Chapter 177: Negotiations at the Cigar Club

Put aside the doubts in your heart.

Han Xuan didn't say much, but Natalie kept asking questions, and from her words, she could hear a calmness beyond what she could have at her age.

Listening to Mr. Mikel, Han Xuan knew that the film was chosen by Natalie herself, and she also recommended herself to director Luc Besson, and finally won the role of the female number one.

I remember that after graduating from Harvard, she was invited by the school to give a speech alone, and she was not as good at reading as her acting skills, and her acting skills were not as smart as her.

For example, the two people standing at the top of the stairs think so.

Luc Besson was thinner than twenty years later, and the beard on his mouth had not changed much, and when he saw Han Xuan, he said cordially: "Mr. Quark told me that you are very young, but I didn't expect it to be so young. ”

Han Xuan always felt awkward when he heard his grandfather's English name, and he had to turn a corner in his mind to recall, and saw the bearded director bending down and putting his face over, leaning down skillfully, and making a "tsk" sound from his mouth at the same time.

It hurt a little to be pricked by his beard, and his head just retracted, seeing that Luc Besson's posture remained still, he hurriedly went up and touched it again, and then changed to the other side, this time he was going to touch it twice, but he didn't think that the other party retracted his head for the second time, and he was stunned.

"Don't be embarrassed, many French people don't know how many times it is, and etiquette is different in different parts of France. Luc Besson saw Han Xuan's expression and laughed, "Just kidding, you don't mind." ”

"It's okay, I went to France once and met Madame Sophie Marceau on the Champs-Élysées by accident, and she teased me like this. ”

Seeing that Han Xuan fluently came out of a large section of French, the two Frenchmen in front of him looked at him in surprise. Others looked confused and didn't understand what it meant.

"Sophie Marceau, she's the dream girl of all French men, even me, and if I had been ten years younger, I would have pursued her, but now I'm old. Sophie doesn't like me. ”

It was Bastião who spoke, who had spoken with Han Xuan on the phone before, as a film investor, he came to discuss the release of the film with the director this time, he was in his forties, and he was a brother and sister to the director around him, and he was all pot-bellied.

"Even if you are thirty years younger, I guess Sophie will not be able to look down on you! I heard that she was recently pregnant, director Andre was really lucky, and he knew that I would make that movie. Maybe I'm the one who is married to her right now. ”

Luc Besson turned his head and said sarcastically, then said to the boy: "I still have a little southern French accent, it's really good to learn!"

Han Xuan heard Luc Besson's compliment, smiled and thanked him, and found that Natalie's father and daughter were full of confusion, and said in English: "Let's go in first, there seems to be some gathering here today, and there are so many people coming."

Gabriel Owen: Do you want to smoke cigars? Please feel free to talk to the waiter. Keep my grandfather's account. ”

Alcohol and tobacco are not separated, so there's also a bar in the Grand Havana Cigar Club, with delicate goblets hanging upside down on iron shelves and windows boarded with wooden panels to create a nighttime atmosphere in the dim orange light. Quite a few people sat together and chatted.

The thick cigars they held in their hands emitted white smoke that swirled and twisted in the light, and passers-by walked by with a whole wind, and the smoke was distorted and slanted.

I don't know what kind of incense was used. It smelled very good inside, and Han Xuan saw Bastion and Luc Besson sniffing constantly, and he kind of understood why his grandfather was here.

It didn't matter to herself, but with Natalie here, she frowned from the time she came in, and seemed to dislike the smell of cigar smoke, and Bastião noticed this, and said to the waiter who led the way: "Is there a box, clean one." ”

"Sir, we are very clean here, please go this way. The waiter was stunned and said.

The room is indeed very clean, more than 100 square meters, the floor is pine plank, painted with a layer of brown and yellow wood paint, the top is a gorgeous crystal hanging diamond chandelier, and a table for guests to play cards.

Although private gambling is not legal in the United States, this thing is like a street **, no matter how it can't be banned, this cigar club gathers a large number of New York elites, and the NYPD has not dared to find fault.

Owen, Gabriel and Rice's three old smoking guns, as early as when Han Xuan was speaking, Sanchez does not smoke, and he can't drink during work hours, standing by the wall and pouring himself a glass of boiled water, enjoying it as if he was drinking Romani Conti.

Seeing that he couldn't watch a movie today, Mikel pulled his unwilling daughter to say goodbye and went home to prepare for her afternoon audition.

Luc Besson liked this girl very much, and sent the father and daughter to the door before returning, sitting at the table and saying to Han Xuan with a smile: "Boy, it's only us now, what do you want to talk about this movie?"

You know, it's not just Dimen Pictures who wants the distribution rights to "Leon", Time Warner Pictures came to us a few days ago, and Sony Pictures Entertainment also sent someone to talk to me.

Their publicity channels and distribution channels are better than those of Dimen Pictures, why should I choose you. ”

"Because our company is small, sometimes we can pay more to be famous. ”

"Why do you say that?" asked Bastion.

It is false to say that Han Xuan is not nervous, he received the news temporarily, and he did not prepare anything, and his grandfather did not tell the bottom line in his heart, everything had to be talked about by himself, and he drank saliva to organize the language.

said: "I think big companies are not short of your films, they will shoot a lot of films every year, and they will definitely favor those movies in terms of channels, and when it is your turn, the recommendation will be much smaller."

Timmen Pictures is different, in fact, we only have two or three film schedules in our hands right now, and the contract with AMC Cinemas states that at least five films will be released there every year.

Dimen Pictures has just been established for half a year, and our boss spent millions of dollars to buy the titles of several movies some time ago, just for advertising, I think you should know what he will pay for a good movie. ”

Luc Besson suddenly sneered, and leaned sideways to Bastion and said, "It's quite decent, ordinary children can't say such things."

Sorry boy, I'm not laughing at you, it's just a little weird to remember talking to a teenager about business, okay okay, please go ahead. ”

Han Xuan took a breath, opened his mouth but didn't know what to say.

I haven't led the negotiation in my two lives, and I finally got a little feeling, and all of a sudden it was all disrupted, and I glanced thoughtfully at the bearded director.

"A vicious scheming" (to be continued.) )