"What's going on? What's going on?"

"Is Jin Hui fighting with Tianhai?"

"Maybe it's a coincidence?"

"It's just a coincidence that the launch conference is held on the same day and at the same time. The meaning is not too obvious. What's more, Tianhai has just announced the launch conference, and Jinhui has announced it officially. If this is a coincidence, I won't believe it to death.

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"Another point is that Tianhai is shooting a martial arts action movie, and Jin Hui is also shooting a martial arts action movie, which is enough to explain a lot of problems."

"Actually, it is possible that the collision of types is a coincidence, but if all the coincidences are added together, it is absolutely impossible to be a coincidence. Jin Hui is coming towards Tianhai. He is probably going to suppress Tianhai."

"Hey! There's something good to watch now."

"I just don't know if there are several giant companies involved? Everyone knows that these giant companies, Huayi, Xingkong, Great Wall, and Jinhui, are all in the same spirit and vent their anger out of the same nostril. Although there is competition among each other,

But when there is an external threat that threatens their existence, they will unite to suppress it. Tianhai Entertainment was suppressed once before Wang Xuan took over, and suddenly fell from the clouds into dust."

"It doesn't matter, one moment and the other. In the past, Tianhai was so easily defeated because there was no Wang Xuan. Now Tianhai belongs to Wang Xuan. If Wang Xuan is so easy to suppress, he is no longer Wang Xuan."

"That's right. Just to put it bluntly, Huayi and other giants have never suppressed Wang Xuan. They started suppressing Wang Xuan when Wang Xuan was in Tianyu. What was the result? Has it been successful once?"

"I think you are a little too optimistic. If in the music world, companies such as Huayi cannot suppress Wang Xuan, but what about other aspects? We have to know the fact that when several giants and quasi-giant companies join forces, they can control at least half of the entertainment industry.

It’s easy to get resources stuck in Tianhai’s neck.”

"I agree. Let's talk about the film industry. Huayi and several giants and quasi-giant companies directly control more than one-third of the theater chains, and can directly and indirectly influence more than two-thirds of the theater chains. If you want to block Tianhai's neck, Tianhai

The filming schedule of the film is always a problem."

"Is it that scary?"

"Otherwise? The four rogue companies are not called for nothing."

In fact, the current environment in China's film and television industry is unhealthy. Entertainment giants directly control four of the top ten theater chains, and their shareholding can indirectly affect more than two-thirds of the theater chains. This environment can easily form a vertical monopoly.

, which is very unfair to other entertainment companies or film companies.

Learn about "Paramount Act" from another time and space.

The "Paramount Act" refers to a film industry law promulgated by the U.S. government in 1948. This act outlaws the vertical monopoly of large studios. That is, it stipulates that production companies are not allowed to conduct film distribution and theater exhibition business at the same time, which is harmful to Hollywood.

The formation of the current power structure and rules of the game has had an important impact.

The birth of the "Paramount Act" can be traced back to the 1918 duck flu. At that time, many theaters were forced to close. However, the production companies saw the opportunity to buy the screening industry at a low price and purchased theaters at low prices. Gradually, a rivalry was formed.

control of the exhibition industry.

For the film industry, super-large companies controlling the production and screening of films are tantamount to being players and referees at the same time, hindering the healthy development of the entire industry. At that time, the companies in Hollywood that had the right to speak put forward "

The sales strategy of "collective booking" is the package sale of many films.

If independent theaters want to purchase the screening rights of some high-quality films from large companies, they must purchase some designated films, and most of these films are of low quality. For theaters, this is tantamount to forceful buying and selling, while in large companies

With studios having a huge say, many theaters have to swallow their silence.

This seriously affected the development of the film industry. So the "Paramount Act" was born.

At that time, with the implementation of anti-monopoly laws, all vertically integrated companies in all walks of life in the United States were required to make rectifications. The "Paramount Act" is the anti-monopoly bill for the film industry. It was called this because it was the first to abandon theaters.

The first business was Paramount, which soon affected other major Hollywood studios.

Paramount, which ended its theater business, immediately acquired NBC TV. With the rise of the television industry at that time, other major film companies also made business adjustments to industry layout and content production.

Farewell to the era of "collective booking", major Hollywood studios have to pay more attention to film quality, and the pressure from the downstream exhibition industry has also forced major studios to constantly compete and balance in terms of content.

In later generations, Hollywood's ability to become the center of the global music and film industry has something to do with the promulgation of the "Paramount Act."

It is worth mentioning that without the monopoly of large companies, independent production companies have also gained opportunities in the screening market, creating independent production companies such as Lionsgate Pictures. Theater companies have also begun to have an environment for independent development. In the United States,

The theater chain has gradually formed a three-part structure of AMC, Regal and Cinemark. 50% of the screens in the United States are controlled by these three theater chain companies.

The current film industry environment in China is similar to the American entertainment industry before 1948 in another time and space. Super large companies control the resources of theaters and control the production and screening of movies. It is a deformed product.

Because the history of China's film industry is not that long. Although the film industry existed at the beginning of the last century, it took the 1970s and 1980s to truly become a large-scale film industry, and it was only the 1990s when it was truly supported by the whole people. And at that time

, people are not interested in going to movie theaters to watch movies, so they are showing them outdoors.

However, there are still some people with a long-term vision who see that theater chains are an inevitable product of the development of the film industry. They have seized the blank period and invested in the establishment of cinemas. The theater chains under Huayi, Starry Sky, Great Wall, and Jinhui were established in the early 1990s.

After more than ten years of development, it has become one of the top theater chains in China. Several companies have joined forces to directly control more than one-third of the theater chains in the Chinese film industry.

But the problem is that they are in competition with each other. In terms of theater chains, a single company does not actually control even one-tenth of the power and cannot constitute a monopoly. Therefore, the relevant departments originally wanted to introduce an antitrust law similar to the "Paramount Act"

It's legal, but after thinking about it, I might as well forget it.

In fact, even if it is introduced, the effect will not be great.

Because it is an inevitable trend for production companies to distribute movies and screen them in theaters at the same time, even if they do not directly control the theater chain, they will control it indirectly, because who wants to let others choke their neck?

If a production company only has the production rights, and the film distribution and theater screening rights are in the hands of others, it is tantamount to letting others tie a rope around their necks. If both parties are in the honeymoon period, it will be fine. If there is a conflict and

Conflict, what should I do if the movie cannot be released after filming?

Therefore, it is inevitable for a capable production company to establish its own theater chain.

In this time and space, the film industry in Eagle Country also has an antitrust bill similar to the "Paramount Act", but it has now expired. The major American Hollywood production companies directly or indirectly control some theater chains.

The same is true in another time and space. The "Paramount Act" has also been weakened in the mergers and acquisitions between film and television companies.

For example, Universal Pictures purchased a stake in Cineplex Odeon theaters in 1987; Loews Theaters theaters were successively controlled by film production companies TriStar Pictures (TriStar Pictures) and Sony (Sony); Columbia Pictures purchased 48% of the shares of Walter Reade theater chain; Pai

Paramount Pictures' cooperation with the National Amusements theater chain; Warner Bros.'s application to completely lift its constraints in the Paramount case was finally approved.

Therefore, if the relevant departments introduce a film anti-monopoly bill to separate the production and screening of films, it is really meaningless. They just need to keep a close eye on it to prevent the formation of a monopoly.

At least now, Huayi, Starry Sky, Great Wall, and Jinhui cannot form a monopoly on theater chains if they join forces. Star Cinema, which accounts for the largest market share of theater chains, and Huamei Cinema, which accounts for the third largest share, are both completely

Independent theater chain.

One of these two theater chains is backed by Starlight Group, and the other is backed by Huamei Group. They are both wealthy owners. It is very difficult for giant companies like Huayi to form a real monopoly.

On September 7, the crew of "Shaolin Temple" held a press conference for the launch of the movie "Shaolin Temple" at the gate of Tianhai. The film's screenwriter and chief director Wang Xuan led other creative teams to make an appearance. Almost all major media in China sent reporters to plan

Get first-hand news.

In addition to the crew and media reporters, there were also many melon-eaters at the press conference.

At the press conference, Wang Xuan first delivered a speech, announcing the official launch of "Shaolin Temple". Then the executive director took over and briefly introduced the story outline of "Shaolin Temple" as well as the creative team and the shooting location.

Then officially entered the question and answer session.

The first question was from a reporter from the Southern Entertainment News: "Hello, Teacher Wang Xuan, Director Li just briefly introduced the story of "Shaolin Temple", but there are still many things I don't understand. Can I interview you?"

"Please tell me," Wang Xuan said.

"Director Li just introduced that "Shaolin Temple" is an excellent action film that mixes the historical legend of thirteen stick monks who rescued the Tang Dynasty king with the thrilling story of a monk who became a monk and learned martial arts to avenge his father. It is now the best action film in China.

Quite a few. I would like to ask Teacher Wang Xuan, how do you think this film will be different from the existing action films in China?"

"The biggest difference is that "Shaolin Temple" will be shot in real locations, with real feelings, real scenes, and real stories."

"Ah? What do you mean? Don't other action movies use real-life shooting? As far as I know, there are quite a few action movies that use real-life shooting, right?"

"It's different. What you call real scenes refers to the background, and what I mean by real scenes not only refers to the background, but also includes the shots. All the shots are real people. There is no need for trampolines or stand-ins. The shots are shot to the end.

Don't rely on stunt editing.

To give a simple example, the action of unsheathing and sheathing a sword is very easy to shoot in many action movies. Even actors who don’t know kung fu can just cut the two actions of drawing and sheathing the sword together.

But that doesn't work here in "Shaolin Temple". I require that the action must be real, done in one go, and shot to the end."

"Ah? Isn't this difficult?"

"It will be difficult. But I believe my crew can do it. If you listened carefully to Director Li's introduction just now, you should know that the main actors in "Shaolin Temple" are all elites in the Chinese martial arts world.

Stunt. What I want to present to you is a real action movie, which systematically reproduces the authentic Chinese martial arts on the screen, allowing the audience to fully appreciate the shining martial arts performances of China. Some of the current action movies are somewhat classy.

It ignores the artistic charm of traditional martial arts. In fact, martial arts can also be artistic and should become a work of art." Wang Xuandao.

As soon as this was said, warm applause broke out.

Afterwards, reporters from the media asked several questions related to the "Shaolin Temple" movie, and Wang Xuan answered them one by one, and the answers were both interesting and professional, winning a lot of applause.

It was the Sina Entertainment reporter's turn to ask questions. He asked a question that was almost unrelated to the "Shaolin Temple" movie: "Hello, Mr. Wang Xuan, I am a reporter from Sina Entertainment. I noticed that Jinhui Entertainment also held the "Martial Arts Myth" today.

"The launch conference of "Shaolin Temple", which is also an action movie, many people said that Jinhui Entertainment's film was directed at Tianhai in order to suppress "Shaolin Temple", what do you think of this?"

Of course Wang Xuan knew that Jin Hui's movie was directed at Tianhai, but so what? He didn't take Jin Hui Entertainment seriously at all. So Wang Xuan laughed and said: "First of all, I think everyone is a little too sensitive.

Maybe it's just a coincidence? We're just starting up now, and the filming progress of different movies is fast and slow. We don't know when the filming will be completed, and we can't say when it will be released. Why come to the sky and the sea?"

The media reporters were naturally dissatisfied with Wang Xuan's answer. Anyone with a discerning eye could see that Jin Hui came for Tianhai, otherwise he wouldn't have followed the official announcement, held a launch press conference on the same day and at the same time, and even filmed it.

Movies of the same type.

In the end, Wang Xuan was making peace with him. It would be surprising if the media reporters were satisfied.

"But what if the other party releases "Martial Arts Myth" and "Shaolin Temple" on the same day and at the same time?" a media reporter asked.

"If that's the case, then the other party should be prepared to look for teeth all over the place." Wang Xuan said with a smile.

As soon as this answer came out, the media reporters were finally excited. Wang Xuan finally answered the question head-on, and even used the term "looking for teeth all over the place", which was definitely a breaking point.
To be continued...