Before coming, Zhang Ran had already decided to talk about the issue of review. He had never expected that the review would be cancelled now, but he just hoped that it would be relaxed a little; after reading the "Guiding Opinions", he really felt that there was hope for this matter.

The "Guiding Opinions" clearly state that "we must accurately grasp the dual attributes of films' ideology and cultural commodities", which can be said to be unprecedented. In the past, the government always emphasized ideology and ignored the commodity attributes of films. Now the government clearly stated that films have the attributes of cultural commodities, which provides the possibility for censorship to loosen.

Zhang Ran cleared his throat and began to explain his thoughts: "Last week, Hollywood blockbuster "2012" was released in China. Three days after its release, the box office exceeded 100 million yuan. The movie was produced by Fox, and Century Peak also participated in the shares. The movie had a particularly exciting scene. The protagonist drove a car and ran wildly on the streets of Los Angeles. The buildings on both sides of the road collapsed, which was a speed of life and death. Maybe you don't know that the special effects of these buildings collapsed were produced by Tiangong Chongcai, a subsidiary of our company. Why did a Hollywood blockbuster with an investment of $200 million come to us for special effects? Because the director of "2012" saw "Tangshan Earthquake" and thought the special effects of the earthquake were particularly outstanding, so he gave us the earthquake part."

Han Shanping and the others were all surprised. "2012" caused a sensation in China after its release. Some people even exclaimed that Hollywood movie special effects have been thirty years higher than China. No one expected that the most shocking earthquake special effects were made by Tiangong Heavy Color!

Zhang Ran continued: "The Tangshan Earthquake is a great improvement for our heavenly craftsmanship and even the special effects level of our country. In fact, when we watch the history of movies, we will find that top blockbusters have a great boost to the film industry. In 50 or 60 years, American movies were hit by TV and fell into trouble. It was Lucas' "Star Wars" that saved Hollywood, not only reconstructed Hollywood's industrial and commercial rules, but also changed the history of movies. In 1999, South Korea's "Life and Death Transformation" surpassed the "Titanic" released in South Korea at the same time, becoming the most popular in Korean film history.

The top-notch movies greatly enhanced the confidence of Korean filmmakers, and since then, Korean films have risen rapidly; when Chinese films are at their lowest point, Zhang Yimou's "Hero" kicked off the business, letting everyone see hope, and laying the foundation for the vigorous development of Chinese films today. If a country wants to become a strong country, it must develop heavy industry, and the same is true for films. Now the country proposes that China will transform from a big film country to a strong film country. It is not possible to make small fuss. It must vigorously develop the film industry and vigorously produce heavy industry films so that industrial upgrading can be completed!”

This is the first time that everyone has heard the word heavy industry movie. It feels very fresh and is also a little confused.

The Prime Minister also found the word heavy industry movie interesting and asked: "What is heavy industry movie?"

Zhang Ran explained: "Movies are industry, and industries are divided into light industry and heavy industry. Countries like South Korea and France have film industries, but their movies are often mainly low-cost movies such as drama and comedy, which is light industry; while the mainstream of the Hollywood market is high-concept, high-tech, and high-investment top commercial blockbusters, mainly science fiction, magic, and action films. These types are more suitable for global distribution, such as "2012" is a typical heavy industry movie!"

Everyone nodded slightly. Zhang Ran's metaphor is very vivid. Small and medium-sized films are light industry, and Hollywood's top blockbusters are heavy industry. The gap between them is clear at a glance.

Zhang Ran continued to express his views: "Only light industry, without heavy industry, it is impossible to become a strong country. It is difficult for light industry countries to defeat heavy industry countries, and it is difficult for light industry movies to fight heavy industry movies! The artistic nature of French films is the best in the world, but more than 60% of France's market share is occupied by Hollywood. In the whole world, except for China and South Korea, a few countries such as South Korea can resist Hollywood, other countries are swept by Hollywood's strong ships and cannons! To truly become a film power, to fight Hollywood, it is necessary to develop heavy industry, use aircraft to aircraft, tanks to tanks, science fiction to science fiction, magic to magic movies, and only China in the world is capable of establishing heavy industry in the local area and carrying the banner of Hollywood, because we have a population of 1.3 billion, our population is 4 times that of the United States, and our market is 4 times that of the United States!"

Everyone present thought Zhang Ran's words were very reasonable, and even the Prime Minister nodded slightly.

Zhang Ran took a light breath and calmed down. Next, he talked about the key part: "I think the country should support heavy industrial films, science fiction, magic, action blockbusters. These types of movies are now very strict in censorship, and are stricter than ordinary subjects. I think the review can be a little relaxed. As long as it does not violate the law and does not violate the country's major policies, why can't our People's Liberation Army fight aliens? Why can't we fight monsters?"

The Prime Minister did not answer and said with a smile: "During the last meeting, you said that science fiction films are not easy to pass the review."

Everyone present was shocked. It turned out that Zhang Ran had met the Prime Minister before and attended the Prime Minister's meeting!

Zhang Ran sighed slightly and said, "Prime Minister, you don't know. I will next prepare a science fiction blockbuster "The Future Apocalypse", which tells the story of 50 years later, robots have wisdom, rebelled, and war broke out with humans. In this war, our People's Liberation Army played a key role. In the end, the Chinese saved humans, but the script failed after being reviewed and said it could not be filmed. There was no way, so I could only change the People's Liberation Army into the US military and put it in Hollywood to film!"

Well, I originally wanted to take pictures of the People's Liberation Army, but I was forced to take pictures of the US military!

The Prime Minister frowned slightly, his eyes falling on Zhang Hongsen and Tong Gang.

Seeing that the Prime Minister looked at him with a little dissatisfaction, Zhang Hongsen was immediately furious and explained hurriedly: "Prime Minister, it's not that we don't let Zhang Ran's movie pass. In fact, we like "The Future Apocalypse" very much. We think that if it can be filmed, then China will have a top blockbuster that can be compared with Hollywood. However, that story involves the People's Liberation Army, and the General Political Department needs to be reviewed according to regulations. Moreover, in the story, the People's Liberation Army drove to Russia and was preparing to jointly attack robots with the Russian army. This involves diplomatic issues and requires the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to review. It is not that we will not let go, but that other departments will not let go."

In "The Future Apocalypse", the People's Liberation Army is very awesome, especially the 38th Army successfully blocked the attack of robots in Langfang and set off the prelude to human counterattack. The General Political Department felt that it was very good. Not only did it pass the review, it also stated that the troops could provide equipment for support; but it was stuck after being sent to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. They believed that now foreign propaganda is now promoting ***** every day, and you are photographing Chinese troops going abroad to participate in the war, which is equivalent to providing excuses to *****.

After hearing this result, Zhang Ran felt so excited that he couldn't cry. This is a science fiction film, and this is a fucking movie!

The Prime Minister understood what was going on and looked at Zhang Ran and said seriously: "Diplomatic affairs are nothing small, videos involving foreign affairs are right to be cautious!" Seeing Zhang Ran's face full of depressedness and being very hit, he smiled and said, "But your suggestions still make sense. Without involving laws and policies, the People's Liberation Army can still shoot aliens and robots!"

This sentence sounds like a natural sound to Zhang Ran. With this sentence, the obstacles will be much smaller when science fiction films are reviewed in the future. After a brief ecstasy, Zhang Ran excitedly said: "Prime Minister, I have another suggestion!"

The Prime Minister laughed and said, "You said."

Zhang Ran suppressed his inner excitement and tried to say in a calm tone: "The film review procedure is very complicated. A movie was sent from other places to Peking for review. It will be sent to Beijing for review for at least one month. The procedures are also quite complicated. I suggest delegating the review authority to the local area and allowing the local radio and television bureau to review it. In this way, after we shoot movies in other places, we will review it directly in the local area, which can reduce costs and improve efficiency, and the audience can also see new movies faster." After saying that, he added: "Of course, films such as major revolutions and major historical themes, and major documentary videos, it is best to review them at the General Administration."

The Prime Minister did not express his opinion, looked at Zhang Hongsen and asked, "You are arresting the movie censorship, what about your opinion?"

Zhang Hongsen nodded without hesitation: "Zhang Ran's suggestion is very good. In fact, we have tried this in 2004. The Zhijiang Film Censorship Center was established in Hengdian to review some of the films shot in Hengdian. In recent years, Hengdian has developed so well, which is related to the decentralization of censorship. The decentralization of censorship power can indeed activate the film market."

Tong Gang added: "In recent years, local government investment in filming has become a phenomenon. Each province has its own unique regional cultural characteristics. Decentralization of film review rights may prompt the production of regional color films!"

Zhang Ran was not surprised at all about Zhang Hongsen and Tong Gang's statements, and no representatives present were surprised. Everyone knew that the General Administration would definitely not object.

Everyone knows that the General Administration is in charge of the film censorship. When it comes to censorship, everyone will scold the General Administration, but many people don’t know that the result of the film censorship is actually not the General Administration has the final say.

When my country's review is carried out, we will ask people from relevant industries to review. When the film involves police, the Ministry of Public Security will be invited to review; when the People's Liberation Army, the General Political Department will be asked to review; when the minors are involved, the Education Department will be asked to review. These people represent their respective industries. For them, whether the movie can pass the review has nothing to do with them. It is okay for the movie to praise me, but if there is any adverse impact on our industry, it will not work. Therefore, these people will be surprisingly strict in censoring movies.

Many times, movies cannot be spent. It is obvious that people from other departments do it, but the person being scolded is always the General Administration. Therefore, the General Administration always feels that it is wronged and has long wanted to blame it. Now Zhang Ran proposes to delegate the power of review to local governments, so they will naturally not blame them if they have any problems in the future. Therefore, Zhang Hongsen and others not only do not object, but instead sing praises.

The Prime Minister looked at Zhang Ran, then Zhang Hongsen and the others, and said with a smile: "Movies are very special commodities. Your management department must take good control. You must manage the areas that should be managed well, and relax the places that should be placed. It cannot be an obstacle to the development of the film industry!"

Zhang Ran laughed when he heard this. The Prime Minister’s words were very obvious, and he supported the decentralization of the power of censorship to the local area!

After the symposium ended and came out of the conference room, Han Shanping said nothing and patted Zhang Ran on the shoulder hard; and the others also patted him on the shoulder to show their support. They felt ashamed that both filmmakers, Zhang Ran, a young man, did too much, but he did too little!

Zhang Hongsen came over the last time, patted Zhang Ran on the shoulder, and said softly: "It's going to rain!"

Zhang Ran raised his head. The sky was shining brightly, and there were not even clouds. How could it rain? He suddenly realized that Zhang Hongsen should have heard some wind and reminded himself. Before the meeting, Han Shanping also reminded himself that he might have heard something. Zhang Ran's mood suddenly became a little heavy.

When he walked out of Xinhua Gate, Zhang Ran looked up at the sky. At some point, a dark cloud floated, covering half of the sky. The storm was about to come!
Chapter completed!