Countercurrent 1982

Chapter 1949 Restarting the Issue
Compared with film and television shooting in the planned economy era, filming requires the approval and permission of higher authorities and film studios. There are strict norms and requirements in terms of film material selection, shooting budget, and actor selection, so Directors in that era did not have a high degree of freedom, and there was no need to consider box office issues.

But in the early 90s, China's film industry gradually shifted from a planned economy to a market economy. There was no appropriation from superiors, and no restrictions on the selection of materials. This also gave the new generation of directors more opportunities to display their talents and personalities.

However, all of this needs to be based on investment, so film investors in this era are very respected in the Beijing film and television industry. As long as you have money and intend to invest in new films, then these directors and The broker will naturally treat you as a guest of honor.

As the richest man in the country and a famous private entrepreneur, it is very easy for Duan Yun to meet any well-known directors and actors in BJ. Even without Duan Yun taking the initiative to invite, many agents will come to him. Come.

Duan Yun's idea is also very simple, straightforward, that is, he intends to invest in 2~3 films in China every year, invite the top domestic directors and the most popular actors to shoot together, and the annual investment in film and television is about 800 ~1000 million yuan or so.

In later generations, it is not uncommon to see movies with an investment of tens of millions or even hundreds of millions. Investments of several million to 1000 million seem to be not worth mentioning at all, and even the money is only enough to make a web drama, let alone make a movie. 2~3 theater movies, that is simply impossible.

However, in the early 90s, tens of millions were used to invest in film production. Such a budget is definitely the top domestic film budget.

Since the beginning of the 80s, the shooting cost of an ordinary film has been around 30 to 100 yuan. The so-called big productions rarely exceed [-] million yuan. Just a few bucks.

In the early 90s, the national drama "Desire", which was sold out to thousands of people in China, had dozens of episodes of high-quality TV series, and the total shooting cost was only 97 yuan. In addition, the domestic film industry that caused a huge sensation in the past two years and won numerous international film and television awards The total cost of the martial arts movie "Swordsman in Shuangqi Town" was only 40 yuan.

Generally speaking, before 1994, films with an investment of more than 100 million were proper top-level big productions. Duan Yun spent 1000 million to make 2~3 movies, with an average investment of 300 million to 500 million for each film. The cost is enough to gather the top domestic directors, actors and related production teams to shoot the most luxurious movie in China.

It is precisely because of this that many well-known directors came upon hearing that Duan Yun wanted to seek cooperation in the BJ film and television industry. Everyone wanted to get this huge investment, so Duan Yun, as an investor, naturally received a lot of attention. What's more, his own fame and social status are very high. Even domestic top directors like Feng Xiaogang, Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige are extremely humble and respectful when facing Duan Yun.

Duan Yun invested so much money in movies, naturally there are his conditions. On the one hand, the products produced by their group company must appear in the movie; The group has strong scientific research capabilities and has contributed a lot of content and themes to the society.

In fact, these requirements put forward by Duan Yun obviously run counter to the style of some current commercial films, because no one likes the content of serious themes. Chinese people watch movies for entertainment, and they have been tired of watching movies with positive energy in Thailand decades ago.

However, these are by no means a problem to these most talented directors in China. They are fully capable of shooting qualified commercial films according to Duan Yun's requirements without affecting the entertainment of the film.

As for how to do it, there is no need for Duan Yun to think about it. At that time, the directors who met will come up with their own scripts for Duan Yun to review. Whoever can attract Duan Yun's script will get the sky-high price. invest.

And when Duan Yun was gathering and drinking with various "big names" in the entertainment industry in Beijing every day, his brother-in-law Wu Zhenglong suddenly called him one night.

"You mean there is another meeting at the top to discuss the promotion of the domestic system?" After listening to Wu Zhenglong's narration, Duan Yun suddenly asked in surprise.

"It was the meeting just held this morning. Originally, this matter was to be discussed after the next year, but the day before yesterday, two departments submitted applications at the same time. One was a senior official from a central enterprise, and the other was ours. The veteran cadres of the BJ Military District submitted a report. The main content of the report is that our country is currently facing very severe international political and military pressure. On the one hand, it requires the country to increase investment and speed up the modernization of national defense. To implement national defense network security measures, both reports mentioned the importance of domestic computer operating systems, so today the higher-ups held another meeting to discuss the promotion of the domestic operating system developed by your company..." Wu Zhenglong said.

"Eh." Hearing this, Duan Yun was suddenly stunned.

It is obvious that the person who submitted the report should be the executive of Poly Company and the backer Li Yunpeng found. At the same time, the two heavyweights submitted the report and applied for it. Then the superior department in charge of this matter will definitely attach great importance to it, so The discussion on the promotion of domestic operating systems was restarted in advance.

The government is most afraid of a "delayed tactic" in handling affairs, because it cannot coordinate the conflicts of all parties in a short period of time, so many things can only be shelved temporarily, but in the end, these things often have no further details, and it is precisely because of this, Duan Yun This time when I come to BJ, I will choose to take the initiative.

Judging from the current situation, the relationship he used in the early stage has indeed played a role, and restarting the discussion again, no matter whether it succeeds or not, this matter must have a result, but it is still unknown whether Duan Yun can achieve his goal in the end.

"...However, today's meeting did not go well, including the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Tsinghua University, and 13 key scientific research institutes in the capital, all said that the domestic operating system developed by your company is not suitable for large-scale promotion, and must be carried out again. An evaluation, and the evaluation expert team is mainly formed by the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Tsinghua University, otherwise, it will be difficult to ensure the security of this domestic operating system." Wu Zhenglong said.

"The Chinese Academy of Sciences means that they will be the referees, and it's up to them whether the system is up to standard?" Duan Yun frowned and said.

(End of this chapter)