1979 Golden Age

Zhang Xinyan felt like he had hit something evil!

He sent three groups of people to select people in various places, all the way to the northwest, all the way to the Central Plains, all the way to the southeast, and got back some information one after another. As a result, I fell in love with one person and was determined by others. I fell in love with another person and was determined by others...

Ask who it is, Beijing Film Studio's "Tai Chi"!

Ho!

Zhang Xinyan immediately asked Wang Yang for questioning. Wang Yang said that I couldn't come, and I couldn't come for anything. Why should I, the director of the factory, take care of the specific shooting?

He went to Li Wenhua again, and Li Wenhua said that I also discussed it with everyone, and I didn't make the decision myself.

Going around and around Chen Qi.

"I know you're in a hurry, but don't worry yet."

"Stop doing this!"

"Then drink some water first..."

Chen Qi smiled and poured a cup of hot water and said, "You get angry at me when you enter the room. I'm confused. Why?"

Zhang Xinyan is usually personable and considers himself a scholar, but at this moment he is like an aunt who has been shortchanged when buying groceries. He angrily scolded: "Boy, stop pretending to me. You know that I am going to the martial arts team to recruit people, so why don't you grab them in advance?" What’s going on if you leave?”

"Wait a minute, let's sort it out!"

Chen Qi said slowly: "When you came last year, you talked about the preparations for "Shaolin Temple" and how Liao Gong was doing. Then you felt that filming could not be done in winter, so you finalized the script first, and I also contributed.

At the end of last year, the filming of "Lushan Love" was completed. I wanted to write a new script, and I remembered the two themes mentioned by Liao Gong, one is Shaolin and the other is Tai Chi. You chose Shaolin, so I thought we should do Tai Chi... Hey, can we do it? You didn't say we were forbidden from filming, right? "

"No!"

Zhang Xinyan gritted his teeth and said.

"As you know, I write scripts quickly and can finish them in a few days. The old director was very ambitious and wanted to make an entertainment film. We hit it off immediately. I was the planner and Li Wenhua was the director and we started preparations.

I originally wanted to go to the Beijing Martial Arts Team to recruit people, but then I thought, you won’t even give me face if you go, let alone give us face. Then go and have a look, maybe you can gain something.

So Director Li and I took a long trip before the Spring Festival. Do you know the concept? Before the Spring Festival, I took the train for more than ten days and traveled to several provinces before I found so many people!

What were you doing at that time? You went back to Hong Kong!

You can't blame me, can you? Should I advise you not to go back?

You came back from the festival and couldn't find anyone to get angry with me. What's the matter, do you think I can predict the future? Did you cut off all your actors beforehand? I have this ability, why am I still here? "

"..."

Zhang Xinyan's face flushed as if he was constipated, but he couldn't say a word to refute.

The grandson was still making fire next to him, and Balabala said: "Do you think this is a development that I made up and exaggerated?"

Seeing that he was silent, Chen Qi continued: "Now that you think we have crashed, there is a way. "Shaolin Temple" is a shooting task set by Mr. Liao, and it is a half-national project. Please tell the superiors, and they will ask us to let them go. , we will definitely let it happen.”

Niang Xipi!

Zhang Xinyan, who is from Ningbo, almost made a famous national curse, saying: "Boy, you don't have to bully me, because of my relationship with the old factory director, I can't do this bully thing.

If you take it away, you take it away. China is so big, I don’t believe I can’t find anyone else! "

"Of course you can find it, but "Shaolin Temple" has been delayed for a year. You want to delay it for another year. When will the film be released?"

Zhang Xinyan was about to leave, but Chen Qi naturally couldn't let him go, and suggested: "I have almost found the people, and they will be able to focus on training soon. You have to train the people you find, right? Just think of me as your front line."

We shoot quickly. You can shoot the outdoor scenes first, or you can shoot the indoor scenes at Beijing Film Studio, and our two crews will shoot together. By autumn at the latest, I will hand over the entire set of people and will not delay your progress. "

Zhang Xinyan turned around and sat down, and said suspiciously: "Boy, just tell me, what are your intentions?"

"There is only one condition. Li Lianjie lets me use it first."

Hiss!

Zhang Xinyan suddenly broke into a cold sweat and stared at the other person with a very abnormal look. A thought came to his mind: Could this be his real purpose? It's impossible. Just like he said, can you predict the future?

"You mean, one person and two crews?"

"That's right! I'll train them first, ah no, I'll communicate with them first. They are all non-professional actors, so there will be an adaptation period. When my scene is finished and they have experience, they will come to your crew and join immediately, and you too Easy, isn’t it?”

Historically, Zhang Xinyan only intensively trained the actors this summer, and it took him more than a year to produce the film. Now it has been accelerated. Because of Chen Qi's participation, the script has been completed ahead of schedule and the overall progress has also been advanced.

He should be grateful to Chen Qicai.

Zhang Xinyan couldn't help but bully others, so he could only accept the proposal. At the same time, he was also very confused. The other party emphasized efficiency both inside and outside his words. Could it be possible to make movies with both efficiency and quality at the same time?

He really wanted to see how this kid did it.

…………

Chen Qi sent Zhang Xinyan away and immediately went to the main building to find Wang Yang.

Wang Yang laughed and said, "Good boy, we have gathered all the troops! Okay, the Xisi Pailou Street is also being built, so it will definitely not delay things."

"I still have some martial arts fingers left. Then I've completed most of my mission, and then it's up to you."

"Don't tell me, I really found some revolutionary passion after doing this with you!"

Wang Yang took out an envelope and shook it: "I will submit a letter to the central government right now!"

…

In the spring of 1980, there was an earthquake in the film industry.

It was not sudden, there were many signs before, which was expected. Historically, Wang Yang wrote a letter to the central government in the summer, but now the butterfly flaps its wings, and the letter was sent several months in advance.

In the letter, he talked about three issues: investment focus of the film industry, profit distribution of the film, and operation and management of the studio.

When the news came out, the five major studios, Shanghai Film Studio, Changchun Film Studio, Emei Film Studio, Xi'an Film Studio, and Zhuhai Film Studio, responded to support, and the central government ordered the Ministry of Culture to come up with a solution!

Why is it so effective?

First, Wang Yang has a high status;

Second, in the early days of reform, everyone was exploring in confusion. Everyone knew that reform was needed, but no one knew how to do it. Everything should be tried first, and then changed if it didn't work. There are many stones in the river.

Third, in the era when the working class was in charge, and the doorman dared to slam the table with the factory director, don't underestimate the collective voice, the masses are very powerful.

Ministry of Culture, conference room

It was almost the same as the tea party before the New Year. The leaders of the Ministry of Culture, representatives of China Film, and directors of major studios were still present, but the atmosphere was completely different. Ding Daming of China Film stared at Wang Yang fiercely, as if he wanted to bite off a piece of meat.

The central government ordered that it must be resolved, which meant that there could be no more wrangling.

It also meant that China Film had to give up some of its interests.

Wang Yang was calm and he was not afraid of this. Xu Sangchu of Shanghai Film Studio was also full of passion, knowing that this was a milestone moment. The directors of those marginal studios had no say, so they just watched the big guys quarrel.

"Today we will discuss the issue of profit distribution from film distribution. Old Wang, you go first!"

"Ahem!"

Wang Yang cleared his throat and said, "Let me remind you first that we are not here to quarrel today. It will only waste time. Everyone is picking on the dry things. I only have two points to say. Give us the copyright of the film, you can't take it away anymore; give our studio the right to distribute it independently!"

Before, China Film bought out the copyright for 700,000 yuan, and the film studio didn't even have the copyright.

Xu Sangchu said: "I support Lao Wang's proposal!"

"I support it too!"

"We support it too!"

Ding Daming also knew that they were not here to quarrel today, so he patiently said: "The copyright can be given to you, but the distribution rights are definitely not. We can study a method that everyone can accept."

"Then the price will be calculated according to the quality of the film. Good films will be sold at a high price, and bad films will be sold at a low price!"

"Yes, we can't buy it out at a price of 700,000!"

"But how to judge the quality?"

Ding Daming spread his hands and said: "The viewing experience is very subjective. You think it's good, I think it's not good. You think it's not good, I think it's good. Won't we argue again at that time?"

"That makes sense. There is no fixed standard for this thing."

"What should we do then?"

China Film agreed to make concessions, but the key is how to make concessions.

After a long argument, they took a break and finally came up with a plan that everyone could accept:

China Film Group buys the film and sells copies to various places. If the film can be sold in the range of 99-120 copies, each copy will be sold at 9,000 yuan. China Film Group will give the studio a minimum price of 900,000 yuan and a maximum price of 1.08 million yuan.

If it is not in this range, such as only 50 copies are sold, or 200 copies are sold, China Film Group will buy it for 990,000 yuan.

In this way, the profit of the studio has increased significantly. Although it is still not independent, it has a little bit of market connection, and it will have to pay attention to the sales volume of copies in the future.

But China Film Group's burden has increased. How many films can it produce more than 120 copies a year? Especially those art films, which often only sell a few copies, China Film Group can also buy them for 990,000 yuan.

So in the next few years, China Film Group lost more than 60 million yuan, and they also gave up.

The central government had no choice but to reform again, making the studios responsible for their own profits and losses. As a result, domestic films continued to decline in the late 1980s. In the 1990s, they were reformed again, and finally the planned economy was transformed into a market economy.

Then there was the rapid development after 2000.

This time, it took a full 20 years! How many cinemas closed, how many workers were laid off, the pain of reform was not just talk.

Of course, these were not foreseen by Wang Yang, he had the limitations of the times.

He and the other factory directors were immersed in the joy of victory. In the future, with higher profits, the budget could also be increased. It would no longer be a pitiful 700,000, but could be raised to 1.08 million.

700,000 "Tai Chi" and 1.08 million "Tai Chi" are absolutely different!

After the meeting, the Ministry of Culture issued a document not long after, informing of this matter:

From the second quarter, the reform will begin!

(Thanks to the leaders of Xin Yili and HUAZAI, there are more chapters, and there are also previous ones, don't worry.

First post one chapter, there are still four chapters...

Everyone take a break first!)