Chapter 43 Divide Money
When "Xiao Wu" was screened before, the reporters were very disgusted with the film.

Although the article was not malicious and sarcastic, it also ignored the existence of the film.

But what’s infuriating is that this movie, which they looked down upon, won two trophies. This is different from the two trophies that Guan Jingpeng won, which were even consolation prizes. This is real honor.

But who are media reporters?

It was as if he had forgotten the report he had written before and he slapped himself in the face without any hesitation.

Of course, not everyone is so shameless.

Ulrich Gregor, a famous German film critic, gave a high evaluation of "Xiao Wu" after the screening, and called Jia Zhangke "a shining ray of hope for Asian cinema!"

At that time, Jia Zhangke felt a little embarrassed when he saw the praise for himself in his film review.

Although he felt somewhat disgusted by the media's behavior, Liu Zhou had to thank them.

Because of those media reports, "Xiao Wu" became popular, and then more and more film producers began to come to the door.

Film festivals inherently have trading attributes, and movies themselves are commodities.

Film transactions after the awards ceremony are also a very important part of the film festival.

Liu Zhou and his party are not picky about film producers. As long as you buy, they will sell it.

They stayed in Berlin for another five days and sold all the copyrights they could. The total amount was nearly $400,000!
If this is converted into RMB, it would be almost 3.2 million!

Seeing this number, the three of them showed excitement.

"Sent!"

“Making money!”

Liu Zhou found it a little funny to see Jia Zhangke and Yu Liwei obsessed with money.

It seems that no matter how artistic a filmmaker is, it is difficult for him to treat money as dirt.

Perhaps through the filming of "Xiao Wu", they will be more aware of the importance of money.

After selling the copyright, the three did not stay in Berlin for long and bought the earliest flight to Beijing.

While the three of them were happily selling copyrights in Berlin, the media in Hong Kong and Taiwan were already in an uproar.

This time in Berlin, the films exhibited by Hong Kong and Taiwan were completely defeated.

The award went to an unknown, low-budget movie from the mainland, so they had to focus their efforts on reporting on this mainland movie.

However, the points of reporting in Hong Kong and Taiwan are different. Hong Kong keeps praising it, while Taiwan keeps criticizing it. They are completely opposite, and both took the opportunity to express a certain stance.

In contrast, the mainland media is completely silent.

In fact, as soon as Hong Kong and Taiwan’s counterparts reported the news, the mainland media had already learned about the situation.

But the most important thing for mainland media is sensitivity.

So they called to confirm the situation as soon as they received the news.

If it passes, they will work hard to report the matter. If it fails, then forget it.

This movie happens to be the type that should be ignored, so there was almost no news coverage of "Xiao Wu" winning the award.

However, the media did not report it because ordinary people did not know about it. People in the industry already knew that Jia Zhangke's film won an award in Berlin.

If Jia Zhangke's previous short film winning an award in Hong Kong made him famous in the Beijing Film Academy, then now winning two trophies in Berlin has made him quite famous in the industry.

Liu Zhou knew nothing about these situations. He took a flight for more than ten hours and returned to the capital late at night.

After sleeping for less than three hours, Liu Zhou got up and went back to school to find his class teacher, Mr. Huang, to cancel his leave.

This time Liu Zhou stayed in Berlin for almost twenty days, and the new semester has been started for almost a week.

Many people didn’t know where Liu Zhou went and thought he had taken a leave of absence.

Only Zeng Li knew that he went to Berlin. Liu Ye probably also guessed that he went to Berlin when he heard that Jia Zhangke won the award. During this trip to Berlin, Liu Zhou felt not only physically exhausted, but also mentally exhausted.

Especially after returning to the familiar capital, this feeling of fatigue became even stronger, making Liu Zhou lack energy for several days.

After resting for a while, Jia Zhangke also called together his original team members to have a drink together.

Jia Zhang was very happy at this time. Not only did he realize his dream, but he also brought these people together again.

Their team almost fell apart at the beginning, but now everyone has confidence in Jia Zhangke, especially when they see the thick red envelopes in front of them, they become even more confident.

Liu Zhou did not attend Jia Zhangke's party this time. On the weekend, he and Yu Liwei went to Liu Zhou's courtyard to find him.

At this time, Liu Zhou was conceiving a new book, and Zeng Li was watching him from the side.

When the two came in, they happened to see this scene of red sleeves adding fragrance.

"Junior brother, you are still comfortable!"

"Are you feeling unwell?"

"I feel comfortable too, but I feel uncomfortable compared to you."

"Old Jia, don't beat around the bush. If you're jealous, find a girlfriend as soon as possible."

Liu Zhou also suddenly realized and said with a smile:

"Brother Yu is right. Senior Brother, you are not young anymore. It's time to find a girlfriend."

"I want to find one, but no one likes me."

"Is there anyone who would look down on you now?"

"Forget it, let's not talk about this topic. We came to you today to share the money."

In fact, this account is very simple. It does not involve box office revenue, and the income is just the money from selling copyrights.

The total amount of money was about 3.2 million. First, 100,000 was given to Liu Zhou, which was the expenses for the three people's trip to Berlin.

This is only the case in Berlin. If it were Venice or Cannes, three people staying for 20 days would not be able to make less than 200,000 yuan.

This was agreed upon by the three of them in advance. If they didn't make any money, it would be considered as sponsorship by Liu Zhou. If they made money, it would be deducted from the profits.

The red envelopes that Jia Zhangke gave to team members were deducted from their share, which was also what he had said at the beginning.

The total investment in this movie was 220,000 yuan, and Liu Zhou invested 120,000 yuan. According to the proportion, he can get 1.69 million yuan of the remaining 3.1 million yuan.

The two of them also rounded up the amount for Liu Zhou, giving him a total of 1.8 million.

I invested 120,000 yuan and finally got 1.7 million yuan, which is more than ten times the profit. This investment was really profitable.

"Junior brother, should I give you this money directly or transfer it to the account of your studio in Hong Kong?"

"Just transfer it to the account in Hong Kong to save trouble."

Liu Zhou is not short of money now, as his royalties amount to one or two million.

"Row."

After counting the money, the three of them drank tea leisurely in the pavilion.

When leaving, Jia Zhangke gave Liu Zhou a hug and whispered in Liu Zhou's ear:

"Junior brother, thank you, thank you so much!"

Liu Zhou didn't say anything, but patted him on the back hard.

It seems that the most important gain from this investment is not the 1.7 million!

(End of this chapter)