Chapter 342 Schedule Selection
On Monday, Li Chencan spent his time browsing the materials of many distribution companies, and at the same time sketching out a map of the next publicity and distribution of "Those Years".
On this day, Li Chencan received good news that "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years" had been approved by the Imperial Film Bureau.
This is indeed very good news, which means that "Those Years" has already been qualified for release.
Of course, it's not very troublesome to review and approve a movie in the Film Bureau, and the Imperial Film Bureau is quite efficient, as long as there is no one above who specifically wants to card your film, there will be no problem. 、
The movie level that "Those Years" got after the most was Level 2 A, that is, the tutoring-level film review level, this level is actually not bad, tutoring-level movies, that is to say, anyone can go to the cinema to watch, but it is recommended that children watch it accompanied by adults, and it is also recommended that parents choose, because some of the content in it may not be suitable for children to watch.
Under the Empire's film classification system, films are generally divided into 6 levels.
At the beginning, it was the first level, that is, the public level, this movie level is the best, and it is also the level that all movies dream of - the first-level movie is suitable for all people to watch, and it does not say that there are things in the movie that are not suitable for children to watch, and there is no need for parents to choose, everyone can go to the cinema to watch movies.
Most of these films are children's cartoons, some parent-child films specially made for families, etc., but in fact, there are not many movies that can be rated as first-class. Films that are rated as first-class, if they are not particularly childlike, or adults other than parents who want to accompany their families to watch. I don't usually come to watch films like this.
After the first level, there is the second type A, this type is called the counseling level, that is, the rating type of "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years", such a movie review level is recommended that parents accompany their children to watch it together, and it also proves that there are some things that are not beneficial to children in such movies. But there are very few such things.
In fact, this genre can be said to be an extrajudicial favor of the Imperial Film Bureau, because this genre can still be seen by all categories of people in theory. In fact, there are many places to express mutual love in "Those Years", which is not suitable for children to watch. Being able to be classified into second-class A type is quite good for "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years".
For second-class A films, ordinary adults will not have any resistance. Everyone will easily accept it.
Next is Level 2 B. This kind of film is a special counseling level, some of the content in it is very unsuitable for children to watch, only people over the age of 13 can watch such a movie, and movies above the second level B require an ID card to be able to enter the movie, and only by proving that you are older than thirteen years old can you see the movie.
"The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years" was not rated as Type 2 B, but it actually increased a lot in terms of audience...... Don't underestimate such a group of people. In fact, many movies are fighting over it. They all want to take advantage of the rating, and everyone hates that their movies are second-class A.
In the future, it is the review type of the third-level A, and the third-level movie is also called the restricted movie, such a movie is recommended to be watched after the age of 17, and those under the age of 17 and over the age of 13 need to be accompanied by a guardian to be able to enter the venue to watch, of course, this also requires proof of identity before entering the venue. Of course, there is a misleading way in this. Because there are many scenes of lust and the like in tertiary movies, some people mistakenly think that tertiary films are chromatic. Erotic films, but in fact of course this is not the case, tertiary films include but are not limited to color. Love scenes, bloody and terrifying scenes are also counted in such ratings.
Above Level 3 Type A, it is the type of review of Level 3 Type B, which is also called a special restricted movie, and such a movie makes it mandatory for all people under the age of 17 (including 17 years old) to be admitted to watch it.
That's the five levels of movie moderation, but in addition to these five levels, there's also a one-level film called the unspecified level. These are films that are difficult to measure by ratings, but do not meet the criteria for banning, and the final treatment of these films can only be shown in specialized art theaters, and large-scale releases are prohibited.
Some preach blood, murder, terror, violence, sexuality. Romantic films, which involve strong stimulation of people's senses or spirit, but do not reach the level of banned films, are basically classified to this unspecified level.
The current "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years" can be divided into second-class A films, which is indeed a good result, and it will also have a very important impact on some of the next negotiations.
The film review in this world is not troublesome, since "Those Years" got the filming permit at that time, and also got some other things, now that the filming is finished, there is no thing that cannot be filmed, although the whole is a little sad, but there is nothing urgent, and it is naturally fast to pass the review.
On the imperial side, speech and the like are relatively free, but this world is ...... No, there are countless worlds, and as long as there are organizations such as the state, the imperial court, and the ZF, it is impossible to completely realize the so-called freedom of speech. After all, if there is really freedom of speech, naturally some people will dare to speak the truth, and some ugly phenomena in society will be monitored. But there are also some people who don't want to be embarrassed at all, it's just for hype, they hack ZF without a bottom line, and they are even bought by some foreign forces, and they specifically hack their own countries on the Internet, and that kind of non-control is not good.
Li Chencan's involvement in this is relatively small, and it has nothing to do with those.
When Tuesday arrived, Li Chencan sat with the people of the Zhengliguang Film Distribution Company, and the person in charge of this matter was called Zhong Bufan, a middle-aged man with black-framed glasses and a little fat.
Under this name, he is actually a very ordinary guy......
"Hello."
Li Chencan came over with Wei Ansheng, and in front of Zhong Bufan, they all greeted each other, and then sat opposite each other.
Zhong Bufan looked a little fat, but he was still quite affable, and just sat down and said, "I'm really embarrassed to let Director Li and Mr. Xiao go so far to come here to talk." ”
"It's okay...... This would have been our movie. Li Chencan said casually, because Zhong Bufan shouted that his title was Director Li, he couldn't help but have a little more affection for this guy, of course, good feelings are good feelings, and what should be done still has to be done.
"Come today, we're all here, so we don't have to sell it." Li Chencan said directly to Zhong Bufan: "Let's talk directly about the cooperation of the movie "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years", let's take out the conditions we want and talk about it, and then see if it is suitable." ”
Li Chencan is simply too lazy to waste time now, and said directly and honestly: "My movie, first of all, I don't plan to accept the way of buying out the copyright, and secondly, I hope we can have a better reconciliation on the distribution share, I plan to be able to afford all the publicity costs of "Those Years", but in this way, we also need more shares." ”
"Ugh!"
Obviously, Zhong Bufan was not very familiar with Li Chencan's way of dealing with him directly, and he was slightly stunned.
However, Li Chencan and Wei Ansheng have also discussed this method, Wei Ansheng knows Zhong Bufan, this person is cautious, and he is very good at arguing with people in negotiations, it is better to say what he wants to do at the beginning, so as not to waste everyone's time.
"It's good ......"
Hearing Li Chencan say so directly, Zhong Bufan's eyes also became a little dignified, and then he said to Li Chencan: "On our side, we can accept such a method...... And we can also vacate the schedule, but before that, we need to explain that we can vacate the schedule in three places, the first is the first two weeks of November, secondly, the middle week from the Chinese New Year to the Spring Festival, and the third is the last week in March to May......"
What he meant by this schedule is not that it can only be released in the middle, but that you can choose a release date at such a time, and the rest will depend on the theater - if the evaluation is good and the attendance rate is high, then the theater will naturally give more films, but if the attendance rate, word-of-mouth and box office are not good...... It's not impossible that something will be taken off in that week or even less.
Wei Ansheng was a little surprised, he didn't expect Zhong Bufan to be so open and honest.
"Think about it first, if you can accept this schedule, then we need to discuss it next." This guy seems to have been affected by Li Chencan's capable feelings, and there is almost no nonsense at all.
Li Chencan pondered in his heart......
It is absolutely not possible to do it in the middle of the Lunar New Year stalls to the Spring Festival stalls...... Just the information they know about the Tao, there will be several blockbusters with an investment of more than 500 million, or even more than 1 billion national coins fighting each other, in this kind of battlefield, "Those Years" will definitely not be able to squeeze in, even if it can be squeezed in and rely on word-of-mouth to extend the release date, but under the wings of blockbusters, the loss of the film is definitely not small.
But if it's between March and May next year...... Well, in theory, it's good, but at that time, it was a real box office dead period, and there were very few films that could make any waves.
Moreover, Zhong Bufan continued: "However, from March to May next year...... There will be a large number of independent films that want to make a profit...... We won't be too generous in terms of schedule selection. (To be continued......)