Chapter 451: Questioning
"Why did Xiao Li make this movie?"
"Hehe, are you questioning whether the $4 billion plan will make a movie?" Song Haijun took out a New York Times photo with an article on it that Kwa Limo was a four-billion-dollar mastermind. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Sleeping with the enemy has been released, its box office is mainly in North America, with a box office of more than 100 million US dollars, and very few overseas, but this box office is not low, and the cost of this movie is relatively small, and it is the North American box office, and the score is high.
Dances with Wolves is also about to be released, and the film has a higher box office, reaching more than 200 million in North America and more than 400 million dollars in the global box office. Many media outlets have also praised the film, saying that it was Leemer and director Kevin Costner who teamed up to save the Westerns that were coming to an end, and that it would become one of the classic westerns in American film history, and some people directly praised it for shocking the whole world.
Some media took the opportunity to ridicule the Oscar judges, and they don't know what kind of reason they will have to use to suppress Li Mo next year after this film comes out.
Then there's the home ghost.
Li Mo concentrated the jokes in several home alone films that he remembered into two, so the box office of the second part is still good, and the global box office has reached more than 300 million US dollars, although it is unlikely to break through 400 million US dollars, let alone break the box office of the first home ghost, but this box office still makes Disney laugh from ear to ear.
In these eleven films, Li Mo participated in investment, planning, screenwriting, editing, and even participated in the soundtrack direction, but in the last three, Li Mo did not invite credit, no matter what role he occupied in it, Li Mo took the initiative to put his name behind, only one, behind the planning, there is only one word, Muγ»Li.
Eleven films, with a total global box office of $4.2 billion, a jaw-dropping statistic in '90, made it to the New York Times.
Speaking with facts, the leaders were speechless.
Song Haijun poured all the contents of the bag he brought on the table: "These tapes were bought by me from a videotape not far away. β
They are either ghost movies, gore films, or ***, or anarchist gangster films, most of which are movies banned by the Film Bureau.
"There is also a video hall not far from this store, for two yuan, you can see any kind of movie, including ***, this is a prosperous area of Kyoto, if it is in a small city, one dollar is enough, and children can still go in and watch as long as they pay for it."
By the 90s, televisions were already more common in China, and even in rural areas, many families bought black-and-white televisions.
But the VCR is still a luxury.
Therefore, a large number of video halls were born, and the ticket prices varied from city to city, with one dollar, five cents, and two dollars.
A room, dozens of seats, a little larger, can squeeze in a hundred people.
If you buy a ticket, you can usually watch it casually, and you will often put three or four videotapes, and you can watch it a second time. It is mainly a Xiangjiang martial arts film, but at night, some video halls will play some *** to attract customers.
As for ***, most of them don't dare to play it.
"Leaders, our boss asked me to bring a few words, first, the formal ban does not work at all, as long as you want to watch it, anyone can see these movies by countless means, on the contrary, this formal ban makes foreigners laugh, and at the same time, it is also used to attack China for not having the right to freedom, which is equivalent to taking the initiative to give people a handle. In fact, this truth was taught to us by our ancestors very early, and it is better to be blocked than to be sparse. β
Li Mo is still very reasonable, no matter what, everyone is a group of department-level and ministerial-level cadres, and they can't be offended.
"Second, all kinds of political themes, even case themes, you have banned them. As for the heroic themes of the United States and the salvation of the world, they also cannot be filmed, because China does not have the strength, and there is a sense of disobedience when filmed, which is not only impossible for the audience to appreciate, but on the contrary, it will only attract jokes. All kinds of high-cost blockbusters can't be filmed either, and various studios can't afford to lose. Not to mention pornography, movies that are too bloody or disgusting will definitely be banned. So how many themes are left for each screenwriter and director to choose from? β
"Horror films are a sub-category in the movie, don't underestimate this sub-category, there are a large number of ghost films and horror films in Hong Kong films, and many small and medium-sized film companies in the United States are supported by horror films.
"There are some superstitious elements in the ghost film, but how many leaders go to various temples to burn incense and worship the Buddha? Isn't this also superstitious? Even if it is a superstitious activity, it is only to promote good and eliminate evil, so why not support it? This is the 90s, and it is no longer the time to engage in literary hell, and I hope that all leaders will think twice. β
What Song Haijun said was indeed what Li Mo said.
In his eyes, many leaders of several departments were seriously derelict in their duties, including the diplomatic department, the education department, the propaganda department, and also the sports department, as well as the current Ministry of Radio, Film and Television, and later the Radio and Television Bureau.
The United States is strong, so Hollywood movies are popular all over the world.
But it's not Hollywood that's the only bright spot, for example, India's Bollywood also produces a lot of good movies, as well as the so-called Korean Wave...... Although the Korean Wave has made it a sissy in China, I have to admit that some Korean movies or TV series are really good.
Why did China later become the world's second largest box office, not much worse than the North American box office, but the movies are getting worse and worse, in addition to the more and more chaotic your circle, the rest is the credit of the Bureau of Radio, Film and Television. This one is not allowed to be filmed, and that one has to be banned, but the screenwriter doesn't know how to write the script, and the director doesn't know how to make a movie.
The key is that it can be banned?
This is the Internet is not yet developed, otherwise a ten-year-old child, holding a mobile phone, can collect *** on the Internet and receive "sex and education" in advance.
And after the ban, what is the result?
All kinds of anti-Japanese dramas.
All kinds of three views are not correct.
All kinds of pornography, although there is no large-scale dew point, but except for the point, everything is exposed, and the style is vulgar, and even the joke of hiding a grenade in the crotch of the pants comes out.
If Li Mo is asked to evaluate these leaders, it is not a dry meal, but a group of pig brains. But this point of view must not be spoken.
And in the 80-year, except for a very few people such as Lu Guanqiu, everyone else went in.
Lu Guanqiu's way of survival is very simple, just two words, low-key, to put it a little longer, that is, when it is time to pretend to be a grandson, you have to pretend to be a grandson.
Li Mo will not go to the point of pretending to be a grandson, not to mention his prestige and wealth, only for public welfare in the country, as well as financial support for various technology research and development, he will not be easily moved.
But if it is too "arrogant", coupled with the coveting of his wealth by some people, Li Mo will also get in.
Song Haijun continued: "Third, if literature, television, games, animation and derivatives are counted, this is a huge industry that is nearly tens of billions of dollars, and may be tens of billions or hundreds of billions of dollars in the future, which can not only create a large number of economies and provide a lot of jobs, but it is also a smoke-free industry itself...... It will not pollute the rivers and will not leave a bad environment for future generations, and if its development is imprisoned, it will not only destroy the country's economic construction in disguise, but also distort the normal development of the country's economy in disguise. β
Li Mo didn't deliberately put on a big hat, even if the Bureau of Radio, Film and Television didn't have the brains to imprison and ban river crabs, and later these industries, including derivatives, also created hundreds of billions of dollars of GDP every year, if they were opened up a little more, how much wealth would be created?
Your circle is very chaotic, but chaos is people, and industry is industry.
"Fourth, the reason why our boss made two movies is that one is for playing tickets and as a pastime, and the other is that there are many foreigners who deliberately belittle his role in the eleven films, and these two movies are just a proof. So it doesn't matter if you make money or not, and you can't sell film for a lot of money in China, mainly abroad, and on the 10th and 17th of next month, it will be released in more than 30 countries and regions at the same time. But when the time comes, this positive movie will be banned in China, I don't know what foreign countries will think of China, and how will the railway department view the Ministry of Radio, Film and Television? When these two movies are released overseas, they will not invite foreigners to dub them specially, only with the words of various countries, so to speak, they are also equivalent to vigorously promoting Mandarin and Chinese culture to countries around the world, but the bureau banned it, I don't know how the Chinese people think of the film bureau, and how do overseas Chinese view China? β
"Are you a threat?" One asked.
"This is reasonable, our boss will go abroad every year, and he will also accept interviews with many foreign media, and there will inevitably be reporters asking questions, how will our boss answer?"
"Why do you have to shoot this subject?" Minister Ai asked.
"If you think of it, you can shoot it, don't you just throw away this idea, how many things does our boss have to deal with, so do you have time to think about each idea slowly?"
"But ......"
"If you really want to ban it, then ban it, I'm just reasoning on behalf of the boss, and if you don't listen, our boss can't help it, so I have to take it abroad to be screened." He couldn't count on the few dollars he made to sell film in China, mainly because he was afraid of people's jokes, otherwise even I wouldn't have come. β
Li Mo didn't seem to care, and after Song Haijun finished speaking, he left his contact information and left Kyoto.
Li Mo listened to Admiral Song's passage and said it again.
Song Haijun asked: "Dong Li, do you really care if it can be released in China?" β
"It's impossible to say that I don't care, I'm a businessman, public welfare is public welfare, making money is making money, so if you have money to send it to your door, you can't make money? Besides, even if I don't make much money, this is the fruit of my labor for many months, don't you want to show it to the Chinese people? β
But what Li Moto Song Haijun said is also quite reasonable.
For a long time in the future, it is unreasonable to want to shoot real blockbusters in China, for no other reason, the United States can make high-cost blockbusters because there are audiences all over the world who pay for them, but China can only rely on the domestic market to pay, and it is almost impossible to count on having an overseas box office of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Then for a long time in the future, movies must also focus on telling good stories and focusing on small and medium-sized costs...... There are also horror movies, but is that a horror movie, it has become a series of exposing and neurotic movies, and it is okay to watch one occasionally, all of them are like this, who will watch them.
In fact, it is best to implement a classification system in China, and the classification system does not mean that you have to release third-level films, ***, Li Mo will not object to these bans, but the so-called *** includes a lot, for example, "Resident Evil" is authentic.
The classification system has been implemented, the rules and regulations have been reduced, there are more subjects that can be filmed, and wonderful movies will undoubtedly gradually appear. But if you have to ban it, what can Li Mo do?
He sighed: "What these officials think, who can guess for sure." β
"Dogmatism, formalism, bureaucracy ......"
"Song Haijun, what he said is right, that's exactly the case, and I have to add two idioms, cover your ears and steal the bell, and deceive yourself."
Song Haijun couldn't help laughing.
Whether he could pass the review or not, Li Mo had to wait, he didn't wait for the reply from the Film Bureau, but waited for a person.
"Merkel, welcome, welcome," Limo politely invited Merkel into the room and made her coffee himself. No matter what Germans think of China, this German aunt can be said to be the most friendly European head of state to China in the future.
Merkel didn't speak with a straight face, and at the moment she was still a relatively young German aunt.
Li Mo pretended not to see it, and continued: "Congratulations to your country, it will be reunified soon." β
The two Germany have not yet been reunified, and the football World Cup that has just ended is that the football emperor Beckenbauer led the West German team to win the championship, because it was held in Italy, Yili also spent a lot of money to carry out several catwalks in the midfield of some fierce events.
At this moment, Li Mo did not go.
And in his previous life, Li Mo still liked football at first, but as Chinese football became more and more bad, Li Mo's interest in this event gradually disappeared.
is just a few promotional catwalks, and Li Mo doesn't have to show up.
However, some time ago, the financial systems of the two Germany began to merge, and East Germany began to switch to the West German mark, and the exchange rate was one to one. In fact, Li Mo could also use this opportunity to make a fortune in advance, but Li Mo couldn't do this, and if he did, he had no credit for tearing down the Berlin Wall, and he would not want to build a base camp in Germany in the future.
The financial system has been merged, so will it be far from unification?
"Don't congratulate, Li, let me ask you, why did you register the patent?"
Germany is about to merge, and once it is merged, how can the West Germans not pay attention to the patent sector? So Li Mo asked Hao Like to send people to register the relevant patents together with a large number of technologies obtained from East Germany, regardless of whether they have thoroughly understood it or not.
Li Mo can also learn from the Japanese, swaggeringly and without spending a penny, he registered the stolen cloisonnΓ© and VCD technology as his own patents, although it is shameless to do so, but it is in line with Western laws.
However, Li Mo is not Japanese after all, and Aunt Mo is still a very good person to China, he touched his nose a little embarrassed, and said: "Merkel, I spent a lot of money." β
"Are you spending money? Lucas: Do they have the right to sell these technologies? β
"Merkel, didn't you say yes at the beginning? I have made a great contribution for you Germany, and I can't care about this technology. β
"You can't register a patent."
"Merkel, I paid for it with my life, and my life can be said to be priceless." Li Mo said shamelessly.
"You're going to lose all your money soon, and what are you going to say?" Merkel scoffed.
"Hey, you Germans also pay attention to my investments?"