Coquettish Rebirth

After paying attention to the box office in North America, Jia Hongjian turned his attention back to China.On the one hand, the registration for the Oscars is completely done by the employees of DreamWorks, and on the other hand, "Inception" will also be screened in China.That's right, although many people seem to think that the Spring Festival file should be a time period for the protection of Chinese movies, it is actually not!In the entire Chinese box office market, the clear "domestic protection month" is actually a summer time in June-July every year, and the introduction of overseas blockbuster movies is not encouraged.And such a so-called "domestic protection month" was only introduced in 6. At the same time, it was not released in black and white in a document, but it was verbal...or it was such a message circulated in the industry. !

As for such a thing as the domestic protection month, if you really want to talk about it, it is actually not on the table-because it was agreed during the WTO negotiations. When talking with the United States, there is no such thing as a one-month limit in the agreement. You can't tell others what is said in the film!And big brother, this is one of the two golden time slots in a year, the summer vacation. The summer vacation was originally two months, and it was dropped for a month. If there is a clear text about this thing, Hollywood manufacturers will definitely dare to sue the relevant functional departments in China How about it!This is Chi Guoguo's breach of agreement!But it is just word of mouth that there is such a protection month. For example, companies responsible for importing American blockbuster films will not buy blockbuster films during that month.In this way, the Yankees can't sue, right?Although anyone with a discerning eye can see that there is something wrong with this method, but no one can catch the wrong!

After all, to be honest, the state has not issued an administrative order, and there is no evidence!And the importers on the Chinese side have indeed purchased American blockbusters according to the amount agreed each year, and even the summer blockbusters are bought according to the normal amount-it's just that all kinds of theaters are arranged to be released in August. All kinds of blockbusters, let all kinds of Hollywood summer blockbusters kill each other... This is really going to be brought to the legal level, it is the result of the theaters' own choice, the relevant personnel of the theaters will not come out to testify, even if they come out to testify , who got the real file?Who even really listened to which leader said that American blockbuster movies are not allowed to be shown between June and July?No.nothing!Therefore, it is impossible to even have recordings and other evidence in this way!Everything is just a "rumor" passed on by everyone!

Is this approach smart or not?Of course it's smart. Before that, Jia Hongjian always thought that such a method was very smart.Anyway, he is not an American. Although he is the boss of a Hollywood film company, so what?As a Chinese, we still can't settle this?General Hollywood manufacturers.That is now released in North America, and then consider other countries to release.But there is a problem, it is prone to piracy-sometimes the piracy group will let people go to the cinema with a handheld camera to secretly shoot!Of course, this kind of pirated version is called gun version in China, and it is the kind of pirated version with the worst effect.And a little better effect of piracy.Either I was lucky enough to get a basically edited film that was accidentally released by the film company, or I copied it directly, otherwise, I can only wait for the DVD to come out before making a pirated version.

So half of the summer blockbusters released in the United States in May, of course they want to be released in China as soon as possible - Chinese piracy is so popular!The longer you wait, the more serious the piracy will be, so the box office of genuine movies will definitely be lower!And if there is not much difference in release time between China and the United States, wouldn't it be possible to avoid the impact of piracy as much as possible?If there is a big gap in the release time, for example, if a film is released in the United States in May, originally according to the process, they sent it to China for review in advance, and the film was also bought.According to the theory, it can be released at the end of June, but the result is that the domestic protection month film and television has been delayed until mid-August. At that time, it will be crowded with other blockbuster movies that were also delayed in such a month and blockbuster movies that were supposed to be released in August. When we go together, it's a ghost that the box office can be good!After all, after a few months, the pirated version might have come out, and the box office was already a part of it. With the competition from peers, how could the box office be good?

But the films of Jia Hongjian and his DreamWorks are different. Generally speaking, many films produced by DreamWorks directly follow the rules of co-productions, and not only use Chinese actors.They also used Chinese crew members, and generally speaking, they can avoid the requirement that Hollywood blockbusters need to be imported.As a co-production, we can directly distribute it with domestic film studios, so at least we can control a lot of initiative!On the other hand.After all, DreamWorks is a company controlled by Jia Hongjian, so the films produced by such a company still receive preferential treatment in domestic theaters, and basically they will not encounter any collision with other blockbuster films.

As for a film like "Inception", not to mention whether it is a co-production or not, it is only said that the release time is the current period before the Spring Festival, which is also part of the Spring Festival schedule.In itself, there is no such thing as a domestic protection month, and we don't have to worry about the timing being too bad.At the same time, because Jia Hongjian and the others own theaters, we also have the right to speak about the film arrangement!But when Jia Hongjian was focusing on how the theaters planned to schedule the film and the scale of its release, he received a call from Jiang Wen. "Hey, Brother Jiang, what's the matter?" He asked after answering the phone. "Why, I can't call you if I have nothing to do? Haha, but you guessed it right, I will go to the Three Treasures Hall today if I have nothing to do! Hung-chien, is there any scene that suits me in the future? I will be banned from filming for about the same time. When we arrive, we can start filming again later, do you have a good book that suits me? My hands are itchy!" Jiang Wen said with his typical lazy voice, unable to hide his joy.

"Banned? When did you get banned?" At that time, Jia Hongjian was taken aback. He hadn't cooperated with Jiang Wen very much in the past few years, but he still contacted him every few months. Why hadn't he heard of it? What about this?Why was Jiang Wen banned from filming?Who banned it? "Hey, it's not about the movie "The Devil Is Coming"... Oh, by the way, have I ever told you about this? After helping you with that cartoon, I rested for a few years and then raised it with my own hands. What? Then I saw that you were very busy at the time, and you seemed to be still abroad. At that time, you, so I wanted to find something to do, so I raised some investment and filmed "The Devil Is Coming". Then the filming was over. , I submitted it for review in China, saying that it was different from the mentality of the soldiers and civilians during the anti-Japanese period, and it didn’t highlight the hatred of the soldiers and civilians for the invaders. Anyway, I won’t pass the review and it won’t be shown in China. Then I took it to Europe to participate It’s the film festival, but when they came back, they said that I took the film out without permission, and it still affected such a bad film, and said that I was not allowed to be a director for 5 years...or I have not been in the past few years. I’m asking you for a book or a story. I can only act. Now that the time is almost up, I guess I can start filming again. I’m going to go to the relevant department and copy the document prohibiting me from being a director. Take it back at once, and when it is framed, it will prove that we are people who have been banned from taking pictures, hahahaha..." Jiang Wen said with a smile.

When he said these things, he really smiled and said these things as if someone else was joking. That understatement is definitely not like a director who has been banned from filming for five years!Hearing this, Jia Hongjian didn't know how to react!Logically speaking, Jiang Wen was banned and he was not told, so he should scold Jiang Wen a few words!He, Jia Hongjian, is also Jiang Wen's friend, right?Jiang Wen was banned, and he, Jia Hongjian, knew a lot of people on the board, not to mention helping him avoid punishment, how could the five-year ban be changed to three years, right?But Jiang Wen didn't tell him or ask him for help. Wasn't he being his friend?But when Jiang Wen described these things, it seemed to be relaxed, but it didn't mean what happened to him!It sounds like Jiang Wen doesn't care about being banned from being a director at all, it seems like he was banned for only one year, Jiang Wen himself is still laughing!In this situation, it seemed that Jia Hongjian was too impatient!Even listening to Jiang Wen's last words, it seems that he is quite proud of being banned?As a friend, Jia Hongjian knew that this buddy was entertaining himself as soon as he heard it. Jia Hongjian really didn't know what to say to such a heartless person!

"Are you so stupid to be banned? Why didn't you tell me about this before? Why did you feel happy when you were banned? Are you out of your mind?" At that time, Jia Hongjian was not used to it. Jiang Wen, even though the age difference between the two of them is quite a bit, but Jia Hongjian still taught Jiang Wen a lesson. "Hey, what a big deal! I'm not the kind of director like Wang Jing, and I'm not the kind who shoots several movies a year. If you really let me make one movie, I only have one movie in three to five years, so I'm banned Isn't five years almost the same as no ban? Besides, I don't care about it myself, why should I ask you for help? When I find you, even if the five-year ban is canceled for me, I won't be banned in five years. It doesn't mean that you really know how to make movies...so I didn't look for you?" Jiang Wen explained with a smile on his side.

"Go! I don't even bother to talk to you!" Jia Hongjian was a little annoyed when he heard this. He really didn't understand why a cultural person like Jiang Wen had such a temper.But it's useless to say anything now, the five-year ban is about to expire, what else can I do? "Hurry up and find out about the lifting of the ban, and I'll get you a notebook later!" "Okay!" Jiang Wen replied with a smile.

The two agreed on the phone, but who knew that a few hours later, Jia Hongjian received a call from Jiang Wenlai again, and this time Jiang Wen's voice on the phone was not so bold and self-entertaining, but rather It was filled with black humor-style bewilderment and helplessness—"Hung-chien, you absolutely cannot believe what happened to me...I f-cking went to the relevant department to find out the ban on me from being a director. In the end, they searched for several hours and said that there was no such ban back then!" (~^~)