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Volume 3 Chapter 53 Suppression

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    Nothing has been accomplished. Shen Chong turned over the business report of Oriental Charm Taiwan Branch and smiled bitterly.  Last year, in order to pick up girls, he spent 5 million Hong Kong dollars to open the Oriental Charm branch in Taiwan. It took Zhang Sijia half a year to build the company, and then invested in Hou Hsiao-hsien and Chen Kunhou to film two movies, which both performed well at the box office and received good reviews. Hou Hsiao-hsien also has  "Good Morning Taipei" won the Academy Award for Best New Director, which is considered a small achievement.  However, this year, the Taiwan branch of Oriental Charm has not made a single movie because all the scripts submitted for review have been shot, and the reasons are all weird. For example, Hou Hsiao-hsien is planning to shoot "She is the One," which is a very traditional Qiong Yao-style pure love movie.  , but was blocked by the Information Bureau on the grounds that "exaggerating the contradiction between urban and rural areas is detrimental to social stability" - for the sake of dramatic conflict, there is a short paragraph in the script describing the demolition of the ancestral home in order to build a road. This was during Taiwan's top ten construction projects.  It's so common, it's not news at all.  It was a trivial and trivial matter. With Shen Chong's financial resources, reputation and good interpersonal relationship with Song Chuyu, the Information Bureau turned a blind eye and passed by, but now it has been openly shot.  Excuses, if there is no one behind the scenes, no one will believe it In addition to the film company, the Taiwan editorial department of "Movie Times" is also often harassed by various inspections and interviews. It is already a little famous "Weekend Movie Fan Salon"  " and the "Taiwan Film Critics Association" were forced to cease their activities, and many insightful film reviews were unable to be published. The magazine's sales dropped again and again, from 50,000 copies per issue at the beginning of the year to less than 30,000 currently.  The reason why people are deliberately suppressing the situation is that firstly, it is political force majeure. Under the impact of the "Beautiful Island Incident", Taiwan has tightened the control and censorship of the media and film industry; secondly, after the Academy Awards, Hu Jinquan's "  "Spiritual Rain in the Sky" has become very popular in the mainland. Less than two months after its release, the number of moviegoers exceeded 100 million, causing a phenomenal sensation. This made the Hong Kong film industry feel anxious and itchy. In order to prevent Hong Kong  Filmmakers "defected", and the Taiwan authorities used both soft and hard tactics. On the one hand, they reduced the import quota for American films and increased the number of Hong Kong films. On the other hand, they issued a document strictly prohibiting "national films produced by Liberty Films from being screened in theaters in gangster areas."  , Shen Chong, a thorn in the side of the Mainland, was naturally the first to bear the brunt and became the target of flag sacrifice. Not only was Oriental Charm unable to film in Taiwan, but even "The Rules" and "The Fierce List" filmed in Hong Kong at the beginning of the year were unable to be released in Taiwan.  If it weren¡¯t for him launching a five-year, one-billion-dollar movie in January, ¡°Die Hard¡± would most likely not have made it to Taiwan.  ¡°While film companies and magazines were suppressed, Galaxy Image¡¯s business also suffered setbacks in Taiwan.  After the Spring Festival, stimulated and inspired by the booming video tape market in Hong Kong, many "underground video halls" appeared in the streets and alleys of Taiwan. Most of the film sources in these video halls came from Hong Kong's Galaxy Video. As we all know, Shen Chong has an interest in collecting film copyrights.  As a fanatical hobby, Galaxy Video provides a variety of video tapes, including those from Hong Kong, the United States, and some from the Mainland. In May, the owner of a video studio in Taipei, who doesn¡¯t know whether he was crazy or was audacious, actually  He secretly brought movie and video tapes from the Mainland to Taiwan for playback, and then he was reported, and he was stabbed, and was imprisoned for being a "communist-bandit agent" and "collaborator" Although Galaxy Video was first opened every day, it was  There was a notice posted in every store, reminding Taiwanese tourists not to rent or buy mainland movie tapes, let alone bring them back to Taiwan. However, it was still affected by this incident. After the Academy Awards, Zhang Yonglin went there at least three times a month.  I went to Taiwan for three months and received various benefits, but I still couldn't get a business license to open a chain store. In addition to sensitive political factors, Taiwan's film screening industry insists that the popularity of video tapes will reduce the number of audiences.  The interest of movie theaters was detrimental to the box office. Not only did they resolutely oppose the entry of video tapes into the Taiwan market, they also formed the so-called "Illegal Video Tape Business Investigation and Ban Team" to raid and report underground video halls everywhere. At the same time, they actively lobbied the government to make video tape distribution an illegal business.  Activities But then again, if there is anything related to interests, some people will oppose it, and some people will definitely support it. The film screening industry boycotts videotapes, but the film production industry welcomes videotapes. Shen Chong is buying up movie copyrights to make videotapes.  This is a major benefit for the production industry - those old movies and old movies are just a waste if they are thrown into the warehouse. Why not sell them for a profit, and those new movies will be converted into video tapes and released after they are released?  Once again, I can share a sum of money, and the money is not less than the box office. Don¡¯t let this windfall go to waste. The Taiwan government¡¯s attitude towards the distribution of video tapes is very vague. It neither supports nor prohibits it, leaving it to underground video halls.  Growing like weeds, China Television and Taiwan Television were allowed to turn TV sets into videos and sell them everywhere, but they never issued a business license to Galaxy Video. Behind this, it is most likely related to politics. Shen Chong took out Galaxy Video.  After flipping through the operation report, I saw more than a dozen highlighted member information. These members come to visit every ten days and a half. Every timeThey rented hundreds of video cassettes, many of which were the same movie or TV series, which was obviously abnormal.  Taiwanese are really good at taking advantage of loopholes, and have actually started a moving and subletting business Also, it is very convenient to go from Taiwan to Hong Kong. The round-trip air ticket only costs a few hundred Hong Kong dollars, and buying a video tape costs dozens of yuan. Renting is much more cost-effective than buying  ¡­ But these people are very smart. Everything related to propaganda is strictly monitored in Taiwan. Occasionally, you may be able to get away with bringing one or two video tapes across the border privately, but it is not that easy to bring hundreds of videos in at a time.  It's something Could it be that these people are related to Taiwan's underworld?  Taiwan's underworld and the government collude with each other. They are powerful and ruthless and cannot be underestimated Xiang Huaqiang has been in Taiwan before. I will ask him some time While he was hiding his thoughts, Zhang Aijia knocked on the door of the office and walked in.  "Are you not bothering me?" "No." Shen Chong closed the financial report, looked at his watch, and found that it was almost time, so he asked: "Is your party over?" "Almost." Zhang Aijia sighed with her left hand on her hips and her right hand on her forehead.  He said: "After a while, I answered seven or eight calls, and I couldn't continue at all." "Are they all from Taiwan?" Zhang Aijia made a helpless face and acquiesced.  "Your confidentiality work in Taiwan is so bad. It's leaking everywhere." Shen Chong leaned back in his chair and asked, "Who has called you? "It's not that you're doing a bad job of keeping secrets, it's you.  US$1 billion is too tempting.  "Zhang Aijia held the table and said: "Most of them came here to talk to each other. Only Huang Renzhong said that he followed Li Guoding to Hong Kong and asked if he could join in the fun at dinner in the evening?  " Huang Renzhong is the only son of Huang Shaogu. Huang Shaogu is one of Chiang Ching-kuo's confidants. He used to be Taiwan's "Secretary-General of the National Security Council" and is now Taiwan's "Minister of Justice." He is known as one of the "eight elders" in the Kuomintang party. He holds a high position. According to news  Well-connected is what it should be. Huang Renzhong started his career by operating circuit substrates and owns a number of electronic circuit processing factories. Shen Chong wanted to invest in the production of game consoles in Taiwan, which was a major benefit to him, so he was extremely enthusiastic and went there specially last time.  I went to Singapore, and this time I came to Hong Kong. ¡°I haven¡¯t decided yet whether I want to have dinner with Li Guoding tonight.  Shen Chong smiled, pressed the call button and said, "Xiaoyu, come in."  " " After Qiu Siyu came in, he knocked on a pile of documents on his desk and ordered: "Arrange the information that has been tossed around and make it simpler, just three or four pieces of paper."  " "Taiwanese media has concocted a lot of unfounded negative news about Oriental Charm. Do you want to include it too?  " Shen Chong nodded, gave a thumbs up, praised her acumen and intelligence, and then asked: "Has Mr. Li from Taiwan called?  "Yes, Mr. Li called ten minutes ago and wanted to make an appointment to have dinner with Mr. Shen at the Mandarin Oriental at seven o'clock tonight."  " "Call back and ask for the specific room number where Mr. Li is staying.  "    "OK.  " After Qiu Siyu left, Zhang Aijia asked with a slightly curious expression: "What are you thinking about?  " "In the past, Xiang Yu met with Liu Bang and held a Hongmen Banquet. Today I met with Li Guoding and asked for a killing blow.  Shen Chong stood up and said with a smile while talking nonsense: "Let's go to dinner and treat guests. If you don't kill me, you won't be killed."  " "Hey, don't mess around. Although Li Guoding is doing a casual job now, he is also one of the eight elders in Taiwan's politics. He has great economic influence. Even President Chiang is afraid of him.  " "I know, I won't mess around.  " Zhang Aijia saw that he had a relaxed expression but a tired face, so she stopped talking and started talking about relaxing gossip: "I was just crying about poverty. She said that she was vomiting blood when she paid for the building. Please let me help you.  Let her go with a noble hand.  " "You can't deal with the sharp-tongued guy.  Shen Chong laughed loudly. When he walked out of the office, he saw Chen Yunwen and several women of similar age standing in the corridor, so he joked: "Shall we take a flight to Paris for a French meal today?"  " "Paris is where we little ladies go.  "Chen Yunwen didn't show any weakness, and also joked: "The God of Wealth earns hundreds of thousands a minute. How can I have time to go to France for a big meal? Why not just find a restaurant nearby and have a bowl of fish egg noodles.  " "I knew you were stingy." Shen Chong shook his head in contempt, then waved his hand boldly and said: "I'm going to eat sushi today. I'll invite you. The place has been reserved. "Amitabha, thank you God of Wealth." The other women all said  After laughing, Zhang Aijia introduced Shen Chong to them one by one, and then realized that some were university teachers and some were talented women who wrote film reviews. They all came to watch "Spring in a Small Town" today - this movie has been watching since yesterday.  Playing it non-stop has caused a sensation in a small area.  "What do you think of this movie?  " "I think this is the best work in the history of Chinese film.  "Chen Yunwen was the most active. She said with emotion in the elevator: "I borrow objects to describe people, use scenes to express emotions, and the scenes blend together. It is so poetic and picturesque that it is hard to imagine that it was a movie made in the war-torn era 30 years ago. After watching it,  I feel like everything I wrote before was just children¡¯s doodles.  " "The depressing and sentimental atmosphere, the psychology of resisting and welcoming, the concise and beautiful shots, and the rhythm of gurgling water are indeed a poetic film. Combined with the era of its filming, it reminds people of Du Zimei's "Spring"  "Looking", the country is broken, the mountains and rivers are in ruins, the city is springy and the vegetation is deep, the flowers splash with tears, and the birds are frightened Moreover, Director Fei Mu's use of film language such as lens scheduling, deep focus photography, depth of field, long shots, etc., is absolutely outstanding.  Not inferior to today's major Western directors.  "The person who said this is named Huang Ailing. She is a very rare professional female film critic. She has published many articles in "First Film Review". She had been studying in France before. Just a few days after returning to Hong Kong, Shen Chong was still the first film critic.  Once I met her in person. "Hey, Shen Caishen, I heard Editor-in-Chief Lin said that there are hundreds of thousands of films in the China Film Archive in Beijing. How did you find "Spring in a Small Town"?  " "It was said that it was a long night, and I had no intention of sleeping, so I sat up with my clothes on and looked at the sky at night. I saw a ray of white light shooting straight into the sky, wandering among the bullfights. I knew that a treasure had been born, so I immediately used the skill of flying with my sword  " "Shen Caishen, you are extremely thick-skinned and can talk nonsense. It would be a pity not to tell stories." Chen Yunwen laughed and suggested: "It is better to host the Academy Awards next year with IvIa. It will definitely be more fun than He Shouxin."  too much.  "
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