Chapter 481: Pressure on China Film

Beijing.

In the China Film Office, Sun Jianmin was angry when he read a newspaper. The newspaper said: Starting next Monday, the Film Archive will screen 12 masterpieces from two places, one film a day, and pre-sale movie tickets today.

Including "The Love Between Ghosts", "Tai Chi 3", "Beautiful Life" and so on.

The Film Archive and China Film Company are both located in the Xiaoxitian area, right next to each other. It’s like a slap in the face at the doorstep.

"It's too much!"

"This is deliberate pressure. You want me to come to your door to beg you, but there is no way!"

Sun Jianmin was incompetent and furious. Unfortunately, China Film now had no prestige at all. It had a monopoly and relied entirely on the government to make it a monopoly. However, Dongchang had conquered the country bit by bit and was full of confidence.

"Old Sun! Old Sun!"

At this time, Tong Gang, the director of China Film Distribution Department, hurriedly ran over, holding an internal document and said: "There is new news. The overseas copyright of "Life is Beautiful" has been sold for 7.85 million!"

"How many?"

Sun Jianmin lost his voice. He really hoped that Tong Gang was making a false alarm, but unfortunately there was no such thing as a clear number:

"They sold it for 7.85 million US dollars! They are going to participate in the Oscars!"

He grabbed the document. It was a distribution document within the cultural system, and all subordinate units would have it.

"7.85 million!"

"Oscar!"

Two sharp knives plopped into Sun Jianmin's heart. Compared with it, the box office that "Life is Beautiful" won in Hong Kong was nothing. Everyone knows that the ministry gives Dongchang a foreign exchange commission, and the leaders don’t hide it either. That means: if you have the ability, just earn it, and I’ll keep you this much!

This ratio is: if it is within the base, 25% will be left; if it is outside the base, 30% will be left.

Last year, Dongchang earned US$9.42 million in foreign exchange and retained more than US$2 million.

This year one film alone made 7.85 million, and "Tai Chi 3", which was probably 3 million at least, would have exceeded 10 million! This record looks like a pig.

"Old boy!"

Sun Jianmin sat weakly on the chair and said, "Do you think there is any way to stop Dongchang's momentum?"

"No, we can't stop it. The leaders are watching from above. How about borrowing the donkey from the slope and cooperating with them?" Tong Gang suggested.

"How to cooperate?"

"Comrade Chen Qi's intention is very obvious. He wants to negotiate with us the terms of issuance——"

"No! Absolutely not!"

Before Tong Gang finished speaking, Sun Jianmin shook his head: "The foundation of China Film is unified purchasing and marketing, and no one can make an exception." But we have suffered too many losses, and you still want to wait until the reform plan is introduced? That'll have to be next year. "

"Old boy, haven't you seen it yet? That boy Chen Qi is just trying to manipulate us. We must give in this time, and we must give in every time. It will become a routine in the future. How can we continue to work once the gap is opened?"

"But - Throat..."

Tong Gang knew that what Sun Jianmin said made sense. China Film's transcendent status was based on unified purchasing and marketing. Now the ministry acquiesced and sat back and watched the fight between China Film and Dongchang. Whoever surrendered would lose.

Tong Gang later became the director of the Film Bureau.

The people in the capital don't care about China Film's psychological activities. They are looking forward to it.

It’s Monday in the blink of an eye.

The China Film Archive is a large courtyard and a building. There is a screening room inside the building. The upper floors are offices and information rooms. There is also a film library dedicated to storing copies in other places.

In the afternoon, today is not a day off, but the crowds of people are cheering, and the team is queuing from the courtyard to the outside.

Some are from related literary and art units, and you can buy tickets with a letter of introduction. Some are students from Nortel and China Theater, and you can buy them with your student ID. Tickets are not sold to the outside world.

The fare is very expensive, 2 yuan a ticket!

Jiang Wenjiao, who was studying Chinese opera, looked forward and sighed: "With so many people, how can a Hong Kong romance movie be so good?"

"Then you are still coming?" Yingda said.

"Let me criticize capitalist movies!"

"Make no mistake, these were taken by our own people, and they were used to earn foreign exchange for the country." Yingda said.

They were good friends in high school. Yingda was admitted to Peking University in the college entrance examination, but Jiang Wen failed. Yingda encouraged him to continue taking the exam, and then he entered the Chinese Opera, which was a university after all. Yingda’s father is Ying Ruocheng, a veteran actor in Renyi, 86

At the annual meeting, he became the deputy minister of the Ministry of Culture.

The movie shown today is "The Love Between Ghosts and Humans".

Relevant personnel from the film bureau also came to review it.

After a while, the two squeezed into the screening room, which could hold seven or eight hundred people. Sun Jianmin and Tong Gang also came,

Apart from this channel, they really can't see the films made by Chen Qi.

Historically, "The Love Between Ghosts" has not been screened in mainland China.

The butterfly flapped its wings, and Chen Qi's revised version appeared on the mainland. The lethality was still astonishing, and the rich and colorful depiction of Hong Kong's middle-class life made these bumpkins stunned.

The scene where the hero and heroine are making pottery also makes people blush.

The plot unfolded all the way, and the audience couldn't take their eyes away, and they cried at the emotional moments.

Yingda wiped her tears and turned around to see Jiang Wen, expressionless, saying, "Are you hard-hearted?"

"What's there to cry about, you bitches?" Jiang Wen said.

The film bureau staff were also discussing, their brows furrowed like twists.

"The passion scene is too bold!"

“The portrayal of bourgeois life is too heavy-handed and can easily sway people!”

"This ghost can't do it either!"

"The ministry asked us to be as relaxed as possible, not so strict!"

"It can't be relaxed. If you want to change it, you have to change everything. I don't think I can be in it. I have high hopes for the "Orphan" tomorrow. I heard that there won't be any too sensitive scenes."

"It has to be a movie anyway, otherwise Xiao Chen will cause trouble again."

After a movie was released, most of the audience was satisfied, but Sun Jianmin breathed a sigh of relief. It was a good movie, but fortunately it could not be released in mainland China.

Then the next day, "Orphan's Revenge".

The third day is "Life is Beautiful".

"Orphan" was thrilling and thrilling, and "Life is Beautiful" was very effective. The whole audience burst into tears again.

Jiang Wen still complained: "Do you feel that this film is a bit, a bit -"

"What's wrong?"

"Advocate for foreigners!"

"There's something wrong with you. You don't like anything you see. Go ahead and play by yourself!"

Yingda was the complete opposite, praising it very much: "What a great film. My father has already seen it, and all the cultural people have seen it, and they are all holding back to write articles. I heard that it has been sent to the Golden Rooster Awards for review. "

The fourth day is "Tai Chi 3".

The response was the most explosive. The audience cheered and applauded continuously. Sun Jianmin was so sweaty that he counted five collective applauses in total.

Why did Yang Yu beat foreigners?

Every time I play one, the audience is enthusiastic, no less than the previous two films.

"These are all copies! They are all copy money from China Film Group!"

As several films were screened in the museum, and more and more scholars and students watched "Life is Beautiful," relevant comments appeared in newspapers frequently, more so than when Chen Qi just came back from Berlin.

""Life is Beautiful" is worthy of winning the gold medal in Berlin. It brings tears of laughter and is destined to be famous in film history!"

"The preview of "Tai Chi 3" is definitely worth appreciating!"

"Audiences wrote in and appealed, hoping to release it as soon as possible!"

"The shortlist for the Golden Rooster Awards has been announced, with "Life is Beautiful" leading the way with ten nominations!"

"The selection of the 6th Hundred Flowers Awards has begun. "Mom Love Me Again" is the most popular. Gong Xue is expected to win three consecutive awards!"

"Old Sun!"

Tong Gang came in carrying a sack and slammed it on the ground. Sun Jianmin was dizzy from the public opinion.

The tone was extremely bad: "What is it again?"

“Letters from viewers!”

"Nonsense! Audiences will write letters to China Film Group. Do they know China Film Group's address?"

"They wrote it for the cinema, the cinema passed it on to the film company, and the film company passed it on to us!"

"boom!"

Sun Jianmin suddenly became angry and cursed: "Those film companies are worse than Zhou Bapi. They don't have to bear losses. How much money have they made in the past few years? How much box office has they concealed? How dare they put pressure on me?!

If you have the ability, go talk to Chen Qi and ask him to release the film! "

Tong Gang remained silent, waiting for him to calm down, and said: "Old Sun, I think no matter what, we should talk to Dongfang Company first and listen to their ideas. It's not a big deal. I'm really waiting for the results of the Golden Rooster Award. Come out, we may be more passive."

Sun Jianmin was silent for a long time and said, "Is Chen Qi in Hong Kong?"

"Well, if you agree, I can write him a letter.'

Sun Jianmin nodded slightly, and Tong Gang withdrew.

He is younger than Sun Jianmin, has flexible thinking, and does not stick to his vested interests. He feels that reform is the general trend, it is just a matter of sooner or later.

(Yes!)