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Chapter 1818 The Golden Age (First Update, Please Subscribe)
What were the sixties?
What is certain is that the film industry is in a period of overall decline, with Hollywood being the most representative example. The 30s to 50s were Hollywood's golden age, and Hollywood's golden age came to an end in the late 50s.

There are many reasons for this old age, and one of the most typical reasons is television - the impact of small screens on big screens. The TV in the living room has replaced the 10-cent movie ticket, and watching a few movies a week has been replaced by television.

The impact of television on movies is that people can enjoy entertainment without leaving home, which has led to a significant decrease in the number of moviegoers. In the 30s, 60% of American citizens went to the cinema at least once a week, but since the 60s, this proportion has stagnated at only 10%.

It is for this reason that in the 1960s, almost everyone believed that movies were coming to an end.

"In twenty years at the latest, television will completely replace movies!"

It is easy to imagine the impact this conclusion of the Wall Street Journal would have on Hollywood. For a time, stocks of all film companies plummeted.

It is a consensus among everyone that the film industry will come to an end.

However, there are exceptions to everything. At least Li Yian is very clear that not only will movies not be replaced, but they will also enter a new golden age.

“The golden age of movies has arrived!”

Putting down the newspaper in his hand, Li Yian said:
"Since The Terminator... no, it should be said that since Star Wars, movies have entered the era of big productions. Only big productions can survive!"

"really."

Li Yiyang nodded and said:

"Small screens cannot show the cinematic effects of big-budget movies. For the viewing effect, big-budget movies are more suitable for watching in theaters. And if movies want to compete with television, they can only rely on visual effects."

Li Yi Yang is the son of Ava. Like his sister Li Shi Yuan, he looks more European. Although he is only 22 years old, he is already a well-known movie star and director.

This is entirely influenced by Ava. Perhaps because she has never become a famous movie actor in her life, she is obsessed with the movie Ava Gardner.

So, when Li Yi Yang was 9 years old, he began to play guest roles in movies under the name of Leon Gardner. Relying on his handsome appearance, he became a child star at a very young age. If it weren't for Li Yi An's restrictions, he would probably have become a child star.

However, Li Yi Yang does have his preference for movies. He has liked shooting with a camera since he was a few years old. When he was 14 years old and in junior high school, he shot a low-cost movie, which actually made a profit after its release. Since then, he has been unstoppable. When he was years old, he shot a movie describing the life of new soldiers, which actually made it into the monthly box office list.

Now, he has already gained a certain degree of fame, but compared to being an actor, he prefers to be a director and screenwriter. He is also the screenwriter of "Terminator", and although the concept of this movie comes from a story he heard as a child, it incorporates some of his ideas.

The reason why I talked about this topic with my son was not only because the filming of "Terminator" had already started, but more importantly, the military action in Jordan at the beginning of the year had some impact on SEA.

Especially in the eyes of some white leftists, SEA is a "corporate empire" that is more evil than the United States. They even claim that it is "the embodiment of the ultimate model of capital" and "disregards basic human morality" such as international law. In response to this, Li Yian just laughed.

But deep down in his heart, he knew very well that this was a public opinion battle that must be won.

And "Terminator" is just one of all the links, because cultural output is essentially based on commercial blockbusters like "Terminator" rather than high-brow "art films".

The art is good, but the audience is too small.

If you want to win the war of public opinion, it is not about how many newspapers and TV stations you have, because in Europe and the United States, no person or country can monopolize public opinion - just like in the United States, there are hundreds of TV stations and thousands of radio stations. Who can monopolize it?
Even if you spend a lot of money to buy one, people only need to spend hundreds of thousands of US dollars to build another one.

Therefore, it is very difficult for SEA to control public opinion in Europe, just to muddy the waters. As for controlling it, don’t even think about it, because you can’t control it. And you can’t do it.

The governments of Europe and the United States cannot do it, let alone foreigners. But there is a group of people who can do it - white leftists. Those people have considerable say in both the film and entertainment industry and the news industry.

After all, the biggest characteristic of white left virtue is the pursuit of maximizing personal reputation while abandoning social responsibility. Without paying the slightest price, they can grab a lofty moral reputation and seek personal reputation by doing good deeds for others. Who wouldn't want to do this?
As for those who have a strong sense of responsibility towards their family, community and country, and who uphold traditional moral values, they need to make contributions, take responsibility and make sacrifices.

Therefore, selfish people instinctively choose the white left's moral values ​​of generosity to others - without doing anything, just talking about what you should do, and then turning yourself into the embodiment of virtue. These people are the best at it.

Therefore, in the cultural field, there are too many people who have seized the reputation of lofty morals through moral kidnapping.

Therefore, if you want to defeat them, you can't rely on debates in newspapers.

The most important thing is cultural output. Through cultural output, we can reduce the influence of white leftists in the cultural field. This is the right way.

The output of SEA’s film and television products is the most important link.

"So, when shooting this film, you have to consider the visual impact, which is the fundamental premise to attract people to the cinema..."

Then Li Yian talked to his son about "Terminator", which is not just a movie, but a whole series. However, compared with the old version of "Terminator", his series also contains some satires on "white leftists" and adds some white left content. In short, it is the Madonna's heart that leads to the extinction of mankind.

Listening to his father's description of the liquid robot and other details and the grand world view, Li Yiyang was stunned. After a while, he said:

"Dad, when we were little, you didn't seem to say so much. The latter part seems to be more exciting."

Li Yian took a long puff of his cigar and sighed, "Yes, when you were little, there were too many things going on, and I didn't tell you enough stories. Well, let's not talk about this anymore. I heard from your aunt that our theaters in the United States have basically completed the upgrade of sound and other facilities. Well, if your Terminator is released, it will be just in time."

Ten years ago, at the instruction of Li Yian, the company took advantage of the impact of television on the film industry and the decline of the American film industry, and acquired the American Cinema Chain Company at a low price on the basis of acquiring some cinema chains. From then on, the largest cinema chain company in the United States became its own property.

This is also the reason why SEA films can gain ground in the United States - theaters decide what the audience watches, as long as the movie is exciting enough.

"In order to compete with the TV industry, movies must achieve competitiveness that TV does not have, so the big screen and high-budget productions are its only choice. In the future, big productions like Terminator will draw audiences back to the cinema with their wonderful pictures. However, you should note that this kind of big production does not mean spending a lot of money. The most important thing is to have visual impact."

In fact, Hollywood also has a clear understanding of this. Faced with the impact of television, the Hollywood film industry went crazy. Widescreen technology stretched the screen size to twice that of traditional movies. For example, although "Cleopatra" in 1963 was the box office champion of that year, it failed to recover its costs even half a century later.

"Like Cleopatra, in order to achieve the grandeur of the scenes, huge sets hundreds of feet long were built, which cost a lot of money. The only problem is... who cares about the scenes of Cleopatra?
What people need is visual impact, only in this way will they be willing to buy tickets! As a director, you need to come up with more exciting, diverse and novel works. "

Listening to his father's analysis, Li Yiyang nodded and said:

"It seems that I only need to polish the stories you told us when we were little, and it will become a big production... Well, that's it. I have a cheat. Maybe, I can consider making a disaster movie for my next movie."

His son's words made Li Yian laugh. Later, he talked to his son about some suggestions for disaster films. Although they could not make a disaster film like "2012" due to limited technical capabilities, they could still make movies like "Jaws".

“…We can add some more characters to the movie—white leftists, those characters whose saintly hearts overflow but lead to the expansion of disasters.”

"I understand. They are people who mean well but do bad things."

Li Yi Yang is not unfamiliar with the term "white left". After all, when he was a child, he and his brothers and sisters had heard of many such characters when listening to their father's stories. Their actions were simply - disgusting.

Therefore, he has an instinctive aversion to such people.

"In other words, they are a group of people who do bad things in the name of doing good things!"

Listening to his son's comments on that kind of people, Li Yian laughed. Fortunately, his children still have very positive outlooks!

"Yes, these are the people. We need to give them some space in the movie. It doesn't need to be too much. Sometimes, just a few lines are enough. In short, we need to highlight the one who harms others and ourselves."

Is this cultural export?
Yes, it doesn’t take much, just a few lines and a few shots will make some people remember those saintly bitches, and eventually the subtle influence will change a lot of things.

As for how much it can change, it is not important. What is important is the right to speak. After all, SEA cannot survive alone in this world. If it wants to win the future great struggle, it must defeat some opponents, including those white leftists. Although their existence may not be a bad thing for the future competition between SEA and the United States, it is not necessarily a good thing for SEA.

After all, in essence, white leftists are the AIDS of human civilization, and this AIDS will spread, and will eventually spread to SEA. So, this is like a blocking war. You can't just think about stopping it when you are affected. You must take the initiative.

Movies are just one part of it. Rather than being a cultural export, it is more about building a "conservative" cultural fortress. If SEA does not occupy this position in the cultural field, it will be occupied by the white left in Hollywood. Perhaps people are not aware of this harm now.

But what about decades later?
Things like Black Shawei, Black Mermaid, Black Snow Princess, etc. are precisely the white left's monopoly on the right to speak.

Whether it is the white left or the so-called minority groups, they are gathering strength to undermine the so-called "tradition" in their own unique way. At the beginning, they will not be recognized by everyone, and many people will even laugh at them, but slowly, as they continue to "speak out", in the end, they succeed and make the world think that they are the majority.

Sometimes, the world is so absurd that when most people choose to remain silent, the minority monopolizes the voice and makes the world think that they are the majority.

Therefore, the most important thing is to stop them from the very beginning, to strangle them from the very beginning, so that they have no chance to speak out.

This is exactly what the SEA cultural output process is doing.

Just as Li Yian and his son were discussing the idea of ​​a movie, the phone suddenly rang. Li Yian picked up the phone and listened to the voice on the other end. A smile appeared on his face. The corners of his mouth turned up.

"Very good, now that we have found it, let's proceed as planned, right..."

After a brief pause, Li Yian said:
"That's it, find them and then kill them!"

After that, Li Yian put down the phone.
Looking at his father with a smile on his face, Li Yiyang thought for a moment and said:

"You found those terrorists, didn't you?"

He understood his father, and based on his father's words, he had already got the answer.

"Yes."

Li Yian nodded and said:

"Now, it's time for revenge..."

(End of this chapter)