Behind the scenes of the entertainment industry

In the living room, Lin Li, who was sitting on the sofa, saw Zhou Ya coming out and asked anxiously: "How is it? There's no quarrel, right?"

"No, the two of them are chatting." Zhou Ya put the cigarette in her hand on the coffee table and said to her mother, "Xiao Cheng is still smoking in front of my dad. It seems that he has become more courageous."

Lin Li asked in surprise: "Your father is not angry?"

Zhou Ya shook her head: "No, they chatted quite harmoniously."

After hearing that what she was worried about didn't happen, Lin Li relaxed and leaned back on the sofa: "I'm really worried that Xiao Cheng will quarrel with your father again."

"Mom, do you feel that Xiao Cheng has changed? He seems to be a lot more cheerful and mature."

"Changed? It must be because he has grown up," Lin Li said with emotion.

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With Zhou Ya's interruption, the atmosphere in the study became much more relaxed. Zhou Cheng was about to find a comfortable position and leaned on the wicker chair. When Zhou Kezhi glared at him, he immediately sat up straight as a reflex.

Zhou Cheng smiled awkwardly, reached out and picked up a lychee and put it in his mouth. It was very sweet.

Zhou Cheng's actions also made Zhou Kezhi smile knowingly. Did he have too strict requirements for his son in the past, which caused him to be unconfident in front of him and always be submissive. And his cowardice is compared to Zhou Ya's

The atmosphere made Zhou Kezhi's requirements for him even stricter, as if forming an endless cycle.

Now seeing that Zhou Cheng can finally face his failures calmly, show his gains peacefully, and talk about his future plans confidently, this makes Zhou Kezhi very happy. This son has finally grown up.

Zhou Cheng put the lychee cores into the ashtray where he had just extinguished his cigarette, and wiped the juice on his hands with a paper towel. He continued the topic: "Now I will not rush into the production of commercial films. First of all, there is no capital, and secondly, experience

It’s not enough. Otherwise, someone will dig a hole and bury me, and I will help people pay for it. So I plan to work with my classmates to start with a small-budget film, while accumulating experience, while making a name for myself in the industry."

"The domestic film and television drama market is not very good." Zhou Kezhi was also peeling lychees, but he didn't eat them immediately. Instead, he peeled them and put them aside, and continued to peel off another one.

Zhou Cheng was already prepared in his mind: "As a publicity worker, you should know very well that with the continuous improvement of our country's strength, the people's demand for entertainment methods is also greatly increasing. Among them, the demand for film and television dramas is even greater.

It’s a step up every year, which can be seen from the box office growth every year.”

Zhou Kezhi shook his head: "We have specific data on this. The overall investment is showing positive growth. But the input-output ratio is not as high as you think. In recent years, whether it is "The Promise", "Heroes of Heaven and Earth" or "Heroes of Heaven and Earth",

"The Night Banquet" and "The Golden Jacket", hundreds of millions of funds were poured into them, and in the end the box office was not enough to even break even. Most of the box office growth you see comes from imported films from abroad, and the profits also go to China Film Group, which has nothing to do with private film companies.

big."

Zhou Cheng disagreed with his father's view and retorted: "A temporary downturn cannot negate the entire Chinese market. At this stage, foreign films are impacting the domestic film market, but we cannot give up the idea of ​​producing domestic films and allow overseas films to influence the domestic film market."

We import culture. This is not only irresponsible to the domestic film industry, but also irresponsible to our own culture."

"Cultural input?" This word touched Zhou Kezhi a little, but he looked at Zhou Cheng who was a little excited and did not interrupt him. He pushed the peeled lychee in front of him and waited for him to continue to explain his thoughts.

"Thank you, dad." Looking at the plate full of white lychee meat, Zhou Cheng was a little moved. This was something Zhou Kezhi often did in the past. He was always used to inadvertently sweeping away any difficulties Zhou Cheng might encounter.

Everything is clean, except that some things still require children to do it themselves to gain the joy and pleasure of success.

"Eat it too." Zhou Cheng picked up a lychee and handed it to Zhou Kezhi, then said: "The failure of the older generation of directors you just mentioned is normal in my opinion. The most important thing about an excellent film is

They must tell good stories. What their fifth generation directors are good at is adapting other people's works rather than telling their own stories. They are also more obsessed with the works of those great writers and well-known screenwriters, but the works of those people really cannot keep up with this era.

developed."

"Did your school teacher teach these?" After hearing his son's theory, Zhou Kezhi wanted to know how much of it was his own.

Zhou Cheng curled his lips and said, "Our teachers will not teach us such deviant teachings. They all believe in classics and would like to invite teachers Chen Zhongshi, Mo Yan and Liu Zhenyun to the school to teach us."

“Isn’t it bad to believe in the classics?”

"Dad, times are developing, and the channels for people to obtain knowledge are also changing." Zhou Cheng continued: "In the past, the novels you could see except the four major classics, The Scholars and other Ming and Qing novels were basically some foreign masterpieces.

, "Red and Black", "Ball of Suif", "War and Peace" and so on. And now you go to the bookstore and look at it, not to mention Wang Shuo, Haiyan and other writers of your generation, even my age

Both Han Han and Guo Jianming can become best-selling authors. Not to mention that the Internet is a platform that allows us to see more literary works."

"Most of the novels you mentioned are fast food products and cannot stand the test of time." Zhou Kezhi said disdainfully: "In another hundred years, "A Dream of Red Mansions" and "War and Peace" will still be masterpieces, and Cao Xueqin and Thomas

Erstair is still remembered by the world, but the writers you mentioned, Han Han and Guo Jianming, probably no one will remember them in ten or twenty years."

"I admit what you said, but you can't deny the variability and uncertainty of modern youth. And you can't deny that people born in the 1980s like us are gradually entering society and slowly becoming the pillars of this society.

"

Zhou Cheng continued: "The same is true in the film and television industry. The directors born in the 1970s and 1980s who graduated from our school are growing rapidly. In a few years, the outstanding ones among them will replace the fifth generation directors and become the pillars of the film and television industry.

.Just like Ning Hao, "Crazy Stone" invested 3 million and received more than 10 million in box office. And being able to know them and grow together is my advantage. I remember you told me this

:The world is yours and ours, but in the final analysis it is yours."

"This is a quotation from a great man's speech in 1957. I didn't expect you would still remember it."

Zhou Cheng was not proud of Zhou Kezhi's praise and continued: "In ten years' time, those of us born in the 1980s will gradually control the economy, fashion and the direction of public opinion in this society. And I hope to use this

In ten years, he has become the most outstanding person of our generation, at least one of them."

After Zhou Cheng finished speaking, Zhou Kezhi did not comment, but motioned for him to eat lychees.

"You eat too."

"You can eat it. I've been getting angry recently, so I won't eat." Zhou Kezhi only ate one and pushed it to Zhou Cheng. Then he took out another can of cigarettes and a lighter from the drawer. Under Zhou Cheng's teasing gaze,

Lit one.

Zhou Kezhi was very pleased to see the changes in Zhou Cheng. In his memory, Zhou Cheng had no choice but to make empty promises such as "I want to take the entrance examination to the High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China" and "I want to take the entrance examination to Peking University and Tsinghua University" under his own pressure.

Now it seems that my son has really grown up and matured, and it seems that he can let go.