Chapter 304 Industry Leader

"I'm a representative?"

Meng Bai looked at the heads of the film and television companies around him in surprise.

"What Mr. Meng said, who else among us here except you is suitable?"

"In terms of influence and industry contribution, the status of Arclight Film and Television in the online drama industry is obvious to all."

"That's right!"

"..."

The people gathered together said one after another.

But it is true.

These film and television companies on the scene, whether it is the largest Huace, the longest-developed Ciwen Media, or the Noon Sunshine, which is known as the "ceiling of Chinese dramas", are essentially mainly engaged in TV dramas.

For them, no matter how the review standards of online dramas change, the impact is not great, at most it will be a little troublesome in the future process.

So if we really want to say that the one who can represent the online drama industry is Arclight.

As for saying that Meng Bai is too young?

Just kidding, he is a serious "originator of domestic online dramas."

If we really talk about the qualifications in online dramas, everyone present is a "junior".

Seeing the expressions of "who else but Mr. Meng", Meng Bai frowned, then sighed suddenly, and acted like "God will give us a great mission".

"Thank you for your trust, then I will represent you to explain our demands to the official, and do my best to strive for our common interests."

They are all businessmen, and it is useless to say those empty words. So Meng Bai's words were very direct, and the focus fell on interests.

Sure enough, these words obviously touched everyone's heart, and everyone smiled and said "I believe in Mr. Meng".

On the other hand, Meng Bai himself was also very satisfied with the result.

Just like Liu Jun said before, Arc Light now has money, people, projects, and strength.

The only thing lacking is one relationship with high-level officials, and the other is influence within the industry.

This dispute about the "review standards" is an opportunity for Meng Bai.

Internally, he has ample opportunities to make friends with the upper level; externally, as long as he can get some appropriate loose conditions, his influence in the industry will be greatly improved.

So even if the leaders on the scene do not nominate him, he will take the initiative to volunteer.

However, this situation of going with the flow is better than expected, and it seems that his purpose is not so strong.

In the next two days, Meng Bai performed his duties as a "representative" very conscientiously, and contacted various companies to summarize a reasonable demand.

Then, he participated in a policy discussion with the heads of the three video platforms.

On the official side, it was mainly Director Nie and several staff members of the Planning Institute.

"Haha, I said before that Mr. Meng must be among the representatives."

Director Nie greeted the people from the three major platforms, and then looked at Meng Bai with a smile on his face.

"The main thing is to thank everyone for trusting us Arc Light." Meng Bai said modestly.

But he was also a little curious. Director Nie seemed to be particularly enthusiastic about him.

Fortunately, the other party did not confuse him for too long, and then talked about Arc Light exporting online dramas to neighboring countries last year.

Meng Bai realized that since the "cultural confidence" was proposed last year, "cultural export" has become the hottest word in the past year.

How to show "cultural export"?

For the film and television industry, being able to sell works overseas and gain good profits and reviews is the standard of "cultural export."

Therefore, Arclight Films has a very good impression in the official circles.

The fact that the review of "Day and Night" was successfully passed some time ago was not only due to the support of Golden Shield Films, but also because the review department relaxed the requirements.

"In fact, many of our domestic cultural themes are very attractive to foreign audiences, especially those in the East Asian Chinese cultural circle."

After understanding the above requirements, Meng Bai immediately seized on this point and talked about it: "Like the Soul Ferry that our Arc Light made at the beginning, although the subject matter is a bit sensitive, it contains a lot of traditional mythological systems and cultural backgrounds, which are very attractive. This is why this series has a high ratings overseas, especially in Southeast Asia."

Director Nie nodded: "Yes, we have also learned about it here. I heard that a foreign TV station has bought the copyright and plans to remake it?"

"Director Nie does care about us." Meng Bai smiled, "Yes, Vietnam and Thailand have bought it before, and there should be a remake broadcast next year. It just so happens that we also have a big movie project planned this year, and we can take this opportunity to launch it together."

"Very good, this is the output capacity that our film and television dramas should have." Director Nie sighed, "In fact, we also know that the characteristics of online dramas lie in the diversity of themes and scales. If we force online dramas to be consistent with TV dramas, there will be no need to develop the online drama industry." The

eyes of several representatives present lit up when they heard this. The other party's words obviously represented that the official was willing to make a concession.

The key to the specific negotiations afterwards is which ones to let go and which ones to fight for.

In the next few days, Meng Bai and representatives from the three major platforms frequently wandered around various departments of radio and television.

After several discussions in a row, a final conclusion was finally reached.

Compared with the initial policy, the government and the industry have taken a step back.

The review-before-broadcast and license systems have not changed, but the review scale and the subject matter allowed for production have been relaxed a lot compared to the TV series standards.

At the very least, the current mainstream online dramas of suspense, criminal investigation, ancient idols, and brain holes are all within the permitted range.

In terms of the review scale, as long as there are no direct criminal bloody, horror, thriller, or obscene and pornographic scenes, and they play a little edge ball, the official side will turn a blind eye.

For video platforms and film and television companies, this is already a very relaxed condition.

The industry companies are naturally jubilant, and by the way, they have more recognition for the representatives who helped everyone to gain benefits.

Needless to say, the three major platforms are already strong "Party A dads", and these can only be regarded as icing on the cake.

But for Meng Bai, this sense of recognition is much more important.

Previously, Arclight Films could only be regarded as an outstanding head production team.

But now, it has already hinted at being the industry leader.

In any case, this "censorship dispute" has finally had a good result, and the online drama industry has extended its development period.

Meng Bai has not yet relaxed. Taking the opportunity, he invited Director Nie to have dinner together to consolidate their relationship.

"Thank you Director Nie for this time. On behalf of my colleagues in the online drama industry, I would like to toast you."

"Hey, for this kind of policy, our government departments should listen more to the opinions of our enterprises. It can't be regarded as one helping another."

Director Nie didn't have too much airs. After all, although he was a "current manager", he was not a "county magistrate" after all.

So after this period of contact, there was no change in the cooperative relationship between them, but the personal relationship was much more familiar.

"By the way, Mr. Meng, I remember that Arclight seems to have started making TV series?"

Meng Bai nodded: "Yes, at the beginning of the year, a spy war drama was launched, which is an attempt. It was finished in the past two days, and it will be broadcast by the end of the year if everything goes well."

"Spy war drama, this theme is not bad. In fact, if Arclight makes TV series, it can pay more attention to mainstream works and realistic themes, which are the projects we support more now. And if the mainstream theme is well shot, it is not without a market. Like the recent "In the Name of the People", anti-corruption theme, isn't it also very popular."

Anti-corruption dramas were once popular themes in film and television dramas, and many classics have been produced.

However, just like criminal investigation dramas, this type has disappeared for a while in recent years.

Until this year, "In the Name of the People" came out, relying on the sentence "I dare not spend a penny" and the scale with almost no upper limit, it instantly blew up the enthusiasm of the audience.

The ratings of this drama have been rising since the beginning of the broadcast, and at its peak, it set a record of "breaking 8".

In the past ten years, except for the Spring Festival Gala and the Olympics, there have been almost no programs with such high ratings.

However, Meng Bai did not sigh easily: "If mainstream works can allow such a scale, I believe that there will be a large number of new classic works without the need for us to make them."

"That's true."

Although it was not stated explicitly, everyone knew it. In the next few years, it will be difficult for similar works to appear.

(End of this chapter)