Chapter 3 The current situation of the film and television industry

"Are there any other movies like this? I mean, the level is okay. ”

"There are a lot of them!"

The assistant rummaged through the information and quickly sorted out a list of things, including but not limited to:

Xu Haofeng, "Hiding in the Back of the Knife", completed in 2016.

Xu Haofeng, "Poetry Eyes Tired of the World", completed in 2018.

Tian Zhuangzhuang, "Birdsong", completed in 2019.

Zhang Yimou, "Solid as a Rock", completed in 2019.

Cao Baoping, "Wading through the Sea of Anger", completed in 2019.

Zhang Meng, "Guns and Waist Flowers", completed in 2016.

Chen Kaige, "My Boyhood", completed in 2019.

Zhang Ji, "Flames on the Plains", completed in 2020.

……

The assistant explained: ""Hiding in the Back of the Knife" is a competition for editing rights by the filmmaker, Xu Haofeng announced in anger that he would give up his signature, but the producer didn't know how to get it, and he was afraid that the box office would not be good when it was released, so he kept pressing. ”

"The investor of "Poetry Eyes Tired of the World" is Beijing Culture, which is the company that advocates tax evasion and surrogacy. The boss of the company embezzled 34.77 million funds through this film project, and the film was suppressed. ”

""Birdsong was sent for review, but there was no response."

"What do you mean by not responding?"

"Pass or not, the official didn't give an explanation, and the director couldn't ask, so it dragged on until now."

“……”

Xu Yuling listened to the little assistant Balabala explain things thoroughly, and he had a feeling: It's amazing!

"Doesn't anyone want to break through? Is it so closed-loop? ”

"Yes, Chen Kexin has just become a Changin' Pictures company, raising almost $100 million from Hong Kong and Singapore. It is mainly about filming dramas, and after filming and selling them to overseas streaming media, it completely avoids the mainland from production to distribution. ”

"Give me the details!"

"Okay!"

The assistant quickly compiled a piece of information.

The Changin' Pictures company wants to take the route of the American drama model and shoot short series, on a quarterly basis, and there are already 5 films in the pipeline, which are scheduled to be delivered within 4 years.

The company brings together filmmakers from East and Southeast Asia, including two adaptations of Korean comics, "ONE: High School Heroes" and "Class 2 Lee Hee-so."

A "Hell" with the participation of Thai directors.

A fantasy action drama starring Donnie Yen "The Loser, the Hidden Master".

There is also a "Murder Case in the Sauce Garden" starring Zhang Ziyi.

Adapted from a real incident that happened in Shanghai in 1944, it is one of the four strange cases of the Republic of China: Zhan Zhoushi, his wife who lived in the sauce garden on Xinchang Road in Shanghai and was bullied, killed her husband who had abused her for many years with a knife and broke his body into pieces.

Due to various factors, the woman was not sentenced to death and lived to the 90s. The story is interspersed with backgrounds from the RB invasion, the rule of the Nationalist Government to the birth of New China, depicting the changes of the times......

This play was originally a movie, and the project was established in 2016, but later the script was not reviewed, Chen Kexin gave up, and now he has picked it up again.

“……”

Xu Yuling took a lot of effort to sort out the current situation of the film and television industry, was silent for a long time, and said with a smile:

"My father taught me that if I have the vision of a county, then do a business in a county; If there is a provincial vision, then you can do business in a province; If you have the vision of the world, you can do business in the world.

My dad opened up the channel of 'pan-Asian' co-production many years ago, but unfortunately later people did not insist on it, and even gave up on their own initiative.

Think about it, the domestic market can reach a box office of nearly 6 billion, why bother to expand the territory?

Today's environment is created by policy, capital, filmmakers, and audiences, and no one wants to dump the blame. In fact, even if the policy is relaxed, Chinese film and television people lack an international vision, and it is still a death to go out. ”

"And what about South Korea?" The assistant asked.

"South Korea has been cultivated little by little after 30 years, and they have a small country, and after meeting the needs of their own market, they must go to sea, otherwise they will be swept to death.

And the Chinese and Korean entertainment circles are very interesting, South Korea has passed on the worst set of star-chasing rules to the mainland, and its own film and television songs have soared in an all-round way, we are tearing up here all day long, wow, this is called a water ghost looking for a stand-in! ”

The assistant was frightened and asked, "Then what are you going to do?" ”

"Go my father's way, these unscrupulous things!"

Xu Yuling thought about it, dialed the phone first, and said, "Dad, does Netflix have shares in our family?" ”

"yes!"

"Cactus Pictures is also our family, right?"

"Well, what's wrong?"

"Golden Harvest too, right?"

"If you have something to say, I'll sneak out to catch a fish, and let your mother find out!"

"Give me all of them."

"Ah, nothing else? I'll have someone arrange it, hang up! ”

Doodoo ......

Xu Yuling wrinkled his nose and asked, "Is the call coming?" ”

"It's coming!"

The assistant handed over Chen Kexin's phone.

She dialed it again, and it rang for a long time before the other party answered: "Hey, who is it?" ”

"I'm Xu Yuling."

“……”

It was quiet for a while, I don't know what mental activity I was doing, or guessing, and my tone changed to the maximum politeness: "Is there something wrong?" ”

"I'll take over your company."

Unexpectedly, the other party did not have any anger and dissatisfaction, but with a great excitement, paused slightly, and said happily: "Yes, it's totally okay!" ”

"Okay, we'll talk about it later."

Xu Yuling hung up again and asked, "Can you come over these unreleased films?" I mean the private screening, and I want to see it first. ”

"Yes, but I have to ask for it in your name."

"Then I'll just throw a dinner party......"

Xu Yuling came up with an idea, and decided to implement it in a few seconds, saying, "Send them a post!" ”

………………

Since the opening of Daxing Airport in 2019, it has quickly become a new aviation hub, and in addition to the various passengers who have travel needs, a new thing has also been born:

Station sister and agent shooting!

Station sister comes from the Korean rice circle, referring to big fans with high-end cameras, they are responsible for chasing the itinerary, taking pictures on the front line, and their photography ability is no less than that of professional reporters, and retouching pictures is good, which can help idols increase their popularity.

The proxy auction is similar, but they shoot any star and then sell the pictures for profit.

Dai Hanhan is a professional who has been in the industry for 3 years.

It was late at night, and the airport was lit up day and night. Dai Hanhan yawned sleepily, barely holding his body, and several of his peers were squatting here, with long guns and short cannons like previous entertainment reporters.

In this year, Yuji has died out, and after Zhuo Wei left a legend, no one took over, leaving only specious marketing accounts and self-media.

And many of the pictures used by these accounts are bought from proxy auctioneers.

The times are different, in the past, gossip and scandals relied on entertainment, but now the whole people DIY, marketing is king.