Chapter 726 The Long Three Days (1)

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The Jingcheng Municipal Government is on Zhengyi Road, 20.8 kilometers from Chu Qing's house

At about eight o'clock, he set off from home, passed Guangshun, passed five yuan, and turned to Liangma, and was still stuck on the road for a long time. Outside the car window, there is the gray Chaoyang Park and the high-rise Lufthansa business district.

As soon as I entered the righteous road, I saw the dense building complex from afar. The large open space in front of the door is marked with a yellow line, and a telescopic door of 20 meters opens a five-meter-wide passage, and there is a sentry box next to the side, poking an armed policeman straight and straight.

Chu Qing took out the pass he had just bought yesterday, stretched it out and shook it, and slowly drove into the courtyard. There is a total of Building 10 in the municipal government, and he turned around twice, stopped at the bottom of Building 8, and then called Tong Gang, and only after getting the letter did he go upstairs.

The seminar was nine o'clock, so he entered the lounge, and there were already more than a dozen people sitting in it, Tong Gang was in it, and when he saw him, he was busy and said: "Come, Xiao Chu, I'll introduce you!" ”

"This is Director Chen of the Cultural Market Department of the Ministry of Culture."

"This is Director Ming of the Art Department of the Ministry of Culture."

"This is Director Mu of the Department of Ideological and Political Work of the Ministry of Education."

"This is the Municipal Bureau of Radio, Film and Television, Director Li."

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Chu Qing swore that the officials he had seen in his two lives together did not have this day, and those cumbersome and magical names alone could make his head dizzy.

Tong Gang shouted well, in fact, most of them are deputy positions, but even if they are deputy positions, they will be scared to death when they get to the place. And the attitude of those guys is also very interesting, with a little curiosity, looking, and suddenly saying, oh, it turns out that real people look like this.

Afterwards, everyone sat down, Chu Qing was very embarrassed, and he didn't know how to communicate at all. After staying up for a few minutes, there was another sound of footsteps outside the door, but it was Han Sanping who arrived with representatives of various associations.

Ouch! Finally ran into an acquaintance, and I cried with joy. The third master is extremely restrained, and the big man who is in the film and television industry has to bow down and be small here.

To be honest, all the officials present are officials, and it is a relationship that cannot be beaten, because a film festival got together. Fresh, boring, daily work, a good opportunity to expand resources...... I have all the ideas, but I don't, passionate.

There is more than one lounge, and after more than 20 people are installed here, it is basically quiet. Soon it was nine o'clock, and someone came in to remind everyone to go out.

Chu Qing walked next to Han Sanping, walked in the back position, and saw one or two...... Seven Eight ...... Come out of the rooms and converge on the conference room at the end, oh, or conference hall.

The dozen or so people with the highest level were at the round table in the middle, and the rest were scattered around, and nearly a hundred people were a little loose and daring.

The host is Director Li of the Municipal Radio and Television, and after looking around, he tried the microphone and said, "Okay, let's start." First of all, I would like to express my personal honor and excitement, it is rare to have colleagues from various departments and friends from all walks of life gather together today to discuss important matters. (As we all know, the country is vigorously promoting the cultural industry, and the film industry has become an indispensable part;) After the research and discussion of the relevant departments, a proposition for the establishment of an international film festival is now proposed. So today's content is about the necessity and specific process of establishing a film festival...... Okay, now I have the floor for Mayor Lu to speak. ”

"Whoa!"

After the applause, Lu Wei, the highest-level leader present today, member of the Standing Committee of the Beijing Municipal Party Committee, deputy mayor, and director of the Propaganda Department, leaned forward slightly and said with a smile: "I am a layman in film and television, and I came today to listen to opinions, so I won't say much, you continue." ”

"Heh, what Mayor Lu means is that professional things are left to professional people. Okay, then we have to invite Han Sanping, chairman of China Film Group, to speak. Director Li said with a smile.

The third master sat in place, took the microphone, and no longer saw the smiling face of the Buddha, and said solemnly: "Of course the film festival has to be held, and it has to be done well, why?" I said a set of numbers jù, the total box office of the movies produced by China Film last year was ......"

Where is the third master babbling, turning a corner of the self-blowing stick, but Chu Qing lowered his head and listened expressionlessly.

Since this morning, from the moment he entered this courtyard, his head seemed to explode, and the chaotic thoughts poured in wildly, thumping into the nerves in his brain.

Just like the scene at this moment, it fully illustrates a problem:

In China's film and television industry, the government is too powerful, which restricts the development of film festivals. Moreover, the holding or filming of some film events often becomes an official achievement. Even some local governments, in order to get the right to hold the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Awards, provide a large amount of sponsorship fees to the China Film Association.

But in Europe and the United States, there is no film festival sponsored by the government. There is an official cultural fund that you can apply for, but it is only supportive, and will never be personally involved or handled.

Therefore, the biggest crux of Chinese film festivals is that the official supports film festivals, film festivals support filmmakers, and filmmakers have to compromise with the government in order to make money. The official award is just to give an explanation to the relevant people.

Politics, culture, and economy are always linked. The state has promoted the cultural industry, and all kinds of activities have been carried out; The country advocates frugality, and the film festival even saves the special opening!

It's a good thing to say, professional people do professional things, but in fact, everyone knows it......

Chu Qing is facing a thousand-year-old wall of consciousness, he doesn't want to avoid it, he doesn't want to die, he can only dig and irrigate little by little, hoping that under the hard and cold corner, grass will grow one day, even if it is one.

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"If you want to talk about professionalism, I don't think anyone is more professional than this one, so I won't introduce it, I invite Chu Qing to speak!" After Han San's comment, there were several representatives of the association, and when they were all OK, Director Li read Chu Qing's name.

I saw him wave his hand, and a little girl sitting in the corner fiddled with the computer twice. The curtain in front lights up, revealing a picture.

He originally prepared three parts: Why did he hold a film festival? Is there a conditional semi-film festival? How to run a film festival?

But then I thought about it, since the official was willing to hold a meeting, it showed that there was a spectrum in mind, and the first two were basically useless. So I reorganized it, discarded the nonsense that was not nutritious, and the practical could no longer be realistic.

"Just now, Han Dong said a set of numbers, and the domestic box office reached 909 million US dollars last year, an increase of 42.96% over the previous year. This growth rate is six times higher than the global average. Yes, this number is indeed encouraging, but there are two aspects to the establishment and survival of things. Look at this picture......"

He sat quite far away, and he had to introduce, and it was very difficult to compare, Lu Wei saw this, and suddenly said: "Xiao Chu, why don't you go to the front and talk about it?" ”

Chu Qing was stunned, then answered, and strode in front of everyone.

"This is the box office statistics of "Avatar" in countries around the world: North America, which broke 500 million in 32 days, has now broken 600 million, and is likely to break 700 million. Japan, $120 million; France, 110 million; Germany, 90 million; United Kingdom, 120 million; Russia, 100 million; Australia, 80 million; Spain, 70 million; Italy, 60 million; Brazil, 40 million ......

In China, as of yesterday, this figure is 900 million yuan, and since its release, it has won all the single-week box office championships.

What is this concept? To put it simply: the global box office of "Avatar" has reached $1.9 billion! ”

"Buzz!"

The audience was shocked, and people from various departments began to convert in their hearts, 1.9 billion US dollars, which is equivalent to how much education funds, how much financial allocation, and how much industry output value.

They don't pretend yet, they really don't know.

"A while ago, I chatted with a film critic, and he said that this is a complete defeat that our Chinese filmmakers have collectively witnessed, and they are collectively convinced! Under the huge backdrop of "Avatar", if you praise or scold "Three Guns", it is like hiding in a very dirty and messy corner, doing sneaky things. ”

When the words fell, someone retorted: "Too alarmist? We also have a lot of films that have an international reputation. ”

"For example?"

Chu Qing glanced at him and asked, "Which Chinese film has sold overseas?" ”

"Hero! "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", uh...... "The other party was still very loud at first, and there was no movement in a blink of an eye.

Immediately afterwards, another one asked: "But I usually watch the news, like the Cannes Film Festival and the Berlin Film Festival, and they all say that the market for Chinese films is very high?" ”

"Because it's cheap!"

Chu Qing killed it directly and said: "People make a movie for $100 million, and it's impossible to sell the copyright for $1 million." We make a movie for 20 million yuan, and we can sell it for 500,000 US dollars. The economy in the West is not good right now, but the demand for movies has increased considerably. I may not be able to describe it appropriately, European and American studios buying Chinese films are like not being able to afford ten yuan to go to the theater, so they have to rent a video disc for one dollar to watch it at home. ”

"You just said "Heroes" and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", yes, these two are too famous. But you may not know that Zhang Yi and Li Yu both crawled out of the pile of bones. When they started filming, there were Hollywood companies operating, including exhibitions, publicity, distribution, etc., all of which were routines over there, so strictly speaking, they were not Chinese films; ”

"There's a company in the U.S. called Miramax, and the owner is called Weinstein. Ya likes to mess with us, for example, in 08, I took "Painted Skin" to Cannes. As soon as he came up, he said: Oh, Chu, this movie is amazing! I'm going to buy out your overseas rights for $20 million and give me a deposit of $1 million...... I withdrew immediately. ”

The more he spoke, the more he got into the groove, and even the verbal words came out, and he continued:

"And then when the festival is over, a director, I don't say who it is. He cried to me, saying that Weinstein had approached him and bought out the rights for $8 million, with a $200,000 deposit. As soon as he heard it, people were very sincere, and Ma Yo pushed other buyers. What was the result, Weinstein said, I don't want to buy, default? What is the breach of contract, I gave you a deposit of 200,000! Why? In order to force him to lower the price, the global copyright of the movie was sold for 1 million in the end. ”

"Hollywood blockbusters continue to enter the domestic market, and in exchange for the rules, they also have to symbolically buy a few Chinese films. So I spent hundreds of thousands of dollars casually, but in fact, I put them in the library and didn't issue them at all. ”

“……”

The whole is quiet, those who play with their mobile phones are no longer playing, and those who doze off are also in good spirits, all with a big face, looking straight ahead.

And Chu Qing talked a lot in one breath, and he slowed down and said:

"The status of Chinese films and Chinese filmmakers overseas is very, very sad to say. The development of the domestic film industry is inevitable, and it may break 500 million, 1 billion, and 2 billion in the future. But this gap in technology and awareness will not change, even if we have import quota restrictions every year, even if there is official protection, even if our market jumps to the first place in the world, the status of Chinese films will not be truly improved. ”

"Han Dong is talking about positive factors, which we call motivation. I'm talking about the opposite, certainly not the negative, we can call it stress. These two aspects constitute the original intention of what we do. ”

"Oh yes, I add. Last year, the box office in Beijing was 118 million, an increase of 52.8%, 7 times the global average. Among the top 20 films, the investors and distributors are both in Beijing, a total of 12. The whole world is in recession, only we are rising, and the future trend is irreversible, so ......

World movies look at China, and Chinese movies look at Beijing, that's why we want to hold a film festival! ”)

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