In his previous life, as an excellent project director, as long as there was an opportunity to fight for funds and resources, Li Yuan would never let it go easily.

Maybe those funds and resources are not important, and Li Yuan himself doesn't care much, but why can't he give it to me? The process of that kind of contention is also pleasant to know?

Whether you need it or not is one thing, and whether you grab it or not is another. This kind of good appetite of professional managers, or rather, greedy performance, has long become Li Yuan's instinctive reaction.

Just like before, even if Li Yuan has his own money, he will still worry about state funding. He will never even let go of the people's fat and ointment of the motherland.

So at today's symposium, if you don't give Li Yuan a chance to speak, then love whoever you want! It doesn't matter. Whatever the outcome is, it's acceptable. It doesn't matter if you suffer a little loss.

But now that he has been given the opportunity to speak? A certain brother will never let go, and there is no stage fright. Say what you need to say, and don't care what others think. And naturally, they began to fight for their own interests.

As the owner of Wild Springs Cinema, it makes sense to oppose a blanket ban and hope to give a buffer period, right?

It is also reasonable to hope to set up a movie channel and increase the peripheral income of movies, right?

I hope to implement a box office sharing system and strive for the interests of the studio, which is reasonable and reasonable, right?

It's one thing not to be able to win it, but it's another thing not to fight for it. That's how this raged world is – only crying children can have milk!

"Xiao Li, then according to your idea, how should you distribute the box office share?" Director Meng continued to ask.

"According to international practice, the producer and distributor are one party, and the theater chain and cinema are the other party, and after removing taxes and other expenses, the box office is generally split in half." Since there is not even a box office sharing system now, it is a blank sheet of paper that is easy to paint. Li Yuan simply asked for a sky-high price, and the required sharing standard far exceeded the standard that was implemented later.

Anyway, if you ask for a price and pay back on the spot, you won't suffer a loss.

To be honest, the previous content is essentially to make the cake bigger and bigger, which is nothing more than a matter of dividing more and less. It does not affect the interests of anyone here. So basically no one will object.

However, the box office sharing system has almost completely subverted the existing film distribution system. That would certainly offend the inherent interests.

To tell the truth, although there are more than one billion profits and taxes paid every year, it is almost more than half of the box office revenue.

Sure enough, someone immediately objected: "Comrade Xiao Li, what you are talking about is the situation abroad, and the situation in China is quite special, and this aspect needs to be carefully considered." ”

"I don't know what's so special?" Li Yuan retorted, "Is there any difference between selling tickets to watch movies and showing them in cinemas?" ”

The man looked at Li Yuan, not knowing whether Li Yuan was really stupid or pretending to be stupid, "We need to consider the actual situation of grassroots cinemas." The staff there always have something to eat, right? ”

Li Yuan sneered and said: "I'll just talk about one situation - how many of the current domestic products can sell 100 copies?" It's just a few a year to do so. The film studio can get more than 1 million. But in "Infernal Affairs" that you mentioned just now, the advertising revenue of the TV station alone is more than 14 million, and we have more than 7 million...... (Signed a lot of advertisers later)"

"How much? More than 7 million? Director Meng and the others were taken aback, and the others were also talking. At present, the production cost of domestic films is only about 1 million, so the income of 7 million is quite amazing.

"That's right! Director Meng, that's more than 7 million! Of course, there are certain peculiarities here. Now TV stations are also short of content, so they are willing to make profits in terms of advertising. When there is more content in the future, it will definitely not maintain such a halve. Also, the film "Infernal Affairs" is relatively good, and advertisers are more sought after. But most of the films are still ordinary films. But no matter what, there should be an income of more than 500,000 to 1 million. ”

"Huh. 500,000 to 1,000,000? That's pretty good, too. ”

"That's it. However, all over the world, film revenue does not rely on the box office of movie theaters, but on TV station advertisements? Is this the special national condition in China? Then it's simpler, all movie theaters will be closed in the future, and they will be broadcast directly on TV stations? ”

The room burst into laughter. Most of the people here still prefer the studio. There is some dissatisfaction with the current system of copy distribution.

"How many people do you have in your studio, and how many employees do we have in our cinema?" Another person also objected, "Nationwide, there are at least a few million grassroots workers, right?" ”

"Am I running in the wrong place? This should be a literary symposium, right? Li Yuan said mockingly, "If you are so caring, you can open a Red Cross cinema." Concentrate on charity! Sorry, we're talking about the film industry here. ”

In the midst of laughter, the man who spoke was choked half to death. The people around them frequently looked sideways, and they finally began to face Li Yuan.

Many people finally recalled that the "Brother Yuan" in front of them was a rogue literati. He should definitely not be a fuel-efficient lamp.

Seeing that the scene smelled of gunpowder, Director Meng hurriedly eased his cheeks and said, "Yuanzi, let's discuss the matter?" However, the issue of grassroots stability is also quite important! ”

Those who opposed it got off the donkey: "Comrades, you don't know how bitter the grassroots are? Even if the box office is shared in the future, we hope that the higher authorities will consider the actual difficulties at the grassroots level. ”

"Joke! The film industry all over the world, including our own country, studios and distributors, they definitely want to take all the box office revenue to themselves. And the cinema wants every ticket it sells to be its own money......"

"Don't talk nonsense, that's not what I meant."

"That's what you think."

Laughter erupted again.

Li Yuan continued: "There is nothing embarrassing about fighting for your own interests as much as possible, and there is no problem. Why is it almost 50% in the world? This is the game of both sides! Perhaps this outcome is not satisfactory to both sides, but both sides are able to accept it. It's very simple. Without a movie studio, what kind of movies do you put in a movie theater? If there is no cinema, who will watch the movie it makes? In fact, both are indispensable. ”

Hearing the resurgence of the controversy, someone on the side persuaded: "Yuanzi, say a few words." The issue of sharing could be discussed later. However, when we do film and television drama creation, we can't blindly pursue economic interests. ”

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"When the economic interests are gone, the art of cinema dies." With a temper like Li Yuan, either don't say it, or just say it thoroughly. There is no lake at all, "So according to my opinion, let's solve the problem of eating first!" On the one hand, cinemas and TV stations lack content, and ordinary people can't see good works; On the other hand, the more movies you make, the bigger the losses? The name is beautiful - to take care of the mood of selling movie tickets? Everyone here is an insider, why do you sing high-profile? After you get the money, are you really paying wages to your employees? ”

In fact, in the existing vicious circle, the first victim is the film studio, because they are the most vulnerable in the ecological chain; The second victim is the grassroots workers. Otherwise, the cinema closed from tens of thousands to more than 3,000? Didn't those workers just lay off their jobs?

But generally speaking, an insider like this will never be discussed in public.

Immediately, some people couldn't get used to it, thinking that Li Yuan was a stunned young man: "Then according to what you say, you are all based on the box office and oppose those art films?" ”

This routine is quite familiar, just like the later forum in the brick tearing, you talk to us about the box office, we discuss art; When you talk about art, let's talk about box office......

In this regard, Li Yuan is also clear-cut: "At this stage, art films are not very suitable. It is still necessary to focus on commercial films! ”

Anyway, brother, I don't mix with your cultural circle, even if it is a little different and violates mainstream public opinion, it is better than being a villain.

However, when these words were spoken, the audience was in an uproar.

In the previous debate, most of the old artists were bystanders. After all, Li Yuan didn't do anything out of the ordinary. But when he expressed his opposition to art films, he immediately aroused public anger.

"Xiao Li, your idea is wrong at the root. Filmmaking is first and foremost art, and the box office is all incidental things. ”

"The art of cinema itself is popular art. A painting, a word, that can be sought after by a small range of literati. The movie is facing a huge audience, most of whom are ordinary audiences. If it can be welcomed by them, of course, it will be a good movie. ”

"It's not that simple, is it? You should admit that the appreciation of the common people is not so high, and there are quite a few low-level vulgar things that are popular. ”

"That's also a big wave of sand. You should admit that everyone's tastes are different. Most of the audience is just for leisure. This is what Hollywood calls a popcorn movie. ”

"Then let me ask you, what kind of popcorn movies are filmed, what is the positive point?"

"At least there is a high box office. At least a group of actors have been trained, and at least a large group of crew members have been trained. Like now, the seventeen domestic film studios produce more than 100 films every year? It's not as good as a fraction of Hong Kong? And in all positions of the crew, the mainland has fallen behind in an all-round way, and there is still a phenomenon of lack of success? If it continues to develop like this, even if you want to make an art film in the future, you won't even be able to get together a crew? So what's there to discuss? ”

"So what do you think of an award-winning film like Red Sorghum? Won't you need it in the future? ”

"Of course it does. But don't mix it up. These are two types of films in themselves, each with its own audience group. It's nothing more than a general public, a small niche......"

"Huh? Do you think the winning films are niche? ”

"It's very niche, of course. It's like the sports industry. Popular sports and Olympic gold medals, these are two different concepts entirely! Have you ever seen all ordinary people forbidden to the stadium for amateur fun for the sake of the Olympic champion? ”

But as soon as this sentence was spoken, Li Yuan couldn't help but feel a little weak.

There really is such a stupid sports association. For the sake of the national team's events, a professional league is banned for an entire year? That's the national football team!

"Xiao Li, I found that your thinking is very wrong, and your thinking is very wrong. You only seem to have money in mind, so how do we educate and guide the audience? ”

"Don't you just have money on your mind? I feel at ease with the high salary and high welfare given by the state, and I don't care about the healthy development of the entire film industry at all, as long as I meet my personal artistic pursuits. Anyway, after I die, I care about the flood? ”

"Boy, do you have a cleaner mouth?"

"Am I wrong? You shout art in your mouths, and you are refined egoism in your hearts. It's better to make the cake bigger like I did. Everyone splits the money directly! If you want to make a commercial film, you can make a commercial film, and if you want to make an art film, you can make an art film. ”

"You little soul doesn't even want a face!"

"You are shameless if you don't die!"

"Stop arguing. Zheng Lao fainted! Call an ambulance——! ”

“……”

At this moment, seeing that there was chaos in the conference room, and everyone was arguing, Director Meng and the others were thoughtful, and some people were still recording something.

And some of the staff members who attended the meeting, including the little Guliang at the sign-in desk, couldn't help but be dumbfounded when they saw Li Yuanyu's "heroic posture" and couldn't believe their eyes.

Oh my God. Today is an eye-opener, and I finally saw a brave brother Mengjiang......

……

A retreat like this can't discuss anything serious in the first place, so it certainly can't be argued about for a reason. The symposium ended in chaos. Li Yuan offended a large number of people again.

Anyway, it's not the first time, isn't it just a group of old men and old ladies with sacks? Is it more terrible than offending the police and the foreign affairs department?

Therefore, after the meeting, Li Yuan did not participate in the follow-up vacation activities, and ...... as soon as possible Escaped from the venue. Anyway, Brother Yuan will never admit that this is an escape. That's called caring for old comrades, for fear of spraying down a few more old men and old women.

However, this quarrel spread throughout the entire cultural circle at the speed of light. Although there is no news outside, ordinary people don't know about it at all. But inside there was a lot of uproar - lie down! Will Brother Yuan die like this?