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The big discussion has spread from within the industry to the media, and from the media to the whole society. There has been an upsurge about movies in the society that has not been seen for a long time.

And at this moment, China Film Group announced as a matter of course:

"The ban is lifted, and imported films are resumed.

"Star Wars: The Phantom Menace" is scheduled for November 20th. Directed by George Lucas and starring Ewan McGregor and Natalie Portman, the film is the famous Hollywood film series "Star Wars" Barabara...

"The Trap of Stealing the Sky" is scheduled for December 15th, starring Sean Connery and Catherine Zeta-Jones, the blockbuster criminal action movie Barabara..."

The crowd is in a frenzy again.

"I have been waiting for Star Wars, but it has not been introduced for a long time, so I have to buy pirated discs to watch it. Now that it is released again, I am not interested in watching it."

"Why was it suddenly lifted?"

"What? Are imported films banned?"

"If the negotiation is successful, the ban will naturally have to be lifted. No way, obey the overall situation."

…………

This morning.

After Xu Fei had eaten, he stood at the door and was about to go downstairs. Zhang Li tied a scarf for him.

"Why are you so excited?"

"Am I excited?"

"I still can't see it? When you go to spray people, you are always happy."

Um?

He rubbed his nose, am I so perverted?

Teacher Xu kissed goodbye and turned to leave when a voice came from the back room: "Oh, I've got a cramp!"

The two rushed in in a hurry, Xiao Xu lay on the bed on his round side, depressed and in pain, one leg wanted to curl up but dare not curl up, want to stretch but dare not stretch...

"Why are you cramping again? It's quite frequent."

"Calcium deficiency, why don't you go see a doctor?"

"Well, I'll accompany you today."

The two handled it skillfully, and returned to the door. Teacher Xu kissed goodbye again: "Don't work hard, be careful."

"Know it!"

Zhang Li also got it, more than four months later.

Xiaoxu's stomach was already obvious, and he was reluctant to go to work at home, so he gave instructions on the phone. Duan's parents will come over and move to the small building with a single courtyard.

Film bureau, conference room.

Today is a seminar organized by the Film Bureau. The scale is relatively large, and there are production units, provincial companies, critics, and reporters. "New Film and Television" is also among them.

Before it even started, the representatives of the two studios chatted in low voices: "What else are you going to do? It's a formality, and you can't solve the problem by running it a hundred times."

"That's right, we'll change it if we let it change now, and if we don't let it change it, we'll stick to it, and we're dead."

"It can't be helped, unlike some people, hum! Look at their virtue!"

One person pouted to the side, and there were several provincial company representatives sitting there, who didn't care at all, without the slightest hint of worry.

"He has earned money and still has a place to protect him, which is much better than us!"

The two murmured bitterly, "It's best to get it all over once and for all, and die together!"

While talking, someone suddenly called out: "President Xu!"

When the voice fell to the ground, half of them stood up, "Mr. Xu!"

"Don't dare to act, please sit down, everyone."

Xu Fei clasped his hands, and immediately the stars bowed to the moon, some people rolled their eyes, all kinds of envy and hatred.

After a while, Tong Gang showed up and presided over the meeting.

"Everyone is here, let's start. I won't talk about the opening remarks. There have been a lot of debates these days. The content of today's meeting will be reported to the report. Everyone knows."

After he finished speaking, he leaned back, and there was nothing wrong with it. In the face of such a big change as entering the WTO, most people have no experience.

"..."

After a short silence, an old gentleman who looked to be 70 years old spoke first: "Let me say a few words. I have been engaged in the compilation of foreign movie information for a long time, and I still know a little about Hollywood."

This is Shao Mujun, born in 28 years, who studies film theory and translation.

"We have no shortage of films that serve as mouthpieces, but we are few in number of films that are commodities and can make profits for investors.

In the 1980s, the total annual revenue of theaters across the country was 2.2 billion to 2.6 billion, and the average ticket price at that time was 30 cents. How much is the fare this year? The ones in Beijing are already 15 or 25 yuan, right?

But the national box office revenue has been declining year by year, and this year should be the lowest, perhaps only 800 million.

What about Hollywood?

Take Disney as an example. Last year, there were 22 films with a box office of 662 million US dollars and a net income of 1.9 billion US dollars. And Paradise Company in Shanghai, with a box office of 180 million.

Disney and Paradise are both major companies in the two countries, but the gap is so wide.

In this environment, China's accession to the WTO will undoubtedly bring about a devastating blow. We don't even have a unified understanding of movies now, how can we compete with others?

What exactly are Chinese movies?

Viewers consider it leisure, the government considers it a propaganda tool, and creators consider it art. Three cars and three lanes, how can they go together? "

The old man became more and more excited as he talked, he slapped the table and said, "I think the most serious problem facing Chinese movies is that ordinary people forget to watch movies.

Once this leisure habit is gone, Chinese movies will die! "

Yo!

Xu Fei sounds interesting. This is true at any time. Once the audience loses the habit, the movie is dead.

"Movies are the cultural bastion of a country, and it is an unspeakable feeling that there are no movies of our own country in a high-tech era.

I believe we can get up, we Chinese love watching movies. So my point is that Chinese cinema will die first and come back to life. But how long it will take to die is hard for me to say.

In the previous film reform, it was necessary to break the local monopoly. It was good, but it turned out to be a main theme project. The state paid money→received awards after filming→instructions to watch→distribution at all levels, all of a sudden regressed, and turned into administrative power to promote distribution. "

The old man is old and dares to say anything: "As a result, the local forces are still strong, except for a few production units, most of them still follow the tradition.

I think the current stubborn disease is still issued at all levels, and it must be broken! "

Being accused face to face, the provincial company quit.

"Mr. Shao, I think you are too extreme. There are many problems in Chinese films, and they are from various aspects, not just ours? It seems that we are some heinous sinners who hinder development."

"That's right, we support reform, and we didn't say no to reform. It's just that the 500,000 army is hurting, so take it slow, don't keep staring at us and talking about things."

"snort!"

The studio couldn't help but get angry, and said coldly: "In 1992, when we talked about reform, we were all in the same boat, and we also said that we should take it slow. Now that it has been several years, why are you still pretending to be stupid?

The situation is right in front of us, change or die, we obey the arrangement! "

"Hey, you are wrong. Production and distribution are two different systems. I applaud you for being the first in the world, but we'd better slow down."

"No matter how slow Hollywood is, you will be happy when domestic films die?"

"The distribution system can't take on the responsibility of producing the film! Have you completely dumped yourself? You can't make movies that the audience loves to watch, so what do we care about?"

"That's right, if you can't poop, you're in the pit?"

The situation was more complicated than in 1992. It was like a person who was about to die was forced to breathe. He couldn't die, he couldn't live.

Who is responsible? No one dares to be held accountable.

"Don't quarrel, we are researching the problem today."

Tong Gang maintained order, looking at the frosted eggplants in the room, inexplicably irritable and feeling powerless.

"Xiao Xu, tell me."