Cheng Yu'an also attended a forum in Cannes and took Liu Yifei on a sightseeing tour.

The entire industry was shaken by a shocking acquisition.

Wanda invested US$3.1 billion to acquire 100% of AMC, the second largest theater chain in North America.

Among them, 700 million is the actual acquisition price, 1.9 billion is AMC's liabilities, and 500 million is the operating management fee invested after the acquisition.

I have to say that Lao Wang was really rich at this time!

Cheng Yu'an was also asked about his views on this acquisition in Cannes. After all, Yuan Yuan is the most powerful film company.

"It's amazing." Cheng Yu'an couldn't possibly break the cold water to the outside world at this time, "It's in line with Mr. Wang's usual generosity."

"I hope Wanda Pictures will develop better and better. Being able to go overseas and earn US dollars is a good thing after all."

"Will Yuan Yuan have similar acquisition ideas in the future?" the reporter asked

"You mean acquiring overseas theater chains?"

"yes."

Cheng Yu'an shook his head: "Our Yuanqiu Jiahe Cinema Line is doing pretty well now, and we have no overseas development plans for the time being."

Golden Harvest originally had its own theaters in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and other places. It has not expanded wantonly in recent years, but has only upgraded them step by step.

"Will you cooperate with Wanda Pictures in the future?"

"Wanda Cinemas has always been an important partner of Long-distance."

"Will you cooperate with Wanda in production?"

Wanda Pictures has been committed to film and television investment before, but only this year announced that it would test the production business. It also sent business managers to negotiate with several major manufacturers such as Yuan Yuan, Pony, and Enlight.

But it seems that no one wants to play with him.

You are still bullying students. You only need to invest and run theaters. Producing is your job.

Cheng Yu'an is so cunning that he doesn't answer this kind of question directly: "Remote control has always been very open. If Wanda wants to cooperate with us in production, we will definitely welcome it."

It is foreseeable that Wanda will transform into a producer. Since Mr. Wang is rich and the theater chain is ranked first in the country, it will definitely have to reach out to the upstream content side.

I heard that Wangda Productions initially found Yang Mi for their trial work "Hold to Live Love", but Yang Mi didn't like the crew of "Hold to Live Love" at all. The director Zhang Qi can only be regarded as average in the industry, and the leading actor is

She has never even heard of Liu Kaiwei.

After much deliberation, she decided that taking the role would not bring her any reward, so she rejected the script.

Chinese-language films at Cannes this year had very few nominations and awards, but their exposure and reputation were huge.

Not only Jackie Chan and "Zodiac", but also Jiang Wen's "One Step Away".

French audiences and film festival officials like Jiang Wen very much.

The filming plan for "One Step Away" was announced in Cannes, and the film festival magazine "Screen" gave him the cover directly.

This is the only time "Screen" has published posters for non-competition films this year.

Although "Sunny Days" won the award in Venice, Jiang Wen's relationship with Cannes is deeper.

In 2000, "The Devil Is Coming" won the Grand Jury Prize. In 2003, Jiang Wen served as a judge at the Film Festival. In 2009, "Let the Bullets Fly" was also announced in Cannes.

After three years, Jiang Wen came to Cannes again with "One Step Away".

Mark, the film's investor and person in charge, revealed: "'One Step Away' is scheduled to start shooting in the second half of the year. All actors are still in the negotiation stage. We are willing to cooperate with all good actors. Once confirmed, we will officially announce it."

Even without Cheng Yuan's explanation, the remote staff approached Mark and wanted to participate in the film.

After "Let the Bullets Fly", the industry invested in Jiang Wen without thinking.

Cheng Yu'an didn't interfere. With Yuan Yuan's relationship with Emperor, it was easy to co-finance a part of "One Step Away" and become a co-producer.

Cheng Yuan had another purpose when he asked Jiang Wen to drink alone.

The two had met and chatted several times in China before, and they seemed to hit it off quite well.

"Why didn't you let Lucas die by gunfire?" Among Cheng Yu'an's movies, Jiang Wen liked "Hunting" the most, and he asked Cheng Yu'an this question as soon as he sat down.

"You can't die, it would be too cheap for Lucas." Cheng Yu'an has answered this question countless times and doesn't mind explaining it again.

Cheng Yu'an poured Jiang Wen a glass of wine: "Try this."

Jiang Wen took a sip and found it to his liking: "What kind of wine is this?"

"I don't know, I stole it from our old man." Cheng Yuan said with a smile, "I like to drink it and take two bottles back."

The two chatted all over the world while eating and drinking. Jiang Wen was actually a very traditional person at heart. He admired great men, which showed in his movies that he was very hard-core, and most of the stories he wrote were about past events.

"I like The Martian, but I can't make a movie like this."

"I couldn't make "It's Sunny" and "Let the Bullets Fly" either." Every director has his own style.

"Sunny Days" is about the youth of a girl in a big courtyard. Cheng Yu'an's childhood was not like this.

Hardcore and outrageous movies like "Let the Bullets Fly" are not Cheng Yuan's style either.

Perhaps only Jiang Wen can make this movie, so you surnamed Shen should be a hammer!

The two have different understandings of movies, and are even completely opposite in some aspects.

Jiang Wenli still makes movies for himself. Although he doesn't agree with Cheng Yuan's commercial blockbusters to "please" the audience, he also knows that he has a company to support, so he doesn't say much.

After chatting for a long time, Cheng Yuan finally made it clear why he was here. He wanted the copyright to "Parental Love".

Jiang Wen won the film and television adaptation rights for "Parental Love" as early as 2000. He wanted to play Jiang Defu, but he never made time.

"The agreement between me and Liu Jing (the author of the novel "Parental Love") has expired long ago. If you want to film, you have to talk to Liu Jing."

"I can help you find a connection after you return to China. It shouldn't be difficult."

This year's award ceremony has nothing to do with me, but Cheng Yu'an and Liu Yifei also watched the entire ceremony as guests at the Film Palace.

The Cannes Awards Ceremony is much more serious than the Golden Globes and Oscars. However, in his speech at the ceremony, the film festival chairman Jacob made a joke about the Oscars and Venice in his speech: "This year, the best film artists in the world will

Gathering in Cannes, we presented the best films to the audience."

"Sorry, Cheng, even if you are the best director in Venice and Oscar, I still can't let you be nominated for Cannes. Unless you make a better movie than "The Hunt"."

This is not the first time that Oscars have been dissed in Cannes. The audience laughed, the camera was focused on Cheng Yuan, and he himself laughed.

After the chairman's speech, the awards began.

Cannes definitely focuses on French films, that’s for sure.

Among the seven winning films in the main competition, three are from France or have France participating in the production.

The Palme d'Or for Best Film went to German director Michael Haneke's "Amour", giving him his second Palme d'Or.

Mexican director Carlos Reygadas finally won the Best Director Award after attending Cannes for the fourth time.
Chapter completed!