At first, I just wanted to make money

Chapter 834

"Strangely angry with me?"

"I really dislike some self-righteous people. To pursue their own meaning and dreams, they should spend their own money. Spending other people's money to pursue their own dreams, who do you think you are?"

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 feel comfortable. Commercial films are business. What is business? The first rule is that customers come first, not What art comes first, even self first."

"Besides, to put it bluntly, some of us make art films, and they are not art first. What they think is that "foreigners" art first!"

"Not to mention anything else, let's just talk about Feng Xiaogang, who wanted to make "1942" a long time ago, but at that time he was Xiao Feng, and the script was submitted, and there was no budget, and the review was not approved.

After years of hard work, he finally became Director Feng. He lobbied with the review and approval department, why don't we develop movies in various formats, so let's release this book as multiple formats.He and Wang Shuo told the two Huayi brothers, I want to make "1942", and I lost Wang Shuo's script, so I will make a comedy to earn back the money... This is called confidence, and this is what investors dare to do with you. Reasons to go on an adventure together. "

"By the way, Hollywood..."

Shen Xudong changed the subject 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 me talk about the advantages of Chinese films, first of all is the market!
The Chinese film market has a huge capacity, already the second largest in the world, and is still growing at a high speed, enough to accommodate films of various types and styles.There are only a handful of companies in the world with such a large local film market, and all of them are film powerhouses. "

"Secondly, this huge market is quite high-quality. Don't always say that our film industry chain is not perfect, and the cost recovery can only rely on the 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, America and Japan, far exceeding the ticket prices of developing countries such as India.

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

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

"Finally, I would like to say that our market is the most protected by the government in the world!

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

In China, until February of this year, only 2 blockbuster movies were allowed to be introduced each year. After the new agreement between China and the United States, 20 14D or IMAX blockbuster movies were added. To describe the protection season of the summer vacation, the means of protection in filming and filming, relying on state-owned companies to monopolize the distribution rights of overseas blockbuster films, and the cooperation of theaters with the policies of the film bureau, are even more beautiful things that filmmakers in other countries dare not even dream of. "

"Under such a major premise, do you still have to complain?"

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

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

Xu Guangtou clapped desperately, with fascination on his face.

Who wouldn't want to be someone like Shen Xudong--go straight up, without saving any sympathy!

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

"Need not…·"

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

Oh, the audience is several media and some officials from the Film Bureau...

That is to say, what Shen Xudong said about Lu Chuan would be recorded, and even published, but...generally, he would be very cautious in terms of words...

At most, there will be intense exchanges...

"Or Xudong directly..."

"When you have reached your position, 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 put the flowers on the chair next to Xu, "Made, it's so hot."

"The lighting is for drama lighting, it's really hot..."

"Ning Hao won't go up?"

"I'll wait...Let Xu Zheng go up and pretend..."

The three of them chatted as if there was no one else around, completely ignoring Lu Chuan who was on the side—ah, weeping again, taking out a handkerchief and wiping away tears...

Now the one who went up to speak is Wei Desheng, a Taiwanese director, "Sediq Bale" is about to be released in the mainland, he has to do publicity...

It is said that "Hundred Birds Facing the Phoenix" started the propaganda. It is not true. Wei Desheng is really awesome. He is on every major show. It is not easy to promote yourself for "Sediq Bale", and borrow money in various ways. what...

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

Many people call him: idealist!
The problem is, you are making movies, so what's the use of promoting them?

Do you have ideals as a Taiwanese director?
Besides, why should investors pay for your ideal?Let the audience accept?
Then many people felt that what he said was reasonable, and various discussions were made, saying, "Why did Zhang Yimou and Chen Kai have the opportunity to make a blockbuster film again, but we didn't have the opportunity?" '

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

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People invest in movies and want to make money through movies, but is there a problem?
It even involved asking the Film Bureau to set up a special film fund to support filmmakers with dreams...

noisily…

The host Yin Hong looked at Shen Xudong: "What does Xudong think?"

"Making a movie is not about spending your own money. You only consider the artistry and don't care about the market. Isn't such a large investment the same as someone else paying for your ideals? We are all adults, so stop making trouble!"

"From an investor's point of view, let me just say: You Wei Desheng doesn't have enough cards, and Zhang Yimou has never lost money in making movies!"

Wei Desheng retorted: "...you can't say that, who has a reputation for a young director?"

Shen Xudong was speechless: "Zhang Yimou's first three films, "Red Sorghum" won the Berlin Golden Bear, the second "Ju Dou" won an award in Cannes, and was even nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film, and the third "Raise the Red Lantern" "Won the Silver Lion Award at the 48th Venice International Film Festival... How much did the three films cost? It's like who hasn't been young. If you don't have the ability, you say you don't have the ability. What dreams are you talking about? Who doesn't have dreams?"

"Traveling, a Taiwanese director who has only made one film and won the most important award is the Golden Horse Award. Because of the niche literature and art, he can easily suppress mainland directors Zhang Yimou and Chen Kai?"

(End of this chapter)