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Conference room.

Daqin Company's senior executives, headed by Sisi, were talking to a group of visitors headed by Zhou Xingxing.

The two parties are discussing about the movie.

At this moment, the conference room door was suddenly pushed open.

"Director Zhou, welcome to Daqin..."

Qin Dong and Mimi pushed open the door of the conference room without any intention of knocking. When he opened the door and saw Zhou Xingxing, he smiled and greeted him immediately.

"Chairman..."

Everyone in the company in the conference room immediately stood up and greeted him.

"Director Qin, long time no see..."

Seeing Qin Dong, Zhou Xingxing stood up and greeted him politely.

"Everyone, sit down. Is Director Zhou here to discuss the release of the movie? The special effects of the movie are convenient. Director Zhou must have seen it, what do you think?"

Qin Dong waved to everyone, walked to the conference table where Sisi had left him, sat down next to the woman, and asked directly.

Zhou Xingxing's movie was invested and distributed by Daqin, and the special effects part of it was also taken over. However, Qin Dong did not ask for follow-up. The special effects were given to its subsidiary Daqin Tiangong Special Effects Company. Qin Dong did not use artificial intelligence to do it.

Special effects are completely unnecessary.

"The special effects are very good and fully meet my requirements. Our domestic special effects technology currently seems to be not much worse than Hollywood. I am here today to discuss the release of the movie with your company."

Zhou Xingxing smiled when he heard this, and it was obvious that he was very satisfied with the special effects of the movie.

"What is Director Zhou's planned release date?"

Qin Dong nodded and asked bluntly again.

There was no subtlety at all, and he didn't intend to reminisce about the past first and then talk about things slowly like the usual cliché. That kind of approach was not what Qin Dong liked.

"We are discussing the release date with Director Qin's company. We are currently thinking about the Spring Festival, and the specific time is still being discussed... I am thinking about releasing it before the Chinese New Year, at the latest on the first day of the Lunar New Year."

Zhou Xingxing did not hide his thoughts, but also spoke out. This is also his style.

"Then it will be the first day of the Lunar New Year. I have a movie to be released. I plan to release it at the end of December, so I can avoid it."

"Actually, for Director Zhou's movie, I asked the people below to make two versions of special effects. One version added mosaics and marked it as a specific version for minors to watch, which blocked some bloody and terrifying scenes in the movie.

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"Journey to the West and the Monkey were well-known characters when we were young. Director Zhou's movie is also a comedy, so minors cannot avoid watching it, especially during the Spring Festival, which is the time when children are happiest and can be taken out by their parents.

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Qin Dong had thought up the reasons before coming, and now he suddenly expressed his thoughts.

However, he did not hide that the other party's own movie was also going to be released, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings later and think that the distributor was not doing its best.

However, Qin Dong put forward his own suggestions after considering that many parents complained about the movie "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" in his previous life.

Because there is currently no age limit for moviegoers in China, there is no detailed rating.

In my previous life, this movie was an adaptation of Journey to the West, so many children wanted to watch it, and parents agreed. However, it ended up scaring the children into tears. The movie was a bit bloody and scary, and many parents finally complained.

This problem still needs to be improved in the domestic film market. For example, Hollywood has made clear regulations a long time ago, with different ratings for released films. For restricted films, you must have an ID card to buy tickets.

Hollywood movies have four ratings: R, PG-13, PG, and G.

R-rated, also called restricted. Audiences under the age of 17 are required to be accompanied by a parent or adult to watch - this grade of film contains adult content, including more sex, violence, drug use/excessive gore and other scenes and swear words. This type of film

When it is released in some countries, it will be rated as a film that is prohibited for those under 15 and 16 years of age.

The PG-13 rating is also called the special guidance level. Children under 13 years old, especially, must be accompanied by their parents to watch. Some content is very inappropriate for children - movies of this level do not have scenes of crude and sustained violence. Generally, there are no nudity scenes. Sometimes there are

Drug use scenes and bad language.

The PG rating, also known as the ordinary level, is recommended to be watched with parents. Some scenes may make children uncomfortable. The counseling level, some content may not be suitable for children to watch - movies of this level basically do not have sex, drug use and nudity scenes.

Even if there is time, it is very short, and moreover, the scenes of horror and violence do not go beyond the realm of moderation.

G rating, which is a general level, can be watched by all ages. Popular level is suitable for people of all ages to watch - the content of the movie at this level is acceptable to parents. There is no nudity in the film, and there are very few sex scenes, drug use and violence. The dialogue is also

We can often come into contact with it in our daily life.

However, regulations are regulations, and in fact many times they are subject to discussion.

Just like Hollywood, these regulations look good, but Hollywood has never fully implemented them. Even if they are R-rated and PG-13-rated movies, if you really pay attention to movies of this level, you will find that there is violence, gore, nudity, and pornography in them.

There are still many, this is a capital society, in order to make money, any regulations are made for outsiders to see.

For the sake of money, people don't care at all. Anyway, as long as the media is controlled and they don't report these things, and people in other countries outside the world don't know anything, do they really think that the people behind the scenes in the capital country are good people?

"It's the first day of the new year. I've thought about it at this time. It's in line with my ideas. Yes, I agree. It's just a minor version. Director Qin, will this affect the box office of the movie?"

Zhou Xingxing had no objection when he heard that it was the first day of the Lunar New Year. This time was also one of the time for him to make a decision after discussing with the company people.

But after hearing Qin Dong's words, Zhou Xingxing hesitated a little.

He still attaches great importance to money, and although he understands what Qin Dong said, because Hollywood is the leader of the global film industry, people in the entertainment industry in most countries are actually familiar with things in Hollywood.

I also understand that Hollywood movies have different ratings, but China has not yet made clear regulations. This kind of self-restricted movie is a private act, and it is optional or not. Is it really necessary? Zhou Xingxing

It means you need to think carefully.

"Director Zhou, there are a lot of bloody and terrifying scenes in your movie. These scenes can easily cause discomfort to children."

"Winter vacation and Spring Festival, during this period, we need to pay attention to minors, especially many of them, who are very young. Director Zhou's movie is about Journey to the West. At present, the most familiar characters to domestic children are definitely from Journey to the West.

As people in the spotlight, we must set an example."

"As for the box office, if Director Zhou is worried, then the Great Qin Empire can take over the movie and sign a package contract with each other. I wonder if Director Zhou and your company have any internal estimates of how much the box office of your movie can reach?"

Qin shook his head and explained his thoughts. These were his true thoughts.

As the saying goes, the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility. After standing at a high place, you can no longer just focus on immediate interests, but you must have a long-term mind and vision.

Just like some top domestic businessmen and wealthy people at the top of the domestic rich list at a certain time in the future, these people and the company are obviously so rich, but they don't know how to set an example.

They are all standing at the top of the country. At this time, they should set an example for the Chinese people, develop various cutting-edge technologies, export them to the outside world, etc., but the result is the opposite. Instead, they are staring at the Chinese people's food basket, which is too ugly to eat.

The saying that if you are poor, you can help yourself, if you are prosperous, you can help the world. This sentence is absolutely reasonable.

However, this was Qin Dong's own idea, and he had no right to ask others to do this, so he changed his words and proposed another method.

"This...Director Qin, wait a moment."

Zhou Xingxing hesitated after hearing this, and looked at Tian Qiwen, an old man who had followed him for decades and was also his personal assistant and part-time manager.

The two men whispered to each other and discussed in low voices.

Qin Dong's sudden proposal surprised Zhou Xingxing. He had never thought about packing.

Zhou Xingxing had to note that although this was his movie, he could ignore Qin Dong's suggestion.

But this movie not only had investment from Daqin, it was also distributed by Daqin. Within the mainland, Zhou Xingxing's own company has little ability. Even if it is not distributed by Daqin, Zhou Xingxing still has to find other companies in the mainland to distribute it.

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If you don't agree, it will definitely be troublesome if Da Qin is delayed when it is released. What's more, it is Zhou Xingxing's responsibility to be on good terms with Qin Dong, the most famous director in China who has already entered Hollywood, rather than being hostile to such a person.

Willingness.

"Director Qin, our company has discussed this movie internally and estimates that the movie's box office will be around 600 to 800 million..."

After whispering secretly with Tian Qiwen for a few minutes, Zhou Xingxing straightened up, looked at Qin Dong and said a word, but did not say anything more after that, nor did he explain whether he agreed with Qin Dong's idea or not.

"It is indeed this number..."

Qin Dong whispered secretly in his heart when he heard this.

This number reminded Qin Dong of Zhou Xingxing's previous life. At that time, Zhou Xingxing's "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" found a publishing company called Brothers and Friendship Company.

But later a lawsuit broke out between the two parties. Brother Friendship Company saw that the box office of the movie was too high and exceeded expectations, and they were greedy for the profits, so they turned against Zhou Xingxing and took money from Zhou Xingxing.

In fact, it's not that bad, but Zhou Xingxing was too naive and fell into the technical text trap. As a result, there were no emails to save the dialogue between the two parties, but there was no substantive signing of a legally protected contract, because at that time, Brotherhood Friendship Company

Select and drag again.

He said, "Our chairman has gone abroad, let's wait until he comes back to sign the supplementary contract." Just such a sentence was delayed, and the contract could not be signed before the movie was released.

"Six hundred million to eight hundred million... Let's do this, Director Zhou, since you are hesitant about my idea, and my current status in the country, I don't want the movie to cause criticism from the Chinese people. After all, children are the future, and all parents are concerned about it.

, comedies are unavoidable for children to watch during the winter vacation and Chinese New Year.”

Qin flicked the table with his fingers, pretending to be thinking, pondered for a moment, looked directly at Zhou Xingxing and said:

"In order for both of us to enjoy this cooperation, Director Zhou's [Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons] should be packaged directly for us in Da Qin."

"No matter what the final box office of the movie is, whether it is less than 600 million or more than 800 million, our Daqin will settle the settlement for Director Zhou based on the box office of 800 million. As for whether the final movie is less than 600 million or more than 800 million, whether it is a loss or a profit, these are all

How about we, Great Qin, bear it ourselves?"

Seeing what Qin Dong said after thinking, Zhou Xingxing hesitated again.

This is also unexpected.

"Okay, Director Qin, give us one night to think about this matter. How about we stay here today and talk about it tomorrow?"

Zhou Xingxing knew that this kind of matter could not be decided by just patting his head, so he thought about it and asked.

"Okay, no problem. In fact, the time can be longer. There is no need to be in a hurry, Director Zhou."

Qin Dong nodded, and finally looked like he was thinking about the other party.

"One night is enough. So, Director Qin, let's take our leave now and see you tomorrow."

Zhou Xingxing shook his head and rejected Qin Dong's kindness, stood up and left.

"Walk slowly."

Qin Dong also stood up and said goodbye politely.