In the time zone, Hong Kong is 16 hours earlier than Los Angeles, so when Shen Chong set off early in May and arrived in Hong Kong, it was already past four o'clock in the afternoon.

At the airport, as soon as he saw Gu Liwei, Chen Chong asked, "Have you contacted Rover?"

"I contacted it, Xiaoyu went to Shenzhen specifically | called Beijing by General Li's office." Gu Liwei handed him a file bag and said, "I have put all the phone content and preliminary background analysis here."

Chen Chong handed the suitcase to the driver Dai Aijun, took the file bag, signaled her to follow, and said, "You can talk briefly first."

"Editor Luo got the news from Section Chief Wei that after the Academy Awards ceremony, the Film Institute submitted a survey report on the Hong Kong film industry model to the Ministry of Culture. In early May, the head of the group gave an instruction to use Hong Kong as a reference and Shenzhen as a test site to study and explore relevant policies for film market-oriented reform."

It turned out that it was obtained from Wei Baoguo that the Film Institute is one of the think tanks of the Ministry of Culture. Wei Baoguo’s position is not high, but his work is very important. Therefore, Chen Chong attached great importance to him and repeatedly attracted him, "corrupting" him into the eyes and ears in Beijing.

Shenzhen丨Although the development speed is very fast, its foundation is too thin, with a population of more than 300,000, and the per capita GDP is 600 to 700 yuan. There is no decent cinema. It is a test here, and the steps are too small to achieve great results within one or two years.

If only Guangzhou could be added, Chen Chong frowned slightly and asked again: "What about the policy details?"

"The specific details are still being formulated. The general framework is to establish a local film distribution and screening company in Shenzhen." Chen Chong quickly left, Gu Liwei almost trotted and said, "This company has a high degree of freedom, can set the price of movies, can cooperate with foreign capital to build cinemas, and has the right to import movies from Hong Kong."

“How are the interests between the projection companies and studios distributed?”

"According to Editor-in-Chief Luo, this issue will be determined in the next few days." Gu Liwei explained: "The May issue, which is today, is the day for the Hundred Flowers Awards. The directors of all film studios across the country are in Beijing. After the Hundred Flowers Awards are over, the Ministry of Culture and the Film Bureau will hold a special symposium to study this issue."

"Today is the day for the Hundred Flowers Awards?" Chen Chong slowed down and said annoyedly: "I actually forgot.

Although the Hundred Flowers Award is luxurious, it is a semi-official award and is still very important in the mainland. Those participating in the award presentation are all senior officials and important people. It is a very important industry communication and exchange occasion. It is a pity to miss it.

However, after weighing the pros and cons in my mind, Chen Chong gave up the idea of ​​rushing to Beijing immediately.

The formulation of this kind of national policy is better to watch the fire from the other side of the river and maintain a transcendent position. On the one hand, it is not in his position and does not plan his own politics. The bureaucrats especially don’t like outsiders to point fingers. On the other hand, after the Academy Awards, he has become one of the leaders in the Hong Kong film industry with potential conflicts of interest. In addition, he has just helped the mainland to handle three planes. At this time, Baba’s trip to Beijing is easily criticized. Whether it is ignorant of the world or seeking gratitude, it is not the hat he is willing to wear.

He got into the car, sank opened the file bag, and looked at it.

Luo Fu obviously read the draft from Wei Baoguo and said it in detail on the phone. The Film Research Institute drew on the reform measures of the provinces to separate from China Resources and operate self-operated foreign trade. It planned to split a portion of its assets and employees of the Guangdong Branch of the China Film Distribution and Screening Company, and jointly form a local company with the China Film Import and Export Company.

Customized fare prices, joint venture cinemas, and Hong Kong movie import rights... Just looking at the big framework, the steps are not small. Some contents are more radical than the reform of the mainland film system in 1993. However, whether the policy is good or not depends on whether the distribution of interests in all aspects is reasonable or not. If it is reasonable and smooth, it is difficult to move forward. Therefore, before the box office distribution plan is issued, the prospects of this draft are still unknown.

Putting down the phone content record, Chen Chong looked at the background analysis prepared by Gu Liwei again.

In addition to the information mentioned on the phone yesterday, Chen Chong quickly noticed a key information - "Empty Mountain Spirit Rain" was first released in Beijing on April 10, and began to be screened nationwide five days later. After the release, the grand occasion was unprecedented and tickets were hard to come by. Some people even lined up all night to buy tickets. According to data learned by Rover, as of May 10, the number of viewers in Beijing had exceeded UU, and the box office was as high as UU,000, calculated at 30 cents per ticket, with a box office of up to UU.

Seeing this data, Chen Chong was not surprised that the new company in the draft would have a joint venture with China I/O and had the power to import movies from Hong Kong.

That day in Chen Bo's office, Chen Chong complained so much that he was unwilling to let go, but he was just a gesture. How could he really care about the money for a mere 1 million film? Therefore, the next day, he sold the mainland screening rights of "Empty Mountain Spirit Rain" to the Chinese Film Implementation and Export Company for a price of one yuan. Later, he heard that the film Implementation and Export Company transferred the screening rights to China Film Company for tens of thousands of yuan.

Buy l yuan and sold it for ten thousand yuan, which seems to be a big profit, but behind this l yuan, there is a favor of 1 million yuan. China Film Company only used 10,000 yuan to make profits and enjoy the box office that is so popular. How can the input and output company not be jealous...

Although in essence, China Film I/O is a government monopoly organization, it is a "company" brand. Like major film studios, it is a profitable public institution and is also a target of exploitation by China Film Company. Even if the superior leaders only want to be officials and do not care about profits, the employees below will rebel.

You should know that in the RU era, the salary system in the mainland was very rigid. Whether employees' lives were good depends mainly on unit benefits. There were more profits, high benefits, fewer profits, and fewer benefits. Everyone belonged to the film system. China Film Company issued welfare benefits every few days, and was robbed of partners. The input and output company had very little budget. It belonged to the Qingshui Yamen in the Qingshui Yamen. It would be fine if imported movies were not popular, but "Empty Mountain Spirit Rain" was so popular that employees were not. Who would be willing to hold a golden rice bowl and eat simple food...

"I believe that Manager Zhang from the I/O Company cried a lot in the Ministry of Culture."

Chen Chong smiled secretly and continued to look through clues in Hong Kong.

Among several Chinese-funded film companies in Hong Kong, Great Wall Film Company and Phoenix Film Company are undergoing asset restructuring before the merger. Fu Qi and Chen Jingbo are both busy. They know nothing about Beijing's actions. Xia Meng is very low-key and rarely mixes with politics. The only one who has actions is Liao Yiyuan, the manager of Xinlian Film Company. He went to Beijing a week ago. This old fox was able to talk to Premier Zhou in the 1950s, and he had a wide eyewitness. He must have heard the wind in advance.

Big bosses like Li Ka-shing and Ho Ying-tung have no interest in the film industry and naturally cannot expect them to provide information. The only valuable information comes from Jiang Zhiqiang.

The Jiang family and Liao Chengzhi have a deep relationship. After Liao Chengzhi returned from the United States, Jiang Zhiqiang's father went to Guangzhou to visit. According to him, during the visit, Liao Chengzhi suggested that he go to Shenzhen several times to invest in the construction of a cinema, but Shenzhen! Although the movie market is popular, the ticket price is limited and he can't make much money. Moreover, the Jiang family has a bad foundation. If the mainland policies change and investment is wasted, the family will be damaged. Therefore, after Jiang Zhiqiang's father came back, he was undecided and could not make up his mind.

"Is Jiang Zhiqiang in the company?"

Gu Liwei looked at him in surprise and reminded: "Manager Jiang is going to France to attend the Cannes Film Festival."

"Oh," Shen Chong took a photo and said, "I spent two months in the United States and left the film industry for too long. I forgot everything. I decided to attend the Cannes Film Festival last year."

He thought for a while and said, "Please help me invite Mr. Jiang to have a meal together. Jiang Zhiwen can do it, choose a quiet place."

"OK."

The news from Rover was too abrupt and the time was too short. Gu Liwei didn't have time to organize and analyze in detail, so she could only put all kinds of information together, and it was difficult to judge the meaning behind it for a while. As Shen Chong flipped through it, he saw another interesting information.

Last week, Luo Weiming went to Guangzhou for a business trip and drank with a deputy director of Zhujiang Film Studio. He mentioned that after the Academy Awards ceremony, the main leaders of several major film studios led by Wang Yang visited the newly built modern printing workshop of Shen Chong donated by Zhujiang Film Studio during a break in Guangzhou. After the visit, several factory directors held a briefing meeting. The main topic was to use Hong Kong's Shaw Film Company as a model to explore the one-stop vertical business model of "production", "distribution" and "screening".

"Old Master Wang is very ambitious and wants to completely abandon the Shanyu of China Film Company." Shen Chong bounced the documents in his hand and asked, "Is this news true?"

Gu Liwei glanced at it and said, "The deputy director took this as a joke. Editor-in-chief Luo also thought that this was a fantasy. The mainland would never agree to the film studios doing their own affairs, so they didn't take it seriously.

"I don't think it's a fantasy."

Although the vertical business model has been eliminated in Hollywood for decades and Shaw Brothers is like a candle in the wind in Hong Kong, no matter how backward it is, it is much better than China Film's unified purchase and sales. In addition, Chinese people have the idea of ​​"making it bigger and full" in their bones, so this model has an unparalleled attraction to mainland studios.

China is at this stage of transition from "agricultural society" to "industrial society". As Toffler said in "The Third Wave", in industrial society, people pursue perfect order, whether it is the previous buzz or the current various monopoly policies, no matter what the purpose is, they have subconscious intentions to clear branches and pursue neatness.

China Film Company exclusively monopolizes the distribution and screening of films across the country, based on this awareness, "a national chess game", how beautiful it is, how beautiful it is...

But if this draft is implemented, Shenzhen HL丨is an exception. Chinese film input and output companies have eaten crabs. Will those film studios also make one crab?
Chapter completed!