Hujiang Film Studio, in a small screening room borrowed by Xiao Suituo. A group of people who had just finished their meeting at the café had a sample film here.

Gu Biao and Xiao Sui are the gatekeepers, and the others are purely resting and pastime after afternoon tea.

"Smack~"

"Da Ya La~ Da Ya La La*12 ......"

As the lights turned on, a melodious ending song was heard in the sound.

What is shown on the screen is the movie "Manhunt" by Ken Takakura, which was introduced to China eight months ago and is now so popular that it is purple.

The opening of the country to the cultural products began in November 1978. In December, "Manhunt" was fortunate to become the first and only film introduced to China in 78, and it can be regarded as the hottest imported film of that era.

The film was translated and introduced by the dubbing department under Hujiang Film Studio, which is the unit where Xiao Sui's mother works.

The real large-scale release of this movie was after the Spring Festival in 79, and the spread in second- and third-tier cities was even slower, and now it still dominates the position of "the hottest movie of this year", and refuses to make room for the younger brother behind.

In a word, people who have not experienced that era can hardly imagine how popular this film was in China in 79.

When Gu Biao was in the capital, he actually took the time to accompany his female classmates to see it, and now it is a second brush.

When he learned a few months ago that Ma Feng had set up a translation agency and wanted to do this business, he also sighed:

If the time for himself to be rewarded for his meritorious service and establish his own power was half a year earlier, he would definitely have grabbed the translation of this film. It's best to find some possible outsourcing work in the distribution process, and now it is not possible to establish some status in the "entertainment industry"?

But I can only think about it, at that time he hadn't even been to Albania, and he hadn't written "Don't Say It", let alone a bunch of follow-up foreign affairs and financial support, making these completely delusional.

And Xiao Sui has watched this movie many times recently - since she finished the college entrance examination and came to live in Hujiang, she has basically watched all the films that have samples in her mother's factory.

As the screening ended, Xiao Sui got up elegantly, turned around and leaned on the back of the chair in the front row, looking at Gu Biao.

She also pulled out a page of documents in her hand and placed it in front of Gu Biao.

The above is the list and review of the "First (78) Akaben Film Academy Awards" and "The 50th (76th) Akaben Film Awards", which are translated from Japanese.

"Do you know why I asked you to watch this film again?" Xiao Sui asked intellectually.

Gu Biao: "Because this film is good-looking, do you want to teach me how to judge what movies are worth introducing?"

Xiao Sui stroked his long hair: "Generally speaking, you are not wrong to summarize it like this." If you want to do this business, you need to know how the 'editors' of the studio determine whether a foreign film is good or bad and whether it has commercial value. ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Sui turned his head, turned to the other four companions, and asked, "Do you think "Manhunt" is the best movie in the same period?"

"I guess so, it's all so good-looking. Wen Ying was the first to speak.

Ma Feng was more shrewd than her, and said carefully: "We haven't seen other films, only this choice, it's hard to say." ”

Gu Min and Yang Xin also expressed similar views to Ma Feng.

"Okay, then I'll show you some editing highlights, all of which are other films from the year. Xiao Sui didn't talk nonsense, and immediately changed the belt-

In the Hujiang Film Studio, even if it is not introduced, there are at least hundreds of copies there. Because these are all samples sent by my peers for everyone to appreciate, as long as they are not circulated for large-scale public screening or ripping pirated copies, the employees and families of the film studio itself have no problem looking at it as they want.

If you really plan to buy it, you will officially talk about copyright.

Half an hour later, Xiao Sui released a collection of nearly 10 high-profile films of the same year.

This time, almost everyone said that "Manhunt" was the best.

But the page of documents in Gu Biao's hand shows that "Manhunt" was only rated in the top 20 of the best movies two years ago, and the domestic box office was only a small profit.

Even if it is subdivided into the category of "black list police and bandit spy war films", it is barely squeezed into the top five nominations, but it is definitely not the best black list police and gangster film of the year.

Gu Biao didn't care about these historical issues in his previous life, and now he has to analyze them on the spot, so naturally he can't be very professional.

He made a rough judgment: "Is it because we have just opened the country, so no matter what foreign film comes, everyone thinks it is good-looking? Or can a brick fly into the sky?"

"There are factors in this, but the awareness is not deep enough. Xiao Sui changed his words and asked inspiringly, "Do you think, which one has high artistic value, "Traveling in Streams and Mountains" or "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival", and which one has high archaeological value?"

was asked like this, even if Gu Biao was an engineering student in his previous life, he understood in an instant.

You want to say that "Manhunt" is the "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" in the film industry, although the artistic value is very low, and the plot is not reasonable. But there are enough 'show-off' points piled up. It is very suitable for foreigners to see the development of the book with the highest expression concentration. ”

And several other students have not yet reacted - mainly because of the lack of art education in this era, they only know the name "Qingming Riverside Picture", but they don't know that its artistic status is not high.

Gu Biao explained: "You think about it this way, in Chinese painting, the ones with high artistic value must be people, at least landscapes, flowers and birds." And the architectural painting is very lo, it is a 'boundary painting'.

That is, the kind of painting that is drawn with the help of a compass and a ruler, which is equivalent to the current engineering design drawing, which may be very accurate, but the artistic attainment is absolutely spicy.

Even when Hitler applied for the Vienna Academy of Arts, his teacher commented that he 'was good at architectural painting, but unfortunately the characters were not good' and kicked him out. In addition, Hitler's math scores were too poor, and it was impossible to transfer to the architectural design department of the Vienna Academy of Arts, and in the end he fell off the list and became an extreme ideological person......"

When the friends heard this example, they couldn't help but laugh.

Gu Biao also realized that he was far away, and hurriedly tilted the building back: "However, why is the "Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival" now of high value in our textbooks? Because it provides a lot of archaeological materials for the life of the Song Dynasty, it is worth studying.

We can see what details of the house architecture of the Song Dynasty, how the bridge was built, what the transportation environment was, what the people's food culture was, and whether there were any contemporary utensils and food that have been lost......

But these things, in the eyes of the people of the Song Dynasty, have no research value. They will think: I still have to look at the paintings to know what dim sum is sold in the Fan Lou opposite my house? Just look at the menu, or go to the store to watch the rich people eat a big meal, don't they all know it?

The popularity of "Pursuit" in China is also for this reason, Ken Takakura went to Hokkaido to escape for a while, and finally returned to Tokyo, but when he went, he took the Shinkansen, and when he came back, he could actually fly a plane by himself, and he could still have a good time with the big landlord in Hokkaido, and even finally brought a large group of horses back to the streets of Tokyo to ride horses and scatter the crowd......

These bustles alone are enough to have never seen a private jet, never seen a Shinkansen, or seen a galloping Gunma in the city center. Plot and artistry are no longer important. It is said that I am equivalent to the people of the Song Dynasty on the river map of the Qingming Dynasty, and we are equivalent to modern people who want to peek into the details of the life of the Song Dynasty.

If we want to do this business, we must also select these films that are not popular in the original language, have low artistic value and are not high at the box office, so that the copyright fees demanded by the Japanese side will be cheaper.

At the same time, it is necessary to let more contemporary Western capital pay attention to the display of luxury, corruption and depravity in these films, so that the domestic audience can watch it lively, and their blood will boil just by looking at the lifestyle. ”

"So there is so much knowledge here?" several friends picked up small notebooks to record.

And although Xiao Sui had done a lot of homework in advance, he was already ignorant of some concepts in this regard. But after savoring it, I found that I was indeed not as lofty as Gu Biao said.

"That's a good point, I did my homework a week in advance, and I didn't hit the nail on the head as you said. Xiao Gu, if you come to engage in media work, you will definitely be a good hand. Xiao Sui said self-deprecatingly.

"It's over. Gu Biao didn't take credit, he knew that he just had decades of common sense.

The development of media theory in later generations has reached a tragic point, not to mention the shock department, even if there is no shock department, just relying on the remaining criminals to make today's people dumbfounded.

Gu Biao worked in an Internet company in his previous life, even though he was just a code farmer, but he usually chatted with colleagues from the operation and planning departments during dinner, and that little talk was enough to kill all parties now.

It can be said that any cultural and entertainment product in his hands can turn decay into wonder and is worth a lot of money.

"That's it, I originally asked my mother to have dinner with Producer Xu in the evening, and I will introduce you to you. When the time comes, you can use these ideas you have summarized and talk to them. If you can establish a stable outsourcing partnership, it will be much easier later, and you won't have to talk about each film separately. ”

"Is there a leader? Shall we go too?" Wen Ying, who had the most minor qualifications, was a little stage frightened at first.

Xiao Sui glanced at everyone, and didn't force it: "It's okay if you don't want to go, but it's not a formal occasion, my mother and Xu Producer have also been friends for many years, so it's good for everyone to be a family banquet, don't be restrained." ”

"That's good, let's be solemn, Producer Xu should be polite. Let's go, everybody. Gu Biao made a decision, "Is the place decided, I'll have some dishes, I'll treat you, so that it won't be rude for us to bring more people here." ”

"At half past five, next to the Jin Jiang Hotel. Xiao Sui naturally wouldn't be polite to Gu Biao, and reported the location directly.

The group prepared a little and hurriedly set off.

Gu Biao also took out the French master's custom suit that he carefully folded in his suitcase, the suit was light and thin, and the Jin Jiang Hotel was air-conditioned, which was just right for wearing.

It's important to show your strength in front of your business partners.

After all, this is the first time Gu Biao has sought cooperation in a private capacity, and there is no country behind him to endorse him.