"You guys are the real deal, both in office and in private."
Wu Changyun said in a low voice. In this association, naturally no one would refute what Wu Changyun said.
However, not all the people in the association are humble. There are also a very small number of people who stand out, and even people who have grudges against Wu Changyun. Among them are Zhang Jin and Hua An. This time, they are representing the newly established Zijing Film Company to attend the association meeting.
Wu Changyun's next proposal was also directed at the two of them.
"I hope to reduce the number of pink films currently on the market by 30% and get the market back to where it was a year ago."
Influenced by overseas, there is now an influx of pink movies on the market, and even pornographic magazines similar to those in Japan, which are sold in various bookstores.
Control is of course the association's top priority, and Wu Changyun intends to start with Zijing, the most typical person present.
"The person in charge of Zijing Film Company should be here."
"Here."
This time, Zhang Jin broke his habit and spoke before Hua An.
After all, they were old acquaintances, but this time Wu Changyun did not recognize Zhang Jin. His voice sounded familiar, but he looked like a completely different person.
"What? President Wu is planning to use us as a target? Isn't the current market enough to satisfy your hunger?"
Zhang Jin did not give any face at all. Since everyone present came here, they must give face to the association. The reason why the association is powerful is because it has resources.
The original intention of the association is for a few giants to restrain these small companies. The giants not only have theaters, but also various actor and director resources, investors, etc.
If a small company wants to survive in the industry, it must pay attention to the attitudes of the giants.
Therefore, no matter how many times the position of president of the Film Association rotates, it will not be given to people from small companies. People who do not have the ability are not worthy of being president.
"It's not that the market can't satisfy us, but the market is us. We are the ones who make the goods, and the only thing that really flows is money. So I don't want some filthy things to hang over our heads."
Seeing Zhang Jin still a little dissatisfied, Wu Changyun continued, "Everyone knows that the association is the first hurdle. If we can't regulate our own industry well, the next hurdle will be the relevant departments. By then, you really won't be able to do business."
No one here is a fool. There is a proliferation of Category III films now. Although the association has not received any warnings yet, new instructions will surely be issued in the next few days.
Even if we put aside the grudges, it would definitely not work for Wu Changyun to ask Zhang Jin and Hua An to reduce the current production of films together. That would be digging into their lifeblood.
"You want us to reduce production by 10 or 30 percent first?" Zhang Jin asked loudly. His attitude was not an exaggeration at all. From an outsider's perspective, Zijing Company was very profitable.
However, due to the huge internal consumption, the company actually does not have much reserve funds for turnover.
Especially the way their films are disseminated, Zijing is also unique, and it is really because of Zhang Jin's good physical fitness that the highest record is that he shot twenty-seven films in a year.
What does this mean? Even an ox plowing the field is not as diligent as this.
This also has a problem, that is, the films of Zijing Film Company have not been released yet, but the next one may have already been filmed. In addition, the basic review of such films will take a relatively long time, which leads to Zijing Film Company having several films on hand.
The company already has a plan. If they cut production now, they won’t be able to shoot new films.
"We disagree."
Zhang Jin immediately got furious. What a bullshit! He couldn't even make money, so why should he stay here?
He had always regarded Wu Changyun as his mortal enemy and wanted to tear his tendons and bones apart. How could he remain rational now?
"Wait a minute."
Hua An was still smart. He knew that since Wu Changyun had this idea, he had to either give up some of his interests in exchange or accept the punishment.
To cut 30% of the market, it's very simple. Every company just needs to reduce 30%.
This is an arithmetic problem that even a child can understand. The problem is who will express their opinion now. This is not the first time Hua An has experienced this kind of thing.
Generally, enforcement of orders and prohibitions is done step by step. First, a department company takes a stance to let everyone see the changes in the entire industry, and then proceeds slowly.
No one can become fat in one breath. It has to be done step by step. Hua An also doesn't believe that Wu Changyun wants to force them to death.
"President Wu, we have some situations that we must explain at the meeting."
"Well, go ahead."
"Our company produced 27 films last year alone, and as of today, only 20 of them have been released. Seven have yet to be released, and we filmed several more in the first half of this year. So if we were to cut 30% now, we might have to stop all the films we have in the pipeline."
Hua An explained that it was absolutely impossible to stop the project because there were various liquidated damages and the money that had already been paid could not be recovered.
"In the first half of the year? How many? One? Two? Or three?"
Wu Changyun was getting a little impatient. This matter was not in their own interests. What was the point of doing this now? It would make everyone feel uncomfortable.
People can remain polite to each other when good things happen, but when bad things happen, all kinds of bad habits come out.
"Nine." Hua An said.
"Nine? That's too few. Based on your previous speed, you should have more than a dozen films in your hands now. What exactly do you want?"
Wu Changyun didn't care what the people around him thought. It was useless to save face for this group of people.
Wu Changyun has a trick for talking to this group of people, which is that the entire industry in their eyes is really different from Wu Changyun's eyes.
"This year is indeed a difficult year. The competition is very fierce, and the problem of imitating each other's styles is also very serious."
But the actual situation is that the market is still good this year. In fact, the market has been getting better and better since the 1980s. Now, basically any movie with good box office can easily break 10 million.
It is somewhat different from Wu Changyun's previous years. On the one hand, the ticket prices have increased, and on the other hand, the movies are indeed better than before.
"Especially this year, the censorship has become stricter than in previous years. Also, it's not like the 1970s, when the film industry was so easy to do business in," said Wu Changyun.
"Yes, yes, President Wu is absolutely right."
"Yes, we all thought so. It's a pity that we didn't act sooner."
"Oh, don't mention it. I was delayed by that..."
Everyone present began to talk about it.
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