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After all, relying on Disney, he has been in the European and American film circles for nearly 20 years. Before that, he was basically doing bad things.

You must know that this kind of work is also technical, at least you must be able to engage in interpersonal relationships.

The Weinstein brothers are skilled dancers, and they are very proficient in all kinds of movie deals.

Well, it is not difficult to put it bluntly, that is to give a temptation.

Many filmmakers around the world have a special yearning for Hollywood, and film producers are also full of curiosity and ambition for the North American market.

To put it simply, Hollywood and the North American market are the bait of the two of them, and they don't have to worry about those directors who are not tempted by foreign film companies.

In terms of trading, it is nothing more than buying low and selling high. The means of these two goods are quite lossy. Many European filmmakers have earned fame but not money.

Therefore, although the reputation of these two goods is not very good, there is nothing to do with them.

So, now there is a key question.

"What are you two doing here?" It was Ma Ke who spoke quickly and asked the key point directly.

For the Weinstein brothers, usually it is the eldest brother who makes the decision, and now of course he is the one who comes out to deal with it.

"I heard that there is a well-known Japanese director who wants to come to Hollywood to develop, and the filming has already started, so of course the two of us brothers will come and have a look."

"Oh, so that's the case, how do you see it?"

"Isn't this just here? I haven't said anything to Director Iwata yet."

"Then what are you going to say?"

"Haha... It seems that you two are a little anxious."

"We're not in a hurry."

Obviously, Thierry and Marco are nervous.

After all, the Weinstein brothers have such a reputation. Moreover, Takeshi Iwata is very optimistic about Thierry and Marco. They both think that they are the Japanese director's European and American guides.

Can't let this pair of brothers run away!

"Ahem...what's the matter without me?"

Seeing the chatting of the four white men was a lively scene, Takeshi Iwata was very happy, but we can't let them take the lead, right?

This is his movie set, didn't you come to see me make a movie?

With the joining of the rightful lord, the two brothers in the United States and the two rogues in Europe all came alive.

"nice to meet you."

Hey, the Weinstein brothers can do it, and they have learned Japanese.

Takeshi Iwata understood Weinstein's intentions almost instantly, and they wanted to use this to express their sincerity.

And this trick, to be honest, is very useful in the present moment.

What does this mean?

Takeshi Iwata seemed to see one on Harvey Weinstein's face. His eyes were very big, and he tried very hard to open them wide, using a very exaggerated expression and tone.

Almost shouted:

You Chinese are so wonderful!

Old Vlaf.

Well, seriously, if Takeshi Iwata was an ordinary Japanese director, then he might have been caught.

Don't mention him, even many Japanese companies today, aren't they also fooled like this?

In fact, Takeshi Iwata knew some things, such as the story between Universal and Panasonic.

He didn't know the specific details, but later Panasonic did buy Universal, he still knew about it, and shortly after Panasonic became the owner of Universal, this big Japanese company...

Start looking for the next pick-up man.

Even if you don't know the details, you can guess that Panasonic must have been cheated very much.

So... the water here is very deep, and he was afraid that he would not be able to grasp it.

Coupled with the lessons learned by Akira Kurosawa, this made a plan to simply shoot by myself.

Well, the Weinstein Brothers...

"You two are interested, but I also want to know the reason for your visit."

Takeshi Iwata can be said to be neither humble nor overbearing, and he handled Harvey's Japanese sentence quite well.

Harvey, the elder brother, was somewhat proud. He felt in his heart that he must have won the favor of Takeshi Iwata.

"Directors like Director Iwata who won the Palme d'Or in France should not limit themselves to Japan, but should go international and come to Hollywood to develop.

Thinking about it, for a big company like Universal, the various procedures must be very cumbersome. If you want to make a movie, you have to wait.

By the way, their studio will also take on many TV drama production jobs.

Director Iwata made the film himself ahead of time. The courage of the two brothers really admires us.

The two of us thought about it, and we couldn't pass up such a good opportunity to work with Director Iwata.

It's just that our company is not well-known and its strength is not enough, but we have sincerity!

If Director Iwata doesn't mind, he can cooperate with us Miramax.

If... In fact, we can also help Director Iwata contact Bo Wei. "

Bowei, this company is also a big Hollywood company, but this company actually has a name.

Disney.

Bowei is Disney's film distribution company, and this company can be understood as an official flagship store.

Because Disney is too big, they have several distribution companies themselves. In addition, there are also marginal companies like Miramax, which are quite pleasant to cooperate with, and seem to be small vassal companies.

Therefore, when Harvey mentioned the name Bowei, he couldn't hide the pride on his face.

Disney is bigger than Universal, those two European guys still want to fight us brothers?

Thierry and Marco were naturally embarrassed, but they didn't know how to deal with it.

I had no choice but to cast my hopeful eyes on Iwata Takeshi.

You can't cross the river and tear down the bridge, can you?

But I heard Takeshi Iwata say: "Mr. Weinstein, I already understand what you two brothers mean, but the film has not been finished yet, I think it's better to wait until I finish filming the film, then everyone will watch it again." Look, how about it?"

Ok?

What does this mean?

Thierry and Marco exchanged glances, and they immediately understood.

"That's how it should be! Director Iwata, after the filming of this film is finished, the two of us will naturally contact Universal at that time, and we will find a few well-known film directors and film critics, so we can make a proper evaluation."

Evaluate?

The Weinstein brothers also immediately understood that Takeshi Iwata wanted to come up for sale.

His movie has been made. If everyone thinks this movie is very good, then let's discuss the issue of distribution.

If it's not good, there's nothing you can do about it.

This sounds very reasonable, but...

In fact, most movies don't do that.

Generally speaking, a movie has a script, and then goes to a big company to negotiate, and after the negotiation, a budget, that is, money, is obtained before shooting.

The risk of this model is mainly on the big company side, how high their expectations are for this movie.

And every year, countless young people do this with their own dreams, and they hope that big companies will take a fancy to their "projects", that is, scripts.

There are many successful people like this, but even more are losers, but those losers don't even deserve to be known by others.

The advantage of this model is that large companies actually save a lot of costs.

Early investment is much cheaper than later investment. This principle applies to many, many business scenarios.

Hollywood is, after all, a business.

And Takeshi Iwata doesn't follow this model now, he has gone one... In fact, he is now finishing the filming first, and then negotiating with big companies for distribution, which is originally the right way.

It's a pity that few people use it now, because Takeshi Iwata bears the main risk.

Investing in a movie is really high risk.

However, Takeshi Iwata's own strength can fully support him in doing so.

So……

"It can't just be Universal, right?" Harvey, the elder brother, picked up another topic.

"You Miramax also want to get involved?" Thierry, an old and straight white flag, finally backed away.

"Well, let's just find a few more companies, like the Bowei I just mentioned, Paramount, and Warner, how about it?"

Good guy, is the relationship between the two of them so complicated?

When Thierry heard this, he knew these big companies, but these big companies didn't know him very well.

But no, it's not time to raise the white flag!

"Very good! Then we will go to Columbia!"

Come on, this is starting to get more big companies than anyone can find.

Not to mention Takeshi Iwata, even Keanu Reeves, Wen Diesel and Fa Ge wanted to laugh at this situation.

As for the Japanese director who is about to land in Hollywood, he knows that it is almost done.

"This... really flatters me, but in this case, I have to make this movie really well."

This guy is in disguise to set this matter up!

"Okay! That's it!"

"Director Iwata, you don't need to be under any pressure. After all, you are the winner of the Palme d'Or."

"I believe Mr. Iwata will be fine."

"At that time, it will definitely win a lot of applause!"

The Weinstein brothers, Thierry and Marco, the four of them compete with each other, and we can see who has a bigger network at that time.

"I will definitely do my best!"

Takeshi Iwata couldn't help laughing in his heart, anyway, this matter was settled.

When the time comes, there will be a film viewing party, and the mules or horses will come out for a walk.

What about our "Fast and Furious"?

It doesn't matter that much now.

"The police will come out next, all ready..."

"OK!"

Takeshi Iwata didn't care about the four people here, he just shot down, and with an order, many policemen joined the ranks of drag racing.

Very lively.

While he was filming like this, a beautiful girl appeared on the set.

"Is that director Iwata? I'm here for an audition."

"Oh, it's you……"

"Jennifer Aniston, you must have never heard of that name."

No, I've heard it... Takeshi Iwata thought in his heart...

……

Chapter 228 Iwata Takeshi's Test!

As far as the shooting of the film is concerned, it is also divided into two modes in terms of the work arrangement of the shooting.