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Chapter 219 Shen Santong is extremely powerful. Keep silent! (23)

Shen Santong ignored the reporter's shocked, even horrified look.

Calmly gave the example.

"In the soybean war two years ago, we lost the pricing power for soybeans and edible oil."

"To be precise, it didn't start in 04, but earlier. International grain traders first gave us genetically modified soybean seeds at a low price."

"These seeds have high yield and oil content. Our grain and oil processing enterprises are expanding production. The oil is boiling hot."

"In 04, they closed the net and stopped the supply of seeds. Not only did they stop the supply, they also sued us for patent infringement. Of course, this is not the key point."

"The key is that the company has expanded, and the original seeds and soybean production cannot meet the needs after the expansion, so it has to purchase from outside."

"The U.S. Department of Agriculture personally hyped up the issue, saying that natural disasters would lead to a reduction in soybean production. Wall Street and the media coordinated with each other to hype up the issue, causing soybean prices to soar."

"We created a sentiment that if we don't buy now, the price will be higher in the future. So a lot of companies bought in. I remember buying at more than 4,000 yuan per ton."

"Then, the U.S. Department of Agriculture came out again and explained that although there were natural disasters, the production was not greatly affected."

"Financial institutions dumped the stocks, the media hyped it up, and in an instant, soybean prices plummeted. Grain and oil companies lost money on whatever they produced, and many went bankrupt, and were bought out at low prices."

Shen Santong was actually very emotional.

Look at the cooperation between the media, officials and financial institutions. Every link is done very well.

Shen Santong continued: "Does a costume movie have this flavor? Help us sell it first, it's also like cooking oil on a raging fire. It's the same."

He gave another example: "The soybean war is about giving the ladder first and then taking it away. There is another way to take the ladder away."

"Give orders, especially large projects, such as shipbuilding, engineering and the like."

"A large order is placed at one time, and the company that receives the order produces at full capacity. Then the order is cancelled, and just paying the deposit can bring a company down."

"I remember a shipyard in Ermao was destroyed in this way."

"Isn't that what American film producer Harvey did?"

"Paying a deposit first will cause the producers of The Promise to miss the critical copyright operation period and waste time."

"At this time, you either give him a low price or bear the loss."

Shen Santong said: "I think this is the beginning."

"The first big costume movie was Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, which became a big hit and made a lot of money."

"The beginning of our domestic films was Director Zhang's Hero, which also made a lot of money from the copyright."

“At that time, our commercial film paths were developing in different directions.”

“For example, we can use the domestic market to recover our investment and cultivate our computer technology companies.”

"There are also some of the ways we are doing now, with production costs of several hundred million, spent on celebrities, counting the stars, and then targeting the foreign market."

"In the end, we made a commercial film and spent a lot of money, but the audience didn't benefit from it and couldn't see what they wanted to watch."

"This model took about six years to develop from Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and more than four years from Hero."

"Our film business path has already taken shape, counting stars and spending money on them instead of cultivating an industry chain."

"The box office returns are made from outside sources, without considering the tastes of domestic audiences. Audiences are very dissatisfied with domestic films."

“I think we can close the net with The Promise, it’s time to pull out the ladder.”

"Don't European and American audiences watch period films just for fun?"

“Is The Promise worse than Hero? Is it worse than House of Flying Daggers?”

“It is impossible to explain it from a market perspective because it is not market behavior at all.”

"If nothing unexpected happens, the next step is to shrink our overseas profit path for period blockbusters and kill this path."

"It will take several years to rediscover the path to commercialization for domestic films. Now is a great time for Hollywood films to enter the market and reap the benefits."

"The media will stand on the side of imported films, and so will the audience. After all, Hollywood movies are good to watch."

“Our blockbusters don’t serve our own audience.”

As Shen Santong spoke, his face became solemn when he reached the end of his analysis.

He had some words prepared in advance, but some were improvised on the spot.

The more I analyze it, the more I think that's the case.

It's normal that "The Promise" is considered poor in China, as "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers" are both considered poor.

After all, it is a film aimed at the European and American markets, to please foreigners.

From this perspective, "The Promise" is lively and beautiful enough!

And he knows the history of his previous life!
There is a person who promoted "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Anle Jiang Zhiqiang.

He is also the overseas promoter of "Hero".

This person later made a movie called "Lust, Caution".

He started out as a trader of Western films. To put it nicely, he brought in good-looking foreign films. To put it bluntly, he was a cultural comprador.

What we do is to thread the needle, guide and test the American narrative.

Of course, Shen Santong doesn't like conspiracy theories.

Maybe "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is a coincidence, but will some people use it to err on the development path of Chinese-Chinese commercial films in the future?

It's hard to say.

Even if this link did not exist in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", it is very likely to be successful after "Hero".

Anyway, at this point, costume blockbusters must make profits in Europe and the United States, otherwise they will not be able to recover their costs.

If Shen Santong were a Hollywood tycoon, he would definitely strangle the profit channel of costume blockbusters.

Take the opportunity to kill the costume blockbuster theme.

We will take advantage of your situation to kill you and interrupt the commercialization path of Dongda Film.

If the soybean war were to end with the harvesting business.

Then the entertainment industry ends with conquering cities and occupying markets.

And by doing so, the media of the University of Tokyo will help with reflection.

It's all Brother Kaizi's fault.

As for Harvey tearing up the order, that was because he was smart.

Shen Santong did not forget to finish.

Whether it is the fault of foreign forces or a future costume blockbuster.

Talking about this is just a means.

A means of clearing out the media.

Shen Santong came from the future and knew very well that when it came to bad things happening outside, the media would shut up on their own.

Shen Santong couldn't clear the area by himself.

But it is easy to do with the help of foreign forces.

But the same thing goes, whether it’s winning awards in foreign countries or competing for an Oscar, what does it have to do with today’s audiences who earn one or two thousand yuan a month?
The root cause of the series of public opinions about "The Promise", Mantou, and Chen Kai is that the films made by today's filmmakers cannot meet the needs of ordinary people.

We have never thought about satisfying the needs of domestic audiences, and our profits depend on coming from abroad!

The poor and humble moviegoers in China.

So Shen Santong said: "As a film practitioner, I feel guilty. The audience is not satisfied with the movies we made!"

Jiang Wei advised: "It's not your fault, you haven't graduated yet."

Shen Santong shook his head: "As a film practitioner, I definitely have a responsibility."

He is not like those people in later generations who come to the University of Tokyo from the United States to make money.

Various parts of the University of Tokyo worked together to study mathematics for who knows how many years, and then came to the conclusion that "it is not as good as the level of the United States in the 1940s."

There are also some directors and screenwriters in later generations who have been in the industry for decades.

After running out of job opportunities, he began to deny the film and television industry in various ways.

No, if what these people say is true, then you have worked for so many years but have not made any contribution at all!
Shen Santong was not so shameless and said emotionally: "It is reasonable for the audience to be disappointed with us. Although I am young, I am also passionate about contributing to Chinese films."

"My costume blockbuster Red Cliff was made entirely for our audience. I hope that the audience will hold me to the most stringent standards."

"If I didn't film well and you don't like it, you can scold me if you want. I swear here that if I say anything, I'm not a man!"

"The sequel to Supermarket, directed by Ning Hao, a new generation director I am optimistic about, and produced by me, the second film in the Crazy Series, Crazy Stone, will premiere on Thursday, July 7."

"If the audience thinks it's not good, they can criticize it as much as they want. I accept it!"

At the end of his speech, Shen Santong shed tears.

Completed the interview.

Shen Santong said to Jiang Wei: "The part where I cried at the end should be included in the interview."

"In addition, this interview must be reported completely, accurately and comprehensively, and cannot be quoted out of context. I will also post the full version online."

Jiang Wei: “.”

You're emotionally withdrawn too quickly.

Although she did not agree with Shen Santong's point of view, Shen Santong gave the exclusive interview opportunity to Beijing Youth Daily and to her. If she wanted to have a next time, she must not let Shen Santong down.

After the interview was published.

The discussion about steamed buns suddenly became quiet.

(End of this chapter)