If Chen Tianlang tells Wu Chenggong, the Chinese film market will become the world's largest box office in the future, with a box office of three or four billion a year, which will definitely scare Wu Chenggong to death in front of him.

For Wu Chenggong, now after the reform and opening up, China's film market is already very good, in the past, I couldn't even eat enough to eat when filming, and no one watched the movie, so I had to charter the venue in accordance with the policy. Let the people pay for it to go into the market.

For a filmmaker like Wu Chenggong, this is a great sadness. I feel like making a movie is like being a beggar, but now I can finally eat my stomach.

So Wu Chenggong became more and more emotional.

"Let me tell you, as long as the mainland has an open-door policy and we make things, then what we make will definitely not be comparable to Hong Kong and Taiwan. Don't talk about movies, let's talk about the TV series that everyone watches most often, you can see how many good things we have produced since 1990. In the past, we imported TV series from Hong Kong and Taiwan, such as "Shanghai Tang", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "A Fairy Wife in the Family", etc., and now we also export "Desire", "Alien Girl", "Fengshen Bang", which was unimaginable before. In the past, our Shanghai Film Company lost money every year, and no one watched the movies they made, so they could only let the workers and students charter the venues, but now, we can invite Hong Kong stars to make movies that the people like!"

"So the momentum is good. ”

Wu Chenggong nodded, "For now, it's not bad, but it's not without worries." Chinese are like this, they like to swarm bees, and when they see that this thing has money to earn, they all stick down together. So now the industry is a bit chaotic, this is domestic. As for the international aspect, China's big fat meat has long made those big film companies saliva flow to their butts. Once upon a time, because this was the field of spiritual products, the state had always been on top. Now that the restrictions on the private sector have been relaxed, those gringos have also followed suit, saying that they cannot be treated differently and that they must be treated equally. ”

"You say, why? I am Chinese, you are not, why should I treat you equally? However, having said that, things cannot be done in this way, and the country gradually cannot withstand it. Now a number of foreign TV stations, program production agencies, and distributors have begun to land. Now they are not very familiar with this market, if we can't take advantage of this time to make ourselves stronger, then sooner or later the market will be eaten alive. ”

In this way, it can be regarded as a coexistence of challenges and opportunities. ”

"Huh. Wu Chenggong smiled when he heard Chen Tianlang say this, "What you say sounds like ***** speech, but if you really want to talk about it, that's what it means." ”

"Then I want to know, where is your main profit point?"

"Well...... Wu Chenggong thought for a moment and replied, "At present, the main profit point is in co-production, mainly in the mainland and Hong Kong. ”

"So, the production on your side is mainly for co-productions?"

"That's right. ”

Chen Tianlang was silent for a while, and asked curiously: "Then why don't you do TV dramas and variety shows here?"

"What do you say?" Wu Chenggong sighed, "If you co-produce a film, the danger is relatively small, because with the Hong Kong and Taiwan stars that everyone likes to join, coupled with the preferential policies for co-productions, as long as you don't talk about politics, don't talk about those who don't have it, it's fine, how to have fun, how to do it, and the scale is relatively wide." But on the side of TV dramas and variety shows, although the censorship is much looser than before. But there is still a so-called main theme to some extent. With this thing, a lot of things are not so easy to do. ”

"So, now if you want to make a blockbuster domestic movie, you have a lot of dependence on the director, and there are only two of them, Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige, and it is difficult for others to make a lot of money. As for making TV series, the requirements for the main theme are relatively high, otherwise your distribution is very limited, and the central station will not broadcast in prime time, and the provincial station will not broadcast it, then you will have no head. Unless it's a martial arts like Jin Yong's ancient dragon, there won't be this kind of problem, but we can't do that kind of effect now. ”

"Then again, if you want to say that you want to shoot martial arts dramas, to be honest, we can't do Hong Kong and Taiwan, and people there seem to be born to act in martial arts dramas. Also, what else, mythological dramas, we can also shoot "Journey to the West", "Fengshen Bang", if you want to shoot "There is a Fairy Wife in the Family", we have to wait. ”

Speaking of this, Wu Chenggong spread his hands, "It's not that we don't want to shoot, it's that we don't know what to shoot." You said that if we make a hard film, I can shoot it, but it doesn't make money, and even the actor's salary is paid, is it worth it?"

"Yes, every line has its own difficulties. Chen Tianlang nodded, "But, I listened to what you just meant, does the main theme particularly restrict your play?"

Wu Chenggong nodded desperately, "Of course, a good TV series, just shout the central slogan if you have nothing to do, do you think it's interesting?"

"But......" Chen Tianlang frowned, "Could it be that the main theme is to shout the central slogan?"

"Or what? It wouldn't be shouting long live the beauty. ”

"No, I mean, I think maybe there's something wrong with our understanding of the leitmot. ”

"What's the problem?"

"It's no longer the Cultural Revolution, it's no longer all about politics. Today's central leaders have also experienced the Cultural Revolution, and I don't think they can agree with all the political theories of the Cultural Revolution era. Therefore, I think that the main theme is to shout long live, to sing the praises of virtue, I think this is a very outdated idea. As a matter of fact, no one in the central government or among the people regards this kind of thing as the real main theme, and this is at most the main theme of politics, not the main theme of society. ”

"The reason why this is the case is because after the founding of the People's Republic of China, for a long time, China was immersed in the whirlpool of politics. Many literati were frightened by this political maelstrom, so everyone was afraid to take a step beyond the thunder pool. The center drew a line at thirty meters, and they were so frightened that they retreated a hundred meters back. ”

"When I was in Beijing, I came into contact with some screenwriters, and when it came to the main theme, they were secretive and disdainful. And now the main screenwriters of TV dramas are almost all these people, about forty, who are disdainful of the main theme and too sensitive, and it is this group of people that makes the TV industry not only conform to the main theme, but also very entertaining good products are very few. It's like "Longing", like "Plainclothes Policeman", don't these works that were once all the rage not fit the main theme? Aren't they entertaining?" "Then I'm curious, Mr. Chen, what do you think the main theme is?"

"It's very simple, three words, truth, goodness, beauty. Chen Tianlang stretched out three fingers and said.

"True, good, beautiful?" Wu Chenggong frowned, "That sounds so old-fashioned. ”

"Yes, it's corny, but that's the real leitmotif This theme is not only in China, but in the whole world, and is a common characteristic of the entire human race. For example, why do the audience find the Communist Party members in some TV dramas boring? It is not because he is a Communist Party member, nor because he shouts slogans. I don't know if you've read some biographies of the old Communist Party, but I've read some, and it's really touching. ”

"As a simple example, if we ask the Four Heavenly Kings to sing the Internationale, you will find it very funny. However, if you make a documentary and let those old Red Army soldiers who have participated in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression, participated in the Civil War, and shed blood on the battlefield for New China sing the Internationale together, I don't think anyone will find it funny. And the reason why this is the case is only the difference between the true and the false. ”

Wu Chenggong nodded thoughtfully, "Hmm......"

Speaking ......of this, Chen Tianlang suddenly remembered, "I suddenly had an idea." ”

Wu Chenggong hurriedly asked, "What do you think?"

"Mr. Wu, let me ask you, you said that what our Chinese films are best at shooting is model scenes, right?"

"Of course. ”

"If we repackage these model dramas and invite stars and directors from Hong Kong and Taiwan to participate in the production, will it be very marketable to make a co-production with a very main theme?"

"There should be, the appeal of Hong Kong stars is still very strong!"

Chen Tianlang smiled, "That's good, then why can't we shoot a co-production of "Outwitting Tiger Mountain"?"

"What? Outwitting Tiger Mountain!" Wu Chenggong was stunned.