Chapter 681 The fourth generation of directors has come to an end, and the peak of the fifth generation has gradually passed
The cold wind was still howling the next day, and it was best to hide in a warm home in this weather. But Fang Minghua is not idle. He will soon hold a meeting of the second World Chinese Literature Award reading class, where the winning literary works will be selected. Now he has to take reading notes seriously.
The weather got better in the afternoon, but the snowy roads were a bit muddy. Song Tangtang usually didn’t come back at noon. After the two children finished eating, Fang Minghua drove them to school, then returned home and made a cup of tea. Keep reading.
At this moment, the nanny knocked on the door and came in and said: "Brother Fang, there is a man named Wu Tianmin at the door looking for you."
"Brother Wu? Invite him in."
"Okay."
Fang Minghua went downstairs to the living room. Within two minutes, the nanny walked into the living room with Wu Tianmin, who was wearing a military coat.
"Brother Wu, why are you coming here when it's so cold? If you need anything, just give me a call." Fang Minghua said.
"Nothing to do, I just want to hang out with you for a while. Do you need to change your shoes?" Wu Tianmin said while looking at the clean ground.
"No need to bother, just come in." Fang Minghua greeted warmly: "Xiaoqin, go make tea and get the Longjing tea from my study."
"Yes."
The two sat on the sofa in the living room and started chatting.
“This morning, General Manager Song convened a meeting with the company’s top management to analyze the box office performance of the movie Face-Off,” Wu Tianmin said.
"Did she tell you?"
"No, he said that the film was of high artistic quality, and newspapers and media said so. As for the box office, it does not fully reflect the true value of a film. ”
"I know she is comforting me." Wu Tianmin smiled and continued: "Actually, I also expected a loss at the box office, but I didn't expect the loss to be so severe. As Mr. Song said, the current film market is completely different from that of the 1980s. Same.”
“Indeed. In this way, the current competition in the film market is much more brutal than before. Not only do we have to compete with American blockbusters, but we also have to compete with those video halls and pirated discs. I also told my wife that in the next few years, the life of domestic filmmakers will be very different. I’m afraid it won’t be easy,” Fang Minghua said.
Wu Tianmin nodded after hearing this.
“Yes. I have stayed in the United States for five years and watched many of their movies. I also went to Hollywood to investigate and understand their film production and operation processes. To be honest, both their technology and marketization We can’t compare our business philosophy to others.”
Wu Tianmin continued.
"Today at the meeting, I also specifically talked about this issue. Just one "The Fugitive" made us lose our armor. It is said that there will be ten similar movies next year. I really can't believe it. Domestic movies How to deal with it?"
"What do you think we should do? Surrender?"
"I can't think of any good way at the moment. With our current technology and economic strength, we can't do it. A movie like "The Fugitive" was released in the United States last year, and it was not the most popular movie in the United States. "
"The most popular movie is "Jurassic Park," Fang Minghua laughed. road.
"How do you know?" Wu Tianmin was a little surprised, and then said: "You have friends in the United States, it's not surprising to know."
Fang Minghua smiled and said nothing.
"It is said that the global box office of "Jurassic Park" was nearly 1 billion US dollars. 1 billion US dollars, which is equivalent to more than 8 billion yuan. It is said that our total national box office last year was only 2.8 billion yuan! It is simply unimaginable. "
"If such a film is introduced, how do you think our mainland films will compare?"
Wu Tianmin finally sighed. "What's the result of your final discussion?" Fang Minghua asked with a smile.
"Mr. Song said that on the one hand, to control the number of films, we must consider both artistry and box office. We cannot compete with Hollywood blockbusters for technology and funds, but we can make some films that are popular with the domestic public, especially comedies."< br>
"In addition, insist on walking on two legs. Try to make back the money you lose in the film market in the TV drama market. The TV drama market is still relatively popular in China."
"Well, that makes sense. "Fang Minghua nodded.
How could it not make sense?
These were all analyzed by Fang Minghua for his wife while she was sleeping in bed last night.
"I'm going to take a two-year break and stop making films. I want to think hard and help Mr. Song handle the company's business."
"Well, that's a good idea. After all, you have stayed in the United States for five years. I have a deep understanding of American movies, so I can learn from the foreigners and use them to defeat the foreigners. Please help me in this regard. If you find a suitable script, you can still film it. I believe in your vision," Fang Minghua said.
"Eye." Wu Tianmin shook his head and said mockingly.
Wu Tianmin chatted for a while, then said goodbye and left.
After Wu Tianmin left, Fang Minghua drank tea and fell into deep thought.
The fourth generation of directors has come to an end.
Not to mention the fourth generation of directors, even the fifth generation such as Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige are gradually passing their peak years.
But from an artistic point of view, the films made by Wu Tianmin are still very good. Historically, Wu Tianmin made very few films after returning to China, but the artistic quality of each film is good, including this "Face" and The last one is "A Hundred Birds Pay Attendance to the Phoenix".
No matter what, Wu Tianmin is still a well-known figure in the domestic film industry. He is one of the few domestic filmmakers who is familiar with the American film industry. He assists Song Tangtang in Shengshi Film and Television, so he can worry less.
1994 is coming to an end. This year is known as the pinnacle of China's literary and artistic circles.
Just on December 17th, the Three Magic Rocks sang in Hung Hom, Hong Kong. He Yong, wearing a red scarf and a classic striped sea soul shirt, shouted to the audience: "Hong Kong girls, are you beautiful?"
The night that exploded the entire Hong Kong has remained in legend ever since.
It is a pity that two years later, another sentence "Is Li Suli beautiful?" was banned, and Chinese rock music also plunged to the ground and could never get up again.
This year has been a year of explosion of original masterpieces in the mainland pop music scene. Li Chunbo won the Most Popular Male Singer Award in 1994 with "A Letter from Home", Sun Yue released the golden song "Wish You Peace", Yang Yuying and Mao Ning formed a "golden" "Tong Jade Girl" group sang the classic "Heart Rain", Na Ying released his first solo album "Missing You Day and Night", and Gao Dagen wrote a song "My Deskmate" for his good gay friend Lao Lang. "You" has become the pinnacle of Chinese campus folk songs.
In the film industry, Jiang Wen's "Sunny Days", Wong Kar-wai's "Ashes of Time" and "Chungking Express", Ang Lee's "Eat Drink Man and Woman", Er Dongsheng's "New Love", Jet Li's " "Jingwu Heroes". Excellent works come out in large numbers.
But what is strange is that the box office revenue of mainland movies has plummeted.
In 1992, the national box office revenue was 3.2 billion, which dropped to 2.8 billion in 1993, and suddenly dropped to 2 billion in 1994!
All eight major film studios in the country are losing money, and even Shengshi Film and Television, which has been booming in recent years, has suffered losses on film production for the first time.
The literary world is calm, with the sudden rise of realist works represented by "In the Name of the People", Liu Xinglong's "Sharing the Difficulties", "Dachang", "He Shen" "Director of the Petition Office", Guan Renshan's "Heavy Snow" "No Country" were published one after another, announcing the complete collapse of avant-garde literature that had been popular in the mainland literary world for several years and a return to realism.
Today is Christmas, and Fang Minghua’s house is very lively.
(End of this chapter)