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- After the main actors of "The Legend of Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty" were confirmed, good news also came out about another matter that Qin Tianzhu was concerned about, the review issue of "Blood-stained Style".
On December 25, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs officially released "Blood-Stained Style".
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs was able to release the film mainly because Vietnam approved the co-production plan with Meihua Media. Of course, Meihua Media¡¯s own public relations efforts also contributed a lot. Vietnam's state-owned TV station also wants to borrow the power of Plum Blossom Media to make a TV series that reflects its own people. It should be regarded as the Vietnamese version of "Blood-stained Style". Many of the scenes in it will be borrowed from Plum Blossom Media. In exchange, Meihua Media can enter Vietnam for filming, and the Vietnamese military will also send a certain number of troops to assist.
As for the specific content of the dramas filmed by both parties, neither party will interfere with the other. This is good, as long as the shooting can go smoothly, everything is easy to discuss.
Everything is going well, and Qin Tianzhu is in a good mood these days. However, this good mood did not last long, and troubles came to the door again.
First, Jin Guanghua reported a piece of bad news to him.
"Mr. Qin, the domestic release of "The Lord of the Rings" has been postponed indefinitely by the National Film Festival. When will it be released? The National Film Festival has not given a specific timetable."
According to Meihua Media, if "The Lord of the Rings" can be released simultaneously around the world, that would be the best result. But Qin Tianzhu also knows that this is still somewhat difficult for the company's issuance capabilities, which are still weak. The result of Wang Yu's overseas company's efforts is to ensure that "Lord of the Rings" will be released in most regions around the world within a month or so.
It cannot be released simultaneously in other places, but in China, it can be regarded as the local market of "Lord of the Rings". Meihua Media very much hopes to release it simultaneously with North America and create a movie-watching craze.
In Qin Tianzhu¡¯s memory, ¡°The Lord of the Rings¡± was originally released in China with a delay of several months. By then, pirated copies were already flying everywhere. In the end, the domestic box office of "Lord of the Rings" was only over 50 million, and the box office results were not consistent with the film's sales.
At present, the domestic release plan of "The Lord of the Rings" is not going well, and Qin Tianzhu is still quite scratching his head. Although this is a domestically invested film, it is a completely foreign language film and does not receive the same treatment as a domestic film. Since it is an external film, the National Film Group has the final say on all distribution and release.
This is really a depressing thing!
"Do you know the reason?"
"The National Film Festival said that in order to cooperate with the reform of the cinema chain system, it will wait until the old cinemas in the country are reorganized into several cinema chains before showing our "Lord of the Rings"." After Jin Guanghua finished explaining, he complained a little: " That being said, who knows if it is true or not. Our Plum Blossoms is going to enter the film industry, and even a blind person can see that. We are direct competitors with the National Film Industry, so who knows if they are deliberately trying to take advantage of us?"
Qin Tianzhu also felt that Jin Guanghua's guess was reasonable. In the TV drama industry, Meihua can be said to be the first pioneers in the country. In the future, Meihua will rarely encounter rivals in the field of domestic TV drama production. The film industry is different. In China, there has long been a giant Chinese film company watching from the sidelines. The competition pattern is completely different from that of the TV drama industry.
"Guanghua, our Meihua has only entered the film industry in the past few years. However, the import of Hollywood blockbusters is in the hands of the National Film Company. We will be very passive in the future!"
Think about it, if Meihua Media spent a huge amount of money to finally produce a blockbuster, it would have expected a good schedule to recoup the cost. However, China Film Group has produced another Hollywood blockbuster to compete with you in the same period. Although it is not necessarily afraid of Hollywood blockbusters, it will undoubtedly bring a lot of trouble to Meihua Media.
Jin Guanghua is also well aware of the importance of import rights: "Yes, the import rights of foreign language films are a good thing. With it, we have a good card when arranging films, and we can advance and retreat. We can defend." In addition, we also have plans to build our own theater chain. At the current stage, to maintain the operation of the theater chain, we are very dependent on Hollywood blockbusters. However, the source of Hollywood blockbusters is in the hands of the National Film Company, which will make us incompetent with the National Film Company. It¡¯s a weapon that can¡¯t be avoided in the competition.¡±
Jin Guanghua had already anticipated these troubles caused by import rights. Meihua Media's efforts to win the import rights to foreign blockbusters have not stopped in recent years. There has been some progress. The State Administration for Culture and Industry has always had a good impression of Meihua Media. Meihua Company itself has amazing strength in the film and television industry. The State Administration has expressed a certain degree of understanding of Meihua's request for import rights.
The resistance mainly comes from the National Film Festival.
The exclusive import rights for foreign language blockbusters are the heart and soul of national film and television, so no one else can get involved. Guoying itself is a large state-owned enterprise with huge influence and connections in the cultural industry. If it disagrees with things, it will be difficult for Meihua Media to continue.
"Import rights?"
Qin Tianzhu murmured to himself, It would be difficult to seize food from Guoying! He didn't think of any way to effectively solve this problem. Perhaps, we can exchange benefits with Guoying? But what does Meihua Media have in its hands that National Film Group can appreciate and is willing to exchange for exclusive import rights? Qin Tianzhu fell into deep thought.
This was not the only thing that bothered me. Within two days, Li Guang came over to report that there were many artists under the company who wanted to change jobs. The company's artists want to change jobs, which is nothing new for Meihua Media, which has been established for several years. Everyone has their own ambitions. Although plum blossoms are good, they are not suitable for everyone.
It¡¯s just that the news of someone changing jobs is not a good thing after all. Qin Tianzhu felt a little depressed after hearing it. Especially among these people who changed jobs, Qin Tianzhu was extremely reluctant to let go of some of them. One is Zu Feng, an old man who signed up during "Latent", and the other is Liu Yi, who can be said to be Meihua's most internationally renowned actor.
Zufeng wanted to change jobs, and Qin Tianzhu understood. Although he was one of the first artists signed by the company, the company did not spend much resources on him. On the contrary, Jujiangren's TV series often have leading male roles for him. It is natural for him to switch to Jujiangren this time. Qin Tianzhu still feels a little guilty for him. However, the company's resources are limited and there are too many artists, especially male artists, so the allocation of resources is always in a situation where there is too much and too little.
Qin Tianzhu sometimes asks himself whether the company's strategy of recruiting celebrities is too cruel to its artists, putting them under too much competitive pressure. But in the end, the result of thinking was to unswervingly implement the Tunxing strategy. Since we don¡¯t want the company to be kidnapped by a few celebrities in the future, we need to accumulate enough cards in our hands.
Zu Feng can understand, but what about Liu Yi? Why is he? Qin Tianzhu recruited Liu Yi into his office and wanted to find out.
Liu Yi looked calm after he came in. He seemed to have expected Qin Tianzhu to ask this question, so he explained first.
"Director Qin, after "Prison Break", Chairman Fu Hongsheng of the National Film Group has approached me several times and wants me to come to the National Film Group to make movies in the National Film Group!"
It¡¯s not surprising that Fu Hongsheng falls in love with Liu Ye. After all, Liu Ye is now China¡¯s most internationally renowned male star. What Qin Tianzhu didn't expect was that Liu Yi would be so obsessed with making movies. He immediately explained: "The company will definitely enter the film industry. There has been news that the theater system reform will be implemented in China next year. Once the market mechanism is activated, it will only take a matter of minutes for our company to enter the film industry!" "
"I know I know!"
Liu Yi nodded and continued: "So I rejected Chairman Fu Hongsheng's previous invitations. It wasn't until he mentioned it again a few days ago that I really considered joining the National Film Festival?"
"Why?"
Qin Tianzhu wanted to know what the story was.
"Chairman Fu Hongsheng said that if I join the National Film Group, he will support Meihua to obtain the right to import foreign language films!"
"Huh?" Qin Tianzhu was greatly surprised. He didn't expect that Fu Hongsheng offered this condition. This was really beyond his expectation.
Doubts remain doubts, the most important thing at the moment is to solve the problem of Liu Yi preparing to change jobs.
Qin Tianzhu said: "I still want to hear your personal opinion. As for whether you can help the company obtain import rights when you go to Guoying, it actually doesn't matter. If the company wants to fight for it, it will definitely have its own way. We Meihua I haven¡¯t reduced myself to the point of being a busker yet.¡±
After Liu Yi thought about it for a while, he finally chose to go to the National Film Festival.
"Director Qin, I am very grateful for the company's cultivation. Without the company's support, I would not have my current status. But I know what kind of person I am, and I still like to live a somewhat stable life."
He looked at Qin Tianzhu, hesitated to speak, and finally said frankly: "In Meihua, the competition is too fierce, and I feel very insecure. There are so many male artists in the company, and many of them have good image, temperament and acting skills. I am afraid that when I wake up, I will find that I have fallen behind in this cruel competition and that my acting career will fly by like a shooting star."
Unexpectedly, Liu Yi, the most popular person nowadays, also feels this kind of insecurity, and Qin Tianzhu doesn¡¯t know what to say. With many artists in the company, there is no guarantee that everyone will have enough opportunities. But obviously, Fu Hongsheng's National Film Company can give him such a guarantee. Once Liu Yi joins National Film Company, there is no doubt that he will be the leader of the National Film Company. With the addition of Liu Yi, Guoyi Film can also strengthen the company's reputation. Both sides have their own needs.
In Plum Blossom, no actor dares to say that he is the first brother or sister of the company. Everyone works hard every day, and what they want most is that no one will be left behind.
Everyone has their own ambitions, and Liu Yi likes his career to be stable.These are human nature. Meihua could not meet his condition, so she lost the reason to retain him.
After Liu Yi left, Qin Tianzhu immediately called Zhou Jiapeng and Jin Guanghua to discuss. He still has doubts about the conditions offered by National Film. For National Film, the exclusive right to import foreign language films is so precious. He really can't believe that National Film would let go of this monopoly so easily.
After listening to Qin Tianzhu's narration, Zhou Jiapeng put forward his own opinion: "It is indeed impossible for the national film industry to relax its import rights so easily just by relying on a popular male star. If my guess is correct, Fu Hongsheng should have expected this professional I¡¯m afraid I won¡¯t be able to maintain a monopoly for long, so I just took advantage of the situation.¡±
Jin Guanghua also agrees with this analysis: "It makes sense. The domestic film market has now been sluggish to the point of collapse, which is in sharp contrast to the booming TV drama market. At the end of this year and the beginning of next year, various reforms of the film industry will be carried out at the official level Measures will be introduced intensively. The import rights of foreign language films are monopolized by the National Film Company, which is obviously not convincing and is likely to be the target of this round of reforms."
Qin Tianzhu felt relieved after hearing the two people¡¯s analysis. If this is really the case, that would be a good thing, and he is optimistic about its success.
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