China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

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The establishment of a film festival will inevitably face resistance from other film festivals.
Competition on multiple levels, including competition for resources, overlapping positioning, and competition for cultural discourse power.

For other film festivals, it is an extreme threat.

Especially when the founder is Guan Ling.

No matter who it is, it is impossible to just sit back and do nothing.

For international film festivals, one of the core resources is the world premiere rights for high-quality films.

For example, the Cannes Film Festival, with its historical status and influence, has always been able to attract top directors and works.

What’s the new film festival appeal?

Honor is incomparable, only bonus is real.

Therefore, financial support needs to be strong, and sufficient support must be given in terms of government subsidies, corporate sponsorship, and box office revenue.

Otherwise, it would be difficult to match the appeal of the Magic City.

In fact, Hainan had hosted an international film festival in its past, but due to a broken capital chain and delayed prize money, it ultimately failed to take shape. It collapsed once in the middle and only gradually recovered later.

Moreover, homogeneous competition is not just domestic competition. The Shanghai International Film Festival's venture capital unit and Asian Newcomer Award support local Asian films, while the Busan International Film Festival also focuses on this market. The two are quite overlapping.

So there are quite fierce fights every year.

There is also a struggle for cultural discourse power, artistry, and political expression. If the establishment of a new film festival is to challenge the discourse power of certain films, the inertial resistance of the industry will naturally be difficult to explain.

It's not just about the credibility, authority, value, transparency, authoritative review, difficulty of industrial chain integration, etc. of the award.

The establishment of some international film festivals in the past was very interesting, such as the Swiss Black Independent International Film Festival and independent films focusing on Africa, Latin America and other places, which seized the market gap.

When Guan Ling decided to prepare for the international film festival, the entire film industry was a little confused.

It can even be said that it was caught off guard.

This is of course a good thing for the director.

But for many people who have already published many works at these film festivals, or whose core interests are already concerned, their heads are buzzing.

The entire film industry was suddenly in a state of impending storm.

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The New Year's Day holiday has just passed.

The weather in the capital is chilly. When you walk outside, the biting cold wind blowing on your face will make you feel suffocated.

But once you enter the house, it instantly becomes warm like spring.

Film Bureau.

Director Tong poured a cup of hot tea.

Han Sanpin sat beside him, picked up the tea and blew on it gently, causing ripples in the teacup.

"He talked to me about this."

Han Sanpin said, "I guess he has reported it to Director Tong, right? I just didn't expect it to be exposed by the media first."

"We have eyes and ears around us." Director Tong smiled. "The film industry is not just a person, but a network of lines between people. These lines have formed a big network that even you and I cannot control. It has already covered everyone. It's not surprising that we can get through it."

"Besides, this matter can't be kept secret. It's not something special that needs to be kept secret."

The two looked at each other, their tone was calm, but there was still a hint of coldness in their expressions.

This matter suddenly broke out after New Year's Day. The two of them didn't know whether it was Guan Ling who released it, but if it was Guan Ling who released it, his intentions were already obvious.

This matter is not negotiable.

If you’re going to fight, you’ve got to fight hard and thrillingly!
When the entire network knows about it, the Film Bureau can of course just wave its hand and refuse to establish it.

But why?
What reason does the Film Bureau have to do these things?
The development of industry films is one of the reasons for establishing the film festival. As an industry benchmark, Guan Ling wants to work with the local government to establish such a film festival organization. There is no reason to refuse.

Of course Director Tong was not going to refuse.

But before they discussed and approved it at the meeting, the leak of this matter itself was unusual.

If the news was leaked by people close to them, it means that some untouchable power struggles have begun to alert certain people with vested interests.

You are about to accept a new threat.

A threat that dares to fire at someone who defines the conventional cultural discourse.

The threat of someone trying to restructure and even control cultural discourse,

A threat from a ruthless person.

He was warning, informing, and creating obstacles out of thin air to whether the film festival would be approved.

At least in the vertical direction, it caused trouble for the Film Bureau.

On the other hand, if it was done by Guan Ling, then this matter would be even more troublesome.

Because this means that Guan Ling has already begun to prepare for the overall situation, which may cause greater trouble to the Film Bureau than imagined.

They would rather see steady growth in the domestic film industry.

Rather than an internal strife for the throne.

This king is not the king of the directing industry.

Because the king deserves to be Guan Ling.

The king who is far ahead in both box office and awards.

Instead, he is the king of the film industry, the king of cultural definition rights, the king of circle culture, and even the uncrowned king of the entire Chinese film and television industry.

There is a saying that goes, whoever controls the right to define controls the world.

International film festivals are actually a battle for definitional power.

In particular, Han Sanpin and Director Tong already knew what the theme of the Guanling Film Festival was.

"roar!"

Focusing on the new generation of Chinese films, the new generation of directors, directors who dare to fire at the narratives of the older generation, defining the new generation of films that deconstruct power, and so on, these words are what Guan Ling had told them before, and they were also what shook their minds.

If a king must be killed in a fight, it would be fine if the winner is decided in a short time.

But if this war drags on for a long time, it will definitely do more harm than good to the development of Chinese films.

So ask them if they support it.

They are also hesitating and are in ambiguity.

Of course, they knew that if Guan Ling really set up an international film festival, the first thing he would produce would be bad movies.

And what is behind the bad movies?
It's capital.

It is a circle of greed.

It's something indescribable.

They know it, but it's unavoidable.

...

Guan Ling understands very well the things that they find difficult to describe.

In his previous life, after filming Wolf Warrior 2, Wu Jing suffered from insomnia for a long time.

The fundamental reason behind this incident is not the pressure of becoming famous overnight.

Instead, Wu Jing did something that made the entire Chinese film industry silent.

Because he invested the entire production budget into props, scenery and effects.

To put it simply, he really took the money to make a movie.

He created the Chinese people's own film industry, and he was the Chinese and the industrial process of Chinese films.

And behind this matter is the cake of countless people.

In a horizontal comparison, what were the box office revenues of more than 1 billion or 2 billion at that time?
It’s Due West, Charlotte, Hi, Mom, Red River, the Ex-Files series, as well as various martial arts films, action films, and romance films.

You don’t even have to leave Hengdian.

The costumes, makeup, props and scenery are all ready-made works.

A good script and more stars equals a hit movie.

This is the algorithm, right?
Of course not!

This is unreasonable!

Why can’t Chinese films make blockbusters? Because everyone can make bad movies!
The financial game only requires the left hand to go to the right hand.

There's no need to dig up the ground or use a chisel, an axe or a saw. You don't even need to crash into a wrecked car. You don't even need to use a wire. Just use a stand-in.

There is no gorgeous background, no solid props, just traffic and good looks are enough to make people buy tickets.

Even foreign countries have remade a comedy film in which the protagonist takes some diet pills to lose 70 or 80 pounds, and puts it in a movie, which becomes a touching soul-stirring moment.

It can get a box office of 30 to 40 billion.

Or maybe the ghost soldiers are passing through, the midnight race, one person is booking the whole place, the speed is passionate, all the seats are sold out, in fact, it is locked...

And so on.

I don’t know how many there are.

Wait until short videos and short dramas appear.

They still have the nerve to question the national audience.

Why not go to the theater? Why not watch a movie?
Why? I can’t bear to waste my energy.
Can't bear the hardship,

I can't put in the real effort.

Just want to make quick money,
Then you have no right to complain about the current state of the industry!
They are not even qualified to complain about the platform and the audience.

It's that simple.

A good work requires care.

Guan Ling is different, he is cheating and cannot be considered a human being.

As long as countless tools are used to realize it according to his picture.

But for many people, a good story, a few professional actors, or even no professionalism is needed, and a few obedient actors are enough to produce a good work.

For example, "Drawing Sword", a classic for twenty years.

But capital doesn't like it.

What everyone likes is "Drawing Sword: Thunder Warrior". It is simple and easy to make. Don’t care whether it is a classic or not, just care whether it is simple or not.

Just spend money on it. The previous work was a huge hit, so you can’t lose money.

Of course you can earn better as long as you have good looks and traffic.

For example, Yang Tianbao's "Song of the Clouds: A Romance of a Great Man" was poorly made, but it made money.

Everybody likes it. Everybody loves it.

Only movies like "The Heart Labyrinth" that were bullied by everyone, could not be shown in theaters, and could not get scheduled for screening were left, and it barely climbed into the top 250 rankings on Douban with a box office of tens of millions.

No one cares whether the work is good or not, everyone only cares about whether they can settle the accounts, make money, and reap some profits.

And Wu Jing set a bad example for this circle.

In his previous life, Guo Fan also set a bad example, so when half of the green soldiers passed through the lake, they knew what capital is king.

Openly and in front of the eyes of countless audiences, he staged a "beautiful" comeback.

The dumplings in the previous life were the same. They started out standing in the corner with "Nezha 2" during the Lunar New Year holiday. After days of loneliness, they were unstoppable and broke into the box office of billion.

And work all the way up to 16 billion.

It destroyed the ambitions of capital.

Cut off the wishful thinking of capital!

And in the following six months, the entire film market became sluggish again to an exaggerated degree.

This made many people in the film industry wonder whether it was a dream.

Guan Ling knew what those people were afraid of.

They are just worried that Guan Ling will take up the banner and become the public enemy of the "mainstream" film industry!
But, so what?

If it was in 2023 in his previous life, Guan Ling might not be able to withstand the collective encirclement.

But in this life, this is 2013, and Guan Ling himself is very different.

Go ahead.

We need to make this fire burn more vigorously.

Let those people,

It's so scary!

Let those capitalists clean their eyes and take a look at the melancholy and fear of the traffic nodes.

In the previous life, this time would soon enter the era of traffic.

Guan Ling also didn't know that his actions would cause various changes.

Perhaps with just a few gestures, the era of traffic will disappear into thin air, or the ceiling may be reduced by half.

Guan Lin narrowed his eyes and looked up at the sky. His expression was cold and silent.

...

A message.

It set the Chinese entertainment industry on fire.

It also triggered the anger of people in Shandong Province.

Anhui,

Song Qian, who had just finished participating in the "National Drama Festival", fluttered her eyebrows and eyelashes when she saw the news.

“Qingdao, Director Guan wants to build an international film festival in Qingdao!”

There was a gleam of excitement on little Song Qian's face.

She was born in Qingdao, debuted in South Korea, and just returned to China not long ago. She recently won the title of New Actress at the "National Drama Festival" in Anhui.

Then I traveled to Anhui for fun.

For her, the excitement has not yet passed, but this excitement is completely different from the excitement that Guan Ling is going to host an international film festival at her doorstep.

For someone like her who is just starting out, she certainly knows what changes an international film festival right next to her home town will bring.

Including but not limited to whether a film and television base will be established and whether she will be given more opportunities.

After thinking a lot, Song Qian's eyes flashed with a strange light.

All in all, Song Qian's face was filled with pride for a moment.

"I really seem to be making progress!"

"In the future, will I have the chance to meet Director Guan in person?"

Song Qian chuckled and fell into daydreaming.

...

At the same time, there are many Qingdao movie stars such as Bai Baihe, Huang Xiaoming, Fan Bingbing, Huang Bo, Wang Xiaochen, etc.

Even many Shandong Province stars in Jinan, Dezhou and Jining were filled with excitement at this moment.

Wang Yan, Zhu Yuanyuan, Li Yitong, Jin Chen, Zhang Yuqi, and even female celebrities like Chen Hao all began to inquire about the news.

Many male actors also rely on their own connections to obtain relevant information.

Everyone knows that if Qingdao organizes a good international film festival, the related industries will gradually develop rapidly.

Then the benefits outweigh the disadvantages for everyone.

There are also many more opportunities.

These are all the benefits that Director Guan brought to them.

Shanying Group also started negotiations with the Qingdao government.

Money, land, support, policy.

All must be paved and opened.

The Qingdao government strongly supports it and allows social enterprises to participate.

All news, progress is going well.

Another few days passed.

The noise online and the voices of support are growing louder and louder.

At this time, Guan Ling received news from home.

Mom called.

"Son, you've done a good job. If you're poor, you can take care of yourself. If you're rich, you can help the world. I heard from Bingbing that you're now adding benefits to the people in our province."

Mom's voice was full of confidence.

Guan Ling was stunned.

Unexpectedly, Fan Bingbing also started to attack my mother.

Is this also an attempt to overtake others?

However, the next second, Guan's mother asked again.

"But I've seen a lot of news online, and I've seen a lot of people saying that you're under pressure and that you need to compete with others. Is that true?"

"It's not that exaggerated, Mom. You're overthinking it."

"I don't understand these things of yours, but they seem to be exaggerating. But you really mean to compete."

"There's no job that doesn't involve competition, Mom."

"Well, are you afraid?"

Guan Ling was stunned.

Many people were worried about whether he could do it, but no one asked him if he was afraid.

Guan Ling hesitated for two seconds and dared not hesitate any longer.

he smiled.

“Mom, I’m brave.

The bravest of the three armies."

(End of this chapter)