Chapter 2761

Liu Laotou's face still showed no expression: "Cultural industry development, do you have any suggestions?"

Zhou Andong shook his head, saying without hesitation: "No!"

Liu Laotou stared at Zhou Andong and said: "Really no?"

"Really none!" Zhou Andong answered bluntly: "I'm just a small businessman, how would I understand these things?"

"What you just said wasn't clear and logical?" Old Liu snorted: "How come you don't understand now?"

Zhou Andong said boastfully: "Because I have an entertainment company, plus the Hollywood blockbusters introduced this year gave me a huge shock, so I started daydreaming. What I just said, old man, don't take it seriously, just treat it as nonsense."

Liu Laotou's temples throbbed; if his body weren't still fairly robust, he'd probably have gone to see Marx by now: "Your song wanting to be on the Spring Festival Gala, I can think of a way."

"Your heart is still pretty good, eh!" Zhou Andong bared his teeth in a smile: "If that's the case, I do have a somewhat rough idea."

Liu Laotou took a deep breath: "No matter how rough, you say it first, I'll listen."

"Alright!" Zhou Andong looked helpless: "Movies, try to relax censorship as much as possible, this not allowed, that not allowed, movies will never beat Hollywood, let alone open foreign markets. Movie restrictions are too big, even our own common people don't like watching them, can foreigners like them?"

Of course, relaxing doesn't mean indulging. Nowadays some so-called directors, especially art film directors, smuggle in private agendas too severely; what should be cut should be cut, what should be banned should be banned, this is non-negotiable.

But for commercial films, as long as they don't harm national interests and image, censorship should be relaxed where it should be. But many leaders reviewing films will base it on their own preferences; if the plot doesn't suit their heart, they'll pick up scissors and cut randomly. So, to achieve a one-time solution, we must implement a rating system like Europe and America.

The rating system, Zhou Andong just mentioned it offhand. In his previous life, someone had also proposed a rating system, and public demand was high, but it was never implemented. He didn't believe that his saying this today would change anything.

"As for TV dramas!" Zhou Andong pondered and said: "Reform and opening up, the implementation of the market economic system, will definitely promote people's living standards to rise, material life gradually enriching, but spiritual life remains very poor, demand for broadcast TV programs will keep increasing.

But under the system, high-quality broadcast TV programs are few, overall program quality has long been operating at a low level in repetition. The main reason is still system rigidity, plus lack of money. So, to produce good TV dramas, we must open channels widely and expand program production platforms."

Saying this, Zhou Andong looked at Liu Laotou: "Implement the production-broadcast separation system, entrusting independent producers or independent production companies to make programs. Gather society's strength to produce rich and colorful programs."

Regarding the film rating system, Liu Laotou's face showed no expression, but when mentioning production-broadcast separation, his eyes moved slightly, and he muttered a sentence under his breath.

"Explain in detail, how should production-broadcast separation be implemented."

Zhou Andong's hand resting on the sofa armrest tapped lightly, thinking and saying: "Broadcast TV, as the central propaganda function, cannot change; the fundamental purpose of production-broadcast separation is to further improve and expand propaganda, we must handle the relationship between propaganda and operation well, insisting on taking propaganda as the center of career development..."

Hearing Zhou Andong's words, Liu Laotou's eyes lit up, and his expression became more serious.

Zhou Andong watched Liu Laotou's face finally change, the corner of his mouth lifting a barely noticeable smile: "Production-broadcast separation must adhere to the voluntary principle, must absolutely not use administrative means to achieve union, must voluntarily unite to mobilize the enthusiasm of the union members."

Speaking, Zhou Andong couldn't help but chuckle: "I don't know which big smart leader came up with several opinions on deepening film industry mechanism reform.

Allowing private individuals to spend money to film movies and TV dramas, but must cooperate with film studios and TV stations. That's not a problem, the filmed movies and TV dramas, if released and broadcast, definitely need to cooperate with film studios and TV stations.

But this big smart leader might think he's the smartest in the world, investors are idiots. So privately funded movies and TV dramas, not owned by private individuals, copyright must belong to film studios and TV stations."

"Ha!" Zhou Andong chuckled again: "Old Liu, do you think investors are fools? Throwing their hard-earned money into water, finally not even hearing a sound?"

Liu Laotou's mouth corner twitched again; he knew who came up with this reform opinion, because this opinion letter was first sent to him. In the end, he was the one who made the decision.

Zhou Andong's laughter carried obvious mockery, making Liu Laotou's old face feel hot. When he first saw the opinion letter, he hadn't considered these problems, but after all it was just an opinion, so he made the decision.

"So!" Zhou Andong continued: "To develop the film and TV industry, effectively improve economic and social benefits, production-broadcast separation must implement benefit redistribution, so as to mobilize investors' enthusiasm. Only by achieving mutual benefit can production-broadcast separation develop healthily. Therefore, mutual benefit is the foundation, the condition, an important principle of production-broadcast separation."

Zhou Andong tapped the sofa armrest: "Also there's fairness; what I mean by fairness here is not averaging. But establishing a unified standard, using the standard to measure each member's contribution size, determining the connection ties and benefit distribution principles and members' rights and obligations, achieving real fairness."

Liu Laotou's expression became even more solemn; seeing Zhou Andong shut up, he unconsciously said: "You continue."

Zhou Andong was about to say something else, but seeing Liu Laotou's expression, he swallowed the words at his lips. He feared stimulating this old man, if this old man were stimulated by him into a cerebral hemorrhage and flopped onto the ground, he wouldn't have money to compensate.

"Centralize major powers, delegate minor powers. What should be unified must be firmly unified, what should be divided must be genuinely divided in place, must achieve benign interaction between system reform and mechanism innovation, forming a development and competition pattern with both unity and vitality..."

Zhou Andong spoke for over half an hour, Liu Laotou held a pen writing and drawing.

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

Liu Laotou lowered his head looking at his notes, without lifting his head he waved his hand: "Get lost!"

"Good!" Zhou Andong stood up happily and left, not saying another word.

"This little fox just left like that?"

Liu Laotou raised his head looking at the study door, dazed for a moment, then stood up, walked around to the desk, looking at the box of tribute wine on the ground, with a document bag still on top.

"Is this... intentionally left for me?"

Liu Laotou muttered, bent down to pick up the document bag, opened it, took out the document, glanced at it, and his brows furrowed.

"This little fox, after saying so much to me, this is his real purpose for coming to see me."

Liu Laotou smiled helplessly, then added with jealousy: "Hong Zhang this old thing really has good luck, finding such a monster as a son-in-law."