Chapter 882 - Sure to Win (3/3)
In today's era, it is impossible to have a large-scale and tragic war.
Although there is no war, military competition, whether light or dark, also exists.
Especially with the progress of society and the development of the times, the cold confrontation between countries and soft cultural competition have gradually become the mainstream.
And in this regard, it is obvious that China is already a long way behind the Western Omega countries.
This is also related to the tradition of China since ancient times, the sharp weapon of the military is not light, not to mention the image and cultural output of the army, which has to rely on the entertainment industry, which is also a very huge challenge to the traditional concept of the military.
The entertainment industry was a drama in ancient times, and in the hearts of many military bigwigs, the entertainment industry was a dirty and dirty circle.
It is unimaginable for them to link the output of the army's image and culture with the entertainment industry.
Therefore, the image and cultural output of the Chinese military has lagged behind the United States for too much time.
This is also the reason why General Cao made such an exclamation, if it weren't for the fact that Yang Ming's last work report attracted his attention, and then he asked people to investigate and verify the authenticity of these information.
And the information returned from the investigation and verification made General Cao and them even more frightened, and they were too late!
The truth is much stricter than the number taken out by Yang Ming.
After all, the information that Yang Mingtong Guò Barber got was only the information that was usually made public, and those that were not made public had more!
"It's not terrible to be backward for a while, but I'm afraid to know that I'm backward and don't want to make changes, as long as my thinking is not backward. Yang Ming didn't expect General Cao to sigh like this as soon as he came up, if this was put into business negotiations, it would be like exposing his weakness directly to the opponent.
However, thinking of the identity of the other party's soldiers, Yang Ming was also relieved, and he did not twist and cover up, and directly said what he thought in his heart.
His words made General Cao's eyes light up, slapped his thigh, and said loudly: "Xiao Yang's words are good, as long as our thoughts are not backward, we don't have to be afraid of anything, there will always be a day when we will catch up!"
Subsequently, the two began to discuss the military's involvement in the entertainment industry, and the support methods for movies that need to use military equipment, in fact, this is not directly related to Oriental DreamWorks, and it is not included in the content of this negotiation plan.
But Yang Ming has the experience of his previous life, and the cooperation between the Pentagon and Hollywood has long been known to the world, and that system has long been wiped out by the media.
Therefore, he casually said a point of view, giving an example, and General Cao and Liang Tianxiao were stunned for a moment, and then suddenly realized that it could still be like this.
In particular, the military's support for the use of weapons and equipment in Hollywood film shooting cannot be rewarded in the first time, although the crew will also pay a certain amount of equipment rental fees, but it is estimated that it is not enough for gas money!
This kind of reward will not be seen until the film is released, and the military will face the risk of losing the box office, or it is very likely that the film will not be released globally at all.
Every qiē requires the military to be patient enough and wait until the day when the return is received.
Everything is difficult at the beginning, and the propaganda of the Chinese military in this regard, after all, is too far behind the Pentagon, and it is definitely impossible to become a fat man in one bite.
Regarding this, Yang Ming repeatedly reminded General Cao and the two of them that they must be mentally prepared.
After saying this, they shifted the topic to the cooperation between Oriental DreamWorks and the Ministry of Defense, and with the basis of the previous pleasant chat, General Cao did not object too much to Yang Ming's conditions, nor did he put forward any requirements for deletion and modification of the plot, which also made Yang Ming feel relieved.
But in the end, General Cao pretended to be stern and said to Yang Ming: "If this movie can't achieve the expected effect like what you are blowing now, then I will play the board!"
When Yang Ming heard this, his body straightened up, and he said loudly: "General Cao, I can make a military order!"
"Haha!" General Cao couldn't help but be happy when he saw Yang Ming's appearance, pointed at Yang Ming and said with a smile to Liang Tianxiao: "It's a pity that this kid doesn't come to be a soldier, okay, so be it, when the time comes, Lieutenant Colonel Liang will be responsible for the cooperation with Oriental DreamWorks and coordinate the relationship and support of all aspects!"
"Guaranteed to complete the task, chief. Liang Tianxiao put his legs together and saluted.
After saying this, General Cao glanced at Yang Ming deeply, said seriously, and said pointedly: "Xiao Yang, don't let me down this cooperation, you must hand over a satisfactory answer, this is not a discussion, this is an order, you must know that because of this cooperation with your Oriental Dream Factory, the military can fully support the shooting of your film by land, sea and air, there are too many people paying attention to this cooperation, if the answer fails, then I think there will be no next time!"
When Yang Ming heard these words, he immediately felt his heart sink, and the burden on his body was extremely heavy.
He guessed in his heart that it seemed that there were still different opinions within the Ministry of Defense about this cooperation with Oriental DreamWorks, but it was obvious that General Cao had the upper hand at this time, but if Oriental DreamWorks could not deliver a satisfactory answer, then both Oriental DreamWorks and General Cao himself would face the liquidation of the opposition.
Just as he was thinking about this, before he could speak, General Cao waved his hand and motioned for them to leave.
Liang Tianxiao immediately took Yang Ming away, and after saying goodbye to General Cao, he walked out of the office, and waited for Liang Tianxiao to gently close the door, and after the two turned a passage, they came to Liang Tianxiao's office, and closed the door, Liang Tianxiao made a cup of tea for Yang Ming, brought it to Yang Ming, and said solemnly:
"Yang Ming, this cooperation can only succeed, not fail, for this cooperation, General Cao is under a lot of pressure. ”
For "Transformers", Yang Ming has never had the idea of failure, but now it is obvious that this film is not purely related to the profits of Oriental DreamWorks, but to whether the Ministry of Defense will follow Yang Ming's plan in the future to support the filming of films that require the use of military equipment like the Pentagon.
The development trend of the film industry in the future will inevitably be that the winner takes all, and the loser has nothing, so making blockbusters is the inevitable result.
And it is a common thing for blockbuster production zuò to involve the national army as well as various weapons and equipment.
Without the support of the military, the high cost of filming is enough to make the future Chinese film industry lose a step in the face of Hollywood.
This time, the cooperation between the Ministry of Defense and the military and Oriental DreamWorks on "Transformers" is also regarded as a pilot, if successful, then the Ministry of Defense will definitely learn from the Pentagon's model, intervene to support the film industry, and export the image and culture of its own army.
Then once "Transformers" fails, the result is naturally self-evident.
Yang Ming clenched his fists, pursed his lips, revealed a confident and evil smile, and said to Liang Tianxiao: "Lieutenant Colonel, in my dictionary, there has never been the word failure, as long as your work is in place, I promise you that this time we will win!"