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As soon as Murphy finished washing up in the morning, Bill Rossis came to the door. In addition to asking for a breakfast for Murphy, he also brought a bunch of newspapers that he could buy in Cannes.

"Sit whatever you want." In the suite, Murphy was sitting at the table, enjoying French bread and bacon omelette, and then looked at the stack of newspapers placed on the sofa by Bill Roses, and asked in surprise. " Can English and Spanish newspapers be bought here?"

"It is usually not available," Bill Rossis sat down and simply sorted out the pile of newspapers. "It is now during the Cannes Film Festival. Many famous European newspapers are temporarily issuing supplements here. This is also their display of influence. Opportunity for power."

He extracted a separate page from multiple newspaper supplements.

Murphy put down his knife and fork, took a sip of coffee, "Is this related to Planet of Horror?"

"That's right." Bill Rossis was still smoking the newspaper. "These are all pages where we publish reviews of our films."

He looked up and saw that Murphy had almost eaten breakfast, picked up a few of them and stuffed them over, "If you are interested, see for yourself."

"It's all good reviews, right?" Murphy put down the coffee cup and took the newspaper. "I don't want to read the pages that are not good reviews. This will blow my fragile psychology."

"Will it hit you?" Bill Rossis shook his head, did not continue to speak, picked up the newspaper and looked through it.

This is just the third movie made by Murphy. Although it will not be hit by bad reviews from the media, it is impossible to say that it will not be affected by media reviews.

He opened a newspaper casually, Murphy only glanced at it and threw it aside. This was a newspaper from Spain. He couldn't understand Spanish at all. He also threw a newspaper aside in the back. He also threw it aside in French. Know nothing.

Fortunately, the next few photos are from Fleet Street on the other side of the English Channel, which Murphy can see clearly.

Yesterday, many reporters attended the premiere of "Planet of Horror", and there were also many British reporters.

What Murphy saw was a supplement to the Cannes Film Festival of the Daily Telegraph.

""Planet of Horror" can be heartily and enjoyable. The director of the film Murphy Stanton has let his thoughts fly to the sky. This film unreservedly throws out the elements and scenes that CULT audiences like... …The film is hearty and hearty, mainly in the creation of Murphy Stanton’s atmosphere and scene; the story is not at all procrastinating, and it tells a horrible story straight to the point. The unconventional shootout scenes are very beautiful. This is a non-mainstream and unconventional. The wonderful American B-rated film will naturally be different!"

Seeing this, Murphy nodded, the Englishman is still very good.

He opened another piece of "The Times" and easily found content related to "Planet of Horror".

"The dark yellow background and indelible colors used by the director make the movie exude a special charm, and it seems to put people in the story. The violence, blood and **** are just right but not offensive, like It's a tank that ran over a pool of blood, where it passed was full of corpses, blood, decay, and violence. The endless imagination was amazing and exciting."

Both of these media gave "Planet of Horror" a high score of 7.5 points!

He took away a few incomprehensible Spanish and French newspapers. Murphy had taken a relatively professional magazine. This was the famous British "Video and Listening" magazine. Their special issue also featured reporters on "Planet of Horror". "the comment of.

"The plot of this movie can be said to be hollow. Hollywood films have always been like this. The script is too bad to be bad, but the details are well taken care of and there is no lack of artistic sense. I personally rarely comment on commercial films, but I like to watch commercial films. After all, that kind of visual effects and sense of presence are impossible for traditional literary films. It’s great to appreciate literary films, explore human nature, and think about the philosophy of life, while watching commercial films while cursing foul language."

""Planet of Horror" is exactly this kind of commercial film. The focus is on the details, coupled with the perfect shooting and processing, it is successful. Although many **** shots are not real enough, it still brings people that kind of refreshment. That kind of refreshment that makes people generate motivation, the confidence and power to overcome all evil."

Compared to the two British media that Murphy had just watched, the "Video and Audio" magazine only gave it a score of 7.1.

However, such a highly professional magazine can give a film that sells sex, blood, and violence a rating of more than seven points. It is already very rare.

This also shows that the evaluation of "Terror Planet" in the industry will not be very bad.

Putting down the magazine, Murphy checked the time, stood up and said, "Let's go to the eleventh floor."

The negotiations between Miramax and international publishers will be held on the 11th floor. This project is packaged by CAA. It is normal for Bill Rossis to participate in the negotiations, but Murphy is not required to participate, but he himself proposed Since such a request does not involve any division of interests—the share he can enjoy has nothing to do with the film’s overseas income—the Weinstein brothers also agreed to Murphy's participation in the negotiation.

Just like running the various programs of the Cannes Film Festival with Erica Steinberg, all these are rare experiences for Murphy, a rookie.

Like this opportunity to accumulate experience and increase insight, I missed this time, and I don’t know when I will have it in the future.

After getting out of the elevator and walking into the corridor on the eleventh floor, Murphy asked Bill Rossis next to him, "Can you read French and Spanish?"

"Understand some." Bill Rossis graduated from a prestigious university.

"No wonder," Murphy nodded clearly, and then asked, "How about the French and Spanish media's evaluation of the film?"

"Spanish media is better. Spanish films themselves are also rich in this type of film. They basically have relatively positive reviews," Bill Rossis told the truth. "The French media have poor ratings, and most of them use..."

He looked at Murphy, and Murphy made a please say gesture, and Bill Rossis continued, "Adjectives such as disgusting, cruel, and boring."

Murphy shook his head, "It seems that the French don't like American plasma tablets."

Bill Rossis opened his hand, "All Hollywood knows it."

The two walked into a conference room and sat down on the side of the long conference table belonging to Miramax. After a short wait, Harvey Weinstein and Erica Steinberg walked in together. Fei had just finished greeting them, and the other party in this negotiation, Mike Gervin from an Australian publishing company, also entered the conference room.

This is a business negotiation. Time is money. A few simple greetings between the two parties entered the formal negotiation. Although Mike Gervin showed that he liked the director Murphy and his film very much last night, in the negotiation, this Everything seemed like it had never happened before, and he refused to give up on the issue buyout price.

Appreciating a film is one thing, and commercial transactions with this film are another.

The negotiations did not go smoothly.

"Mike, the four million dollar selling out of Australian copyright is Miramax's bottom line!"

Miramax’s side is completely dominated by Harvey Weinstein. This Jewish fat man has a loud voice, "We have shown enough sincerity to your company. If we really can’t talk about it, Miramax can only It’s a partner..."

"We are also very sincere!" Mike Gervin frowned, "This film is indeed very interesting, but you want to leave us some profit margins? No profit, it will not be replaced by any company. Will do. Australia has such a large population. How much box office does "Planet of Horror" have to get us to make a profit?

Harvey Weinstein gritted his teeth, as if cutting meat, "3.5 million dollars!"

"Harvey..." Mike Gervin wanted to speak again, but was interrupted by Harvey Weinstein, "Mike, don't forget, this is not only the cinema rights, but also the video tape rights!"

The big Jewish man suddenly stood up, walked a few steps behind Murphy, supported the back of his chair, and said loudly, "I also want to remind you, don't forget that the director of this film is Murphy Stanton! His last film, "Chain Saw", earned nearly 7 million U.S. dollars at the box office in Australia alone!"

Murphy did not expect that he would become a bargaining chip for Harvey-Weinstein negotiations.

"Your company has cooperated with us more than this time!" Harvey Weinstein used Murphy as a bargaining chip. "Director Stanton is one of Miramax’s best partners and is also a Hollywood partner. Recognized as one of the most promising young directors, his creative path has just begun, and he is far from reaching the peak!"

His voice is getting louder and louder, "In the future cooperation, all Murphy's movies, we will give priority to your company! Under the same conditions, your company must be our partner, this can be written into the contract!"

Murphy looked at Bill Rossis, who shook his head, indicating that he didn't need to speak.

"Saw Cry!" Horror Planet! From these two films, Mike, you should be able to find the style of Director Stanton." Harvey Weinstein completely took the initiative in the negotiation. "This kind of plasma Cult The film originated in Australia, and it has always been the most popular genre in the Australian film market. As long as you have high-quality film sources, making a profit is a breeze!"

Mike Gervin frowned deeper, obviously thinking about Harvey Weinstein's words.

Of course, the negotiation was not so easy to reach an agreement. After another half an hour of seesaw, the Australian issuing company represented by Miramax and Mike Gervin finally reached an agreement, and the two sides sold at a price of 3 million US dollars.

This includes the film's cinematic screening rights in Australia, video tape and DVD copyrights, and television broadcast rights.

In the following days, Murphy and Bill Rossis participated in more negotiations, Miramax also reached agreements with more overseas publishers, and the selling price far exceeded Miramax’s Investment on this project.