Dad's Entertainment Life

Chapter 625 Meeting ([-])

Hearing his words, everyone's spirits were lifted. Is the legendary salary limit order finally coming out?

“Everyone has talked a lot about this issue this morning, and it has indeed hit the key points of the film industry.

To shoot a movie, you need a huge investment. Equipment, venues, personnel, logistics, etc. all cost a lot of money. It can be said that making a movie is a matter of burning money. If you can't make money, then why make a movie?
Such a situation will only make investors stay away from film investment, or continue to reduce costs. For example, only making comedies, romance films, ethical films, which can be completed at low cost, will do great harm to the long-term development of the Chinese film industry. , it has reached a point where it cannot be ignored and cannot be ignored. "

Xu Anshun looked around and saw that everyone was looking at him seriously, and understood that this topic really made everyone very concerned.

"When we make movies nowadays, it is necessary to burn money. Everyone understands this, but it is very particular about where the money is burned.

Burning in technology, equipment and post-production can make the quality of the movie better, and the box office will be higher later, which is definitely a good thing.

But if all the money is spent on the salary of the actors and not enough on other aspects, then one can imagine the effect.

It's hard for a clever woman to cook without rice. I believe all investors and directors have felt it. "

Many people in the audience showed a helpless wry smile, which was indeed the case.

In a movie, the salary of the actors accounts for half of the investment, how much of the rest can be invested in the shooting?How can the quality of the film shot like this be good?

Xu Anshun held up a document beside him and said, "I have a survey report here, which contains statistics on the investment and use of funds in China's film industry over the past 20 years, and I saw a very terrifying fact from it.

That is, so many years have passed, the proportion of the actor's salary to the investment cost has increased significantly, and together with the cost of special effects, it has become the bulk of the investment cost, while the proportion of investment in other aspects has declined compared to before.

What does this mean?It shows that although the production cost of movies has increased significantly in the past period of time, and all investors have increased their investment in this area, but not much is actually used for film shooting itself, and it is even less than before.

Everyone should be very clear about what this will lead to.

We must take action to allow more funds for complaints to be allocated to technical equipment, and more to the production of special effects, otherwise Huaxia Film will fall into an endless loop. How can we talk about development?Let alone walk out. "

Everyone stared at Xu Anshun, expecting him to come up with his own solution.

Xu Anshun glanced at Lin Qirong who was sitting nearby, with a smile on his lips.

"Many people have suggested that we introduce a salary limit order, thinking that this can effectively solve the problem of high costs, quickly reduce film production costs, and revitalize funds.

But we should also see that actors use their labor, acting skills, and popularity to contribute to the film, and they should get a certain amount of remuneration. It is also not a one-size-fits-all approach, which will greatly reduce their enthusiasm.

So this is not a solution that can solve the problem. "

Everyone in the audience looked at each other in blank dismay, wondering what kind of medicine Xu Anshun's gourd was selling. Is it just another trick and muddle?
Hope again and again, disappointment again and again, we have seen many such things.

"To make a good movie, funds are necessary, and the method is nothing more than increasing revenue and reducing expenditure."

Xu Anshun smiled and said, "Needless to say open source, it is difficult for investors to be willing to invest more without seeing profits.

The key is to reduce expenditure. Here I have some views and opinions.

The first is to standardize crew management and financial management. Everyone should be well aware of this, so I won’t go into details. There is a good crew for everyone to learn from, and you can think about it yourself.

The second is how to balance the relationship between actors' salaries and production costs.

At present, I have an immature opinion, which will continue to be improved later, and everyone is welcome to put forward their own suggestions. "

All eyes were on him.

"My idea is to classify all the current actors, conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the actors based on their popularity, box office appeal, acting skills, acting qualifications, honors, etc., and divide the actors into super first-line actors and first-line actors. Let the entire cast return to a normal situation, instead of directly deciding everything by popularity.

For each level of actor, we will set the upper limit and lower limit of salary, and the worth of each actor will fluctuate within the corresponding range, neither too high nor too low.

Of course, these restrictions are only for actors below the second tier. The value of actors above the first tier varies from person to person, so they cannot be simply restricted. Their salaries are also the largest expenditure of the crew.

Therefore, first-line actors and super-first-line actors will adopt the model of basic salary plus commission.

They will have a basic salary, which is the minimum income for them to participate in the filming, and then each level will set a sharing standard, and actors can get a certain percentage of sharing based on the final income.

The advantage of this is to reduce the initial investment cost, and put the actor's salary at the box office before paying it, allowing the crew to invest more money in the filming.

In this way, what kind of movie you can make depends on your own ability. "

"Wow..."

There was an uproar in the audience, Xu Anshun's words could be said to stir up a thousand waves with one stone, causing different people to have different opinions.

"Sharing seems to be a very mature model in the United States, but only those superstars are eligible to participate in the sharing, because the box office of those blockbuster movies is very high, even if it is a few percent, they can get more than the simple salary Much rewarding.

This can indeed greatly reduce the upfront cost. Actors are no longer what they used to be. They only get paid. The box office of the movie has nothing to do with them. Dedicated actors are fine, but undedicated actors will make the crew very helpless if they don’t get paid to perform well.

When actors also become investors in movies, and the box office of movies directly determines their returns, then it is rare to take money and do nothing.

And those actors who only have popularity but no acting skills have no market, because if they make bad movies and hit the box office, they won't get much money at all. "

This measure has certain disadvantages, but it has more advantages, which made many participants present excited.

Xu Anshun is now the person in charge of the competent department. If he is determined to promote this matter, Huaxia Film will usher in earth-shaking changes.

It seems that we can really look forward to it.

Xu Anshun knew that what he said would cause a huge dispute, and he understood this when Lin Qirong brought it up with him.

But he still decided to do this, because he didn't want to stand in this position and watch Huaxia movies fall into an endless loop like this, watching the box office be bright, but the development has become deformed.

This is not what Huaxia movies should look like.

"We encourage everyone to boldly shoot other themes, such as science fiction films, disaster films, doomsday films, war films, superhero blockbusters, etc., instead of limiting their attention to comedies and romance films."

Xu Anshun continued, "If Huaxia Film wants to develop and people want to see more and better movies, we must try more themes.

These require huge investments, especially the post-production special effects, which cost a lot of money. This is also an important reason why everyone is hesitant to challenge these themes.

Reform is imperative, and we welcome everyone to put forward their opinions and improve these new reform measures together.

Because you are the key figures in Huaxia Films, we look forward to your support. "

The forum in the afternoon ended here, but the wave caused by it has just begun, spreading from the venue to the outside world.

The media reporters who came here were like chicken blood and sent the news out as quickly as possible.

The many questions raised by Lin Qirong, the establishment of the Fengtai Award, the disguised salary limit order raised by Xu Anshun...all of them are big news, which quickly aroused the attention and discussion of the whole society after they were released.

Except for a small number of people whose interests have been damaged, most people are optimistic about these things.

"There are three fires for a new official to take office, and the first fire really hits the heart of the film industry. This Xu Anshun has a lot of ideas."

"Lin Qirong is so daring, he dared to poke this hole open, and he achieved such a result, it's really admirable.

This is responsibility, a responsibility that cannot be seen in any artist. "

"Can we expect to see more and more good movies in the future? To be honest, it's not that we don't support domestic movies. We really can't support them. Embarrassing acting skills, [-] cents special effects, and Hollywood blockbusters The comparison is simply unbearable.

If there are really excellent domestic films, I will be the first to be there to support them. "

"Me too."

There was a lot of public opinion from the outside world, and everyone attending the meeting couldn't stay out of it.

Throughout the night, everyone discussed what happened today in small groups.

Compared with the audience, what happened today has indeed had a huge impact on everyone. If the things Xu Anshun said can really happen, then they will get huge benefits from it.

"I seem to hear the footsteps of the spring of Huaxia Films coming."

"With the main problems solved, we can boldly invest in the films we want to make.

In the future, only excellent movies can make money, and excellent actors can get more opportunities and rewards.

Everything is getting better. "

On the second day, under the witness of all the guests, the Preparatory Committee of the China Film Art Association was officially established. Representatives from all parties will work together to prepare for an association composed of all filmmakers and the filmmakers themselves.

Preparations for the "Fengtai Award" will also officially begin.

One by one suggestions or opinions were handed over to Xu Anshun. After he returned, he would organize personnel to conduct research and discussions, and prepare to implement a new policy.

The future of Huaxia Film seems to brighten up all of a sudden.

When walking out of the venue, Lin Qirong breathed a sigh of relief.

Everything is getting better, isn't it?
(End of this chapter)