Chapter 988 The Birth of Anti-Japanese War God Drama
In fact, when attending today's banquet, Jing Jian mainly tried to relieve boredom. Hu Juewen also had other purposes. Therefore, after chatting about interesting things in Hollywood and Hong Kong film circles, he politely sent Jing Jian an invitation to direct. After Jing Jian declined, Hu Juewen discussed cooperation with Ding Sheng.
Without further explanations of mutual testing and constant bargaining, Jing Jian became an audience member and learned from the situation of the Yindu institutions from the side. However, when he heard Hu Juewen say, "Ding Sheng, our Yindus actually have good main creators, good directors and actors, and not lack their own theaters, but many projects lack funds and are very welcome to foreign investment. Ding Sheng, everyone knows that you have a broad range of friendships, so I am shameless here. I wonder if you can introduce a few to me?"
In fact, Hu Juewen said that, and Ding Sheng heard it. Who doesn’t know that Yindu’s videos are all cheating? They can’t hide at any time, so who will jump in on their own initiative? Therefore, Ding Sheng skillfully replied to the routine: "It must be certain, and I will send you news to Hu Sheng at that time."
Originally, this scene passed by. But Jing Jian next to him suddenly lit up his eyes and felt inspired. He quickly interrupted: "Mr. Hu, don't you know if you are not accepted by the joint venture?"
"How do you say it?" Hu Juewen looked at Jing Jian with some surprise.
"It is a joint venture with an independent production company or a joint venture to make movies. I mainly want to ask about the policy, and I don't know if your silver will allow it."
"Oh." Hu Juewen smiled. In fact, it is not that no one has seen the advantages of Yindu institutions. There are quite a few people who come to seek cooperation and joint ventures. In this regard, Yindu also has open policies to the outside world, especially in the Hong Kong film industry. This is not a confidential thing. "Director Jing, we have already obtained the policy opening. Not only are we welcome joint ventures, but we also welcome them to release them. We can even jointly invest in new studios. However, Director Jing is all friends here. I will be honest and say that it is not that we are not welcome to Yin, but mainly because there are many restrictions on foreign investors."
"Is that true? Are there restrictions on the identity and source of funds of investors?"
Hu Juewen smiled and shook his head: "Not any investor, including Taiwanese compatriots. In fact, it is not our central government that is restricting it now, but the Taiwanese authorities. The funds are even more legal. Even..." Hu Juewen gave a "you understand" look, implying that as long as it is reasonable on the surface, silver will not care about the source of the funds at all.
This time it was Jing Jian who was surprised: "So, are the conditions very relaxed?"
Hu Juewen nodded with a wry smile: "The conditions in this regard are indeed relaxed. But one thing is that we only accept the share of the films and commissioned distribution of cooperative movies. Generally, we will follow the share ratio of Hong Kong. We will not charge too much, but we will never accept the buyout."
Jing Jian nodded, this is easy to understand. Buyout tests vision. If you have good vision, you can make a big profit, but if you have poor vision, you may lose money. However, Yindu institutions are state-owned enterprises, why should they bet on their vision? Moreover, the negotiation of buying out is hard to judge with just a mouth, and it is easy to be criticized by others. In order to help the country make money, is it gambled on their own future? Also, there is no situation where you accept bribes and buy out at a high price. So you simply share the profit clearly, and there will be no sequelae.
Hu Juewen continued: "We can also establish a joint venture subsidiary, but our silver all need to occupy at least 51% of the shares. We can discuss the management rights of the company. However, the right to review the content of the film must belong to our silver all. All of the films that are cooperative and the films issued by agents need to pass our review."
When Jing Jian heard this, he fully understood that the real restrictions might be here. He asked with a smile: "Mr. Hu, don't blame me for taking the blame. I want to ask for advice. Are there any successful examples of your cooperation like this?"
"Hahaha, there are still some." Several people laughed tacitly, "Director Jing, I'm going to hide it from you, it's a little difficult, so we hope friends can help you!"
Maybe he has been working in Hong Kong for a long time, and Hu Juewen has basically lost his bureaucratic aura, but instead acts like a businessman. In fact, Hu Juewen doesn’t have any hope when he says this. Maybe he has too many disappointments in the past, and it is basically difficult for investors to be interested. Just those tall and scammers can’t even fools be fooled?
However, Jing Jian's subsequent words surprised Hu Juewen: "Mr. Hu, Asheng, I actually think it's a big deal? Why don't we show the cooperation we are good at? Can we complement each other's strengths?"
"Oh?" Hu Juewen suddenly became energetic, "Director Jing, what are your opinions?"
"Mr. Hu, you know I am a director. I have a certain understanding of European and American audiences in Hollywood, especially European and American audiences. I am good at commercial movies, commonly known as popcorn movies. In fact, European, American, Hong Kong, Macao and mainland audiences have similar tastes. Popcorn movies are very popular. Unlike art movies, there may be regional cultural differences, and popcorn movies are easy to break through national boundaries. For example, Hollywood movies are basically relied on their popcorn movies in the world."
Hu Juewen and Ding Sheng nodded. They were both people in the circle, so they agreed with Jing Jian’s statement. The same is true for Hong Kong movies, such as martial arts, gun battles, etc., which are popular in mainland China, Hong Kong and Macao, are essentially popcorn movies, especially the proud "Shaolin Temple" of Yindu Institution, which is also a very typical popcorn commercial movie.
"Mr. Hu, do you think I can summarize this way? If we want to succeed in cooperation, we must first have the top-notch elements of popcorn movies, that is, the selling point of commercial movies; secondly, the investment amount cannot be too high, or the pay needs to be controlled, and most of the investment should be used in special effects. After all, the better the special effects, the higher the chance of success of popcorn movies; thirdly, we must give full play to the advantages of our distribution. There is no need to say more about this. Asheng's seeds are overseas, and you are all in the mainland, and you already have the foundation for cooperation. Finally, the content of the film must take into account both entertainment and political nature. It must conform to the mainstream values of the mainland, at least it must pass the review."
Hu Juewen smiled: "Director Jing, what you said is so good, that's what you have to do. But I have a question: to meet so many conditions, it is impossible to select the material of the video?"
"Haha, actually, I have a type that can fully meet all the conditions."
"Oh?" Hu Juewen was very curious, "Is there really such a type?"
"Yes! I call it - the Anti-Japanese War God Drama!"
"Anti-Japanese War God Drama?"
An occasional social interaction inadvertently led to the birth of the Anti-Japanese War God Drama!
Chapter completed!