China Entertainment: Director’s happiness is so simple

Arriving at the location soon, Lu Ping'an got off the bus at the base. Xingchen's employees had already tidied up the base inside and out.

After Matt Damon learned about the situation, he immediately went to the dressing room to sort out his outfit.

For him, he may not like the way Chinese bureaucrats are, but he will not be unfazed if he can meet officials from two departments of the same country at once.

Liu Qianqian and others were also ready. Liu Qianqian wanted to say a few words to Lu Ping'an, but before she could speak, another Coaster arrived, followed by a convoy.

Then Han Sanpin and others from China Film Group, Uncle Dong, two leaders, and a group of people in the car behind got out of the car.

It's not a particularly high standard, because the two that came are both secondary.

But it still made the Xingchen employees on site a little nervous.

Fortunately, the leader is good at talking: "Congratulations, Director Lu, for bringing glory to the country."

After a set of what Hu Qingquan said was a standard meeting procedure, the group began to visit the production base.

Next, Lu Ping'an took the stick and began to explain.

Mainly about the film industry system, which is also the most curious thing above.

After all, this is known as the top and only Hollywood-level studio in the country.

Lu Ping’an explains everything one by one.

Then he gave a concise and clear introduction to the industrial system:

"Large-scale production is only a subset of the achievements of film and television industrialization. It is recognized that the mature system of film and television industrialization has the four characteristics of typing work content, standardizing production processes, standardizing management models, and scaling innovative technologies."

"To realize the film and television industry system, specifically it can create the following values:

"First, the overall quality of the content has been improved."

"Under the industrialization process, all details of film and television production, including scene construction, actor training, on-site shooting, prop management, etc., are planned and rehearsed in advance. Every detail is guaranteed to be planned, orderly and efficient. It can be concluded that More precise and accurate results determine the improvement of the lower limit of film and television content quality."

"In other words, the industrialization of film and television cannot ensure that every time a hit content is produced, it can ensure that every time the content is produced, it will be above the line of excellence."

"Take Disney as an example. The narrative patterns and components of most of its films are highly similar. Although it has also caused controversy over 'routineization', the standards remain above the average for genre films."

"Secondly, more issues such as costs and risks are controllable."

"On the basis that professional talents and departments are responsible for each link, film and television production must establish unified and clear working rules and models from the management level, and make costs, risks and other issues more controllable through standardized processes."

"Also taking Disney as an example, the production costs of most unit movies are strictly controlled within a range, and the production process is also highly unified."

"Third, modeled production creates more stable returns."

"A mature film and television industrialization system is like an efficient and precise instrument that can produce high-quality content on a large scale and create more stable returns for investors and producers."

Walk along and introduce along the way.

Everyone also gained a deeper understanding of the industrial system.

When everyone saw the orderly appearance of the base, their first reaction was: This is a super factory.

A factory that is different from ordinary studios, such as Beijing Film Studio.

To compare, a traditional factory is a workshop, while this is a modern enterprise.

One can make small and beautiful handicrafts, and the other can make large, exquisite and mass-produced industrial art.

If Lu Ping'an said it was true, then things would be really bad here.

Of course this also brings up another problem.

One leader asked: "How to solve the content problem?"

Lu Ping'an replied with a smile: "This is the core of film and television industrialization, which lies in the standardization and process of content production."

"One of the most important tasks of Hollywood film companies is to collect stories from all over the world. At the same time, they also accept many talents from all over the world. For example, John Woo and Li An, who are both influential in the Chinese film industry, have entered Hollywood. Kung Fu star Cheng Dragon, Lianjie, and Me. In addition, Hollywood companies also widely collect various movie-related materials. Neon comics, our Chinese martial arts and other cultural characteristics from all over the world can become components of Hollywood movies. , so while film technology is increasingly updated, major Hollywood companies still focus on collecting unique stories as the focus of creating movies."

“With the support of a big market, we can do everything with half the effort, but we still have a lot to do.”

Another leader sighed.

Lu Pingan continued to smile and said: "Our market potential is actually huge. I predict that within ten years we will become the second largest ticket market in the world, and we have no shortage of stories ourselves, such as Classic of Mountains and Seas, Journey to the West, Liaozhai, etc. ."

Lu Pingan stopped by and talked about "Kung Fu Panda" and the "Liao Zhai" that has been completed.

Of course, he didn’t talk about other sources of the story, such as the origin of the IP that he has already laid out, etc.

“Due to cultural differences and even cultural suppression, Hollywood will not make you a movie that matches the aesthetics of the place where the story is produced. They will only make movies that they think are good-looking, which will cause many problems. Hollywood, which dominates public opinion and cultural output, will arbitrarily influence people around the world's cultural views of a country and a nation, but we have no way to fight back. What to do, we can only film it ourselves."

"If you want to achieve cultural export, you must first not be too behind on the technical level. This is also the reason for establishing a modern film industry system. Once you have the technology, you must try your best to make good movies, tell good stories, and first satisfy the people of your country. , and then let people all over the world like it.”

At this point, a leader directly praised it: "Ping An is right, our four great classics did not become the four great classics because foreigners like to read them."

"Indeed it is"

A crowd of people behind him responded.

This is sincere.

Of course, some people said: "Getting global recognition first is also a way of exporting."

"It's natural. "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" made the whole world know the beauty of martial arts and Chinese style, and "Farewell My Concubine" made the whole world know the quintessence of Chinese culture. I just want to say that compared to what was done in a few years or even more than ten years, To produce a high-quality movie, what we need to do is a larger and broader model. What if we can make a few or even dozens of movies every year that the world loves to watch?"

Han Sanpin interrupted and laughed: "Then we are Hollywood!"

Everyone also laughed.

But everyone knows that our country still has a long way to go before this goal.

Fortunately, a journey of a thousand miles now begins with a single step.

If nothing else, there are already top companies like Xingchen in China, which is a good thing.

So before the leader finally left, they asked Lu Ping'an: "You can tell me what you need."

"I need talents. The entire industry needs talents, film-related, literary, technical, and even financial. We are in short supply."

. . . . . .

"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."

After the leaders left, Lu Pingan sighed.

Hu Qingquan also sighed with emotion: "Every generation has its own mission. Stay safe and work steadily!"

"I will."

As everyone knows, this leadership inspection can achieve small goals such as the establishment of Nortel's majors.

But promoting the development of the film industry in the entire country cannot be done quickly by a school, a company, or a small group of people.

What is needed next is overall development.

You will definitely encounter many, many problems during this period.

For example, Lu Ping An knows about "traffic", "capital" and other troublesome things.

But now, we finally have a good start, right?

Maybe only the stars will move like this for a long time to come.

Others will still wait and see, and even cause trouble for you.

But it doesn't matter, Lu Ping'an knows that what he has to do next is actually to do his own thing well.

If you make a good movie, you don’t have to worry about any trouble.

As Han Sanpin said: "Just like we did in the previous five years, in the next five or several five years, we will continue to do it and make a career."

In the eyes of such people, the success of a single movie is not considered career success, but something bigger is.

Lu Ping'an couldn't help but sigh again.

Someone on my road has actually climbed to this height.

Take a deep breath.

He put these things behind him.

Don't think about big careers or anything like that. Making movies well is the most important thing.

With this in mind, he stretched out his right hand.

The assistant behind him handed over the director's intercom.

Then a familiar voice sounded from the headphones of each group leader in the studio:

"Ten minutes to prepare!"

Hundreds of people took action instantly. (End of chapter)