The king of ghost horse comedy

Chapter 379 The New Actions of Leftist Film Company
Whether it's facing the loess and back to the sky, or fighting in the sorghum field, or even fighting against the law blind, and the repression in the gate of the mansion... almost all the characters there are perverted under the director's lens.

This kind of film was exhibited internationally, satisfying the voyeurism of the West for the closed and mysterious East at that time.It's no wonder that they are able to win awards one after another, and after winning the awards, the directors have intensified their efforts not to film China as a society full of yellow sand, poverty and backwardness, abnormal characters, and social deformation.

"Xiao Wu", "Blue Kite", "East Palace and West Palace", "To Live"... one after another works like this have gone out of the country and come to the front of the world.

"Oh?! That's what their life was like." In this way, the first batch of films to go abroad represented those domestic billion viewers.

No wonder after so many years, many people in foreign countries thought that the Chinese were poor and backward, and even wore long robes and mantles with pigtails.These Chinese films that have won awards in the world are made and told to others.

When European movies were made in the Middle Ages, they would tell you that their cities had no drainage system, and "gold" was everywhere. Were high heels invented to avoid accidentally stepping on "gold"?Will American movies film them massacring local Indians on a large scale during the Great Western Migration, and taking their land for themselves?Filming in Hong Kong only tells you that there are high-rise buildings and everyone wears fashionable clothes and famous watches in nightclubs and nightclubs. Will you film those caged people living in ant nests?

Why do Chinese film directors want to shoot those perverted characters and backward villages? Is it true that China has relied on such characters to continue history for 5000 years?Isn't there a great and upright hero?
When shooting thieves abroad, you can shoot as cool as "Ocean's Eleven", but Chinese directors can only shoot "Xiao Wu" when shooting thieves.There is a saying in the Buddhist scriptures that what you think in your heart is what you see.So Su Dongpo sees Foyin as a pile of cow dung, and Foyin sees Su Dongpo as a Buddha.

Similarly, what Lao Mouzi thought was field battles, reproduction, and respecting the strong, so he finally came up with a gourd baby.Dreams are reflected in reality, theory is integrated with practice, and I have spent my whole life as a perfect continuation of the movies I have made.

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After chatting with President Wang and sending him away who was satisfied, Xu Guanwu casually gathered up the movie and threw it into the trash can next to him.

"Huh?! Husband, why did you throw away the movie tickets? You don't plan to go to the movies?" Zhao Yazhi asked in confusion when she saw this.

"There's nothing to watch. With that time, I want to read more books." Xu Guanwu waved his hand and said, besides spy movies, war movies, historical movies, and cartoons, domestic movies are worth watching. It's not that the politics of the outline and the line are the first, or the narrative is empty and the theme is first, and very little can be seen.

President Wang tried his best to recommend this time, since there are commercial elements, most of them should be romance films.It’s just a domestic romance film, and it also starts with politics. Don’t expect to have scenes of hugging and kissing, or even scenes of holding hands. The maximum distance between two people is estimated to be one meter apart, sitting on both sides of a bench and saying something for the revolution. It's just work and the like, it's like a work seminar.

"That's not true. President Wang tried so hard to recommend it. It seems like it's not giving face." Zhao Yazhi bent down and picked up the crumpled movie ticket. A studio movie."

"Oh?! A work released by Shuangnan Cinemas?" Xu Guanwu couldn't help being stunned when he heard it, "They started shooting new movies again?"

From the end of the 60s to the end of the 70s, due to the impact of the Cultural Revolution in the Mainland, Hong Kong leftist film companies were struggling. At that time, all actors, directors, and staff were forced to go back to the Mainland to accept censorship, which scared away many talents. For example, the Great Wall Xia Wei, known as the eldest princess, fled to Canada in an emergency at that time, and did not come back until after the reform and opening up.

Moreover, due to the unprecedented rise of extreme leftism in the mainland, the films produced by Hong Kong leftist film companies have to undergo very strict political censorship. The film "Qu Yuan" directed by the famous director Bao Fang was banned the day before its release; The class movie "House", because of scenes of workers drinking and smoking, cannot escape the fate of criticism and struggle.

This kind of unlimited censorship has also tied the hands and feet of leftist film workers, making them almost unable to take any action.Throughout the 70s, leftist film companies almost did not shoot new films, but only showed some revolutionary model plays designated by the mainland officials.The whole thing has come to a standstill.

Unexpectedly, Great Wall Film Company actually made a film called "The Bus Adventure and Marriage", which is a romantic comedy from the name, and it can be released in the Mainland.

"But why did President Wang try his best to recommend us to watch this movie? Could it be that he meant something?" Xu Guanwu couldn't help wondering.

"Probably he wants us to give Great Wall Film Company a hand. After all, our company has many theaters, talents, and abundant funds." Zhao Yazhi thought for a while and said, "Great Wall Film Company is a leftist company. The recovery must face many difficulties. If we can help at this time, they should be able to regain their glory soon. After all, before the 70s, leftist films were very strong."

"You also said that it was before the 70s, but that was all ten years ago. Now the leftist film companies have no money, no talents, and the theaters are dilapidated. The mainland is a great place to shoot scenes. However, the political censorship is also very strong, so people will inevitably shrink back." Xu Guanwu shook his head and said, "Besides, Hong Kong is now dominated by commercial films, such as Kung Fu films in the early Republic of China, ghost comedy films, and urban action films. Leftist films The company's social-themed movies are already outdated to be honest. Let our company help him, how?!"

"That's true. If we help leftist film companies, then Taiwan will definitely not let us go, and Hong Kong Freedom Federation will not let us go. In this way, we will lose Taiwan, the most important The foreign market will cause heavy losses to our company." Zhao Yazhi couldn't help but worry after hearing this.

"I don't pay much attention to the Taiwan market. It's only a few million dollar market. However, some follow-up matters will be more troublesome. If the Hong Kong and British governments are too close to the mainland, the Hong Kong and British governments will be very dissatisfied. Add some trouble to us." Xu Guanwu waved his hand and said, "Of course, these are not too important. The key is what compensation the mainland can give us. You must know that our loss is very heavy."

"What kind of compensation can it give you? It's so poor here, it's impossible to give you money." Zhao Yazhi pouted.

"If our movies can be filmed in the mainland and shown in movie theaters in the mainland, it can compensate for some losses. And if we can allow us to buy land and build theaters ourselves, it will be even better." Xu Guanwu grinned, said with a smile.

"What's the use of opening a movie theater in the mainland? The ticket price here is only a few cents. When can we earn back the movie theater money? It's better to get some other compensation." Zhao Yazhi shook her head and said, "By the way, our family is not If there are convenience stores that want to buy from the mainland, let them make it cheaper.”

"So you women have long hair but short knowledge, ouch, don't twist my ears," Xu Guanwu rubbed his ears, and continued to explain, "The fare is a few cents now, but in another ten years, in another twenty years, and then After 20 years? You have to look at the problem from the perspective of development. Now to build a theater, even the land and materials are no more than 30+ at most, but after 10,000 years, how much money should the land alone have? No matter whether it’s reconstruction or whatever, isn’t the money going to waste?”

"It's going to be ten or twenty years. You really are going to smelt copper without striking the clock." Zhao Yazhi waved her hand and said, "Even if you buy land and build a theater in Taiwan now, and the land value will continue to appreciate in 20 years, you can still do it." Earn a fortune."

"How many people can Taiwan have, with little land and people, and underdeveloped resources. Once the mainland rises, what advantages does it have? How many more years can it develop?" Xu Guanwu waved his hands, "Furthermore, the mainland Movies are monopolized and controlled. If we can break through the monopoly and show our own movies here, how cool would it be? The most profitable industry in the world is the monopoly industry. As long as our movies can enter Are you afraid that you won’t make any money when you go to the Mainland?”

"He's not stupid, he would let our movie be released in the mainland so carelessly? Those pornographic, gambling and drug addicts, you're finished with a political censorship." Zhao Yazhi poked Xu Guanwu's forehead and said, "When the time comes, the Taiwan market will be lost. If you can’t enter the mainland market, you will cry.”

Xu Guanwu couldn't help being taken aback when he heard this, it seems that the situation his wife said is also very possible.Since the official reform and opening up in 80, although the country has become more enlightened and the censorship was once very loose, it seems to have experienced many twists and turns.Especially the dispute at the end of the [-]s, it is even more likely that my ten years of hard work will be burned.

In fact, the film market in the mainland is not as big as imagined, and the theater system is also very informal.If you don't have your own theater chain and just sell copies of movies, it won't take long for pirated copies to fly all over the sky.

Movie theaters built by factories, theaters in schools, theaters in institutions, open-air theaters in rural areas, theaters in small towns... There must be a lot of moviegoers in these theaters, but the key is that the box office basically has nothing to do with filmmakers. .And it's really hard to say how much box office can be recovered by relying on the limited theaters in big cities and the cheap ticket prices of only a few cents.

Furthermore, if the film is to enter the mainland smoothly, at least political censorship is inevitable. Even if it is not too strict, it is unlikely to be so unscrupulous in the previous filming.And if you specialize in shooting movies suitable for release in the mainland, the cost will undoubtedly increase greatly.

So whether it is a profitable business or not, Xu Guanwu can't say now.But it is not a business that should be done. Xu Guanwu's answer has always been yes.

The huge film market in the mainland is obvious there. If you want to make achievements in the film industry in the future, you must not let go of the film market in the mainland.And this is also related to the future of Hong Kong movies. Without the protection of the mainland market, Hong Kong movies basically have no possibility of survival if they rely solely on the Hong Kong local market.

How can those stars whose salaries can easily reach tens of millions rely on the Hong Kong market to support themselves? !In particular, Hong Kong movies are already out of reach in Southeast Asia, and they are overwhelmed by American blockbusters all over the world, and there is still a little bit of co-productions in the Mainland.

So for the future of Hong Kong movies, even if it is a money-losing business now, Xu Guanwu must continue to do it, as if it is for future Hong Kong movies to save money and avoid disasters.

(End of this chapter)