One month after taking office, Minister of Culture Li Yuan had his first chat with the media and talked about Korean director Lee Chang-dong’s observations of Taiwanese films. (Photo by reporter Ling Meixue)

[Reporter Ling Meixue/Report from Taipei]Culture Minister Li Yuan has been in office for more than a month. Yesterday (24th), he held a media tea talk for the first time. In response to the attention of the outside world on his background in the film and television industry, Li Yuan took the initiative to mention that the Ministry of Culture was studying a new project. The plan is called “Chinese Films Riding the Wind and Waves in the Summer.” Li Yuan said that he was very lucky. As soon as he took office, he encountered many of the best films by outstanding domestic directors that would be released one after another. He believed that “the popularity of the film is about to rise.”

Li Yuan brought a notebook that he used to participate in the Golden Horse Film Festival review in 2011. When he opened the inside page, there was a signed message from Korean director Lee Chang-dong: “Nice to meet you, and I look forward to meeting you next time.” The director was a former writer. In 2003, he served as the Minister of Culture, Tourism and Sports of South Korea during President Roh Moo-hyun’s term, and served as a film director after leaving office. Li Yuan said that if he saw Li Cangdong again, he would like to tell him: “I will also be the Minister of Culture.”

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Li Yuan said that around 2001 to 2002, when he was the program manager of Taiwan TV, he was forced to go to South Korea to buy Korean dramas to save losses. At that time, the “Korean Wave” was about to rise and Korean dramas were still very cheap. He bought “The Glass Slipper” ” and “Business Road”, at that time it only cost 200,000 to buy an episode (if you film it yourself, it costs about 800,000 per episode), it became popular in Taiwan, and the TV station turned a profit because of it. The boss decided to buy more in the future, but he decided After leaving, it was later proven that Taiwan’s film and television industry was delayed for almost 20 years due to the invasion of Hallyu.

During those 20 years, there was a wave of craze caused by the movie Wei Desheng and Nine Knives. Although it did not last, the Ministry of Culture later adopted a relatively stable policy on the overall investment environment, and there were also a series of high-quality Taiwanese dramas and domestic films. out; last year, Li Cangdong came to Taiwan again. Although the two did not meet, I saw from the news that Li Cangdong said that the Korean wave was declining, and he envied Taiwan’s willingness to invest in movies like “Sediq Bale” and its profound humanistic depth. documentary, which also gave Li Yuan confidence that “Taiwan popularity is about to rise.”

Li Yuan said that this summer vacation alone, at least 8 good movies of different types will be released. In addition to personally watching them, he also has to find ways to coordinate with the “National Film Summer Rides the Wind and Waves” plan to assist with marketing; as for how to implement policies Substantial help Taiwan flow? Li Yuan believes that the current government investment in the National Development Fund, Kuroshio subsidies and tutoring funds, and related policies for introducing private funds are complete, and he is very confident.

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