Chapter 916
After the organizing committee introduced the various situations of the film festival, it entered the reporter's questioning session.
Under the command of the host, the first reporter stood up and asked: "I would like to ask Director Zhang Ran why there is no award rating unit in Lin'an Fantasy Film Festival, and will there be new settings in the future?"
Zhang Ran replied: "At the beginning, we planned to judge the awards and set up a B-class film festival. However, after more than a year of inspection, the film festival organizing committee found that there are too many B-class fantasy film festivals and are particularly serious. It is not very meaningful for us to hold a similar fantasy film festival. We hope that Lin'an Fantasy Film Festival will be a platform for film exchanges between China and foreign countries, and hope that more movies can be screened in Lin'an; at the same time, we also hope that the film festival will become a festival for fans and open our arms to ordinary people. Therefore, we finally decided to set up a C-class film festival without the awards selected by the jury. The highest honorary audience selection award for the film festival will be directly selected by the fans."
Zhang Ran’s answer just ended, and another reporter stood up: “Mr. Zhang Ran, I am a reporter from the Korean "Joint Ilbo". You just talked about a lot of fantasy film festivals, three major fantasy film festivals, the Austin Fantasy Film Festival in the United States, and there are also Korean Fuchuan Fantasy Film Festival in Asia, the Japanese Xizhang Fantasy Film Festival, etc. So what does Lin'an Fantasy Film Festival stand out from it?”
The reporters present focused on Zhang Ran's face. Many reporters wanted to ask about this question, and reporters from Zhijiang Province were particularly concerned about this.
The smile on the corner of Zhang Ran's mouth seemed to be engraved on his face, and he slowly said: "Now a film and television industry belt is being formed in the Yangtze River Delta region. If we look carefully in the Yangtze River Delta region, we will find that there are film and television bases such as Xiangshan, Chedun, Hengdian, Wuxi's national digital industry base, and film and television schools such as Shanghai Theater, and Lin'an is located in the center of the entire film and television industry belt. Lin'an's Century Film is the world's largest film and television industry park. Century Peak has reached agreements with many world-class film and television giants, and every year in the future
At least 30 foreign films and 100 domestic film and television works will be filmed in Century Film Capital. At that time, there will be more than 100 crews, thousands of film and television companies, and hundreds of thousands of film and television practitioners in the film capital, which can nurture the economic momentum of hundreds of billions of yuan. The purpose of our Lin'an Fantasy Film Festival is to integrate domestic and foreign film resources and create a platform for display, transactions and exchanges! Backed by the Yangtze River Delta Film Industry Belt, backed by the entire Chinese market, and even backed by the entire Asian market, this is the biggest advantage of the Lin'an Fantasy Film Festival!”
There is a saying that Zhang Ran did not say that there is the Cannes Film Festival in Europe and the Toronto Film Festival in the Americas. The Asian film market is large, but there is no truly influential film festival in the world. Asia is likely to create a world-class film festival. Zhang Ran hopes to build the Lin'an Fantasy Film Festival into the No. 1 film festival in Asia that is as famous as the Cannes Film Festival in Europe and the Toronto Film Festival in the Americas within ten years.
The reporters present nodded after listening to Zhang Ran's answer. The explosive development of China's film industry in recent years has made many foreign film and television institutions and producers realize that with the awakening of 1.3 billion potential audiences, it is only a matter of time before the Chinese market surpasses North America. Everyone is very concerned about the Chinese market and wants to get a share of it.
It’s just that it’s difficult to enter the Chinese market, and they have to face policy uncertainty, as well as the accounting and distribution system with Chinese characteristics. When facing the Chinese market, they often have tigers and snails that cannot be eaten. Lin'an Fantasy Film Festival provides a good communication platform that can provide all-round support and services to participants from all over the world!
The film market is extremely important to the film festival. It has the largest film market in Europe, making Cannes the first of the three major film festivals; it backs the North American film market, making the Toronto Film Festival a existence that is not inferior to the three major film festivals; the Lin'an Fantasy Film Festival, backed by the Chinese market, naturally may rise strongly!
Another reporter who was called up stood up and asked, "Hello Zhang Ran, I am a reporter from the Los Angeles Times. You just said that there will be many foreign movies in Lin'an, but I have interviewed many Hollywood producers. They are very interested in the Chinese market, but they are not interested in filming in China. Because language is a big obstacle, and it is difficult to find additional supporting roles and backgrounds of different types, Hollywood producers are not particularly willing to film in China. So how do you rely on to convince them to film in China?"
Zhang Ran looked at the reporter who asked the question and said it was difficult to convince Hollywood producers to come to China to film. It was simple and simple. As long as they saw enough benefits, they would flock to them and said lightly: "Last month, China and the United States signed the "Memorandum of Sino-US Films" and made some modifications to the rules of co-production. Chinese actors were not required to be starring. It was changed to one-third of the crew members of the crew. At the same time, they required filming in China. It is easier for Hollywood movies to get the qualification for co-production than in the past. The share share of the account is only 25%, while the share share of the film is 45%. If there is a chance to become a co-production film, no Hollywood producer is willing to miss this.
A chance. As far as I know, many Hollywood producers are considering turning their movies into co-productions, including James Cameron. A few days ago, James called me and his first words were to tell me how to turn "Avatar 2" into a Sino-US co-production film? I didn't give him an answer, but just told him that a forum for cooperation between Chinese and foreign films will be held at the Lin'an Fantasy Film Festival to discuss the co-production of films. James readily agreed to participate in our forum and said that he would discuss with us how to make "Avatar 2" a co-production film. So, if you hear "Avatar 2" filmed in Lin'an a few years, don't feel strange."
The reporters at the scene seemed to have been imposed by someone, and were stunned by the news of Zhang Ran.
That's "Avatar", "Avatar", which swept the whole world, is going to become a co-production film, and it is possible to come to Lin'an to shoot!
But if you think about it carefully, the reporters quickly felt relieved. "Avatar" achieved a box office of 1.8 billion in China, but Fox and the Century peak could only be divided into 234 million. If "Avatar" was a co-production film, it would be able to earn 810 million, which would be a full 576 million yuan. No wonder Cameron was uneasy.
Zhang Ran smiled and continued: "In addition to the reasons for co-production, starting next year, if the Hollywood project is filmed at the Century Film and Television Base in Lin'an, it will receive a 45% tax refund discount. This high-benefit subsidy plan will be shared by Century Peak, Zhijiang Provincial Government and Lin'an Municipal Government, and will subsidize US$300 million per year for five consecutive years, totaling US$1.5 billion..."
Zhang Ran briefly introduced the subsidy situation. The entire subsidy is roughly divided into three parts. Century Peak, the Zhijiang Provincial Government and Lin'an each provide one-third of the government. If a project is completed in any place in Zhijiang Province, the Zhijiang Provincial Government subsidizes 15%; if filmed in Lin'an City, the Lin'an Municipal Government will subsidize another 15%, and the sum of the two will be 30%; if filmed in Century Film City, then Century Peak will subsidize another 15%, and the sum of the three will be 45%.
Of course, this subsidy of 15% does not mean that if you cost 100 million yuan, you will directly refund 15 million yuan for your movie; it is 15% of the consumption, that is, if you spend 100 million yuan in Century Film, then Century Peak will refund 15 million yuan for you; if this money was spent in other places, Century Peak will naturally not subsidize it.
After hearing the subsidy plan of Century Peak, the entire scene was in an uproar, and the reporters were shocked again.
In today's global film and television industry, tax refunds and film and television production incentive policies are common methods, but the 45% subsidy issued by Century Peak is undoubtedly one of the largest subsidies in the world. Before the Century Peak, Vancouver, Canada was the highest tax refund in the world. With various discounts of federal and state governments, filmmakers can receive up to 43% of subsidies; in Asia, Malaysia's 30% tax refund is one of the highest tax refund areas.
Now that the Century peak has issued a 45% subsidy, this is undoubtedly the best in the world!
For five consecutive years, subsidies of US$300 million per year, totaling US$1.5 billion, is that a big deal!
I'm afraid only Zhang Ran can do such a big deal!
After the press conference, major domestic portals and major news agencies around the world reported the news as soon as possible.
"Lin'an Century Film Capital first government policy subsidy measures in the country!"
"Lin'an has launched a support policy for the film and television industry, and Century Film Capital will open in 2012!"
"US$1.5 billion is subsidy. In order to attract the Hollywood team, Century Peak has fought with the Lin'an government!"
"The subsidy measures for Century Film Capital have been introduced, and Century's peak has made efforts in the film and television industry chain!"
The subsidy policy launched by Century Peak has attracted great attention from Hollywood and the global film and television production team. In just two days, nearly 100 overseas film and television companies, including the six major Hollywood, contacted Century Peak, consulted for details of the subsidy policy, and expressed a strong interest in filming at Century Film City.
The American media are also talking about this. The New York Times believes that: "If the movie subsidy policy at the peak of the century is successful, it will greatly change the global film industry. Hollywood currently arranges a large number of shooting bases in Canada, Romania and New Zealand. After the new subsidy policy at the peak of the century is launched, Lin'an is likely to succeed in Hollywood's most important shooting bases."
The Hollywood Reporter believes that: "Hollywood producers have some concerns about China's policies and cultural conflicts, but having money can make the devil's grind. In order to obtain a place for co-production films and to provide high subsidies, a large number of Hollywood movies will be produced in Lin'an in the future."
The subsidy policy of the peak century has also caused concern among some American media. Forbes magazine published an article titled "Will China's "Wollywood" take away the film industry from the United States?", and viciously stated: "Zhang Ran proposed very preferential measures to encourage film shooting in China. In response, Washington should do its best to prevent Peking from taking away another iconic industry in the United States!"
In China, the subsidy policy introduced by Century Peak has also attracted high attention from major film and television companies, because this subsidy is not only for Hollywood movies, but also for domestic TV series and movies to meet the conditions, they can receive a 45% subsidy. In just two days, Century Peak's relevant departments received thousands of consultation calls, all asking about the specific content of the subsidy.
At the same time, Century Peak’s subsidy policy has also made many domestic film and television bases feel pressure, among which Hengdian is particularly under great pressure. Xiangshan Film and Television City, which Century Peak’s hands, originally had a certain threat to Hengdian. Now Century Film City has high-end studio shooting and has issued high subsidies, so Hengdian’s pressure is even greater.
Hengdian's worries are not redundant. In just two days, 11 crews originally scheduled to shoot in Hengdian canceled their shooting plans and went to Xiangshan Film and Television City and Century Film. Even some extras were discussing whether to visit Century Film and Xiangshan, maybe there were more opportunities and greater development space.
Faced with the huge impact brought by the peak of the century, the head of Hengdian Xu Yongan, after discussing with his father Xu Wenrong, he brought several managers to the scene.
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