Chapter 16 The dust has settled
Chapter 16 The dust has settled
As an old cadre transferred from the Shangjing Film Studio, Director Xie Mao had also made several films before.
Although these films did not achieve much success or fame, among this group of leaders, he still had more say in the filming of this script.
So as soon as he opened his mouth, most of the doubts in the meeting disappeared immediately.
Lu Guotao also looked at him gratefully. With the three directors all on his side, plus the leaders of his own line, this project was completely secure.
Sure enough, with Xie Mao's support, the review meeting unanimously approved the project of the film "The Heart Labyrinth - Buried Alive" without the need for another director to speak.
After this matter was confirmed, the matter of Lu Guotao participating in the project production as a producer was naturally passed at the meeting without any suspense.
"With Director Lu as the producer, the quality of this film will definitely be no problem."
After the deal was settled, the atmosphere in the meeting room suddenly became much more relaxed. Zhang Weibang from the advertising department even started to brag, with all kinds of nice words coming out as if they were free.
"In fact, I would say that special films like this should be made. Not only should they be made, but they should be made in a big way.
What era is this? The TV movies launched by our movie channel are still mainly about rural and ancient costume themes. "
Yu Tao, deputy director of the editor-in-chief's office, couldn't help but cough. Most of the scripts for the TV and Film Department's rural-themed films were written by people in their department.
Zhang Weibang reacted immediately and changed the subject.
“Well, rural and ancient costume themes have a wide audience, but the style is a little low-brow and not fashionable.
Even if those advertisers think the program is not prestigious enough, we can’t just run advertisements for pesticides and fertilizers directly.
This science fiction film is pretty good, it's high-end and classy, and young audiences will also like it.
The audience loves watching it, advertisers like it, and the station makes money, isn’t this a win-win situation for all three parties?”
"Well, on this point, I agree with Director Zhang.
The key point now is that the TV and movies on our station have already formed a fixed stereotype in everyone’s mind.
Not to mention anything else, among the cooperation projects our department has received in the past six months alone, 90% of them are rural-themed or costume dramas.
The content and format are too monotonous. If it continues like this, I am worried that people will no longer send other themes to our movie channel."
The deputy director of the purchasing and sales department shook his head as he spoke. As soon as he finished speaking, people from other departments echoed him, as if they agreed with him.
"That's right. Not to mention others, sometimes when I go to other stations to do business, people will ask me, are you planning to cultivate the grassroots level in your movie channel? I was so embarrassed at that time."
……
"Cough cough!"
Du Yueming, who was sitting at the top, suddenly coughed, and in order to prevent everyone from going too far with the topic, he took the lead in bringing the topic back.
"Okay, today's meeting is about discussing the movie Buried Alive.
Now that we have almost finished discussing the matter, let me make two more points. "
When the boss spoke, everyone immediately shut up, opened their notebooks, and focused their attention.
"The script of Buried Alive is a sci-fi theme that is very rare in our movie channel. The content is moving and the plot is well designed. Both the story and the thought are excellent. We should not only shoot such a good movie, but also shoot it in a big way!"
Everyone present nodded in agreement and began to record their thoughts in their notebooks.
“Over the years, our film channel has actually been committed to training new directors and developing new genres.
But the actual result is not ideal.
The ratings of the urban-themed movies on our channel are generally not as high as those of rural, costume, comedy and other themes. The TV movies launched are also mostly based on these three categories. Science fiction movies like "Buried" can be said to be extremely rare.
Comrades, those subjects do have high ratings and the economic benefits they generate are indeed good, but we are CCTV.
You must always bear in mind the mission you shoulder and not only focus on immediate benefits but also ignore your social responsibility.
What was the original intention of establishing our movie channel?
We are here to safeguard our country's film industry. We are the bottom line of Chinese films and the ballast of the film industry.
Every year, many young filmmakers are able to embark on this path through our projects.
Our movie channel is the only one that will invest in movies that cost hundreds of thousands, one million, or even two million, regardless of the profits.
What for?
Isn't it to promote the diverse development of the film industry and cultivate more talents in the film and television industry?
So everyone should take a long-term view. Xiao Lu, you did a great job this time. Young directors like Wang Hao represent the hope of Chinese films.
Only these young people understand what young audiences like and can better grasp future trends.
We must keep this in mind and, while ensuring the ratings, we must also make more attempts, not be afraid of difficulties, and strive to launch a batch of 'new' movies that young audiences like to watch, so as to develop our movie channel better! "
Wow~
There was applause in the conference room, as if cheering for the leader's foresight.
Although what Du Yueming said did not match his previous "two more points", no one pointed it out. Instead, they nodded thoughtfully, looking as if they had gained a lot.
Du Yueming paused and continued:
"Okay, today's meeting ends here.
My opinion is the same as everyone else's. Buried should be filmed and should be filmed well. We should strive to make a high-quality, representative film!"
Although the movie channel does not have a one-man show, as the head of the station, Du Yueming's words have completely set the tone for the entire project.
At this moment, the TV movie "Buried" was completely stable.
Lu Guotao let out a breath that had been held in his heart. No one in the meeting room said anything more. At most, they secretly sighed in their hearts at Wang Hao's good luck.
Of course, whether this young man relied on good luck or his own strength depends on what the final film of this project will look like.
Everyone in the conference room packed up their things and returned to their respective workstations with smiles on their faces.
However, Lu Guotao did not return to his office to inform Wang Hao of the result of the third trial. Instead, he followed Du Yueming and walked into the secretary's office together.
(End of this chapter)