The relevant content of the film distribution reform was proposed last summer, but it was not until the beginning of this year that Document No. 13 was issued, and it took more than half a year to wait. Xu Wangqiu thought that the export company was similar, and there would be no results if he didn't wait for more than half a year, but he didn't expect the results to come out so quickly, and said with a smile: "How can it be so fast?"

Wang Lanxi said with a smile: "Taizong said that you should be bold and move faster. It does not take much money to set up a film export company, and it can earn foreign exchange, and the central government will definitely raise its hands in favor of it. After our report was typed, the central government quickly approved it. ”

In the past, the state regarded movies more as a propaganda tool and emphasized political awareness, but now the focus of the country's work has shifted to economic construction, and there are not so many political considerations. After Wang Lanxi's report was submitted to the central government, the senior leaders were very surprised, and they realized that film is a big industry, with a locomotive effect, which can drive the development of toys, books, tourism and other related industries.

South Korean President Kim Yong-sam once said: If Disney's annual turnover is on par with IBM's, then why don't we go all out to develop the film and television industry? Under Kim Yong-san's promotion, South Korea's "Film Promotion Law" has been promulgated, and the Korean film and television industry has received great attention. Fueled by the South Korean government, Hallyu soon became a climate that swept across Asia.

The central leaders saw that Warner Bros., Disney and other Hollywood film and television companies had annual revenues of billions of dollars by virtue of their complete film and television industry chains, and they had similar ideas to Kim Yong-san. Our annual export volume is only about $10 billion, and the annual revenue of other American film companies is several billion yuan. Since the film industry is so profitable, it can earn foreign exchange, and it can also promote our culture, so why don't we engage in the film and television industry?

In less than a month, the State Council held two special meetings on film export companies. The Ministry of Culture has even taken the film export company as a major project, and has issued a document to each film studio, requiring all film studios and film companies to give full support to the export company.

Wang Lanxi stared at Xu Wangqiu and said slowly: "On the 25th and 26th, the State Council, the Planning Commission, and the Ministry of Culture have successively issued notices to officially approve the plan for the establishment of a film export company, merging the import and output office of China Film Company, China Film Co-production Company, Southern Pictures in Xiangjiang, Great Wall, Phoenix, Xinlian Company, Clear Water Bay Film Factory, and some other overseas institutions to establish China Film Export Company, referred to as China/1 Company. ”

Xu Wangqiu was drinking tea, and when he heard the abbreviation of the export company, the tea in his mouth suddenly squirted out. He choked on the tea, choked on tears, and slapped his chest several times before he regained his strength. Xu Wangqiu was speechless, thinking to himself what a broken abbreviation, this abbreviation is too weird!

Wang Lanxi saw that Xu Wangqiu was choked on drinking saliva, and thought that Wangqiu, this kid is good at everything, but he is relatively rough, and he can be choked when he drinks water, and continued: "I made a report on the establishment of an export company to the central government, and the central government handed over this matter to me, and I was responsible for it." Now the leading working group and office of the export company have been established, and soon the export company will be listed. The state attaches so much importance to the export company, then our first work must be launched. After thinking about it, I found that your "Falcon" is the most suitable. How's that, do you have any ideas?"

Xu Wangqiu knew the importance of the first work to the export company, but he also knew very well the importance of "Falcon" to the studio. Xiuying Studio has spent a lot of effort on "Falcon", and it will bring tens of millions of income to the factory, if it is taken away by the export company, they will definitely have opinions, and may even be dissatisfied with Xu Wangqiu.

If this is the case, then the matter of the contracted labor service company may be yellow!

Xu Wangqiu felt that he couldn't do this, so he pondered for a few seconds and said: "Xiuying Studio has made a lot of efforts for "Falcon", and if the film is directly swept away, Xiuying Studio will definitely be dissatisfied, which is not good." I don't think it's as good as this, half of the film's investment in the show studio and the export company, and half of the income is also earned. In this way, the income obtained by the show studio is higher than the income obtained by their own investment. With the example of "Falcon", any good project in the film studio in the future will take the initiative to find an export company to cooperate. ”

Wang Lanxi was slightly stunned: "One person and half, their income is higher?"

Xu Wangqiu settled accounts for Wang Lanxi: "Take "Hoe Rape" as an example, the copy of "Hoe Rape" is 453, and the copy fee is 4.53 million. Assuming that the box office is 100 million yuan, then the film studio can get 9 million, which adds up to 13.53 million. Cooperate with an export company, with a box office of 100 million, and the export company can get 35 million. If one person and a half, the film studio can get 17.5 million, which is 4 million more. And that's just domestic, plus overseas they get even more. As long as "Falcon" is successful, other studios will come to us as soon as they have good projects. ”

Wang Lanxi's eyes lit up, this is a good idea! In this way, the export company does not have to worry about the project!

Wang Lanxi originally planned to draw a group of creative forces from various film studios to form a creative team of export companies. There must be a lot of opinions from the film studio, but the export company does not have its own creative team, so it can only do this. Now after listening to Xu Wangqiu's words, he suddenly found that it is better to cooperate with the film studio without transferring people from the film studio. By cooperating with an export company, the film studio can share millions more, and the film factory will take the initiative to bring their scripts to the door without the export company having to bother to find the script.

Wang Lanxi was in a good mood and said with a smile: "Wangqiu, you are really my Kong Ming! I am currently considering transferring candidates from the film studio to transfer Xie Jin over. I was worried that the film studio would be very resistant, but after listening to your words, this problem was solved perfectly. Now that the company has just begun to prepare, it is the time to employ people. I don't think you should continue to stay in Nortel, first come to our leadership office, the export company is officially established, and you will work in the export company. ”

Xu Wangqiu said with a smile: "I'm only a sophomore now, and I still have two years to graduate!"

Wang Lanxi said disapprerovingly: "With your ability and level, there is no problem in graduating from Nortel ahead of schedule." Your level is higher than Nortel's teachers, and staying in school is a waste of time. However, the process that should be taken is still to be followed, and the graduation thesis and thesis defense are indispensable. How about you, would you like to graduate early and come to work with me?"

Xu Wangqiu was shocked when he heard this, Beiping Film Academy is an institution directly under the Ministry of Culture, under the management of the Ministry of Culture, as the leader of Nortel's competent department, there is no difficulty in allowing Xu Wangqiu to graduate early. He joined Nortel mainly to get the opportunity to direct as soon as possible and accumulate contacts. Now that he is a director and has connections, there is really no need to stay at Nortel anymore.

Xu Wangqiu pondered for a few seconds and said, "Of course I am willing, I can't ask for it to learn from Minister Wang." However, I was busy with the preparation and filming of "Falcon" in the next few months, and I did not have time to write my thesis. After I finished filming "The Falcon", I wrote two essays well, and then applied to the school to graduate early. Otherwise, the impact will not be good, and some people will say that I graduated through the back door. ”

Wang Lanxi asked Xu Wangqiu to join the leading group for two reasons, one is that Xu Wangqiu is indeed very capable and can let him help him fight for himself, and the other is that he wants to protect Xu Wangqiu, such a capable young man, if he is ruined by some people for personal revenge, it will be a pity.

Hearing Xu Wangqiu say this, he smiled and said, "That's fine." "Falcon" is the first film of the export company, and it is related to the success or failure of the company, and it must be filmed well. But don't patronize the movie, come to my side if you have a lot of things to do, come and help me out. I'm counting you as a supernumerary member of our office. ”

The normal process of domestic government departments to carry out work is to set up a corresponding leading group, the leader of the group is generally the leader of the government, the deputy leader is the deputy in the government, and the members of the group are the heads of relevant departments. The leading group is generally responsible for formulating major policies, while the offices under the leading group are often responsible for specific affairs.

The same is true for the state's film export companies, and the Ministry of Culture has set up a "special leading group for film exports" and its office. Wang Lanxi is the deputy head of the leading group and the director of the office. Taking into account the particularity and importance of this project, which involves the coordination of multiple departments, the central government decided that Wang Lanxi will be the general manager after the formal establishment of the export company.

It is very rare for a ministerial-level bigwig to serve as the leader of the company in China. Xu Wangqiu knows only one, in the 90s, in order to impact semiconductors, the country engaged in the 909 project, and Hu Qili, Minister of Electronics Industry, was personally in charge, and concurrently served as the chairman of Huahong NEC. Now that Wang Lanxi is personally in charge and concurrently serves as the chairman of the export company, he can clearly feel that the state attaches great importance to this matter.

According to the plan, the film export company will be divided into three parts, the co-production company and the input and output office will be combined to form a new company to concentrate on the production of high-cost commercial blockbusters; Nanfang Pictures and overseas institutions will be integrated to be responsible for the overseas distribution of films; and Changfengxin and Clear Water Bay Studios will be integrated to form a silver capital organization.

After hearing about the combined structure of the export company, Xu Wangqiu found that there was a very important department, so he said: "The export company can transfer personnel from the film studio and the China Film Company, right?"

Wang Lanxi nodded and said, "Yes, anyone we need can be drawn from the film studio and film company." However, some people are the treasures of the film studio, and even if we want it, people may not give it. For example, Xie Jin, if we transfer Xie Jin to the export company, then the Magic Shadow Factory is afraid that it will be a big trouble. ”

Xu Wangqiu immediately said: "Then we should extract a group of technical backbones from the stunt workshops of various film factories to form the special effects department of the export company." If we are going to make a blockbuster, we can't do without special effects. Why is "Hoe Rape" so popular and sold so well overseas? Not only is the story wonderful, but also our pyrotechnic special effects. "Star Wars" has a global box office of more than 700 million US dollars, and the film investment is only 11 million, which we can afford, but we can't shoot at the level of others, because our technology is not good. If our films want to make a difference overseas, they will definitely have to take a high-tech route like "Star Wars" in the future, and it is very important to establish their own special effects team. ”

Wang Lanxi recently watched some Hollywood movies, and obviously felt the gap with the other party, not anything else, let's just say that the movie picture, the domestic movie picture is dirty, with many pockmarks and scratches, while the American film picture is clean and beautiful. Now when I heard Xu Wangqiu say this, he said: "You are right, if an export company wants to become bigger and stronger, it must have its own technology. If you know a lot about special effects, draw up a list and ask for someone from the film studio when the time comes. ”

Xu Wangqiu thought for a while and said: "Yu Ze of Bayi Factory must want it, I heard that Zhang Erzan of Beijing Film Studio is very powerful, and he is as famous as Ge Yongliang of Magic Film Studio, known as North Zhang Nange." Speaking of this, he suddenly laughed: "Falcon was originally going to cooperate with them, and it would be great if we could poach them." ”

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