Chapter 294 Film and Television Work Symposium
Not to mention how Pei Yihong and others dealt with the hidden dangers of Western chips, the entertainment industry has seen a significant reduction in negative phenomena after Qi Tongwei's rectification.
It’s not that the moral standards of some people have improved, but that the power of the blacklist is simply too great.
The first fire that Qi Tongwei started after taking office has been completed, and the next step is to solve the problem of content supply in film and television culture.
For this purpose, Qi Tongwei specially convened a symposium on film and television culture. Participants included party committee secretaries and presidents of major art schools and heads of major film and television companies.
Qi Tongwei sat in the middle of the conference room, looked at the people present and said, "Hello everyone, I am Qi Tongwei, thank you for taking the time out of your busy schedule to attend this meeting."
As Qi Tongwei finished speaking, warm applause broke out in the conference hall.
Qi Tongwei paused for a moment, and when the applause died down, he continued: "Film and television works are a powerful propaganda tool, which has a greater role and influence than traditional newspapers.
With the development of my country's economy in recent years, the film and television entertainment industry has developed rapidly, but the publicity effect has not been achieved. Why is this? "
Qi Tongwei asked himself and answered: "Because a large part of the works we produce are not sincere works, but are used to make money, the purpose is to trick the audience into going to the cinema.
There are some works that are well-made, but they are even more despicable. In order to please Western judges, they wantonly smear and belittle the country.
All the bosses present here, let me make it clear that you are not allowed to invest in this kind of film."
Qi Tongwei did not say what would happen to the investment. He believed that these bosses, who were smarter than monkeys, would never continue to invest in such films in the future, nor would they allow the company's actors to act in such films.
He went on to say: "In the future, our main task is to shoot more films that showcase the achievements of modernization and spread the achievements of our reform and development to all parts of the world through excellent film and television works."
Everyone below listened quietly to Qi Tongwei's speech. Today's speech will become the direction of the future entertainment industry. You can't make money if you are not serious.
“It’s not that we can’t film issues that reflect social reality, but we must seek truth from facts and not belittle the country without any bottom line just to win awards.
There is a large group of people among us who always compare our country's bad phenomena or backwardness with the world's best.
Yes, you heard it right, it’s number one in the world.
They want to compare themselves with the best in the world in every aspect, and always think that my country is not good in any way. They are so shameless in changing the concept. "This is what Qi Tongwei hates most about these people.
“Back to the point, today is the 98th day since I took office, and in the first three months I did one thing, which was to clean up the entertainment industry.
After three months of rectification, the unhealthy phenomena in the entertainment industry have been significantly improved, but we cannot ignore the various problems that still exist.
A large number of people are not focused on their creations, but are only thinking about taking shortcuts. Bad behaviors such as plagiarism and hype are still rampant, which seriously affects the vigorous development of my country's film and television culture. "
Qi Tongwei paused and continued: "I hope everyone here can think about this issue seriously and insist on being guided by high-quality content instead of just pursuing shortcuts.
This is something that all colleges and universities should provide guidance on when teaching. Having said that, I suggest that students should be strictly reviewed before going out to film. As a student, the first thing is to study.
I occasionally watch TV and movies with my family, and I find that a large number of actors’ performances are so awkward that they are out of place and affect the viewing experience.”
Liu Binkun, secretary of the Party Committee of the Central Academy of Drama, said: "Minister Qi, our Central Academy of Drama has relatively strict control in this regard." Then he turned his gaze to the other two major competitors.
The heads of Beijing Film Academy and Shanghai Film Academy smiled awkwardly, and then replied: "Minister Qi, we will definitely correct it when we go down and study and formulate new regulations."
Qi Tongwei raised his hand to stop the two from continuing, "Solve this problem yourselves."
He then continued: "The purpose of gathering everyone here today is very simple, which is to jointly discuss and solve various problems existing in film and television culture work and promote the healthy development of my country's film and television culture.
Before we discuss the issue, let's discuss the good practices and bad moves of other countries in film and television culture." Qi Tongwei sat in the middle and looked at everyone.
Seeing that no one spoke, Qi Tongwei began to call the roll.
"The three major academies, the Central Academy of Drama, the Beijing Film Academy, and the Shanghai Film Academy, will speak first, in the order I just said." Qi Tongwei said to the few people.
The Party Secretary of the Central Academy of Drama thought for a moment and said, "Minister Qi, leaders and comrades, let me share my humble opinion.
When talking about film and television culture, the first thing that comes to mind is the ugly country and Hollywood.
Many of our film critics look down on Hollywood movies, thinking that they have no substance. In fact, this is precisely the brilliance of the Ugly Country.
Hollywood movies seem to have no substance, but this is precisely their brilliance. Audiences watch movies to relax, not to learn sermons.
Thanks to popcorn movies, Hollywood has become synonymous with blockbusters and good movies in the minds of audiences.
Behind the well-made and hugely invested Hollywood movies is the Ugly Country's cultural infiltration of other countries, spreading the so-called Ugly Country mainstream culture to the whole world, attempting to make the Ugly Country's culture the world's mainstream culture or even the only culture.
This is the cultural hegemony behind Hollywood movies and the democratic concept promoted by the Ugly Country.
They use Hollywood movies as a medium to export their values, lifestyles and ideologies to other countries, thereby realizing their neo-imperialist dream through "cultural hegemony."
He took a breath and continued, "Europe, America, Taiwan, Korea and other regions have been infiltrated by the Ugly Country. We are slightly better off, but we also have to pay attention.
Therefore, I suggest increasing support for blockbusters and commercial films, and giving them a certain preference in awards.”
As soon as he finished his speech, Qi Tongwei was the first to start applauding. The other party's analysis of the ugly country was quite accurate, which made him very satisfied. It seems that there are still some sober people.
Qi Tongwei had already started making plans and decided to transfer him to work at the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television.
Then the back figure and the upper figure were analyzed one after another, but their speeches pale in comparison with the speeches made by Liu Binkun of the Central Academy of Drama and were unoriginal.
"Everyone heard the speeches of the three of you. You all talked about the reasons why Hollywood is successful, and also talked about the gap between our country and Hollywood. Comrade Liu Binkun's speech was especially clear.
We have realized the importance of film and television culture to the country, exposed the purpose of the ugly Chinese people, and put forward some good suggestions.
Mr. Han, you are in charge of China Film Group, what suggestions do you have?"
The person in charge of China Film Group responded quickly: "Minister Qi, I agree with Secretary Liu's suggestion to make more blockbusters and commercial films to expand our market, and at the same time strictly restrict Hollywood blockbusters."
Then the CEOs of Huayi, Orange Sky, Bona and other companies made speeches respectively. For the sake of profit, these people all tend to favor commercial films and ban foreign films.
"Forget about banning Hollywood blockbusters. Our country must also abide by WTO regulations." Qi Tongwei rejected everyone's suggestions, but also affirmed the plan to support commercial films.