China Entertainment: Indulge in Vanity Fair

Chapter 403 Let the Chinese be envious
That night, at the closing banquet, everyone was reluctant to part ways after more than two months together, because those who needed to drink drank too much, and those who needed to say goodbye went crazy, so they went crazy for the last time, leaving a beautiful memory in life.

The next morning, when one of the main creators who quit the group sent He Fang a farewell message, He Fang had already boarded a private plane and flew to Shanghai. He got up very early, mainly because the forum of the Shanghai International Film Festival was also very early, starting at 09:30. .

After the plane stopped in Hongqiao, He Fang was hurriedly picked up by someone from the organizing committee in a special car. By the time He Fang arrived at the Silver Star Crown Hotel in Shanghai, the forum had already started for about ten minutes.

When He Fang was in the car, he heard the staff introduce the guests and participants of this forum. They were probably some domestic industry insiders.In particular, two directors of some literary and artistic films were guests this morning, two other researchers of film policy research, and one was a leader of the Policy and Regulation Department of the General Administration.

The theme of this morning's forum is "Opportunities and Challenges: China Film Policy Dialogue". He Fang has already thought of what the guests will say at the scene without anyone else having to say it.

The host nodded to He Fang when he saw that He Fang had already walked to the side. But now that there were guests speaking on the stage, it was difficult for him to introduce He Fang to the stage.

The staff next to him was also explaining to He Fang in a low voice, but He Fang understood.

The excited guest on the stage now is a certain artistic film director. What did he say?

"I think our movies have gone to extremes. We should not blindly engage in commercialization, big IPs, or big money-making projects. We must learn to embrace excellent works, give literary and artistic films a way to survive, and return more to the nature of movies. Essentially going to the movies.

Movies are also a channel for expressing voices, and we must let voices be free.Sometimes our control is too strict, and we don't let people say things that are obviously facts. I think we need to be more confident about this. It's not a bad thing to say it.

If there are problems, we should correct them and if not, we should encourage them. If we are not allowed to do things that can be filmed all over the world, we will not allow them to do that. That will only kill our film art and not keep it alive.To manage a movie, it is necessary to give sufficient space and stage. If there is no stage for real filmmakers, how can the movie develop?

Therefore, I am very worried about the future development of real art films. Our current policies are not very friendly.If you look at South Korea, they are very liberal in their films. Facts have proved that liberalizing films has not affected their operation, but has helped many policies.

Finally, while Director Wang is here, I boldly tell the truth, and I hope that the General Administration will listen to the truth.Thank you, I'm done. "After the unnamed Director W finished speaking, the audience gave warm applause, as if to cheer up this director who dared to tell the truth.

Director Wang on the side had a stern face and said nothing, and at this time the host also took over the conversation.

"Okay, thank you Director W for your speech. Now let us invite one of the most important guests today, Director He Fang, to come to the stage. Director He Fang has just finished shooting his new film. The film has just finished filming and he came to our scene before he could take a break. Let us Welcome Director He Fang with the warmest applause..."

Bang bang bang... The applause at the scene was really warm. He Fang's celebrity seat can be said to be the largest on stage today, and also the largest celebrity seat at the Shanghai Film Festival.

After him, there is Jackie Chan, because this year's Shanghai International Film Festival has a special screening of Jackie Chan's movies.

Of course, He Fang and Jackie Chan are two international stars with different popularity. Jackie Chan is definitely more popular in terms of international influence, but He Fang is a Chinese character symbol in the hearts of young people around the world.

When He Fang walked onto the stage, shook hands with several guests one by one, and then sat down.

At this time, the host directly asked where he was.

"Director He Fang, the forum has just begun, and our guests are all making opening remarks on film policy. As the strongest symbol of Chinese filmmakers and one of the most famous directors in the world, what do you think about our Chinese film policy? Any suggestions?”

The moderator's questions are obviously instructive, that is, who can make suggestions.What is the suggestion?To make suggestions is just to criticize. This film festival is really brave.

He Fang took the microphone handed over by the staff and nodded to everyone.

"I didn't hear the suggestions from the previous guests, but I heard the ending of Director W's suggestion just now. Maybe everyone has different opinions, so they have different understandings of film policies. What are my possible suggestions? Different ideas are for everyone’s reference, but of course they may not be correct.”

When He Fang said this, he paused for a moment. Everyone had already started recording, feeling that there would be useful information.

“Our theme today is a policy dialogue on Chinese films. Since it is a policy dialogue, I think the first thing to consider is how to benefit the future development trend of Chinese films. Such a policy will be a good policy.

In fact, Chinese films have been developing by leaps and bounds every day since 2009. So far, the development has been benign and excellent.As for any areas that need to be improved?
Of course there is, that is to make film policies more clear and implemented, such as clarifying some details, which will help some people know where the boundaries of the rules are.In fact, there are no problems with the current film policy as a whole. There are just some side issues, which require policy adjustments slowly. "When He just said this, some people couldn't bear it any longer.

"Director He Fang, I don't think there is no problem with the current film policy, but it is a big problem. Because of the restrictions of the film policy, no outstanding literary and artistic works have won international awards since 2010. Why do we have to restrict Isn’t this a problem?” Director A said excitedly.

"Oh, then I understand what you mean. Policies that are not conducive to award-winning films are bad policies. Can you understand it that way? But I don't think there is anything wrong with this? What is wrong? Let you dig up the country's crimes every day Is it correct to expect to win an award?

Then you dig up dirt and win awards, but Hollywood takes away all the box office in the Chinese film market. Is this right?I don't think such a policy is conducive to the development of Chinese films.The policy for the development of Chinese films is to let domestic films dominate the Chinese film market and then promote Chinese films internationally. This is the policy that is truly conducive to the future development of Chinese films. "

He Fang retorted.

A The director said excitedly.

"Who told you that the essence of movies is criticism? The essence of movies is entertainment, and ideology was added by people later. Then you want to say that the essence of movies is criticism. Why don't Hollywood movies mainly criticize the United States? Why do they? To sing about happy endings, praise heroes, and praise positive energy?
And why do audiences around the world still prefer Hollywood movies that are mainly about praise, rather than the movies that you mentioned are mainly about criticism?Do you think only China has dirty information?Not in the United States?There is a lot of dirty stuff in the United States. Why don’t Americans let their directors film American dirty stuff and promote it internationally?
Are they stupid?Or are you stupid? "He Fang's sharp rhetorical question immediately made Director A and Director W tremble with anger, but they were unable to refute.

The audience in the audience was also collectively confused. Aren't they here to collectively criticize China's film policy?Why did He Fang slap him in the face with a backhand as soon as he arrived?

Before everyone could react, He Feng continued.

"Let me tell you two examples. One is something Marco Muller talked to me at the Beijing Film Festival not long ago. When we were talking about the new film award I was organizing, I said that I asked the judges not to bring any Review film works based on political stance.

He said that first of all, directors are emotional and can take a stand to some extent. Secondly, judges are also emotional and cannot avoid taking a stand.What he said seemed reasonable, but I asked him, suppose an Islamic believer made a very good film that criticized Christianity, would such a film be given an award?
From the perspective of the quality of the film itself, an award must be given, but from a standpoint this cannot be given. If given, it would be harmful to hundreds of millions of Christian believers around the world.So I told him that, firstly, this type of film is not allowed to participate in the competition, and secondly, the judges are not allowed to review the film with their standpoints and colored glasses.

The second example is when Wu Jing asked me why action movies are not easy to make in mainland China?Can't take a photo?How did I answer him?I said that because there are no gangs in China, it is not allowed by law. Furthermore, if there is a gang, what will the police do?Does it take an ordinary person to be this hero?
If ordinary people do what the police do, doesn't it mean that our police corpses are useless?Not doing human affairs?But is there actually such a thing in China?It cannot be said that there is no such thing at all. After all, there are always some dark corners, but this is not a common phenomenon.

So how do you shoot an action movie like this?There is no soil for it to survive, and it cannot be photographed.Do we want to maliciously smear our own country just to make such an action movie?Isn't this illegal? "

He Fang's words immediately made everyone present feel numb, their eyes turned black, and they were shaken to pieces.

"So, I'll use the two examples I just gave to prove that some things may be reasonable and compliant in other places, but they are not acceptable in China. If you want to do this forcefully, it will embarrass the policy. The framer of the film, because once he agrees with you to shoot like this, does it mean that he simply admits that the gangsters want China to be legal?

Is this an indirect admission that prostitution and other obscene activities are also legal in China?Is this an indirect admission that our bureaucrats are not doing things for the people?Is this shaking the foundation of the country?Our country made this clear from the beginning.

We must eliminate evil forces, eliminate pornography, and eliminate corruption.And we have been doing these things over the years. Although we are not doing it perfectly, we have been doing it.

Go to the United States and see. Gangs are legal, pornography is legal, and corruption is legal. How many American people are harmed every year because of these things?However, you do not criticize the United States' laissez-faire behavior that is not conducive to the people, and you criticize us in turn.

I don't understand what this means?What kind of mentality is this?Could it be said that their gangs are legal, sex trade is legal, corruption is legal, or are they the most advanced?If you think their approach is advanced, fine, you are film workers anyway.

In this way, you use your real footage to record it, throw your son into an American gang, and see how long he can survive without being shot.Or throw your daughters into brothels in the United States and see how much money you can make every day.Or, send your poor father to the United States to fight a lawsuit. Don't spend a penny to see if he can win.

If you use a real shot without editing or modification, and your son was treated politely by an American gangster, and your daughter enjoyed happiness in an American brothel, made a lot of money, and was respected by ordinary American people, you My father received fair and reasonable treatment as an official in the United States.

Don't worry, I am here to guarantee you that I will help you promote this kind of film in China.Let our citizens envy the U.S. imperialist paradise on earth and feel the beauty there. "

As soon as He Fang finished speaking, everyone was immediately speechless, because although most people on stage and off stage had never been to the United States to learn more about it, they had been using real news and cases through Tuanhuo Culture over the years. Reveals many of the darkness of American imperialism.

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