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Today is Wednesday, May 9th.

In the past few days, the most discussed news hotspot in China, apart from the somewhat numb financial turmoil in Southeast Asia, is that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" broke through [-] million at the box office in North America.

To be more precise, in the previous weekend from August 8th to August 29st, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which was released for the sixth week, took in a box office of 8 million US dollars in North America in the three days of the weekend, making this film The cumulative North American box office of Chinese-language martial arts films officially broke through the US$31 million mark, reaching US$665 million.

After opening for so many years, it is not uncommon for Chinese-language films to win awards in the West. However, it is unprecedented for a pure Chinese-language martial arts film to win a box office of 1 million US dollars in the world's largest North American film market.

The pride of the country.

It just so happened that the release date of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in China was gradually approaching. When the news came, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" had been detonated again by domestic public opinion that had been closely watched since it was released in North America. To the next level of popularity among the people.

If it weren't for the special situation of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", there would be no lack of treatment similar to the Korean film "Parasite" in the original space-time after winning the Oscar and holding a special celebration banquet at the Blue House. After all, under the general trend of opening up, apart from the opening up of the economy It is equally important to let the world see Chinese culture.

Not to mention some deep-seated changes that are brewing, Radio and Television responded to the call in time this time, and today specially held an exchange meeting with a very long name, specifically called "Promoting Chinese Culture, Revitalizing Chinese Films, and "Crouching Tiger Tibetan Dragon Phenomenon Symposium'.

For those with keen intuition, it is not difficult to find some clues in the title of this conference.

In general, some of Simon's original ideas are being realized little by little.

Through the super-sell of "Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice" with a final global box office of 19.38 billion U.S. dollars, China realized that movies can make such money.Through the box office sales of Chinese-language films such as "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" exceeding [-] million in North America, some people once again realized that Chinese-language films can also make money in this way.

In the end, it will indirectly promote the accelerated transformation of the Chinese film industry.

After all, "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is estimated to have a total North American box office of around 1.3 million. After conversion, it is almost the same as the estimated annual box office in China in 1997, not to mention the cultural export factors behind this movie.

The renaissance of Chinese films in the past, the domestic release of "Titanic" in 1998 was a node, the North American hit of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in 2000 was another node, and then, joining the WTO was another node.The three nodes, either actively or passively promoted, finally created the prosperity of Chinese films after the new century.

This time, because of Simon, the big butterfly, everything that was supposed to happen happened a little earlier.

Radio and TV Yamen here.

Zhang Guoshi followed the secretary to a lounge, greeted everyone, and many people arrived one after another. In addition to the high-level officials of the yamen, big names in the domestic circle, Dao Chen, Lao Jiang, Dao Xie and others all arrived. Invited to the list, there are also three main creators who are currently cooperating with the promotion of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in China, director Ang Lee, Fa Ge and Li Youhu.

Another heroine said it was a schedule conflict, so she didn't come.

When everyone is here, the first process is not to hold a meeting immediately, but to watch movies.

After all, it has not been released publicly, and most people at the scene have not seen the movie.

Everyone came to a screening room in the office building. Whether it was on purpose or not, Zhang Guoshi found that his seat was arranged next to Director Chen. They were not the focus today. The main creators of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" were, So you can sit next to the leader.

The two exchanged pleasantries on the surface and sat down together, but inside, sparks flew everywhere.

Because one month before the launch of "Hero", in July, "Jing Ke Assassins the King of Qin" was launched in Jinshu Film and Television City in Suzhou ahead of schedule.

Not only that, Zhang Guoshi also heard news recently, probably stimulated by the overseas box office of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", or definitely influenced by the 3000 million US dollars budget of "Hero". The director is raising funds while shooting, and wants to make it bigger.

I actually read Director Chen's script in private.

Zhang Guoshi only felt that even if he couldn't compare to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", he was still very stable compared to "Jing Ke Assassinates the King of Qin".

First of all, with the backing of Jin Shu, Director Chen couldn't compare with him.Behind Jinshu is Daenerys Entertainment, the owner of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon". It can even be said that "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and "Hero" are brothers.

Zhang Guoshi didn't know if Director Chen had seen the finished film of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" in advance. On his side, after "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" became a big hit in North America, he just mentioned it a little bit, and Jinshu sent a copy Go to his side and observe and refer to it at any time. During this period of time, Zhang Guoshi has indeed made some adjustments to the shooting plan of "Hero" according to "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon".

It was $3000 million after all.

Zhang Guoshi does not lack his own ideas, but he has always been a very tactful person who knows how to adapt.

The movie viewing started at 09:30 in the morning, and it ended at 11:[-]. I had a decent working meal directly at the Yamen, and the meeting started at [-]:[-] in the afternoon.

During the free discussion of the previous speech, Zhang Guoshi took out the speech again.

The manuscript was given by Jinshu, which is why he hurried back today, it was just a piece of advice.

Zhang Guoshi didn't mind speaking out for Jinshu, but he definitely didn't want to be used as a gunman. He read it many times in advance and confirmed that there were no principled problems. He also said that he could modify it by himself if he felt that there was anything wrong.Since there was none, when it was his turn, he read the original manuscript directly.

Probably the meaning is very simple.

In order to revive Chinese films, it is necessary to ensure the sound development of the film market. This time, the main suggestions are two, to speed up the promotion of the theater system, and to combat piracy.

Simon's trip to China last year prompted some changes in the Chinese film industry. The main gain is that foreign capital can invest in domestic theaters, and the shareholding cannot exceed half.

What's more, China has begun to promote the reform of the theater chain system.

The former is okay. Regarding the reform of the theater chain system, due to various interest disputes, this year can only be described as procrastination.

As for piracy, it is impossible to eradicate it, even after decades. However, if strict measures are taken, the harm caused by piracy can actually be alleviated.

In the manuscript that Zhang Guoshi received, specific measures were proposed to address these two major issues.

For example, forcing domestic theaters to set up or join theaters within a time limit.

For example, in terms of piracy, special personnel will be dispatched to supervise the copy during the movie release, at least to ensure that there is no piracy for a period of time, so as to give the genuine movie room to play.

These are actually measures taken by the Chinese film industry in the past.

Simon signaled Chen Qing to formulate this proposal to let Zhang Guoshi speak out, also to pave the way for the release of "Hero" in China next year.

It did not mention sensitive topics such as loosening the ties to filmmakers or increasing the degree of opening up to foreign investment, but to strengthen the policies already implemented. Under the background of the general trend created by "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", the probability of being accepted and implemented by the Chinese high-level is very high. big.

The seminar lasted until four o'clock in the afternoon.

After everyone left the meeting room, Zhang Guoshi did not forget to call Li Youhu to stop, and chatted about when she would join the group.

Now that she replaced the international chapter in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", the role of Ruyue, the maid with a broken sword in "Heroes", naturally fell into the hands of Li Youhu.

This is not the result of Simon's interference. For Li Youhu, except for the initial arrangement of "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", it was all released afterwards, and it was not like Zhang Guoshi once suggested that International Chapter should not act in TV dramas.

Unless you pursue an international star's high style and put yourself up, otherwise, purely for career considerations, in the next ten or 20 years of China's film and television industry environment, multi-faceted development is the kingly way, just like the previous international chapters may have a high style, But definitely not as much as Fan Xiaopang.

What's more, in the end, it's not about going to film TV dramas honestly.

After talking about parting, there was still some time in the afternoon, and Zhang Guoshi drove to the Jinshu headquarters in the south of Beijing Normal University near Xinjiekou.

Chen Qing is here.

After arriving, waiting for a while in a lounge, Chen Qing, Wu Shanlin and two other strange middle-aged women finished a meeting and came to greet Zhang Guoshi.

From "Speak Well" at the beginning of the year to "Super Girl" and "Kangxi Weifu Private Interview" two top TV series in the summer, Jinshu is currently in the limelight. However, Zhang Guoshi also heard some gossip, such as He wasn't worried about being reported or anything like that.There are too many such things in the circle, and they are nothing more than cover-ups. With the background of Jin Shu, it is impossible for anything to happen.

After exchanging pleasantries, Chen Qing introduced the two middle-aged women to Zhang Guoshi, and changed their business cards.

The two women, both surnamed Li, established a TV production company called Rong Xinda, and they came here this time to discuss capital injection.

Zhang Guoshi didn't ask any more details, he greeted for a while, and the two women said goodbye. Zhang Guoshi, Chen Qing and Wu Shanlin talked about today's seminar and the filming progress of the film in Gansu.

until get off work.