Chapter 142: A Strange New Rule
The next day, Ye Tian and Zhao Yuzhi met in Kowloon and went to Kowloon Kai Tak Airport, seeing Ye Tian's hands empty, Zhao Yuzhi wearing large sunshades was very helpless, and at a glance she knew that her little man did not go out often, and the trip to Taiwan was not a matter of one or two days, and she didn't even bring any clothes.
"Sister Zhi, such a big box, I'll help you carry it!"
"You just went to Taiwan like this, and you didn't even bring a change of clothes?"
"Clothes are sold everywhere, and you can buy them again in Taiwan!"
Ye Tian took Zhao Yuzhi's suitcase, and was complacent about his wise decision, not to mention clothes, he was even taken with him a copy of the film, and after settling down in Taiwan, he called Lizhi to tell her the address and asked her to ship the goods according to the address.
"You're lazy and don't know how to save!"
"Then do you admit that I, a lazy man who doesn't know how to save, is your husband?" Feeling Zhao Yuzhi's two unknown gazes, Ye Tian laughed twice: "This...... Baby, it's time for us to go! ”
The two rushed to Kowloon Kai Tak Airport, because the airport is built in the downtown area, the transportation is very convenient, after arriving at the airport, first did the salute check-in, such a big suitcase must not be brought on the plane, the salute was handed over to the airport consignment staff, and the two went to the counter to check in, Ye Tian is not familiar with Kai Tak Airport, everything is subject to Zhao Yuzhi's instructions, not to mention, Zhao Yuzhi, who is dressed in cool clothes, walks in the crowded airport, and also has a unique charm, walking, more attractive than the flight attendant, half an hour later, the announcer began to remind the boarding, Ye Tian, Zhao Yuzhi's seats are leaning together.
Finding a seat, Ye Tian couldn't help asking: "How long does it take to fly from Hong Kong to Taipei?" ”
Zhao Yuzhi flies to Taiwan several times a year, and immediately gave the answer: "It's about the time of a movie." ”
"That's an hour and a half!"
"It's pretty much the same, sometimes it's late, even if it's two hours."
Ye Tian was relieved: "It's not long, I'm still going to take a nap!" ”
Zhao Yuzhi said gently: "If you want to be sleepy, just sleep, I'll call you when you get to Taipei." ”
Ye Tian said with a smile: "If you want to sleep, Sister Zhi, you sleep, I'm not sleepy at all." ”
Zhao Yuzhi smiled. I took off the sunshade on my face, took out a script from my bag, and read it with relish.
"Sister Zhi, do you still have the script?"
"This is a script sent by Sun Moon Pictures."
"What's your role?"
"Heroine Rong Rong."
"Rong Rong is a professional household!" Ye Tian smiled, Zhao Yuzhi is well-known for starring Su Rongrong in "The Legend of Chu Liuxiang", but I didn't expect these filmmakers to be very good, and the heroine is also called Rongrong, so fans naturally like it.
When the plane took off, Ye Tian felt a burst of discomfort, and after a while, it returned to normal. Breathing a sigh of relief, seeing that Zhao Yuzhi was concentrating on reading the script, he didn't want to disturb, thinking of this trip to Taiwan, he started to stay alone, Ye Tian had a hunch that this trip would not go well, maybe he would return empty-handed, Taiwan was very strange to him, let alone the film industry. There are three major cinema chains in Hong Kong, such as Golden Princess, Cui's, and Golden Harvest, but he didn't know anything about the cinema chains in Taiwan, so he asked Qin Xianglin, and the other party only gave the contact numbers of a few distribution companies.
"What's the use of the issuing company?"
Ye Tian couldn't help frowning and whispering. Zhao Yuzhi looked at him suspiciously.
"Huh?"
"Nothing?"
"Isn't it uncomfortable?"
"No, I think it's good."
Zhao Yuzhi pouted and thought for a while, closed the script, and said with concern: "What are you worried about?" ”
Ye Tian's heart moved. Qin Xianglin was unwilling to do his best to help, Zhao Yuzhi was his woman, could it be that she would definitely do her best. Besides, in terms of connections, Zhao Yuzhi may not be as good as Qin Shenlin, but Zhao Yuzhi also has his own advantages.
"Sister Zhi, do you know about Taiwanese movies?"
"You said movies."
The classification of movies is very diverse, for example, Hong Kong has a series of genres such as police and bandits, comedy, gambling, martial arts, history, Fengyue, literature and art, horror, etc., but in Taiwan, the deformed prosperity makes directors do not need to choose the type of movie, as long as they are filmed, they will make money, and over time, martial arts films, romance films, and literary films with the smallest cost and easy production have become the mainstream. It wasn't until the audience was tired of watching local films that Hong Kong films suddenly rose and dominated-Taiwan-Bay film market in one fell swoop. And Taiwan has also become a dumping ground for Hong Kong films, which has indirectly promoted the prosperity of Hong Kong films.
Zhao Yuzhi pondered for a moment and said slowly.
The establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the United States in 1978 was the heaviest blow to the authorities, and the localization and democratization movement on the island also grew, effectively shaking the decades-long authoritarian system. The three major public-owned film organizations were commissioned to produce a large number of "political propaganda films" and "military instruction films" in order to boost the morale of the people, but they did not want to be strongly resisted by the audience, and there was no box office to speak of.
In particular, "blockbusters" such as "Xinhai Double Ten", "Heroes of the Great Lake" and "The Eve of the War", which have an investment of tens of millions of dollars, have suffered huge losses, so much so that they have dragged down the production units. In the past two years, the three major public-owned film organizations have almost reached the point of making one film and losing one, and finally have to come forward by the "superiors" to strictly limit the amount of films produced by the three companies; at the same time, Taiwan's economy has achieved a miracle of take-off in the predicament, and has leaped forward to the "Asian Tigers", the people's material life has been greatly improved, and they have become more pragmatic and rational.
Zhao Yuzhi's beautiful lips gushed endlessly, Ye Tian laughed, in fact, what he wanted to hear was Taiwan's cinema intelligence, as for Taiwan's movies in the eighties, because of the current situation, Taiwan's control is still very strict, the mainland is an absolute "forbidden place" for cultural export, Taiwanese films want to enter the mainland, can only be transferred through Hong Kong, and most of them are underground, you can only watch movies from Baodao in the video hall instead of the cinema, Ye Tian has two of the most classic in his impression, one is "The Wrong Car", because its producer is Hong Kong New Arts City Company, It can be regarded as a public introduction, and the film deeply moved Ye Tian when he was young, and the theme song "If the Wine Sells Nothing" is even more popular and is regarded as a classic.
Another movie is more classic for Ye Tian, even if the hard-hearted people have seen it, they are crying a lot, the movie is called "Mom Loves Me Again", in addition to the sincere and touching plot, the most powerful "tear gas" in the film is the theme song that the little actor Xie Xiaoyu cried and hummed, "Only mothers are good in the world, and children with mothers are like treasures......
To this day, Ye Tian will never forget the scene at that time, the old birthday star's grandmother had a big birthday, and I don't know who released a "Mom Loves Me Again", but the whole family cried around the TV.
After Zhao Yuzhi finished speaking, Ye Tian handed over a bottle of mineral water.
"Sister Zhi, let's drink saliva."
"Hmm......" Zhao Yuzhi put down the bottle, her face was a little rosy: "I said so much unconsciously, Tianzai, do you have anything else to ask?" ”
Ye Tian said seriously: "Does Sister Zhi know about Taiwanese cinemas, I think that to release movies, you have to contact the theater." ”
Zhao Yuzhi said with a wry smile: "The film situation in Taiwan is relatively mixed, and it is okay to talk about big cities, but it is difficult to contact movie theaters in the countryside, and most film companies hand over the film to the distribution company and let him take 10% to 15% of the distribution fee." ”
Taiwan's large cinema chains are basically divided into big cities, but there are countless township cinemas, and it is impossible for film production companies to contact them one by one, so there is a way for distributors to live, which is different from Hong Kong, Ye Tian was stunned, and things were not as simple as he thought.
"When a distribution company distributes a film, it is responsible for 'buying the film', and the so-called 'buying the film' is only the purchase of the 'screening right', also known as the 'copyright'...... Usually buying a film includes a 'copy' and 'projection rights', if a 'copy' is not enough, and you want to buy a 'copy', you have to pay an additional fee, which is the 'business rule' in the world. The negatives are the property of the production company, and 'copies' can be added at any time for an additional fee. Zhao Yuzhi saw that Ye Tian didn't understand, and explained the distribution company in detail.
Ye Tian muttered: "If I want to release "Get My Father-in-law", do I need to contact the distribution company? ”
"That's it, sometimes when a film is released, the distributors will quarrel with each other, the fear is that there are not enough copies, if that's the case, they have to wait until the next batch of copies are made to get the movie released, and if they are a day late, they will make one less day's money, so they will fight.!" Zhao Yuzhi breathed a sigh of relief, Taiwan is different from Hong Kong, in Hong Kong, if a film wants to be released, it will directly hand over the copy to the theater, and only if the film needs to be distributed overseas, the theater company will be named as the distributor to sell the film overseas.
This is in trouble!
Ye Tian frowned, Taiwan has become a dumping ground for Hong Kong films, and the distribution company here must have a connection with the Hong Kong cinema chain, if there is a cinema chain, he can take the copy over and discuss the sharing plan, but the distribution company may not dare to take this job, just like Zhou Yanfa said, they are not willing to offend the Wei family or the golden princess for the sake of a 'Ye Tian'.
"Taiwan is coming!"
"Hmm!"
Ten minutes later, the plane landed at Taipei Airport, Ye Tian took Zhao Yuzhi off the plane, took the salute, talked and left the airport with a smile, and after arriving in Taiwan, Zhao Yuzhi's whole person became radiant.
Zhao Yuzhi walked out of the airport with Ye Tian in his arms: "I booked a hotel, do you want to take a taxi?" ”
Ye Tiandao: "Of course, no one came to pick us up." ”
"Hotels? How many rooms have you booked? ”
"Of course there are two rooms!"
"But I think one is more economical, wife, I'm very economical!"
Ye Tian seemed to be smiling, and Zhao Yuzhi lowered her head separately, as shy as a little daughter. (To be continued......)
PS: The third watch, there is another watch today