Chapter 516: Let's Talk About Something Practical
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Li Mingbao is definitely not lying when he says this, the mainland has always been very strict in regulating the film industry, but they have forgotten that such strict control is not a good thing for the film industry itself. www.biquge.info After all, the mainland regulates movies, but it doesn't mean that foreign countries also control movies.
And movies are such a thing, now it's time for great changes, the mainland regulates, and the natural development is slow, plus the mainland's capital investment in the industry is too small, not to mention development, it is very good not to shrink, compared with the rapid change outside, it is simply two concepts.
And the film industry is not only valued at home, but also valued abroad, how can Hollywood give up the mainland market if it undertakes such a big political task? When a certain time comes, the mainland market will definitely be opened, and at that time, with the current background of mainland films, how can it be the opponent of foreign films?
Although Li Mingbao doesn't care so much about whether the mainland's film industry is declining or not, after all, he now runs a United Cinema Line, and he is also a bigwig in the film industry. Rather than giving Hollywood to Hollywood, it is better to let yourself taste the market and let yourself enter it than to let Hollywood enter.
Li Mingbao's thoughts, of course Lao Li didn't know. But what Li Mingbao meant by this, Lao Li still understood it very clearly. Although Li Mingbao said that the domestic film market will be opened sooner or later, I don't know how long it will be, so for the time being, people in China don't need to think about this matter, but he is not the kind of person who only sees what is in front of himAlthough this time, it will not be in recent years, maybe there will be no problems in ten years.
Opening early and opening late, the effect of this is two different things. What is the situation of the domestic film market, Lao Li also has a little understanding, lack of funds, lack of technology, lack of ideas, lack of ideas. Basically, there is a lack of anything else except for the lack of personnel. If this were not the case, the mainland would not have allowed the existence of co-productions, and it can be said that the mainland has always understood the plight of the film market.
And has been working hard, to say that the history of the introduction of foreign films in the mainland, in fact, is quite long, since the founding of the People's Republic of China, it has not been broken, in the past, it was all those films from socialist countries that were introduced, but in recent years, the boss of the Soviet Union has also been in a recession, and the relationship has long been broken, so for the films of the Western world, and the films of other places, it is not so exclusive, think about even Japanese films, the mainland has been introduced, although it is imported with political purposes, but after all, it has been introduced. Nowadays, if you want to say that the best place for the film industry to develop in the whole of East Asia, it seems to be Hong Kong, otherwise such an institution as the circulation port would not appear in Hong Kong and not somewhere else.
To sum up, Hong Kong films cannot be said to be the most advanced films in the world now, but they are still much more advanced than mainland films. Although many of these films have a major conflict of values with the mainland, it does not mean that Hong Kong films cannot be screened on the mainland side at all, and there are many movies in Hong Kong that are suitable for the mainland. The main reason why it is like this now is that the problem in Hong Kong is relatively complicated, and everything will involve politics, so the people above still have concerns about the opening up of Hong Kong films.
But what Li Mingbao said is also true, if you really want to cut off contact with the outside world for decades, when it is time to open up, with the speed of foreign film circulation, coupled with their huge funds, it will not be easy for the domestic film industry to catch up at that time. Although perhaps in terms of literary films, the strength of mainland films is much stronger than that of Hong Kong.
But Lao Li is not a person in the circle, he can only be regarded as an outsider, so according to his understanding of outsiders, the speed of communication and the ability to spread such things as literary films are far inferior to the speed of communication of commercial films. And ordinary people are also shaped by commercial films to shape the value of life, and they have to watch literary films to understand and guard against the thoughts of the outside world, the effect is definitely not good, just like letting a primary school student listen to a college student's class, and the person who can understand is definitely a genius.
To understand is to understand, and to understand is to understand. Lao Li was actually not so resistant to Li Mingbao's proposal. But the matter proposed by Li Mingbao is really big, and Lao Li is not easy to speak, at most, he will hand this matter to the people above to deal with.
"Boss Li, I understand that your words are correct, the current domestic film industry is indeed not so prosperous, although we have not produced relatively good movies in recent years, but due to administrative problems, even if these movies are made, there is no good help for the film market, after all, the film market itself is maintained by film studios.
And domestic film studios have a lot of problems in movies, and it is not easy to solve them for a while. So Boss Li, I can't answer your proposal, so I can only hand it over to the leaders above to deal with. Boss Li, don't worry, about this matter, I will definitely report to the top as it is and give you an answer as soon as possible. To be honest, I still admire the circulation port you made, and it is not something that ordinary people can do to integrate the film forces of the entire East Asia. Lao Li said complimentingly.
The last sentence, Lao Li said to the point, not to mention that he is a layman who understands that this is not easy, when Li Mingbao and his people got the port of circulation, those insiders were waiting to see the jokes, the problem in this, how can it be explained by two words? If it weren't for the joint efforts of several bigwigs in Hong Kong, and Li Mingbao gave up a lot of his own interests to feed the sixth uncle, it would be a big question whether this institution could be completed in the end.
"With Lao Li's words, I am relieved. In fact, about the question of movies, I have already said it when I was old before. The film industry is very important, and it is understandable that the mainland attaches so much importance to it, but relying on the mainland alone to develop films is too slow, after all, the film industry is now in a situation of rapid change, I invested in a film in the United States last year, and it cost more than 7 million US dollars, that's it, it's not a lot, and the really big investment movies are measured in tens of millions of dollars in Hollywood.
When movie special effects, especially computer special effects, mature, the investment in a movie will require hundreds of millions of dollars. This is why Hollywood's movies have always been strong, because they have money to invest, and then rely on the money to transform into actual productivity, how can the current mainland spend so much money to invest in the film industry.
Open now, how much can catch up with some time, wait until ten or twenty years later, then the emerging technology has been formed, and then the mainland will be even more difficult to resist, let alone the mainland, even if it is Hong Kong, if you want to follow up the progress of Hollywood, it is not so easy, this is why I made a circulation port, in fact, it is to resist the pressure of Hollywood, through the entire East Asian market, maybe there is a little ability to resist, if you rely on Hong Kong alone, encounter Hollywood movies, It's just the crushing portion.
Attaching importance to the film industry does not mean that the film industry must be imprisoned in one's own control, if the world only has mainland films, then it does not matter much, but the problem is that there are many more prosperous places in the world than mainland films, and the mainland is imprisoned and developed in other places, so that the gap will be farther and farther away, and when the time comes, the future will be bleak. Li Mingbao said with a sigh.
"Alas, this problem is very troublesome, even the leaders above are very troubled by this problem, we also know that we can't stop it, but it can't be stopped if we don't block it, after all, the mainland's film industry is too weak, and now we will enter the market competition, and the future is also bleak. So neither is it to advance, nor is it to retreat. Lao Li also sighed.
"So, now the mainland has to try to try, after all, Hollywood's evil new technology, it is not a moment and a half to be able to fully mature, now although there is a gap, but the gap is not a world of difference, as long as it follows up, there is still some ability to resist, after all, the mainland compared to Hong Kong, although there is no capital and technology advantage, but in terms of manpower and population base, that is, the number of moviegoers, compared with Hong Kong, it is much better, if the mainland can cooperate more with Hong Kong, When the time comes, we will provide technology and capital on our side, and then the mainland will provide markets and manpower, and there will be no new roads. Li Mingbao is also constantly bewitching at this time, if he can really open his mouth, then he can bite a large piece of the mainland's fat, and his days will be more moisturized when the time comes.
"Let's not talk about this matter now, even if we talk more here, it doesn't actually make much sense, after all, the people who make the decision are still above, if they don't agree, even if we say a flower, it doesn't have any practical meaning. Instead of imagining here, let's do something practical. At this time, Lao Li had already come back to his senses, so he opened his mouth to talk about practical things.
It's not that the future of the film is not practical, it's just that discussing these issues now is more pragmatic, no matter how well it is said, without the support of actual forces, it is also a castle in the air, rather than talking about these things that do not have much practical significance here, Lao Li thought of the purpose of this visit, not to talk about the future of the film industry with Li Mingbao, but to talk about Li Mingbao's investment in the mainland.
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