After watching for a long time, Ronan didn't find a suitable purchase target. Ronan was not in a hurry. After all, movies like "Blair the Witch" were met but not available. In the decades of Hollywood history, how many movies have been released?

Tony Koch was a little anxious: "No goal? I'm waiting to show my skills."

Ronan shook his head and looked at another booth. The island country film above was showing rope art, and he had to admire that the island people had a lot of experience in this regard.

At trade fairs like this kind of film festival, large-scale films abound. There are many directors’ films, especially experimental films. The large-scale ones are shocking.

However, it is basically difficult to sell films that are very experimental. No matter how low the price is, it is useless, because once the hairdressing company puts the film into the market, no matter which way it is released, it will cost.

No one can deny the role of experimental films in exploring the future development of the film industry, but most experimental films cannot be watched, or people can't stand it.

After watching a few experimental films and collecting a large amount of data, Ronan came to the booth of an independent American film producer.

"This actress is familiar." Tony Koch gestured to the actor on the poster with his eyes.

Ronan took a look: "Sandra Bullock, starred in "Life and Death".

Tony Koch immediately remembered: "Yes, yes, she played with Keanu Keyves, she was very popular back then."

Ronan not only saw Sandra Bullock’s poster , but also saw her in the film that was broadcast, and he also signed a long-term contract with Marvel Entertainment and is about to star in "Iron Patriot" Don Chandel, starred in Brandon Fisher in the "Mummy" series...

This is an independent film. Ronan watched it for a while. With years of experience in the industry, combined with the status quo of actors, it is not difficult to judge that the investment scale of the film is US$7-8 million.

In the video played, the prosecutors and couples played by Brandon Fischer and Sandra Fischer were pointed at their heads with guns by two black boys, and they had no choice but to watch them take away their beloved SUV. .

Multi-line narrative, clear plot, tight rhythm...

Ronan watched the film very calmly, and it can be seen from the film that the director and editor have a very good level.

The bald-headed director-producer also saw Ronan and came over to say a few words, but was cut off by the bodyguard.

A few minutes later, the bald director watched the famous Ronan Anderson leave without any nostalgia, and his disappointment could not be concealed on his face.