For the Chinese film industry, the real threat is not streaming services or the novel coronavirus, but the gradual loss of quality and quantity of Chinese films. Chinese streaming platforms don’t bet big money on movies to compete with Hollywood like Netflix; they prefer series with more episodes because dozens of hours of content can be produced even on low budgets to keep audience, and use it to place more ads.
In contrast, a movie requires a huge amount of money, but it only produces two or three hours of content, which makes it difficult to attract users of streaming platforms to Company banner design return for repeated visits. Advertising revenue alone is not a low-cost, high-interest business. As China's State Film Administration has been tightening its film censorship system, the country's film industry has gradually declined despite the impact of the pneumonia. In 2019, Zhang Yimou's new film "One Second" with the theme of the Cultural Revolution, the Chinese Anti-Japanese War film "Eight Hundred", the school film "Youth of You" starring Zhou Dongyu, etc., were all withdrawn from the film festival for "technical reasons".
Temporary cancellation of the screening, and these problems, another famous Chinese director Lou Ye is more aware of it. It is common for him to withdraw files and ban performances. In addition, Hollywood films are also affected by unpredictable film censorship: "Joker" was blocked for "bad subject matter", "Once Upon a Time, There Was a Hollywood" was asked to delete the plot about Bruce Lee, resulting in director Quentin Tarantino. Domineeringly responded, "Take it or leave it."