Chapter 2466

Master Liu's face still had no expression: "Do you have any suggestions for the development of the cultural industry?"

Zhou Andong shook his head and said without hesitation: "No!"

Master Liu stared at Zhou Andong and said: "Really none?"

"Really none!" Zhou Andong answered very crisply: "I'm just a businessman doing small trades, what do I know about this?"

"Didn't you just speak very logically?" Old Liu sneered: "Why don't you understand now?"

Zhou Andong spouted nonsense: "Because I have an entertainment company, and coupled with the Hollywood blockbusters introduced this year, the shock was too great, so I started letting my imagination run wild. Don't take what I just said seriously, just treat it as me talking nonsense."

Master Liu's temples throbbed. If he weren't still in relatively good health, he would probably have gone to see Marx already: "I can think of a way to get your song on the Spring Festival Gala."

"Your heart is quite good, old man!" Zhou Andong grinned: "If that's the case, I do have some shallow ideas."

Master Liu took a deep breath: "No matter how shallow, tell me first, let me hear it."

"Alright!" Zhou Andong looked helpless: "For movies, censorship should be relaxed as much as possible. If this isn't allowed and that isn't allowed, movies will never beat Hollywood, let alone open up foreign markets. The restrictions on movies are too great; even our own people don't like watching them, so how could foreigners like them?"

"Of course, relaxation does not mean indulgence. Some so-called directors now, especially art-house directors, are smuggling too much private stuff in. Cut what should be cut, ban what should be banned; there's no room for negotiation on that."

"But for commercial films, as long as they don't harm national interests and image, censorship should be relaxed. However, many leaders rely on their own preferences when reviewing films. As long as the plot doesn't suit their hearts, they will pick up scissors and cut randomly. So, to solve it once and for all, we must implement a rating system like in Europe and America."

A rating system—Zhou Andong was just mentioning it in passing. In his previous life, it wasn't as if no one had proposed a rating system, and the public outcry was quite high, but it was never implemented in the end. He didn't think that just by saying it today, he would change everything.

"As for TV dramas!" Zhou Andong pondered for a moment: "Reform and opening up, the promotion of the market economy system, will inevitably promote the improvement of people's living standards. Material goods are gradually becoming abundant, but spiritual life is still very scarce, and the demand for radio and television programs will become higher and higher."

"However, under the current system, there are few high-quality radio and television programs, and the overall level of programs has been operating at a low level for a long time. The main reason is the rigid system, and the other is the lack of money. So, if we want to film good TV dramas, we must open up channels and broaden the program production platform."

Speaking of this, Zhou Andong looked at Master Liu: "Implement a system of separation of production and broadcasting, and entrust independent producers or independent production companies to produce them. Gather the strength of the whole society to produce rich and colorful programs."

Regarding the movie rating system, Master Liu had no expression on his face, but when it came to the separation of production and broadcasting, his eyes moved, and he muttered a sentence to himself.

"Tell me in detail, how should the separation of production and broadcasting be implemented?"

Zhou Andong tapped his fingers on the sofa armrest and pondered: "Radio and television's function as the central mouthpiece cannot change. The fundamental purpose of the separation of production and broadcasting is to further improve and expand propaganda. We must handle the relationship between propaganda and operation well, and insist on propaganda as the center of the development of the cause..."

Hearing Zhou Andong's words, Master Liu's eyes lit up, and the expression on his face became more serious.

Zhou Andong saw that there was finally a change in Master Liu's face, and a subtle smile curled at the corner of his mouth: "The separation of production and broadcasting must adhere to the principle of voluntariness. We must resolutely not use administrative means to achieve integration. Only voluntary integration can mobilize the enthusiasm of the participants."

As he spoke, Zhou Andong couldn't help but chuckle: "I don't know which 'smart' leader came up with the 'Several Opinions on Deepening the Reform of the Film Industry Mechanism'."

"It allows private individuals to pay for filming movies and TV dramas, but they must cooperate with film studios and TV stations. This is fine; if the filmed movies and TV dramas are to be released and broadcast, they must cooperate with film studios and TV stations."

"But this 'smart' leader might think he is the smartest person in the world and that investors are all idiots. So, the movies and TV dramas paid for by private individuals do not belong to the private individuals; the copyright must belong to the film studios and TV stations."

"Ha!" Zhou Andong laughed again: "Master Liu, do you think investors are all fools? Throwing the money they worked so hard to earn into the water, and in the end, not even hearing a splash?"

The corners of Master Liu's mouth twitched again. He knew who came up with these 'several opinions on reform' because the opinion paper was first sent to him. In the end, it was he who made the final decision.

The obvious mockery in Zhou Andong's laughter made Master Liu's old face feel a bit hot. When he first saw the opinion paper, it wasn't as if he hadn't considered these issues, but after all, they were just opinions, so he made the final decision.

"So!" Zhou Andong continued: "If we want to develop the film and television industry and effectively improve economic and social benefits, the separation of production and broadcasting must implement a redistribution of interests so that the enthusiasm of investors can be mobilized. Only by achieving mutual benefit can the separation of production and broadcasting develop healthily. Therefore, mutual benefit is the foundation, the condition, and an important principle of the separation of production and broadcasting."

Zhou Andong tapped his fingers on the sofa armrest: "And then there is fairness. The fairness I'm talking about here is not equality. It is to introduce a unified set of standards, use standards to measure the contribution made by each member, determine the links and interest distribution principles, as well as the rights and obligations of members, to achieve true fairness."

Master Liu's expression became even more solemn. Seeing Zhou Andong stop, he said unconsciously: "Keep talking."

Zhou Andong was about to say something else, but seeing Master Liu's state, he took back the words that were on the tip of his tongue. He was afraid of stimulating the old man. If the old man were stimulated by him to have a cerebral hemorrhage and fell to the ground, he wouldn't have the money to compensate.

"Centralize major powers, decentralize minor powers. What should be unified must be resolutely unified, and what should be divided must be effectively divided. We must achieve a healthy interaction between system reform and mechanism innovation, forming a development and competition pattern that has both synergy and vitality..."

Zhou Andong spoke for more than half an hour, and Master Liu took notes while writing and drawing.

"Alright!" Zhou Andong stood up: "I've said enough, I don't know what else to say."

Master Liu looked down at the notes he had taken, and without raising his head, he waved his hand: "Get out!"

"Alright!" Zhou Andong stood up and left very readily, without saying another word.

"This little fox just left like that?"

Master Liu raised his head and looked at the study door. After a moment of hesitation, he stood up, walked around to the desk, and looked at the box of Imperial Tribute Wine on the ground, on top of which was a document bag.

"Is this... left for me on purpose?"

Master Liu muttered, bent down to pick up the document bag, opened it, and took out the documents inside. After one look, his brows furrowed.

"This little fox, he said so much to me, but this is his true purpose for coming to see me."

Master Liu laughed helplessly, then jealously cursed: "Jian Zhao Hongzhang, that old thing, really has good luck to find such a monster as a son-in-law."