Before he came, Zhang Ran had already decided to talk about censorship. He never had the luxury of expecting to be able to abolish the censorship now, but only hoped that it would be relaxed a little, and after reading the "Guiding Opinions", he really felt that there was hope for this matter.

The "Guiding Opinions" clearly stated that "it is necessary to accurately grasp the dual attributes of the ideology and cultural commodities of films", which can be said to be unprecedented. In the past, when the government mentioned films, it always emphasized ideology and ignored the commodity attributes of films, but now the government has clearly stated that films have the attributes of cultural commodities, which provides the possibility of loosening censorship.

Zhang Ran cleared his throat and began to elaborate his thoughts: "Last week, the Hollywood blockbuster "2012" was released in China, and within three days of release, the box office exceeded 100 million yuan. The film was produced by Fox, and Century Summit also took a stake. There is a scene in the movie that is particularly exciting, the protagonist drives a car through the streets of Los Angeles, and the buildings on both sides of the road collapse one after another, which can be described as a life and death speed. You may not know that the special effects of these building collapses are made by our company's Tiangong Heavy Color. Why did a $200 million Hollywood blockbuster ask us to do the special effects? Because the director of "2012" had seen "Tangshan Earthquake" and thought that the earthquake special effects in it were particularly good, so he handed over the earthquake part to us. ”

Han Shanping and they were all taken aback, "2012" caused a sensation in China after its release, and some people even exclaimed, Hollywood movie special effects have been thrown off China for 30 years, and no one thought that the most shocking earthquake special effects were made by heaven!

Zhang Ran continued: ""Tangshan Earthquake is a great improvement for us, and even for our country's special effects. In fact, when we look at the history of film, we will find that top blockbusters have a great role in promoting the film industry, 5,60 American films were hit by television and fell into trouble, it was Lucas's "Star Wars" that saved Hollywood, not only reconstructing Hollywood's industrial and commercial rules, but also changing the history of film. In 99, South Korea's "Life and Death" surpassed the "Titanic" released in South Korea at the same time, becoming the highest-grossing film in the history of Korean films, which greatly enhanced the confidence of Korean filmmakers, and since then Korean films have risen rapidly; For a country to become a strong country, it must develop heavy industry, and the same is true for movies. Now that the state proposes that China want to transform from a big film country to a film power, it is not enough to make a small fuss, it is necessary to vigorously develop the film industry, and vigorously produce heavy industry films, so as to complete the industrial upgrading!"

It's the first time everyone has heard the term heavy industry film, and they think it's very fresh, and at the same time, it's a little unclear.

The Prime Minister also found the term heavy industry film interesting, asking, "What is a heavy industry film?"

Zhang Ran explained: "Film is industry, and industry is divided into light industry and heavy industry. Countries like South Korea and France have film industries, but their films are often dominated by low-budget films such as dramas and comedies, which are light industries, while the mainstream of the Hollywood market is high-concept, high-tech, high-investment top commercial blockbusters, mainly science fiction, magic, and action movies, these genres are more suitable for global distribution, such as "2012" is a typical heavy industry movie!"

Everyone nodded slightly, Zhang Ran's metaphor is very vivid, small and medium-sized films are light industry, and Hollywood's top blockbusters are heavy industry, and the gap is clear at a glance.

Zhang Ran continued to state his views: "There is only light industry, and without heavy industry, it is impossible to become a strong country, it is difficult for a light industrial country to defeat a heavy industrial country, and it is difficult for a light industry film to beat a heavy industry film! The artistry of French films is second to none in the world, but more than 60 percent of France's market share is occupied by Hollywood. The whole world, except for a few countries such as China and South Korea, which can resist Hollywood at home, other countries have been swept away by Hollywood's strong ships! In order to truly become a film power, to fight against Hollywood, we must develop heavy industry, airplane to plane, tank to tank, science fiction to science fiction, magic film to magic film, and the world has the ability to establish heavy industry in the country, and the only one in the world who has the ability to build heavy industry in the country, and carry the banner of fighting Hollywood, is China, because we have a population of 1.3 billion, our population is four times that of the United States, and our market is also four times that of the United States!"

Everyone present felt that Zhang Ran's words were very reasonable, and even the prime minister nodded slightly.

Zhang Ran took a breath lightly, calmed down, and then talked about the key part: "I think the state should support heavy industry films, science fiction, magic, action blockbusters, these types of movies are now very strict in terms of censorship, stricter than general themes, I think the censorship can be a little looser, as long as it doesn't violate the law, doesn't violate the country's major policies, why can't our People's Liberation Army fight aliens? Why can't we fight monsters?"

The prime minister did not answer, and said with a smile: "The last time we had a meeting, you said that science fiction films are not easy to pass the review. ”

Everyone present was shocked, it turned out that Zhang Ran had seen the prime minister before and participated in the prime minister's meeting!

Zhang Ran sighed slightly and said, "Prime Minister, you don't know. I'm going to make a sci-fi blockbuster called "Apocalypse of the Future", which is about 50 years later, robots have intelligence, rebel, and war breaks out with humans. In this war, our PLA played a key role, and in the end it was the Chinese who saved mankind, but after the script was submitted for review, it was not passed, saying that it could not be filmed. There's no way, I can only change the PLA to the US military and put it in Hollywood to shoot!"

Well, people originally wanted to shoot the People's Liberation Army, but they were forced to shoot the US military!

The prime minister frowned slightly, and his eyes fell on Zhang Hongsen and Tong Gang.

Zhang Hongsen saw that the prime minister was slightly dissatisfied when he looked at him, and immediately exploded, and hurriedly explained: "Prime minister, it's not that we don't let Zhang Ran's movie pass, in fact, we like "Future Apocalypse" very much I think that if it can be filmed, then we in China will have a top blockbuster that can really compete with Hollywood, but that story involves the People's Liberation Army, and it must be reviewed by the General Political Department according to regulations; and in the story, the People's Liberation Army drove to Russia and prepared to jointly strike robots with the Russian army, which involves diplomatic issues, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has to review it, not that we don't let it go, but other departments. ”

In "Future Apocalypse", the People's Liberation Army is very good, especially the 38th Army successfully blocked the attack of robots in Langfang, setting off the setting of the overture of the human counteroffensive, the General Political Department felt very good, not only passed the review, but also said that the troops could provide equipment for support**********;

After Zhang Ran heard this result, he wanted to cry without tears, this is a science fiction movie, this is a movie!

The prime minister understood what was going on, looked at Zhang Ran and said solemnly: "Diplomacy is no trivial matter, and it is right to be cautious when it comes to foreign affairs films!" He saw Zhang Ran's face full of depression and was very shocked, and said with a smile: "But your suggestion is still reasonable, under the premise of not involving laws and policies, the PLA fights aliens and robots, I think it can still be filmed!"

This remark sounds like heaven to Zhang Ran, and with this sentence, when science fiction films are censored in the future, the obstacles will be much smaller. After a short period of ecstasy, Zhang Ran said excitedly: "Prime Minister, I still have a suggestion!"

The prime minister smiled: "You say." ”

Zhang Ran suppressed the excitement in his heart, and said in a calm tone as much as possible: "The film censorship procedure is very complicated, a film is sent to Peking from other places for review, and it will take at least more than a month to go and come, and the procedures are also quite cumbersome, I suggest that the censorship power be delegated to the local government and let the local radio and television bureau conduct the review." In this way, after we finish filming in other places, we can directly review the film locally, which can reduce costs, improve efficiency, and the audience can see new movies faster. After speaking, he added: "Of course, films with major revolutionary and major historical themes, and major documentary films, it is best to review them at the General Administration." ”

The prime minister did not express his position, looked at Zhang Hongsen, and asked: "You are grasping the film censorship, what do you think?"

Zhang Hongsen nodded without hesitation: "Zhang Ran's suggestion is very good, in fact, we have tried this in 04, the Zhijiang Provincial Film Censorship Center was established in Hengdian to review some of the films shot in Hengdian." The fact that Hengdian has been able to develop so well in recent years is related to the decentralization of censorship, which can indeed revitalize the film market. ”

Tong Gang added: "In recent years, it has become a phenomenon for local governments to invest in the production of films, and each province has its own unique regional cultural characteristics, and the decentralization of film censorship power may promote the production of regional color films!"

Zhang Ran was not surprised by Zhang Hongsen and Tong Gang's statements, and none of the deputies present were surprised, and everyone knew that the General Administration would definitely not object.

Everyone knows that the General Administration of film censorship is in charge, and everyone will scold the General Administration when it comes to censorship, but many people don't know that the result of film censorship is not actually the final say of the General Administration.

In the case of a movie, the Ministry of Public Security will be invited to try the case, the General Political Department will be invited to try the case if it involves the People's Liberation Army, and the education department will be invited to try if it involves minors. These people represent their respective industries, for them, whether the film can pass the review has nothing to do with themselves, the movie can praise me for being good, but if there is any adverse impact on our industry, it is not okay, so these people will be surprisingly strict about film censorship.

Many times the movie can't be passed, obviously people from other departments did it, but it is always the General Administration that is scolded, so the General Administration has always felt that he is very wronged and has long wanted to get rid of the pot. Now that Zhang Ran proposed to decentralize the censorship power to the localities, it is natural that they will not be blamed for the censorship problems in the future, so Zhang Hongsen and the others not only did not oppose it, but sang praises.

The prime minister looked at Zhang Ran, and then at Zhang Hongsen, and said with a smile: "Movies are very special commodities, and your management departments must do a good job of controlling them, managing the places that should be managed, and relaxing the places that should be placed, and not becoming an obstacle to the development of the film industry!"

Zhang Ran laughed when he heard this, the meaning of the prime minister's words is obvious, he supports the decentralization of censorship to the localities!

At the end of the forum, Han Shanping didn't say anything, and patted Zhang Ran's shoulder vigorously, while everyone else patted him on the shoulder to show their support. They are very ashamed in their hearts, they are also filmmakers, Zhang Ran, a young man, has done too much, and he has done too little!

Zhang Hongsen was the last to come over, patted Zhang Ran on the shoulder, and whispered: "It's going to rain!"

Zhang Ran raised his head, the sun was shining in the sky, there was not even a single cloud, how could it rain, he suddenly realized that Zhang Hongsen should have heard something wind, reminding himself. Before the meeting, Han Shanping also reminded himself that he was afraid that he had heard something. Zhang Ran's mood suddenly became a little heavy.

When he walked out of Xinhua Gate, Zhang Ran looked up at the sky, I don't know when, a dark cloud floated in, covering half of the sky, and the mountain rain was coming!