New Age Artists

Chapter 486 Solving intellectual problems, a great cause! ( words long chapter!)
Shen Santong didn't want to fight all the time.

But many things are beyond his control.

Shen Sandong said: "Next we will introduce multiple directors. My own play, showing my understanding of things, will not be accepted by people."

“In the next few years, as we work across the board, we will naturally have to construct a narrative that is more in line with our culture.”

“Conflict is inevitable.”

“It’s like the third part of The Mummy, which tells the story of the protagonist breaking into a cursed and sealed emperor’s tomb and accidentally awakening the immortal and extremely cruel Dragon Emperor. The awakened Dragon Emperor intends to rule the world, and the protagonist’s family steps forward to save the world in order to make up for their son’s mistakes.”

"The Dragon Emperor was a Chinese emperor two thousand years ago. He was cursed by a witch for being too cruel. He and his army were transformed into Terracotta Warriors and sealed underground."

"Isn't that the First Emperor you're talking about?"

"When we look at other people, we are always on edge. Ancient China has such a glorious history, but it doesn't show it to us at all."

"Not only did they not show it, they also deconstructed it. The actor for the role of Dragon Emperor was chosen by Li Lianjie, who is a representative of our area. He changed his nationality, but in people's eyes, he represents us."

"Last year, the ratings of the program "Lecture Room" on Qin Shi Huang were the highest, which shows that ordinary people have a scale in their hearts."

"We will also make a movie called 'Qin Shi Huang' in the future, and portray him as the first emperor of Qin. His body dies but his soul lives on. As long as the great unification exists, the writing system is unified, and the wheel gauge is standardized, the first emperor of Qin will always be alive."

"If we make a movie about the First Emperor that is consistent with our values, will these sensitive people accept it?"

"If we don't accept it, will it hit us?"

Everyone present looked solemn.

After all, it is the United States, even if it is just the power of the media, it is not a joke.

Shen Santong slowed down his tone: "Of course, there is no need to worry too much, they are just buzzing flies."

"After the financial crisis, the landlords no longer had any surplus food."

"The ability to intervene directly has declined, so we can only use influence. It may be very powerful, but soft power is only soft power after all, and it cannot play a decisive role in an industry."

"In the 1980s, comparing the material gap between China and the U.S. was the best propaganda tool."

"Spending money on publicity without matching it with real substance will only yield half the result with twice the effort."

"It's just like the current financial crisis. When Lehman Brothers collapsed, people felt that the US was handling the situation very seriously. But in reality, were there any senior financial executives who went to jail? None."

“As the material foundation fades, the propaganda will become louder and louder, and it will become the emperor’s new clothes.”

"Compared to the outside world, I am more concerned about the little ghosts and the ghosts."

"I have heard more than once that in the cultural field, as well as in the financial field, the four great inventions have been stigmatized as eunuchs, slaves, fools, and mobs."

"I didn't understand where this rhetoric came from before, but now I understand that they are the ones who ate the shit outside."

"In the next few years, with real money support, these internal criticisms will be very loud, and we must be mentally prepared."

"So Dongtian.com is very important. This is why I want to list Dongtian.com and Shenhai Culture as a package, rather than listing them separately on the Hong Kong or US stock markets."

"We need to have our own channels, within our control, to ensure our voices are not drowned out."

Shen Santong explained the matter clearly.

"The above is more theoretical."

“In terms of pragmatism, I summarized the development stage of the industry.”

"The original entertainment and film culture was dominated by the children of the aristocratic families and the narrow Beijing circle, and a few screenwriters and directors could monopolize it."

"With the development of film and television dramas, Wang Shuo and Haiyan's original batch of people were eliminated. They survived in the industry, but they no longer have the magnificent momentum that once covered the sky and the sun."

"Feng Xiaogang is the representative. Chinese and foreigners have to revolve around him. The positions are reversed."

"Whatever Xiao Gangpao wants to shoot, we have to find a way to make it happen for him. Funds are precious, but high-quality content is even more scarce."

Words from the previous life.

Without Shen Santong, Feng Xiaogang would be the most popular director and everything he shoots would be a success.

Shen Santong continued: "Overall, the power of external industrial capital has weakened. What we should worry about is the cultural hegemony of the United States, but I don't think they will target us."

"From this point of view, the next few years, with less external interference, will be a great opportunity for us to forge our own path. It will be a strategic development period for the entertainment and cultural industry."

"Whether it is the film industry or the TV drama industry, it is an opportunity period to get rid of external interference and achieve great development."

"From a commercial perspective, local interests can fully support cultural and entertainment products, forming a positive cycle."

"Internally, Hong Kong and Taiwan are united, but they are already rotten. Huayi will gradually become our competitor, but the top resources depend on small steel cannons."

"I think the new forces such as Bona, Guangxian and Xiaoma are more promising. They need to change in order to survive."

"In comparison, we have a big advantage and have accumulated a lot. Take the movie industry for example. Ning Hao is gone, but people like Guo Fan are coming out soon."

"In the next few years, our focus will be on training film directors who can make big productions, and for TV dramas, we will focus on idol dramas."

"It forms a system that can be used to climb up the ladder like killing monsters and leveling up."

Shen Santong never thought about doing Internet business, nor did he want to be the richest man.

If he becomes the richest man one day, he will also rely on the film industry.

If you can’t do it, you can’t do it.

It is not realistic to do other industries. I really don’t have the time and experience, and I don’t even have the energy to do angel investment.

As for the companies that were very powerful in the past life, generally speaking, unicorns, they have long been famous in the industry, and investment requires the provision of corresponding resources.

When DJI later accepted investments, it did not provide any information and instead looked at the connections and relationships of the fund providers.

The same goes for high-quality content in the film and television industry. In recent years, Feng Xiaogang is the father of Huayi, the so-called father of capital. As long as he doesn't fail, everyone will support him.

And high-quality companies are the ones that investors are scrambling to invest in.

Shen Santong focused on movies and also learned lessons.

Huayi, the first stock of "China's Film and Television Entertainment" in its previous life, went public in 09. In order to prepare for its listing, it produced some decent movies, and then it started to sell well after the listing.

The most important thing in the stock market is storytelling and expectations.

In this regard, even if the film market grows by 30 to 40 percentage points each year, the overall market is still limited and cannot continuously stimulate stock prices.

Therefore, after Huayi went public, it began to abandon the entertainment path and develop the Internet and real estate, and even shouted the slogan of "de-filming".

Shen Santong painted a big picture, a trillion-dollar film group.

It's not just a pie in the sky, it's really possible.

Of course it is also difficult.

Shen Santong has to make plans to achieve this difficult goal: "Cultural creation, especially film, ultimately depends on the main creators, especially the leading ones."

"The first thing to solve is the human problem!"

"A good leader can make good use of his subordinates who are obsessed with themselves and hate themselves. This is the role of leadership."

"Let me ask you a question: why did Wu Yusen's Red Cliff lose?" Shen Santong directly asked the executives present to answer.

Answered it again.

Shen Santong just shook his head.

"What you said is both right and wrong. You are just repeating the same old tune and it doesn't get to the point."

"The root cause is that Wu Yusen is illiterate!"

The executives present opened their mouths wide.

Shen Santong said: "I didn't say this when the movie was released, but it was too hurtful. I said it today after closing the door."

"He is a big Hollywood director and has a lot of experience."

"He was successful at a young age and was favored by the martial arts master Chang Cheh. He became Chang Cheh's assistant director at a young age and established himself in the Hong Kong film industry with films such as "The Princess Divas Hit the Road" and "Money Fever."

"It started high but ended low, and was once demoted to Wandao by Xinyicheng."

“Working with Xu Ke and others, we produced the world-renowned film A Better Tomorrow.”

“He has pioneered a unique style of violent aesthetics and is renowned worldwide. He is one of the most successful and important commercial directors of Hong Kong Island.”

"Back then, before the decline of Hong Kong films, there was a wave of leaving Hong Kong for the United States. Even master directors like Xu Ke and Ringo Lam failed to gain a foothold in Hollywood. Only Wu Yusen achieved real success with works such as Broken Sword, Face/Off, and Mission: Impossible 2."

"But putting aside all the qualifications and filters, let's look at his cultural background."

"In 51, I moved to Hong Kong from Guangzhou with my family. After graduating from high school, I went to Wandao to study art and tried to shoot experimental films."

"It's not just him. Let's take Lao Mouzi for example. He only went to middle school and went to work in the countryside after graduating from junior high school."

"After that, I worked as a worker in the No. 8 Cotton Mill. When the college entrance examination was resumed, I was admitted to the photography department of Beijing Film Academy as an exception."

"Whether it's Wu Yusen or Lao Mouzi, they are both good at filming and artistic aesthetics."

"Especially Lao Mouzi, he is really amazing."

“But their knowledge level is probably not as good as that of the senior high school students who are taking the college entrance examination now.”

“Not even as good as a sophomore.”

“As they leave campus, there are also changes in teaching materials.”

"Lao Mouzi is okay, he received the education here, but Wu Yusen can hardly be said to have the knowledge level of a junior high school student."

"Especially in terms of macro-level cognition of history, country, system, etc., it is even more disastrous."

"What I said was a little blunt, but it's the truth."

"The cultural level is low, which limits the future of our industry."

“Let me ask you, can a group of middle school and high school students make a good movie?”

The executives present all looked very strange.

Shen Santong's statement was unexpected, yet reasonable.

Shen Santong: "We need to start reserving talents, starting now. We need both professional and cross-disciplinary talents."

"We currently have a surplus of science and engineering talent, so it's a good opportunity for us to recruit some of them."

"Especially those majoring in biology, chemistry, environment, health, and agronomy."

"The salaries in their majors are average, and the working environment is average. Whether they are assigned to work on equipment or write scripts, their working environment is upgraded, and they all feel very happy."

"The score is the key. It is too difficult to expect practitioners who have a score of 200, 300, 400 or 500 to do a good job in film projects."

"I'm not discriminating against people based on their academic qualifications, but it's a problem of learning ability. Objectively speaking, it's not acceptable."

The company has recruited people from different disciplines before, and Shen Santong’s idea is to treat everyone equally in the future.

Anyway, academic thinking is already deeply rooted and needs to be re-cultivated, so it is better to recruit people directly from science and engineering majors.

For those of these majors who have work experience or are about to graduate, joining an entertainment company is a good choice when they are unable to find a job.

Besides, science and engineering men are not as old-fashioned as some people think. Many of them are multi-talented.

Shen Santong was not very good at civil engineering in his previous life.

Civil engineering is not bad nowadays.

The one who graduated from Tongji University and works in self-media is quite special.

It's rare to work in media in an expanding industry.

Shen Santong finally said: "Everyone, we will definitely get rich. Materially speaking, you are all not bad."

"Our entire country is growing. Even if Shengshi Entertainment cannot match the explosively growing industries, it will not be bad in the future."

"I also hope that everyone will realize that we are doing a great business in the film industry. It is a business that can leave a lot of things behind."

"Let me say something grander. Our public opinion field is full of all kinds of junk information."

"To be frank, the United States uses junk information to disrupt our public opinion and that of other countries."

“Asking enough questions, spreading enough rumors, planting enough conspiracy theories so that people don’t know what to believe, and once they lose trust in their leaders, no longer trust the mainstream media, no longer trust official institutions, no longer trust each other, and no longer believe that there is truth, they win.”

"Everything is happening and has happened! It will be the same in the future!"

"In World War II, the Soviet Union's contributions were being erased, and our contributions were also being erased."

"Lao Su has tied up most of Dezi's forces, and we have tied up most of Benzi's forces. The European war is still behind us."

"The September 918th Incident happened in 1931, Germany's blitzkrieg against Poland was in 39, and we have been fighting Japan for eight years."

"Think about it, we saved the world during World War II."

"Even if everyone in the world who should kneel has knelt, and everyone who should surrender has surrendered, we are still resisting, using our weak bodies to contain 60% to 90% of the Japanese troops, so that other battlefields can catch their breath."

"As for how the United States has helped us, it has, but it is not something that deserves praise."

"During the 1931-year war of resistance from 1945 to , the American devils provided material and political support to the Japanese devils for ten years!!"

"Although Big Brother's support was not as much as that of the Americans, in order to avoid being attacked from two fronts and to concentrate on dealing with the western European battlefield, in the short period of time, it was sincere and sincere in its aid to China, without any post-war calculations or deceptions."

"As for Dai Ying, forget it. The empire on which the sun never sets is now only a sunset away. The brutality of their actions in harming us is no less than that of the United States."

"But what does it matter? We don't have works that are popular enough in terms of narrative. Until now, many studies have used the European War as the outbreak point."

"We want to provide a different narrative that is not exaggerated, but at least reflects our lives and history in a realistic way."

“We do this, and that’s a great cause.”

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The update may not be after midnight tomorrow, so don’t wait.

I think the upper limit of movies is very high, but unfortunately I have never opened it. It will be difficult in the future.

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