New Age Artists

Chapter 557 I am just an ordinary person, what benefit can fame bring to me?

The air in Qingdao in late autumn is filled with moisture.

Stab it!

After getting off the plane, Han Sanping felt a little cold, so he zipped up his gray jacket.

The good news is that Shen Santong really can't run, but the bad news is that Shen Santong is a little too normal. He chokes to death every time and now he has become a runner.

Some counterparts in some regions believed that Han Sanping was Shen Santong's mentor and old leader, so they asked him to take charge.

What does it matter?
Xu Ruoxuan cried over the script, Wu Yusen blatantly discriminated against her, or some people in Hong Kong and Taiwan are enjoying the benefits and don't say anything nice, but they can't even control their mouths?
Chen Kexin's "Wuxia" made him angry. Han Sanping was not a person without temper. He had suffered a lot at the hands of Hong Kong and Taiwan directors over the years.

The way you eat is so ugly. It’s nothing but a few words.

It might just be rumors again. We can't even figure out who wrote "Yun Shui Yao", who promoted it, and who he was trying to please. They make up stories about his relationship with so and so. Don't you think he doesn't know?

But I have to come. I can’t create tension now.

On the one hand, they indulge the island and related interests within a controllable range, so that they do not feel the crisis, and they work together to gain benefits, and they are neither civil nor military. On the other hand, they rely on the advantages of the system to continuously develop themselves.

At around nine o'clock, Han Sanping and his party drove to the film and television base of Santong Entertainment.

Nominally it is a work inspection.

Han Sanping prefers the state-owned enterprise model. What he has always wanted to do is to develop and strengthen China Film and avoid privatization.

After getting off the car, he went straight to the point and asked Shen Santong: "The film and television city is well built. What have you been busy with these days? You don't answer the phone, you are secluded to film, do you have time to surf the Internet?"

Shen Santong smiled and delivered a strong blow online, but was gentle and elegant offline: "The Mystical Ancient City, a novel adapted from Ghost Blows Out the Light."

Chen Chexi explained: "Director Shen has been working continuously for more than a month and was busy until midnight yesterday. When he heard that you were coming, he put down his work and rushed over."

Han Sanping also knew that he had come suddenly, so he said politely, "No hurry, you go to shoot first, and let Xiao Chen take me around the set."

"Okay, I'll come over when I'm done." Shen Santong didn't know what politeness was. He had a lot of things to do.

Chen Chexi was a little confused when he saw Shen Santong leave.

Han Sanping was speechless, but since he was already here, there was no need to rush: "Xiao Chen, can you take me to see it? I think this play is quite big, right?"

Chen Chexi introduced: "The Lost Tomb is a key series project of the company, benchmarked against Cameron's The Terminator, and strives to achieve full texture."

“A lot of time and effort went into the physical objects and modeling of the monster props, just to make them look realistic.”

Han Sanping became interested: "Keep quiet in the director's area and go to the props area."

The prop area is the size of a football field and is divided into multiple shooting areas.

At first glance, it looks like the tomb was moved to the ground.

Han Sanping stopped and admired the production level and care that could not be found anywhere else in the country.

Chen Chexi explained: "When preparing for The Lost Tomb, Director Shen talked about 'film and television industrialization' the most."

"We need to use the Ghost Blows Out the Light series to further promote the industrialization of the film industry and work hard. Our computer special effects are backward, but we can make up for it through real scenes, manual labor and time."

"We need to take the initiative and use the advantages of our industry chain and industrialization level to make the final film no less impressive than Hollywood blockbusters."

Han Sanping picked up the finger-sized firefly prop and looked at it. It looked almost the same as the real thing. He asked, "What's the difference between this and Inception?"

Chen Chexi said: "Nowadays, the main thing is to improve the process. Industrialization is not just about hardware equipment. In fact, it means 'the design is as rigorous as that of a company making products, the division of labor of each part can be refined, the schedule of each person can be quantified and executed, and the cost of each link can be accurately calculated'."

"It's like doing a project, with drawings and designs, building materials subcontracting, a quantifiable timetable that can be executed, and a person in charge of cost cooperation, all of which are assigned to the right people."

"So, if we want to industrialize the film industry, overall management is the most important thing."

"Comedy themes can be produced by small workshops, but for blockbuster productions, without organization and management, it is difficult to control costs and the quality of the finished product cannot be guaranteed."

"We basically encounter all kinds of new problems during the execution phase. No one has ever done this before."

"So, we all developed the habit of taking notes every day so that we can summarize the problems at the end of each stage."

Han Sanping took over Chen Chexi's production notes, which were filled with various matters.

I couldn't help but exclaimed: "You are really amazing, amazing."

Han Sanping simply investigated this business and found that Santong Entertainment's production capabilities had improved rapidly. It was obvious that "The Lost Tomb" was more professional than the "Red Cliff" project.

After looking around, Han Sanping asked, "You are so busy at work, how can he still have the energy to gossip?"

"I don't know either." Chen Chexi knew it was difficult to say anything about Shen Santong's personal affairs, not to mention that she didn't know: "Director Shen is very energetic."

"A few days ago, when the filming of The Lost Tomb lasted for about 40 days, the entire crew was exhausted and in a very bad state because of the endless problems with the scenes, props, and overtime work day and night."

"That day, the set for the next scene had not been completed yet, and the art team was still making old props. We couldn't shoot, so we took a day off."

"Director Shen was still very energetic. He called all of us to a meeting and played the results of the previous month's filming on the big screen for everyone. He used some of our experiences in the border areas to encourage us."

What Chen Chexi said may seem irrelevant, but it is already a response.

"The Lost Tomb" was filmed in the border areas as originally planned, out of a sense of responsibility and mission.

Be it Wu Yusen or Xu Ruoxuan, those people and events, and the words they said, are all things that cannot be brought to the table, like passing clouds.

They were crying for their adoptive mother, thinking about how to take advantage of her and feel smug, while Shen Santong was working on his own business.

Han Sanping underestimated Shen Santong a little.

For some people, going public is their end, thinking of cashing out and running away to cut off shareholders. Santong Entertainment went public in order to further utilize funds and the market to grow and develop.

Today, Santong Entertainment is a large group with several film and television bases, hundreds of cinemas, talent centers in cooperation with many universities, and tens of thousands of employees across the country.

Shen Santong uses an industrial approach to make films and TV series. He is willing to pay social security for theater employees and post-production personnel, as well as employees of the Moshijian milk tea shop, to provide a guarantee. He combines movies, variety shows with local landmark buildings and attractions to drive local development.

Shen Santong has a considerable official influence and also has a huge influence overseas. Today, he is capable of standing on his own.

Before I knew it, it was noon.

Shen Santong walked with the wind: "I still have work to do in the afternoon, so I can only eat with the crew."

Han Sanping didn't care much: "It's the same. I saw what you were talking about just now. What software are you making?"

Shen Santong was hungry, so he opened a lunch box and ate several mouthfuls. He said, "It's a software that can continuously modify the script, storyboards, and the preparation, testing, modification, and confirmation of various departments simultaneously."

Han Sanping sighed: "I do have a passion for the film industry. You are doing better than I thought. I feel old."

Shen Santong praised: "How can you be old? You are so great!"

Han Sanping found this strange and started talking about business: "You guys are doing well in distributing movies based on books, why did you bring in China Film Group?"

Shen Santong had nothing to hide, so he told everyone about his falling out with Dong Bao.

Han Sanping: “.”

That is to say, he is not in a hurry to eat, otherwise he would either choke or die: "Your book "Inception" has a box office of 1 billion RMB, right? Other films have also made box office, so why bother?"

Shen Santong has his own logic: "They make the most money, and I help them promote their talents. As a partner, they should help me block the Tokyo Film Festival issue."

Han Sanping was used to Shen Santong's self-confidence: "It can also be vague, just don't reveal it."

Shen Santong said firmly: "They are challenging our core interests! Santong Entertainment must respond! The culture of this book is that they say one thing in front of you and another behind your back. Whatever they do, they have carefully thought it through."

"I think Xiao Mi is focusing on the book. Xiao Mi has strong control over a company like Dongbao. Subsequent cooperation will inevitably be affected. Why don't I take action first!"

"At this time, China Film Group Corporation and the Film Bureau need to play a role and ensure that Chinese-language films are treated the same as their scripts are treated here."

At this point, Shen Santong asked, "How are things in Europe and America? Our market has exploded this year, and they make a lot of money from us every year, so they should be treated equally."

Han Sanping contributed to this, arranging two blockbusters on the same day this summer to give Hollywood a boost: "The talks on Red Cliff are almost done, the first part can be screened in North America next year, and the distribution conditions are good, starting with the Chinese community."

"But the interim results will have to wait until next year. We have WTO negotiations with Xiao Mi, and we plan to include your film in the memorandum of understanding on issues related to Xiao Mi's films."

Twenty or thirty years ago, we had to negotiate a trade agreement with Xiaomi once a year, which was very frustrating.

Now the University of Tokyo is slowly catching up and there is something to talk about.

Shen Santong was almost done: "Are you here just for inspection?"

Han Sanping laughed angrily: "Don't ask when you already know the answer. Have you ever thought about what you said? The counterparts in Taiwan and Hong Kong have bombarded the Film Bureau with calls. I tell you, you might as well go after specific people. Find out their weaknesses, such as tax and so on, and knock them down directly."

Shen Santong said righteously: "I am criticizing a phenomenon. I am not doing anything tricky. I am doing it openly and aboveboard!"

Han Sanping let him know the seriousness of the problem: "Some things can be done but not said. Do you know how many people you offended by saying that you eat in the east and sleep in the west?"

Eating in the east and sleeping in the west can make many people break their defenses.

Shen Santong also had something to say: "Didn't Wu Yusen say that? There are some things that can be done but not said, but he said it, which means he thought it was nothing, so he has to bear the consequences that he thinks are nothing, and there is nothing to say."

"We are from the same cultural circle. We speak Mandarin and they speak Mandarin. There is no problem in communication."

"When market-oriented reforms just started a few years ago, Hong Kong and Taiwan capital entered our market with its first-mover advantage. Even many committee members and consultants for the film and television market-oriented reforms are from Hong Kong and Taiwan."

"Hong Kong films are declining, so we opened up the market and helped them selflessly. As cooperation and exchanges increased, our interests became more and more intertwined, and we should have gotten closer and closer. But what was the result?"

"Short-sighted politicians and some other people in Taiwan have no intention of equal cooperation and communication."

"Instead, they use film, television, cultural and entertainment products to create divisions and guide public opinion, and they also demand to be superior to others."

Han Sanping was speechless: "We are all family. They are short-sighted, but we cannot be so short-sighted. Blood is thicker than water." Shen Santong spread his hands: "So I didn't do anything. They can still make money. I just drew a clear line between us."

Han Sanping: "There's no need to choose between this and that."

Shen Santong shook his head: "In the area of ​​public opinion, it's not a matter of fighting for it, nor is it a matter of losing a few positions. The current situation is that the outside world has already pushed the battle line across countries, provinces, cities, districts, streets, communities, buildings, and units, and even into the bedrooms and quilts at home."

"In fact, we were beaten into bed, and we were still thinking hard: should we fight with the other party?"

"I fought back, but some people accused my allies of being surprised and finding all kinds of faults."

"Thinking about playing a big game of chess to save people and lose territory is just an excuse! At this time, being neutral means leaning towards the enemy. We must fight resolutely!"

If someone else said this, Han Sanping would think it was nonsense: "Think about it carefully, you will offend a lot of people this way."

Shen Santong said frankly: "It has been eight years since I went to college, and I always feel a heavy sense of depression, and it is getting heavier day by day."

"Many things that have never been heard of in the past, never mentioned in books, and never shown on TV are absurd and are a hundred times more serious in real life."

"It is difficult to tell the truth, speak human language, use common sense, and use basic logic. Some people can spread rumors openly, and some people keep saying 'tell the truth, speak boldly, and speak human language', but in fact they don't say a single human language."

"They take foreign money, foreign nationality, and make movies that are full of innuendos and slander, and they are proud of it."

"Our society is too heavy. We are trying to catch up with the backwardness of modern history. Can't we even let the public have a little happiness?"

"Some people keep saying that people outside are all happy and not bullied, but we are all frowning, numb and cold."

"It is these people who are always frowning, numb and cold, and cannot stand our optimism and confidence."

"They clearly say that a 'face that is not bullied' is a good thing, but when we act like this, they get mad."

"Black and white, right and wrong are reversed. Sometimes I get tired and it makes me not like a normal person."

Shen Santong sighed: "Ah, maybe I should just follow the crowd. I'm just an ordinary person. I never thought I'd get to this point."

"No, not at all!" Han Sanping was shocked and asked him to delete the post and keep his words to himself.

Before, Xiao Mi took the movies and let Dongda take them away, but now Dongda can take them back. Movies like "Inception" and "The Shallows" have a market in North America, and the results will not be bad if the distribution is done well.

In terms of film and culture, Shen Santong has irreplaceable value.

Only one child.

Han Sanping hurriedly tried to persuade Shen Santong: "That's just public opinion, buzzing flies, why bother paying attention to them?"

"We are being pushed forward by reality, such as BeiDou and Long March 3. The World Expo has attracted more than 60 million visitors, and the Shanghai-Hangzhou high-speed railway has also been put into operation a few days ago. This is the real power. Don't be discouraged and stay optimistic."

"Zheng Bo defeated Duan Yuyan, let them jump, we have been using the red and black accounts for many years."

Lifting the roof is so useful!
Shen Santong was not overly pretentious: "I always maintain my confidence and am extremely optimistic. The more I understand our history, the more I understand the power of it."

"Some time ago, I read a lot of information about the Tang Dynasty. There is a wooden pagoda in Shuozhou, Shanxi Province, which has stood for a thousand years without collapsing. It is the Sakyamuni Pagoda of the Fogong Temple built in the Liao Dynasty."

"Those are just the wheel tracks left behind by the Tang Dynasty. However, the Liao Dynasty, which had taken over the power of the Jiedushi of Hedong and Youzhou, was able to build such a magnificent and fantastic building with a little bit of technology radiation from the edge of Chinese civilization."

“I can’t imagine how magnificent Luoyang would be if it hadn’t been burned down by wars over and over again.”

“Our spirits should be high!”

"Although the Shang Dynasty, with its average witch, was invincible, they still cautiously consulted the gods for everything. When Ximen Bao threw the witch into the river, the Zhou people had already dared to brag about their achievements to the gods."

"When officials of the Qin Dynasty galloped on the post roads to deliver news from four thousand miles away to the heart of the empire, and when farmers of the Han Dynasty began to use precious iron as farm tools, philosophy and religion completely became optional consumption for us."

"Productivity has enabled us to reduce energy consumption without relying on primitive beliefs. Chanting sutras is a low-consumption behavior. If we don't chant sutras, we will need more food to have energy to engage in cultural life."

"Now everything is upside down. We have passed the stage of primitive belief society, which has made philosophy and religion from a necessity to optional consumption. We should have been ahead of others, but in the eyes of some people, we are backward."

"The aristocracy, the Nine-Rank System, the Selection of Filial and Honourable Officials, and other systems that were long eliminated have become advanced because of Xiao Mi's use of them, and they are now pointing fingers at us."

"I just want to show the right side based on our history and present. No need to flatter, just show the real side. Whether it is 1840 or 1991, it doesn't matter. No matter how many times we have experienced ups and downs in history, we can still stand on top of the world again."

Shen Santong is just an ordinary person, and he was not reborn and changed his career for the purpose of promoting anything.

Up to this moment, he has not promoted anything, nor has he used his films to advance any social issues.

Of course, this is also Shen Santong's wisdom.

Movies should be movies, and art should be art.

Han Sanping secretly thought that this was not good. The more he worked, the more determined he became.

This job wasn't done well!
Teach Shen Santong to change his attitude: "Change your perspective. These people are actually fools. How great! It would be best if they jumped out and pointed out to us what they are."

“Pay attention to the way you fight, and the wisdom of your fight. What you think is a big deal may just be a mistake or mischief to some people.”

Shen Santong said he understood: "The enemy is in xxx, I know."

Han Sanping choked: "You can't say that. Your idea is wrong. Propaganda and education is a shortcut. We don't take shortcuts."

"Universalizing compulsory education and expanding higher education enrollment are fundamental ways to improve cognition. They are also a driving force that forces us to make progress. With the popularization of higher education, the number of college students is increasing every year."

Shen Santong quickly said: "I only said xx, not publicity, why did you say publicity?"

Han Sanping's inner thoughts: ".(-＂-)"

"Speak up!"

Shen Santong also has his own considerations: "I am worried about the future of the industry."

"I did find out, but it's hard to say whether it's faith or brainwashing. I don't know the reason."

"The result is that anything that is conducive to our 'self-confidence, self-reliance, self-esteem, and self-love', even if it has a small flaw, is all we will seize and attack."

“Everything that makes us “doubt ourselves, hate ourselves, hurt ourselves, and commit suicide”, even if it is a small merit, is expanded to the whole and represents the whole.”

"It's very direct. When we look at the media, we regard negative news about ourselves as the social situation. But when it comes to Xiao Mi, the positive information about individual cases around us in life becomes the social situation."

Han Sanping asked him to make his point clearer: "What are you worried about?"

Shen Santong's worries are not groundless: "Movies have only been around for a hundred years, and watching movies in theaters has only been around for a few years. The emergence of television has had an impact on movies."

"Movies have retained their market share by providing an audio-visual experience that television doesn't have."

"At present, the film industry is expanding, and supply cannot meet demand. We use tricks, coaxing, and snatching. As long as the audience enters the cinema, it's fine. No matter what the future holds, as long as there are new audiences coming in, we have a large population. If there are 100 million audiences watching movies, the market will be huge."

"But as we develop, in ten, fifteen, or twenty years, we will have completed large-scale infrastructure and even accommodated the rural population. There will be no new audiences, and by then, there will be nothing left to deceive."

"As you said, we don't take shortcuts. With the popularization of higher education and the development of the Internet, a lot of information is no longer limited to a small circle."

"The audience will find that there are only two groups of the most outstanding literary and artistic creators in modern times. One group is the red literary and artistic workers who struggled in the purgatory of the Republic of China and witnessed cannibalism, and the other group is the modern literary and artistic workers who participated in the "Go to the Countryside" movement and received the education of the working people."

"The audience will always know that the scars are exaggerated, industrialization is vast, and serious literature is still about adultery, adultery, and rurality."

"The fourth and fifth generations of cultural workers have not only abandoned their labor practices, but also created works with a kind of affectation like Zhang Ailing, and their thoughts are also close to that of Zhang Ailing."

"In terms of movies, we can only mechanically graft the previous generation of Hong Kong films, and perhaps also carry the cultural mission of overseas financial groups."

“When the day comes when the audience wakes up, the entire industry will be judged.”

"I don't want Santong Entertainment to be abandoned by the audience. This is a line that must be drawn. Otherwise, I am afraid that one day the audience will be completely disappointed with the cultural industry."

"By then, where will movies go? Will they become like Peking opera and drama, with increasingly expensive tickets, becoming cultural products for a minority of people, with few people liking them, and losing audiences?"

Shen Santong was reborn and knew the future.

You can watch it from outside the atmosphere. It doesn't matter if it collapses completely. Just watch the fun with a fun-loving attitude.

But there is a prerequisite: you can't get yourself covered in shit.

Given the current situation, one day in the future, the public will think that this industry is a cesspool.

Even if there are only kernels of corn in Santong Entertainment, the audience won’t take it out!

From the beginning to the end, Shen Santong did not think of himself as a good person, let alone a saint.

Everything he said and did was in accordance with basic sense of right and wrong.

The country's core interests are closely related to everyone, and it is normal to express a firm stand.

Some people in Hong Kong and Taiwan can earn salaries ten or even dozens of times higher than in their local areas because of the mainland market. Isn't it normal for them to make their stance clear?

We won’t do anything to those who don’t support it, just don’t try to make money from it.

Is this what makes him seem out of place?

A layman seems to want to be a saint in the eyes of some people!

He is a vulgar person!
Han Sanping felt complicated but also somewhat relieved, as Shen Santong saw things further than he did.

We have walked our own path, have our own industries and territories, and have an international reputation, which is enough to withstand the wind and rain.

Shen Santong would not let Lao Hanbai come: "I will delete the post and will not say anything more. But if you cooperate with Santong Entertainment in the future, there will be a moral clause in the contract, not only for Hong Kong and Taiwan, but also for us internally."

"If a work is removed from the shelves because of a stance or moral issue, compensation must be paid. I suggest you do the same."

(End of this chapter)