Chapter 593: The Beginning 1996

December 31, night.

The company had already left work, but the lights were on in the small conference room of the magazine, and Xu Fei, Yu Jiajia, all the editors and the watermelon studio all participated.

How to add, delete and improve the word-by-word study of "What is the main theme" in that article. There is a stack of materials piled up on the desk, and two people are buried in it, and they are responsible for matching with official documents.

As mentioned earlier, this kind of ideological argument must conform to the spirit of the central authorities. You can't just write casually with a pat on the head, you have to conform to what kind of speech and what kind of law, this is called being justified and well-founded.

You can't make it yourself!

When the central authorities put forward a new idea, it must go through how many people have demonstrated and studied it many times before it can be published at an appropriate time. If the central government doesn't mention it, you are here ****, eight honors and eight shames, what do you want to do?

The order can't be reversed!

Therefore, there must be a basis for writing articles, and the current basis is the sentence "carry forward the main theme, advocate diversity, and vigorously advocate the four everythings".

At this moment, Yu Jiajia read the article again and said, "I think it's almost." ”

"Comprehensive enough, I can't think of more. ”

“......”

Xu Fei also read it and said: "Change 'the main theme can also be commercialized' to 'the main theme can also be very good'."

In the future, we should pay attention to it, even if we think so in our hearts, we should not say that the main theme is commercialized, it will cause trouble. ”

"Good!"

So it was revised again.

Tossed until more than nine o'clock, and finally decided on a few articles. One of them was published in "New Film and Television", and the others were kept for refutation or in-depth discussion.

"Let's get here first. ”

Xu Fei looked at the time and said, "Old Yu, you took them to get together, and the company paid for it, and they have been tired of hard work in the past two days." ”

"Then I'm the Great Wall Hotel?"

"Okay, it's okay in heaven and on earth. ”

Wow!

Seven watermelons are probably the first generation of otaku, and they are very excited to hear it, and they are even more excited to participate in this kind of thing. You said that as soon as I wrote the script, why did I write a big-character poster?

"Mr. Xu, who do you estimate is the first to speak?"

"I don't know, I'll see it after New Year's Day. ”

"Hehe, I'm inexplicably hot-blooded!"

"I'm the same!"

"Alright, I'll go back first, Happy New Year everyone. ”

"Happy New Year to Mr. Xu!"

He put on his coat and hurried downstairs, the north wind howling on a winter night, and the ground was covered with snow.

Back to the community, the lights inside are bright, and because there are many foreigners, the atmosphere of Christmas and New Year is very strong. There are still colorful lights on the trees, and Happy New Year is plastered everywhere.

Xu Fei went to his girlfriend's house, the house was warm, and Zhang Li had prepared a meal early.

The three of them attach great importance to the sense of ceremony, and if they can be together at important moments, they will try to be together.

Maybe the atmosphere was decent, and after drinking a lot of wine, Xiao Xu cried again inexplicably. echoed the line of "Party A and Party B": said a lot of heart-to-heart words to each other, it was really an unforgettable night.

In the end, they hugged each other and slept honestly...... 1995 has passed, and I miss it a lot.

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

The time came to 1996.

People are looking forward to the Spring Festival as always, and they only vent their bitter cries at the wine table at the end of the year, and nothing happens the next day.

Times, Tianxia, Galaxy, Elaine, and Longda have all closed their accounts and accounted for their assets, and it is said that some changes will occur. The employees are as stable as Mount Tai, anyway, they are all their own families, and the change is also for the better.

And in the busyness, Xu Fei has been waiting.

The film industry in 1996 began with a piece of paper:

The central authorities have decided to place the film studios under the propaganda and cultural outlets of various localities under the leadership of radio and television. The entire production industry is subsumed under the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television.

This is also one of the reforms of Tian and Wu Mengchen, but fortunately it was recognized and implemented.

And two days after the release, the discussion finally came. The latest issue of "China Film Weekly" published an article by Zhao Baohua.

"In March 1987, I was transferred from Changying Studio to Beijing to help Director Teng design the slogan at the National Film Conference: Highlight the main theme and insist on diversity.

This is the first time it has been explicitly proposed.

Another slogan that was adopted at the same time was the unity of the three sexes, that is, artistic, ideological, and ornamental.

Now, these two slogans have become the guiding ideology of the entire film industry.

Coinciding with the past of the 8th Five-Year Plan and the beginning of the 9th Five-Year Plan, and coinciding with the opening of a new chapter in Chinese films, I would like to share my personal views on the issue of the main theme.

The main theme, originally referring to the concept of music, is extended to be the main spirit in literary and artistic works.

In my personal opinion, the main theme is to carry forward the spirit of the times, which is a kind of social responsibility.

It has changed with the changing spirit of the times, and there have been many definitions, but who wants to give it a scientific definition, I don't think there is......"

Zhao Baohua is a film master who is very capable, and has turned the concept of the main theme into "promoting the spirit of the times". Since it is the spirit of the times, it must be the same from period to period.

He didn't define it, or he didn't dare.

This text is like throwing a stone on the surface of a calm lake, causing countless ripples. For a while, filmmakers from all sides posted articles one after another, mainly focusing on three propositions:

What is the leitmotif?

What movies are included in the main theme?

How to understand the main theme and diversity?

Not only conservatives, but also reformers also have some filmmakers who speak out without fear.

"If the leitmotif refers to the content, and the diversity refers to the content, that in itself is very contradictory. Therefore, it must be the main theme of the content and the diversity of forms.

We should correct our narrow understanding of the main theme, especially the argument that only revolutionary themes are the main theme.

To implement the main theme in line with the laws of art, one of the mistakes we often made in the past was that the story was weak, the characters were weak, and the spirit was exaggerated too much, while ignoring the most basic creative elements.

On the other hand, the main theme of Hollywood is very clever, melting the so-called American spirit into the story and characters. For example, "The Lion King", yes, it is an entertainment film, but its core is a real American theme. ”

As soon as these words came out, the crowd attacked them.

A certain leader of Bayi Factory retorted: "We can't do it to entertain the main theme.

Can you choose to die? Can you choose a coward as the protagonist? Can you let nature triumph over man? Can you choose a tricky theme?

Look at the characters again, in the face of catastrophe and catastrophe, can you have a long love for children and flowers? Can you go and moan without illness?

If you play a revolutionary leader, you must look like and look like, can you say that whoever has the box office will play whom?!"

The debate between the two sides is in full swing and has always been too extreme.

It seems that acknowledging the diversity of forms is equivalent to acknowledging that the main theme can be entertained.

Conservatives are in the majority, and some of them are the most narrow-minded, believing that the main theme is revolutionary themes and biographical themes.

......

"Knock knock!"

"Come in!"

Radio and television, Leader Tian walked into the office, "Old Sun, are you looking for me?"

"Sit down. ”

Leader Sun was very unnatural, with a hint of surprise and embarrassment, and pondered for a moment and said, "That's the case, I just received a notice. The organization will soon send a new comrade to serve as the deputy minister in charge of film.

surnamed Zhao, who has been trained at the grassroots level, was formerly the assistant director of Changying Studio. As for you, you will be in charge of personnel and party affairs in the future.

Uh, to be honest, I didn't hear any wind at all, it was really sudden......"

"It doesn't matter. ”

Leader Tian was not surprised by his arrangement, "I will prepare for the handover work." ”

He knew that this person was a lesbian, born in a studio, and worked until he was a senior minister, but he didn't expect to be transferred to manage the movie. But it's better than the layman.

There are several deputy ministers of radio and television, and those in charge of film and television are undoubtedly the most important, and they are idle.

And when he left, Leader Sun also sighed, just after taking over, he caught up with such a big thing, and the work was not easy to do.

"Knock knock!"

After a while, someone knocked on the door again, and the secretary came in and said, "Leader, the latest newspaper has arrived, and I will put it here for you." ”

"Well, got it. ”

Leader Sun didn't look up, and first approved some documents before taking a magazine in his hand.

Recently, there has been a lot of discussion about the main theme, and there are relatively few valuable points, and many of them have been debated before. Like the proposition "whether entertainment contradicts the main theme or not".

He knew in his heart that there was no contradiction, but he couldn't verify it, because no one would shoot it.

"Alas!"

Leader Sun turned the first page, only to find that he was holding "New Film and Television".

"New Film and Television" has a circulation of more than 700,000 yuan, and almost every film and television unit is subscribed. He searched with some anticipation, and sure enough, he found a big headline:

"What is the main theme".

(Thanks to the cute master, there are ...... )