1993, Beijing.

Not long after New Year's Day, the common people are already preparing for the New Year's goods, and the streets and alleys are full of stalls selling couplets, yellow calendars, lanterns, and sugar melons and dried fruits.

This year's Spring Festival came early, and the 22nd was Chinese New Year's Eve.

"Bang!"

A muffled sound exploded on the side of the street, startling pedestrians. A young couple turned around, but it was an old man wielding a weapon of mass destruction and pouring popcorn into the bag.

"Hey, go buy some, the movie theater is expensive. ”

The girl proposed, and the boy nodded naturally and bought a bag for a dime. It's hot and a little hot, and it's dry and crispy in your mouth, and it doesn't taste good at first, but it takes two chews to get a little sweet.

The two of them were tired and crooked, and came to the cinema in Haidian District.

The face of the high door, with steps, is like a club. There are two floors above and below, and there is a screen.

When the two of them arrived at the door, they used to put a row of wooden boards and paste propaganda posters. Especially around the Spring Festival is the peak season, and you often can't see the end at a glance.

Today, it's surprisingly a movie, called "Mighty Police Raptors Pepper Girl".

"What kind of broken piece is this?"

The girl was not happy, so she ran to the ticket office and asked, "Why is it just a film?"

"You ask me, I ask who is going?"

"Is there a new film in a few days?"

"You ask me, I ask who is going?"

"Hey, do you talk like that?

"Don't sell your tickets!"

"Okay, okay, if you don't have it, don't watch it, go and watch the video. ”

Before the girl went crazy, the boyfriend forcibly pulled it away.

When she left, the staff was still energetic, pulling their necks and arguing, "Xiao Li, make another call! Everyone in the district is dead?

"Eldest sister, I've done it several times, it's really no film!"

"How could it not be?"

"It's not Document 3 yet. ”

"Du Teniang is full, change to a grandma! This is good, you have to be embarrassed and throw it away! You call again!"

"Eh. ”

Xiao Li didn't have a problem.

......

The Beijing Film Distribution Company is equivalent to a provincial-level company, and the district is equivalent to the prefecture-level. The cinemas are all state-run, run by these companies, and belong to the cultural sector.

When Xiao Li called again, Lao Mo, the manager of the Haidian District company, was also arguing.

"Can you still do it, do you have anything to talk about? If you don't come to the film again, you will drink the northwest wind during the Spring Festival! It's not just the Spring Festival, you have to drink the northwest wind in the future!"

"Aren't there a few studios tempting?"

"Tempting the top fart, he didn't dare to come. I really can't, I'll talk to them personally. ”

"Don't, don't!"

The deputy hurriedly advised, "It's a sensitive time, everyone is watching from top to bottom, we can't be the first birds." ”

"That can't be so stiff!"

"Stiffness is better than recklessness, the city is staring at it, who dares to move if they don't move?"

Tut!

Lao Mo was upset, smoked one by one, and finally picked up the phone and dialed the city company, "Hey, Lao Lin, what's the matter with you?"

"Oh, don't be impatient. ”

There was a bit of schadenfreude over there, a bit of a mixed tone of defeat and defeat, "Don't you talk about the document? Talk to us first, and then come back to you if you can't negotiate, but now we're still talking...... Wait, wait. ”

!

Lao Mo hung up the phone, "Passive resistance! Passive resistance!"

"Okay, it's like this all over the country, we can't help it, just wait. The deputy was helpless.

......

Jingcheng City Company.

The general manager also hung up the phone, and others persuaded: "If you continue to do it, there should be opinions below, isn't it ......?"

"What is it? It's a big deal, how can it be child's play!

As soon as the system is abolished, our advantage will be gone, and the company will have so many mouths, who will support it? Where will the money come from? Who will bear the risk?"

"But this ......"

"It's okay, let's wait and see for a while, it's really not okay for the national industry to hold a meeting, and then we can't collectively go to the book. By the way, how many studios are there to talk about?"

"Well, three. ”

"Keep dragging on, don't negotiate, don't negotiate. This day can't change!"

............

On January 5, 1993, Radio and Television issued a document "Several Opinions on Deepening the Reform of the Film Industry Mechanism at Present".

1. Cancel the unified purchase and sales, and the studio will contact the local distribution unit on its own. Economic settlement can be carried out through the sale of regional distribution rights, single-film contracting, box office revenue sharing and agency distribution.

However, it is necessary to give priority to negotiating with the provincial company, and if the negotiation fails, it can be negotiated with the lower-level company.

2. The introduction and distribution of imported films are still in charge of China Film.

3. The principle of fare is liberalized, which is formulated by governments at all levels.

4. 70% of documentaries, science and education films, art films, etc., are still acquired and distributed by China Film.

The core of this reform is directly aimed at unified purchasing and marketing, and other aspects are relatively relaxed, and the interests of all parties are taken into account.

But it has caused an uproar, and the decades-old system has disappeared as soon as possible, and many people are like being stripped of their clothes, and Chi Guoguo faces the world, trembling and complaining.

This document is known in the industry as Document 3!

Ordinary people don't know that there has been a major earthquake in the film industry, they just wonder, why are films suddenly scarce?

Several bad movies in various provinces are played back and forth, and I am not interested in watching them. The less interested you are, the more you drill into the video hall, and the more you drill into the movie theater, the less there is anyone.

The theater was in a hurry to ask for a film, and forced it to the county and city, and the county and city asked the province, but the province did not take the initiative and was not active.

Some powerful municipal-level companies want to do a vote, but they are afraid of going up and dare not make a move easily, so this deadlock situation is formed.

......

"We have three movies in our hands, and we finished filming in the second half of last year, and we haven't submitted them for review, just waiting for you to reform.

As a result, our factory also set up a distribution department, and we also sent people to talk. If people can't do it and don't give permission, they will consume you, talk to the following, and they don't dare to agree.

What do you think you should do?"

"Don't worry. Reform is not achieved overnight, it is all done slowly. We'll watch for a while, and you can rest assured that we have a countermeasure. ”

"That's good, that's good. ”

Leader Tian personally sent the old man out, the old man was over 70 years old, and he came all the way to ask for help.

As soon as I was sent away, a representative of another studio also applied to meet, and the producers association also came. It was so easy to be appeased, and Leader Tian sat alone at the table and sighed.

The strong resistance of these issuing companies, he has been prepared for a long time. But this kind of reform is a good thing, but some people don't let you do it, it's really depressing.

“......”

He thought for a while, picked up the phone, and said, "Hey, Lao Cheng, how is "The Lion King"?"

"All the best?"

"Finished filming right away? Oh good. ”

Hung up and dialed again.

"Hey, please help me find Xu Fei. ”

"Who are you?"

"My surname is Tian. ”

There was a sudden strange noise, as if he was in a panic: "Hello, Mr. Xu has gone abroad and will come back after the Spring Festival." He told him that if you call, I can record it for you and then convey it to him immediately. ”

"Abroad?"

Leader Tian was stunned, and he didn't delay coming back after the Spring Festival, so he didn't care, "It's okay, I'll look for him when I arrive." ”

Putting down the phone, he sat alone for a while, and his mood of being immersed in officialdom for many years was actually a little enthusiastic.

It's a battle, a big battle!

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