Soon after the filming of "Future Apocalypse" to Ireland was finalized, Zhang Ran got on a plane back to China. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoHe's been in the U.S. for almost two months, it's time to go back to China, and there's still a lot of things to deal with in the country!

Just when Zhang Ran returned to China, the annual Chinese New Year war had begun.

The highlight of this year's Chinese New Year file is Chen Kaige's "Mei Lanfang", Feng Xiaogang's "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb", and Ning Hao's "Crazy Racing", in addition to Andy Lau's "Dragon and Phoenix", Zhen Zidan's "Ip Man" also has a certain competitiveness.

The first to go on the PK stage was "Mei Lanfang", for many audiences, although the movies made by Chen Kaige in recent years have not been very good, but just for the "Farewell My Concubine" a few years ago, plus Zhang Ziyi, Liming, Sun Honglei and other powerful stars joined, everyone is still full of expectations for "Mei Lanfang".

"Mei Lanfang" was officially released on December 4, with a national box office of 5318 in the first weekend. Judging from the box office standards of literary films, this result is definitely a beautiful victory. However, the audience's evaluation of the movie is average, at least for the audience who comes with the attitude of "Farewell My Concubine", this is a decent work;

As soon as Zhang Ran returned to China, he immediately received a call from Ning Hao, the premiere of "Crazy Racing" was imminent, and he hoped that Zhang Ran could attend the premiere of the movie. However, Zhang Ran refused, and almost did not stop, and went straight to Lin'an.

After arriving in Lin'an, Zhang Ran first met with the secretary of the provincial party committee and the governor of Hejiang Province, and then held talks with Lin'an City on the issue of Oriental Hollywood.

Although Zhang Ran has not been in China in the past two months, the project of Oriental Hollywood has been advancing. In the past two months, Gao Jun, the vice president of Century Peak, has been in contact with many cities, and has been in contact with the main leaders of Jiang Province and Lin'an City on the implementation of the project twice. Gao Jun used to be the CEO of the New Film Association, and has rich experience in liaison and communication with government departments, and under his management, the preliminary work of the project has made significant progress.

Zhang Ran's visit this time was mainly to clarify his investment intentions and conduct in-depth consultations and negotiations.

Zhijiang Province attaches great importance to the film and television cultural industry, in July this year, Zhijiang Province has just issued the "Outline for Promoting the Great Development and Prosperity of Zhijiang Culture", proposing to make state-owned film and television institutions bigger and stronger, improve the level of creation and production of private film and television institutions, cultivate excellent film and television creation teams, support the construction of film and television bases, and strive to make Jiang Province film and television in the forefront of the country.

Therefore, Zhijiang was very enthusiastic about Zhang Ran's arrival, and expressed to Zhang Ran that he hoped that Century Summit would continue to pay attention to Zhijiang and invest in Zhijiang, and lay out more major projects and key industries in Zhijiang, while the Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government would further create a better environment, provide better services, and support Century Summit to become bigger and stronger in Zhijiang and achieve win-win development.

Zhang Ran was not polite, when meeting with the leaders of Lin'an City, he said very directly: "Our first choice for this film and television base is in the Yangtze River Delta region, and the key point is that there are many film and television bases in the Yangtze River Delta region, each of which has its own characteristics, and when combined together, it can form a cluster effect." When we shoot science fiction films, we can shoot them in the magic capital, we can shoot Republic of China dramas, we can shoot them at Chedun Film and Television Base, we can go to Hengdian and Xiangshan to shoot costume dramas, and we can go to Tongli to shoot water towns. Our film and television base is not a film and television city like Hengdian, but a film and television production base, and the later stage of any film and television work can be produced in our place. Our film and television base is located in the Yangtze River Delta region, so the works shot in the surrounding film and television cities can be taken to us for post-production, and there is no need to take them back to Beiping to do it, which saves a lot of trouble! So our first choice is several big cities in the Yangtze River Delta, and Lin'an is a city we are particularly optimistic about! I also hope that Oriental Hollywood can settle in Lin'an, but now I have two questions!

Everyone's eyes were focused on Zhang Ran's face, waiting for him to continue.

Zhang Ran raised a finger and said: "The first is the land problem, our project covers an area of not thousands of acres, according to our current plan, it is about 60,000 acres." The theme park alone is 10,000 acres, in addition to which there will be shooting bases, film academies, film post-production bases and so on. How to solve the land problem is a big problem. In 2006, the Ministry of Land and the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) jointly issued the Catalogue of Restricted Land Use Projects. In the first half of this year, the Hengdian Group acquired 6,000 mu of land and wanted to rebuild the Old Summer Palace, but it was soon stopped by the Ministry of Land and Resources, and the relevant personnel were punished! We want to occupy 10 times as much land as theirs, and whether we can pass the examination and approval, and how long it will take to pass the examination and approval is a big question. If the land problem cannot be solved, then everything else is empty talk!"

The propaganda director of the provincial party committee explained: "The new Yuanming Palace in Hengdian was stopped, mainly because half of the 6,000 mu of land did not conform to the overall land use plan of Hengdian Town, including more than 1,000 mu of farmland.

The secretary of the municipal party committee also immediately said: "Although the Oriental Hollywood project occupies a lot of land, as long as it does not use land in violation of regulations and does not occupy a large amount of cultivated land, there is no problem." The country has now clearly proposed to vigorously develop cultural soft power, and the province and our Lin'an are also vigorously developing the cultural industry. If Oriental Hollywood intends to settle in Lin'an, then our city and province will make every effort to promote this project, and there will definitely be no problems in the land!"

Seeing that they were so sure, Zhang Ran raised his second finger and said: "The second is a policy issue, recently I was preparing a sci-fi blockbuster, initially considering shooting in Canada, many Hollywood blockbusters like to shoot in Canada, there is a high tax rebate there, and now it has formed a film and television industry center." As a result, Jonathan Laulan, the head of the Irish Film Association in Los Angeles, came to the door and invited us to film in Ireland. He told me that the government gave us a 20% tax rebate to film in Ireland, and the government also gave me a subsidy. I said, we've decided to go to Canada, where the tax refund is higher. Jonathan said to me, "Aren't you going to make a war movie?" Our Irish government has brought you troops to help you shoot it! So we agreed to make this film in Ireland!

In fact, not only Ireland and Canada, many countries and will provide subsidies for films shot locally, including in France, the United Kingdom, South Korea, etc., and various states in the United States also have different tax rebate policies, such as an investment of 10 million US dollars in a film, 20% tax rebate can refund 2 million, which is undoubtedly a lot of concessions for the producer. The purpose of the preferential policies introduced by so many countries and regions is very simple, that is, to stimulate local economic development. Where a film is filmed, it can greatly boost the local GDP, bringing the possibility of developing the location economy to the filming location.

We don't build Oriental Hollywood with slogans, we really want to attract Hollywood crews to shoot and produce at our base. But what do we rely on to attract Hollywood crews to settle in? There are preferential and subsidized policies for people to go to other countries and regions, and if we don't have similar policies, we won't be competitive! My second question is, if our project settles down in Lin'an, can the government introduce a similar tax rebate policy to subsidize Hollywood blockbusters shot in Lin'an?

These are my two questions, where our film and television base will eventually settle down depends largely on these two points!"

Many local governments in China have preferential treatment and subsidies for films, but no place has yet launched a tax rebate policy, which is a novelty, to be the first person to eat crabs, it is a test of the courage of government departments!

The secretary of the municipal party committee and the mayor glanced at each other, nodded slightly, and said: "In 1995, the Lin'an Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government proposed to develop the cultural industry. If we can attract Hollywood crews to Lin'an to film, it will be of great benefit to building the city's image and enhancing its popularity, and tax rebates can certainly be done, but we have no experience in this area, and we need to study how to do it!"

Since the other party has a courage, then the rest is simple.

Zhang Ran smiled and said: "If there is no problem with these two points, then we can talk about the problem of settling in Lin'an!"

Early the next morning, Zhang Ran, accompanied by provincial and municipal leaders, came to Fuyang for a field trip. Zhang Ran's film and television base covers an area of up to 60,000 acres, equivalent to 40 square kilometers, it is impossible to divide such a large piece of land in Lin'an City, and the cost of demolition is too high, therefore, Fuyang, which is under the jurisdiction of Lin'an, is Zhang Ran's ideal goal.

The mayor of Fuyang reported to Zhang Ran and them in combination with the materials of the exhibition panels, introduced in detail the economic and social development of Fuyang, location and resource advantages, and then took Zhang Ran and them to Dongziguan Village, Changkou Town, on the edge of the Fuchun River.

The head of the Propaganda Department of the Municipal Party Committee told Zhang Ran that this place had appeared in the pen of the writer Yu Dafu, who wrote: "This is a quiet, leisurely, safe and self-sufficient riverside town......

As soon as he arrived in Dongziguan Village, Zhang Ran was stupid, rows of delicately shaped houses with white walls and tiles, just like this, appeared between the lush rice fields and the clouds and mist surging mountains, with a completely different tranquility from the city, just like a naturally painted ink mountain dwelling map.

Zhang Ran couldn't help but exclaim: "It's so beautiful! This is Wu Guanzhong's ink China, this is the Jiangnan of our dreams! It's really beautiful!"

After walking around the village, Zhang Ran and the others continued to move forward and soon came to the front of the Fuchun River. The water of the Fuchun River is very clear, and you can see crucian carp, carp, and even grouper swimming leisurely in the water.

Zhang Ran raised his eyes and looked at the picturesque scenery around him, and said with emotion: "When I was a child, I learned an article that said that from Fuyang to Tonglu for a hundred miles, strange mountains and rivers are unique in the world. Since then, Fuyang and Tonglu are infinitely beautiful existences in my heart, and I am determined to pay attention to the fact that I must come and see it in my lifetime, rent a quaint boat, raft on the Fuchun River, quietly enjoy the beautiful scenery on the shore, and pretend to be a cultural person!"

Everyone present laughed: "Mr. Zhang is modest, where do you need to dress as a cultural person, you are originally a cultural person!"

"Yes, educated people like to say that they are uneducated, and uneducated people like to say that they are educated!"

"If Oriental Hollywood settles down in Fuyang, Mr. Zhang can settle down here when he is down, buy a boat, and go boating on the river when he has nothing to do!"

Throughout the morning, Zhang Ran's footsteps did not stop, visiting several villages and scenic spots, and inspecting local land, transportation, communications, project approval, environmental protection and other matters.

Just as they were about to go back to the city government for lunch, Zhang Ran's mobile phone rang.

When I picked it up, it turned out to be Zhang Ziyi's.

"Director, you're finally back to China!" Zhang Ziyi's beautiful voice rang on the phone, "When are you going back to Beiping?"