This top guy is crazy!

Chapter 429 Meeting
In September, on the issue of the decline in the film market, a special meeting was held under the leadership of multiple departments including the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, and Tianying Group, inviting experts and scholars, producers, distributors, and representatives of practitioners in the film industry to participate in the meeting.

It aims to analyze the current market situation, explore the reasons for the decline, and jointly study and formulate effective policy measures to promote the recovery of the film market.

Cheng Cheng, who has multiple identities as a 'practitioner representative', 'producer' and 'distributor', was also among the invited guests.

It just so happened that he was in the country, so he went there too.

Logically speaking, as the current leader of the Tianxia film industry, Cheng Cheng should be the most qualified to speak and should be the first to speak, but in the end he was not even given the chance to say a few words.

There were more than 20 people at the conference. The leaders and experts spoke for a while, and then the theater chain, distributors, and producers spoke for a while. When it was Cheng Cheng's turn, there was not much time left. Instead, the leaders and experts talked first.

Some say that the decline in the film market is related to the size of home TVs. If home TVs are too large, people can enjoy the same cinema experience at home, so fewer audiences are willing to go to the cinema. The size of home TVs should be strictly limited to less than 55 inches.

Others say that the time interval between a movie's release date and its availability on video sites is too short, and the movie can be available on video sites after a short wait, so no one wants to go to the cinema. In order to save the film market, the interval should be lengthened and the membership fees of video sites should be increased.

Originally, Cheng Cheng wanted to talk about his own views, but after hearing this, Cheng Cheng lost the desire to speak.

Damn it, are you crazy or am I crazy?

When it was his turn, he just said two random things, something like the movie tickets were too expensive and the quality had seriously declined, and then sat down.

After the meeting, Lu Zhuofeng found Cheng Cheng and said:
"You feel uncomfortable?"

Cheng Cheng glanced at him.

"I know what you're thinking," Lu Zhuofeng said with the look of an experienced person. "It's just that as Tianxia's current top director, you feel unhappy that you were not allowed to speak first, and that you are not valued. You are very angry, right?"

Cheng Cheng said: "I feel that calling me here but not using me is a waste of my time. If you don't want to listen to my opinions, why did you call me here?"

Lu Zhuofeng asked again: "Do you still think those experts dare to speak before we do, and think they understand movies better than us who make movies?"

Cheng Cheng nodded.

This time he was really angry.

Lu Zhuofeng patted Cheng Cheng on the shoulder, expressing his understanding, and said:
"You are still young and rarely attend such meetings. Do you really think this meeting is held to solve the problem? I have held such meetings too many times. How many years have we in the industry been talking about establishing a rating system and relaxing restrictions on supernatural themes? Is it useful? No. If either of these two things is achieved, the box office of the film market will soar by more than 30%. But will it? No. This kind of meeting is actually held for people in the industry to see, to tell them that we have noticed this problem and we are trying to find a solution, that's all."

He continued:

"Also, there is a reason why we let the experts speak first. Since this meeting is not aimed at solving problems, you cannot raise real issues, nor can you raise issues about the film market itself. This way, the leaders will look good. If you are really allowed to speak first, what if you raise some difficult issues?"

Cheng Cheng glanced at him:
"You old idiot."

Lu Zhuofeng smiled bitterly:
"I'm older and have more experience, so I understand it naturally. But I don't understand why the film market was still good last year, but it collapsed like this this year?"

He asked Cheng Cheng:

"What do you think is the reason?" Cheng Cheng: "Do you want me to tell the truth?"

Lu Zhuofeng said: "You say."

Cheng Cheng: "Excuse me for being blunt, because everyone in the film industry, including the theaters, distributors, directors, screenwriters, and actors, are all idiots. Everyone is trying to get the most out of the movie. The theaters set the ticket prices so high, and the distributors promote the movie recklessly. If the movie is good, it's fine, but if it's not, they promote it relentlessly. People are fooled this time and go to see the movie, but will they go to the theater again next time? The directors and screenwriters are the same. They don't know how to humble themselves to please the audience, and they often bring in their own agenda, making the audience hate the movie more and more. And the actors, they accept any role that comes their way, regardless of whether the script is good or not. Everyone is trying their best to stuff money into their own wallets, and everyone is destroying the foundation of the film market."

Lu Zhuofeng looked a little embarrassed.

Cheng Cheng said this as if he himself was not one of them.

But when I think of the movies Cheng Cheng has made, I feel that he is indeed qualified to say such things.

He said:

"Fortunately, I didn't let you speak first. If you had spoken first, no one would have been able to leave the stage."

The two men walked to the door. As soon as Lu Zhuofeng asked Cheng Cheng to have dinner, a man in an executive jacket rushed over. He said breathlessly, "Director Cheng, I finally found you. The leader wants to talk to you about something."

Cheng Cheng looked at Lu Zhuofeng, and Lu Zhuofeng said, "Then we can only arrange dinner together next time."

I followed the executive jacket into an office where the directors of Tianying Group and the leaders of Radio and Television were.

Seeing Cheng Cheng coming in, both of them smiled.

"Xiaocheng, come and sit down."

After sitting down, the director of Tianying Group smiled at Cheng Cheng:
"It seems that Director Cheng didn't say that he had a great time in the meeting just now. We held this meeting to collect opinions from all parties. After summarizing them, we will discuss whether there are any ways to revive the film market, so there are many people and opinions."

Cheng Cheng nodded without commenting.

At this time, the leader of the Radio and Television Bureau looked at Cheng Cheng kindly and asked:
"Director Xiao Cheng, do you know why we invited you here?"

Cheng Cheng shook his head:
"do not know."

The leaders of the Radio and Television Bureau and the directors of Tianying Group looked at each other, and then said to Cheng Cheng:
"We want to make a big-budget, high-special-effects movie based in our own country. This is the fastest way we can think of to boost box office in the short term, and you are the most suitable candidate. First, you have experience in global releases and have global release channels. You have global appeal and are very famous. Second, you have filmed "Resident Evil" and have a lot of experience in filming this kind of big-budget, high-special-effects movies, so we want to invite you."

Cheng Cheng expressed his understanding, then took it in his hands and asked:

"Making a big-budget movie cannot fundamentally save the domestic film market, but it can indeed boost box office in the short term. However, a big-budget movie is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and it is also very difficult for me."

What he meant was obvious.

He does have scripts. "The Wandering Earth 1" and "The Wandering Earth 2" are ready-made. He can even adapt "Inception", "Interstellar", "The Martian" and "The Matrix" into stories set in Tianxia.

But why should he give it to others to complete their political achievements?
Give me a reason first?
(End of this chapter)