China Entertainment: Starting from 07 Kuainan

Chapter 402 The Beginning of the Enemy

Copyright issues are just an appetizer.

Moreover, I won’t offend anyone by mentioning this. Everyone here agrees with combating piracy.

That's not the jurisdiction of the film bureau.

Therefore, even if Lu Yuan mentioned that the copyright work was not in place, he would not slap anyone in the face.

But the issue he wants to talk about next is a bit map cannon.

Film industrialization is not simply about large investments and multiple special effects, but standardization, process, and systematization.

In the director-centered system implemented in China, the authority of the director is almost unlimited.

Temporary changes to scenes and shooting plans are commonplace, and the quality of the final product is more like a blind box.

Industrialization is not a simple one-centre, but diversified.

Screenwriters, directors, and producers are equally important.

During the conversation, Lu Yuan still used "Now You See Me" as an example. Before the official filming, the screenwriter, director, and production center made detailed plans.

Specifically, what to do every day and every hour, how many minutes a lighting engineer's lighting effect is accurate to, when to transition, how to remedy if an accident occurs, etc., are all written into the plan.

Budget expenses, down to the cost of lunch boxes.

This situation is very rare in China. Most of the domestic film crews are still in a workshop style.

The director and the investors would have a few drinks, chat about ideas and the book, and then get right to work.

planning?

There is no such thing as a general direction, and the rest is based on experience.

Some crews even write and revise scripts while filming.

In fact, great directors such as Lao Mouzi, Feng Pengtang, Chen Kaige, etc. are still very strict in crew management.

But it is only a general direction, not as refined as Star Media.

Budget overruns also happen from time to time.

Lu Yuanti's diversity undoubtedly offended the interests of the director community, and even Lao Mouzi felt a little unhappy.

He also agrees with professionalism, but some words just don’t sound good.

Feng Pants was also very unhappy. If Lu Yuan was just a simple actor and singer, he would definitely confront her directly on the spot.

However, Lu Yuan is not only an actor and singer, he is also the CEO of a film and television company, a very successful film and television company with an annual box office of more than 1 billion.

In addition, China Film and Television and Chinese Culture are also shareholders of Star Media.

Although China Film, Chinese Culture, Tengxun, and Wangda have invested in Star Media, there has been no announcement, but it is not a secret within the industry.

Who in the circle doesn’t know the power of China Film and Chinese Culture?

One in the south and one in the north, a third uncle and an uncle Li, they are all stomping and trembling figures in the entertainment industry.

Therefore, Feng Pants did not fire on the spot, but continued what Lu Yuan was saying.

"I agree with what Mr. Lu said."

Feng Pants coughed twice, first affirming, then denying.

"But industrialization does not happen overnight. To put it bluntly, most of our domestic film crews are no different from construction teams."

"Directors and producers, like engineering managers and project managers, receive a job and then start looking for contractors."

"The director of photography, lighting director, action director, artist, makeup artist, prop artist, etc. are all contractors. They receive the job and recruit some younger brothers."

"In this way, a team will be up."

"Looking at it this way, there seems to be no problem. The same is true in Hollywood, but the problem lies with the contractors and migrant workers."

"The domestic film industrialization started late, and Hollywood has supporting facilities such as photography schools, lighting technician schools, makeup schools, etc."

"And in our country, many people are half-way monks."

"For example, I was an artist at first, then a screenwriter, and finally a director."

"Another example is Yimou. He was a photographer at the beginning." "Of course, I'm not saying that industrialization, specialization, and standardization are not good. I just want to say that the only way to industrialize the film is that you can't become fat in one go, and the relevant supporting talents are scarce. One of the difficulties.”

"The vast majority of the crew members are just guerrillas. After filming a movie, they just slap their butts and get out. As for when the next movie will be, they don't know."

"Industrialization should gradually move towards formalization. The more prosperous the film market is, the scarier the talent will be and the higher the remuneration will be. The market will make its choice when the time comes."

Feng Pengtong's words were indeed correct at first glance, and they were also very reasonable. Not only did he 'refute' Lu Yuan, but he also ridiculed Lu Yuan for his lack of words and inability to do things effectively.

Only fantasy.

However, if you look into it carefully, what he just said is just like Gao Yuliang's sophistry, slipping in concepts.

Is the scarcity of industrial talent a real hindrance?

shit!

How was Star Media’s Screenwriting Center established?

How was the production center established?

Where do the special effects designers, modelers, artists, and prop masters of Xingyue Pictures come from?

Are all the people in the photography department, art department, recording department, and styling department of Star Media just out of nowhere?

Different from when it was first established, Star Media now supports a large number of artists, set designers, prop designers, lighting engineers and other related crew members.

As long as they persist, they can even work 365 days a year.

There is work to do every day!

Because Star Media produces enough dramas, it doesn’t have enough people to support itself, so it has to recruit people from outside.

However, rather than looking for people, Star Media is more willing to recruit talents with relevant backgrounds and then slowly train them.

Looking at the domestic film and television industry, apart from the state-owned studios and private companies, only Star Media does this.

These crew members have all signed labor contracts, with basic wages and social security. Although the basic wages are very low, most of the income comes from working, but having social security or not is the difference between the guerrillas and the regular army.

Despite what Feng Pengtong said, couldn't Huayi behind him afford a professional team?

How could the first film and television company listed on the A-share market not be able to support it?

It's just that I don't want to give up money.

After all, salary + social security is a big expense.

Although he knew that Feng Pants was connoting himself, Lu Yuan did not tear it up in public.

No need.

He never thought of changing the film and television industry on his own, just like the Hollywood labor union system. Even if he became the king of movies and the richest man, he would not be able to change it.

All he has to do is guard Xingchen Media.

For the rest, the market will slowly teach you how to be a good person.

Just like the current movie market, the era where you can make money by just finding two big names and saving a book is almost over.

Why did Lu Yuan deliberately schedule "Now You See Me" as a Lunar New Year movie?

With the quality of "The Band of Thieves", if it is placed on the summer and National Day schedules, the box office performance will not be bad.

But he decided to make it during the Lunar New Year period, just to steal those people's box office.

Force them to make changes.

Then, Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Jiang Wen, Wang Zhongjun, Wang Changtian and other directors and private film and television company CEOs delivered speeches in turn.

The symposium lasted from 2pm to 6pm.

After the meeting, Wang Zhongjun took the initiative to find Lu Yuan and prepared to ease the relationship, but Lu Yuan did not give him face.

He directly refused his invitation on the grounds of engagement.

On the way back, Lu Yuan called Du Hua and silently kicked Huayi off the list of investors for the sequel to "Now You See Me".

As for the previously agreed-upon "Zhu Xian", Lu Yuan did not kick Huayi Brothers out.

Doing that is too obvious, no less than openly breaking up.

Besides, Lu Yuan would not do anything like that to break the contract.

It is extremely difficult to build a reputation, but it can collapse overnight.

(End of this chapter)