Chapter 657
The screen went dark and the "Tangshan Earthquake" ended.
The lights were on. Zhang Ran stood up, looked at everyone, and asked, "Dear bosses, tell me what you feel?"
No one answered, and the entire screening room was silent, and everyone had not come to their senses.
The scenes of the movie still flash in many people's minds. Those stories, those characters, those sacrifices, that kind of tragic, that kind of tragic... are like a handful of carving knives, engraved in people's hearts, making people unable to let go.
In fact, Zhang Ran asked everyone how they felt, and really wanted to know what everyone felt. During the screening of the movie, there were constant sobs on the scene, which was a bit scary for Zhang Ran. His expectation for this movie was to bring everyone strength, and hoped that everyone could walk out of the theater with a smile after watching it. Now that the audience cried like this, it was a bit of a failure for him.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Zhang Ran asked again: "Mr. Han, what do you think?"
Han Shanping, whose shock had not yet disappeared, spoke, "I think this movie is a rare film with a unified ideological, artistic and viewing nature." He patted Zhang Ran on the shoulder and said, "When the movie started, you said you wanted to shoot the spirit of our nation, and you really did it! Our nation is a nation with severe disasters. Why can we survive the disaster again and again and again and continue to this day? I think through this movie, foreign audiences can understand that they can find the answer in this movie."
Yu Dong took a heavy breath and said with great gratitude: "Fortunately your "Tangshan Earthquake" will be released during the spring, otherwise our "A Letter of the Fame" will be under great pressure! It's really the level of Hollywood blockbusters, but it's not the kind of popcorn movie without connotation. It's really shocking!"
Zhang Ran breathed a sigh of relief and looked at the numerous theater managers. Many of them had red eyes and asked, "Dear bosses, what do you think?"
The theater managers present were shocked. Today's three movies "The Legend of the Conquest", "The Legend of the Conquest", and "The Legend of Tangshan Earthquake" are really better than each one, and more shocking than each one. If "The Legend of the Conquest" is the milestone of Chinese costume blockbusters; "The Legend of the Conquest" is a milestone of Chinese war films; then "The Legend of the Conquest" will be a milestone of all Chinese blockbusters!
Almost all representatives of theaters have only one idea in their minds. "The Great Tangshan Earthquake" will set off a movie viewing craze and the box office will definitely be a big hit!
Qian Dajun, general manager of Times Theater, praised the movie: "This is not that superficial disaster film, but an emotional blockbuster that makes people realize the importance of home. It is really right during the Spring Festival. This movie is especially suitable for the whole family to watch in one episode."
Huang Weidong from Oscars said: "People like me rarely cry when watching movies, but this time I really can't control my tears. However, "Tangshan Earthquake" is different from that kind of sensational film, but I feel warm in my heart when I see it at the end!"
Liu Jianming from Oriental Theater said: "There are many big scenes in the movie, which look shocking, but in general, it is still based on emotions. It is not the kind of blockbusters that rely solely on spending money. Although the movies are rarely sensational, many places make me feel nervous. This should be defined as a disaster emotional film."
When Zhang Ran heard what the theater manager said, he felt completely relieved. Everyone felt what the movie wanted to convey and felt that power, which was enough.
Han Shanping felt a little emotional. When Zhang Ran was filming "Prisoner of Time", he still needed China Film Hualong Digital's help. In just a few years, Zhang Ran's special effects team was able to produce special effects comparable to Hollywood, while Hualong was still the same and had almost no progress.
If you really agree, then it’s the old saying that if you want a train to run fast, you all rely on the locomotive!
Driven by Zhang Ran, the powerful engine, Tiangong Chongcai has been upgraded from a bicycle to a Boeing 747, soaring into the sky!
Han Shanping couldn't help asking: "Now the special effects level of Tiangong Chongcai should be as good as Hollywood, right?"
Zhang Ran shook his head gently: "In some aspects, it has caught up, such as earthquake special effects, but overall, the gap is still very large compared to Hollywood's top special effects companies. This gap is at least five years. The biggest problem is that we have too few opportunities to take on big productions. Without the opportunity to take on big productions, we cannot train the team. However, this situation should be improved after the earthquake is released. This movie does show our strength in special effects!"
After leaving the screening room, Zhang Ran and others, representatives from the theaters, China Film South Zhao Jun, joined forces with the theaters Wu Hehu, Jiang Guangchao, and Wanda Zeng Maojun, to a conference room of the theaters, to prepare for negotiations.
After each sitting on both sides, Zhao Jun cleared his voice and said, "Everyone is acquaintance and another brother in the trench. There is no need for everyone to hide it. Everyone communicates frankly, hoping to achieve a win-win situation!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Yu Dong said directly: "In the United States, the distributor can share 60%, and the box office revenue is still small, only 20%. If our box office accounts for only 20%, then 4 points are really nothing, and we won't care. But our box office accounts for 80% of the total revenue. We film companies rely on box office to live, and we only get 41% of the share. Do you think this is reasonable? Is it too much for us to ask for a share of 45%?"
In fact, the theater chain knows that 45% of the accounting is not an exaggeration, and it also knows that the accounting rate will be raised sooner or later, but anyone who has the meat in the bowl will be unhappy if it is picked up by someone, and the theater chain also has its own difficulties.
Wanda President Zeng Maojun said: "China has less than 5,000 screens, the United States has 40,000 screens, and many prefecture-level cities and counties in China do not have cinemas. The most important thing is to encourage theaters to build cinemas and wait for China to achieve 40,000 screens, and then feed back to the upstream production industry. The cost of cinemas is also rising very well. Many cinemas originally planned to be recycled in five years, but now it has become 8 years."
Wu Hehu also said: "Now many cinemas are digitizing, and this cost is very high. The cost is borne by the cinemas. If you use New Year's films to threaten theaters to agree to increase the accounting ratio, then theaters will only not buy domestic film accounts and play foreign films in the future. This kind of infighting method is obviously not conducive to the development of the Chinese film industry."
At this moment, Zhao Jun took out a newspaper and said, "There is a People's Daily published today, and there is an article about this debate "Sharp the Account, Who is the Winner". Let's learn the editorial of the People's Daily together."
When the five representatives of the publisher were stunned when they heard the editorial of the People's Daily, their faces changed. Zhao Jun and others dared to bring out the articles of the People's Daily, so this article may be inclined to them. The People's Daily is the mouthpiece of the government and represents the official position. This matter may be troublesome!
Seeing that Zhang Ran and the others' faces changed, Zhao Jun smiled proudly and began to read the article: "First, five major film distribution companies including China Film and Television jointly declared a salary increase, and then 13 theaters including Wanda jointly protested. 2%. The seemingly small share made the two parties who originally cooperated in the film market break their faces..."
Zhao Jun was slowly reciting: "...The ratio of the account is just a small matter. With Hollywood blockbusters and domestic films rising rapidly, instead of just focusing on each other's account share, it is better to think about how to make the entire industry bigger and stronger."
After reading the article, Zhao Jun got up and put the newspaper in front of Han Shanping opposite him, then picked up the tea cup and started drinking tea leisurely. With the article "People's Daily", I don't believe that Han Shanping is not afraid!
Zhang Ran and the others looked a little ugly. This article explains the current situation from the perspective of the industry. It was nothing at all, but the end of the sentence "rather than just staring at each other's share of the accounts, it is better to think about how to make the entire industry bigger and stronger", but pointed the finger at the producers.
Han Shanping picked up the newspaper with a serious expression. He did not read the content of the article "Sharp the Account, Who is the Winner", but read the signature at the end of the article. When he saw the signature clearly, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief, turned to Zhang Ran and the others and said, "It's not the commentator's article, nor the comment department article, or the general comments written by reporters."
Articles in People's Daily are roughly divided into three categories according to their signatures. The first category is editorial or commentator articles, which are generally created by the writing group or senior journalists. They involve important topics and directly express the position of the official and the editorial department of the People's Daily. They never use personal signatures; the second category is commentary articles for special events, which are generally based on the guidance of the Central Propaganda Department, and are created by the internal writing group of the People's Daily and signed with a collective pseudonym; the third category is general comments, which do not reflect the official position.
The article "Sharp Deposit, Who is the Winner" is a comment written by a reporter about cultural hot topics. It is not an article by a commentator, nor an editorial, and does not reflect the official position.
Zhang Ran and the others all breathed a sigh of relief, especially Wang Zhonglei couldn't help but wipe the cold sweat on his head, and everyone was scared!
Seeing that the theater chain had brought out all the articles from the People's Daily, Han Shanping knew that he would not be able to do without drawing his sword. He opened his briefcase and got a statistics table and put it in front of Zhao Jun. He said bluntly: "In addition to signing contracts with Jiahe theater chain and Chinese movie star American, our six movies also signed contracts with hundreds of cinemas, and the two sides reached an agreement."
Zhao Jun looked at the name of the theater on the statistics table, and then his face changed. There were many cinemas under the statistics table under China Film Southern Theater.
China Film South is jointly established by China Film and Guangdong Film Company and is run by Guangdong Film Company. Now China Film has actually crossed China Film South Cinema and signed a contract with the following cinema, which is really a slap in the face for Zhao Jun.
He was immediately angry, slapped the table heavily, and said loudly: "Han Shanping, you are simply lawless. According to the National "Detailed Rules on the Implementation of Film Distribution and Screening Mechanism", distribution cannot be bypassed by theaters and directly negotiated with the cinema. It is a violation of your China Film Festival's crossing the board of directors of the company to sign an agreement with the five major distribution companies. I want to go to the Film Bureau to sue you China Film Festival!"
Han Shanping shrugged and said relaxedly: "Old Zhao, the cinemas below are willing to sign a contract with us, which means that everyone recognizes this matter. You cannot ignore the feelings of the cinema below for your own interests!"
The cinema below is not a fool, how could it accept four points of concessions? It is obvious that you threaten the cinema below. If you don’t give money, you won’t provide films. Zhao Jun’s face turned pale: “Han Shanping, you will regret what you did today!”
At this moment, the conference room door was pushed open with a "bang".
The person who came in was Wang Guanghui, the deputy general director of the New Film Union. He held a document in his hand and said happily: "Happy, a great event! Everyone, the National Film Special Asset Management Committee has just issued a notice that it will return different proportions of special film funds based on the annual box office share of domestic films in the theater!"
Everyone present was a little confused, only Zhang Ran laughed. The reason why he made such a big deal this time was actually for this purpose, and for this 5% special fund for the movie. Now he finally waited for this news.
Chapter completed!