New Age Artists

Chapter 224 The fundamental reason for the decline of costume blockbusters (13)

Everyone was stunned when they heard this.

Is this even possible? ! !
Hollywood giants have always been the ones finding fault with the Chinese film market. When will they be able to fight back?
A road never imagined!

Shen Santong continued: "I can come forward to call for the establishment of a film industry legal aid committee. We must also learn to use legal weapons."

"The governance model of the United States is the united front model. Whoever can cause trouble will benefit."

"If you want to sell the copyright of The Banquet, the more you reflect on it and try to find compensation for them, the lower the price you will get."

"Think about it, you will reflect on yourself, why did they bribe you?"

"You can trip it up. If you oppose it, it will try to please you."

"You have to show that you are not easy to bribe and he can't kill you before he is willing to pay you."

After Shen Santong finished speaking, he didn't explain, drank the tea, got up and left.

It's their business whether they listen or not.

Zhang Ziyi was confused and felt like she was listening to a foreign language after hearing the latter part.

But it doesn’t matter, you can tell from everyone’s reactions.

Shen Santong is very powerful.

Zhang Ziyi quickly stood up, hung on him and said, "Director Shen, I'll see you off."

Wang Zhongjun quickly came to his senses and stood up to see Shen Santong off: "Let's see Director Shen off."

Wang Zhongjun and others sent him to the door, and Shen Santong asked Zhang Ziyi: "Aren't you going back?"

Zhang Ziyi helped him straighten his trouser legs. The more she straightened them, the more they stood out. She stared at him and said, "Director Shen, you are so wise. I really want to learn from you."

Forcing him to break his vows is simply a crime!

Shen Santong pushed her away with a little force: "I want to talk to Mr. Wang alone."

Shen Santong reached into his pocket, changed the trajectory, and asked Wang Zhongjun: "Is there any foreign capital that wants to invest in Huayi?"

His analysis and judgment are more based on reverse deduction based on later results, and he still wants to confirm it now.

If the soybean war follows its pattern, foreign capital will invest in film companies at this time.

As a light asset, most of the film and television companies are shell companies.

Apart from him, the most likely company that can be considered as high-quality is Huayi.

He was not influenced by any costume blockbusters, and the only thing he could buy at the bottom was Huayi.

Wang Zhongjun smiled bitterly and said, "Yes, we are preparing for a private placement. Please come forward and raise the price for us when the time comes."

After getting the answer, Shen Santong did not comment and turned away.

When Zhang Ziyi saw that he had finished talking, she immediately hung up.

Wang Zhongjun walked back to the teahouse and said to Zhuang Cheng, "Do you think the method Director Shen mentioned is feasible?"

Zhuang Cheng smiled bitterly and said, "I understand some of it, but not others. I understand the movies, but I also want to know about the market, the WTO, and the US elections."

He will go back and report to the board of directors to see what to do.

Wang Zhongjun understood the situation and was not sure what to do. He nodded and said, "I'll talk to Director Han first. Let's make a scene and give China Film Group a reason to intervene."

Seeing Zhuang Cheng and Yuan Heping leave, Wang Zhonglei asked, "Shall we do as Shen Santong said?"

Wang Zhongjun rubbed his brows and said, "I need to think about this carefully. Some things are not without a price."

"Have you seen the security around Shen Santong? I'm an old scout, I can tell."

"His security has been expanded again. It was two teams before, but now it's four teams."

"Whether it's Hollywood or the grain traders in the soybean war, they all need to eat meat."

"This is a multi-billion dollar business, do you think this is a joke?"

Wang Zhongjun admires Shen Santong, he is so brave!

He dare not.

He just plans to upgrade step by step.

Whether to file a case with the WTO depends on whether the company can make money.

That's the United States. If we fall out with them, we will definitely offend the Hollywood giants.

But if nothing is done, "The Banquet" will inevitably suffer huge losses.

And even if you want to sue, you still have to collect evidence.

He likes the United States, but the United States hurts his heart.

This is how you play, right?
If Shen Santong hadn't pointed it out, he would have felt annoyed when he thought about his own silly explanations and all the problems he found with himself.

The key point is, if it is as Shen Santong said, this method is useless.

The more humble you are, the less money you will give.

Damn it, no one can let him lose money!
To add insult to injury, they took advantage of his tight capital chain and snatched his shares through private placement.

Before surrendering to Shen Santong, you were robbed, and after surrendering, you were robbed again. Isn’t it a waste of time?

Zhuang Cheng and Yuan Heping got in the car.

Yuan Heping said: "Mr. Shen is amazing."

As such a confident and sharp young man, Yuan Heping no longer judges Shen Santong by his age.

He is a person who came from the British colonial era.

They have hatred towards the British Hong Kong government and the colonists.

Shen Santong was very calm, and thought about the problem differently from them.

Such demeanor left a deep impression on Yuan Heping.

Shen Santong got into the car and was almost thrown over. Too proactive.

Shen Santong is a principled man who has decided to cultivate his character. He reminded: "Aren't you with Mr. Huo?"

Zhang Ziyi sat on her trouser legs and said, "I broke up with him."

Seeing that Shen Santong was not curious at all, Zhang Ziyi hesitated: "Don't you want to ask the reason?"

Shen Santong silently thought that abstinence is the best medicine, and said calmly: "It's nothing more than the man is unwilling, or you are unwilling."

Zhang Ziyi was speechless and changed the subject: "What you said has a great impact on me. If the costume blockbusters are finished and "The Banquet" can't be sold at a high price, how can I ask for a high salary in the future?"

Shen Santong: "You can return to the domestic market and try to make some TV series. When our market develops in the future, you will earn more than you do now."

Zhang Ziyi was disdainful and made no secret of her pride as a movie actor: "I won't do TV series. Even if I don't have a job and starve to death, I would rather die than act in a TV series."

Shen Santong: “.”

You're bullying him because he doesn't know the future, right? Sorry, he just knows it.

Not only did she continue to act in the future, but no matter how old she was, she still played the role of a young girl.

Speaking of the future, Zhang Ziyi is so good.

In order not to break his vow, Shen Santong shifted his thoughts to business.

Fight against desire.

He just wants to cultivate his character.

Starting from "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", Shen Santong thinks it is too conspiracy-theoretic.

There is a high probability of taking advantage of the situation.

When Tokyo University entered the WTO, its institutional advantages exploded, the West stepped up its blockade of public opinion, and there was also the issue of Zipper Wife wanting to make a name for herself.

Unlike what he said confidently in front of Wang Zhongjun, Zhuang Cheng and others, Shen Santong was more inclined to believe that this was a factor.

But it fails to get to the root cause.

He didn't say anything to the people in Huayi and Huanya.

Of course, "The Promise" is a bad movie, but the fundamental reason for the decline of costume blockbusters is definitely not related to it.

It is obvious from the memory of later generations that this was not a market behavior.

It's just that people make costume blockbusters for a purpose.

Because there is irrefutable evidence from the Olympics.

The Olympics, because of the grand scenes created by Zhang Yimou, has many ancient elements.

It’s a great job, very shocking.

Let the world see a different Todai.

The main reason was that my expectations were too low before, just like the 144 visa, I went there with the intention of coming to hell, but ended up finding myself in heaven.

After the Olympics, it stands to reason that the world would become more curious about the University of Tokyo.

This should reflect on the market for costume blockbusters, which should increase.

Actually no.

Shen Santong does not believe in the free market. Not to mention the future, the current soybean war is a good proof of this.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture personally intervened, and it was an ugly show.

If you really think that foreign markets are so-called free competition, believe it.

That's too childish.

Shen Santong feels that the fundamental reason is that the Olympics showed a different China.

As a result, even costume blockbusters have to be blocked in the United States.

They want to create a stereotype of being backward, dark, and ugly.

Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon is a Western perspective, condensed with an Eastern perspective, and Hero deconstructs the Qin Shi Huang.
Europeans and Americans watch costume movies for the sake of curiosity.

Before 08, Western people had no interest in learning about the University of Tokyo.

Things were different after the Olympics, especially when the financial crisis hit, and governance in Europe and the United States collapsed in all aspects.

When people in Europe and the United States saw that the Chinese still had money to make ancient costumes, they became interested and wanted to explore it.

What if you find out that while the entire West is in decline, the Chinese are still working hard at their business.

No matter what, it definitely won’t work.

Therefore, anyone who might let the public know about Todai is not allowed to come in.

Not even ancient costumes!
But can we say that the United States or Western Europe are not market-oriented?

Can we say that the self-esteem of Western elites is fragile?

Can I scold my father?

Some media outlets certainly wouldn't want to.

Just like they are unwilling to report on shootings, public order, poisoned blood and other Western scandals.

If you can avoid reporting it, do so.

Even if it is reported, it is just cold data and cannot focus on specific people.

Some media outlets have tampered with historical memory and put all the blame on "The Promise" and the Chinese elders themselves.

It must be a problem of the old Chinese themselves, and has nothing to do with the West, which is leading in all aspects of civilization and morality.

Just reflect.

(End of this chapter)