Chapter 161: The chaos of the entertainment market

Time has passed minute by minute, and the program duration of "Focus Interview" has passed halfway. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info

Lin Ruyun, who is in her seventies, began to sharpen her words.

"In Neon, a country across the water, it was once almost collapsed under the impact of Hollywood and other European and American industrialized film and television industries......"

"But the famous actors of Neon Country know the truth of cold lips and teeth, and the collective salary of famous actors in the entire entertainment industry has dropped by as much as 50%, and the highest is zero pay to play ......"

"After a five-year period of obscurity, Neon's film and television industry has recovered!"

"After that, Neon Country had an international A-class film festival, the Tokyo International Film Festival, a number of internationally renowned directors, a number of internationally renowned actors who swept the Cannes awards, and the strength to compete for the Oscars......"

"Domestic entertainment workers are living too comfortably!"

"This model of making money while lying down is unacceptable!"

"Without a sense of crisis in times of peace, sooner or later it will become the box office of Hollywood blockbusters......"

"Actors, directors, screenwriters, producers, producers, costumes, art, lighting, props...... This is a systematic entertainment industry, and it is unhealthy to dominate any aspect! ”

"In the seventies and eighties of the last century, "Journey to the West" could be made into an eternal classic with a production cost of several million, why is it so difficult to break five ratings with hundreds of millions of dollars now?"

"Actors have sky-high salaries, and there must be coercive measures!"

"Since the invisible hand of the law of the market has failed, then use the visible hand of administrative means to force intervention, the cultural industry is the core industry of the country, and it must be a healthy and prosperous ......"

"I will work with industry insiders to propose to the central government that actors' salaries cannot exceed 50% of the total production costs, and they should be reduced year by year!"

“……”

"If you compare the two recent works I directed, "Civil War" and "The Legend of Mortal Immortals", "Civil War" is a standardized Hollywood industrial production, basically you won't have much of a sense of surprise, because its industrial assembly line operation is very mature, even if it is a popcorn movie, it will be a success...... But compared with domestic movies, you will find that Hollywood movies have no spirituality, it is full of craftsmanship! "The Legend of Mortal Immortal Cultivation" has too many surprises and touches for me......"

"The preliminary work of "The Legend of Mortal Immortals" is very in place, the script and production budget have been done in advance, and the storyboard script in my hand is very mature, and I can focus on completing the storyboard script and all the shots on the script......"

"Especially the special effects of "The Legend of Mortal Immortals" gave me the biggest surprise and gave me confidence in domestic film and television special effects for the first time!"

"If you look at my previous works, basically my name is in the screenwriting column, but I didn't interfere with a single line in the script of "The Legend of Mortal Cultivation of Immortals", ......"

"This is a truth I learned during the filming of "Civil War", that is, the director must do his job well and carefully complete every storyboard...... Sitting in front of the monitor, the director must be aware of every scene! ”

"Recently, in my new play "Shadow", I have been trying this method, trying my best to make every part of the crew work organically, and finally converge into a high-quality film work......"

“……”

"Not only are you deeply shocked by the success of "The Legend of Mortal Immortal Cultivation", but even I, the producer, are very surprised!"

"The combination of Tang Nian and Director Zhang, I am very relieved!"

"During the release of "Meng Jiangnu", I made up my mind to sign Tang Nian to join the company......"

Later, with the assistance of Tencent Pictures, Tang Nian led the filming of the first online original drama "The First Chaos in History", which received a very good response from the market; Later, Tencent Pictures acquired Huangliang Performing Arts Workshop, and the two sides formed a closer relationship......"

"The White Fox Cover of the Man Who Opened the Coffin at Midnight" is the first film independently produced by Tang Nian......"

"By the time of "Cohabitation Blog", no one in Tencent Pictures had any doubts about Tang Nian's vision, because he proved himself with two movies, an online original drama, and a drama of "Jing Ke Assassinating Qin"!"

"Although "The Legend of Mortal Immortals" was exclusively invested by Tencent Pictures, during the filming of this TV series, the company did not interfere in any filming of this drama except for the full support of the actors and post-production...... Leaving professional things to professional people is my consistent view, and it is also a principle that Tencent Pictures agrees on! The success of "The Legend of Mortal Cultivation of Immortals" is because of this principle, and we have implemented it relatively well......"

"In the next step, we will continue to enrich the team of screenwriters and special effects, and strive to shoot more good film and television works!"

“……”

"From the perspective of a screenwriter, I am the most disgusted by the evil phenomenon of wanton tampering with the script!"

"The script is the foundation of a play, the soul of a film and television drama work, the core of the work, and the foundation of the work...... If you can change it at will in this regard, how can you ensure the quality of film and television works? ”

"A few months ago, I went undercover in Hengdu Film and Television City for a few months...... The reason why I say this is because of the way I do my research. I also posted some of the anomalies I witnessed during the undercover investigation on the Internet! ”

"I didn't expect the current showbiz to be chaotic to such a point, not only does the phenomenon of wanton tampering with scripts occur from time to time, but even filming has reached a new level...... Some small crews are just a grass stage team, actors are acting in front of the camera, the director dozing off in front of the monitor, and the screenwriter sitting there playing with his mobile phone, lighting, art, props, etc. are all a mess...... What's even more surprising is that there are some crews, actors are using stand-ins throughout the whole process, and there are stand-ins in literary and martial arts......"

"I was so angry at the time, since I used all the stand-ins, what else do I want you to do?"

"After deducting "Cohabitation Blog" and "The Legend of Mortal Cultivation of Immortals", has there been a phenomenal TV series in the entertainment market in the past five years? Not even the most basic high-rated TV series! ”

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Under the guidance of Bai Yansong, several guests gradually let go of their sense of restraint in front of the camera, and the controversy on the scene of the "Focus Interview" program began to become intense.

"Forced reduction of actors' salaries, I don't think it's necessary!"

During the discussion session, Bai Yizhen expressed his opposition to Mr. Lin's views.

"Why is there a sky-high salary? In the final analysis, there is an imbalance between supply and demand, there are too few actors in the entertainment industry who can get their hands on it, if the actors who have grown up in the entertainment industry meet the market demand, the phenomenon of sky-high remuneration will not exist at all! ”

"Forcing the remuneration of actors within a certain percentage of the production cost of a play will have two drawbacks, the first disadvantage is that film and television production companies cannot choose actors with more market acceptance to play; The second disadvantage is that it will cause the quality and quantity of actors to wither and decrease sharply for a certain time and to a certain extent! The main body of the entertainment market is large and small film and television production companies, and no one will boldly use the ...... of newcomers without profit guarantees."

And the veteran screenwriter Song Wanjin expressed his opposition to Bai Yiji's opinion.

"From the screenwriter's point of view, I agree with Mr. Lin's point of view, the script, director and other behind-the-scenes work in place, it will naturally be rewarded!"

"We don't want new actors because we don't trust the script, directors and other behind-the-scenes workers and our own lack of confidence, and this mentality is also unhealthy......"

"Every powerful actor with market appeal has come from the time of a rookie actor, if we don't encourage more rookie actors to grow, how can we get rid of the current sky-high salary?"

"New actors have no chance to get ahead, and the healthy development of the entertainment industry can only be empty talk......"

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Next, the guest debate of "Focus Interview" was even more hot.

Regarding the script, the guests have a unanimous opinion, that is, the change of the script and the change of the characters must be approved by the screenwriter.

And Song Wanjin also publicly responded to the question of 'hidden deduction' for the first time.

"Screenwriters are actually the worst, sometimes!"

"Scripts adapted from excellent literary works, especially those adapted from original web novels, the screenwriter is nothing more than the writer of the character lines of the storyboard......"

"It is precisely because of the lowest status of screenwriters that there is basically no threshold for becoming a screenwriter, and anyone can be a screenwriter...... As a result, grassroots screenwriters and even famous screenwriters can't even guarantee the most basic copyright and screenwriting rights! ”

"Recently, there has been a lot of uproar on the Internet about the Anti-Japanese War-themed TV series, and there is a shot in which the phenomenon of weapon crossing appears, this kind of gun was developed twenty years after the end of the Anti-Japanese War, but it has traveled to the Anti-Japanese War era...... This phenomenon occurs a lot, the most common is clothing and other dynastic crossing, the clothes that originally appeared in the Ming Dynasty, but appeared in the Tang Dynasty...... I don't know how many of these are common-sense mistakes made by screenwriters, but some of them are hidden ......"

"There are some common-sense mistakes, which are deliberately set up by the screenwriter in order to protect themselves!"

"In recent years, what often happens is that a producer or investor asks a screenwriter to come up with a script, and then can't pass the review and rejection of the manuscript, and then takes the photocopied script and starts filming directly, without having to give the screenwriter a penny......

"In order to ensure that the legitimate screenwriter's fees can be received, the screenwriter uses this kind of common-sense mistake as a hidden deduction, if the investor gives the screenwriter the agreed labor fee, the screenwriter will change these hidden deductions when delivering the official script, otherwise it will ......"

Facing the camera, Director Zhang also publicly responded to the controversy about "Civil War" for the first time, and also made a statement on the issue of acting skills.

""Civil War" was released during the Domestic Film Protection Month, but it actually doesn't have much to do with me!"

"Although I made this suggestion, I didn't think that "Civil War" would be able to get a public screening license for domestic release during the domestic film protection month......

"After all, I am just a director, and the leading actors and leading actors in "Civil War" are all North American Hollywood movie stars, and they can get nearly 700 million US dollars at the domestic box office, which fully proves that the potential of the Chinese film market is still very high!"

"If you want to completely activate this part of the box office potential, you must come up with the best movie works, boiled cabbage and even salt, don't treat the audience for fools......"

"During the release of "Civil War", there were too many things against me in the domestic entertainment industry, and I remained silent from beginning to end!"

"Facts have proved that even movies starring Hollywood movie stars with basically zero recognition in China, as long as the quality is excellent, they can still be recognized by the audience and get high box office returns......"

"I don't think that just with Tang Nian and Tan Songyun's appearances, "Civil War" can get more than 400 million box office!"

"There are too many rights and wrongs in the entertainment industry, and I am in it, so naturally I can't escape ......"

"But I have a sentence I want to tell newcomers who have just entered the entertainment industry: when others accuse you, don't be in a hurry to refute it, and speak for you with actions, facts, achievements, and success!"

"Regarding acting, some people say that an actor's acting skills are all about the director's camera shooting and post-editing......"

"What I want to say is that if as an actor, you can't even complete the most basic character building, your shots will not appear on the finished film at all, and even your role will be replaced!"

In the following time, the guests had a fierce confrontation around the strange phenomena of the entertainment market such as 'sky-high salary', 'real screenwriter's situation', 'acting', and 'who has the final say in the crew'.

For the first time, some phenomena that ordinary people never knew about were made public in front of a national audience.

Even some of the unspoken rules that were dodged in the past were ruthlessly exposed by several guests, which made many people in the industry in front of the TV blush.

Everyone has said a lot about some of the phenomena that film and television production companies hate the most.

When it comes to the TV station's 'secondary editing', 'rough editing', 'frenzied mid-roll advertisements, and opening and ending patch ads' produced by film and television companies, they are all outraged.

Even CCTV was unceremoniously criticized.

Although Mango Satellite TV and other satellite TV stations have not been named, some of the 'random editing' and 'random editing of episode lengths' and 'changing end credits' that film and television production companies hate, have been found by the audience in front of the TV one by one.

And the three principles that Tang Nian has always adhered to in "Cohabitation Blog" and "The Legend of Mortal Cultivation of Immortals" are also made public in front of the national audience for the first time.

'No secondary editing, artificially longer episodes in the form of intro recaps and end trailers', 'No interstitial advertisements during an episode', 'In-roll ads and subtitle rolling ads are prohibited'......

The time unconsciously came to ten o'clock, and the extended version of "Focus Interview", which lasted for an hour and a half, finally ended.

The discussion about this issue of "Focus Interview" continued until late at night.

It gave audiences across the country an in-depth understanding of the current situation of the Chinese entertainment market and cultural industry for the first time, and it also triggered the public's thinking about the healthy atmosphere of the entertainment industry, and made many film and television companies feel more crisis.