Bright Era of China Entertainment

Chapter 830: Pioneer and Flag Bearer of the New Era (Part )
Any objective belief is triggered by subjective belief, because that is how people think. Objective consciousness can only be generated after subjective consciousness. Any so-called objectivity is wrapped in subjective belief.

This is a kind of logical thinking that is common to the world. Under this logical thinking, when Chu Xuan previously learned about and understood the Western film and television industry, he could only understand the general ideas of the West in the film and television industry, and it was difficult to understand deeper things.

Why is every link like an assembly line?

Why is every standard so rigid?
When every link is like an assembly line and every standard is strictly enforced, workers at every level work like robots. This seems to speed up efficiency, but in fact it limits people's performance. Why is this so?
Human creativity is unlimited. Westerners designed the current film and television industry based on this unlimited creativity. However, this film and television industry, in turn, limits people's unlimited creativity, which is very contradictory.

He couldn't understand it because he didn't have Western thoughts. The differences in cultural roots made him unable to think like a Westerner.

Therefore, if you want to understand these things, you have to find a causal logical relationship between thinking and behavior from the cultural roots to prove it.

He looked up a lot of information, both modern and ancient historical materials. After logically connecting some events together, he initially got an answer, which was also an understanding.

"During our Southern Song Dynasty..."

Southern Song Dynasty? ... Wang Yuan, Han Zhongping and others were stunned. They had just ended the topic with "building a film and television industry that belongs to the Chinese people". They were still waiting for Chu Xuan to talk about how to build this business. But now he made a sudden turn and talked about the Southern Song Dynasty?

Isn't this a bit off topic? Except for Liu Yifei, everyone present didn't understand what was going on. But they thought Chu Xuan wouldn't speak without a purpose, so they all sat in silence and listened to what was going on.

"Everyone knows about the Mongol invasion of the West, right?"

"Under the leadership of Genghis Khan, the Mongol army fought thousands of miles, crushing Central Asia, West Asia and even Northern Europe and Eastern Europe, until internal unrest arose and a struggle for power, and then they withdrew their troops and returned to China."

"This also makes many history enthusiasts online feel pity. If nothing went wrong internally, how great would it be if they continued to flatten Western Europe?"

Everyone laughed. Although the Mongols in historical records were brutal, from the perspective of the current situation where their country's development is often suppressed by the West, although they didn't know why Chu Xuan talked about this, this topic was also interesting to think about.

"It was the death of Ogedei, Genghis Khan's son, that left Mongolia leaderless. The Western Expedition Army retreated to seize power," said Wang Yuan, who was obviously familiar with this history.

"Yes, but this is not important." Chu Xuan said: "What I want to say is that many ethnic groups in Central and West Asia were affected by the Mongol westward expedition and also felt the existence and strength of the great Eastern country. One of these ethnic groups is the You."

Hearing this, Liu Feng and Wei Zheng, two people of about the same age as Chu Xuan, were still confused, while Wang Yuan, Han Zhongping and Zheng Zhongwei, who were of the same age and had better education, were startled, and half-knowledgeably got a hint of what Chu Xuan wanted to say.

"This race is disliked by the entire West. They have been homeless and wandering around for thousands of years. The entire race survives by wandering around."

"And the Mongol expedition to the west was very strange. There was no logistical support at all, but they were able to become more and more courageous as they fought. It can be said that they took the war strategy of fighting to support the war to its extreme."

"From the perspective of fighting to support fighting, the Mongol army had no home or base at all. They just plundered any city or country they came across."

"Don't want a home? Don't want a base? Loot the city? Loot the country? Run away after the looting and continue looking for targets?"

"Think about our modern history. Did the Judean people make their fortunes in this way? It's just that they didn't use war as a means at the beginning, but relied on financial means. However, in terms of overall strategy, it can be said that it is almost exactly the same as the parasitic way of the Mongols at that time, which used war to support war."

Liu Feng and Wei Zheng were stunned. Parasitic method? War and finance? Mongolia and Jews? There is such a connection? Can history and modern times be understood in this way?

The two people seemed to have discovered a new world. Some previously unknown but thought-provoking knowledge and logical points mentioned by Chu Xuan made them feel awe-inspiring.

Although I don’t know what the use of saying this is, and how it relates to the screenwriting industry they want to develop, this kind of knowledge can impact their cognition, it is quite novel and enlightening.

"In the middle of the last century, this race cooperated with the old American workers. Looking at the wars launched by the old Americans in recent years, isn't it the same as the Mongol invasion of the West, which taught them to fight to support the war?"

"They robbed resources and sold arms. The huge sales of arms caused the market value of the arms companies under the military-industrial complex to surge. The huge profits brought by the surge in market value fed back to the global financial industry controlled by this race."

"This forms a cycle. The community of interests formed by this race and the military-industrial complex uses this cycle to harvest the world as a development model for survival. This is the main reason why America is strong and powerful, or to put it more deeply, it is the main reason why this race can dominate the Western world."

Wang Yuan, Han Zhongping and Zheng Zhongwei were silent. They or many people knew something about these things, but they had never heard of someone like Chu Xuan who could explain them so clearly. It was as if he was telling them the biggest truth in the world, which was both frightening and enlightening.

But what do these things have to do with the business they want to do? They don't know yet, so they can only remain silent for the time being.

"The Mongolian army was good at fighting but had no strategy. They were stubborn and believed that if they were strong, they would just keep fighting. This has been the case since ancient times. They have never changed their way of fighting. They are like a stubborn person who does not know how to make progress or adapt."

"Looking at the modern history of the Jews, it's the same. It's the same with the United States. The cycle of development of finance and war has not changed. It has been more than half a century, and their development method is still the same. Now it has gradually become an open conspiracy."

"When the U.S. raises interest rates, it means that there is a problem with its financial sector. When the U.S. sends troops to a certain place, it either values ​​a certain resource or wants to develop a financial economy. It just needs to send troops to suppress competing forces."

"This has become a formula, a dead principle that has not changed for more than half a century and remains the same today."

Everyone thought about it and it seemed to be true.

Without mentioning the historical connection between the Mongol invasion of the West and the development of the modern West, there is no way to prove it. Chu Xuan's narration is indeed very logical, but there is no substantial evidence to prove that this is the case.

However, there are still many factual evidences about modern history. Logically speaking, the normal development of a country and a nation should be a gradual progress. The vision, pattern, judgment and some long-term plans will change and grow infinitely with the improvement of cognition.

But looking at the West, many things have not changed. Although it is powerful, its development model and the way of dealing with the world are still the same old ones. It is just as Chu Xuan said. It seemed that the other side was wise before, but now it seems that they are powerful but have no wisdom at all and it is an open conspiracy that is obvious to everyone.

But the question remains, what does this have to do with the screenwriting industry and the film and television industry?
“Whether it’s a fixed pattern or a dead principle, it’s all a way of thinking formed by fixed standards.”

"What is a fixed standard? It is a definition that cannot be changed..."

"What you mean is..." Wang Yuan interrupted Chu Xuan and said, "Westerners think in this fixed way, and that's how the fixed standards of the Western film and television industry came about?"

Chu Xuan nodded slightly. Wang Yuan had interpreted his hidden meaning correctly, but he did not respond. Instead, he changed the topic again.

"The Mongol invasion of the West has ended, and the West is resting and recuperating."

"In the East, we experienced a century of changes, from the fall of the Southern Song Dynasty to the establishment of the Yuan Dynasty, and then to the fall of the Yuan Dynasty and the establishment of the Ming Dynasty. When the Silk Road was reopened in the Ming Dynasty, a large number of Western descendants who felt the power of the East due to the Mongol westward expedition were introduced."

"They began to absorb our culture, and one of their studies and performances on mathematics and science reflected their stereotyped thinking."

"In the mathematics derived from the Eight Trigrams of the I Ching, there is no number 0. The number recorded in history books is similar to the English 'O', representing the Tai Chi circle."

"A circle represents a piece of the universe, and the emptiness inside the circle represents nothing. Therefore, the meaning of the Tai Chi circle is the infinitesimal state of existence. In other words, the Tai Chi circle 'O' represents a state of things in the universe, referring to things that exist but are invisible and elusive to the naked eye. It cannot be expressed by a number or a specific thing."

"But under the understanding and research of Westerners, this Tai Chi circle 'O', which looks like the English word, became the number '0' in their arithmetic."

"From then on, there were Arabic numerals 123456789 and 0."

"But this is different from what our ancestors wanted to express. They believed that their string of numbers was a complete mathematical system, but the numbers 1 to 9 plus the Tai Chi circle 'O' that our ancestors used specific symbols to represent are also a complete system for understanding the universe."

"But they don't understand, and they can't understand, so they can only seek a specific representation to help them understand..."

"I understand!" Wang Yuan interrupted again, slapped the table and said, "Brother Chu's level is really amazing, and what he said is really insightful. I should understand what you mean now."

"You mean that our cultural heritage is framed, but the West cannot deeply understand it. In order to understand it, they need something to assist them, and this auxiliary method is stereotyped thinking."

"So-called stereotyped thinking means that any cognition must be clearly expressed, such as giving you a specific formula, a philosophical truth, or a standard answer."

"Giving clear expression to what is known and then spreading it out will limit the vitality and creativity of generation after generation. This is the reason why there seems to be no change from the modern West to the present day."

"Brother Chu, is that right?"

Chu Xuan smiled and gave a thumbs up.

"Brother Wang and I have reached a consensus. This is what Western civilization is like."

“But our framework-based civilization inheritance has no specific answers or definitions.”

"For example, the I Ching, the Tao Te Ching, and many other cultural things, these books never clearly define things, and never tell you the specific expressions and descriptions of things."

"The Heaven and Earth represent everything in the world, but what is the Heaven and Earth? There is no answer."

"Using the universe to represent everything in the universe, but what is the universe? There is no answer."

"The phrase 'Supreme Goodness is like Water' represents the gentleness of water, but what exactly is water? There is no answer."

"Such a framework-based civilization results in a thousand different answers if one thousand people understand it, and ten thousand different answers if ten thousand people understand it."

"That is why our civilization is a large-scale civilization with no limits or ceilings, which allows people to have rich imagination and flourishing creativity, and has created the splendor of our 5,000-year-old civilization. Today, our country is still the same, and it is still resilient. No one can stop us from moving forward."

Wei Zheng and Liu Feng looked at each other and said in their hearts: Wow, that’s awesome!
Chu Xuan is only about 25 years old, two or three years younger than the other two of them. However, his high level of cultural awareness makes them feel like they are being crushed.

Can the cultural differences between China and the West be understood in this way?
Can framework civilization and stereotyped civilization be distinguished and expressed in this way?
There is a very clear meaning in Chu Xuan's words, that the roots of Western civilization originated from China. Is this true or false?

To be honest, it felt like a new world had opened up for them.

Even if it's false, Chu Xuan's remarks have logic and can be compared with reality.

No matter what, their hearts are now filled with passion and their national cultural confidence is overflowing.

"Whether it's right or not, this is how I think about it now."

"And when I understood all of this and understood the specific differences between Chinese and Western thinking in my own cognition, I probably understood why the Western film and television industry is like this."

"Why do we need templates for script creation? Why do so-called templates design the plot and characters to extremely high standards? Why is the script the boss in a crew? Why do directors and actors have to follow the script?"

"The actors must say what the script says, the actors must act what the script says, and the director must present the scenes in the same way as the script says. This completely abandons the director's and actors' ability to express themselves and their creativity."

"Such sophisticated industrialization has turned every link into a rigid and rational standard that no one can change. Is this really okay?"

Everyone looked at each other, and then at Chu Xuan at the same time, their eyes full of admiration.

From the Mongol invasion of the West to the West, from the ancient prosperity to the modern times, from the East to the West, from the roots of civilization to cultural differences.

This topic has gone off topic for a long time, but now it has come back to the topic. If nothing else, our President Chu's logical thinking and language skills are really strong.

Then again, the seemingly off-topic remarks are actually topics with roots and logical points, so getting back to the point and explaining the pros and cons of the Western film and television industry is more convincing and acceptable.

"Script creation is the bottom chain of film and television. The bottom chain is restricted by standards, which is why the current ultra-high efficiency and extreme assembly line creation model in the West has emerged."

"However, the creative staff will lose the space to display their talents. Over time, the bottom chain will become lifeless. Without vitality and creativity, how can the bottom chain drive the progress of production and editing in the middle structure? If the middle structure also loses its vitality, how can the top structure plan for a better development and future?"

"It seems like Hollywood is flourishing now, but in fact, the audience has not yet noticed the homogeneity of the movies. As time goes by, the more movies Hollywood produces every year, the more homogeneous elements there are, and the closer it is to the time when the audience will get visual fatigue."

"Unless those investors dare to reform and change the current standards and models of the Western film and television industry, the Hollywood film and television industry has an impact on the world. How much money would it cost to change such a huge system?"

"This is an astronomical sum, and whether the change will be successful is unknown. So why change? Wouldn't it be better to use the money to go to the financial market and make money without doing anything?"

"So, I dare say that it is only a matter of time before Hollywood becomes desolate."

"This is also the result of the film and television industrialization under the stereotyped thinking, which is doomed to fail!"

"I agree!" Wang Yuan nodded repeatedly.

Dare to say that Hollywood will become lonely?

Do you dare to say that the Hollywood film and television industry will fail?
To most people in the country, this would sound like a joke.

Where does the courage come from to comment on the failure of the entire Western film and television industry system when your own country doesn't even have one?
But Wang Yuan recognized Chu Xuan. When Chu Xuan just expounded on the analysis of the trends of historical civilization, he had reached a consensus with Chu Xuan. Chu Xuan was not talking nonsense. The logic was very clear and could trigger strong associative thinking.

He was particularly amazed by the summary of the differences between Chinese and Western thinking, including framework-based civilization thinking and stereotyped civilization thinking.

This kind of thinking angle based on the world view is really unique and unheard of, but easy to understand, which is really awesome.

According to what Chu Xuan said, the fixed mindset includes limitations that are difficult to change, difficult to reform, and therefore difficult to progress. From this point of view alone, the Hollywood film and television industry will indeed fall from its pedestal.

And he thought that with the number of Hollywood movies released increasing year by year, and the greater the increase, the more visual fatigue the audience would experience, perhaps in a few years this so-called world entertainment center would go downhill.

And according to what Chu Xuan said, even if Hollywood is in decline, the capital behind it will not spend money to change it, simply because finance is more profitable and more lucrative than film and television, so capital will naturally choose the former.

From this perspective, doesn’t it mean that Hollywood is destined to be slowly abandoned by Western capital?
Perhaps it will take a long time to slowly give up, but with this balance of power, won't our country's film and television industry have more time and space to develop?

"At that time, when my husband and I talked to teachers Han Sanping and Liu Yi about this, we threw away the idea of ​​imitating, borrowing, taking the essence and discarding the dross, and completely abandoned such thinking."

"Because we have found our own way of thinking, the thinking of the Chinese people, and thus found a way and direction to develop our film and television industrialization."

"This kind of thinking is a framework-based civilization thinking, this idea is a framework-based structural system, and this direction is a plan for the virtuous cycle of development of the top-level buildings, which is driven by the bottom-level creativity to drive the vitality of the middle-level buildings."

"The underlying layer is the screenwriting industry, and the underlying creativity is the screenwriter's creativity. How can we give screenwriters creativity? How can we speed up the efficiency of the entire creative process while allowing screenwriters to play freely?"

"So, we have the idea of ​​breaking the existing and inherent, all-round creative system that only requires three or four screenwriters to create a script, and expanding the creative staff to the existing 15 people, in order to bring out more creativity and inspiration in the creative stage, thereby maximizing the vitality of the creative stage."

"Then divide the 15 people into five groups of three, each with its own tasks, breaking the all-round structure and focusing only on content creation in each structural stage. This will reduce the scope of creation and increase energy to achieve the goal of speeding up efficiency."

"Finally, we can change the work mode, so that, for example, a group that is responsible for the character design module in one play can work on other modules when taking on a new project, so as to maintain more possibilities for the growth of screenwriters and expand their creativity."

“In the creative process, there are no fixed creative standards, only differentiated modules and a work model of division of labor and cooperation.”

"There is no fixed content design. Each group can only use their own divergent thinking according to the script outline coordinated by the chief screenwriter, and then the coordinating teacher will integrate the content created by each group to achieve a unified style of creative work."

“It may seem scattered, but after more than two years of experimentation, the creation of My Love from the Stars has proven that this operating model is more efficient and creative than the current scriptwriting model.”

"I am confident that once the situation is opened up, this will be more advanced than the Western film and television industry. As long as the grassroots are full of vitality, it will drive the better development of the entire film and television industry and demonstrate the huge market economic effect of the entire industry chain."

"The industrial model of development and creation from the bottom up is also the national condition demand for industrial development under my country's socialist system."

“This is the screenwriting industry of my brilliant era. All the ideas and thoughts are derived from the civilizational wisdom displayed by the framework thinking embodied in our civilization.”

“We don’t need formulas, theorems, or sophisticated standards. What we need is ever-changing frameworks to adapt to the market and meet the pursuits and interests of all levels of the industry at any time and anywhere, and ultimately achieve a more inclusive win-win situation.”

Chu Xuan finished his long speech in one breath, then picked up the cup of water to drink tea as his mouth was dry.

A burst of applause rang out at the right time. It was Wang Yuan, Han Zhongping, Zheng Zhongwei, Liu Feng and Wei Zheng applauding Chu Xuan.

If Chu Xuan had only said this conclusion, they might have just laughed it off, thinking it was just boasting about his career.

But first there is an explanation of the root causes of the cultural differences between China and the West, then there is an explanation of the differences in thinking between China and the West caused by cultural differences, and then there is the weaknesses of the Western film and television industry under the differences in thinking and the foresight of short-term planning and development. Then, we return to the theme with reason and evidence to explain the rationality and bright future of this business.

how to say?

If Chu Xuan in front of them was covered, they would think that the person speaking was a national leader, or an entrepreneur in his forties or fifties from a large company, or a very knowledgeable senior professor from a university.

But when the mask was removed, the speaker was Chu Xuan, a young man of only 25 years old.

Regardless of whether this speech is right or wrong, true or false, judging from the level of speech in just one hour, how many people in their 20s can have such cultural background and such high cognition?

As the ancient saying goes, "A man who has been away for three days should be looked at with new eyes." They and Chu Xuan had only experienced a one-day separation caused by Bai Yulan. Before they even discussed the main business of the meeting, they were more than just looking at him with new eyes, they were simply astounded by his talent.

The talent is astonishing and the writing is beautiful, that's really the feeling.

"Mr. Chu, it used to be said that a certain outstanding person is a leader of the times. I think you are qualified to be a 'pioneer flag bearer of the new era'. The film and television industry represents the new era, pioneer means that your ideas are very advanced, and flag bearer means a leader. You deserve this title." Han Zhongping said with a smile.

A high level of education does not mean high culture.

High culture does not mean high cognition.

Although Chu Xuan only graduated from the art school of Beijing Film Academy, his performance just now impressed him, a scholar who graduated from the literature department of Fudan University and worked as a news editor for many years.

It is true that heroes are not judged by their origins, talents are not judged by their age, and successful people are not judged by their age.

"Chu Xuan is a man of great talent!" Han Zhongping praised in his heart.

Zheng Zhongwei shook his head, also with a look of emotion: "Boss Chu is amazing, I have benefited a lot from this."

Wei Zheng and Liu Feng also looked very appreciative, as if they were conquered by Chu Xuan, and they looked very impressed.

"Teacher Han, thank you for your compliment. You are flattering me too much."

"Mr. Zheng, you are too polite. I am just chatting casually. It is just an exchange. There is no benefit or loss. Please don't laugh at me."

Chu Xuan put down the teacup and said repeatedly.

When I first spoke, I was full of passion and enthusiasm, and I didn't feel anything from their attitude.

Now, facing these compliments as soon as he finished speaking, he felt like the leader of a pyramid scheme.

"Brother Chu, I am impressed by your profound knowledge. Just these few words have given me a sense of cultural confidence and national pride. Even if you don't mention the profits in your screenwriting industry, I will still follow you. It's so inspiring!" Wang Yuan said.

"Let's not be so polite. It's very awkward." Chu Xuan said.

Liu Yifei smiled, seeing that Chu Xuan conquered everyone with just a few words, which made her feel very proud and proud of Chu Xuan.

"Let's go, let's have lunch first and then talk after lunch." Wang Yuan stood up and greeted everyone.

"Let's go. I have benefited a lot from Mr. Chu's speech. I'll treat you to dinner." Zheng Zhongwei said proudly.

"Then I'll treat you to dinner." Han Zhongping said generously.

"Hey, do you really need to treat me in my territory? Don't I care about my face?" Wang Yuan was unhappy.

The couple felt their politeness, and felt both amused and a little flattered, and followed them out of the company to have lunch, chatting and laughing.

At present, it seems that Chu Xuan's remarks have had a very good effect. Perhaps it has convinced them in his discussion of cultural heritage, or perhaps it has aroused their greater cultural confidence and national pride in his discussion of Chinese and Western cultural thinking, making them have a higher degree of recognition of the screenwriting industry.

From this perspective, the idea of ​​establishing a screenwriter industrial base in Shenghai and then radiating to the entire industry through development should be able to get off to a smooth start.

(End of this chapter)