Chapter 981 "Life Tavern" (2) (14)

Regarding the chaos in ratings, there are actually people in the industry who have been giving feedback.

It’s useless…

First, the television industry has basically acquiesced in the unspoken rule of ratings fraud;

Second, there is only one ratings survey agency in China. In the context of the ratings survey agency, there is no ratings fraud. What they use is "rating sample pollution"...

This ratings statistics agency is called Nielsen, owned by CCTV!

Third, although the competent authorities have policy guidance, management and service responsibilities for TV stations and film and television companies, they do not have the power to enforce the law.

Anti-counterfeiting investigation and evidence collection require the intervention of public security criminal investigation methods.

It’s very troublesome, involving all aspects…

"In your opinion, is there a more reasonable way?"

"We are in the era of big data, and it is too outdated to still insist on using the previous sample household collection method. Let me ask you, cable TV operators in various places must have complete viewing data. Combining these data will be the most accurate ratings, why not use this method?" Shen Xudong asked and answered himself: "They must be worried about offending people in this industry chain... Whether it's Sofuri or Nielsen, they all have CCTV backgrounds... I won't say more, let's put it another way. Let’s talk!”

After that, we talked about some PPTV development plans and so on. They were all relatively conventional topics and there was nothing much to say...

…

Ma Dong stood up and poured Shen Xudong a glass of wine: "Can you drink?"

"I drink a little red wine... I didn't drink a drop of wine before. After I joined the circle, there were many dinner parties, and sometimes I had to drink..."

Shen Xudong waved his hand, took the glass and took a sip. Ma Dong suddenly asked: "I have read your scandal history. Was Gao Yuanyuan the first person to spread the scandal to you?"

"Gao Yuanyuan?"

Ma Dong reminded: "When filming "The Best in the World"..."

"Oh..." Shen Xudong nodded, seeming to have just remembered: "That's what you were talking about!"

"Can you tell me more specifically?"

"There is nothing to say when I go to i. I just walk with her. When the mood comes, I kiss her and then she is photographed..."

"It's that simple?"

Shen Xudong shook his head: "She is already married. There are some things that are hard to say... But I can guarantee that I have never had a relationship with her..."

"real?"

"Really...I just debuted at that time. I don't know many things..."

Ma Dong captured the key word: "Many things?"

"It's about sex... Our circle is actually a vanity fair. If you think about it, one drama can make you famous and become the focus of the spotlight... However, there are no quantitative standards for selecting actors in film and television dramas, and the producer has very little power to make subjective decisions. It's big, and the candidates are very good-looking, so there's a lot of room for maneuver..."

"and you…"

Shen Xudong did not deny it: "I am the producer, producer or producer, what do you think?"

"Is this an unspoken rule?"

"...This is not an unspoken rule..." Shen Xudong shook his head: "This is an explicit rule... With tens of millions of dollars invested in a movie, why should you be the heroine? I'm not allowed to inspect the product?"

"Every one?"

"Every movie is the same. Are you going to tire me out?" Shen Xudong shook his head: "You don't need those who are already famous... In fact, now in the casting of film and television dramas, the first male and female lead are selected, and generally popular well-known actors are selected. , this type of actor doesn’t have to worry about making appointments. At this time, she is the choosing party, and you are the chosen party. At this time, the initiative is in her hands..."

"and you…"

"I have no shortage of women. Even if I don't have Tianmei Group and am just a small screenwriter, there will still be a lot of women looking for me!"

"...So confident? Because of your appearance?"

"Appearance is important, but knowledge is even more important...A group of actors in the industry are really out of the ordinary!"

"Nine leaky fish?"

"Those who have slipped through the nine-year compulsory education...China National Theater, Nortel, and Shanghai Opera are the three major universities. Most of the top actors in the country are from these three schools. Search for the acting majors of these three universities You can tell by the college entrance examination admission score line... Anyone with even slightly better high school grades would not take the road of busking... But they are stars now."

Ma Dong was delighted: "You look down on these people?"

Shen Xudong shook his head: "I really look down on some of them. They have no spirit of cooperation. They think they are superior to others and don't know how to respect them at all: they act like celebrities, break contracts, impose arbitrary demands, trample on fans, and even have such obscene hookups with sleeping fans. …The most shameless and bottomless people in our society live very well in this industry.”

"...Is it that serious?"

"You make tens of millions from one movie, and you can get trending hits just by saying something. You will also feel that you are the pride of heaven... and then you will be arrogant! In fact, their minds are empty... Compared with these people, I still A sure winner!"

…

Ma Dong picked up the cigarette, took out one and was about to put it in his mouth. He seemed to feel something was wrong again and asked Shen Xudong with a smile: "Is it okay to smoke?"

"Okay, just give me one..."

"You smoke?"

"Smoke one occasionally..."

Shen Xudong lit a cigarette and said, "I actually smoked a lot for a while..."

"borrowed?"

"Well, I borrowed it after I discovered that I was a little addicted..."

"Why?"

"I won't allow myself to have any bad habits... Since I know smoking is bad, of course I have to borrow it..."

Ma Dong waved his hand and changed the subject: "...You have been in the industry for ten years. Is there anyone in the circle that you particularly don't want to deal with?"

"There must be... walking around the world, there are not many people who don't like it..."

"Then where are they now?"

"I guess they are no longer filming..."

Ma Dong chuckled: "I remember when "The Promise" was released, you posted a blog..."

Shen Xudong was delighted: "Yes, yes... I read several reports at that time. They said that when "The Promise" was screened in Chengdu, the film crew requested that "no negative reports be allowed." Chen Hong also complained that the media had spent so much money. But I was criticized for being ugly, and I didn’t understand what the media was thinking... I felt quite happy at the time..."

"Cola?"

"After the movie is made, the audience doesn't even have the right to evaluate it? You really think of yourself as the emperor's new clothes!"

"Then do you still think "The Promise" is a bad movie?"

"Of course... In "The Promise", Director Chen created an imaginary oriental world, trying to pour out grand propositions about fate and human nature. As a result, the pace was too big, the content did not keep up, and only the gorgeous composition and pictures were left... so to speak Well, "The Promise" officially opened the era of domestic bad movies, and even because of "The Promise", no one overseas wants domestic blockbusters!"

"...Have you told Director Chen about this?"

Shen Xudong was happy: "No... I discussed it with Ning Hao and the others,"

Ma Dong was very interested: "How did you say that?"

"The biggest fear of being a director is that there is no one around you to control you... no one dares to say no to you..."

Ma Dongshen thinks so...

Many veteran directors are particularly egotistical, and this ego also comes from themselves - those around them who do not tell the truth are all executors!

Director Chen, Wu Yusen, and Zhang Yimou... are all like this.