Chapter 478 Pressure from China Film Group
Beijing.
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In the China Film Office, Sun Jianmin was angry when he read a newspaper. The newspaper said: Starting next Monday, the Film Archive will screen 12 masterpieces from two places, one film a day, and pre-sale movie tickets today. Including "The Love of Ghosts" "Tai Chi 3", "Beautiful Life", etc.
The Film Archive and China Film Company are both located in the Xiaoxitian area, right next to each other. They were slapped in the face at the doorstep. "It's too much to bully someone!"
"This is deliberate pressure. You want me to come to your door to beg you, but there is no way!"
Sun Jianmin was incompetent and furious. Unfortunately, China Film now has no prestige at all. It can monopolize it, and it depends entirely on the government to make it a monopoly. Dongchang has conquered the country bit by bit by himself, and he is full of confidence. "Old Sun! Old Sun!"
At this time, Tong Gang, the director of China Film Distribution Department, hurriedly ran over, holding an internal document, and said: "There is new news. The overseas copyright of "Life is Beautiful" was sold for 7.85 million!" "How much?"
Sun Jianmin lost his voice. He really hoped that Tong Gang was making a false alarm, but unfortunately there was no one. There was a clear figure: "They sold for 7.85 million US dollars! They are going to participate in the Oscars!" He grabbed the document. This was inside the cultural system. All subordinate units will have a copy of the dissemination information.
"7.85 million!" "Oscar!"
Two sharp knives pierced Sun Jianmin's heart. Compared with it, the box office of "Life is Beautiful" in Hong Kong was nothing. Everyone knew that the Ministry of Foreign Exchange retained Dongchang, and the leaders did not hide it. It means: If you have the ability, just earn it, and I will keep you so much!
This ratio is: 25% is retained for those within the base; 30% is retained for those outside the base. Last year, Dongchang earned US$9.42 million in foreign exchange and retained more than 2 million.
This year, one film made 7.85 million, and "Tai Chi 3", at least 3 million, would have exceeded 10 million! This record makes the image look like a pig. "Old boy!"
Sun Jianmin sat weakly on the chair and said, "Do you think there is any way to stop Dongchang's momentum?"
"No, we can't stop it. The leaders are watching from above. Why don't we cooperate with them by borrowing the donkey from the slope?" Tong Gang suggested. "How to cooperate?"
"Comrade Chen Qi's intention is very clear. He wants to negotiate with us about the conditions for issuance..." "No! Absolutely not!"
Before Tong Gang finished speaking, Sun Jianmin shook his head: "The foundation of China Film is unified purchasing and marketing, and no one can make an exception!" "But we have suffered too many losses, and you still want to wait until the reform plan is introduced? That will have to happen next year."
"Old boy, haven't you seen it yet? That guy Chen Qi is trying to manipulate us. We will give in this time and we will have to give in every time. It will become a routine in the future. How can we continue to work once the hole is opened?" "But?" ..well."
Tong Gang knew that what Sun Jianmin said was reasonable. China Film's transcendent status was based on unified purchasing and marketing. Now the ministry acquiesced and sat back and watched the fight between China Film and Dongchang. Whoever surrendered would lose. Tong Gang later became the director of the Film Bureau.
The people in the capital don't care about China Film's psychological activities, they are looking forward to it. In the blink of an eye, it's Monday.
The China Film Archive is a large courtyard and a building. There is a screening room inside the building. The upstairs is full of offices and information rooms. There is also a film library dedicated to storing copies in other places. It is afternoon and today is not a day off. , but there were crowds of people, and the queue stretched from the courtyard to the outside.
Some are from related literary and artistic units, and you can buy tickets with a letter of introduction. Some are from Nortel and Chinese Opera students, and you can buy them with your student ID. They don't sell tickets to the outside world. Tickets are very expensive, only 2 yuan a ticket!
Jiang Wen, who was studying Chinese opera, stepped forward and looked forward, sighing: "There are so many people, how can a Hong Kong romance movie be so interesting?" "Then you are still coming?" Yingda said.
"Let me criticize capitalist movies!"
"Don't make any mistake, these were taken by our own people, and they were used to earn foreign exchange for the country," Yingda said.
They were good friends in high school. Yingda was admitted to Peking University in the college entrance examination, but Jiang Wen failed. Yingda encouraged him to continue taking the exam, so he went to the Chinese Opera, which is a university after all. Yingda's father is Ying Ruocheng, a senior in human arts. He is an actor, and will become the deputy minister of culture in 1986. The movie shown today is "The Love Between Ghosts and Humans".
Relevant personnel from the film bureau also came to review it.
After a while, the two squeezed into the screening room, which could hold seven or eight hundred people. Sun Jianmin and Tong Gang also came. Apart from this channel, they really couldn't watch the film made by Chen Qi. "The Love of Humans and Ghosts" "Unfinished" has never been screened in mainland China.
Butterfly flaps its wings, and Chen Qi's revised version was released in mainland China. The lethality is still astonishing. It depicts the middle-class life in Hong Kong with rich colors, which makes these bumpkins stunned. The part where the hero and heroine are doing pottery also makes people blush. .
As the plot unfolded, the audience couldn't take their eyes away and cried at the sensational moments.
Yingda wiped her tears and turned around. Jiang Wen said with a blank face, "Are you so stone-hearted?" "What's there to cry about, you bitches?" Jiang Wen said.
The film bureau staff were also discussing, their brows furrowed like twists and turns. "The passion scene is too bold!"
"The portrayal of bourgeois life is too heavy-handed and can easily make people shaken!" "This ghost can't do it either!"
"The ministry asked us to be as relaxed as possible, not so strict!"
"This can't be relaxed. If you want to change it, you have to change everything. I don't think it can be filmed. I have high hopes for the film "Orphan" tomorrow. I heard that there are no too sensitive scenes." "Anyway, I have to film it. Otherwise, Xiao Chen will have to cause trouble again."
After a movie was released, most of the audience was satisfied, but Sun Jianmin breathed a sigh of relief. It was a good movie, but fortunately it could not be released in mainland China. Then the next day, "Orphan".
The third day is "Life is Beautiful".
"Orphan" was thrilling and thrilling, and "Life is Beautiful" was very effective. The audience burst into tears again. Jiang Wen still complained: "Do you feel that this movie is a bit, a bit..." "What's wrong?"
"Advocate for foreigners!"
"There's something wrong with you. You don't like anything you see. Go ahead and play by yourself!"
Yingda was the complete opposite, praising it very much: "What a great film. My father has already watched it, and all the cultural people have watched it, and they are all holding back to write articles. I heard that it has been sent to the Golden Rooster Awards for review. It’s over!” The fourth day of “Tai Chi 3”.
The response was the most explosive. The audience cheered and applauded continuously. Sun Jianmin was so sweaty that he counted five collective applauses in total. Why did Yang Yu beat foreigners?
Every time I played one, the audience was enthusiastic, no less enthusiastic than the previous two. "These are all copies! They are all copies of China Film's money!"
As several films were screened in the museum, and more and more scholars and students watched "Life is Beautiful," relevant comments appeared in newspapers frequently, more than when Chen Qi just came back from Berlin. ""Life is Beautiful" You are worthy of winning the gold medal in Berlin, smiling with tears, destined to be famous in history!"
"The preview of "Tai Chi 3" is definitely worth appreciating!" "The audience wrote in to appeal, hoping to release it as soon as possible!"
"The shortlist for the Golden Rooster Awards has been announced, with "Life is Beautiful" leading the way with ten nominations!"
"The selection of the 6th Hundred Flowers Awards has begun. "Mom Love Me Again" is the most popular. Gong Xue is expected to win three consecutive awards!" "Old Sun!"
Tong Gang came in carrying a sack and banged it on the ground. Sun Jianmin was dizzy from the public opinion and said in a very bad tone: "What is it again?" "A letter from the audience!"
"Fart! Audiences will write letters to China Film Group. Do they know the address of China Film Group?"
"They wrote it for the cinema, the cinema passed it on to the film company, and the film company passed it on to us!" "Fuck!"
Sun Jianmin suddenly became angry and cursed: "Those movie companies are worse than Zhou Papi. They don't have to bear losses. How much money have they made in the past few years? How much box office has they concealed? How dare they put pressure on me?!" If you have the ability, go talk to Chen Qi and ask him to release the film!"
Tong Gang remained silent, waiting for him to calm down, and said: "Old Sun, I think no matter what, we should talk to Dongfang Company first and listen to their ideas. It won't be a waste of time. I'm really waiting for the results of the Golden Rooster Award. If we come out, we may be more passive." Sun Jianmin was silent for a long time and said, "Is Chen Qi in Hong Kong?"
"Well, if you agree, I can write him a letter."
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Sun Jianmin nodded slightly, and Tong Gang withdrew.
Chapter completed!