Started as an independent producer in 1988

Chapter 366: Stealing each other’s home!
At the Beijing airport, Shi Nansheng and Xu Ke appeared together.

On the way to China Film Academy, Shi Nansheng looked at the buildings under construction outside and recalled what the city looked like when he came to Beijing ten years ago.

“The mainland is developing really fast.”

Shi Nansheng said with mixed feelings: "No wonder Chen Shiping was so confident back then."

Xu Ke nodded and said, "With the background of a great country, his confidence exceeds that of 99 percent of people."

"The key is that he really did it, and that's what matters most."

"Yeah, who would have thought."

Xu Ke also admired him a lot. It was not possible for most people to do such a thing well.

The right time, right place and right people are indispensable.

It is no exaggeration to say that Chen Shiping is a trendsetters of the times.

After a while, they arrived at the Central Film Studio.

The two men came to the door of Chen Shiping's office and heard noises inside before they knocked.

"Can't you reduce your expenses?! Then deduct it from your salary!"

"Don't give me so many excuses! If you can't do it, I'll replace you with someone more capable!"

"If I don't see any new plans tomorrow morning, you should pack up and go to the logistics department to get security uniforms and go guard the gate!"

Shi Nansheng and Xu Ke outside the door wanted to come back at another time.

Chen Shiping is a little irritable today. This is not a good time to talk about things.

Xu Ke and Shi Nansheng looked at each other and both felt that they should be more careful with their words later.

Soon the door of Chen Shiping's office opened from the inside, and a man with a helpless look on his face walked out, wiping his sweat.

It is so difficult to work under Chen Shiping.

The financial directors of other groups are all big leaders, so why is he being scolded every other day?

He was trained like a grandson!
Secretary Li looked at him sympathetically, then turned to the Xu Ke couple and said, "Please wait a moment, Mr. Chen and I will report to you."

"Okay, okay, we're not in a hurry." Xu Ke immediately said with a smile.

Secretary Li knocked on the door carefully and whispered to Chen Shiping who was drinking water inside: "Mr. Chen, Director Xu Ke and his team are here."

"Let them in and make two more cups of tea."

"Ok."

Secretary Li closed the door and came out, smiling and saying to Xu Ke and his wife, "Mr. Chen invites you in. What would you like to drink?"

"It's all right. Thank you for your hard work, Secretary Li."

"You're welcome." Xiao Li smiled and went to make tea.

Shi Nansheng and Xu Ke looked at each other, then pushed the door open and went in together.

In the office, Chen Shiping stood up and said, "Thank you for coming all the way here. Come and sit down."

"You're too polite, Mr. Chen." Shi Nansheng said with a smile.

After a few people sat down, Xiao Li also came in with tea, put down the cup and left.

Chen Shiping then said, "Have you paid attention to the situation at the Shanghai Film Festival these days?"

Shi Nansheng nodded and said, "I've heard some, but I'm not sure about the details."

Chen Shiping took a sip of tea and then slowly said, "Now that the domestic market has grown, its influence has also increased. Hollywood is very wary, and the distributors there have united to curb Chinese-language films."

Shi Nansheng hummed, looked at him and asked, "Is there no publisher willing to cooperate?"

"There isn't one at the moment, so we need to open up the market ourselves."

Chen Shiping paused and continued, "The Southeast Asian market is also unstable at the moment, and they all regard China Film as an imaginary enemy."

Shi Nansheng was not surprised, as this was something everyone knew.

No one wants to see China Film Corporation dominate the market, not to mention Japan and South Korea. The situation in China is similar now.

"This is normal. Japan and South Korea have always wanted to occupy the domestic market, but the development is not very good now."

Chen Shiping nodded and said, "The problem now is that if Hollywood cannot open up the market in China, it is very likely to choose to support the Japanese and Korean entertainment industries to interfere with us and compete for the Asian market."

Xu Ke couldn't help but interrupt, "Shouldn't we stabilize the domestic and Asian markets first, and then consider the European and American markets?"

"Hollywood also wants us to do this, to focus on one thing and lose another." Chen Shiping laughed and said, "These foreigners are also playing the art of war."

Shi Nansheng raised his eyebrows and said, "So you want me to go to Europe and the United States to open up the market, so that they can also lose sight of the big picture?"

This is extremely difficult. It is very easy for Hollywood to influence the Japanese and Korean markets.

They are father and son.

If she goes to the European and American markets, it would be like going to the enemy's base camp to instigate rebellion, which would be incredibly difficult.

Chen Shiping nodded and said, "Yes, it is very difficult, but it is not impossible."

Shi Nansheng asked curiously: "What ideas do you have?"

Chen Shiping took out a document and threw it over and said:

“The European market is centered around the three major film festivals. They are short of money, but they don’t want to rely on Hollywood for complete commercialization and lose their own divinity, so there are still many opportunities.

Now most of the art films in Asia have investment from China Film Group, freed from the control of the Big Three. They desperately need Asian filmmakers to rejoin in order to maintain their influence.

Just like Cannes now, only European countries are participating, and its influence has declined significantly.

The current situation of the Big Three is much more dangerous than ours. The film trading market in Cannes has been sluggish in recent years. A large number of Asian films are not traded or participating in the competition. Cannes' influence in Asia is almost dropping to freezing point.

To build an elite brand, you need a steady stream of excellent films and directors to support it.

North American directors are too lazy to go to the three major European film festivals, and Asian directors are all attracted to the Asian International Film Festival, leaving only filmmakers from those European countries to entertain themselves, and they will soon become without any influence. "

When Shi Nansheng heard Chen Shiping talk about this, he admired him very much.

He really had the vision and courage to organize the Asian Film Festival with great success.

By spending a lot of money on various support and promotions, they were able to attract most of the Asian directors.

Asian directors have to flatter themselves if they go to the three major European film festivals, but when they come to China to participate in film festivals, not only is the competition less, but the treatment they receive is also completely different.

It's not just respect, but also all kinds of support.

The first two Asian Film Festivals weren’t that great, but now the situation is completely different.

For the award-winning films and nominated films, China Film Group is really willing to spend money on promotion.

The same is true for the trading market. If no international film producers are interested in a film, China Film will buy it with its own money. At least those filmmakers will not go home empty-handed.

China Film Group bought the films and then helped distribute them, producing discs to fill the film library of the movie channel.

In short, we won’t lose money. Even if some films lose money, it doesn’t matter.

The influence of the Asian International Film Festival has been spread, and the right to speak in the Asian film market is in our hands.

Otherwise, how could the roots of the three major European countries be uprooted?

The three major European film festivals focus on elite culture, and their film funds are aimed at individual outstanding directors to support them in setting examples.

Before there are competitors, this method of concentrating resources to establish a model is very good, but it is different after there are competitors.

No matter how awesome Cannes is, it’s useless if you don’t invest in my movies.

When there are benefits, everyone will support you, but when there are no benefits, who will know you?
In the whole world, the countries that are good at making movies are Europe and the United States and Asia. If we lose the Asian market and North America doesn't care about the three major European countries, then we will only be left with those European countries.

International Category A film festivals are almost becoming regional international film festivals.

Isn’t this a fucking European international film?

The three major European teams now feel like Chen Shiping has brought them to the same level with a series of random punches.

The rhythm of a random punch killing a master. Shi Nansheng figured it out at this time, looked at Chen Shiping and said:
"Are you targeting those art theaters? But in places like France, the movies are all controlled by the government, so we can't interfere."

Chen Shiping nodded and said, "If France won't cooperate, then we can turn to Germany and Italy. The competition among the three countries is even more intense.

Whoever gets support from the Asian market will be able to redefine the European leader. Don’t you often make such movies in Hong Kong? "

Shi Nansheng: “.” How did you connect Young and Dangerous with politics?

But the contempt is still very vivid. All three gangs want to be the leader. Now everyone's strength is about the same, so whoever has foreign aid will be the best.

The Asian film market has suddenly become a treasure.

No, it's a dragon-headed cane.

Everybody wants to compete.

Xu Ke couldn't help but say, "Many film funds in Europe are supporting mainland art film directors. They won't cooperate so easily, right?"

"They only have a few dollars, they are extremely poor, how many people can they invest in?"

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It’s different if you’re rich!

The financial situation of the three major film festivals is far worse than that of China Film. They all claim to be literary and artistic, but have very few commercial operations. The key is that the costs there are also high.

The money I earn is not enough to spend.

Shi Nansheng thought for a while and almost sorted out his thoughts.

You know what, this is really possible!

Chen Shiping's brain is suitable for politics.

In fact, Chen Shiping was just talking about what would happen in the future.

The three major European companies will all actively embrace the Chinese market in the next few years.

Cannes will cooperate with domestic parties in all aspects and even organize the Cannes Night to increase its popularity and brand in China.

In order to avoid fiscal deficits, expand its influence and attract investment, Venice frequently invites domestic filmmakers to participate in the competition and has also held many Chinese-language film promotion conferences.

The same is true in Berlin.

But they are not only trying to please the Chinese market, they are also trying to please Hollywood at the same time.

You have to eat to do art!

Chen Shiping looked at Shi Nansheng and said, "If you go to Europe, you can represent China Film Group to discuss cooperation with them. Sino-French artistic exchanges are still very frequent, and they should not be too resistant.

We can discuss film funds and film cooperation. The group will also invite European directors and actors to shoot films in China next year to support you. "

Shi Nansheng nodded and said, "Are you planning to open up the market through co-production, mainly to increase your popularity?"

"Yes."

“What about the North American market?”

"The North American market is a capital game, and it needs a bold and greedy troublemaker."

Shi Nansheng: “.” You are not talking about me, are you?

"Harvey Weinstein is a good candidate. You can approach him to make some noise and stir things up."

"Yeah, I see what you mean."

Shi Nansheng finally understood that this was done for those people in Hollywood to see.

If you come to block my market development, I will go to your voting base to sabotage you.

Stealing each other's homes!
After Chen Shiping finished chatting with Shi Nansheng, he looked at Xu Ke and asked, "What do you want?"

"We're working on the special effects. The filming of The Legend of Zu has been completed." Xu Ke said in a relaxed tone.

Chen Shiping scratched his brow and said, "Shushan, let's do less special effects to save some money."

Xu Ke: “???” What do you mean!
Chen Shiping patted Xu Ke on the shoulder and said, "I've read your script, it's not very good. Don't spend money on special effects, so you can lose less money."

Originally, Shi Nansheng was planning to talk to Chen Shiping about the directing rights of Uncharted 3, but now he doesn't know how to start.

Xu Ke said unconvincedly: "I haven't even watched the movie yet, why don't you watch it?"

"Then take a look. I'll just invite you to watch it the day after tomorrow. The special effects are great."

Chen Shiping smiled and called Secretary Xiao Li and asked her to prepare the screening room.

At this moment, Xu Ke was still muttering that he had taken very good photos and there would definitely be no problem.

Chen Shiping didn't argue with him. You'll know after you finish watching the movie.

The Legend of Zu has a good imagination of oriental fantasy and the special effects are also very good, but the story is really not good.

They soon arrived at the projection room, and Xu Ke took out a copy from his bag and handed it to the projectionist.

Originally this copy was intended for special effects, but now I'm showing it to Chen Shiping first.

Chen Shiping sat down and asked with a smile, "Should we watch the day after tomorrow or yours first?"

"Watch The Legend of Zu first! I'll wait for you to apologize to me." Xu Ke was still competing in his heart.

I was suppressed by Chen Shiping back then and became his tool for several years. Now that I finally get to make a movie myself, I have to prove it to him!
Chen Shiping shrugged and said, "I hope to apologize to you, too."

"Then you think about the words first." Xu Ke said confidently.

Chen Shiping raised his eyebrows and said nothing more.

Then let’s take a look.

The movie started soon, and it started in the style of a Hong Kong movie.

The characteristics of Hong Kong films are very obvious, and even if the actors don’t speak, you can see them through the pictures.

Hong Kong films are the most localized films. They were popular in Southeast Asia in the 1980s, but are now completely unpopular.

Times are changing, and things that are too localized are indeed difficult to become popular again.

Even Chen Shiping wouldn't dare to do this, and he would add a lot of international elements into the script and film creation.

You have to add it. If you want to enter the market, you have to make trade-offs.

In the screening room, Xu Ke couldn't help but turn his head to see Chen Shiping's reaction.

But it was impossible to tell what he was thinking in the dim light.

He began to feel a little unconfident, and Shi Nansheng suddenly reached out and held his arm.

Xu Ke breathed a sigh of relief and slowly relaxed.

Chen Shiping didn't see any surprises. Now without the special effects, "The Legend of Zu" has no highlights at all.

Except Zhang Baizhi who is quite good-looking.

Hong Kong's actors also began to update and iterate, and Chen Shiping's mind gradually moved away from movies.

I miss Rosamund Kwan, Brigitte Lin and the others.

I'll go to Hong Kong to see them in a few days.

It’s not good to always ask them to come over to see you. Sometimes you have to take the initiative.

At this time, Secretary Li was almost falling asleep while watching the movie.

What kind of movie is this? It’s in Cantonese and I can’t understand it at all. The plot is also a mess and there are so many characters.

Secretary Li complained a few words in his heart and slowly began to doze off.

Xu Ke looked at the dazed Chen Shiping, then at the dozing secretary Li, and his teeth were about to break.

Such a bad shot!

Do you know how to appreciate? ! !
It must be because there are no special effects!
If you have the guts, wait for me to add special effects!
Damn, it’s so easy to bully!
(End of this chapter)