"Are you being weird with me?"

"I am particularly disgusted with some self-righteous people who should spend their own money to pursue their own meaning and dreams. Who do you think you are when you spend other people's money to pursue your own dreams?"

Yin Hong wanted to interrupt him, but Shen Xudong waved his hand and continued: "Commercial films just tell a story honestly, don't worry about whether foreigners can understand it.

As long as he is a normal person, he can understand it!"

"That's what I told the young directors in our company. Don't care about Oscars and European Film Festivals. You just want to make domestic audiences comfortable. Commercial films are commerce. What is commerce? The first rule is that customers come first, not What comes first is art, or even self first."

"And, to put it bluntly, some of us who make art films are not the number one in art. What they think of is that "foreigners" are number one in art!"

"If nothing else, let's talk about Feng Xiaogang. He wanted to make "1942" a long time ago, but at that time he was Xiao Feng. When the script was submitted, there was no budget and no review or approval.

Then he struggled for many years and finally became Director Feng. He lobbied the approval department, we want to develop multiple forms of movies, so let’s release this book as multiple forms. He and Wang Shuo and Hua Yi My brother said, I want to make "1942", and if I pay Wang Shuo to write the script, I will make a comedy and earn back the money... This is called having confidence, and this is why investors dare to take risks with you."

"By the way, Hollywood..."

Shen Xudong changed the topic and said: "Many people say that Hollywood can't handle it...

Yes, I can't bear it for the time being, but who can say for sure what will happen in the future?

Let’s talk about the advantages of Chinese movies. The first is the market!

China's film market has a huge capacity. It is already the second largest market in the world, and it is still growing at a rapid rate. It is enough to accommodate films of various types and styles. There are only a handful of people in the world who have such a large local film market, and all of them are Film Power."

"Secondly, this huge market is quite high-quality. Don't always say that our film industry chain is not perfect, and the only way to recover costs is through box office... Why don't you look at our ticket prices?"

"The average ticket price of Chinese movies is relatively expensive, almost equal to the absolute price of developed countries such as Europe, the United States and Japan, and far exceeding the ticket price of developing countries such as India.

For the film industry, this means that the profit from each audience is much greater, which is quite beneficial for recovering investment, especially the high-cost special effects necessary for contemporary large-scale productions."

"The ticket price for an Indian movie is only five yuan!"

“Finally, I would like to say that our market is the best in the world in terms of government protection!

Compare this with South Korea, which was once known for its strict protection of the national film industry. Its protection system originally required cinemas to screen domestic films 146 days a year. In 2006, despite the opposition of Korean filmmakers, this limit was reduced to 73 days a year. God, there is nothing else.

Until February this year, China only allowed the introduction of 20 account-based blockbusters each year. Only after the new Sino-US film agreement did it add 14 3D or IMAX blockbusters. During the summer domestic film protection month-I received news, this year it can be called The summer protection season can be used to describe the protection measures in film schedules, which rely on state-owned companies to monopolize the distribution rights of overseas blockbusters and theater chains' cooperation with the film bureau's policies. It is a beautiful thing that filmmakers in other countries can't even dream of. "

"Under such a premise, why do you still want to complain?"

Yin Hong hurriedly said: "Thank you, Director Shen..."

The audience...after a brief silence, there was a storm of applause.

Bald Xu clapped his hands, his face full of fascination.

Who doesn't want to be a person like Shen Xudong - a direct opponent without any mercy?

"Thank you sincere Director Shen, he is worthy of being... Let us give him the warmest applause again..."

"Need not…·"

Shen Xudong came off the stage and nodded to the audience.

Oh, the audience is just a few media and some officials from the film bureau...

In other words, Shen Xudong's words about Lu Chuan will be recorded and even published, but... he will generally be very cautious in using words...

At best, there will be intense exchanges...

"It's better for Xudong to go directly..."

"When you reach your status, you can naturally say whatever you want!"

While Ning Hao was talking to Xu Guangtou, Shen Xudong walked up to them with the flowers sent by the organizer, opened his suit, and placed the flowers on the chair next to Xu, "Mader, it's so hot."

"The lights are used for drama lighting, and they are really hot..."

"Won't Ning Hao go up?"

"I'll wait...let Xu Zheng go up and show off..."

The three of them were chatting as if there was no one around, not paying attention to Lu Chuan who was beside them - Ya was crying again, and took out a handkerchief and was wiping her tears constantly...

Now the speaker is Wei Desheng, a Taiwanese director. "Sediq Bale" is about to be released in the mainland, and he has to promote it...

It is said that "A Hundred Birds Pay Attention to the Phoenix" started the bad publicity. This is not true. Wei Desheng is really awesome. He appeared on all major programs and promoted himself in various ways. It was not easy for "Sediq Bale" and he borrowed money in various ways. Something...

There are even rumors that "Wei Desheng was so short of funds when filming "Sediq Bale" that he sometimes didn't even have the money to buy bullets"...

Many people call him: an idealist!

The question is, you are making movies, so what is the use of promoting them?

Are you the only Taiwanese director to have ideals?

Besides, why should investors pay for your ideal? Why should the audience accept it?

Then many people thought what he said made sense, and they started various discussions, saying, 'Why do Zhang Yimou and Chen Kai have the opportunity to make blockbusters again, but we don't have the chance?'

Some people even asked: "Compared with investing in emotional movies, why do investors focus more on investing in ordinary movies to get returns?"

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People invest in movies and want to make money through movies, but they have problems?

It even involves asking the Film Bureau to set up a special film fund to support filmmakers with dreams...

noisily…

Host Yin Hong looked at Shen Xudong: "What do Xudong think?"

"Making a movie is not about spending your own money. You only consider the artistry and ignore the market. Doesn't such a large investment mean that others pay for you to realize your ideal? We are all adults, so stop making trouble!"

"From the perspective of an investor, I will say this: You Wei Desheng is not good enough. Zhang Yimou did not lose money when he made a movie!"

Wei Desheng retorted: "...You can't say that. Who among the young directors has the cards?"

Shen Xudong was speechless: "Zhang Yimou's first three films, "Red Sorghum" won the Berlin Golden Bear, his second "Ju Dou" won another award at Cannes and was even nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and his third "Red Lantern High" "High Hanging" won the Silver Lion Award at the 48th Venice International Film Festival... How much did those three movies cost? It's like no one has ever been young. If you don't have the ability, just say you have no ability. What dreams are there? Who doesn't have a dream?"

"What the heck, a Taiwanese director who has only made one film and won the most important award, the Golden Horse Award, can casually suppress mainland directors Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige because of niche literature and art?"
Chapter completed!