Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 1673 Commercial Film
That night, both Duan Yun and Cui Jian drank a lot of wine.

In addition, after learning that Duan Yun's younger sister is going to get married on National Day, Cui Jian offered to participate in the wedding, and will sing two songs on the spot for the guests present.

With Cui Jian's personality, he would not sing songs on such occasions easily, but because of his unusual relationship with Duan Yun, he was willing to support Duan Yun. This was entirely out of personal friendship.

Duan Yun never used others for nothing, but this time he didn't mention money from the beginning to the end, because he knew that if he talked about money with Cui Jian because of such a trivial matter, he just didn't treat him as a friend.

In addition, this time at the banquet, Duan Yun also planned to invest in making a movie, mainly to promote the feature film of the country's industrial development.

In fact, in the 90s, the cost of Chinese films was still very low, because Chinese commercial films had just begun to appear at that time.

Before the 90s, films were included in the scope of ideological management and became an important carrier of propaganda and education. They were mainly developed as educational tools for maintaining national stability. Under the planned economic system, film production was planned, and production subjects and ownership The unity of relationship determines the cultural function of film.

Production is greater than consumption, supply is greater than demand, and because the significance of education is greater than that of entertainment, the relationship between movies and the needs of the public is insignificant. It was not until the reform of the economic system in the 90s that China's commercial films started again and created necessary conditions.

Before the 90s, the box office of movies was very small. Among them, "Shaolin Temple" can be said to be the highest-grossing movie of that era. When the movie ticket price was generally only a dime or a few cents, this movie actually sold a whole country. With a box office of [-] million, almost none of the subsequent movies can surpass this record.

Even in the early 90s, Chinese people generally had no concept of movie box office. Although many commercial movies began to appear, the investment was relatively small. Generally, a few hundred thousand to one million yuan was considered a high investment.

In addition, at the turn of the 90s and 10s, the directors faced with the development of Chinese films found it difficult to make films that met the needs of the domestic market. At that time, most theaters were in a state of depression. With the popularization of video recorders and laser discs, people are more willing to go to video theaters to watch Hong Kong or Hollywood movies. In order to invigorate China's film industry, the state began to issue relevant policies. At the beginning, about [-] foreign mature commercial films were allowed to be imported a year. Movies, the original intention is to let these domestic movie theaters survive first, and then talk about the development of the Chinese film industry.

In 1994, the Hollywood commercial blockbuster "The End of the World" did cause a huge sensation in the attention of domestic films. This film ended, and Chinese audiences were separated from the latest Western commercial films for decades. The most prosperous year, known as the "95 turnaround" in the film industry, and this year also introduced classic commercial films such as "Red Fan District" and "Mission: Impossible", which once again aroused the enthusiasm of Chinese people for watching movies .

However, because commercial films at that time were regarded as very risky by many people, the films cast by some upstart coal bosses were actually aimed at female stars.

Duan Yun's idea is to make a better commercial film, and then put some implanted advertisements in it, and add some plots and lines to promote his products without affecting the quality of the film. It doesn't matter how much box office it can sell when investing in commercial advertisements, because the funds of hundreds of thousands to millions are not worth mentioning to Duan Yun.

However, in terms of writing and directing the script, Duan Yun planned to contact Feng Xiaogang and Wang Shuo through these people in the BJ entertainment industry. Wang Shuo will write the script, and Feng Xiaogang will be in charge of filming.

The banquet that day was a feast for the guests and the host. They drank until very late before leaving. Duan Yun even asked the driver to take Cui Jian and others home.

On the second day, Duan Yun contacted Liu Shaoqiang, an old friend of Poly Group, and the two agreed to meet at Duan Yun's hotel.

In fact, Duan Yun already knew Liu Shaoqiang's true identity in Poly Company, but when the two met, Duan Yun still respectfully called him Mr. Liu.

"Xiao Duan, let's meet again." After seeing Duan Yun, Liu Shaoqiang immediately stepped forward to say hello.

Compared with the last time the two met, Liu Shaoqiang had a little more smile on his face, and he was also more enthusiastic.

"Hello, Mr. Liu." Seeing this, Duan Yun quickly greeted him respectfully.

"Recently, you made a big deal. You signed a contract with Volvo worth 5.4 million US dollars. After I heard the news, I couldn't believe my eyes..." Liu Shaoqiang said with emotion after sitting down.

"Actually, I didn't expect to sign this contract at the time..." Duan Yun smiled, and continued: "Because 5.4 million US dollars is not a small number, I almost broke my net worth and gritted my teeth to sign this contract." Signed because it's a very important opportunity for me."

"A very important opportunity?"

"That's right, the production line I introduced from the Volvo Group this time is not just an assembly line, but also all equipment and production lines including the three major assemblies of automobiles. This introduction of a full-scale and full industrial chain will not only Let me immediately have the ability to produce cars from scratch, and can also improve the technical level of our Chinese auto industry as a whole..."

"You're right!" Liu Shaoqiang nodded approvingly, and continued: "I read all the appendices of the contract you gave me before, and I asked a team of experts to conduct a special study on this contract. The value of the imported Volvo production line is very high, it can not only narrow the distance between our country and the world's advanced automobile production level, but also provide some ideas for the design and production of our domestic automobiles, this is indeed a very important contract."

"Mr. Liu is more knowledgeable. I thought about it for a while before I finally made up my mind to sign this contract." Duan Yun paused, and then said: "But I want to tell you the truth, although it has been officially The contract was signed, but I only paid for a car production line, which cost a total of 1.7 million U.S. dollars, and the remaining 3.7 million U.S. dollars have not yet been settled. I have talked with the leaders of the SY city government and the SZ city government. There is nothing I can do, Shenzhen can only provide me with a loan of 3 million US dollars, and I am still trying to find a way to get the rest of the money..."

(End of this chapter)