Jiang Ran asked Tsui Hark about the content of the script and cost control after asking Tsui Hark to think about it, but he turned to Shi Nansheng and said, "Sister Shi, have you been busy lately, can you come over and help me be the producer of this movie." ”

Shi Nansheng was obviously surprised, and he didn't know why Jiang Ran suddenly invited him to be a producer.

"Ah Ran, how did you think of letting me be a producer, I have no experience in filmmaking. ”

Tsui Hark also raised his head and looked at Jiang Ran in surprise, and Jiang Ran explained to the two with a smile: " Sister Shi, in my opinion, the producer is the logistics supervisor of a film, he helps the director to form the crew, coordinates the relationship between all aspects, and supervises the director's filming behavior within the budget, which plays a role in controlling the cost of film production and monitoring the progress of film production, I think this is different from the production of TV series, but its essence is actually similar, Sister Shi has rich experience in TV production and is Director Xu's girlfriend, and understands Director Xu's directing habits, so I think you are very suitable to be the producer of this movie. ”

Shi Nansheng is now at Li's TV station, and it's not that no one invited her to make movies, but she felt that her work in the TV station was already very hard, so she didn't agree. Now in the face of Jiang Ran's invitation, she is a little hesitant, after all, this is a movie directed by her boyfriend Tsui Hark, and with her understanding of Tsui Hark, Tsui Hark often overspends on the control of film costs, it is precisely because of this reason that Tsui Hark is not trusted by investors, and Jiang Ran obviously wants her to play a role in monitoring Tsui Hark's production costs, so as to avoid direct conflicts between Jiang Ran and Tsui Hark and affect the filming. Considering the harm to Tsui Hark's career if the production of this movie does not go well, Shi Nansheng only hesitated for a moment, and said to Jiang Ran: "Since Ah Ran said so, then I will come to produce this movie." ”

Jiang Ran saw Shi Nansheng's promise and said, "Then thank Sister Shi for your help, if the movie makes money, I will definitely not forget Sister Shi." As he spoke, he turned his head and asked Tsui Hark, "Director Xu, what do you think?"

Tsui Hark smiled and said helplessly, "What other opinions do I have? You pulled my girlfriend on the boat." I agree with your request, the production process is going according to plan, and you see when we start refining the script. ”

"Do you think you will come to our company tomorrow, and we will sign the contract and start working?" Jiang Ran consulted Tsui Hark.

"Okay, then I'll come to your company tomorrow. ”

After talking to Tsui Hark about the movie, Jiang Ran invited the four of them to dinner together in the evening, that is, he wished him and Tsui Hark a smooth cooperation and thanked Li Dong and John Woo for their help.

The next day, Tsui Hark came to Jiang Ran's company early in the morning, and when he arrived at Ranfeng Audio, he saw a hall with rows of shelves filled with various video tapes and record cassettes on it, and promotional posters of various movies could be seen all around, and next to the hall was a corridor connecting the video hall. Going up to the second floor, you can see that the whole floor is divided into two spaces, one side is connected to the first floor, and the layout is similar, and the other area is placed with bookshelves with various books and magazines, and there is space for some tables and chairs for people to read and rest. Tsui Hark walked around and felt that the environment in the store was not bad, and the store was also large, and he thought that Jiang Ran had opened 15 such stores in less than a year.

"This Jiang Ran is really not simple, I hope this movie can be successful. Tsui Hark thought.

After consulting the clerk, Xu Hark was taken upstairs to the office area, and met Jiang Ran in Jiang Ran's office, Jiang Ran said enthusiastically: "Xu Daozao, this is Lawyer Tang, your contract is ready, you can take a look." After Jiang Ran introduced another person in the office, he picked up a contract and handed it to Tsui Hark. After Tsui Hark read the contract and signed it, Tsui Hark officially entered Ranfeng Video and began to participate in the production of the movie "Ghost Horse Smart Multi-Star".

"Ghost Horse Wisdom and Many Stars" tells the story of Hong Kong in the turbulent 30s, where people of all colors have their own plans and are mixed. As soon as Hong Kong's godfather Kabang was released from prison, he devised a conspiracy to plot the stock of tycoon Hu, and at the same time wanted to take revenge on the detective Ye Laixiang who arrested him and imprisoned him.

But in fact, Hu is an old man from Hong Kong, Yan Siye, who is trying to deceive Kabang's money, Yan Siye let his daughter pretend to be his lover to bring nightshade to help him find out if his daughter is having an affair, and the daughter has already broken into Kabang's interior, and at the same time, Kabang sent his mistress to get close to Yan Siye to defraud him of his stocks.

At this time, Yan Siye's niece pretended to be his daughter. Yan Siye deliberately revealed that he had made a will to give the stock to his 'daughter', so that Kabon would have to find his 'daughter'. At this time, Yan Siye pretended to be a stranger and kidnapped Hu's 'daughter' and asked Kabon to ransom him with money. This is the story of the Godfather and the old man.

And Ye Laixiang and Detective Robin, they have already discovered the true identity of Yan Siye, and they will plan it, Ye Laixiang pretended to cooperate with Yan Siye, and deceived the four major underworld families to ransom Yan Siye's 'daughter' with money in the same way, as a result, Kabang and the four major families misunderstood and clashed. The police wiped out Kabang and the four major families, and the night came to Xiangyu Weng Deli and got two boxes of money to hand over to Yan Siye.

At this time, Detective Robin arrived to stop him, and the two of them pretended to kill each other, and Yan Siye left Hong Kong with two boxes of white paper.

From Jiang Ran's point of view, there are too many clues in the whole movie in the original version, which is a bit messy, some places are funny for the sake of being funny, and the comedy effect is not very strong, so Jiang Ran hopes to start filming after perfecting the script to avoid plot injuries as much as possible.

After Tsui Hark signed the contract, Jiang Ran and Tsui Hark began to improve the script together with Hu Hai, an editor who was more good at writing funny jokes. Now there are three people, Jiang Ran is responsible for the overall framework and logical fluency of the whole story, while Hu Hai is responsible for the funny elements in the script, and Tsui Hark is responsible for determining the style of the whole movie, balancing the entire script according to the needs of film shooting, and can't be funny for the sake of being funny.

A week later, Jiang Ran and the three of them really completed the creation of the script, Jiang Ran finally figured out the creation process and method of the movie script in the process, and Jiang Ran also pestered Tsui Hark to teach him to write a storyboard plan, although there are probably few directors in Hong Kong who will write a storyboard when shooting a movie, but Jiang Ran feels that the storyboard plan helps the director control the film and the crew to avoid the film getting out of control during the filming process.

After the script was completed, Shi Nansheng also officially joined the production team. After Shi Nansheng joined the crew, he began to make budgets with the assistance of financial personnel and production assistants sent by Jiang Ran, while Tsui Hark and Jiang Ran began to find actors and shooting locations, and at the same time began to contact the people behind the film such as photography and lighting.

After that, it took nearly half a month, all the preliminary work of the film was ready, and the crew of the whole movie was basically completed. Most of the actors are the same as the original version of "Ghost Horse Wisdom and Stars", Nightshade is played by Lin Zixiang, Teddy Robin was still pulled by Tsui Hark to play the crew to play Robin, the original Kabang has Mecca to play and is now replaced by Chen Baixiang, Jiang Ran originally thought that Tsui Hark could play this role, but Tsui Hark was unwilling. Mrs. Hu Jiang Ran found the 1980 Miss Hong Kong champion Dai Yue'e, although Dai Yue'e was later listed as the most incapable of acting Hong Kong sisters, but she is beautiful and now the topic of Hong Kong sisters has not disappeared, which is convenient for movie promotion. After the cast and crew were determined, the budget for the entire film was also made, with an overall budget of about two million.

"Director Xu, the funds on my side can be in place at any time, have you made a shooting plan on your side? When will we start shooting, how much time will it take to complete the shooting, and how much time can the post-production be completed, I will contact the cinema chain and formulate a film promotion plan according to your shooting schedule. In Jiang Ran's office, Jiang Ran, Tsui Hark and Shi Nansheng were discussing the start time of the film.

"I'm ready to shoot the whole thing in a month, and in post-production, it takes about 10 days, which means I can get the whole film in a month and a half. Tsui Hark said confidently, a lot of preparatory work made Tsui Hark know everything about the filming.

Shi Nansheng also said: "All our preparations are in place now, Ah Ran, as soon as your funds reach the crew, you can start the film." ”

"Okay, I'll call the finance to send money over immediately, and notify the crew tomorrow, I'll ask someone to see the time, and we'll officially start filming the day after tomorrow." Jiang Ran said excitedly.