Heng Anshi watched "Life is Beautiful", which means that the senior management agreed with Chen Qi's overseas promotion strategy.
His opinion is not to do it in the name of the government, because many foreigners don’t want to deal with the government, let alone the Chinese government, so they just invite it in the name of a movie.
Due to his status, Heng'anshi was unable to publicly express his position, so he privately gave some lists of concentration camp victims in the United States. Chen Qi had already made some promotional video tapes for "Life Is Beautiful" and quickly sent them out along with the invitations.
London suburbs, small towns.
The famous science fiction writer Ballard lived here.
He was born in Shanghai. His father was an engineer and had a good income. After the Japanese army occupied Shanghai, he was imprisoned in a concentration camp for four years. He later returned to China to study medicine and engage in writing.
The masterpieces "The Drowned World" and "Crash", and of course the "Empire of the Sun" he was creating, were later made into a movie of the same name by Spielberg, starring a young Christian Bale.
He watched the videotape and the invitation letter, but was not interested.
People are different. Ballard was born into a wealthy family, lived in a small mansion in Shanghai, and had nine Chinese servants at home. He had no empathy for the Chinese people. He never understood the Sino-Japanese War, as he himself said:
"The serious atrocities that occurred in Europe during World War II can be attributed to some extent to the evils of the Nazi ideal. But in the Far East, where I grew up, there was no explanation, and millions of people were murdered for no real reason...
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How could there be no real reason?
But some foreigners just watch and are indifferent. What does the Sino-Japanese War have to do with them?
Ballard immediately wrote a letter of rejection, expressing his inconvenience to participate in the Berlin Film Festival - besides, he was writing "Empire of the Sun", so how could anyone help promote similar themes?
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In comparison, some people in the United States can be called international friends.
New Jersey.
Ms. Amy Dai, a state representative, excitedly drove to an apartment, went upstairs and knocked on the door. An elderly man opened the door, and the two embraced.
"Why did my little Mary come to see me today?"
"Uncle Raymond, there is something big!"
The lady, whose Chinese name is Dai Aimei and her English name is Mary, entered the room and said: "China made a film that reflected life in the concentration camps and sent me some clips. I felt great, and the ambassador also approved of it.
They are going to attend the Berlin Film Festival and hope to find a few people who have experienced it to tell the story live. My identity is inconvenient, but I hope you can go!
I was imprisoned when I was 9 years old and was imprisoned for 4 years. It was you who came out of nowhere to save us... Over the years, I have been contacting my brothers and sisters from back then. We selected a few representative ones to participate together so that the whole world could learn about them.
Knowing this history..."
Dai Aimei's great-grandfather came to China as a missionary in the late Qing Dynasty and founded Yantai Zhifu School.
At that time, hundreds of European and American teachers and students were imprisoned in concentration camps. In 1945, a team of seven took a plane to perform a mission, parachuted into the concentration camp, announced Japan's surrender, and everyone was rescued.
And this man was one of the seven-man team, a military doctor named Raymond.
After Dai Aimei grew up, she has been looking for these people and is the core of the circle. She showed a completely different attitude from Ballard and said excitedly: "I found six of the seven of you, and there is still one Chinese uncle who I haven't found."
I remember that I was very attached to him at the time, and even made an embroidery for him using parachute fragments. Unfortunately, I couldn’t go to China... If you can go, you must help me fulfill my wish..."
"Calm down, we'll decide whether to go to China or not. Let's finalize the candidates first." Raymond was happy to participate in this kind of event.
"Okay, okay, I'm too excited."
Immediately, the two discussed which people to contact to participate in Berlin - this event was initiated by "Life is Beautiful", and all expenses were naturally borne by the film producer (reimbursed by the Ministry of Culture).
"Call Bauer. He went from the concentration camp in Shanghai to the concentration camp in Shandong. He has been in both camps and has more say."
"There is also this one, this one is also suitable! There shouldn't be too many people!"
"Oh, right!"
Dai Aimei slapped her head and shouted: "Be sure to inform Patricia that her father is the most representative. Alas, my dear Uncle Scud!"
Speaking of this uncle Scud, Raymond also sighed: "He is a true gentleman and a true warrior. His story should be known to more people, rather than just a few Oscars!"
This refers to Eric Liddell, a Scotsman who won the Olympic gold medal in the 400 meters and broke the world record.
He has lived in China all year round and guided Liu Changchun's training.
He was a leader in the concentration camp and was loved by the children, who all called him Uncle Scud.
Unfortunately, he suffered from a brain tumor. At that time, the Allied forces and the Japanese army exchanged prisoners of war, and Churchill asked him to come back by name, but he gave the opportunity to others, and eventually died of illness in a concentration camp on the eve of the victory in 1945.
The British made a movie based on him, "Chariots of Fire," which won four Oscars last year.
It can only be said that Dai Aimei truly loves the land of China. Historically, she finally came to China and met the Chinese uncle who saved her back then. She also spared no effort to publicize the history of the concentration camp. Even her Chinese has a Shandong flavor.
Chen Qi did something that no one had ever done.
This greatly aroused the enthusiasm of American friends, who actively worked to promote the matter and quickly sent the list to the country.
In the 1980s, we really had many international friends.
Chen Qi received the reply and was greatly relieved. This is what I should do, instead of falling into the trap of CCTV. How dare you fight with me at any level? Oh no, Taiwan fight?
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It’s the end of January in the blink of an eye.
The [Beijing and Shanghai delegation of Hong Kong entertainers] has set off. It will first go to Shanghai for a few days and walk around Jiangnan. Of course, Jiangnan is not much better in winter, so I will go to Beijing as soon as possible.
Then came the news of "The Love Between Ghosts and Humans".
The film was released for a month, and the box office reached 28 million, surpassing "The Best of Us", ranking first in the year and breaking the box office record!
The Hong Kong media wailed: Chen Qi really said it, "The End of the World", "The Best Partner", "Tai Chi 2", "Shaolin Temple" and "The Wrath of the Sea", four of the top five leftists took up four seats, an unprecedented large number.
win.
Film dealers from Southeast Asia can't wait to buy the film. This type of film also has a market in places where Chinese culture has a profound influence.
But Chen Qi was not in Xiangjiang, so Fu Qi couldn't make the decision on his own, so he waited later.
When Chen Qi learned the data, he was naturally excited, and then came the reckoning: "The Ghost Story" was originally a co-production, and according to previous regulations, the box office share was first shared, and then again based on the investment ratio.
But now that the box office does not need to be handed over, and the banks have merged, there is no need to go through so much trouble, and each party can just get half.
The 17.5% entertainment tax was first deducted from the 28 million, leaving 23.1 million. Xuanfa still paid ATV for free, and spent no money, split it in half, and the bonus of 1 million to Tsui Hark was also paid in half.
Finally, I can get 10 million Hong Kong dollars.
In terms of expenditures, 2 million for "Happy Ghost", 2 million for Legendary Pictures, 4 million for "Tai Chi 3"... Counting all the mess, plus the balance from the previous stage, Chen Qi still has 13 million Hong Kong dollars, 2 million
Millions of dollars.
Chapter completed!