The next morning, Xu Wangqiu followed Zhang Xiaoping to the conference room on the second floor of the Ministry of Culture. In the middle of the conference room is a round table, where the leaders and factory directors sit. There are also some seats next to it that are occupied by other participants. When Xu Wangqiu walked into the meeting, there were already dozens of people sitting inside, chatting very casually. The people present are all from the film system, except for China Film which is the enemy of the people, the film studios belong to brother units, and the relationship is good.

Xu Wangqiu's eyes swept and saw two people from Xiuying Studio, the older one was called Yang Guoping, and the younger one was Liao Fan. Xu Wangqiu knew all of them, so he walked over and sat down next to them. As soon as he sat down, Liao Fan asked, "Wangqiu, why are you here?" Xu Wangqiu said with a smile: "I have never participated in this kind of meeting, so come and join in the fun." Liao Fan believed it: "This kind of meeting is actually very boring, and it is estimated that you will not stay long before you want to slip away." ”

At about the same time, the door of the conference room was pushed open, and heavyweights appeared one after another. Wang Lanxi, Vice Minister of the Ministry of Culture, Chen Huangmei, Deputy Secretary of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles, Yuan Wenshu, Chairman of the Film Association, and Huo Zhengang, Director of the Film Bureau, walked into the venue one after another.

When Wang Lanxi walked into the conference room, he was slightly stunned when he saw Xu Wangqiu sitting in the back, and he didn't know why Xu Wangqiu came here. He knew that Xu Wangqiu was famous for being able to toss, but he still liked this student very much, and asked with a smile: "Wangqiu, you don't study well, why did you sneak here with us?"

Xu Wangqiu said with a smile: "I heard that there is a meeting on the reform of film distribution and screening here, and I am more interested in this issue, so I followed Director Zhang in to have a look." Minister Wang, you're not going to kick me out, are you?"

"You have studied film theory and the future development trend of film, and since you are here, you will also speak in a moment. Wang Lanxi deliberately said with a straight face, "If you don't say it well, I will not only drive you out, but also beat your board." ”

Xu Wangqiu said with a smile: "I will definitely speak well and never let the leaders down." ”

Many people present saw Xu Wangqiu talking to Wang Lanxi, and his tone was very casual, and they were a little curious, and they all found out which leader's child Xu Wangqiu should be.

Yang Guoping and Liao Fan knew that Xu Wangqiu was from Factory 132, that is, an ordinary family, and they were very surprised to see that Xu Wangqiu was very familiar with Wang Lanxi. Yang Guoping couldn't help but ask, "Wangqiu, how do you know Minister Wang?"

Xu Wangqiu said with a smile: "Minister Wang is the leader of our school's leading group, of course I know him. ”

Yang Guoping and the others suddenly realized, it turned out to be like this!

As Wang Lanxi took his seat, the meeting began quickly. Continuing yesterday's topic, we will continue to discuss the reform of China's film distribution and screening.

The first to stand up and speak was Wang Yang, director of the Beijing Film Studio, who took out a set of data: "Last year, the total income of cinemas and distribution across the country was 900 million yuan, and these revenues mainly relied on domestic feature films, including stage art films, accounting for about 81.4 percent of the total income; foreign films and Xiangjiang films accounted for 14.9 percent; and the income from science, education, and documentaries accounted for 3.7 percent. The profit of the film company is very large, the profit of the China Film Company and the provincial and municipal companies is 130 million yuan, the profit of the printing factory is 20.06 million yuan, and the profit of the equipment company is 8.48 million yuan, while the profit of our 12 studios is only 14.67 million yuan. We made 8 movies last year, but the profit was only 49,000. If the quality of the film is not good, I have nothing to say. But the quality of our films is not good? Our film market has responded very well. It's just that our films are better made and cost more. As a result, our films are of good quality and popular, but we can't make any money, is that fair? The movies are invested by our studio, but our profits are the least, which is not fair, very unfair!"

Several film studio directors shouted: "This is really unfair, this is absolutely exploitation!"

"It's really unreasonable, the film was obviously filmed by us. This unfair distribution should be broken!"

"Your China Film Company is even more ruthless than Huang Shiren, you are drinking the blood of our film studio!"

Ding Jianming heard that the film studio said that he was Huang Shiren, and he couldn't help but speak: "I already said yesterday that we in China Film must make money, and it is impossible to make money, because we want to ensure that hundreds of millions of farmers watch movies." ”

Zhang Xiaoping smiled and said, "We also think that Chinese farmers are very miserable, and their right to watch movies should be guaranteed." We went back yesterday and discussed it and came up with a solution. The Film Bureau shall levy a special fund for the development of the national film industry at the rate of 5% of the box office income of cinemas in cities at or above the county level. Last year, the box office of Chinese films was 900 million, and 5% was 45 million. If the money is not enough, 10% can be levied. That's 90 million. With this money, we can build rural cinemas and organize rural screening teams, which can perfectly solve the problem of peasants watching movies. ”

As soon as this remark came out, the people in the film studio were all bright-eyed, and they all felt that this idea was wonderful, and with the special fund, China Film Company could not talk about the problem of farmers watching movies. Wang Lanxi also secretly exclaimed, feeling that this idea was excellent, and with this fund, the funds for rural film screenings were guaranteed.

Ding Jianming has stayed in Xiangjiang and abroad, and knows that many countries are running film development funds to support their own films, but he didn't expect Zhang Xiaoping to use this to solve the problem of farmers watching movies. Yesterday, when he heard Wang Yang and them throw out a ladder account, he felt that there was a master behind him, and now when he heard the Film Development Fund, he was even more sure of this.

However, Ding Jianming is also a well-informed person, so how can he easily admit defeat: "Our country has 120,000 screening units, of which more than 40,000 are in urban areas and more than 80,000 in rural areas. Most of the city's more than 40,000 screening units are theaters, theaters, clubs and trade union projection teams that also show films, and there are only 2,650 professional cinemas. These cinemas are in disrepair, dilapidated, and even dilapidated. Many cities have seen an increase in population, but fewer cinemas. In the early days of the liberation of the magic capital, there were 50 movie theaters, and now there are only 39. The population of Peking grew from 2 million to 4.5 million, but the number of movie theaters fell from 29 to 25. In addition, there are now more than 700 counties in the country that do not have movie theaters. ”

After putting the difficulties out, Ding Jianming began to explain his reasons: "Movie theater renovation costs money, and building new movie theaters costs money. It's not that we don't want to give money to film studios, it's that there's really no way, we need money to build more movie theaters to solve the problem of the masses watching movies. It's not that film account sharing can't be done, but it can't be done now, and now we should concentrate funds on the renovation and construction of movie theaters. When we have more movie theaters and the movie theaters are renovated, the box office income of the movie will come up, and it will be completely okay to divide the account when the time comes. Solving the problem of the masses having difficulty watching movies is now a top priority. In this matter, we can only ask the comrades in the film studio to carry forward the style. ”

Xu Wangqiu sighed slightly, in fact, Ding Jianming's words made sense. There are too few professional cinemas in China, and most audiences don't pay for movies. If the film system is to increase its revenue, it will have to build more professional cinemas. China Film's point of view is very simple, that is, first do not divide the account, concentrate money to build a movie theater, and then share the account with the film studio when there are more movie theaters and the box office of the movie is high. If the film industry can continue to develop, then the film studio can suffer for a few years, but the problem is that the impact of television on movies will soon begin, and the number of moviegoers in China will soon fall rapidly.

Several directors of film studios saw that Ding Jianming sang the tune very high, and directly related to solving the problem of the difficulty of the masses watching movies, if they oppose it, it is equivalent to opposing the masses watching movies, and they don't know what to say.

Zhang Xiaoping couldn't refute Ding Jianming's words. However, Zhang Xiaoping knew that Xu Wangqiu had a lot of ghost ideas, so he named Xu Wangqiu: "Wangqiu, you can talk about it." He also said to everyone present: "This is Xu Wangqiu from our factory, he has studied the distribution and screening of foreign films, let's listen to his views." ”

The eyes of everyone present were focused on Xu Wangqiu, and many people saw that Xu Wangqiu was only seventeen or eighteen years old, and they didn't understand why Zhang Xiaoping did this? The people of China Film Company were secretly amused, thinking that Zhang Xiaoping really couldn't find the words to refute Ding Jianming, and pushed this young man out just to find a step down.

Wang Yang was extremely confident in Xu Wangqiu, and said one after another: "Wangqiu, say whatever you think." "Yes, don't be afraid to say the wrong thing, just say whatever you want. "We've got your back. ”

Xu Wangqiu didn't expect to be pushed out so quickly: "Give me two minutes, I'll sort out my thoughts." ”

Wang Lanxi originally thought that Xu Wangqiu was interested in film reform and came to see the excitement, but now he knew that he was the reinforcement that Zhang Xiaoping had found, and laughed: "Wangqiu, you can say anything you want." Although you are not an expert, you are not an expert but you are more like an expert, and I would like to hear your opinion, if you have any ideas, please say it!"

Now there was a sound of inhalation, and everyone couldn't believe their ears. I heard you right? Minister Wang actually said that this young man is not an expert but is more like an expert, and he still wants to hear his thoughts, is this young man so powerful?

Chen Huangmei, deputy secretary of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles next to him, saw that Wang Lanxi spoke highly of Xu Wangqiu, so he asked who Xu Wangqiu was. Wang Lanxi said a few words simply, and Chen Huangmei immediately laughed: "It turned out to be Comrade Hehuo who fought with his tongue and fought against Confucianism! What a hero from ancient times!"

Hearing this, the audience was shocked, I didn't expect the deputy secretary of the Federation of Literary and Art Circles to know this young man, what is the origin of this!

Wang Lanxi saw that everyone was full of doubts, and introduced with a smile: "You may not know the name Xu Wangqiu, but his pen name He Huo, I believe you should have heard of it, the screenwriter of "Mom Loves Me Again", and the article "On the Sinicization of Modern Film Language" is also his handwriting, recently he made a movie "Hoe Rape", which was screened several times in Beiping, and critics believe that this is an epoch-making film. ”

Everyone at the scene is from the film system, they have all watched "Mom Loves Me Again", and they have all read "On the Sinicization of Modern Film Language", and they all know the name Hehuo, but they never dreamed that the famous Hehuo would be a seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man. After listening to Wang Lanxi's words, everyone dared to have the slightest contempt, and their curious eyes were focused on Xu Wangqiu, wanting to hear what he would say.

Ding Jianming looked at Xu Wangqiu, thinking that this Hehuo should be the one who gave Zhang Xiaoping and them ideas, but he is so young and knows so much about foreign countries, could he have come back from abroad?