China Film Group, in the chairman's office, Han Sanping read the literary script of more than 30,000 words in his hand word by word, and couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Director Li, this is the film you want to hit the record of "Avatar"?"

"Yes, what does Han Dong think?" Li Qian nodded.

Han Sanping didn't answer, but asked rhetorically, "Why did Director Li think of filming this subject?"

Since Li Qian threatened to hit the box office record of "Avatar", although there has been a lot of criticism inside and outside the industry, Han Sanping is very happy.

After all, as the helmsman of the largest state-owned enterprise in the film industry, all the achievements of Chinese films during his tenure are his political achievements.

Even if it can't be broken, with Li Qian's confident appearance, it must be an extraordinary movie.

Even if it doesn't reach 1.3 billion, it can hit a billion.

However, I originally thought it was a shocking production, but it turned out to be a drama with a realistic theme.

Moreover, the content is so sensitive.

It involves the survival of the common people, which is much more sensitive than any astringency, bloody violence, and the darkness of the bottom of society in a backward area.

Li Qian shook his head, "There's no reason, I stumbled upon this group before, I had a deep understanding, and I wanted to shoot this subject because I had a feeling." ”

"However, I'm afraid the script will be difficult to pass the review. Han Sanping also shook his head.

For many banned movies, some of the scripts submitted for review are subject to review, and the ones that are filmed are different from the scripts, and some are scripts that are no problem, but they feel that there is a problem when they are filmed, and they are not given.

Of course, there are also some who are halfway through the release, and suddenly they are banned for you.

Li Qian's script is a typical one, and the script is sad.

Han Sanping explained, "This involves the issue of people's livelihood, not the kind of case that exists in individual regions, but is closely related to 1.3 billion people, and the issue of people's livelihood has always been very strict." ”

"I understand that. ”

As a filmmaker, I have some understanding of censorship.

The three aspects of blood, violence, and astringency are relatively low-level factors, and above are some social dark side and political factors, and then there are social problems, and they are also negative social factors.

The year before last, the phenomenal TV series "Snail House" was banned, some people said that it was too yellow, it seemed to be the 15th episode, Xiaobei called Seaweed, Song Siming got into the sheet from the end of the bed and gave her that, and then Seaweed Ah Ah Ah A few times were heard by Xiaobei, and Seaweed said that he saw cockroaches.

It's just dirty, and there are a lot of such large-scale scenes in the whole play.

But the main problem is not this, it is not a corrupt official, otherwise it would not be broadcast on a local channel and then on the stars.

The biggest problem is that after the star, the problem of the house has aroused the attention of the whole society.

The rise in housing prices and the resulting huge impact on the ideals of young people, the lives of ordinary people are just like those portrayed in the play, everything is exposed to the sun.

Pushing the social problems caused by the house to the extreme, this cruel life goes straight to everyone who is troubled by housing prices.

and then sparked a discussion in the whole society, who forced the masses to be house slaves?

Power dominates everything, capital shakes human nature, and interests force good people to become prostitutes. The elite class can rob people's ancestral homes, silver wives and daughters, and control everything at will.

It is also the Chinese New Year, when the rich are in a grand and warm house, and the poor have no water or electricity and light candles.

The masses worked hard under the pressure of overtime, but they made a small income, and the powerful Er Nai bought a piece of clothing and sold it in the thousands.

Some thoughts triggered by the house, these social phenomena, are the fundamental reasons for the ban of "Snail House".

To put it bluntly, why was it banned? Because it was so real, it poked at everyone's pain points.

The same is true of "I Am Not the God of Medicine", although cancer and houses, the latter can make people feel more substitutional, after all, it is difficult for the vast majority of people to afford a house themselves, and there are far fewer people with cancer.

However, the price of getting cancer is life, a predictable death.

And although cancer is in a small number of people, most people will get sick.

It's too easy to resonate, and things that are closely related to everyone, when the time comes, like "Snail House", it will cause a sensation and cause a strong response from the society, and the spearhead will naturally be pointed at the government.

Li Qian knows all this, but since he wants to shoot, he also has a certain degree of certainty, otherwise he would not have done this useless work.

Li Qian sat up straight and explained, "This is a movie with great personal heroism, the character of Cheng Yong is the image of a hero, a savior, and the whole movie revolves around him, he is the hope of all leukemia patients, so this is not a dark movie."

There are three main groups involved in the movie, the patient group, the drug dealer group, and the police group who represent justice, the patient wants to live and cheap medicine, the drug dealer wants to make money and ensure the price of the drug, and the police group wants to abide by the law and maintain social order.

Although the patient group is opposed to the pharmaceutical industry and the police group, it does not touch any real boundary, the patient's demand is affirmative, which makes people sympathetic, and the behavior of the drug company explains the universality and rationality of the high price with the sentence "Glenin prices are extremely high all over the world", which can be regarded as giving them a step, and the medical representative is not punished.

The police are a group that represents the government in some senses, and I didn't accuse or criticize them like some dark movies, in fact, it's as perfect as the director's sentence "Do you see less things that are more important than love?", this is his responsibility as a police officer, if he lets Cheng Yong go, from a legal point of view, it is dereliction of duty and a crime.

Three groups, there are two criminals in the whole movie, Zhang Changlin, who sells counterfeit drugs, is suspected of fraud, and the protagonist Cheng Yong is suspected of smuggling, and both have been punished. ”

Han Sanping listened to Li Qian's explanation quietly, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, and looked at Li Qian more and more.

"Director Li is very thoughtful. ”

Instead of attacking the government, not attacking the pharmacists, but the savior man was punished.

It's hard to imagine that such an old and proper idea could have been come up with by such a young man.

"The police are right, the pharmacists are right, the patients who buy the medicine are right, the three groups in the movie are all right, the fault is only the imperfection of the relevant laws and regulations, there is no intention to criticize anyone, and the society is constantly improving. ”

"By the way, the background of the movie will be set in 2002, before that Li Gongzi became the president of Novartis China, and he has left Novartis last year, and the movie will not be insinuated. Li Qian added.

Novartis is the manufacturer of Gleevec, and the former president of Huaguo is a top second-generation, so for the sake of unnecessary misunderstandings, the background of the story still needs to be taken into account.

"Okay, I'll relay your words to the leader as they are. Han Sanping said with a smile.

"Thank you so much Han Dong. ”

"But don't be too hopeful, after all, this topic is too sensitive and involves many aspects. Han Sanping got another vaccination.

Li Qian's bull temper, Han Sanping didn't expect to reverse his thinking and let him make blockbusters, as a director who broke the record of Chinese films, even if he was a little unhappy before, he would still help.

Moreover, if Li Qian continues to maintain his magic and the box office exceeds one billion, it will also be his credit to be able to contribute to a domestic film with a box office of one billion.

At the end, Han Sanping couldn't help but ask, "Director Li, you filmed this subject just because you watched the miserable lives of a few leukemia patients?"

Ask again why...

"Han Dong, I don't know if you have heard such a sentence, the significance of entrepreneurs is that the country will be strong because of you, the society will progress because of you, and the people will be rich because of you. Although I am only a director, I don't have much ability, but I can do something to the best of my ability.

Li Qian said and smiled, "Besides, this is still a pure commercial film, not a literary film, there is no shadow of a literary film at all, it is a commercial film that can make people laugh and move people to tears, and there is no essential difference from all my previous films." ”

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"The country will be strong because of you, the society will progress because of you, and the people will be rich because of you?"

After Li Qian came to open it, Han Sanping chewed on this sentence repeatedly, sighed, and went to Optoelectronics the next day with the literary script.

However, the problem is not only in optoelectronics, but also in the Ministry of Public Security and the Ministry of Health.

As one of the most well-known directors in China, the box office record is held, and Li Qian has also received some preferential treatment, without having to go through the same procedures as ordinary directors.

Like Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, they both have a lot of face on the official side, and the big leaders above know them, Li Qian is still far behind.

At that time, film expert Zhong Diandi said that film is the only art that can enter the cabinet, and only it can enter, so it is troublesome and not unreasonable.

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Three days later, under Han Sanping's leadership, Li Qian met with a deputy director of the Ministry of Public Security's Propaganda Bureau and a deputy director of the Ministry of Health's General Office's News and Propaganda Office.

It took Li Qian a lot of words to convince them, and his original words were that there was nothing wrong with what every policeman did in the movie, whether it was the chief or Cao Bin, they represented two kinds of images of law enforcers.

One insists on taking the law as the standard, the other has a more emotional side, and at the end of the movie, Cao Bin goes to pick up Cheng Yong who is released from prison, and he is also a representative of the police, representing the police on the basis of the law, and also talking about human feelings, not a ruthless law enforcement machine.

As for the Ministry of Health, the movie does not involve the Ministry of Health at all, but only a tripartite relationship between patients, pharmaceutical companies, and law enforcers.

Let's talk about it first.

The two departments also put forward some demands, to be precise, orders, nothing more than not to tarnish the image of the police, incite the sick and the law enforcement agencies, government agencies, and so on.

In the end, leave a sentence for Li Qian and hold a meeting to discuss.

It shouldn't be a big problem, just like Li Qian said, the movie doesn't criticize anyone, as far as the literary script is concerned, except for the two people who committed the crime, everyone else is not wrong.

And I didn't see the movie, except for Li Qian, no one would think about what the effect of the movie was.

"Snail House" passed the trial at the beginning, and it was already popular when it was released on local stations, but there was no meaning of banning it at all, it was still on the stars, and several satellite TV broadcasts more than a dozen episodes, and the response was too great, so it was banned.

It is not the TV series that is banned, but the discussion caused by the TV series.

Therefore, there is no standard, depending on the situation, "Apple" was not banned at the beginning, and it was banned after a period of release.

Like "Lust and Caution", it was successfully released, purely because of Li Press, otherwise if Jia Zhangke was replaced, even if the released version was deleted, it would definitely not be available, and this film would be wrong from a political point of view.

Fame is still very useful, Li Qian can't be compared with Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, but it is much better than ordinary directors.

At that meeting in 07, because Wang Shuo suggested that Zhang Yimou be the deputy director of the State Administration of Optoelectronics and be in charge of movies, it also caused a wide range of discussions, and netizens said that it was true.

When the two of them were filming "Yellow Earth", the director of the film bureau criticized them, saying that if he wasn't the director of the film bureau, he wouldn't have watched this movie at all, and as a result, the young Cheng Kaige angrily went to reason with others.

After becoming famous, when "Ambush on All Sides" was released, the Ministry of Public Security, the Ministry of Culture, and the Federation of Industry and Commerce joined forces to crack down on piracy, and even vacated the summer file.

Cheng Kaige's "Wuji" directly replaced the quota of "Ke Ke Xili", and in order to meet the requirements, it was screened once a day in a cinema in Shudu from September 29th to October 5th in advance.

The fame of these two great directors has reached the point where they can influence optoelectronics and receive full support from many government departments a few years ago.

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The above asked to wait for the news, and Li Qian went back to wait, and also prepared the company's affairs.

Du Yang has already left with his team and gone to a small marketing company together, and the integration has been completed.

Guo Fan's "Time Planning Bureau" will be released in half a month, and it can't be delayed any longer, Li Qian bought the new company at a price of 2 million, and personally injected 100 million in cash to rent office space, recruit manpower, and the next film and television production.

In addition, an opening event was held for the new company.

Li Qian opened a film company?

The entire industry was shaken, and countless reporters flocked to the press conference.

It's just an ordinary word, no, I invited some reporters, but my colleagues didn't.

There is no need, after today, the whole industry will naturally pay attention to his new company.

"Welcome all media friends to come to the establishment of "Future Pictures Co., Ltd.", this is a film and television company established by me personally, I hope to contribute more to the film industry in the coming days. ”

"Formally introduce to you the members of our company, Ms. Du Yang is the general manager of the company, and Guo Fan, Su Lun, Qi Yukun, and Wen Muye are the company's contracted directors. ”

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The scene will be handed over to Du Yang, but for such a small company, if it weren't for Li Qian, no one would care about it at all, and there would be nothing to say.

The reporter's eyes were still focused on Li Qian.

"Director Li, are you ready to enter the film and television industry in an all-round way?" a reporter asked impatiently.

"Where does this come from, I am a practitioner in the film and television industry myself. Li Qian smiled.

"After the establishment of the company, will Director Li's focus be on the company's operation, and will he continue to make movies?"

Nonsense!

Li Qian shook his head, "My first career has always been a director, making good movies, good movies that the audience likes, has always been my ideal, it has never changed, opening this company is also to better shoot and promote movies, the company's operations are all in charge of Mr. Du, I am just a director who makes movies." ”

"Will Director Li's new movie be released as scheduled this year?"

The reporter asked about the new film again, compared to Li Qian opening a small company, or his new film is more worthy of attention.

Not only reporters, but also Du Yang, Su Lun, and Guo Fan are also looking forward to it.

"The film has already begun to be prepared, and it will be presented to you as scheduled this year. ”

"Director Li, you said before that the new film will hit the box office record of 1.3 billion in "Avatar", are you serious, many directors and netizens have questioned this. ”

Li Qian smiled, "Friends from the media are also very familiar with me, when did you say something big about me?"

Who is very familiar with you, don't mess around, you don't talk much!

The reporters were full of slander in their hearts, but after thinking about it carefully, Li Qian did say a lot of big things, but they all came true one by one.

"Director Li, can you reveal what genre the new film is, is it still a sci-fi blockbuster?"

"After a while, everyone will know. ”

The information of the movie, Li Qian still kept silent.

After several questions, he still couldn't get any information from Li Qian's mouth, and a reporter asked what the name of the new company meant.

"Actually, there is no special meaning, Guo Fan, Su Lun, and I are all young people, young means that there are infinite possibilities in the future, and I hope that a more brilliant future for the film industry will be created by us!" Li Qian smiled slightly.

Children are the flowers of the motherland, and young directors are the future of the industry, and there is nothing wrong with them.

However, in the ears of reporters, these words are a bit arrogant.

"This Li Qian really dares to say that they are the future of the industry, so what are other directors. ”

"You're not going to drink fake wine again today, are you?"

"Do you feel that Li Qian has become more and more publicized during this time, and it won't be the next horse cannon. ”

"Hehe, I wish he had. ”

"But I'm more curious about what he's going to shoot. ”

"Whatever, it's good to be public, there's a topic. ”

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There was nothing to do at just one press conference, and it was over in about forty minutes.

After that, it was time to start the promotion of the "Time Planning Bureau", although it was a little late, it was about the same.

In addition, the company's publicity and marketing team is far from enough, and people have to be found everywhere.

Not only publicity and marketing, but also the distribution and production departments have to be set up, and if the artist agent Du Yang wants to do it, Li Qian doesn't care.

Group up three departments and find a few producers.

For Li Qian, it is not difficult, with a box office of 1.5 billion last year, blind people know the future of the film industry.

As the general manager of the company, Du Yang did not worry about the problem of manpower, she smiled, "Director Li, I am afraid that in the next period of time, major companies will usher in a wave of resignations." ”

"I hope you don't blame the people who dug them. Li Qian spread his hands and smiled as well.

"Where to use Director Li to dig, knowing that the news will be released later, you will be able to receive countless resumes. ”

The box office record of Chinese films is maintained, and the output of several big-box office directors and the output of 1.5 billion box office warehouses a year is definitely a huge attraction for practitioners in all aspects of the film and television industry and actors.