Chapter 425: Three Steps for the Film Industry

Chapter 425: Three Steps for the Film Industry

Chapter 425: Three Steps for the Film Industry

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the first day of the Lunar New Year holiday, the release of the movie "Where Are We Going, Dad?" made big news. Its popularity in the media even overshadowed the box office-number one "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" for a while.

There is no way. After all, "Journey to the West: Havoc in Heaven" was said to have an investment of 3 million yuan and took several years to shoot and produce, while the shooting of "Where Are We Going, Dad?" only took 5 days, 5 days!

With this calculation, the difference in investment returns between the two is simply tear-jerking, forcing Hong Kong directors and investors to sigh that their mainland counterparts are still the best at having fun.

Moreover, on the second day, although the box office of the movie "Where Are We Going, Dad?" dropped due to word-of-mouth factors, it still occupied the second place.

The only good news is that "The Monkey King: Hero is Back" is about to catch up with "Where Are We Going, Dad?" thanks to its good reputation among college students and the efforts of Galaxy Group and Tao Piao.com.

Then on the third day of the Chinese New Year, "The Monkey King: Hero is Back" finally surpassed "Where Are We Going, Dad?" with a box office of more than 5700 million, which went against the trend, and successfully became the runner-up in the box office rankings of the day.

Of course, Wang Hao didn’t care much about the fierce competition among movies during the 2014 Spring Festival.

Even though he is already the chairman of a large group company, in the first few days of the Spring Festival, he still can't avoid visiting the homes of some elders and leaders with whom he has a good relationship to pay New Year's greetings and take this time to move around more.

Among them, Wang Hao will definitely go to Han Sanye of Huaying Group.

In March of this year, Mr. Han will retire.

There will be a major personnel reshuffle at Huaying Group, and the national team of the film industry will usher in a new era.

"According to the current situation, La Peikang will take over from me as the chairman of Huaying Shares; Fu Ruoqing will take over from General Manager Gu as the chairman of Huaxia Film Distribution Company.

By the way, your uncle will be the director of the film channel program center. Has he told you about this?"

In the study room of Mr. Han Sanye's house, the aroma of tea was lingering. Two people sat on the sofa, sipping tea and chatting.

Facing Mr. Han's question, Wang Hao nodded and joked, "Director Lu has already told me about this."

"You, you, you!"

Master Han San reached out and pointed at Wang Hao, then said:

“You can rest assured about Huaying. After I retire, my successor will be La Peikang, whom you know.

I have talked to him about you and the Galaxy Group before. He thinks highly of you in this regard and his words are full of praise and respect for you.

Moreover, your company has become one of the important pillars of the domestic film and television industry. In this regard, as long as you continue to make steady progress, do what you should do, and don't make any big mistakes, I think no matter who takes office, it will not have a big impact on your company."

"I also have to thank Uncle Han for taking such good care of me before. Without the strong support of Huaying Group, Xinghe Group would not have developed to what it is today." Wang Hao said sincerely.

Although in many online articles about the entertainment industry, most people like to call Han Sanping a mountain eagle and say that he is very domineering, however, after actually getting in touch with him, understanding his behavior in recent years and the current situation facing the Chinese film industry, you can understand that this person generally has more merits than faults.

It was under his leadership that China's blockbuster system took its first steps and gradually matured. He single-handedly created the era of China's commercial blockbusters, proposed the Lunar New Year box office, established the profit-sharing system, and promoted new directors like Wang Hao. His contributions to the commercialization of Chinese films are indelible.

If it weren't for his bold promotion, it would probably take a few more years for the domestic film and television market to develop to its current scale.

Of course, he is about to retire now, and a new era for China's film and television industry is about to come.

"Uncle Han, I'm not here to wish you a happy new year today to say these things."

Wang Hao said as he sipped the green tea in his cup.

“Regarding the continued cooperation between our company and Huaying Group, I am not worried. In the future, Xinghe Group will continue to focus its main efforts on domestic science fiction blockbusters and film industrialization.

The technological gap between us and those large Hollywood film and television companies still exists. I have a very clear understanding of this and will not let down my guard.

The industrialization of the film industry and the improvement of the related industry chain have just started, and we still need to work together in the future.”

After hearing what Wang Hao said, Han Sanping nodded with satisfaction.

He has seen Wang Hao's steady progress over the years, and naturally knows that the young man in front of him is not the kind of person who likes to brag. As long as he says something, he will definitely do it.

"Hahahaha! You should also talk to La Dong and the others about this.

I will be retiring soon, and from now on, you young people will have to worry about these things."

Han Sanping smiled and refilled Wang Hao's cup with tea.

"It would be nice to have a cup of tea, read a book, take a walk, or go fishing every day. I've worked for so many years, and it's time to enjoy life."

Wang Hao heard that it was impossible for him to do as he wished, so he immediately said:

"Uncle Han, the development of our country's film and television industry now needs talented people to contribute their strength. You are young and strong now, so you can't just quit."

Han Sanping waved his hand, but Wang Hao did not let him go and continued:
"I came here today just to talk to you about my retirement."

"what's up?"

Han Sanping seemed to have guessed something, but still asked.

Generally speaking, people of his status, even if they retire from this position, will not really retire and enjoy their old age and ignore worldly affairs as he said.

After retiring, the old masters will be re-employed and continue to work hard in their positions.

Even if an old senior like him who has resources and connections retires, there will be many people who want to invite him to work as a director or vice president in a film and television company.

According to Wang Hao's memory in his previous life, Han Sanping did not stay away from the film and television industry after his retirement. He not only served as the producer of several films, but also devoted himself to the investment and development of online dramas. He was behind many dramas, from "The Undocumented Crime" to "The Bad Kids".

So when Wang Hao came to Han Sanping today, he was also wondering whether the other party wanted to invite him to join the Galaxy Group.

However, what Wang Hao said was beyond his expectations.

"Uncle Han, the main reason I came here this time is to invite you to serve as the president of the Film, Television, Culture and Technology Development Association." "What association?" Even an experienced man like Han Sanping couldn't help but pause when he heard this.

Wang Hao then repeated, "It is the Film and Television Culture and Technology Development Association."

"What is this association for?"

Han Sanping understands film and television culture, and he also understands technological development, but when the two are combined, he is a little confused.

Wang Hao then slowly began to explain.

As the times develop, technology is naturally advancing.

Faced with a rapidly changing society, many traditional industries certainly need to keep pace with the times.

The film and television culture industry seems to have nothing to do with technology, but now it is 2014, and a large number of new things related to technology have actually appeared in the industry.

For example, the latest photographic equipment, lighting equipment, digital projection equipment, special effects production software, handheld projection terminals, etc., this is the modernization of film and television production.

Even in the future, with the vigorous development of the film and television culture industry, it will also intersect with other industries, such as animation, games, VR, AI, metaverse, etc. These are all possible.

However, given the educational background of most people working in the domestic film, television and entertainment industry today, and their neglect of science and technology, the industry has been plagued by chaos during its modernization process. It has been completely driven forward by the external market and has no development plans in this regard.

It is extremely difficult to expect market demand to promote and guide scientific and technological development, and for relevant technologies to be developed in an orderly and healthy manner under such a chaotic market situation.

Therefore, after the Galaxy Group had developed to a sufficiently significant stage, Wang Hao naturally planned to start moving forward with the establishment of a film industrialization system.

Many years ago, in that classroom at the Beijing Film Academy, he told his friends in front of him that he planned to shoot and produce China's science fiction film, build our own film universe, and promote and improve the development of China's film industrialization system. In fact, he already had a general outline for the entire plan.

In his plan, the development of China's film industrialization system will be divided into three steps.

The first step is to strengthen ourselves, establish a film and television production company, cultivate relevant talents within the capabilities of our own company, establish a feasible film industrialization system suitable for the Chinese market and Chinese filmmakers, and use the advantages brought by this system to gradually become the leader of the Chinese film and television industry.

Then comes the second step, which is to use its status as a leader in China's film and television industry to demonstrate the superiority of the film industrialization system and attract other film and television companies to follow suit.

On the other hand, it is to radiate influence to the upstream and downstream of the industry and the surrounding areas, spread this film industrialization system, and establish a more advanced and scientific film industry chain that can benefit the national film and television cultural industry.

The first two steps are to hold the ground and develop within one's own organization.

As for the third step, of course, after this set of film industrial chain catches up with the world's advanced level, it will be able to go abroad and compete with Hollywood, or even export in the opposite direction.

Of course, it’s still a little too early to talk about the third part now, and it’s not certain whether it will be successful.

But given the current situation, the second step of Wang Hao's plan can already be implemented, and even the Galaxy Group is currently preparing for this matter.

However, if we want to push this second step forward smoothly, we still need a leader who has enough prestige and connections in the entertainment industry, who is very familiar with government affairs, who can communicate with all parties, and who has plenty of time.

"So the main purpose of this association is to take the lead in connecting various aspects, integrating the technical resources of the film and television industry, and formulating relevant industry rules and internal standards to promote the technological development of the film and television culture industry?"

Wang Hao nodded and looked at Han Sanping who asked this question.

“Yes, that’s right. In the past we had the Actors Guild, the Writers Guild, the Directors Guild, and the Filmmakers Guild. I think it’s time we also needed the Film and Television Culture and Technology Development Association.

Moreover, after thinking about this matter over and over again, I feel that only a respected senior in the industry like Uncle Han can facilitate the establishment of the association.

After all, just taking the lead at the very beginning is difficult enough. First of all, to establish an association, you have to connect the upper and lower levels. After all, it involves the cultural field, and the leaders still attach great importance to it. With an experienced retired cadre like you in charge, they will feel more at ease.

Then we contacted all parties. Although the name of our association looks ordinary, it covers a wide range and actually involves many companies and departments.

If we want to promote the development of film and television technology, at least the industry, academia, research and the market must participate together.

In this regard, our Galaxy Group has actually done a lot of preparatory work in the past few years, such as contacting many well-known domestic universities with related majors, conducting relevant talent training with the schools, and providing funding for relevant scholars to conduct special research.

In addition, we also have close cooperation with some well-known manufacturers of professional equipment, providing them with market and financial support, and helping them to connect with universities and experts and professors so as to complete the upgrading of equipment production.

But for now, our Galaxy Group is the only one doing this, and our strength is still very small.

After all, we have not completely occupied the entire domestic film and television industry market. Nowadays, it is better for everyone to unite and reach a consensus on technological research and development related to the industry.

At the very least, we must be able to replace imports with domestic products in all aspects of software and hardware, and form a self-sufficient internal circulation industrial chain from top to bottom. "

After Wang Hao finished speaking, the steam no longer rose from the teacups in front of the two of them.

Han Sanping sat on the sofa, tapping the armrest with his fingers, as if he was lost in thought. He remained silent for a long time, until the teapot boiling water at hand made a gurgling sound, and then he suddenly woke up and said "You" several times.

However, even though Wang Hao spoke very well, he still did not agree immediately.

On the one hand, people like him will not make promises easily.

On the other hand, he hasn't officially retired yet, so it's too early for him to agree.

"Okay, I know about this!"

Han Sanping nodded, and without saying anything more, he continued to fiddle with his tea set.

The two did not talk about this matter anymore. Instead, they talked about some trivial and interesting things in the industry. Wang Hao then got up and said goodbye. Han Sanping was left sitting in the study for a long time.

Three days of leisure time passed in a flash. After finishing his personal matters for the New Year, Wang Hao returned to his office.

Although most of the company's employees have not officially started work at this time, as the chairman of the group, he still has a lot of things to do.

At the very least, he still needs to inquire about the Spring Festival issues.

(End of this chapter)