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In fact, to put it bluntly, both sides want to get benefits from each other, the mainland wants to ease the tension between the two sides of the strait, and the Taiwan side hopes to enter the mainland film market.

These mountainous areas in southern Taiwan, according to the regulations, must be reviewed for at least one year before they can be approved, and Li Xiaole can't afford to wait for this time.

"Director Lin, everyone, ......" Looking at the many bigwigs in the Taiwanese film industry gathered in front of him, Li Xiaole looked around with a calm face, and then said in a serious tone:

"Maybe you already know that although "Sedek Balai" is a co-production, it is mainly based in Taiwan, and the venue and actors are basically Taiwanese, and for this film, our first phase investment is NT$300 million......"

600 million~? The black Taiwanese filmmakers in the audience immediately caused a commotion, and Wu Zhen, chairman of Changhong Company, even laughed directly.

And Hou Xiaoxian and Zhu Yanping opened their mouths slightly, wondering if they had heard it wrong, Li Xiaole obviously said that the next movie is mainly based on Taiwan, so it should be the ******** market, weishenme He wants to invest 300 million again? Doesn't he know that the box office record of a single film in Taiwan is only 3. NT$800 million? It was created by Titanic!

"This is the first phase of investment, which has been injected into the crew's account, and will be managed by Mr. Lin Niangui, the representative of the Information Bureau, as an intermediary, and the investment in the second and third phases is about 300 million, of which 100 million is the film support provided by the Information Bureau, all of which will be handed over to Mr. Lin Tiangui as a producer for management."

According to Taiwan's subsidy system, there are strategic grants for big-budget films, that is, how much money the producer invests, the Information Bureau will invest one-fifth of the amount as the film grant, and Li Xiaole will come up with NT$500 million, so the Information Bureau must contribute 100 million in grants.

As soon as Li Xiaole finished speaking, everyone's eyes in the audience shifted to Lin Tiangui, who was also dark-skinned and wearing glasses, he was the son of Director Lin of the Information Bureau, an actuary who graduated from Harvard University in the United States, and was responsible for reviewing the distribution of film grants. ”。

The black-faced god restrained the excitement in his heart at this moment and raised his glasses, nodded slightly in response to everyone's gaze, and the people in the audience instantly petrified...... I felt a deep shock in my heart, but immediately after, a burst of inexplicable anger burst out in the hearts of these people...... Or rather, jealousy.

Since the golden period of the New Wave of films has passed, Taiwanese films are still addicted to the invincible abyss of literary films, and the general atmosphere is that commercial films are degenerate, and in recent years, the investment has been small for a year, and every director here is living on millions of NT$ film grants, they take 10 million funds, make 8 million movies, and then leave 2 million to live, and the movies are all indoors, set up a few tables, invite a few famous actors, and make a "restaurant movie" literary film, This has become a normal state of existence.

Many of these directors in Taiwan have been working in the industry for decades, but they can't get an investment of more than NT$10 million, and Li Xiaole, a mainland director, will make a big deal of 600 million...... This huge sense of disparity makes them feel mixed feelings at the moment, jealous and angry, and even want to scold their mother.

But at the same time, they have some expectations...... Because Li Xiaole said that he wants to choose one of the Taiwanese directors as his co-director, it may be Hou Xiaoxian, Zhu Yanping, or himself...... A movie made of 600 million...... Oh my God, so the filmmakers are so nervous that they can't breathe anymore when they think about it.

Under the nervous attention of everyone's expectation, Li Xiaole leaned lightly on the back of the chair and continued to speak in a serious tone: "I will invite director Wei Desheng to co-direct "Sydek Balai" with me."

"Wei Desheng? Who is it? "Who's that?" "Do you know him?" There was an uproar in the audience, and at this time, Wei Desheng, who was beside Li Xiaole, stood up and bowed to the audience a little embarrassed.

Someone in the audience finally recognized it, isn't this the little assistant director of Chen Guofu's "Double Pupils...... The madman who spent 200 Taiwan dollars to shoot a 5-minute short film by himself, and tried to raise 50 million Taiwan dollars on the Internet to make a film......

After realizing that Li Xiaole was not joking, the Taiwanese directors fell into a collective silence, and even Director Lin squeezed out a smile in Li Xiaole's ear with some disbelief after coming back to his senses:

"Director Li, do you want to think about it again, there are many more experienced directors on the scene, I think they can help you more and let Director Wei be the assistant director......"

Wei Desheng is a madman...... He is a completely uncontrollable character, this kind of newcomer with no experience and only a lot of enthusiasm is something that no film company dares to use, is Li Xiaole just trying to find a puppet and monopolize power? Without the participation of Taiwanese directors, he can only repeat the mistakes of "Let the Bullets Fly...... The 600 million investment will only get a box office of less than 1 million at that time, and it will become a real daxiao dialect.

Those Taiwanese directors stared at Wei Desheng on the stage with hostility and disdain, and Wei Desheng avoided their gaze, lowered his head and did not dare to look down, obviously he himself felt that this thing was a bit ridiculous, and he himself did not expect Li Xiaole to make "Sedek Balai" such a big production, and he was also a little empty-hearted.

"I know that everyone may think that this decision is risky, but what I want to tell you is that this script was written by Director Wei, and no one else here knows this movie better, and Director Wei is also the most Haode director of the young generation in Taiwan."

Li Xiaole said with a firm expression, the reaction of these people has long been expected by him, this group of literary directors doesn't understand what the audience needs at all, and he was already stupid when he heard the 600 million investment, what he wants is to let Wei Desheng Liwei, let everyone know that he is his representative, and it will be easier to deal with anything in the future.

"Director Wei will be responsible for the liaison with the Information Bureau in the future, and I will invite Miss Lin Zhiling as my guest actor and also serve as the publicity ambassador of "Sedek Balai......"

After Li Xiaole said this, Director Lin not only did not feel at ease, but felt even more worried, he originally thought that Li Xiaole was a smart person, but he didn't expect him to make such an incomprehensible decision, if a 600 million investment film fails miserably in the market, it may be a declaration that Taiwan's local films are about to die completely......

Looking at the pale Director Lin, Li Xiaole laughed unexpectedly:

"In fact, when I chatted with Director Lin before, I probably already learned that Taiwan's film market has always been very large, and the piracy control here is also good, if there is a local movie that Taiwanese audiences love to watch, it is not a big problem for the box office to surpass "Titanic", and if it can still achieve good results in the mainland market, it will form a virtuous circle and integrate Taiwan and mainland film and television resources......"

"Director Li, you seem to be too optimistic about our market?" Zhu Yanping, who was in the audience, finally couldn't help but speak out, the father of Taiwanese commercial films, explained helplessly:

"I understand that the mainland film market has been very hot recently, but Taiwan is different, here we have to face the direct impact of Hollywood blockbusters, there is no protection system for theaters, and ticket prices are the same, for example, I just made "Two Birds with One Stone", although it is not as good as the blockbuster of Director Li's "Bullet", but it also got a box office of 10 million in the mainland, but it only has a box office of NT$80,000 in Taiwan...... These two places are completely different, and you can't completely copy the experience of the mainland. ”

Speaking of the old director who filmed "New Oolong Courtyard" and "Xiaolin Kid", he frowned, his forehead was like a railroad track, and he sighed:

"Director Li, I approve of your filming of "Sedek Balai", but please consider the current situation of the Taiwan market, I suggest that you reduce your investment to a maximum of NT$100 million, so that at least you can recover the cost in the mainland market, otherwise your film will be filmed, and if it fails at the box office in Taiwan, I am afraid that a good thing will become a bad thing."

Some Taiwanese directors below also shouted: "Yes, how can you do this, don't you want to kill our Taiwanese films?" ”

"Since you're rich and weishenme, it's not good to make "Sedek Balai" into an art film, and weishenme wants to imitate Hollywood so depraved!!"

"Let's not make a big production~! We want elegant movies like Yang Dechang and Hou Xiaoxian, and only elegant movies can save our market! ”

Lin Zhiling next to her obviously couldn't stand it, so she quickly got up and smiled and persuaded: "Directors, calm down, please let Director Li speak, and we will discuss it." ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard a cold snort: "We filmmakers discuss things, what is the matter with you as a model, is this the place where you should speak?" The big guys all looked at the person who spoke, and saw a middle-aged man who seemed to be the leader among the Taiwanese directors stood up, with a gray-haired face and puffy yellow eyes that looked very arrogant, and everyone present knew him, Wang Qun, the diehard director of Taiwan's New Wave films.

This Wang Qun used to be a city councilor, it was he who initiated the so-called "Taiwan Literary Film Blockade", calling on all directors in the industry to dig out these degenerate forms of commercial films, and he is a well-known and eloquent thorn in the industry, no one dares to offend him, this time Li Xiaole came to Taiwan to make films, he was the first to object, Director Wang Da is extremely unaccustomed to mainland commercial directors to "pollute" Taiwan's pure film industry.

In fact, to put it bluntly, both sides want to get benefits from each other, the mainland wants to ease the tension between the two sides of the strait, and the Taiwan side hopes to enter the mainland film market.

These mountainous areas in southern Taiwan, according to the regulations, must be reviewed for at least one year before they can be approved, and Li Xiaole can't afford to wait for this time.

"Director Lin, everyone, ......" Looking at the many bigwigs in the Taiwanese film industry gathered in front of him, Li Xiaole looked around with a calm face, and then said in a serious tone:

"Maybe you already know that although "Sedek Balai" is a co-production, it is mainly based in Taiwan, and the venue and actors are basically Taiwanese, and for this film, our first phase investment is NT$300 million......"

600 million~? The black Taiwanese filmmakers in the audience immediately caused a commotion, and Wu Zhen, chairman of Changhong Company, even laughed directly.

And Hou Xiaoxian and Zhu Yanping opened their mouths slightly, wondering if they had heard it wrong, Li Xiaole obviously said that the next movie is mainly based on Taiwan, so it should be the ******** market, weishenme He wants to invest 300 million again? Doesn't he know that the box office record of a single film in Taiwan is only 3. NT$800 million? It was created by Titanic!

"This is the first phase of investment, which has been injected into the crew's account, and will be managed by Mr. Lin Niangui, the representative of the Information Bureau, as an intermediary, and the investment in the second and third phases is about 300 million, of which 100 million is the film support provided by the Information Bureau, all of which will be handed over to Mr. Lin Tiangui as a producer for management."

According to Taiwan's subsidy system, there are strategic grants for big-budget films, that is, how much money the producer invests, the Information Bureau will invest one-fifth of the amount as the film grant, and Li Xiaole will come up with NT$500 million, so the Information Bureau must contribute 100 million in grants.

As soon as Li Xiaole finished speaking, everyone's eyes in the audience shifted to Lin Tiangui, who was also dark-skinned and wearing glasses, he was the son of Director Lin of the Information Bureau, an actuary who graduated from Harvard University in the United States, and was responsible for reviewing the distribution of film grants. ”。

The black-faced god restrained the excitement in his heart at this moment and raised his glasses, nodded slightly in response to everyone's gaze, and the people in the audience instantly petrified...... I felt a deep shock in my heart, but immediately after, a burst of inexplicable anger burst out in the hearts of these people...... Or rather, jealousy.

Since the golden period of the New Wave of films has passed, Taiwanese films are still addicted to the invincible abyss of literary films, and the general atmosphere is that commercial films are degenerate, and in recent years, the investment has been small for a year, and every director here is living on millions of NT$ film grants, they take 10 million funds, make 8 million movies, and then leave 2 million to live, and the movies are all indoors, set up a few tables, invite a few famous actors, and make a "restaurant movie" literary film, This has become a normal state of existence.

Many of these directors in Taiwan have been working in the industry for decades, but they can't get an investment of more than NT$10 million, and Li Xiaole, a mainland director, will make a big deal of 600 million...... This huge sense of disparity makes them feel mixed feelings at the moment, jealous and angry, and even want to scold their mother.

But at the same time, they have some expectations...... Because Li Xiaole said that he wants to choose one of the Taiwanese directors as his co-director, it may be Hou Xiaoxian, Zhu Yanping, or himself...... A movie made of 600 million...... Oh my God, so the filmmakers are so nervous that they can't breathe anymore when they think about it.

Under the nervous attention of everyone's expectation, Li Xiaole leaned lightly on the back of the chair and continued to speak in a serious tone: "I will invite director Wei Desheng to co-direct "Sydek Balai" with me."

"Wei Desheng? Who is it? "Who's that?" "Do you know him?" There was an uproar in the audience, and at this time, Wei Desheng, who was beside Li Xiaole, stood up and bowed to the audience a little embarrassed.

Someone in the audience finally recognized it, isn't this the little assistant director of Chen Guofu's "Double Pupils...... The madman who spent 200 Taiwan dollars to shoot a 5-minute short film by himself, and tried to raise 50 million Taiwan dollars on the Internet to make a film......

After realizing that Li Xiaole was not joking, the Taiwanese directors fell into a collective silence, and even Director Lin squeezed out a smile in Li Xiaole's ear with some disbelief after coming back to his senses:

"Director Li, do you want to think about it again, there are many more experienced directors on the scene, I think they can help you more and let Director Wei be the assistant director......"

Wei Desheng is a madman...... He is a completely uncontrollable character, this kind of newcomer with no experience and only a lot of enthusiasm is something that no film company dares to use, is Li Xiaole just trying to find a puppet and monopolize power? Without the participation of Taiwanese directors, he can only repeat the mistakes of "Let the Bullets Fly...... The 600 million investment will only get a box office of less than 1 million at that time, and it will become a real daxiao dialect.

Those Taiwanese directors stared at Wei Desheng on the stage with hostility and disdain, and Wei Desheng avoided their gaze, lowered his head and did not dare to look down, obviously he himself felt that this thing was a bit ridiculous, and he himself did not expect Li Xiaole to make "Sedek Balai" such a big production, and he was also a little empty-hearted.

"I know that everyone may think that this decision is risky, but what I want to tell you is that this script was written by Director Wei, and no one else here knows this movie better, and Director Wei is also the most Haode director of the young generation in Taiwan."

Li Xiaole said with a firm expression, the reaction of these people has long been expected by him, this group of literary directors doesn't understand what the audience needs at all, and he was already stupid when he heard the 600 million investment, what he wants is to let Wei Desheng Liwei, let everyone know that he is his representative, and it will be easier to deal with anything in the future.

"Director Wei will be responsible for the liaison with the Information Bureau in the future, and I will invite Miss Lin Zhiling as my guest actor and also serve as the publicity ambassador of "Sedek Balai......"

After Li Xiaole said this, Director Lin not only did not feel at ease, but felt even more worried, he originally thought that Li Xiaole was a smart person, but he didn't expect him to make such an incomprehensible decision, if a 600 million investment film fails miserably in the market, it may be a declaration that Taiwan's local films are about to die completely......

Looking at the pale Director Lin, Li Xiaole laughed unexpectedly:

"In fact, when I chatted with Director Lin before, I probably already learned that Taiwan's film market has always been very large, and the piracy control here is also good, if there is a local movie that Taiwanese audiences love to watch, it is not a big problem for the box office to surpass "Titanic", and if it can still achieve good results in the mainland market, it will form a virtuous circle and integrate Taiwan and mainland film and television resources......"

"Director Li, you seem to be too optimistic about our market?" Zhu Yanping, who was in the audience, finally couldn't help but speak out, the father of Taiwanese commercial films, explained helplessly:

"I understand that the mainland film market has been very hot recently, but Taiwan is different, here we have to face the direct impact of Hollywood blockbusters, there is no protection system for theaters, and ticket prices are the same, for example, I just made "Two Birds with One Stone", although it is not as good as the blockbuster of Director Li's "Bullet", but it also got a box office of 10 million in the mainland, but it only has a box office of NT$80,000 in Taiwan...... These two places are completely different, and you can't completely copy the experience of the mainland. ”

Speaking of the old director who filmed "New Oolong Courtyard" and "Xiaolin Kid", he frowned, his forehead was like a railroad track, and he sighed:

"Director Li, I approve of your filming of "Sedek Balai", but please consider the current situation of the Taiwan market, I suggest that you reduce your investment to a maximum of NT$100 million, so that at least you can recover the cost in the mainland market, otherwise your film will be filmed, and if it fails at the box office in Taiwan, I am afraid that a good thing will become a bad thing."

Some Taiwanese directors below also shouted: "Yes, how can you do this, don't you want to kill our Taiwanese films?" ”

"Since you're rich and weishenme, it's not good to make "Sedek Balai" into an art film, and weishenme wants to imitate Hollywood so depraved!!"

"Let's not make a big production~! We want elegant movies like Yang Dechang and Hou Xiaoxian, and only elegant movies can save our market! ”

Lin Zhiling next to her obviously couldn't stand it, so she quickly got up and smiled and persuaded: "Directors, calm down, please let Director Li speak, and we will discuss it." ”

As soon as the words fell, I heard a cold snort: "We filmmakers discuss things, what is the matter with you as a model, is this the place where you should speak?" The big guys all looked at the person who spoke, and saw a middle-aged man who seemed to be the leader among the Taiwanese directors stood up, with a gray-haired face and puffy yellow eyes that looked very arrogant, and everyone present knew him, Wang Qun, the diehard director of Taiwan's New Wave films.

This Wang Qun used to be a city councilor, it was he who initiated the so-called "Taiwan Literary Film Blockade", calling on all directors in the industry to dig out these degenerate forms of commercial films, and he is a well-known and eloquent thorn in the industry, no one dares to offend him, this time Li Xiaole came to Taiwan to make films, he was the first to object, Director Wang Da is extremely unaccustomed to mainland commercial directors to "pollute" Taiwan's pure film industry.