CHAPTER 329: CHAPTER 329: FRENCH FILM INVESTMENT

"Things should be more or less resolved."

A few days later, Chen Yiyang and Yang Chengru were on the phone.

"There are a total of 27 Three-star Michelin Restaurants in France, and we have reached cooperation with 22 of them. By then, these 22 Michelin restaurants will all choose to use Qiandao Lake Caviar."

"Then I’m relieved." Yang Chengru also knew what this achievement represented.

This means that Qiandao Lake Caviar has been thoroughly accepted by the French culinary world.

By then, Qiandao Lake Caviar can be sold at high prices in Europe alongside caviar from other regions.

"When are you planning to return to the country? I’ll help you handle the land approval documents here. You’ll also need to sign some agreements with the government at that time.

Once all the agreements are signed, you can prepare to find a design company and a construction unit to build a building for yourself."

"Give it some time." Chen Yiyang pinched his nose.

"Recently, I still need to build some relationships with people in the French culinary world. Also, the people over at Qiandao Lake hope I can help expand the German market, so I might as well help them till the end and plan to take a trip to Germany."

"Alright." Yang Chengru nodded and said, "Then I’ll wait for your return."

Chen Yiyang has indeed been very busy in France recently.

Mainly because Qiandao Lake has also shared quite a bit of benefits with him; Chen Yiyang can now get dividends from the sales of Qiandao Lake Caviar in Europe.

So Chen Yiyang thought that since Qiandao Lake Caviar had been accepted in France, there was no reason for another major European country, Germany, not to accept it.

For this reason, he had a conversation with Schaefer over the phone.

Schaefer’s side is good to go as long as the money is sufficient.

A few days later, he called Chen Yiyang, inviting him to visit Germany.

Schaefer helped Chen Yiyang get in touch with the president of Lufthansa. If the negotiation goes smoothly, Chen Yiyang’s Qiandao Lake Caviar can reach a supply agreement with Lufthansa, providing caviar for its first-class passengers.

Since Chen Yiyang’s French visa hadn’t expired, there was no need to apply for an additional visa to go to Germany, which was convenient.

But just as Chen Yiyang was preparing to set off, he was delayed by something else.

Today’s intelligence: The difficult-to-birth movie: A film by French director Xiao Fulong is in jeopardy due to a lack of investment.

Investing in this movie now will allow for a successful windfall.

Contact information for relevant personnel is listed on the second page.

Movie investment windfall?

Chen Yiyang had previously invested in several film windfalls back in his home country.

But later, it was unknown whether domestic films didn’t lack investment or there were no good films,

but he never received a new film investment windfall.

He didn’t expect to receive a film investment windfall in France.

So he immediately called the director.

"Who?" The director asked, in a sleepy, dazed voice, who Chen Yiyang was.

"Is this director Xiao Fulong speaking?"

After spending a few weeks in France, Chen Yiyang gradually understood the temperament of the French people.

Most well-educated French people definitely speak English.

But due to old French pride, if strangers initiate speaking English to them, they generally pretend not to understand.

However, if you start with a few stumbling phrases in French and then mix in English,

then you can happily chat in English.

So when Xiao Fulong on the other end heard Chen Yiyang attempting to converse with him in very unrefined French, he kindly proposed that they could actually converse in English.

So Chen Yiyang quickly stated his purpose.

After listening, Xiao Fulong immediately invited Chen Yiyang to a restaurant for a detailed discussion.

A few hours later, Chen Yiyang met this French native director in a small restaurant.

Speaking of French directors, Luc Besson is likely the most famous.

But in all these years, Europe has only produced one Hollywood-style commercial film director like Luc Besson.

Moreover, Luc Besson, after heading to Hollywood, was clearly transformed, with later films entirely focused on whimsically pleasing Americans, with various American heroes wreaking havoc in France, while France merely served as the backdrop.

However, the reason Europe hasn’t produced more directors like Luc Besson is mainly because the European film market places greater emphasis on thought, depth, and even artistry.

In such a thought-driven European film market, you could say it doesn’t make money, but you absolutely can’t say old European films lack art and humanistic value.

However, that being said.

Not making money in films is the original sin.

Most European films need subsidies to be made.

However, after being made and shown in theatres, they can’t even cover the costs.

Over time, it becomes even more difficult for European directors to secure investments.

If they can’t secure subsidies from the government and various foundations, the film definitely won’t be made.

Xiao Fulong is just such a director.

"I’ve even sold my own house, all to make this film.

But the government just wouldn’t grant subsidies to my film; I’ve been applying for a long time without success."

Xiao Fulong couldn’t wait to begin complaining as soon as he met Chen Yiyang.

Chen Yiyang could see that this guy was really anxious.

After all, when he invested in films back home, and when he was not yet well-known, the first reaction of those directors who contacted him would always be whether Chen Yiyang might be a fraud.

But this director, with a typical French male appearance, didn’t care at all whether Chen Yiyang was a fraud; he just cared whether Chen Yiyang could fund him to continue shooting the film.

"By the way, I only heard from a friend that there’s a film lacking investment, but I don’t know what the film is specifically about. Can you give a brief summary?"

Chen Yiyang didn’t even know the genre of Xiao Fulong’s difficult-to-produce film until now.

"The plot is straightforward." Xiao Fulong said directly, "A pair of French elderly couple has four daughters. They are traditional French people who believe in Catholicism, and they hope their daughters can marry into families with the same Catholic faith.

However, their first three daughters fell in love with an Arab, a Jew, and a Huaxia man, respectively. So the couple pinned their last hope on their youngest daughter, but the youngest daughter brought back a black boyfriend."

"This plot is kind of bold." Now Chen Yiyang understood why this guy’s film couldn’t get a subsidy from the French government.

This isn’t subtly targeting the French government, worried about birth rates.

It’s no wonder they won’t grant his subsidy.

But before Chen Yiyang could say anything, Xiao Fulong continued to talk about the plot, "I plan to satirize all the cultures, countries, and nationalities appearing in the film."

What a master.

Chen Yiyang thought, no wonder he can’t secure investment.

This guy plans to offend people from all around.