China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Although He Fang received support from many filmmakers at the Fengyun Awards, but...the support of so many international filmmakers does not wait for the support of the countries behind them.

Therefore, the 2018 Spring Festival movie "The Wandering Earth" cannot be released in most parts of the world. It is only released in some small countries and regions. Of course, there is no way to watch "The Wandering Earth", that is, wait a month. You can see pirated copies.

In fact, many foreign movie fans are also eagerly waiting for the pirated version to be released, because there are many behind-the-scenes footage, trailers, interviews, and behind-the-scenes videos of "The Wandering Earth" on TikTok, Twitter, and INS. There are a large number of posters and many real feelings from Chinese movie fans.

These can stir up the hearts of many fans who continue to like He Fang, and they are all waiting anxiously.

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Since 2018, the world has also undergone tremendous changes. People no longer pay attention to other things, because some disputes are more attractive. The frequent operations of King X affect the nerves and attention of every corner of the world.

Of course, in 2018 in this time and space, there is no such thing as the scourge of small fresh meat. Chinese movies are booming. In addition to the lack of a global market, the domestic box office exceeded 2017 billion yuan in 750, equivalent to 111.09 billion U.S. dollars, and The North American box office in 2017 was US$110.66 billion.

The Chinese box office has already surpassed the North American box office to become the world's largest box office. This is a great moment. After the hard work in advance, it has surpassed North America before the arrival of 2018.

After more than a year of hard work, many countries in Asia are willing to withstand the pressure of the United States and the West and start opening markets with China because they are jealous of China's market. The first countries to cooperate are Asia and South America.

It's all thanks to someone, so He Fang said it when he was a guest at the 2018th "World Internet Conference" in November 11, "China's film industry will grow at nearly double digits every year in the world in the future." , which has greatly contributed to China’s Internet going global. '

"Director He Fang, everyone is talking about the Red Sea era of the Internet. They say that the development of the Internet industry has entered a stable period and may enter a recession period in less than ten years. What do you think of this problem?" the host asked sitting on the stage. Where in the middle.

"Who said that the Internet industry has entered a stable period? People who put forward this view only saw the surface. People at the beginning of the 21st century thought that the role of the Internet was only for social networking and information. They believed that several major social networking sites and portals would later There is no Internet anymore. But what is the reality? In fact, the social and information Internet is just the beginning of the Internet.

Next thing everyone knows, the Internet has entered the era of commercial Internet.This resulted in the emergence of a number of commercial-oriented Internet companies such as Alibaba, JD.com, and Pinduoduo. Their output value has increased several times that of the social and information Internet era.

So is the commercial Internet the end of the Internet?Of course not. With the development of communication technology, we will enter the era of the Internet of Everything. What will it be like then?After the interconnection of all things, we may enter the interconnection of all brains, that is, the interconnection of human brains.

So, is the internet over?Of course it's far from over.If some Internet people still look at the Internet from a social and information perspective, then they will just become the big bosses of the past and the losers of the present like Yahoo, Sina, and Sohu. "

He Fang's words made the audience laugh out loud, because He Fang described these major Internet companies as bankrupt, which was really ironic.

"Then what changes do you think the Internet of Everything will bring to the film industry?" the host asked.

"There will be many, because as long as the Internet of Everything is achieved, a person can watch a movie on his mobile phone while taking the subway. When you haven't finished watching it, it doesn't matter. You can go home and switch the unfinished movie to the TV or projection. Keep watching. Of course, you can also switch the movie to your computer or tablet to watch. You can even switch the movie to your car to watch... In short, you can watch it on any screen connected to your account. Or watch it on a projection platform, which makes watching movies more convenient.”

After He Fang finished speaking, the host asked again.

"Wouldn't that affect the cinema? If watching movies is so convenient, who would go to the cinema to watch it?"

"The impact will be a little bit, but not very big. Just like the Internet can solve many people's shopping problems, but won't people stop shopping? Cinema is an offline manifestation, a kind of making friends, dating, and family activities. ." He Fang replied.

"Does that mean that future film promotions will undergo huge changes, from offline promotions to part of online promotions? Will there be an impact on the production side?"

"of course……"

"The Internet will bring huge changes to movies. Now it is only in terms of publicity and market development. Will there be changes in technology in the future?"

"Of course, everything will be connected when everything is connected. For example, film post-production, in the past"...

He Fang talked eloquently about the impact and changes the Internet has brought to the current film industry, and also discussed the changes and impact it will have on the Chinese film industry in the future.

Originally, this kind of exchange was normal, and the topic of the Internet and movies fell into He Fang's category, but the host suddenly asked a question that He Fang didn't like.

"Director He Fang, someone has discussed and implemented the combination of film and Internet finance before, and created the Internet of film financing. What do you think of this?"

He Fang is extremely disgusted with this Internet finance, and he also dislikes financialization.

"Actually, I don't like the word financialization. Let me take the United States as an example. Do you know what the biggest problem in the United States is now? Financial capitalism is their cancer. Because of financialization, the United States started to de-manufacturing in the 80s. This has now resulted in the hollowing out of the U.S. manufacturing industry.

They will start a series of so-called 'manufacturing' reshoring this year, but can Americans who are accustomed to making money by using financial leverage still make money in a manufacturing industry with a gross profit margin of less than 15%?
Because they no longer have manufacturing industries, they have created many, many problems, which are beyond the scope of what a non-professional like me can talk about.However, what I want to say is, if movies are involved in financialization, do you know what the consequences will be?
It's possible that I can make a lot of money without even starting filming.For example, if I set up a project now and then put the project online for financing, how many problems do you think will cause?
Let me deduce it with you, if the production and publicity cost of my project is 3 million.However, I can’t let everyone buy shares without making any profit, right?Therefore, it is possible that I release 3 million in equity, 10 per share, which is 3000 shares, but only 85% of the shares. In other words, I have made 15%, 4500 million, before I even start.

So do you think I should earn this 4500 million?Of course it should, and I may even think it’s too little.After all, all the profits originally belong to me, why should I give them away?

Well, even if I am not satisfied.Then I believe that as soon as I release the project equity, everyone will immediately give it a try.Then think about it, my project costs 3 million, but it may have a box office of 50 to [-] billion, and it can even make hundreds of millions of dollars in other parts of the world.

The profit can be more than 20 to 10 billion, but now they only spend 10 per share, but what is the profit?The gain was nearly six times higher.In other words, it only takes a year and a half to invest 60 yuan to earn [-] yuan. Where can you find such income?
So, someone started selling out the shares he bought. He would divide the 10 shares into 10 shares, but the price per share was 5. Do you think anyone would buy it?There will definitely be a lot of them to buy.

Has this become a financial platter for illegal fund-raising?In the meantime, what if someone uses this equity to pledge it for leverage and play other financial games, resulting in many people losing their money?
In the end, the movie did not reach the expected box office, but some people sold it based on the box office revenue of US$50 billion. How to deal with it?What if someone fails to deal with it due to personal reasons?
Will this eventually turn into a pile of chicken feathers?The most important thing is that it will make many people who are not good at making movies and cannot make money from movies alone see a way to make much more money under the guise of making movies than making movies. The entire industry will How about it?
In the end, it will only kill the entire industry, just like everyone in the United States has gone into finance. Who is still running a manufacturing factory? Opening a factory is so tiring and risky. How can finance be easy?
Therefore, we foresaw this situation as early as 2012, and resolutely stopped the film industry from playing financial games when formulating industry policies.Moreover, I would also like to advise many people that finance is a demon that can bite back. Don’t get involved easily. Although you may be able to quickly accumulate wealth by taking out loan sharks, you will also lose everything because of it.

Including some business owners, don’t imitate other people’s leverage, do your business well, and don’t mess with finance.To develop finance, we must first open up finance, which means that financial capital will enter various industries and then control all industries in disguise. Then the problem will be huge. "He Fang said a little excitedly, and he was very opposed to the so-called financialization.

"However, financialization is a trend. Many countries have worked hard for decades, and others have swept away their decades of wealth overnight with just one financial method. Shouldn't we learn from this?"

"Heh, let me tell you..."

He Fang did not expect to talk to people about a lot of movies and things other than the Internet at this meeting. Obviously, many viewers and guests also like to hear his opinions from a big shot like He Fang.

Many people believe that successful people are successful because they look at things from different perspectives and have different perspectives, so their judgments on future development are also different.Often successful people succeed because they make the right judgment and act decisively.

However, He Fang's remarks at the Internet Conference caused a huge response in the society. After all, his words were beyond the scope of his industry and made people in the financial industry jump.

Even people like Arima are hinting at the beauty of finance. Manufacturing and the technology industry are both younger brothers in front of finance. Controlling finance means controlling manufacturing and the technology industry.Both the manufacturing and technology industries are working and sweating blood for financial capital.

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The time came in 2019. He Fang didn’t want to be involved in certain things, but he always wanted to do something. If he didn’t do something, he would feel ashamed of his status as a time traveler.There are some things he can't stop, but he can get some evidence.

So after struggling for a long time, he arranged a task for Du Chunsheng at the beginning of the year.

That is, a documentary team was arranged to go to Wisconsin to record the influenza situation in this state, and another team was also sent to Frederick, Maryland, where there is a famous biological laboratory called Fort Detrick.

At first, Du Chunsheng was still very confused about who asked him to do this project.

Until September 2019, Du Chunsheng urgently called He Fang one night to tell him that their team had been arrested, and one of the team members gave him a set of materials.He was afraid that he could not keep these materials, and wanted to ask He Fang what to do with them.

He Fang was both excited and nervous. He didn't expect that this would happen.

Immediately, he prepared to go to the United States to get these things back in person.

Tong Weidong was very curious as to why He Fang, who had not been to the United States for several years, took him to the United States in such a hurry. On the way to the airport, He Fang told Tong Weidong the general situation.

Tong Weidong immediately realized that this matter might be dangerous, so he proposed a new method to He Fang.

"Director He, let's do this. You don't have to go. Just let me go get these materials back. I'm very familiar with Du Chunsheng, and we were the same in the past. If you go, the goal will be too big. People will be watching you when you enter the country, and it will be difficult to do many things.”

Facing Tong Weidong's suggestion, He Fang thought about it for a long time.

"Okay, then Weidong, please go for me and I'll call Du Chunsheng. Remember, this information is very important, very important. If unfortunately it is investigated, it must be destroyed first."

He Fang warned.

Tong Weidong's eyes narrowed, "Then you tell Du Chunsheng quickly and ask him to make two copies so that I can bring them back better."

"Well, what you said makes sense, okay, I'll call him right away, you go first." He Fang responded.

Then at Changsha's Huanghua Airport, Tong Weidong took He Fang's special plane and went to the United States alone.

When Tong Weidong arrived in the United States, he met Du Chunsheng, who was very careful.After greeting Du Chunsheng, he took two pieces of information and left. Then not long after he left, Du Chunsheng was controlled by someone.

When the call came in at Los Angeles Airport, the tower watched helplessly as the plane had just taken off.

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However, only three hours later, a piece of news immediately spread around the world.

"The world-famous director He Fang's plane crashed in the Pacific Ocean"

Immediately, many calls were made to He Fang. When He Fang heard the news, he suddenly became numb and his mind went blank. He did not expect such a result.

And just when he was confused, he received a call.

"Hello, Mr. Tong Weidong? Why can't you get through on that phone? I've brought the things you wanted to bring for you. When will you give me the $[-]?"

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(End of the book) (End of this chapter)