The communication between the two did not last long, and Liu Qingshan was called away by a phone call.
The caller was Han Shanping, an absolute big shot in the mainland film market.
"Shanzi, your new film was scheduled yesterday, and it's still scheduled for Saturday, the 29th of this month." .z.
"What I'm more concerned about is the proportion of theaters."
Now is an era of the jungle. Some people can occupy good resources for a long time, and some people are destined to become companions.
Take last year’s Lunar New Year film as an example. There were seven movies, but in terms of film schedule, two films with strong capital participation took 70% to 80%, while the other five films combined only accounted for 20% to 30%. .
The publicity and distribution work for those two movies was certainly done well, but shouldn’t the scheduling of the movies be completed in accordance with audience expectations and word-of-mouth? Why is there such a big disparity?
At the beginning, one of them got nearly 50% of the film schedule due to its good publicity and strong relationship with the film company.
Although it later received a bad reputation and its film placement rate began to decline, it still occupied the second place for a long time.
Another movie completed a counterattack because of its high reputation, with a film scheduling rate as high as 45%. In comparison, several other movies are very miserable!
This is what Liu Qingshan is most worried about, and his current influence in the industry in the mainland is far inferior to his market position in Hong Kong and even overseas markets.
"Originally, the comprehensive data given by major theater chains was a film scheduling rate of 29%. This data is actually very high. But later, the above units exerted influence, and this data became the current 49%."
"Oh, whose handiwork is this? The influence of the ministry?"
"I want to ask you again. After the final results came out yesterday, other producers were in chaos, and many people called the department. There is a lot of dissatisfaction in the industry right now, so someone asked me to ask you. , some things can’t be overdone!”
"To be honest, I haven't done anything here. Do you believe it?"
"It doesn't matter whether I believe it or not. What matters is how to extinguish this spreading dissatisfaction as soon as possible."
"I really haven't done anything. I haven't even called Kyoto once in the past half month!"
"Then why did such a strong intervention suddenly come out? Don't tell me that you can't even guess the general direction. You know, it's a problem that even I can't investigate some things, but others are calling me. , I can’t give a specific answer, the current situation is very passive!”
"What does it have to do with me? It's my fault to listen to what you said? If this kind of thing is really instigated by me behind the scenes, it's understandable. The key is that I don't know anything about it. You Do you think I was wronged or not?"
Perhaps because he heard Liu Qingshan's unkind tone, Han Shanping's previous strong tone immediately softened: "Don't get angry in a hurry. Personally, I believe you, but the problem is that all the dissatisfaction seems to have gone to I'm here, and there's nothing I can do about it. If I don't complain to you, who should I turn to?"
"In my opinion, you are the one who is most anxious to get angry, right? Third Master, let's talk about something. Let's take the matter of someone's strong intervention. Why don't you first consider the will of the superiors, but come to me to denounce it? ? Yes, it is true that I am a vested interest, but there must be a prerequisite that I can do it, because the general environment of our mainland cultural market is to eliminate monopoly and reduce capital intervention. Under this general situation, I have to How audacious are you to dare to risk the world's disdain and openly present such obvious human manipulation in front of everyone? Isn't this just rushing to hand over to others the excuse for being manipulated in the future!"
"Lier is such a Lier, but why can't even I find out what kind of direct intervention it is? The Ministry's opinions are stated openly. I have nothing to say about this, but I can call him. Everyone is taboo, so I can't help but have all kinds of suspicions."
"Is there such a taboo? Could it be that I was deliberately put on the fire and roasted? What I ate into my mouth will be confiscated afterwards. How did I spit it out again?"
"It's not as evil as you think, because the filming rate is so high and there are also packages for some important units.
Market demand, although I have not fully implemented this information, but the situation like the previous "Assembly" where the venue was booked with public funds is very likely to happen again. "
Liu Qingshan took a breath of cold air. What he felt in his heart was not panic, but deep confusion.
After all, "Assembly" has its own uniqueness, positive energy, historical nature, overall view, national sentiment and other factors are obvious. It can get official public support, which is understandable in the context of China's national conditions.
But this "I'm Not the God of Medicine" has nothing to do with some of the above factors. On the contrary, it touches some real system loopholes or criticisms.
According to normal understanding, the official will be extremely cautious in this regard. After all, taking the initiative to stand up will inevitably be suspected of slapping oneself in the face.
After all, problems such as expensive and difficult medical treatment, the inclusion of anti-cancer drugs in medical insurance, and the introduction of foreign innovative drugs are chronic diseases that have always existed in the hearts of the people.
However, it is still difficult to completely correct these existing problems, because the cost of developing a blind drug is indeed very huge.
In order to conquer a disease, hundreds of researchers may spend years or even decades, and may consume hundreds of millions or billions of funds.
The results of research and development can extend people's lives, so it is understandable that drugs are expensive.
And research and development is like creation. As long as the work comes out, no matter how much you spend upfront, the work becomes a commodity.
It’s just that goods can achieve greater profits by relying on quality and quantity, but they must not rely on sky-high prices to squeeze the people. This is also an irrefutable objective fact.
Because in this society, the most powerless and defenseless people are ordinary people, and the people who work hardest and have the least say and sense of security are ordinary people.
In any business activity, you cannot throw all the pressure on ordinary people in order to achieve your own dominance and status in the world!
But there are no rules. The law is the law and no one can challenge it.
The law has also made concessions in a humane manner when the patients collectively committed suicide. This is already a very good solution!
The country has only been founded for a few decades, and the formulation of laws is not as complete as that of developed countries. Many laws and regulations were even customized after large-scale problems occurred.
Therefore, we often see some people and industries operating in the blank areas of the law. As long as the law does not clearly provide for it, they will take the opportunity to intervene and make huge profits by skirting the edges of the law.
For example, in this film, if Cheng Yong's behavior is not stopped, or if he is acquitted due to extenuating circumstances, then more people will choose to ignore the law and commit crimes. It's just that a touching story has been conceived in advance. Can.
There is no road in the world. As long as someone breaks out of it with good intentions, there will be people who will continue to walk down this road. However, some people will have malicious intentions.
Taking into account these existing problems, according to normal human thinking, the official attitude will never be so proactive in making specific evaluations.
This is also the main reason why Han Shanping called so resentfully today. What they said is correct. Even he couldn't find out the details. After facing pressure from all sides, he could only go to Liu Qingshan. The biggest suspect said it.
But the problem is that Liu Qingshan was also wronged. He really didn't know that this would happen.
Of course, he knew better that the main purpose of Master Han's call was to tell Liu Qingshan the ins and outs of the matter through his own investigation, so that he could give a reasonable explanation to those who complained.
As for Liu Qingshan, is there any channel to learn about it? Of course, it can only be the Fu family, and only people like Mr. Fu have the ability to understand things that ordinary people cannot understand.
However, he is not so easy to be tricked: "I really know nothing about the high filming rate, let alone who is helping me. Third Master, how can you determine that this matter does not belong to certain people? trap?"
Master Han sighed, "Do you have delusions of being persecuted? Such an obvious assumption
How brave do you have to do this? Moreover, the official attitude is so ambiguous, and it is obviously not possible for someone or some force to act without authorization. The Zhao family does not have that much energy, so your imagination of them is too lawless! This is the world of the people, and the powerful are just powerful. Anyone who dares to take the lead in something with such a wide influence is tantamount to digging his own grave! "
"I didn't talk about the Zhao family."
"Don't play this kind of word game with me, Third Master. You weren't even born when I was playing tricks on others!"
"Come on, I'm just a kid, I'm just making assumptions. Since there are no such hidden dangers, I feel more at ease!"
"I understand your mentality. You have been avoiding communicating with the authorities. You have been cautious and cautious along the way, but I must know the inside story about this matter, otherwise I won't be able to explain it to my old friends!"
"I also understand the tremendous pressure on Third Master. If I want to inquire about this matter, there is only one way to go."
"I understand, I don't care how you go about asking, but you must give me an explanation before dinner, otherwise there will be a dinner party that I dare not attend, and if I don't go, it will affect the review of our three-year plan!"
In fact, Liu Qingshan didn't plan to hold on to the other party for long. Who is Mr. Han? He is the absolute leader of the only approval unit for foreign-related cultural projects, and with such high power, there can only be a limited number of people who support him. someone in an individual.
What's more, this person has been of great help to him, both publicly and privately. Strictly speaking, he has assumed a large degree of responsibility as a protector.
He, Liu Qingshan, was not an ungrateful person, and there was no way he would not treat the request for help from Third Master with care.
