Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

Unlike Xu Qingdong's excitement, Cao Zhiqiang was not the slightest bit excited when he heard the proposal to make the first domestic independent film.

"Don't be stupid." Cao Zhiqiang shook his head calmly. "Director Xu, why are you more naive than me?

Instead of looking for a studio, make your own independent film?What are you thinking?This is not a foreign country!
Don't you know that only film studios in our country can make movies, and private people are not allowed to make movies? "

Indeed, it's no wonder that Cao Zhiqiang is so cynical. In fact, in China at this time, individuals simply cannot make movies.

Because during this period, the country was basically a planned economy, and the same was true for movies.

If you want to make a movie, it can only be made by a film studio, and if a film studio wants to make a movie, the top leaders make a plan, then establish a project, and then ask for funds after the project is established, and then calculate the funds. After the calculation is completed, allocate funds , and then prepare for the film crew, and officially start shooting.

The whole process is quite cumbersome, so that many movies may have been approved long ago, but by the time they are officially filmed, it may have been one, two, or even three to five years.

Even if the film is finished, it must be reviewed by the Film Bureau. After the review, it will be handed over to China Film Group to purchase your film, and then China Film Co., Ltd. will copy the film and distribute it to various local projection units according to administrative regions, that is, various cinemas.

The review and release process is also very cumbersome. If something goes wrong, it may take several years to suppress it.

In other words, even if Cao Zhiqiang raised his own funds to write scripts, write and direct himself, and even bring his own camera equipment, if he wants to make a movie, he must at least find a film studio to be affiliated with.

Moreover, after making a movie, if you want to release it, you have to ask the affiliated film studio to submit it for review, and after review, it will be acquired by China Film Group, and China Film Group will arrange your film to be released according to its own plan.

But when it will be released, it is still not your decision, but the leadership of China Film Group.

Of course, if you have a big relationship and background, and you can directly find the film bureau or even the leadership of China Film Bureau, then naturally everything is easy to talk about.

At this time, the Film Bureau belongs to the Ministry of Culture. If they can find a more powerful leader from the Ministry of Culture, they can also talk easily.

For example, it is possible to sneak in the queue and play it at a good time in advance.

It can be said that if you want to make a movie and distribute it in China, it is not whether you have money, but whether you have relationship.

You have a relationship, and if you have no money, the unit will cover it.

For example, this Xu Qingdong, how did he know Cao Zhiqiang?

It's just that Xu Qingdong wanted to make the first music movie in China, but when he was short of money, he asked Director Liu, the old boss of the Art Bureau of the Ministry of Culture, for help.

Director Liu wanted to make progress. For the sake of Xu Qingdong's parents, he wanted to help Xu Qingdong and win a good impression, so he invited Cao Zhiqiang, an upstart in the Beijing circle, to invest?
Of course, Director Liu is not an empty-handed wolf. He asked Cao Zhiqiang to invest, and he had to do things for others.

Arranging jobs for Cao Zhiqiang's so-called friends is Director Liu's reward.

Therefore, from Xu Qingdong's body, it can be seen that if you want to make a movie during this period, the key is to have a relationship.

This relationship can be established from scratch by yourself, such as those famous directors; it can also be based on the relationship between parents, such as Xu Qingdong.

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Anyway, in China at this time, if you want to make movies freely, you must first have a relationship, otherwise, you can only slowly gain qualifications.

And independent movies are actually personal movies, which is precisely the situation that is impossible to appear in China at this time.

"Who said private people can't make movies?" Xu Qingdong suddenly laughed, "Which law or regulation says that private people are not allowed to make movies?"

"Huh?" Cao Zhiqiang was taken aback.

"Obviously it is?

Doesn’t the Film Bureau have something like that, the film management regulations, which stipulate that only film studios can make movies, and before making a movie, don’t they have to obtain a film production license before they can make a movie? "

Xu Qingdong frowned, then laughed: "I don't know where you heard this nonsense.

Film Regulations?I have never heard of such a thing in the Film Bureau, but each film studio has its own factory regulations.

As for the filming license, this is even more out of the question.

In our country, each studio decides what movie to make by itself, and after the film is finished, it will be submitted for review. If it is not submitted for review, it will not be released, and no license is required at all.

Therefore, we can make movies in our own names, and after the movie is shot, it will be submitted for review.

I have a good relationship with Director Liu of the Ministry of Culture, so it's time to find someone. The film's review is not a big problem.

As long as it passes the review, it will be purchased and distributed by China Film Group, so is it a film studio's work? What's the problem? "

Speaking of this, Xu Qingdong rubbed his hands: "Furthermore, reforms are being talked about everywhere now, and many original regulations can be relaxed.

As long as we make this movie well, then we will find a relationship together, it will definitely be fine! "

Hearing this, Cao Zhiqiang shook his head: "Forget it, it's too risky to make an independent film by yourself, so I don't want it."

"Oh, what a pity." Xu Qingdong sighed, "This is likely to create history. It would be a pity not to do it."

Cao Zhiqiang smiled slightly: "I'm not you. My family has a great career, so I can't afford to take this risk."

Speaking of this, Cao Zhiqiang suddenly rolled his eyes: "Wait, tell me, if we set up a film studio and make films in the name of our own film studio, would it be successful?"

"Set up a film studio by yourself?" Xu Qingdong was stunned, "This, this..."

Obviously, he couldn't keep up with Cao Zhiqiang's train of thought.

"That's right." Cao Zhiqiang nodded, "Let's set up a new film studio first, and then use the name of this film studio to make my movies. Isn't that all right?"

Xu Qingdong shook his head: "It's possible, but it's not that easy to set up a film studio."

"It's all about human effort." Cao Zhiqiang smiled, "My publishing house is also a state-owned enterprise. I applied to open a film studio in the name of the publishing house. Do you think it's okay?"

"I'm afraid not." Xu Qingdong shook his head, "There are many indicators to establish a film studio. At your level of a publishing house, it may be difficult to open a film studio. After all, you are an enterprise, and a film studio is a public institution."

"That's not necessarily true." Cao Zhiqiang said, "Not all of them are public institutions. Look at Bayi Factory, isn't it?"

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"August [-]st Film Factory is a special case." Xu Qingdong said, "Even a state-owned enterprise can set up a film studio, but your other indicators are not good.

It is not so easy to establish a film studio. It does not only need equipment, but the most important thing is that you must have enough film practitioners. "

"That's it." Cao Zhiqiang rubbed his chin, "Yes!"

After finishing speaking, Cao Zhiqiang raised his head: "My publishing house is too small to do it, but I am still a member of Hongguang Machinery Factory.

Our Hongguang Machinery Factory is a unit directly under the Ministry of Metallurgy. In terms of level and qualifications, it is absolutely qualified.

Moreover, the tertiary industry of our Hongguang Machinery Factory is very large, with its own cinema, film team, and art troupe.

Although there are not many employees in the movie theater and film team of our factory, there are only more than 100 people, but there are enough employees in our art troupe.

The Hongguang Art Troupe of our Hongguang Machinery Factory includes more than 300 people in the vocal music group, performance group, and logistics group.

Strictly speaking, these people also have something to do with making movies.

It should be no problem to integrate these people and form a film studio under Hongguang Machinery Factory, right?
Yes, definitely no problem!
Hahaha, what a genius I am!

Any idea can serve multiple purposes, hahaha! "

"This..." Xu Qingdong frowned, "President Cao, you have a good idea, but when you set up a film studio, when will it be? Why don't we shoot the movie first, and then think about it slowly? "

Cao Zhiqiang looked at Xu Qingdong: "You mean, kill first and play later?"

"That's right!" Xu Qingdong touched the Panavision camera again, "With this, no matter how rich and scripted you are, you don't have to worry about making movies.

As for other problems, I can ask my old friends for help, and they should be able to solve them.

Taking advantage of the summer, let's shoot this movie first. After the shooting is finished, it's not too late to think about the ownership of the movie. "

Cao Zhiqiang frowned and began to think about the possibility of this matter.

Indeed, if there is no so-called film production license at this time, it is indeed possible to shoot first.

And it seems that in the history of China, there is no precedent for this kind of individual filming.

Because he suddenly remembered that there was a movie in his previous life, which was shot in the 80s, and it was shot by himself, not through a film studio.

The name of that movie is called "Father and Son". It is a comedy movie starring Chen Qiang and his son.

The reason why I am impressed is that this movie is not only the only movie shot by an individual in the 80s, but also the only personal movie in domestic history that can be officially released in theaters without a factory logo.

When Chen Qiang was making this movie, he first sought out Xiying, but unfortunately Xiying was not interested in his comedies and refused to invest in the filming.

Chen Qiang later ran to many film companies, all of which were declined.

In the end, Chen Qiang was also the axis, and the film company didn't want to shoot, so he found a private company to invest with his old face, and then, without any film studio, he prepared a film crew and filmed by himself.

It is said that when Chen Qiang was filming this movie, the Film Bureau warned him that private individuals were not allowed to make movies, and that he had better be affiliated with a film studio.

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In fact, he also had good intentions. After all, with Chen Qiang's popularity at the time, it was very easy to find a movie to be affiliated with.

But Mr. Chen just didn't do it. He insisted on filming by himself, but he didn't rely on it. He even went to the film bureau to shoot the table and stared at the table, arguing with others.

In the end, it may be that there are no clear laws and regulations prohibiting private filming, and Mr. Chen is well-known and well-connected, so in the end the matter was left alone.

After the film was finished, China Film did not dare to accept it, because this film was shot by an individual without the participation of a studio.

As a result, the old man once again went to China Film Company to take pictures of the table, and got China Film Company to agree to buy it, but the price was kept very low, basically at cost price, not according to conventional methods at all.

In this way, "Father and Son" was released by China Film Corporation, becoming the only commercial film that year, and also the only commercial film in China that could be released and released in cinemas, but did not have a studio label.

It is said that this film was still a milestone event. Since then, the independent film producer system has only begun to arouse discussion and has become a historical benchmark.

In the subsequent reform of the film system, it is said that this film will always be used as an issue.

In this era, Mr. Chen also exists, and his reputation is still the same, but he hasn't thought of doing that.

After all, strictly speaking, Mr. Chen's ability to do this also has the characteristics of the times.

Because when he filmed "Father and Son", it was already 1986, and the reform of the country had been deepened at that time.

Among other things, at least during that period, individuals were allowed to open private companies, and private film production companies were also allowed.

It’s just that there were not many individuals who really became private film companies back then, and most of them were short-lived, and gradually disappeared after the 90s.

However, it is now 1983, and it is not even allowed to open a private company of a private nature, let alone a private film company.

Moreover, the current film studios are basically institutions affiliated to various cultural bureaus, and they are not transformed into state-owned enterprises as they were later.

The large-scale separation of government and enterprise was after October [-].

However, Cao Zhiqiang has an advantage, that is, he is an employee of a state-owned enterprise, and he is still a leader who can make decisions.

Not to mention the three state-owned companies directly controlled by Cao Zhiqiang, Hongguang Publishing House, Huaxia Audio and Video Company, and Hongguang Department Store.

Let's talk about the headquarters of these three companies - Hongguang Machinery Factory. Although Cao Zhiqiang's superficial position in it is not high, he is only the deputy director of the Third Industry Office, but he is a person who can actually make decisions.

At the same time, he is still the main person in charge of the tertiary production department of the machinery factory.

Hongguang Machinery Factory has a large number of workers in the tertiary industry, more than 5000 people.

Among them, in addition to the security department and the transportation department with the largest number of people, the third largest number is the Hongguang Art Troupe.

Due to its special nature, the Hongguang Art Troupe itself is a department-level unit, on the same level as the Propaganda Section, not a subordinate unit of the Propaganda Section.

In its heyday, the Hongguang Art Troupe was said to have more than 1000 members. Even now, there are still more than 300 members. In terms of numbers alone, it is no less inferior than some art troupes of large factories and troops.

Nowadays, various units are laying off redundant staff, among which cultural troupes and the like are the first ones to be laid off.

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If there is no accident, once the Hongguang Machinery Factory is annexed and rectified, this kind of art troupe will definitely be the first department to be abolished, just like the military art troupe that Hao Shuwen once worked for.

Although Cao Zhiqiang had a convenience kiosk project before, and this project is in full swing.

But this project is aimed at those logistics support personnel in the tertiary industry, such as warehouse management personnel, and the actual number of people that can be absorbed is very limited.

In other words, before the convenience kiosk project is officially promoted in an all-round way, in terms of the current experimental promotion, the number of people recruited is quite limited.

And even if it can be promoted in an all-round way, those members of the art troupe may not be willing to work as salesmen in convenience kiosks.

But if it is not annexed, there will be no excuse to abolish it directly. If it is not abolished, they will always have to find a job for these people.

Now it seems that it should not be a big problem to apply for the establishment of a film studio under the pretext of finding a way out for these people.

Although it was after [-] that the film studio's large-scale transformation from government to enterprise took place, it was not impossible to do it in [-].

After all, as Xu Qingdong said, today is an era of change, and everything is possible.

Thinking of this, Cao Zhiqiang suddenly laughed.

He thought of his original intention of building Hongguang Publishing House.

At the beginning, he just didn't want his destined best-selling works to be taken over by the publishing house, but he didn't have the slightest say.

That's why he wants to set up a publishing house that at least has the final say, so that he can give himself a high royalty share.

That's exactly what happened.

After he finally established Hongguang Publishing House in the name of the machinery factory, the first thing he had to do was to publish his own book "Journey to the Rivers and Lakes", and by publishing this book, he directly entered the million club level.

Later, when he wanted to make a record, he first set up his own Huaxia Audiovisual Company, and then used this company's name to release records for himself, and also gave his own works a high share.

Just imagine, if he is not the manager of these two companies, no matter how talented he is, no matter how best-selling his works, it is impossible for him to get a high sales share, and he can only be bought out at a low price.

In the same way, now that he wants to make his own movies, he has to find a way to open a movie studio first.

This is really true, in order to eat the vinegar, you have to make dumplings first.

Thinking of this, Cao Zhiqiang suddenly sighed.

"It turns out that this is the tail of that era, this is the booming 80s!"