Rebirth of the courtyard, the start is 80s

When Uncle Lin asked what the conditions were, Cao Zhiqiang immediately took a deep breath and his expression became serious.

"Uncle Lin, the other party proposed that we hope that we can relax some control in certain areas, at least make an opening, and no longer be completely monopolized by state agencies, but truly follow a market economy.

In this way, they can also take the opportunity to spend the RMB they have received domestically, thereby obtaining sufficient benefits.

They believe this is a win-win situation.

Not only will they benefit from this, but so will we.

Because they said that although monopoly control will be relaxed and the market economy will be fully implemented, they will accept our review and will never do anything that harms the interests of our country, government and people.

They just want money and a way out, and they don't want to change our political system or ideology.

If we agree, they will increase their trading strength with us.

But if we don’t agree and they have some good stuff, they will restrict the transaction.

I dare not agree to the other party, I can only say that I will help and tell you, it depends on what you mean. "

Uncle Lin frowned and his expression became serious.

After all, what Cao Zhiqiang said may seem very low-key, but the things contained in it are not simple.

After thinking about it, Uncle Lin asked: "What fields do they want us to open up?"

Cao Zhiqiang secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but on the surface he said: "They said they were not greedy at the beginning and wanted us to let go of monopoly operations in three areas first.

They are the film industry, automobile manufacturing industry, and aircraft manufacturing industry.

In these three industries, they hope to cooperate with our country, or state-owned enterprises, one by one, from the shallower to the deeper, to carry out a modernization and market-oriented reform that is subject to our supervision but does not directly intervene in the operation.

We will discuss the second stage of cooperation after we gradually liberalize these three industries, experience the benefits of cooperation with them, and are willing to cooperate at a deeper level. "

Uncle Lin raised his eyebrows: "Oh? It's interesting. Let's talk about it in detail."

Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "Well, let me talk about the film industry first.

They said that in my country's current film industry, film companies produce films and then hand them over to China Film Company for distribution, and China Film Company then takes the films to various cinemas for playback.

In this case, China Film Company has monopolized the biggest cake in the film industry.

After all, movie theaters, or movies, will split accounts with China Film Company after the movie is originally shown, and China Film Company will only pay a fixed part of the buyout fee to the film production company, no matter how much or how little it earns.

In other words, China Film Company has the least workload, but makes the most money.

Film production companies do the most but make the least money. After all, they cannot participate in theater chain sharing, so they naturally have no motivation to carefully study the real needs of the masses.

In this case, what kind of movie to make often depends on the whims of certain leaders, or the personal preferences of certain directors. What is produced may not be what the public actually likes to watch.

But this is not the case in the outside world.

For example, Hong Kong and Japan, and of course American Hollywood, and even mainstream countries in the world such as France, their film systems are not like this.

Film production companies in these countries have to participate in the film's accounting after making a movie, so they pay special attention to the box office.

It is this kind of attention to the box office that makes them particularly care about the real needs of the people and are willing to seek innovation and change.

In this way, if the movie is well shot and the box office is good, the film production company will make more money, after all, the share will be larger.

Just like the movie I released in Japan.

Because that movie was well-received in the Japanese market, I made a lot of money from it, and the Japanese companies also liked me very much. This was the main reason why everything went smoothly during my time in the entertainment industry in Japan.

However, if my movie is released in China, it can only be sold to China Film, and China Film will get a lump sum of money. So even though I know that the movie will be very popular in the mainland, most of the money will be taken by China Film. Well, as a photographer, I don’t make much money.

The same situation applies to previous hit movies such as "Shaolin Temple" and "The Wrangler".

Those movies were once popular all over the country, but those who made the movies, including screenwriters, directors, and actors, actually did not get much practical benefits other than some fame.

The real big deal was all taken away by China Film.

Will it be good for the country if China Film Group takes away the majority?

I don’t think so.

Uncle Lin, in this position, you definitely know more than me about some things.

Then you should know that China Film Group seems to belong to the state, but after they make money, not all of it is turned over to the state.

As for where the middle part of the money went, haha, I don’t know. If you know, I don’t know.

However, even if China Film Group gives all the money to the state, it will actually be a loss to the state. "

"Oh? Why?" Uncle Lin asked subconsciously.

Cao Zhiqiang smiled: "I asked the same question at the time, and the other party told me that because China Film's approach is killing the goose that lays the goose, it suppresses consumption. Of course, it also suppresses people's subjective initiative, the development of related science and technology, and the flow of the economy."

Uncle Lin frowned: "Tell me in detail."

Cao Zhiqiang nodded: "He said at the time that the specific situation was more complicated and I might not understand it if he explained it too much, so he told me the simplest way to keep it short.

He said that China Film's monopolistic practice, because it gets the maximum profit, will seriously restrict the capital flow of film production companies and seriously inhibit the enthusiasm of film production companies for filming.

If you want to make a good movie, overall, you must increase investment.

Only with money can we have good talents and good technology, so that we can seek innovation and change and produce better movies.

Only with better movies, people will be more willing to pay to go to the cinema to watch them.

In this way, film production companies will become stronger and stronger, and the films they produce will become better and better.

People are also willing to spend money on movies and are more willing to go to the movies.

Cinemas will naturally earn more as a result.

In this way, when people's money is spent, it means money flows.

Money is like dead money when it is saved. Only when it flows can it produce power and stimulate the economy.

In other words, as long as the monopoly of China Film Company is cut off, the entire film market, from film production to the underlying theaters, will come alive, just like the now famous Xiangjiang Film, which will create huge profits.

If taxes are collected from this, for example, directly from movie theaters and a certain amount of tax is collected, then the tax collected by the government will be much more than the amount of money paid by China Film Company. The reason is that without the suppression of monopoly companies, the entire market will be revitalized, the market will expand, and the economic scale will increase, and the relative tax revenue will increase.

This is clearly evidenced in overseas countries, such as developed countries in Europe and the United States.

Not to mention, this will also stimulate the further development of our film industry, preventing it from becoming stagnant and getting worse.

To put it bluntly, this is the same as the economic reform we are currently undergoing.

It is necessary to put aside the original big pot rice and introduce market competition.

Of course, that person also said that it would be inappropriate to let go all of a sudden. Not only would we be acclimated, but it would also not be in their interests.

Therefore, film reform, like our current economic reform, must first carry out some pilot projects.

For example, let me first treat my Hongguang Film Factory as a pilot project.

Specifically, all the movies produced by our Hongguang Film Factory will no longer be purchased and sold by China Film Company. Instead, our film studio will directly connect with the cinemas below and share the profits with the cinemas and relevant governments in various places.

for example.

For example, the movie "Love in the Rain" that I prioritized for release in Japan is called "Love in the Guting" in China.

We can try not to sell this movie to China Film Company. Instead, we can directly negotiate with the governments of various provinces and municipalities so that this movie can be directly screened in all their cinemas.

The box office revenue after the screening is divided among the four parties according to a certain proportion by our Hongguang Film Factory, local cinemas, and of course our central tax bureau and China Film Company.

In specific terms, cinemas, as providers of movie viewing, take the largest share of the box office, such as 40%.

As the immediate boss of the local cinema, the local government will definitely get benefits from it, so there is no need to give them a share.

Our tax authorities of the central government, as well as China Film Corporation, as the tax department and top managers and auditors, of course have to get a share of the pie. Each of these two parties can get 10%, and a total of 20%.

The remaining 40% belongs to our film production company, Hongguang Film Studio.

Of course, this is just my preliminary opinion, and the specific situation needs to be discussed in detail.

However, if Hongguang Film Studio, as a producer, participates in box office sharing, it cannot be less than 30% of the box office share.

If it's too low, it's not a good deal and will severely dampen motivation.

After all, under the share-sharing model, if the box office is not ideal and the share is too low, there is a risk of losing money.

At that time, everyone can try to see if this model will be a win-win situation for everyone.

If everyone is satisfied by then, you can continue to try this system.

From now on, any movie shot by our Hongguang Film Company or co-distributed will follow this sharing model.

Once this is done, excellent overseas films and overseas funds will be optimistic about our Hongguang Film Factory.

For example, if overseas films want to maximize their profits in my country, they will most likely cooperate with us and distribute them domestically. After all, this way they can share the profits and they will earn more.

Similarly, overseas funds are also willing to invest in us for Sino-foreign joint venture filming, which is equivalent to attracting foreign investment into our domestic film market.

In the same way, the relevant organizations of Mist will also take this opportunity and gap to invest in our Hongguang Film Factory in some way, and in this way, spend the funds in our country.

For example, in the form of a joint venture, we cooperate with our Hongguang Film Factory to build movie cities in various places using filming as a gimmick, so that funds can be smoothly invested in real estate.

Or, engage in technology research and development, such as developing related shooting equipment, etc.

In this way, when they invest funds, they will not be so sensitive. After all, it is just a purely commercial cooperation.

Do you think this situation is good? "

Uncle Lin smiled: "Okay, of course, but China Film Company may not be happy with it. After all, the method you mentioned is equivalent to taking out China Film Company's profits and sharing them with everyone, especially Hongguang." factory."

Cao Zhiqiang also laughed: "Yes, this is the essence. But do you think this is bad? After all, it is better for many people to share the food together than to eat it alone.

Moreover, China Film Company basically does nothing. It just sits there to review and collect money, so that it can make the biggest profit. How is this different from foreign monopoly capitalists?

Although China Film Group belongs to the state and has to hand over profits to the state, you know the actual situation.

It can be said that China Film Corporation has now become a stumbling block for our country's film industry.

Although there are many reasons why our film industry has stagnated, the monopoly and hegemony of China Film Company is undoubtedly the biggest factor.

It is precisely because China Film Company has a monopoly on distribution there that foreign investors dare not invest more in my country's film and television industry, which means we have lost a huge overseas investment channel.

You know, the film industry is no different than others. It is actually a huge money-attracting pool.

Just look at the foreign film industry to know this.

Our country is in urgent need of foreign exchange, but our country cannot produce many good things to sell abroad in exchange for foreign exchange, so we have to sell large quantities of grain just to exchange for some foreign exchange when food is in short supply.

In this case, why not open an opening in the film industry first and use market-oriented behavior to attract foreign investment?

For example, that Mist organization has a lot of money in their hands, as well as the materials, equipment and technology that we have continued. But if cooperation with us cannot bring benefits to them, then they probably will not be willing to take risks all day long and continue to Cooperate with us.

After all, their cooperation with us does not come with any political conditions, and they can also provide us with good things that we cannot get through formal channels.

Now people just hope to use the RMB and national bonds obtained from us through formal channels, and then spend them in our country in the form of commercial investment, so as to gain some real monetary benefits.

With all due respect, if we cannot meet these requirements, then I am afraid this cooperation will not last long.

Furthermore, they are not demanding, let alone cancel China Film’s monopoly on purchasing and marketing.

They just said that they would use my Hongguang Film Factory as a pilot to conduct a divided pilot test. There are also ready-made experimental subjects, which is my movie "Love in the Rain" that was very popular in Japan.

To be honest, I have received excessive returns from this movie through the Japanese market, and other countries and regions, such as the United States, France, Southeast Asian countries, and places such as Hong Kong and South Korea, are all trying to negotiate with me about importing copyrights. .

That is to say, actually even if I don’t release this movie in China, it doesn’t matter.

I have already achieved fame and fortune.

However, I am willing to use this movie as an opportunity to try to reform our film industry.

For this reason, even if I will be under tremendous pressure because of this reform, I will not hesitate!

Even if it’s just for better cooperation with Mist, we should give it a try. Do you think this is true? "

After hearing this, Uncle Lin touched his chin and nodded: "I will report this matter to the leadership. I think if we just use Hongguang Film Factory as a pilot project, there shouldn't be a big problem."