Chapter 334: There is indeed something wrong with the Feng Shui of the Koreans
On October 2010, 10, the 15th Busan International Film Festival came to a successful conclusion.

"The Thieves" won six awards in one fell swoop and became the biggest winner.

This is of course in line with the film festival's selection rules of "fairness, equity and openness".

After all, the members of the jury come from more than a dozen countries and regions including South Korea, Japan, India, the United States, Germany, France, Turkey, Canada, and Russia.

Absolutely fair.

There is no shady dealings at all.

It is full of gold and is absolutely "100% pure gold".

As soon as he left the venue, Lin Yicheng was surrounded by many reporters.

There are people from every country.

Competing for interviews.

Lin Yicheng stopped and chatted with them for a while.

After finally getting rid of these reporters, Lin Yicheng was about to leave when he was stopped again.

"Director Lin, can you accept my interview again?"

"I am a reporter from CCTV's "XXXX" program..."

"Don't worry, I'll only take up five minutes of your time..."

The speaker was a woman in her thirties.

Lin Yicheng looked familiar.

I have indeed seen this person on some CCTV TV programs before.

Their attitude is so sincere, they came all the way here, and they are from CCTV.

Lin Yicheng gave him face.

"Okay, just ask."

Lin Yicheng smiled and nodded.

Hearing Lin Yicheng say this, the CCTV female reporter's face lit up with joy.

Then, he started asking questions in a rush.

It was obvious that he came well prepared and had a plan in mind long ago.

The female reporter asked questions quickly and Lin Yicheng answered quickly.

Most of these are old-fashioned problems that don't require much consideration.

After asking for a while, Lin Yicheng estimated the time and it was about time.

He gave the female reporter a look, meaning that it was time to end it.

Unexpectedly, the female reporter either didn't notice it or turned a blind eye.

Still asking.
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"We all know that your movie The Thieves has been watched by more than 900 million people in Korea."

"A simple calculation shows that the total population of South Korea is 4700 million, which means that almost one-fifth of the population in South Korea has watched your film."

Hearing this, Lin Yicheng just smiled and said nothing, which was considered as his agreement.

Although that’s not how it’s calculated.

But the meaning is pretty much the same.

Then, the female reporter changed the subject and talked about the domestic situation.

"And now, the domestic box office of The Thieves is 11 billion. If we calculate it based on the price of 30 yuan per ticket, there are less than 4000 million people in total, which is less than one-thirtieth of our total population."

"Compared with South Korea, the gap is six times."

Hearing what the female reporter said, Lin Yicheng frowned slightly.

It feels a little off.

"You are good at math, but I want to know what you are trying to say."

Lin Yicheng asked directly, his tone no longer as gentle as it was at the beginning.

"What I mean is, if we calculate it based on the proportion of moviegoers in Korea, if The Thieves can attract one-fifth of the country's population to watch it, the box office should be more than 60 billion or even 70 billion."

"And at the moment, even the box office performance of Avatar in China is far, far worse than this."

"Does this situation seem normal to you?"

This is certainly not normal.

But it is what it is.

On the one hand, the domestic film market has not yet entered a period of real explosive growth.

Secondly, the audience was really hurt, and many people didn’t want to go to the cinema anymore.

In the past few years, cinemas were filled with two types of films.

One is the main melody model film.

One type is an art film that is full of whining.

It is not easy for audiences to find a movie that they like.

Someone finally made a few movies that the audience loved, but ended up being badly let down.

For example, Chen Xiaoer back then.

Wherever you go, the box office is stolen.

It was no use even if he watched it himself.

People were stealing right under his nose.

Either it’s an old studio or it’s an old veteran.

Each of them has a prominent background.

Chen Xiaoer can't afford to offend anyone.

Finally, Chen Xiaoer, who was almost losing his pants, finally figured it out.

Fuck you!
No more filming, no more playing!
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However, Lin Yicheng should just know these things himself and not talk about them in front of reporters.

Lin Yicheng spoke into the microphone.

“I think we should look at this issue dialectically.”

"After all, our film industry has only been commercialized for less than a decade, and we have made great progress to achieve the current results."

"But we should also face up to the gap between our film markets and those of other countries."

"As filmmakers, we must have a sense of urgency and remind ourselves to make more good films that audiences love to watch."

"In this way, more audiences can be attracted to the cinema."

"Of course, on the other hand, we must also vigorously develop the construction of cinemas to facilitate more audiences so that they don't have to walk too far to find a cinema."

"I believe that as long as we work hard, our market will definitely develop. In the future, we will definitely be the second largest film market in the world, and it will not be a problem for us to even be the first."

“I have every confidence in this.”

After saying this, Lin Yicheng gave the female reporter another look.

He signaled to her again that the question could end here.

There is a saying that goes "kicking the nose to get ahead of oneself".

This female reporter is...

Maybe it was because Lin Yicheng had a good attitude, or maybe it was because he felt that he had the support of CCTV...

The female reporter did not stop.

Instead, the questions became more numerous and more excessive.

"Do you think audiences will support domestic films just by doing this?"

"It's like this. When I arrived at the film festival, I was shocked by the atmosphere here."

"I saw that the streets near the exhibition hall were lined with posters of the films participating in the selection and exhibition, and citizens of Busan stopped to watch."

"In addition to the film festival's advertising logos hanging on the doors of many restaurants, hotels, and office buildings, I once went to a place far away from the venue to interview with a press card printed with the film festival logo."

"When I was shopping in a small supermarket, the cashier would ask me in simple English: Are you here to report on the Busan Film Festival? Then, the cashier enthusiastically introduced me to some information about the film festival."

“This shows how highly the local people are involved. It seems that the whole of Busan is holding its breath and working together to make this film festival a success.”

“The Korean people care about movies, discuss movies, and watch movies, supporting movies in the simplest but most positive and feasible way.”

“Unfortunately, I have never seen this at any film festival in the country.”

"I am confused. Why can't domestic film festivals achieve what Busan has done? Why do domestic films make audiences feel that there is everything except movies?"

At this point, the female reporter's face showed the expression common to CCTV reporters.

It's the kind of expression that "worries about the country and the people" and wants to "worry about the world before worrying about itself."

Lin Yicheng almost laughed out loud.

He has seen many people who worship foreign things and fawn on foreigners.

But this was the first time he had seen someone who praised Koreans so much.

And he is a reporter from CCTV.
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Seeing that Lin Yicheng didn't say anything, the female reporter didn't care and continued talking to herself in front of the camera.

"I also saw that at the closing ceremony, everyone bid farewell to Chairman Kim Dong-ho (Pusan ​​International Film Festival Chairman) who was about to retire."

"With tears in his eyes, he said, 'Thank you for your help over the years. I am willing to dedicate my life to Korea and movies.' The audience applauded loudly, and everyone cheered and encouraged him and was moved to tears."

"However, I have never seen such a humane scene at film festivals or award ceremonies in mainland China."

"In Hong Kong Island, at the Academy Awards, there was a scene where the Four Heavenly Kings sang "Back then" to commemorate Leslie Cheung, and everyone in the audience felt the same way."

"In Taiwan, the Golden Horse Awards are also very united. No matter how strong the film momentum in the mainland and Hong Kong Island is, the Golden Horse Awards will actively encourage its own local films."

"Looking back at the mainland film industry, unfortunately, all I see is that everyone is like a pile of loose sand, scattered in every corner of this industry."

"Even if I can gather them together with my hands, once I let go, they will be the same again."

"Under this situation, are you still optimistic about the domestic film market? Are you still optimistic?"

"You just said that we should vigorously develop cinema construction. But currently in China, including your Galaxy Film Company, many film and television companies and cinema chains are integrated."

"In the United States and South Korea, the model is that of independent studios and independent theaters."

"The United States is the world's largest film market and center, and South Korea's market is much more developed than ours."

“Do you think the reason for this huge gap is that the domestic film studios and cinemas are still integrated and the model is too backward?”

"Even if domestic cinemas are built on a large scale, those small and medium-sized film and television companies will still be controlled by others. Can this really drive the development of the entire film industry?" The female reporter continued to chatter.

Lin Yicheng couldn't help but look at her deeply.

Some people have really been kneeling for too long.

His peripheral vision even glanced at her knees.

Under the flesh-colored stockings, the color of the female reporter's knees is obviously different and darker than other parts of her body.

really.

Either he just knelt last night, or he has been kneeling like this for all these years.

At first glance, her words seemed logical and reasonable.

But if you look closely, you will find loopholes everywhere.
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The “Four Heavenly Kings” singing together is a tribute to the past? Is it a human touch?

So what was going on when they put steel bars on their necks, crushed rocks with their chests, stepped on eggs and threw darts at the TBV annual meeting, acting like clowns and trying to make Shao Laoliu laugh?
The Golden Horse Awards are indeed united.

But what kind of people are they uniting with? And why are they uniting with that kind of people?

As for the stick, there is no need to mention it.

Lin Yicheng has personally experienced what the entertainment industry here is like.

When he lifted up the gorgeous robe, he saw that there were no lice underneath, but maggots everywhere!

There are indeed many bad things in the domestic film and television industry.

Experts, scholars and film critics have all blasted today's directors for only understanding business and not art - even though they have never been to a filming set in their entire lives and don't even know how to operate a camera.

Investors are complaining about the lack of talent in the industry, saying that if a film cannot hire one or two top-tier actors, it would simply not start filming. At the same time, they are stuffing their own people into the crews, and most of them are used for the most important roles.

The old predecessors accused the new generation of directors of not respecting them enough and not being respectful enough to art...

The new generation of directors blamed their predecessors for being too much of a hindrance, taking up space and preventing them from getting on top...

The entire market seems to be thriving, but behind closed doors, this circle is simply a dog-eat-tail process.

They all bite with great energy, but in fact they are just doing it for their own amusement.

When facing foreign enemies, everyone was numb and wanted to bury their heads in the sand and pretend to be dead.

What Lin Yicheng has done over the years, whether open or secret, has been to rectify these malpractices.

Nowadays, the rectification has begun to show results.

Although the circle is still a pool of dirty water, at least it is not the stinking ditch it used to be.

As for Hollywood studios and theaters, they are independent.

Wasn’t it because the big studios at the time were so greedy that they aroused public anger?

Of course, the introduction of the "Paramount Decree" was also largely due to political factors - to curb the hesitant forces in Hollywood.

But even so.

Today's Big Six Hollywood studios still have a profound influence on those theater chains.

After all, we were a family before, and we are still family even after we split up.

If a movie that is not produced by the Big Six wants to be released and scheduled, it still has to depend on the Big Six.

What’s even more terrible is that the Motion Picture Association of America, the so-called MPAA, is also controlled by the Big Six.

The MPAA is responsible for the classification and rating of films.

If you make the Big Six unhappy, or if your status is affected, they will change your film from PG to R.

Or it’s stuck a few days before the release, leaving you no time to delete or modify the plot.

I can't accept it.

Spielberg has something to say about this, as he was once tortured to death by this method.

Aren’t these ways of playing much more evil than those in China?
Besides, those Hollywood production companies don’t make money from theaters.

Even the box office of the movie doesn't matter.

The movie is just one big advertisement.

The real money-making part comes from the sales and licensing of videotapes, discs, and various peripheral products driven by the movies.

These are the big ones.

Compared to this, the movie box office profits are just a drizzle.

But is it possible to separate production and theaters in China?
What the hell!
Hollywood can make money from videotapes, discs, and peripherals.

How is it possible in China?

Two words are enough to kill it all.

Piracy!

The box office share is already very low. If it is separated further, and there is no other income or profit, how can a few large and successful companies be nurtured under such circumstances?
At that time, we were truly a group of scattered sand, poor and weak, and would be wiped out by the wind.

However, all of the above either involve unity, confidentiality, inside information, other countries, or sensitivity...

Lin Yicheng couldn't tell anyone else anything.

Therefore, faced with the female reporter's sophistry, Lin Yicheng was at a loss for words for a moment.

This is so fucking frustrating.
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How could Lin Yicheng endure such injustice?
So, he just turned cold.

“Is this interview live?”

Lin Yicheng asked coldly.

"Uh, no, we are recording this."

The female reporter was frightened by Lin Yicheng's expression and momentum, and answered hurriedly in a panic.

"That's good."

Lin Yicheng nodded first, then said: "The content just now is not allowed to be broadcast."

Then, Lin Yicheng pointed at the photographer and ordered, "Give me the tape."

Since we can't crack the sophistry, let's deal with the person who raised it.

This time, Lin Yicheng really didn't intend to reason with them.

"You can't do this. I'm a journalist. I have the freedom and power to interview. And I come from..."

The female reporter became anxious.

Lin Yicheng ignored him.

Staring coldly at the photographer.

"What? Do you want me to say it a second time?"

Stay in your position and nourish your energy.

Lin Yicheng has been in a high position for a long time, issuing orders for so many years. How could ordinary people withstand his aura?

At least the photographer couldn't bear it.

I saw him taking down the camera on his shoulder with some trepidation, opening the back cover with trembling hands, and after rummaging for a few times with shaking hands, he finally took out the tape.

Just when he was about to hand it to Lin Yicheng.

The female reporter suddenly took a step sideways and stopped in front of the photographer.

"You can't take it, you're infringing..."

The female reporter didn't even use honorifics and wanted to continue to pester Lin Yicheng.

Lin Yicheng's eyes suddenly swept towards her.

The tone became colder.

To the female reporter, it was like falling into an ice cellar.

"You do have the right to interview, but I also have the right to make you lose your job and completely lose this power!"

The female reporter didn't dare to stop him anymore.

You can only retreat honestly.

After Lin Yicheng took the tape, he looked at the female reporter again.

"You should know what to say and what to do in the future."

"If you speak out of turn, your skin won't work and won't protect you."

After saying that, Lin Yicheng turned and left.

I just felt extremely unlucky.

I came to the film festival happily to "purchase goods".

Unexpectedly, the Koreans were all very well behaved and didn't cause any trouble for him.

Instead, it was his compatriots from the country who caused him trouble.

It seems that the feng shui here in Korea is really bad.

Lin Yicheng made up his mind that he would never come to this place again no matter what.
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As for whether the female reporter will complain to her leader after returning.

Lin Yicheng really doesn't care.

On the way back to the hotel, Lin Yicheng called Zhong Lifang and Li Yuefang respectively.

I told them the name of the female reporter and the TV program she worked for.

Let them pay attention to that column and CCTV respectively.

If there is any sign of trouble, Lin Yicheng plans to strike first.

As for CCTV, Lin Yicheng just doesn't want to offend them, but he is not afraid of them, nor is he afraid of them.

If they are blind, they will want to have a fight with Lin Yicheng.

Then come on.

It just so happened that Lin Yicheng had been displeased with them for a long time.

I was just about to hang up the phone.

Zhong Lifang reported another matter to him.

After hearing this, Lin Yicheng's mouth twitched again.

It’s really fucking annoying. Either there’s nothing happening, or there’s one thing after another.

(End of this chapter)