882 Will Win (3/3)
In today's era, it is already impossible for a large-scale and tragic war to occur.
Although there is no war, military competition, overt or covert, does exist.
Especially with the progress of society and the development of the times, cold confrontation and soft cultural competition between countries have gradually become mainstream.
In this regard, it is obvious that China has lagged far behind Western European and American countries.
This is also related to the Chinese tradition since ancient times. Military weapons are not easily shown to others, not to mention that the military’s image and cultural export depends on the entertainment industry. This is also a huge challenge to the military’s traditional concepts.
In ancient times, the entertainment industry was just like actors. In the minds of many military bosses, the entertainment industry was a dirty and dirty circle.
It is simply unimaginable for them to link the military's image and cultural output with the entertainment industry.
Therefore, the current image and cultural output of the Chinese military has lagged too far behind that of the United States.
This is also the reason why General Cao sighed like this. If it weren't for the factual data produced by Yang Ming in his last work report, which caught his attention, then he would have people investigate and verify the authenticity of these data.
The information returned from the investigation and verification shocked General Cao and the others even more!
The facts are much more serious than the data presented by Yang Ming.
After all, the information Yang Ming obtained through Barber was only the information that was usually made public. There were even more information that was not made public!
"It's not terrible to be behind for a while. It's just that you know you're behind and are unwilling to make changes. As long as you don't fall behind in your thinking." Yang Ming didn't expect that General Cao would sigh like this when he came up. If this was put into business negotiations, it would be terrible.
It means directly exposing one's weaknesses to the opponent.
However, Yang Ming felt relieved when he thought about the identity of the other soldier. He did not hide it and directly spoke out his thoughts.
His words made General Cao's eyes light up. He slapped his thigh and said loudly: "What Xiao Yang said is right. As long as we don't fall behind in our thinking, we have nothing to fear. We will catch up one day!"
Afterwards, the two began to discuss the military's involvement in the entertainment industry and how to support movies that require the use of military equipment. In fact, this has no direct relationship with Oriental DreamWorks and is not part of the negotiation plan.
But Yang Ming has experience in his previous life. The cooperation between the Pentagon and Hollywood has long been known to the world, and that system has long been exposed by the media.
Therefore, when he casually mentioned a point of view or gave an example, General Cao and Liang Tianxiao looked stunned, and then they suddenly realized that it could still be like this.
In particular, the military's support for the use of weapons and equipment in Hollywood movie shooting cannot be directly rewarded in the first place. Although the crew will also pay a certain amount of equipment rental fees, it is estimated that it is not enough money!
This kind of return will not be seen by the audience until the movie is released, and the military will face the risk of the movie failing at the box office, or it is very likely that the movie will not be distributed globally at all.
All of this requires the military to be patient enough to wait until the day it receives rewards.
Everything is difficult at the beginning, and after all, the Chinese military's propaganda in this regard is far behind the Pentagon. It is definitely impossible to become a fat man in one bite.
Regarding this point, Yang Ming repeatedly reminded General Cao and the two of them that they must be mentally prepared.
After saying this, they shifted the topic to the cooperation between Oriental DreamWorks and the Ministry of National Defense. With the basis of the previous pleasant chat, General Cao did not object too much to Yang Ming's conditions, nor did he object to them.
Yang Ming breathed a sigh of relief when there were any requests for deletion or revision in the plot.
But in the end, General Cao pretended to be serious and said to Yang Ming: "If this movie can't achieve the expected results as you are now boasting, then I will take action!"
When Yang Ming heard this, he straightened his body and said loudly: "General Cao, I can issue a military order!"
"Haha!" General Cao couldn't help but become happy when he saw Yang Ming like this. He pointed at Yang Ming and smiled at Liang Tianxiao and said: "It's a pity that this guy doesn't want to be a soldier. Okay, that's it. Then Lieutenant Colonel Liang will
Responsible for specifically docking this cooperation with Oriental DreamWorks and coordinating all aspects of relationships and support!"
"Promise to complete the mission, chief." Liang Tianxiao put his legs together and saluted.
After saying this, General Cao took another deep look at Yang Ming, spoke with sincerity, and pointedly said: "Xiao Yang, don't let me down in this cooperation, you must give me a satisfactory result."
This is not a negotiation, this is an order. You must know that because of this cooperation with Oriental DreamWorks, the military fully supports the filming of your movie by sea, land and air. There are too many people paying attention to this cooperation.
If the answer is not up to standard, then I think there will be no next time!”
When Yang Ming heard these words, he suddenly felt his heart sinking and the burden on his body was extremely heavy.
He guessed in his mind that it seemed that there were still different opinions within the Ministry of National Defense regarding this cooperation with Oriental DreamWorks, but it was clear that General Cao had the upper hand at this time. However, if Oriental DreamWorks could not deliver a satisfactory answer,
Then when the time comes, both Oriental DreamWorks and General Cao himself will face liquidation from the opposition.
Just as he was thinking about this, General Cao waved his hand to signal them to leave before he could speak.
Liang Tianxiao immediately left with Yang Ming. After saying goodbye to General Cao, he walked out of the office and waited for Liang Tianxiao to gently close the door. After they turned a passage, they came to Liang Tianxiao's office and closed the door. Liang Tianxiao made love for Yang Ming.
I ordered a cup of tea, brought it to Yang Ming, and said solemnly:
"Yang Ming, this cooperation can only succeed and cannot fail. General Cao is under great pressure for this cooperation."
For "Transformers", Yang Ming has never had the idea of failure, but now it is obvious that this movie is not purely related to the profits of Oriental DreamWorks, but whether the Ministry of National Defense will follow Yang Ming's plan in the future and support it like the Pentagon needs to use
Filming and production of military equipment movies.
The future development trend of the film industry will inevitably be that winners take all and losers get nothing, so the production of blockbusters is an inevitable result.
It is common for blockbuster productions to involve national troops and various weapons and equipment.
Without the support of the military, the high cost of filming will be enough to put the Chinese film industry at a disadvantage when facing Hollywood in the future.
This time, the cooperation between the Ministry of National Defense and the military and Oriental DreamWorks on "Transformers" is also regarded as a pilot. If successful, the Ministry of National Defense will definitely learn from the Pentagon's model and support the film industry through intervention to export the image of its own military.
culture.
So once "Transformers" fails, the consequences will naturally be self-evident.
Yang Ming clenched his fists, pursed his lips, and opened his mouth with a confident yet evil smile, and said to Liang Tianxiao: "Lieutenant Colonel, in my dictionary, there is never such a word as failure, as long as your work is done well.
Chapter completed!