Chapter 834 Continue to Fight
"Are you being weird with me?"
"I am particularly disgusted with some self-righteous people who should spend their own money to pursue their own meaning and dreams. Who do you think you are when you spend other people's money to pursue your own dreams?"
Yin Hong wanted to interrupt him, but Shen Xudong waved his hand and continued: "Commercial films just tell a story honestly, don't worry about whether foreigners can understand it.
As long as he is a normal person, he can understand it! "
"That's what I told the young directors in our company. Don't care about Oscars and European Film Festivals. You just want to make domestic audiences comfortable. Commercial films are business. What is business? The first rule is that customers come first, not What comes first is art, or even self first.”
"And, to put it bluntly, some of us who make art films are not the number one in art. What they think of is that "foreigners" are number one in art!"
"If nothing else, let's talk about Feng Xiaogang. He wanted to make "1942" a long time ago, but at that time he was Xiao Feng. When the script was submitted, there was no budget and no review or approval.
Then he struggled for many years and finally became Director Feng. He lobbied the approval department and said, don't we want to develop movies in multiple formats, so let's treat this book as multiple formats. He and Wang Shuo told the Huayi brothers, "I want to make "1942", and if Wang Shuo writes the script at a loss, I will make a comedy and earn back the money... This is called having confidence, and this is what investors dare to do with you." A reason to take risks together. "
"By the way, Hollywood..."
Shen Xudong changed the topic and said: "Many people say that Hollywood can't handle it...
Yes, I can't bear it for the time being, but who can say for sure what will happen in the future?
Let’s talk about the advantages of Chinese movies. The first is the market!
The Chinese film market is huge and is already the second largest in the world. It is still growing at a rapid pace and is large enough to accommodate films of all types and styles. There are only a handful of companies in the world with such a large local film market, and all of them are film powerhouses. "
"Secondly, this huge market is quite high-quality. Don't always say that our film industry chain is imperfect and the only way to recover costs is through box office... Why don't you look at our ticket prices?"
“The average ticket price of Chinese movies is relatively expensive, almost equal to the absolute price of developed countries such as Europe, the United States and Japan, and far exceeding the ticket price of developing countries such as India.
For the film industry, this means that the profit from each audience is much greater, which is quite beneficial for recovering investment, especially the high-cost special effects necessary for contemporary large-scale productions. "
"The ticket price for an Indian movie is only five yuan!"
“Finally, I would like to say that our market is the best in the world in terms of government protection!
Compare this with South Korea, which was once known for its strict protection of the national film industry. Its protection system originally required theaters to screen domestic films 146 days a year. In 2006, despite the opposition of Korean filmmakers, this limit was reduced to 73 days a year. God, there is nothing else.
Until February this year, China only allowed the introduction of 20 account-based blockbusters each year. Only after the new Sino-US film agreement did it add 14 3D or IMAX blockbusters. During the summer domestic film protection month-I received news, this year it can be called During the summer vacation protection season, the protection measures in film schedules rely on state-owned companies to monopolize the distribution rights of overseas blockbusters and theater chains' cooperation with the film bureau's policies. This is a beautiful thing that filmmakers from other countries can't even dream of. "
"Under such a premise, why are you still complaining?"
Yin Hong hurriedly said: "Thank you, Director Shen..."
After a brief silence, the audience burst into applause like a storm.
Xu Guangtou applauded vigorously, with a fascinated look on his face.
Who doesn't want to be someone like Shen Xudong - a direct opponent without any mercy?
"Thank you sincere Director Shen, he is worthy of being... Let us give him the warmest applause again..."
"Need not…·"
Shen Xudong came off the stage and nodded to the audience.
Oh, the audience is just a few media and some officials from the film bureau...
In other words, Shen Xudong's words about Lu Chuan will be recorded and even published, but... he will generally be very cautious in wording...
At best, there will be intense exchanges...
"It's better for Xudong to go directly..."
"When you reach your status, you can naturally say whatever you want!"
While Ning Hao was talking to Bald Xu, Shen Xudong walked up to them with flowers sent by the organizer, opened his suit, and placed the flowers on the chair next to Xu, "Mad, it's so hot."
"The lights are used for drama lighting, and they are really hot..."
"Won't Ning Hao go up?"
"I'll wait...let Xu Zheng go up and show off..."
The three of them were chatting as if no one was around, not paying attention to Lu Chuan beside them - Ya was crying again, and took out a handkerchief and kept wiping her tears...
Now the speaker is Wei Desheng, a Taiwanese director. "Sediq Bale" is about to be released in the mainland, and he has to promote it...
It is said that "A Hundred Birds Pay Attention to the Phoenix" started the bad publicity. This is not true. Wei Desheng is really awesome. He appeared on all major programs and promoted himself in various ways. It was not easy for "Sediq Bale" and he borrowed money in various ways. Something...
There are even rumors that "Wei Desheng was so short of funds when filming "Sediq Bale" that he sometimes didn't even have the money to buy bullets"...
Many people call him: idealist!
The question is, you are making movies, so what is the use of promoting them?
Are you the only Taiwanese director to have ideals?
Besides, why should investors pay for your ideal? Let the audience accept it?
Then many people thought what he said made sense, and they started various discussions, saying, "Why do Zhang Yimou and Chen Kai have the opportunity to make blockbusters again, but we don't have the chance?" ’
Someone even asked: "Why are investors more focused on investing in ordinary movies to get returns than investing in emotional movies?"
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People invest in movies and want to make money through movies, but there are problems?
It even involves asking the Film Bureau to set up a special film fund to support filmmakers with dreams...
noisily…
Host Yin Hong looked at Shen Xudong: "What do Xudong think?"
"Making a movie is not about spending your own money. You only consider the artistry and ignore the market. Doesn't such a large investment mean that others pay for you to realize your ideal? We are all adults, so stop making trouble!"
"From an investor's perspective, I'll just say this: You Wei Desheng doesn't have enough cards, and Zhang Yimou didn't lose money when he made a movie!"
Wei Desheng retorted: "...You can't say that. Who among the young directors has the cards?"
Shen Xudong was speechless: "Zhang Yimou's first three films, "Red Sorghum" won the Berlin Golden Bear, his second "Ju Dou" won another award at Cannes and was even nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and his third "Raise the Red Lantern" "Won the Silver Lion Award at the 48th Venice International Film Festival... How much did those three movies cost? It's like no one has ever been young. If you don't have the ability, just say you have no ability. What kind of dreams are there? Who doesn't have dreams?"
"What the heck, a Taiwanese director who has only made one film and won the most important award, the Golden Horse Award, can casually suppress mainland directors Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige because of niche literature and art?"