"After the Americans landed on the moon, Armstrong went up, he said a famous saying, this is a small step for me, but a big step for mankind." In a teahouse in Causeway Bay, Chen Chong put down the document in his hand and said, "If this draft is implemented, it will almost mean the same for the domestic film industry."

"It's said that Xiao Shen, you have a long-term vision, and it's true. When you get the draft, you can see the clues at a glance. Many people at the Beijing conference site may still be confused and don't know what the meaning of this draft is." Liao Yiyuan took a sip of tea slowly, then put down the tea cup and said, "I have held hundreds of meetings in my life, and have attended all the conferences and meetings. I have never held any meetings, as fierce as this time."

"Oh?" Chen Chong supported the table with his arms, leaned forward, and asked with interest: "What a fierce method? You always tell me."

"The meeting almost staged a Romance of the Three Kingdoms, and the Battle of Chibi." Liao Yiyuan laughed twice, picked up the lighter, lit a cigarette, and said, "China Film Company is Cao Cao, the I/O company is Sun Quan, the stubborn old man from Beijing Film Studio, Wang Yang, Liu Bei, the three parties fought and argued, especially Old Man Wang. I have known him for decades and knew he was stubborn, but I didn't expect that he was so stubborn and completely took the lead. He must carry out box office sharing reforms in Shenzhen, and no one listened to him. Minister Huang of the Ministry of Culture personally came out to persuade him. He said on the spot that he would either take the hat of the director, otherwise he would have to be responsible for the interests of Beijing Film Studio."

When Chen Chong heard this, he was fascinated and said with a smile: "Next time I go to Beijing, I have to bring some good things to relieve the fire, otherwise the city of Beijing will be burned."

"Who said no?" Liao Yiyuan also laughed and said, "You know, mainland movies are purchased and sold in a unified manner. The national price is 900,000 yuan per movie. At the end of this meeting, China Film Company gave in and promised to increase the purchase price by 100,000 yuan per movie. If the box office is good and exceeds the quota, it can also be returned to the studio 100,000 yuan in the form of a reward. Once this condition came out, other film studios were over. Only Old Man Wang was pestering and must be treated the same as the input and output companies. You don't know that when the box office is divided, he slapped the table and shouted, saying why can foreign film companies get the share through the input and output companies? Can't mainland film companies take different treatment? Are you a foreign comprador?"

Chen Chong laughed and said, "This old man really dares to say anything."

"I think he is willing to go out." Liao Yiyuan took a sip of cigarettes and said: "In the past, the country used to develop a planned economy and could get as much as it could. No one said anything, but now it is different. It is carried out reform and opening up and promoting the emancipation of the mind. Wang Yang came to Hong Kong twice for inspection within a few months. You gave him a bunch of foreign film materials. After opening his eyes, the 100,000-million-sweet favors were not enough to watch."

"Old Master Wang is so old that he is more courageous than young men.

"Look, he was bewitched by you." Liao Yiyuan pointed at him with a cigarette holder and said, "Not only Old Man Wang, but I, Old Man Liao, have also been bewitched by you. I will help you charge in the battle.

"Old Liao, I am like a sinister villain when you say this."

Liao Yiyuan looked at him, swallowing clouds and smog without saying a word. After a while, he said, "Xiao Shen, you are not simple, it is not simple. I started to make the layout last year. Not only does it perfectly, but it can also make people willing to enter this game and push the game forward. This vision and this thought are really amazing. No wonder he can start from scratch and become a billionaire in just one year."

Chen Chongxiao, waved his hand to signal the waiter to come to resuspend the water, and said, "Where do this? I did nothing."

"Last year, you were in Beijing, and you first gave a speech on commercial films at the Film Academy. Then you persuaded me to promote Cantonese movies to Guangdong. You also bewitched me to write the box office share into the proposal and submit it to the Film Bureau to warm up the leaders above. Then you cooperated with "Popular Movie" and opened a column on it to popularize overseas film knowledge to the country. If I remember correctly, 60% of them were talking about film marketing. There were many tricks in it, and I haven't even heard of me, the old man. You did this column by yourself? Later, the mainland film inspection team came to Hong Kong, and you took them to observe Shaw Brothers and Jiahe theaters. Before the Academy Awards, you held a seminar on filmmakers from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and the three regions. One of the major topics was the advantages and disadvantages of the development of commercial films in Hong Kong and Taiwan."

After listing the various actions of Chen Chong in one breath, Liao Yiyuan said: "These are all on the surface. You also have "Movie Age" and "First Movie Review". These two magazines are now essential magazines for mainland filmmakers' desks. I don't know how much of the content is about the marketization of movies. Xiao Shen, Xiao Shen, in just one year, you have destroyed the unified purchase and sales thinking in the mainland for decades. The central government has been advocating the emancipation of the mind and breaking the old thinking. I think, the fastest way for the mainland's thoughts is to liberate the mind and break the old thinking. When the leaders of other industries in the film industry were still thinking about what the market was, you broke the film market and pointed it out to them one by one."

Although I felt like a close friend, Chen Chong would never dare to wear the hat that subverted the rules of an industry in the mainland. He shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands with an innocent face and said, "Old Liao, what you said is like Zhuge again. How could I be so powerful? Besides, if the mainland film industry is not reformed, there is no interest in me, so why bother to deliberately do such thankless things."

Liao Yiyuan smiled, put down the cigarette butt, and said, "Although I don't know what you are planning to do, judging from the current situation in the mainland, the film industry will sooner or later be as market-oriented as Hong Kong, free competition and early reforms will be a good thing."

"What Mr. Liao said," Chen Chong said perfunctorily, picked up the documents on the table and said, "Since it's a big noise, how did this draft be passed in the end?"

"According to the plan, the meeting was held for three days, but after arguing, there was no consensus reached after five days. Finally, the top leaders were alarmed and said that quarrels could not tell the truth. Is the box office sharing good? Go to Shenzhen丨Try it, once this was said, it was difficult for all parties to argue again, so the draft was passed

"No wonder." Chen Chong suddenly realized, he took the document and said, "I said this draft is much more radical than the one originally formulated by the Film Institute. It actually allows mainland film studios to build their own cinemas in Shenzhen and independently release and show them. It turns out that there is such a connection."

"Ratic is a bit radical." Liao Yiyuan said without comment: "If you really implement it, you will still encounter many practical difficulties. Not to mention anything else, the resistance from China Film Company alone will not be small. Before I left Beijing, I heard that the CEO of China Film Company spoke. Any studio that builds a cinema in Shenzhen will be subject to the purchase price of last year's standards. If a movie is not built in Shenzhen, it will be purchased according to the new regulations this year, starting from 1 million."

"China Film Company is quite ruthless, and it has been able to win over and suppress a group of united fronts." Chen Chong smiled slightly and said, "Building a cinema is simple, but maintaining it is not easy. A cinema, even if only one movie is shown a month, it is necessary to have a department in a year. Beijing Film Academy was the studio with the most movies in the mainland last year, but it has only produced 7 movies. If major studios fight alone, they will definitely not be able to hold on. Besides, Shenzhen丨 is limited in population and cannot afford so many cinemas, and it is necessary to take the joint route. However, once the policy of China Film Company is released, it is still determined to come to Shenzhen to take risks. I am afraid that only Mr. Wang's Beijing Film Studio is left. After all, the difference of 100,000 yuan is not a small amount, and this 100,000 yuan can be obtained steadily. If you come to Shenzhen丨 to build a cinema, there are risks. If you don't sell the cast, the loss will be more than 100,000 yuan."

"Who said no?" Liao Yiyuan nodded, and then said, "But if Xiao Shen, you support me, Wang Yang will still be at ease even if he comes to Shenzhen alone. There is no one in this world who is better at operating movies than you, and 100,000 yuan is worth 100,000 yuan for you, you can earn it back in minutes."

"Mr. Wang and I are friends with each other forgetting my age, and I will not stand by." Chen Chong did not hide his thoughts of interfering, and said, "To be honest, I have applied to the Shenzhen Municipal Party Committee to build a modern cinema with 10UU seats in Shekou. After the cinema is built, if Beijing Film Studio needs it, I can sublease it to them, and the rent is easy to negotiate."

"Xiao Shen, your heroic spirit is not inferior to Mengchangjun." Liao Yiyuan took the document, tapped it gently with his finger, and said with a smile: "In this draft, the Hong Kong branch of China Film Import and Export Company was incorporated into the Xinlian. The Ministry of Culture requires us to unite Hong Kong filmmakers, make more movies and make good movies, but the Xinlian's foundation was consumed in the turmoil. Now he wants to film, but he is powerless. Can you help me too?"

"Old Liao, whether you were in Beijing last year or now in Hong Kong, you have given me a lot of guidance and help. I treat you as a teacher." Chen Chong raised his teacup and said, "Investment, joint purchase, borrow, borrow, and borrow goods are all fine. In short, as long as I have something, you can just speak."

"Since that's the case, I'm not polite." Liao Yiyuan looked at him and said, "I want to borrow HK$10U,000 from Xiao Shen with the Nanhua Theater in Mong Kok as collateral."

Chen Chong was slightly surprised. The theater chain of the left-wing film company in Hong Kong is also known as the "Shuangnan Cinema". Shuangnan refers to the Nanyang Cinema in Wan Chai and the Nanhua Cinema in Mong Kok. It is the best-selling theater in the theater chain of the left-wing film company and the highest box office. However, the left-wing film company only has the operating rights and does not have the property rights. Otherwise, using this as collateral, the borrowed would not be 100,000 yuan.

"Old Liao, it's more than one thing to do, judging by your appearance." Chen Chong put down the teacup with a smile and said, "I'll let the finance department go to the new joint to handle the procedures later."

"Then I'll thank Xiao Shen." Liao Yiyuan laughed loudly, and then said: "Wang Yang is four or five years older than me, and he is over 60 years old. His ambitions are not reduced. Back then, I was in Hong Kong and the conditions were much more relaxed than him. New filming does not require approval from the Film Bureau. After the filming is done, you can go directly to the mainland for screening. If it is not a good show, wouldn't he be compared to it?"
Chapter completed!