Chapter 076 Conflicts in the production theater line
""On the basic contradictions between producers and theaters and future trends"?"
Wang Shang was suddenly shocked. This was what he wanted to do, but he didn't expect that someone had already done it before him.
Wang Shang has been thinking about the ridiculously high share ratio of the movie theater chain, and has been thinking about provoking a conflict between the producer and the movie theater chain.
However, since I am busy with various things and have not made any films myself, I am not in too much of a hurry. But now that I have started filming "The Girl We Chased Together in Those Years", I have to start paving the way for it.
After Huang Jiaqi saw that he had successfully aroused the interest of the two people, he said in a guiding voice: "I don't know who selected this paper."
Tang Zongshi looked at Wang Shang, then looked around, and said directly: "I just watched it the day before yesterday. After watching it, I feel that what it said makes sense. Like last year, Datang International's profit from movies was not high.
, and most of the profits are from online video screens. If the theaters don’t lower the bill sharing ratio, I want to skip the theaters and put it directly on the Internet for a fee."
Naturally, Tang Zongshi would not tell the specific profit data of Datang International in front of his competitor Huang Jiaqi, but his helplessness towards the theaters could clearly be seen in his tone.
Huang Jiaqi feels the same way: "It's the same here, the profits are not high. Think about the account sharing ratio in North America, ours is like a charity."
Wang Shang interjected at this time: "I'm very curious, why won't your production company form a production alliance and jointly force the theaters?"
Huang Jiaqi looked at Wang Shang and replied: "It's not that I don't want to, we have tried to do this a few years ago, but when those theater chains saw our actions, they immediately formed a group and ran their own businesses like buckets. We couldn't even pour water in.
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Tang Zongshi also interjected at this time: "There is another reason. Some of our people are short-sighted and stupid pigs who don't know how to cooperate. Just like what you said, we are not afraid of god-like opponents, but we are afraid of pig-like teammates."
Later, Wang Shang learned the inside story of the current two camps of Huaxia Cinemas and Production Company through their conversations.
In the 1990s, the development of film and television was very rapid and unprecedentedly prosperous, which led to the rapid development of film and television production companies like mushrooms after a rain. However, rapid development also has the disadvantages of rapid development, that is, power is dispersed, competition is fierce, and superior resources cannot be concentrated to improve the entire industry.
The level of the film industry.
One of the manifestations of this is to follow the trend of filming. As soon as you see a popular theme, you will immediately follow the trend and shoot in a shoddy manner, which will destroy the subject in an instant. This is how the previous gambling films and hero films were completely ruined.
The cinema chain side is different. In the 1990s, cinema chains developed and developed, and the number of cinemas increased a lot, but there were still 30 cinema chains, without any change. New cinemas joined the cinema chain as soon as they opened.
What depresses the producers the most is that these theaters don't know what kind of medicine they have taken. They usually fight to the death because of the audience. Once the producers want to use the film to 'sanction' them, they will immediately become very united.
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On one side are the disorganized producers, and on the other side are the theater chains who are united, and the theater chains control the cinema chain and strangle the producers, so the producers have never been able to compete with the theater chains.
Just like the most recent 'sanction' - that time in 1999, the producers threatened to cut off the supply of films if the producers' share ratio was not increased. Unexpectedly, the theaters have not yet pried open the door.
Some of our own production companies have jumped into the arms of theaters and provided films for them.
How short-sighted and deceitful this is.
After Wang Shang heard this, his balls ached: "...He is indeed a pig-like teammate. No wonder the producer has been eaten hard by the theaters."
But Wang Shang thought of another question: "Didn't the producers join together to build a new theater chain?"
Tang Zongshi and Huang Jiaqi looked at each other and replied: "We had thought about this method at the beginning, but the producers were not unified at the time, so the matter was delayed. Later, we, a dozen production groups in total, finally
We put aside other production companies and jointly invested in building a theater chain called Jintiandi Cinema Line."
"Jintiandi Cinema Line has now established 58 cinemas with 309 screens and 57,307 seats. Its cinemas are located in 10 provinces and cities including Magic City, Mingzhu, Guangdong and Guangxi."
The wine table can indeed bring people closer to strangers. Through this meal, Wang Shang and Huang Jiaqi can be considered acquaintances, and they can have a good conversation.
The three of them kept chatting until late at night before breaking up.
The three of them staggered around, helped each other out, and regained consciousness slightly when they were blown by the fresh air outside. Wang Shang called Xiaoyu and asked her to take him back, and then waved goodbye to Director Tang and Director Huang.
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When he woke up the next day, it was already noon. Wang Shang found himself lying on the bed at home, and the Queen Mother was making breakfast in the kitchen.
"Why did you drink so much last night?" the Queen Mother said to Wang Shang with a distressed look on her face.
Wang Shang smiled and said: "Those two guys are the only ones who drink very well, so I have to drink."
After Wang Shang and Wang Mu had lunch, they began to search the Internet for the paper they talked about yesterday, "On the Basic Contradictions between Production and Cinema Lines and Future Trends."
After reading it, Wang Shang couldn't help but applaud this article.
It clearly lists various data from the 1990s to the present. It is clear and detailed. While analyzing the domestic situation, it also uses the North American account sharing ratio as an explanation. It criticizes China's current sharing ratio as useless. Coupled with the language is popular and organized.
Clear analysis that even a layman can understand.
If you let yourself write, it is absolutely impossible to achieve this level.
"Maybe someone is adding fuel to the flames. Someone will jump out soon..."
Wang Shang decided to wait and see how the situation develops.
"If the government doesn't step up its efforts, it will probably be difficult to solve the problem, but after so many failures, Tang Zongshi and the others should not be like before..."
On this day, Wang Shang did not go to the crew. Instead, he stayed at home to have dinner and watch TV with his parents, while Wang Shang from the crew called the assistant director to direct.
The Queen Mother took the remote control and changed more than 30 channels. In the end, she couldn't find one she liked, so she nagged: "There seems to be no good TV to watch recently. It feels like it is all about history, cities, and the quality is average."
"Yeah, I just want to turn off the TV when I'm watching it."
"My son's TV shows are pretty good, especially "The Legend of Zhen Huan" is so good." The Queen Mother smiled and narrowed her eyes.
When a son achieves something, his parents feel proud.
Wang Shang was thoughtful, took the remote control and looked at the TV stations one by one...
The next day, Wang Shang stopped resting and came to the crew to direct "Those Years".
After half a month of filming, one-third of the plot on the high school campus has been filmed. The progress is neither fast nor slow. However, after running in, the speed has also improved. On average, 4-10 scenes can be shot per day, and the number of NGs has also begun.
Slowly decrease.
Wang Shang didn't come yesterday, but everything was fine with the crew and they successfully filmed 5 scenes.
After taking over the baton, Wang Shang began to prepare for the next performance.
Location: Campus bicycle shed.
"Everyone, 3, 2, 1, action!!"
After class, Ke Jingteng walked all the way to his bicycle in the bicycle shed with his cross-body schoolbag, squatted down, took out a rag and wiped his bicycle carefully, with headphones in his ears.
Shen Jiayi walked from outside to behind Ke Jingteng.
Shen Jiayi: "Ke Jingteng."
Ke Jingteng listened to the earphones, but didn't hear anything. He was still wiping the bicycle. (In order to truly reflect his body's reaction after being poked by the pen, Ke Jingteng deliberately turned up the volume of the earphones to prevent himself from knowing that Shen Jiayi was coming.)
When Shen Jiayi saw it, she immediately took out a pen from her schoolbag and poked Ke Jingteng in the back. (This action is used throughout the entire movie.)
Ke Jingteng suddenly woke up and turned around: "What are you doing?"
Both Wang Shang and the assistant director were amazed by the perfect look of confusion.
Shen Jiayi took out a test paper from her schoolbag and handed it over: "This is the test question I gave. You can take it home and write it, and bring it back tomorrow for me to correct."
Ke Jingteng pretended not to care and said: "It's true, I still love the test papers." However, he still put the test papers in his school bag.
The two followed the script and played opposite each other passionately...
The performance of the two was very natural, and there were no problems. Some of their own actions were done well. There were also some improvised changes to the lines, but Wang Shang did not stop.
Wang Shang feels that it is a good thing for actors to have ideas, which will bring more vitality to the movie, so he will not force the lines on them. As long as they speak well and suit the movie, Wang Shang will agree.
In less than two minutes, I passed the first session today.
Shen Jiayi changed from not understanding Ke Jingteng to helping Ke Jingteng study hard; while Ke Jingteng went from not liking to study, but under Shen Jiayi's supervision, he began to study seriously. This is considered a turning point in the entire movie.
"This performance was good. You two are getting better and better." Wang Shang praised.