Chen Feng laughed and said, "Your ideals are truly abundant. I'm just afraid you'll get disheartened. With so many filmmakers in our country, do you think they don't have artistic dreams? They all want to make art films, of course.
But the number of art films is decreasing, and there's a reason for that. Making movies requires money, and where does the money come from? It can only come from investors. Those investors invest in movies to make money; capital is profit-driven. If you don't make money, why should they invest in you? It's not like they're doing charity.
That's why there are fewer and fewer art films. If art films were profitable, many investors would join in. It's precisely because art films are difficult to make and unprofitable that they are dwindling. That's the reality."
