【Anti-theft chapter】

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In the black Mercedes-Benz sedan, feeling the car slowing down, Mr. Zhang looked up from a speech that he had read many times, and then he realized that he had arrived at the radio and television office near Fuxingmen, Beijing.

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The driver communicated with the guard, and Mercedes-Benz entered the door and soon stopped in the parking lot.

Master Zhang took the speech in his bag. The driver equipped by Jinshu was already helping him open the door and get out of the car. He just said politely to the driver that someone had already come up here.

"Director Zhang, it's really hard to call you back from Gansu so far."

In early August, "Hero" officially started filming in Dunhuang, Gansu.

The crew was burning money every day. Originally, Master Zhang did not plan to come back to attend the meeting, but the superiors asked, not only did Jinshu not stop him, but also took the initiative to help coordinate for some reason, so he rushed back temporarily.

Master Zhang recognized that this was the secretary of the leader of the yamen. He had a meeting before and shook hands with him with a smile: "It should be, I just happened to come back to do something."

The two of them politely exchanged greetings, and Master Zhang followed the secret to enter an office building.

Today is Wednesday, September 3rd.

In recent days, the most talked about news hotspots in China, in addition to the already numb Southeast Asian financial crisis, the box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in North America exceeded 100 million.

More precisely, the sixth week of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was released on August 29 to August 31, with a box office of $6.65 million in North America on three days on weekends, which made the cumulative box office of this Chinese-language martial arts film officially exceeding the $100 million mark in North America, reaching $100 million.

In the past few years of opening up, it is not rare for Chinese-language films to win awards in the West, but it is unprecedented for a pure Chinese-language martial arts film to win a box office of US$100 million in the world's largest North American film market.

The pride of the country.

It just so happened that the release date of "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" in China is approaching. When the news came, "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" has been repeatedly ignited by public opinion that has been closely watched in China since its release in North America. Moreover, this time it was a hot discussion at the national level from top to bottom.

If it weren't for the special situation of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", there would be no shortage of treatments like the Korean movie "Parasite" in the original time and space that won the Oscar and returned from the Blue House. After all, the general trend of opening up is equally important, in addition to the opening up of the economy, letting the world see Chinese culture.

Not to mention the deep changes that are brewing, Radio and Television responded to the call in a timely manner this time and held a special exchange meeting today, with a very long name, specifically called "Promoting Chinese Culture, Revitalizing Chinese Films, and "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" Phenomenon Seminar".

People with keen intuition will not find any clues from the title of this meeting.

In general, some of Simon's original ideas are being realized bit by bit.

Through the global super-selling of "Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice", the world's ultimate box office of $1.938 billion, China realized that movies could make money so much. Through the Chinese-language movies like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" that had a box office of over 100 million in North America, some people realized that Chinese-language movies could make money so much.

Ultimately, it will indirectly promote the accelerated transformation of China's film industry.

After all, it is just the total box office of North America with an estimated 130 million yuan in Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon. In terms of conversion, it is no longer much different from the expected annual box office in China in 1997, not to mention the cultural output factors behind this movie.

The revival of Chinese films, the release of "Titanic" in 1998 was a node in China, and the North American sales of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in 2000 was another node. Then, joining the WTO, another node. Three nodes, either actively or passively, ultimately created the prosperity era of Chinese films after the new century.

This time, because of Simon, the big butterfly, everything that should have happened was a little ahead of time.

This is the radio and television office.

Mr. Zhang followed the secretary to a lounge and greeted everyone. Many people arrived one after another. In addition to the senior officials of the yamen, the big names in the domestic circle, Director Chen Da, Lao Jiang, Director Xie and others were invited to the list. In addition, there are three main creators, director Ang Lee, director Lee, and Fa Ge and Li Youhu who are currently cooperating with the promotion of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in China.

Another heroine said it was a schedule conflict and did not come.

When everyone arrives, the first process is not to hold a meeting immediately, but to watch the movie.

After all, it has not been released publicly, and most people have not seen this movie yet.

Everyone came to a screening room in the office building. I don’t know if it was intentional or unintentional, but Master Zhang found that his seat was placed next to Director Chen. Today they were not the focus. Several main creators of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" were, so they sat next to the leader.

The two of them exchanged greetings on the surface and sat down together, but sparks flew everywhere inside.

Because one month before "Hero" started filming, in July, "Jing Ke Assassination of Qin King" started filming in Jinshu Film and Television City in Suzhou in advance.

Not only that, Mr. Zhang has also heard news recently, probably because he was stimulated by the overseas box office sales of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", or it is definitely affected by the Hero's budget of $30 million. Director Chen, who has already obtained RMB 70 million in investment, is raising funds while filming, hoping to make it bigger.

I have actually read Director Chen’s script in private.

Master Zhang only felt that even if he couldn't compare with "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", he would still be very stable when compared with "Jing Ke's Assassination of Qin King".

First of all, Director Chen cannot compare with him because he is backed by Jinshu. Behind Jinshu is Daenerys Entertainment, the owner of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". It can even be said that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hero" are two brothers.

Master Zhang didn't know if Director Chen had watched the film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in advance. On his side, after "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was sold well in North America, he just mentioned it a little, and Jinshu sent a copy to him for observation and reference at any time. Master Zhang did make some adjustments to the shooting plan of "Heroes" based on "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" during this period.

After all, it's $30 million.

Master Zhang is not short of his own ideas, but he has always been a very harmonious person and knows how to adapt.

I started watching the movie at 9:30 in the morning, and it was already 11:30 in the end. I had a pretty good working meal in the yamen. The meeting started at 1:00 in the afternoon.

During his speech before the free discussion, Master Zhang took out the speech again.

The manuscript was given by Jinshu, which is why he rushed back today. To put it bluntly, it was just a suggestion.

Master Zhang didn't mind speaking for Jinshu, but he definitely didn't want to be used as a gun. He read it many times in advance and confirmed that there was no principled problem. He also said that if he felt that there was anything wrong with it, he could modify it by himself. Since it was not, when it was his turn, he would read the original manuscript directly.

The meaning is probably very simple.

If Chinese films want to revive, we must ensure the good development of the film market, and the core is two different things: to accelerate the promotion of the theater system and crack down on piracy.

Simon's trip to China last year prompted some changes in the Chinese film industry. The main gain was that foreign capital could invest in domestic cinemas and could not hold more than half of the shares. In addition, China began to promote the reform of the theater system.

The former is not bad. Regarding the reform of the theater system, due to various interest disputes, this year can only be described as delayed and delayed.

As for piracy, it is impossible to eradicate it, even if it is impossible in decades. However, if strict measures are taken, it can actually alleviate the harm caused by piracy.

The manuscript obtained by Mr. Zhang proposed specific measures to address these two major issues.

For example, it is mandatory to establish or join theaters within a specified period of time.

For example, in terms of piracy, special personnel are sent to supervise the copy during the release of the movie to ensure that there is no piracy for at least a period of time, so as to give genuine movies room to play.

These are actually measures taken by the Chinese film industry in the past.

Simon signaled Chen Qing to draft this suggestion to let Master Zhang speak out, which is also to lay the foundation for the release of "Heroes" in China next year.

There is no mention of sensitive topics such as loosening the constraints of filmmakers or increasing the opening up to foreign investment, but rather strengthening policies that have been implemented. Under the general trend of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" creation, there is a high chance of being accepted by Chinese senior officials.

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Ultimately, it will indirectly promote the accelerated transformation of China's film industry.

After all, it is just the total box office of North America with an estimated 130 million yuan in Crouching Tiger and Hidden Dragon. In terms of conversion, it is no longer much different from the expected annual box office in China in 1997, not to mention the cultural output factors behind this movie.

The revival of Chinese films, the release of "Titanic" in 1998 was a node in China, and the North American sales of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in 2000 was another node. Then, joining the WTO, another node. Three nodes, either actively or passively, ultimately created the prosperity era of Chinese films after the new century.

This time, because of Simon, the big butterfly, everything that should have happened was a little ahead of time.

This is the radio and television office.

Mr. Zhang followed the secretary to a lounge and greeted everyone. Many people arrived one after another. In addition to the senior officials of the yamen, the big names in the domestic circle, Director Chen Da, Lao Jiang, Director Xie and others were invited to the list. In addition, there are three main creators, director Ang Lee, director Lee, and Fa Ge and Li Youhu who are currently cooperating with the promotion of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in China.

Another heroine said it was a schedule conflict and did not come.

When everyone arrives, the first process is not to hold a meeting immediately, but to watch the movie.

After all, it has not been released publicly, and most people have not seen this movie yet.

Everyone came to a screening room in the office building. I don’t know if it was intentional or unintentional, but Master Zhang found that his seat was placed next to Director Chen. Today they were not the focus. Several main creators of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" were, so they sat next to the leader.

The two of them exchanged greetings on the surface and sat down together, but sparks flew everywhere inside.

Because one month before "Hero" started filming, in July, "Jing Ke Assassination of Qin King" started filming in Jinshu Film and Television City in Suzhou in advance.

Not only that, Mr. Zhang has also heard news recently, probably because he was stimulated by the overseas box office sales of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", or it is definitely affected by the Hero's budget of $30 million. Director Chen, who has already obtained RMB 70 million in investment, is raising funds while filming, hoping to make it bigger.

I have actually read Director Chen’s script in private.

Master Zhang only felt that even if he couldn't compare with "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", he would still be very stable when compared with "Jing Ke's Assassination of Qin King".

First of all, Director Chen cannot compare with him because he is backed by Jinshu. Behind Jinshu is Daenerys Entertainment, the owner of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". It can even be said that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hero" are two brothers.

Master Zhang didn't know if Director Chen had watched the film "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in advance. On his side, after "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" was sold well in North America, he just mentioned it a little, and Jinshu sent a copy to him for observation and reference at any time. Master Zhang did make some adjustments to the shooting plan of "Heroes" based on "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" during this period.

After all, it's $30 million.

Master Zhang is not short of his own ideas, but he has always been a very harmonious person and knows how to adapt.

I started watching the movie at 9:30 in the morning, and it was already 11:30 in the end. I had a pretty good working meal in the yamen. The meeting started at 1:00 in the afternoon.

During his speech before the free discussion, Master Zhang took out the speech again.

The manuscript was given by Jinshu, which is why he rushed back today. To put it bluntly, it was just a suggestion.

Master Zhang didn't mind speaking for Jinshu, but he definitely didn't want to be used as a gun. He read it many times in advance and confirmed that there was no principled problem. He also said that if he felt that there was anything wrong with it, he could modify it by himself. Since it was not, when it was his turn, he would read the original manuscript directly.

The meaning is probably very simple.

If Chinese films want to revive, we must ensure the good development of the film market, and the core is two different things: to accelerate the promotion of the theater system and crack down on piracy.

Simon's trip to China last year prompted some changes in the Chinese film industry. The main gain was that foreign capital could invest in domestic cinemas and could not hold more than half of the shares. In addition, China began to promote the reform of the theater system.

The former is not bad. Regarding the reform of the theater system, due to various interest disputes, this year can only be described as delayed and delayed.

As for piracy, it is impossible to eradicate it, even if it is impossible in decades. However, if strict measures are taken, it can actually alleviate the harm caused by piracy.

The manuscript obtained by Mr. Zhang proposed specific measures to address these two major issues.

For example, it is mandatory to establish or join theaters within a specified period of time.

For example, in terms of piracy, special personnel are sent to supervise the copy during the release of the movie to ensure that there is no piracy for at least a period of time, so as to give genuine movies room to play.

These are actually measures taken by the Chinese film industry in the past.

Simon signaled Chen Qing to draft this suggestion to let Master Zhang speak out, which is also to lay the foundation for the release of "Heroes" in China next year.
Chapter completed!