In his previous life, Li Yuan had participated in many conferences. There were official conferences, academic conferences in the industry, and of course, there were also investment conferences that deceived investors. But there had never been a literary symposium?

It does have a certain sense of freshness. Is it the kind of meeting where you drink tea, eat melon seeds, and talk about art that you don't understand?

Li Yuan was also puzzled as to the purpose of inviting him.

In mainland cultural circles, news about Li Yuan is quite limited. Well! He has no friends at all, and no news channels at all.

To be fair, there are advantages and disadvantages to this situation.

Just like after the publication of "Casino", a certain Yuan Ge gained the reputation of "gangster literature". Perhaps to other cultural figures, this is a very harmful and insulting cultural bullying behavior. It is very likely that

The death of the club will even cause a considerable psychological shadow.

But for Li Yuan, it has no impact on his social circle at all, and his relatives and friends don't care at all.

To be honest, it would be better to have a "flower picker" to make the folks in Yutou'ao Village happy.

In other words, the real damage is almost zero.

But when it came to this literary and art symposium, Li Yuan also had a dark look in his eyes. He had no idea that "Infernal Affairs" had a huge impact within the cultural circle after it was broadcast, and triggered a series of subsequent debates, and he also

He has reached the cusp of the storm, and he is the target of this symposium.

To put it more clearly, Li Yuan went to the execution ground tied up, just to let the old artists point their noses and curse, so that the old people could cool off their anger.

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The symposium was held in a hotel near Xiangshan, and the time was also arranged on the weekend. The meeting lasted for three days. In fact, the actual meeting was the first day. The remaining two days should be for the old artists to take a vacation and relax.

It can be seen that this symposium is a relatively pragmatic meeting, and there is no particularly important topic. Oh, I almost forgot, it is still very important to scold a certain scoundrel who is not a son of man.

Anyway, when reporting on the conference, the atmosphere was still very relaxed. He met many old artists whose names he admired for a long time, and got a lot of autographs. The only regret he had was that he didn’t bring a camera this time. Otherwise, he would have left a lot of famous names.

scene.

If you wait a few decades and put those group photos and autographs on your own big V number, can you pretend to be an old artist? And you are both good at both virtue and art. Well, some people are as dull as chrysanthemums! (laughs)

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Don't tell me, as long as they face the audience, the attitude of those old artists is absolutely impeccable. They are quite enthusiastic and quite patient. Of course, the key is that they don't know the young man in front of them, and they don't know that he is notorious.

Brother Yuan looked at him and thought he was some groupie.

In the end, Xiao Guliang, who was waiting for a while, couldn't stand it anymore: "Hey, comrade, I'm calling you. Can you stop making trouble?"

Yes! I was so busy signing autographs that I almost forgot to register for the meeting. I smiled evilly at Xiao Guliang, and Xiao Guliang just rolled his eyes in response.

"Haha, I'm here to hug you too." Li Yuan smiled and slapped the invitation on the table.

"Ah? You?" Xiao Guliang's eyes widened in disbelief.

"What? I don't look like me?" Anyway, he was idle, and Li Yuan took the opportunity to tease Xiao Guliang. This Xiao Guliang should be a staff member of the agency. People in the cultural department generally have good looks.

She is indeed very eye-catching.

"It's not like that." Xiao Guliang smiled and shook his head, "Which family are you a child of? Was this thing stolen from your family?"

"Of course not." Li Yuan raised his eyebrows, "I'll tell you a secret - I'm actually a director."

"Huh? Comrade little director, then I'm still a big star."

"Please! Don't add 'small', okay? Originally, I was planning to invite you to be the heroine, but now you have lost this precious opportunity."

"Heroine? What movie?"

""Tiger Story". You play the mother in it..."

"I'm warning you, do you dare to say it? I hate it!"

Xiao Guliang glared angrily, causing Li Yuan to laugh. In the midst of laughter, he finished signing the sign-in book.

"Eh? Are you Li Yuan? That's the one..."

Seeing Xiao Guliang's curious face, Li Yuan joked: "I'm warning you. Do you dare to say it? I hate it!"

"Bah!" Xiao Guliang laughed, "No wonder others say you are that. You are a shameless person."

"hehe."

"Hey!" Xiao Guliang looked around and warned cautiously, "Don't talk much during the meeting later."

"?" Li Yuan thought for a moment, then smiled slightly, "Don't worry, my focus is on participation. Here, I will be a good student."

"That's the best. And..." Xiao Guliang hesitated for a while, "And... it's all like this. Just understand."

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This little Guliang was kind-hearted at heart and gave him a little reminder. But Li Yuan really didn't understand. He thought he was telling him not to speak carelessly and not to steal the limelight of those old artists.

Anyway, I never wanted to be in the limelight. Isn’t it just to listen more and talk less?

There were quite a few people attending this symposium, a total of five or sixty people. The venue was the large conference room of the hotel. In the center of the conference room, there was a large oval conference table.

Finding that there was no sign with his name on the big conference table, Li Yuan honestly found a corner and sat down.

There is indeed tea supply here, but there are no melon seeds. Bad review!

After a few sips of coffee, the audience finally stood up and applauded, welcoming several leading comrades into the room...

"Dear comrades and old friends in the cultural circles, I am very happy to participate in this symposium with you. In accordance with the requirements of the Central Spiritual Civilization, we..."

The person who presided over the meeting was a fat leader. Although he spoke some official Chinese clichés, it gave people the feeling of being refreshed. After he finished speaking, the second leader came next, followed by the third and fourth leader.

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In a meeting like this, talking about these nonsense is a fixed procedure. In fact, it doesn't matter what you say. The key is to make all leaders appear on the stage and show a very serious attitude.

Finally, when the nonsense was finished, Li Yuan was already drowsy. The leader named Director Meng said with a smile: "The purpose of bringing comrades together today is to let everyone speak freely. Now the domestic film and television industry is developing rapidly.

Well, the future is bright. Of course, some problems have arisen to some extent. So I want everyone to work together and provide us with suggestions. You can say anything? There are no rules and regulations here today. Hahaha..."

What Director Meng has determined is the theme of today’s symposium.

To be honest, it is one thing for everyone to go on vacation and relax, but it is another thing to discuss serious matters.

Regarding this literary and art symposium, Director Meng and the others will certainly not be full. They cannot create such a big scene just to scold Li Yuan? The main reason is the reform of film and television.

It goes without saying that the importance of developing cultural industries with the film and television industry as the core is enriching people’s entertainment life, strengthening the construction of spiritual civilization, creating China’s business card, etc.

There is a saying, and these statements are not wrong. But for leaders like the cultural department and Director Meng, the most important thing is-economic interests!

That’s right! It’s true! Although cultural people are shy about talking about money, as an industry, economic interests represent vitality! They represent political interests that can be controlled.

Let’s take the film industry as an example!

In the early 1980s, the domestic GDP was about 400 billion yuan. The annual box office was generally between 100 million and 3 billion! It accounted for about 6 or 7 thousandths of GDP!

Do you know what this concept is? The country receives only a little over 100 billion in profits and taxes every year, but more than 1 billion in profits and taxes can be paid by selling movie tickets? It exceeds 1%. It also exceeds most state-owned enterprises and cities, and even exceeds some

Backward inland provinces?

Precisely because the film industry is a big producer of profits and taxes, governments at all levels attach great importance to it. And those old artists also enjoy some extraordinary treatment!

By the way, the later celebrities did make a lot of money, but their treatment was far inferior to those of the old artists. It is for this reason - in the previous era, all of these old artists were money printing machines!

However, now in the early 1990s, the domestic GDP has exceeded 4 trillion. It has increased tenfold? But the annual box office is still between 100 million and 3 billion? There is no growth at all?

Tell me, will the competent departments and leaders in charge not be anxious?

Therefore, at this time, radical reforms are actually being brewed. By next year, production and broadcasting will be separated, a box office sharing system will be implemented, and Hollywood blockbusters will be introduced for the first time.

Immediately afterwards, the four major film groups were merged and reorganized. However, the most famous one was China Film Group.

Later, private film distribution was liberalized and private cinemas and cinema chains were allowed to be established.

Currently, individuals are not allowed to open movie theaters in China. Including the movie theater in Jinyuan Plaza, the management rights are in the hands of the Beijing Cultural Bureau. In other words, Li Yuan and others are only allowed to invest money, and it has nothing to do with them what movies are shown.

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To describe it more accurately, it is called being taken advantage of!

And following that, private film and television companies, entertainment companies, media companies...

But even with so many reforms, by the turn of the century, the domestic GDP had reached more than one trillion yuan, but the total annual box office almost fell below 1 billion?

We have to wait until 2000, when the domestic GDP exceeds 100 trillion, and the total annual box office is also close to 1 trillion, finally recovering to 1%.

But by that time, due to the profit and tax reform, the tax revenue from the box office was only a little more than %. Compared with the current half of the meeting share, the country's tax revenue was almost negligible. It would be better to directly fine those celebrities who evaded taxes.

To tell a joke, if profits and taxes are the same as they are now in a few decades, will there still be room for piracy to survive? They would have been suppressed long ago, so that you can’t even find any resources!

Of course, there are objective reasons for this low period in the film and television industry. In fact, the movie-watching group is still there, but they don’t contribute to the box office at all, and they all watch pirated movies.

But these are things that will happen in the future. Back to the present, we happen to be in a critical period of reform. Perhaps as long as there is some unexpected factor to stimulate, unpredictable changes will occur...

From this we can see that a literary and art symposium like today is both important and unimportant.

It is obvious that the competent authorities have discussed such a complete change in policy guidelines countless times, and even made many plans. They just found an opportunity to officially announce it.

As for finding those old artists? That is also an attitude, it seems that we attach great importance to them!

Of course, if there are some good suggestions, Director Meng and the others will still try to listen to them; if they are suggestions that are unreliable? Anyway, you just have to be happy! It's a retreat! That's it.

Oh! I almost forgot, I also found you a big toy called Brother Yuan. You can openly scold him, which is considered as some kind of welfare to take care of your old comrades!
To be continued...