"Director Rosenberg, if you can..."

After the recording of the program ended, Chai Jing tentatively gave an invitation, "Can you invite you to have lunch together?"

"It's my pleasure."

Duke seemed very polite, but he still politely declined, "I have made an appointment with someone at noon, Mr. Han from China Film Group."

As a person who yearns for America, Chai Jing has regrets that she will leave Shanghai in the afternoon. She cannot further get closer to the most famous director and rich man in America. She undoubtedly missed a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.

What else she wanted to say, but Duke didn't give her a chance to speak, so he called the assistant to entertain the program team, picked up his cell phone, dialed Tinafei's number, and briefly asked about the situation in North America. He left the small conference room for recording the program and returned to his room. It was getting late, so he was about to change his clothes and accept the banquet from Zuoshan Diao.

This is not a formal official banquet. The other party just invited him and a person in charge of Warner Greater China. The banquet was located in a time-honored Chinese restaurant not far from the Hilton Hotel.

Due to the interview, Duke arrived a little late.

"terribly sorry."

Regardless of the actual appearance, it is a fact that he was late. Duke sat next to Phil, the head of Warner Greater China, and said to Zuoshan Diao in the main seat, "There is an interview that took a little more time."

"It's okay." Zuoshan Diao also knew which media Duke was interviewed and said with a smile, "There are not many people in this world who can wait for director Rosenberg."

Phil adjusted his seat a little, "Sometimes I also want to wait for Duke, but I don't have the qualifications."

"Phil, when did I ask you to wait?" Duke also made a small joke casually.

He and Phil were quite familiar with each other in the 1990s, and the other party even invited Yuan Heping to help him in Hong Kong.

After the waiter served the wine and food, Zuoshan Diao was the first to raise the wine glass, "Congratulations on the big sale of "Transformers"."

Duke followed the customs and said, "Happy together."

"Yes, we are happy together." Zuoshan Diao laughed.

There is an investment from China Film Group in "Transformers".

Liquor is still a bit too strong for Duke, and he basically just tastes it briefly. However, the authentic Chinese food prepared by the hotel has not eaten a few bites. First, the banquet of this nature is more about communication, and second, it is about eating Western food for decades. It is somewhat unsuitable for the taste of Chinese food.

Some things will not change according to personal will, such as the huge difference in eating habits between the East and the West.

Not to mention the West, even within this vast country, there are often things that this province cannot get used to food from another province.

Probably, he took care of him and Phil, and the banquet was divided into Western-style separate meals. Duke and the head of Warner Greater China just tasted each dish and put down the knife and fork.

Phil has worked on this land for many years and seems to have become accustomed to Chinese diets, while Duke is different. For example, he tasted a Sichuan dish quite delicious, but his stomach, which has not eaten such spicy food for many years, could not bear it. After eating two bites, he felt that his stomach wanted to rebel.

"Phil, Duke."

This kind of occasion can naturally bring people closer and discuss the topic of Chinese food while dining. Zuoshan Diao gradually turned to the topic, "It is inevitable that "Transformers" will sell well in the global market, especially in the Chinese market."

He picked up the teacup and took a sip, "To be honest, we know that Duke's movies can be sold well in the Chinese market, but China Film Group did not expect it to be so popular, which reminded me of the Titanic that year."

"I have to thank China Film Group for its conduct and publicity." Duke politely said.

He is not a person who does not understand the world, nor does he think he is so arrogant that he can kill the whole world. "Transformers" can get more than 300 million yuan in seven days in the Chinese market. The quality of the film and the audience's feelings are one aspect, and the strong support of China Film Group in the publicity process is another aspect, and even extremely critical.

"Transformers is a model of our successful cooperation," Zuo Shan Diao looked over and seemed full of sincerity. "I have been thinking recently whether this cooperation model can be promoted between many Chinese film companies and Hollywood companies, so that similar co-production films will appear more and more in markets around the world?"

International cooperation can be said to be the mainstream production model in Hollywood. As long as the funds are sufficient, there is no core issue involved. Hollywood companies will not care whether the investment funds come from Russia or China.

"I also hope to increase more cooperation with your country." Duke naturally led the topic to Phil. "I am just a director. China Film should communicate more with Warner in this regard."

Phil looked at Duke and couldn't help but smile.

In any case, Duke was once a part of the film industry in this country. He thought for a moment and said, "Any film company with ambition and intentions wants to push its films globally. Your country is as interested in the global market as we do. Globalization of the film industry is a global problem. This is not a problem of a certain country. It is a big problem in the United States and a big problem in any country. Therefore, we must work together in this regard. Now it is very different from a few years ago. We live in a digital age, so if we want to succeed, we must cooperate globally."

Hollywood can be said to be a model of globalization of films. Ang Lee once said that nationality may not be the world.

In some ways, Duke agrees with this sentence. In many cases, national films are often niche movies, even in Hollywood.

This is a very simple truth. Culture has commonalities and also has very deep regional and ethnic restrictions, and these restrictions will not be transferred by human will.

In summary, two versions of "Infernal Affairs" can be said to be typical.

After the Hong Kong version of "Infernal Affairs" was screened in North America, it only received a box office of 160,000 US dollars, which was completely disproportionate to its high score of IMDB. Moreover, North American audiences were not very popular. The most criticized of the film is that the film is too romantic, and the romantic one is not like a police and gangster film. In the East, it is also one of the most violent places to be criticized. Two people who are suppressed and face life-and-death duels say such a romantic dialogue at all times is simply incredible to North American audiences.

By the same token, "The Walker of the Side" only has markets in North America and the West, and has been severely criticized in the Western Pacific region. The various swear words of the characters in it are simply unbearable, especially in the scene on the rooftop, where Leonardo and Matt Damon kept cursing 'uak', completely destroying the original artistic conception...

The differences brought about by culture are vividly reflected in these two films.

In today's world, Western culture undoubtedly occupies an absolute dominant position, and this will not be transferred with personal will. If Chinese films want to truly enter the world market, on the basis of maintaining their own characteristics, they must conform to the trend of globalization.

Having said that, if Chinese films want to be rampant around the world like Hollywood movies, no matter how rapidly the film industry is, it cannot do this.

The reason is very simple. If the film industry in any country wants to replace Hollywood, it is not a problem that movies can solve.

"Mr. Han, I still don't know much about the functions of China Film Group, but in my opinion, the company you are in charge and the upstream department in charge of the industry should be somewhat similar to MPAA."

Since he opened his mouth, Duke also planned to say a few more words. Although he pursued the principle of interests first, some of his body have lived on this land and worked hard in this industry.

"Mpaa's job is actually very simple, basically helping Hollywood film companies, protect their works, and improve market access. This is an industry, a business, and it is very important to expand the market."

The eagle of Zuoshan also showed a serious listening look, at least on the surface.

Duke is very clear that he cannot look at this leading figure in the Chinese film industry from a one-sided perspective. The other party has been immersed in this industry for decades. If he doesn't want to see the China Film Festival, it will definitely be fake.

"And it's obvious that the cost of film production is very high," Duke said. "A writer only needs a pen, painter only needs a brush, but what filmmakers need is an army, a high-level team with tacit understanding. Today's film production costs are very high. Whether in China or elsewhere, it's very expensive to shoot a good movie. It's very important to make a good movie that audiences want to watch and a good movie that audiences all over the world are interested in."

In any country in the world, even in France, movies are a business.

It seemed that Duke's words played some role, and Zuoshan Diao asked quite seriously, "What is the urgent need for Chinese films to enter the international market?"

"I'm not sure about the current position of Chinese movies, and no one can tell me what the world status of Chinese movies have."

Speaking of this, Duke stopped and looked at Phil. Phil smiled without refusing, and then he said, "The number of Chinese screens is increasing, the number of cinemas is increasing, the number of movies is increasing... All this tells me that Chinese movies are on a very bright road."

He changed his voice, "I want to say one thing that your country should see is continuous growth. The Chinese market is the foundation. Only by laying a solid foundation can you enter overseas."

Zuoshan Diao sighed softly, "It's just that time doesn't wait for anyone."

He will retire in a few years.

"Mr. Han, this is a common problem in the world's film industry." Duke thought for a moment and said, "If Hollywood only made movies for the American market, then we would never succeed. The reason why we have been successful for so many years and Warner has been doing nearly a hundred years is because we create excellent global films. I think you understand this principle. This is the right path and is good news for everyone." (To be continued.)
Chapter completed!