At first, I just wanted to make money

Korean Movie…

It is always said that Korean movies are fast because of the cancellation of censorship.

But looking around the world, South Korea is not the only country without censorship.

Not to mention the distant countries we are not familiar with, the decline of Hong Kong and Taiwan movies around us in recent years is right in front of us.

Hong Kong and Taiwan movies are all graded!
Then why do Korean movies take the dark and cruel route-dark, deep, cruel...

Because there is a market, the box office is high!

In fact, before 2010, Korean movies developed normally, and it can be said that a hundred flowers bloomed, such as "Joint Security Area", "Silmido Island", "My Sassy Girl", "Old Boy", "Memories of Murder", "Han River Monster" and so on. Movies, although they also have dark and deep content, are not the mainstream of the market.

In 2010, a movie was born - "The Melting Pot"!
The change begins.

"The Melting Pot" won 570 million movie viewers, ranking in the top five of the year!

And it has won widespread attention throughout Asia.

This provides a new way of shooting, digging out the dark side of society, not only has a market in Korea, but also has a market overseas!
Since then, all the films of this type that have poured in have achieved good box office-"Su Yuan", "Broken Arrow", "Asura", "Influenza"...

So Korean movies began to turn, and finally reached its peak in "Parasite",
This process is actually a natural choice of the market.

There is no way, in the final analysis, it is because the localized market is too small, so I want to tap the overseas market, but the taste of the overseas market is different. If I shoot according to the overseas taste, my own market will be even more ruined!
That's how small the country is.

By the way, the Korean film and television drama invested by Netflix is ​​a big hit, but the supporting role can only get 300 dollars per episode. Because Netflix's broadcast data is kept confidential and the buyout system is used, actors can't get traditional media on-demand and discs at all. , Surroundings are divided into such follow-up income.

After the Hollywood strike, South Korea’s film and television union wanted to follow suit and negotiated with Netflix, but Netflix said that I was only in charge of broadcasting, and the filming and production were all done by local companies. If you want money, go to them!

Then a group of people were dumbfounded!
After all, Korean movies and TV dramas lack distribution channels.There is no continuous income in the later stage, the salary is low, the broadcast data of Netflix is ​​kept secret, and even the search engine search volume and traffic push are all unrelated to South Korea...

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"French films are half-dead now. Even if Korean films win the top three in Europe, what can they do if they win Oscars? Without a big enough market support, local films can't even talk about development! Therefore, we still need to make commercial films and genre films. ..."

After the food was ready, Shen Xudong and Han Shanping analyzed the market and came to a conclusion...

Han Shanping laughed: "Then you still film "The Great Master"..."

"I'm mad at Wang Jiawei...but my "Tang Detective" is definitely a commercial film!"

"A reference to Watson and Holmes in Sherlock Holmes?"

"Tang Ren's image mainly refers to Mori Kogoro, who is equivalent to an intermediary who takes cases for Qin Feng, a protector with force value who can protect Qin Feng to find clues, and a character who adds jokes to the movie."

"Then why don't you look for Huang Bo?"

Shen Xudong glanced at Han Shanping: "...I thought you would say why don't you find a Hong Kong comedian!"

Han Shanping shook his head: "Hong Kong comedies are not suitable for the mainland...Wang Jing can't even make a few films!"

This topic was discontinued, and Han Shanping talked about "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" again...

It can be seen that Han Shanping really has high hopes for this movie, otherwise, he would not have come to Shen Xudong specifically to seek a solution.

To be honest, it's really a pity!

1.6 million eh...

If it is shot well, it will be a model of modern urban commercial film.

It's a pity, it's so badly shot!
"Actually, the idea of ​​"Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains" is correct...We should really make some modern commercial blockbusters, lest the audience mention that domestic blockbusters are those ancient costume films!"

"I'm also at this level of thinking...

Shen Xudong nodded, and was about to say something when Han Shanping suddenly said, "...are you interested in making one?"

"doing what?"

"Modern urban commercial blockbuster!"

Shen Xudong was stunned for a moment, and thought carefully about Han Shanping's proposal: "... I haven't made a purely commercial entertainment blockbuster... I can do it!"

"Do you also do "Dwelling in the Fuchun Mountains"?"

Shen Xudong shook his head: "It can't be done, it's very difficult to involve agents and spies!"

It's not that Shen Xudong is hypocritical, this subject can't be filmed now!

But if you don't involve these things, the filming will be very false, similar to "Reverse War", "Vanguard", and "Equator".
Especially "Equator", which was edited by Xia Jiba. South Korea developed a portable nuclear weapon, and then Hong Kong traded it?
There is nothing wrong with the Hong Kong transaction. After all, Hong Kong is the capital of spies, but when it comes to nuclear weapons, you ask the Hong Kong police to follow up and solve it?
Well, if it is really reported to the Central Committee, a 2-hour movie will either change from an explosive film full of gunpowder to a literary drama of intrigue, or directly from 2 hours to a 10-minute short film.

Pulling back, Han Shanping asked: "Then what type?"

Shen Xudong thought about it for a while, and then suggested: "A gang-robber film, similar to "Arhat 11"..."

"A group of thieves?"

"Yes, group robbers and treasure movies, visual effects + handsome men and beauties, all famous celebrities, pile money into it, and then earn more money..." After a pause, Shen Xudong continued: "The "Fast and Furious" series is also so."

"A group of thieves... just stealing things, this is not easy to pass the trial..."

Shen Xudong was a little speechless: "This won't work, and that won't work. Is it so difficult to make a good movie?"

"What I mean is that it is difficult to portray thieves as positive characters... There has just been a change of leadership. They attach great importance to movies and have more control over them..."

Hearing this, Shen Xudong quickly asked: "What about "Ghost Blowing the Lamp"?"

Han Shanping thought for a while, waved his hands and said, ""Ghost Blowing the Lantern" is not a big deal, after all, there is only such a play on the market..."

"No, I heard that "Tomb Raider Notes" is also ready to be approved, and there are "Old Nine Gates" and "Kowloon Secret Collection"..."

"...has it been tried?"

"Hmm... After all, "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" made a lot of money!"

Han Shanping lit a cigarette, took a puff, and said, "That's going to be difficult..."

Director Han's difficulty refers to direct one-size-fits-all, not allowing the development of related themes, and it doesn't care whether you sell well or not, and it doesn't matter whether you have feudal superstitions!

Why do policies like one size fits all?
One-size-fits-all means immediate implementation without much thought.Catering to the requirements of the people above, the speed is fast, and you execute others slower than you, even if you have merit, it can be regarded as indirect flattery.The people below, that is, the policy implementers, are also very happy. They don't have so much fuss and are easy to implement.

It is too troublesome to analyze the specific situation!

Middle-level executors need to spend a lot of effort to communicate with upper-level makers, discuss the trial scope and bottom line of the policy itself, and then deal with the actual situation of bottom-level executors.

This takes a long time to discuss and formulate, and the final result may not be satisfactory to those who are implemented at the bottom—generally, the new policy will not be very satisfied as long as it is not about welfare.

It can be said that it is thankless, it is annoying up and down, and the implementation of policies is slow.The possible policy next door has been in place for a long time, and you may just be getting started.Political achievements are really gone, and getting promoted and getting rich is really none of your business.

Shen Xudong frowned: "I heard that "Resident Evil" can be screened, so there's no reason why "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" can't be shown?"

"It's not that you don't understand. Our control over movies is that the people don't raise officials and don't investigate. Once the subject matter is flooded, there will definitely be reports. When the time comes..."

"Then..." Shen Xudong was about to say something when he suddenly thought of a movie, and immediately changed his words: "What if it's about magic?"