China Entertainment 2000.

Chapter 250 Isolation

The first Chinese Film Directors Association Annual Awards was held at the Capital International Convention Center.

The Association Awards have actually existed before, and they were always awarded through internal announcements. Unlike this time, it was not as big a fanfare as this one, with more than 200 filmmakers invited from both sides of the Taiwan Strait and four places.

Hong Kong Film Awards founder Wu Siyuan, current chairman Wen Jun, and vice chairman Hui Anhua came with more than 40 Hong Kong filmmakers such as Eric Tsang, Er Dongsheng, and Chen Guo.

As for mainland filmmakers, veteran directors Xie Fei and Tian Zhuangzhuang, Chen Kaige, Zhang Yimou, Jiang Wen, Feng Dapao, and Li Shaohong attended.

Among them, Feng Dapao and Li Shaohong are vice presidents of the Directors Association.

In terms of actors, the four great actresses Zhang Ziyi, Zhao Yanzi, Zhou Xun, Xu Jinglei are gathered together, as well as Ge You, Li Binbin, Mei Ting and others.

Cinema in Macau was just starting out, with only two directors coming.

More than 30 directors from Taiwan Province came.

At the official level, the Children's Bureau, Yu Department, and Mr. Han attended.

Jiang Liu almost rushed to the backstage.

It wasn't that he was showing off and arriving late on purpose, but it was snowing in the north, the runway at the Capital Airport was icy, and the flight was delayed.

And in this situation, he couldn't pretend even if he wanted to. He was sitting on the leadership platform, not giving orders, and he didn't want to join in the fun at all.

"Mr. Jiang."

Jiang Liu nodded and looked at Qian Yanqiu: "The company sent you as a representative?"

Qian Yanqiu said with a smile: "Mr. Jiang can represent one heart by himself. I will make up for it."

In recent years, Yixin has mainly invested in the production of TV series and few film projects.

There is only one Jiangliu project every year, but this year and next there will be more, including at least four of "Ape", "Pirates 2", "The Great Sage" and "Crazy Stone".

So there are many TV drama directors but very few film directors.

Jiang Liu and Qian Yanqiu chatted for a while, and Li Shaohong, vice chairman of the Directors Association, came over with a smile and said, "Director Jiang, you missed the film seminar. Today is the 11th."

Feng Dapao, another vice chairman of the association, saw Jiang Liu not smiling at all, so she had no choice but to take the initiative to meet the boss of Rong Xinda's largest competitor in the industry.

Jiang Liu took out the admission ticket from his clothes: "Director Li, I'm sorry, I'm busy catching up on the shooting schedule. What topics were studied in the seminar?"

"There are about a dozen topics, roughly covering the mainland's attraction as a huge market to directors from the three places and recent changes."

"The direction and current problems of Chinese films."

“The director’s relationship with investors and how to protect the director’s interests at this stage.”

Jiang Liu smiled with great admiration: "Director Li and the directors from the association have prepared very thoughtful topics. I wish the first Directors Association Awards Ceremony a complete success!"

"Don't forget, you are also a member of the Directors Guild. There will be a final seminar later, and you have to attend."

"I haven't forgotten, I will definitely participate."

Jiang Liu smiled and nodded, and then waved to Li Xi, who was walking among Taiwanese directors.

Li Xing was busy interviewing the director and had no time to respond, so Jiang Liu had to find a place to sit down first.

Taking a sip of tea, he looked at the familiar faces leisurely. Not to mention, he could really call most of the directors by their names, but it was of no use.

His interpersonal relationships backstage were not as good as those of Qian Yanqiu.

Mainland directors Feng Dapao, Chen Kaige, Lu Chuan and others regarded him as if he was nothing.

More than 40 Hong Kong directors formed a small group to encircle themselves.

Directors from Taiwan Province are similar.

The two Macau directors were worse than him and were on pins and needles. However, Jiang Liu was not left out for too long.

Domestic veteran directors did not want to lower their status and took the initiative to greet him.

Hong Kong directors have no interaction with him and don't like to talk to him.

Don't even expect Feng Dapao and his ilk to get close to him.

But the actor was very happy to chat with Jiang Liu. Si Dan, Ge You, Zhang Guoli, Mei Ting, even Li Binbin, and international supermodel Jiang Peilin all came to chat for a few words. Jiang Liu was not alone.

After chatting and laughing for half an hour, the director of the conference organization invited everyone to enter the venue.

Not long after Jiang Liu found his personal nameplate and sat down, the seminar began. The Hong Kong director came up and asked the leaders on stage a fatal question - the film rating system.

Jiangliu has been in the industry for many years, and this is the first time I heard a leader speak out and answer this question candidly.

The central idea is that in the near future, a film rating system will be implemented in China.

Why not now?

The leader on the stage gave a very convincing example.

Children's Bureau: "China has regulations prohibiting minors under the age of 18 from entering Internet cafes for consumption. However, to this day, minors are still the main consumers of Internet cafes across the country. This prohibition is not always enforced by the General Administration of movie grading system. The real reason for keeping it secret.”

Jiang Liu glanced at Li Xing, who was sitting in the reporter's seat, and saw CCTV 4's cameras sweeping over him, and hurriedly sat down again.

Immediately afterwards, Zeng Zhiwei stood up and asked a review question.

"As a film director, producer, and investor, you will definitely consider whether the film has a Chinese market."

"When the script was approved, we dared to invest heavily, but when we invested, we followed the script 97% of the time. As a result, the person who reviewed the feature film changed and the film was not released."

"I want to look at the future. In the future, if there is a group that approves the script, for example, there are three people who approve the script, then I hope it will still be these three people when reviewing movies."

"If it can't be approved, we can study it with three people, but it would be terrible if it is completely different people. I originally disagreed with this funding, but there is no way. If this script is approved, it will be redundant. We were still a little scared when we were filming. Feeling, does it work or not?”

After Eric Tsang's emotional speech, the audience burst into applause and Hong Kong directors booed.

Jiang Liu didn't quite understand what happened. He asked Zhang Yang next to him to understand a little bit.

In 04, Eric Tsang submitted a film called "Jiang Hu". The script was reviewed, but after filming was completed, it was rejected and was not released in the mainland.

Tong Bureau: "I understand Mr. Zeng's mood. It turns out that our work was not done well. I apologize."

"In terms of script control and future review, I have always advocated watching the entire film before reviewing it."

"But 04 was a blowout year for the domestic film market. We reviewed 213 films. The only one that failed to pass the review was "Jianghu". There were only 36 reviewers including me, and many films could not be watched in full. , the film bureau is also now considering improving the censorship system as much as possible."

The sincere attitude of the leaders on stage left people speechless.

Jiang Liu listened to the whole process in the audience and wondered whether he should move his registered residence to Hong Kong.

Zeng Zhiwei clapped his hands with satisfaction, and Qian Yanqiu stood up in succession, asking extremely sharp questions.

"In 2004, China's annual movie box office was only 15 billion yuan. It is a fact that the box office of domestic movies exceeded imported blockbusters for the first time."

"Moreover, according to the information provided by the bureau, even the most popular imported blockbuster "The Lord of the Rings" only received 8600 million yuan at the box office, and the revenue of a single film was not as good as that of domestic films."

"But 20 imported blockbusters have robbed 7 million yuan from the Chinese film market. On average, the box office of imported blockbusters far exceeds that of domestic films. What is this concept? How should this account be calculated?"

Feeling that there were more eyes lingering on him, Jiang Liu pretended not to know, picked up the porcelain cup and lowered his head to sip tea.

He also chewed the tea leaves leisurely.

"'Orangutan' will be released in China on New Year's Day at the latest. It's time to give the major Hollywood studios some eye drops." Jiang Liu sneered in his heart.

(End of this chapter)