Since 1983

Beijing, a small broken company.

There is a brand new sign hanging at the door: Bona Cultural Exchange Co., Ltd. The boss is Yu Dong.

With the establishment of China Film Group, his working relationship has also been transferred from Beijing Film Studio to China Film. He originally thought that he could release imported films, but as a result, this piece of cake has long been occupied by old employees, and he can only continue to make domestic films.

But this year is not good. Imported films are banned, and domestic films are always in the doldrums. He has no hope of being promoted, so he gritted his teeth and went into the sea.

At this moment, in the dilapidated office, Yu Dong was arguing with director Huang Jianxin.

"To be honest, I fell in love with your movie when I was in Beijing Film Studio. But then there will be regulations, and I can give you a maximum of 600,000 yuan, and I can't make the decision.

Now I do it alone, I pay 1.2 million, how about selling the distribution rights to me? "

This film is called "Tell Your Secret", starring Wang Zhiwen and Jiang Shan. It was filmed three years ago, and it has been dusted in the film library.

There are also a lot of ashes, some of which were not released for various reasons, and some of them were bad films that were crudely produced by the studios in order to meet their targets.

"Are you so optimistic about this film?" Huang Jian asked curiously.

"Based on my experience, this year's situation is special, and there is a shortage of film sources. I dare not say if there are too many, but there will definitely be seven or eight million. I have paid the whole thing to you. I don't have much money now. I have a total of 300,000 in my account. If I can Okay, I'm willing to take it all out as a deposit first."

"Okay, let me help you communicate with the studio."

"That's great!"

Yu Dong sent Huang Jianxin out of the house, heaving a sigh of relief.

It was his first time to start a business, and he was poor and blank, but he knew his own advantages, relying on the extensive network he had accumulated through publishing work. It was really made by drinking, one copy per glass of wine.

He didn't go back to the house, but rode his bicycle to the nearest movie theater.

Before I arrived, I listened to the song on the inferior speaker, a very wild American female voice: "Yes, I miss you for three hundred and sixty-five days; listen, your and my favorite song..."

When I got to the door, I saw that the big poster of "Lotus Lantern" had already been posted.

"The domestic animation masterpiece is presented in summer, and the superstars sing the theme song!"

"Incomparable behind-the-scenes lineup, Jiang Wen and Xu Fan gave their voices!"

"International level, a new leap in domestic animation!"

Yu Dong twitched the corner of his mouth, it was the smell of Tianxia, ​​I heard that Tianxia divided the distribution, what is the name of the acorn.

When he entered the lounge, he couldn't help being startled again. This year's particularly depressed movie theater could actually see crowds of people. And twittering, noisy, running around, extremely young.

All children in their teens, led by their parents, or simply counted as a family. Each child also holds a small lamp in his hand, which is in the shape of a lotus lamp, the kind that can be illuminated by a small light bulb.

"Old Li!"

"Yu Yu, why are you here?"

"Come and turn around..."

Yu Dong found a staff member and asked, "What's that light for?"

"A gift, all audiences under the age of 16 will give it."

"That's not worth much, isn't it a bit shabby?"

"Tsk, with this lamp and the ticket stub, you can participate in the lottery.

The last thing is a t-shirt signed by the voice actor; the best thing is to go to the Xiangshan summer camp at half price and experience the shooting scene for yourself, maybe you can get a little bit of fun. "

your sister!

Yu Dong cursed in his heart, it's too bullying!

He knew that Acorn had won the distribution rights of "Lotus Lantern", but he couldn't do that! Others are just publishing, and you are a one-stop business?

The phrase "Xiangshan Summer Camp" popped up before the start of this summer vacation.

I publicized it in big cities such as Beijing, Magic City, and Blue Whale. I cooperated with travel agencies, and the fees were moderate. The selling points were the film and television city, celebrities, experience filming, and the Xiangshan Seafood Festival.

Popular with families with spare cash.

On the surface it seems to be a commercial activity, but Yu Dong is very smart. Tianxia not only wants to be the giant of the producer, but also the giant of the publisher!

Will it still be a juggernaut in screenings in the future?

Thinking of the current situation, he shuddered, it's hard to say.

After chatting for a while, the ticket check-in was over there, and a group of children Wu Yangyang rushed in. Yu Dong smiled and said, "The box office of "Lotus Lantern" should be good."

"Hey, drinking poison to quench thirst."

As soon as this was mentioned, the other party complained: "From the beginning of the year to the present, the theater has been so dry that it has long been unable to uncover the pot. Especially when imported films were banned, the audience did not like to come. I owed a few months of wages and have not been paid."

"No response? It's not a problem to always be banned."

"Who dares to report it? It's only been two months since the Yugoslavia incident. Are you complaining about it? We are hungry for three days and given one meal.

It doesn't matter if you do it well or not, it depends on your luck whether you die or not. "

After chatting for a long time, Yu Dong found a theater manager he knew well, and said that he is working alone now and will take care of Yun Yun more in the future.

Then I went to another house to maintain the relationship one by one.

Huang Jianxin acted very quickly, and he brought the distribution authorization letter not long after. The price was 1.2 million, and a deposit of 300,000 was paid in advance. With nothing left, Yu Dong borrowed some money and immediately boarded the southbound train.

…………

A certain province, a certain city.

There was not even a dog at the entrance of the cinema, and the conductor was dozing off with his cheeks on. Finally, a couple came and stood at the entrance to watch for a long time.

""Feng Yun"?"

"When did this movie come out? I've seen the VCD a long time ago."

"Hey, "Xingyue Fairy Tale" is next."

"I haven't seen it, let me ask."

The boy woke up the conductor and said, "Who played in "Xingyue Fairy Tale"?"

"You don't care who plays it, whether you buy a ticket or not?"

"Why is there no poster?"

"Are you going to buy it or not?"

The boy dragged his girlfriend away, and he understood: "Let's buy a DVD and watch it at home, let's go for a walk."

...

A movie theater.

A young man wandered around the door for a long time, and finally got up the courage to buy a ticket.

Obviously no one was looking at him, but he felt his face was burning.

I saw a board poking at the door, and it said: ""Jade Girl Liaozhai", starring Xu Jinjiang and Zhong Zhen...Under the age of 18, no entry is allowed!"

...

a certain county.

The editors and editors of "New Weekly" were chatting with the staff.

"Our cinema is rented out, we sell clothes during the day and show movies at night."

"What movie to play?"

"Smuggled movies, oh, it's not called smuggled movies now, it's the kind of pirated discs. This is the only movie theater in the county. I heard that the movie theater in the next county has been converted into an Errenzhuan theater."

"In this environment, do you think reforms are needed?"

"It must be changed, or you will die if you don't change it."

"Then what do you think should be changed?"

"I don't know, anyway, just don't let me be laid off."

...

a movie company.

"I can't hold on anymore! Our employees have already gone to collect waste products, which makes more money than making movies."

"You can't tell your boss, don't you have something to do with it?"

"I don't dare to say about the current situation. Just hold on, isn't "Lotus Lantern" very popular?"

"That can't be released for half a year... That kid Xu Fei doesn't know what he's doing, is he going to quit the film industry?"

"I just contacted Tianxia, ​​there is a copy of "My Father and Mother" by Zhang Yimou."

"Rural drama?"

"Um."

"Oh, forget it, at least I can hold on for a while."

...

The ban on imported films has been implemented for more than two months, and the country is crying.

Now that the relationship between China and the United States is tense, they dare not take the risk of beheading to ask for an end, so they can only hold on. Quite a few people called Xu Fei, asking if there were any exciting movies.

Teacher Xu only said that we are shooting, we are shooting, don't worry.

It's not yet time to pay attention to the domestic market. At this stage, the fragrance outside the wall is blooming outside the wall.