Chapter 588: End of the meeting, "Shushan" begins

Chapter 588: End of the meeting, "Shushan" begins

Chapter 588: End of the meeting, the beginning of "Shushan"

In the reception room, several leaders nodded frequently at Wang Hao's suggestions. However, after he finished speaking, the leaders pondered for a moment and shook their heads to reject some of the suggestions.

"The plan and suggestion you put forward are generally feasible, but there are some points that need to be discussed."

The director with the lowest rank among the leaders looked around, spoke first, and acted as the "bad guy."

“For example, the early review process for this project requires communication among multiple departments.

Market supervision departments have always had complicated affairs, and the Culture and Tourism Bureau and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development also have their own assessment indicators.

In the absence of a clear division of responsibilities and powers, and when people are on equal terms, it is easy for them to buck-pass and cooperate well.

There is also the issue of fund control, where financial regulatory authorities intervene in film and television projects across fields, but lack the basis of higher-level laws.

Moreover, many film and television bases are now skirting the line of "cultural and tourism complexes", with capital flows mixed in real estate and commercial facilities. How do we define which ones are illegal misappropriations?
As for the annual assessment and evaluation system for the established film and television bases, it is a good idea and necessary, but the task is not small.

There are quite a few existing film and television bases across the country, not to mention those that are still awaiting review or have already been reviewed and are in the construction stage.

These film and television bases are scattered all over the country. If we want to evaluate them, we must organize personnel to conduct on-site research.

Considering the fairness of the assessment, it is definitely not possible to accept local hospitality, which will result in huge human cost and administrative expenses.

The most critical thing is that film and television bases that fail the assessment for two consecutive years will be forced to close down, which involves administrative enforcement and carries great legal risks.

Many bases now have local state-owned urban investment companies as shareholders. If they are really shut down, it may lead to accountability for the loss of state-owned assets.”

After the director finished speaking, several other leaders also gave their opinions on the matter. Although not as sharp as the director's, the implication of their words was also very clear, that is, although Wang Hao's suggestion was good, it was not feasible.

The conference room fell into silence, with only a slight hum coming from the air-conditioning vents.

Wang Hao had actually been prepared for the leaders' reactions.

How could someone who could grow a company to his size not be clear about the operating logic of the upper level?

Many times, seemingly reasonable policy proposals like these will run into an iron wall built of departmental interests, legal provisions and local protectionism when they are actually implemented, or even before they are implemented.

The higher authorities came to Wang Hao to use his power to complete the upgrade of the domestic film industrialization system, to help the domestic film industry develop better, and to achieve political achievements, rather than to charge into battle to solve problems and drawbacks.

Perhaps solving these drawbacks and problems will indeed be beneficial to the development of the domestic film industrialization system and industry ecology.

However, according to Occam's razor principle of "do not add entities unless necessary", most people will still choose a solution that does not require solving the problem but can still achieve results, which is safer.

For example, now, when everyone's eyes are on the big leader who can make the decision, the helmsman who has been in control of the overall situation finally gave the final opinion.

“What you said makes sense. Xiao Wang’s plan is constructive and has the right direction, but it still has too much youthful drive and is too big a step.

Forced closures and cross-departmental accountability may work in the short term, but they will have too many side effects.”

The senior leader also cited an example of a mass incident caused by unfinished projects in the current real estate market, and warned them that when formulating policies and plans, they should also consider all parties and take care of more related people.

Upon hearing this, Wang Hao nodded quickly, looking like he was learning something.

"We don't want a one-size-fits-all approach, but to guide the market to 'reshuffle' itself."

The leader continued to speak, and everyone sat up straighter.

“Like the industry ‘blacklist’ Xiao Wang mentioned earlier, this is inappropriate. We cannot come up with such a list to dampen market enthusiasm, administratively intervene in economic activities or even restrict them.

However, the 'blacklist' can be changed to a 'whitelist' system, and the decision on whether a project can be built will no longer be a question of 'whether it can be built', but whether it is 'qualified enough to enter the high-quality project database'.

In this way, the multi-departmental joint office that originally conducted the "blacklist" assessment has also changed its function from a regulatory agency to a service agency - helping companies connect with resources and optimize the approval process, provided that the companies voluntarily commit to accept subsequent assessments. "

The director in charge of policies and regulations' eyes lit up: "This method of the leader is good. This way, we will not touch the red line of administrative coercion, and we can achieve screening by tilting resources!"

The leader continued:
“In addition, for the film and television bases currently in operation, the assessment mechanism should also be reversed.

We will no longer forcibly shut down bases that fail assessments, but will instead provide certain support and assistance to film and television bases that are on the whitelist and perform well in assessments.

For example, special subsidies, tax exemptions, and even direct recommendations of high-quality crew resources to these film and television bases. Certain policy support is also provided to project crews that choose to shoot at film and television bases.

Just like at a racetrack, we don't whip the slow horses, but instead give the leading horses some extra fuel.

As for those bases that are poorly managed and have inherent problems, they will naturally be eliminated by the market because they do not have policy dividends and cannot attract projects.”

Wang Hao nodded after hearing this, with a thoughtful expression on his face, but he still asked another question:
“But will this weaken regulation?”

Everyone present knew what he meant.

For some film and television bases or cultural tourism projects, the subsequent operating profits of the projects are not actually the big ones that local governments or certain people are looking at.

This is actually the same principle as the current real estate economy. It doesn’t matter what it looks like. What matters most is whether it is built or not, as long as the “meat” can be taken out of the refrigerator.

As for whether the "meat" is put back or used for cooking, or even if it is rotten, what does it matter?

Therefore, if the higher authorities do this, it will indeed speed up the elimination of some poorly managed film and television bases, and will also lead to a pre-cooling of investment in some film and television bases. However, it is unlikely to play a role in curbing the "base construction fever."

In response to Wang Hao's question, the leader paused for a moment and then said:
“Regulation is definitely necessary, and we have been doing it before, but it is impossible to regulate every aspect under the current circumstances.

But your suggestion is also correct, and isn't that why we came to you?"

After saying that, he looked at Wang Hao with a gentle smile.

“In addition to the supervision and management of our government departments, we still need to rely on the help of third parties.

For example, your "Good Producer" website, this industry platform, I remember that you are currently in contact with the radio and television authorities, and are preparing to synchronize the registration and filing information data of the crews across the country to the platform website.

In addition, 70% to 80% of practitioners in related industries across the country have already filed their cases with you.

In addition, your website has also conducted anonymous mutual evaluations of the professional capabilities and status of each member involved in the production of film and television projects, as well as some production companies and teams. In this case, in the future, the service quality, schedule price, supporting facilities, environment and surroundings of all film and television bases can also be rated by the crew on the platform in real name.

For bases with low scores, the system will automatically lower their priority in project matching.

At the same time, we will also outsource some of the preliminary review work to the platform. I think there will be no problem with your "good producers" doing this, right?"

Of course no problem!

Wang Hao agreed immediately.

"No problem. Our company is currently developing an intelligent AI system in this area. If we use big data algorithms to assist manual review and combine it with the on-site experience of the crew and actors to rate the film, it can not only reduce administrative costs, but also avoid interference from personal relationships and achieve fairness and justice."

Having said that, things concerning the construction and development of the film and television base have basically been determined.

Just as the leaders of higher-level departments do not want to make things too complicated and offend a large number of local governments and stakeholders in the construction of film and television cities, although Wang Hao has the dream of developing the industrialization of China's film industry, he actually does not want to wade into this muddy water.

So to put it bluntly, this conversation was actually an unspoken distribution of interests.

Wang Hao threw out a more radical plan, and then the big boss gave a compromise option and delegated some of the review rights to "good producers". This way, everyone was happy.

“Remember, we are not going against local governments or businesses.

Using the hands of the market and the mouth of the industry is far more effective than administrative orders.

Okay, it’s getting late, Xiao Wang, you still need to pay more attention to the follow-up matters. When the time comes, we will contact other departments and then hold a meeting to discuss it together.”

"Okay, leader, let's go down first. The premiere is about to start."

Wang Hao nodded, stood up and extended another invitation.

The leader did not refuse, but did not enter the theater. Instead, he followed Wang Hao's lead to the high viewing box.

During this process, the leader also did not forget to care about Wang Hao's new movie.

"The aerospace department contacted us not long ago. I heard that your new movie will go into space again?"

The big boss asked with a smile, and Wang Hao nodded.

"Yes, the main scenes of this new movie will be in outer space and on Mars."

"That's a big scene, the investment must be huge, you're the only one in China who can shoot this kind of subject matter well."

"Thank you for the compliment, leader."

“Hahaha, the film and television industry still needs more young people like you and big special effects productions.

Technological progress, management upgrades, and the improvement of the film industry system all depend on blockbusters.”

"Don't worry, leader. I believe that the domestic economy is getting better and better, and the audience's demands are getting higher and higher. The film market will definitely usher in a blowout period of blockbusters in the next few years."

"Then I'll wait and see."

The big boss and Wang Hao chatted and laughed for a while. At this time, in the screening room below, as the interaction between the creative team of "Swords of Shu Mountain" and the audience ended, the movie officially began.

As the first work of the Shushan Cinematic Universe, Galaxy Pictures positioned this work as an introduction to the characters and the general world background.

The movie opens with a fierce chase scene. In the wild mountains and ridges, a middle-aged man and his daughter are chased by Yuan Dynasty cavalry. The arrows infused with blood-colored energy by the archer are extremely powerful, and finally force the middle-aged man to jump off the cliff holding his daughter to escape.

Then the scene changes to Sichuan and Shu, and the narration explains the time background. It was the end of the Yuan Dynasty, when war was raging all over China and uprisings continued in various places.

Because of the special nature of Sichuan, this place was the least affected, so many people took refuge and lived in seclusion here.

The hero of "Swords of Shu Mountain", Zhou Qingyun (played by Hu Xianxu), is just like this. He lives in seclusion in a small village near Leshan with his father Zhou Chun, leading an ordinary life.

However, on this day, a father and daughter came to their village and happened to see Zhou Qingyun practicing sword, so the man gave him some pointers.

However, Zhou Qingyun was young and arrogant because of his skills, so he came into conflict with the man.

Fortunately, his father came home and saw this scene. He scolded Zhou Qingyun and told him that the middle-aged man was the famous hero in the southeast, "Iron-Armed Divine Ape" Li Ning, and also the sworn brother of his father, "Flying Crane in the Clouds" Zhou Chun.

As for the girl, she is Li Ning's daughter Li Yingqiong (played by Jiang Yiyi).

Zhou Chun and Li Ning, sworn brothers who had not seen each other for a long time, were reminiscing about the past there. Zhou Qingyun and Li Yingqiong, a young couple, were also meeting each other for the first time.

After a conversation, several people told their own experiences. Zhou Chun invited Li Ning and his daughter to stay in the village and live in seclusion with them. However, Li Ning took into account that he was still wanted by the Yuan Dynasty court and did not want to implicate his sworn brothers.

Finally, the two of them discussed it and decided to leave the village and take their son and daughter to live in seclusion in Mount Emei.

Then there is a scene called seclusion, but in fact it is a record of the scenery of Mount Emei.

The movie fully displays the beautiful scenery of Mount Emei, especially the towering peaks and rugged cliffs rendered with modern computer technology.

When Zhou Qingyun stood on the big rock of "Sacrifice Cliff", the boundless sea of ​​clouds in front of him was surging under his feet, the mountain peaks were like isolated islands, with only green peaks showing, and the big sun in the sky shining on the clouds, reflecting a colorful glow. It was really like a fairyland on earth, making every audience watching this movie unable to help but be fascinated by the beautiful rivers and mountains of the motherland.

The Tang Dynasty poet Sikong Shu wrote in a poem:

To the west of the Tianzhu of Taitian Temple, there are hanging vines as a canopy and stone stairs.

Climbing up to the spiritual realm, the blue sky is endless, looking down at the human world, the sun is low.

The sounds of pine trees blend with the sounds of pipes and chimes, and the red light shines in five colors like rainbows.

There is no way to find a path once you enter the spring mountains, birds are singing and the stream is filled with smoke and water.

This is exactly the situation.

(End of this chapter)