1990My Entertainment System

Chapter 91: Organize a College Student Film Festival!

Just two days after October 1st, Aying called me.

Milan answered the phone and teased: "Aying, do you miss me? I miss you very much. When will you come to Yanjing? I will sleep with you."

After chatting for a while, Milan called Xia Tian over.

Xia Tian answered the phone, and Ah Ying excitedly said something: "Ah Tian, ​​'Hong Kong Ghost Story' has been released. Guess how much it made at the box office?!"

Aying was very excited on the phone. It seemed to be a good result, which could prove herself to some extent.

——After all, Sunshine Film and Television is under her name, and she is almost the only one supporting it.

"Farewell My Concubine" was co-produced with Yan Film Studio, and it was just an investment, so there is no feeling about it.

"Hong Kong Ghost Story" can be regarded as the first independently produced movie!

She was always busy running around to handle tasks like financial expenditures and equipment rentals. Now that the results are in, she feels a great sense of accomplishment!
But I’m not that excited about summer. After all, I’ve experienced too much in summer and my threshold is high.

There is not much fluctuation whether the box office of a movie is more or less.

But he definitely had to coax Ah Ying, so Xia Tian's tone was a little exaggerated: "Wow! Is it off the screen? It's been out for over 30 days, so the box office must be great! Can you tell me how much it was?!"

Aying on the other end of the phone started to tiptoe excitedly~
"3086 million! The box office has exceeded million!"

This "Hong Kong Ghost Story" may be ranked in the top ten in this peak year for Hong Kong movie box office, but it will probably be the highest-grossing horror movie in Hong Kong for a long time!
You know, in 85, Uncle Nine’s “Mr. Vampire” only had a box office of 2009 million Hong Kong dollars!
This year, Uncle Nine actually has a lot of horror movies coming out, including: "Music Zombie," "Elf Transformation," "Skin-Stripping Ghost," "Golden Ghost," "Ghost City," "Ghost Fighting: The Golden Taoist Priest," "New Mr. Vampire," and "Ghost Tour Group."

However, as mentioned before, zombie movies or ghost movies have been made too much by those who follow the trend, and the audiences are aesthetically fatigued.

The box office of these films is basically around two to three million, and they basically lose money.

For example, "Music Zombie," which opened three days after "Hong Kong Ghost Story," was pulled from theaters ten days earlier, ultimately grossing just HK$106 million... and despite costing HK$450 million, it's truly a dismal sight!
The box office of "Hong Kong Ghost Story" is more than the total box office of all the movies of Uncle Nine!

This is why Xia Tian plans to help him switch to the TV drama industry. If "Mr. Vampire" has good ratings, he can also film "My Date with a Vampire" later.
Whether you are from the south or the north, don’t let the Exorcist Ma family take all the credit!
On the phone, Xia Tian praised A Ying heavily, making her face blush and her eyes full of love.

Then Milan picked up the phone again and flirted with her again.
……

During the day, Xia Tian took Milan, Xiao Xu and Zhang Li, who had skipped work, and went to see a movie after dressing up in disguise.

The name of this movie is - "Sanmao Joins the Army"!
The leading actor of this movie is Sima Yi~
This movie is so funny, and it also has a bit of black humor and satire. In short, it is of high quality!

When the old ghost, played by Mr. Wei Zongwan, swung the hammer in a fancy way and the hammer head flew off, hitting a teammate, the three Milans couldn't help but burst out laughing in the theater.

However, the whole theater was filled with laughter at that time, so it didn't affect anyone else.

This movie is truly timeless, and even after so many years, it still remains as excellent.

And...I'm afraid I won't be able to shoot this kind of thing in the future.

……

On October 10, Aying called and sounded a little disappointed.

It turns out that TVB's fashion drama has been aired, and it is "The Greed of Man" starring Andy Lau, Adam Cheng and Vivian Chow.

This movie became a huge hit as soon as it was aired!

At that time, TVB even offered Ah Ying a role, but she declined.

Now she feels a little regretful.
Xia Tian comforted her a few times and then changed the topic to "Hong Kong Ghost Story". As expected, A Ying was excited and talked about selling the film to Taiwan, Japan and South Korea through Golden Harvest's channels. She was very excited.
Xia Tian thought of "The Greed of Man," a fantastic drama about the Hong Kong stock market from 73 to 74. During that one year and nine months, the Hong Kong stock market plummeted by 91.5%, with countless people jumping off buildings...

Later, every time the drama was rebroadcast, Hong Kong stocks would fall, which was called the Ding Hai effect!

Finally, Wang Fei also came over to grab the microphone: "What are you talking about? What are you talking about? Let me hear it too~"

Xia Tian said, "I'm telling Aying a joke!"

Wang Fei: "What's the joke?"

Xia Tian: "Ahem~ There's a joke in 'Xiao Lin Guang Ji' about a clever student who could answer questions fluently..." So the teacher gave him two words to teach him: "The moon is bright."

The disciple immediately replied, "The sun is rising."

It also says: "Monk."

The answer was: "Nun."

The master said, "Green Mountain."

The disciple said: "White water."

Then he said another word: "Go."

The disciple immediately responded, "Come."

The master then chanted the following verse: "The bright moon and the green mountain are gone."

……

October 10th is a big event.

The great chapter of the times has turned over again!

Perhaps in response to this, someone found Xia Tian just two or three days later.

The visitor is the vice president of Yandian University.

"Yanjing Normal University's School of Arts and Media has proposed holding the Yanjing University Student Film Festival. The school and many other organizations think it's a good idea. I've come to you to ask for your help in promoting it..."

This is a good thing.

but……

At the subsequent meeting, Xia Tian expressed his opinion, "I think we should forget about the Yanjing University Student Film Festival. It's so stingy!"

He glanced at the presidents and deans of various universities and colleges present, as well as the leaders of the Yanjing Radio and Television Bureau, district leaders, etc. - he could only say this himself, because he was young and no longer in the system!
This cannot be said within the system as it will easily lead to responsibility, so you have to speak up yourself.

So he said, "Can we be a little more ambitious? Just hold the China University Student Film Festival!"

hiss~
Many people at the meeting gasped, but there were also a few who knew Xia Tian’s idea in advance and agreed with it, so they all laughed at this time.

Yes, this suggestion is most suitable for summer.

And, if it is really done - my God, it will be a great achievement!

So, Xia Tian sent the outline of the brief he wrote to everyone - he had to prepare in advance, because if it was just a suggestion, it would seem very immature.
Of course, this overview leaves a lot of blanks, which are places for other leaders to fill in and contribute - if you do all the work, it will seem redundant.
The meeting lasted three and a half hours, well into the evening.

A preliminary consensus was reached at the meeting, but higher-level leaders still need to be consulted.

This is considered good, because it was the proposal and plan put forward by Xia Tian. Normally, such a big thing would not be decided in three to five days just by holding an internal meeting.

Just when Xia Tian proposed to hold a national college student film festival, Han San Ge from Yan Film Studio also followed the general manager of China Film Group to make a proposal to the Film Bureau - suggesting to adopt the internationally accepted box office revenue-sharing method and import the latest first-class foreign films, with the aim of using the distribution income to support the film industry in poor areas!
These two things are big things!

And all of this was done after the top authorities determined the market economy goals...it can only be said that the stance was very clear!
At least we have to give the green light so that everyone can see the effect!

For the College Student Film Festival, try to get as little involved as possible in administrative and internal matters during the summer, and do your best to prepare the mascot and flag.

He also continues to pay attention to box office sharing and imported films, after all, these are the biggest things in the industry!
In the past, movies were all purchased and sold by a unified government. After the film studios finished shooting, they would sell them to China Film Corporation. You didn’t have to worry about the subsequent performance of the movies. It had nothing to do with you.

In short, the film studio relies entirely on allocated funds to complete its annual filming tasks.

In the past two years, the box office of mainland movies has continued to decline. Now that we have a market economy, we want to make some changes.

It is difficult, but it is necessary.

(End of this chapter)