MTL - Rebirth of the Great Entertainment Empire-v2 Chapter 821 Divide the cake (middle)

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"It's getting harder and harder to make movies now. Actors' salaries are rising again and again, and those gangsters only recognize big casts. If they don't have big casts, they don't buy movies... All the money is used to hire big casts. The cast is out, the funds are insufficient, we can only make do with it, the quality of the film is naturally getting worse and worse, and they in turn complain that we didn’t shoot well, you say it’s irritating or not!”

"What can be done? Those gangsters rely on stars to attract the audience, and of course they ask for the cast. Speaking of which, we can't do it ourselves. When did Mr. Xu need actors to attract the audience when he made a movie, Mr. Xu just made a bunch of groups. Acting and filming, the threshold of theaters and cinemas can also be smashed."

"Those Taiwanese guys can't afford to hire Mr. Xu even if they go bankrupt together. Besides, Mr. Xu is amazing, but if there are those Taiwanese guys who are the owners, they can't make good movies. It's to make quick money, and the production cycle is all under two months. I rushed to his mother, and even gave him two months for the filming and post-production. What wonderful and good films can be made? Mr. Xu's "Jurassic" "Park" took two years from planning to last year!"

"At least half of the investment in the films made in Xiangjiang now comes from Taiwan. It will definitely not go on like this. Once there is a problem with the economy or the box office market on the other side of Taiwan, our films in Xiangjiang will be seriously damaged."

"Is there any way? You don't earn money if you have it delivered to your door?"

"I think this money is about to be made. I heard that there are only a few or a dozen small and medium-sized academies in Taiwan, and they have formed a "small and medium-sized academy business alliance" to deal with us. ."

"I also heard that it seems that they bought a lot of shoddy movies at a high price and went back to the show, but they lost it.

"Not only did they push the price on our side, they also bought a few movies at low prices from the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, and South Korea... They are looking for a new way out. If they find it, they will completely abandon our place. side."

"I think they are just busy doing their job. The local movies in those countries have been learning from our movies and Hollywood movies. They are slow to learn, and they are rigid and do not know how to adapt. Satisfied with the snarky audience of Hollywood movies? Don’t worry, it won’t be long before they have to find us.”

"I know that local films in those countries can't take our jobs, and I know that the alliance of small and medium-sized academies cannot make a difference. What I worry about is that those big academies and blockbusters will also turn to the alliance of small and medium-sized academies to join in. If we are in the ranks of lowering our prices, then, even if our good days are over, maybe we will lose the Taiwanese movie market."

"No way……"

"I hope not, but don't forget, we are not without rivals, but Hollywood movies have always been vying for territory with us."

"This...isn't the rival of Hollywood movies DreamWorks movies..."

"DreamWorks has always been taking the boutique route. It is more willing to spend money than Hollywood movies in terms of production costs and special effects. There is also a fixed super-large theater chain in Taiwan. How can Hollywood movies shake the status of DreamWorks movies? Here In this case, if Hollywood movies still want to enter the Taiwanese movie market, the best way is to kick us out, replace us, and then slowly fight with DreamWorks movies."

"This……"

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"Have you heard about the censorship standards for these ten imported films?"

"Doesn't it mean that as long as it is a Hong Kong film that can pass the review of the relevant mainland authorities, it will have the opportunity to be released in the mainland?"

"In principle, as long as it is a Hong Kong film that can pass the review of the relevant mainland authorities, it will have the opportunity to be screened in the mainland, but there are still some considerations for review."

"Anything to notice?"

"First of all, the political stance is not correct because it is designated that there is no chance to screen in the Mainland. To put it bluntly, it means not to touch on political issues. I won't say this, and you will understand. Back then, because of the issue of left and right stance, a lot of screenings were banned in Taiwan. Hong Kong films, the same is true for mainland China.”

"This is normal. Even if the mainland is to open up again, it is impossible to tolerate this kind of thing."

"Those that promote **, pornography, those who exaggerate murder, brutality, drug use, gambling, **, ** and other criminal acts, and those who promote juvenile delinquency, all of these will not have the opportunity to be released in the mainland."

"How do you explain these lines?"

"Needless to say about the color blue, if there is a sexual scene that is not closely related to the storyline, there is still a chance after it is cut and revised, and the pure color blue does not need to think about it. In addition, the protagonist cannot be a bad person, such as robbers, thieves, murderers Criminals, liars, young and dangerous, you don’t have to think about going to the mainland for screenings.”

"Damn it! Then what are you playing? There is no violence and passion. Who cares? According to what you said, I am afraid that a few of our company's movies will not have the chance to be released in the Mainland."

"It didn't work in the past, and it doesn't mean it won't work in the future. If you make some movies with positive themes, like "Police Story", you can't go to the mainland to make money."

"Isn't there collusion between police and gangsters in "Police Story"?"

"Yes, but it advocates justice as a whole, so it will definitely pass the censorship in the mainland."

"There can be no feudal superstition, which means that ghost movies and zombie movies will definitely not pass the trial."

"This is a trivial matter. Back then, Taiwan was banned. Now which cinema in Taiwan is not a zombie, it will take a few years for the mainland to get used to it."

"also……"

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Before the meeting officially started, a group of three filmmakers got together to chat.

Although there are many groups, the topics they talk about are surprisingly consistent - a group of filmmakers are not talking about the overall decline in the quality of shoddy production of Hong Kong films due to the rising salary of stars year by year, or they are talking about the mainland's censorship standards for imported Hong Kong films. .

From this, it is not difficult to see that these two things are the biggest things in the Hong Kong film industry at present.

It was not until the appearance of Li Xiaoping, the vice president of the Hong Kong Film Industry Association, and others, that the voices of the filmmakers lingered a little!

but--

After a lag, they chatted on their own again, and almost no one went up to greet Li Xiaoping and the others—obviously, no one cared about Li Xiaoping and the others.

In response, Li Xiaoping smiled lightly, as if he didn't care at all.

After a while, that is exactly one minute before the departure meeting, someone suddenly shouted: "Mr. Xu is here!"

As soon as this voice came out, the messy conference room suddenly became silent!

Immediately, one of the people present, including the always arrogant brothers Xiang Huaqiang and Xiang Huasheng, all got up to greet Xu Cun, and the most eager among them was Li Xiaoping!

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