In late 1981, the most popular topic in the entire Hong Kong film and television circle was the box office explosion of "Ghost Horse Wisdom and Stars", after the box office of "Ghost Horse Wisdom and Stars" in the first three days of release, "Ghost Horse Wisdom and Stars" continued to ravage the film market in the following week, and the box office reported more than 5 million. The box office of the movie "Ghost Horse Smart Star" has exceeded 8 million in Hong Kong within ten days of its release, although the box office growth has slowed down later, but the box office has exceeded 100 million is already 100%.

The weather in Hong Kong is already relatively hot in June, and the Hong Kong film market is getting hotter and hotter with the box office of "Ghost Horse Wisdom and Stars" exceeding 10 million, and more and more people are looking to the film market, hoping to make a fortune in the increasingly prosperous film market. "Ghost Horse Wisdom and Stars" was released in June for half a month, and it was only painted in Hong Kong in mid-June, with a box office of 13 million in Hong Kong, which is the third film in Hong Kong with a box office of more than 10 million, second only to "Modern Bodyguard" produced by the Hui brothers in January this year, and surpassed "Senior Brother Horse" starring Jackie Chan released last year.

Jiang Ran was a little surprised that the box office of "Ghost Horse Smart Stars" exceeded 10 million, because in the original history, the box office of this movie was only more than 7 million. However, looking back, the new version of the movie adapted by Jiang Ran has spent a lot of pre-script editing and improvement work, and the plot is smoother and clearer than the original version, reducing some cumbersome and irrelevant clues, which makes the movie's viewing experience more comfortable, and there are no strong competitors in the film market when it is released, so it is understandable that the box office is better than the original.

On June 12, 1981, Jiang Ran's Burning Feng Audio-Visual held a celebration banquet of "Ghost Horse Wisdom and Multi-Star" in Kowloon, in addition to the crew, there were also theaters participating in the screening of the film, and Jiang Ran also sent invitations to the film production and distribution companies that have cooperated with Ranfeng Audio-Visual for a long time.

The banquet time was placed in the evening, Jiang Ran came to the hotel at four o'clock in the afternoon, and when he arrived at the hotel, he found that Tsui Hark and Shi Nansheng had arrived, and they both greeted him with a smile after seeing Jiang Ran arrive.

"Ah Ran, you're too late, your master. Tsui Hark said after hugging Jiang Ran.

"Director Xu, you are the outside, you are the director of the movie, Sister Shi is the person of the movie, and you are also the owner of this movie. Jiang Ran said with a smile.

"Haha, Ah Ran is right, how about Ah Ran, now that the movie is about to be drawn, are there any other plans?" asked Tsui Hark tentatively. He is very happy to cooperate with Jiang Ran in this movie, and in Tsui Hark's opinion, Jiang Ran has done a good job in the promotion and distribution of the film, and the joint operation of twenty theaters is rare in Hong Kong at present, and Jiang Ran is very willing to invest in the pre-production promotion, otherwise the box office of the movie will definitely be discounted compared to now, so although Tsui Hark has received several invitations, he still hopes to continue to cooperate with Jiang Ran.

"Director Xu, you're too desperate, before the movie is drawn, you're starting to think about the next movie. Jiang Ran replied a little speechlessly, turned his head to Shi Nansheng and said, "Sister Shi, you have to take care of your boyfriend, you can't always think about work, doesn't he plan to take a break for a while to accompany you?"

"The movie is his first girlfriend, and I can only be ranked second. Shi Nansheng glanced at Xu Ke first, and then said, "What's the matter? Ah Ran, you don't plan to chase after the victory now?"

Jiang Ran shrugged his shoulders and said helplessly: "Sister Shi, the current Hong Kong cinema chain is king, our movie has a box office of more than 10 million, it is too eye-catching, I am already a thorn in the side of many people now, if Director Xu continues to cooperate with me, I am afraid it will be very difficult for the next movie to be released, so if Director Xu is asked to cooperate with you, you don't have to think about me, I have no film plan for the time being, but if I need to find Director Xu when I need to make a film in the future, Director Xu will give priority to me." ”

Tsui Hark and the others listened to Jiang Ran's words, and they also reacted, their film ranked second in film history, Tsui Hark's directing ability and Jiang Ran's editing ability have been recognized, plus Jiang Ran's own funds, and in "Ghost Horse Wisdom Multi-star" The connections and abilities embodied in the distribution, if the two continue to cooperate to become a fixed combination and are regarded as a threat by the three major theater chains, they only need to put pressure on which independent theater chains will give up Jiang Ran, after all, Jiang Ran has neither the ability to form a theater chain nor the ability to guarantee the source of films, neither theaters nor film production companies will offend the three major theater companies for Jiang Ran.

At six o'clock in the evening, the staff of Ranfeng Audio-Visual and Magazine and the crew had arrived at the hotel one after another, and Jiang Ran and Tsui Hark greeted the guests at the door of the hotel. Personnel from some film companies have arrived one after another, and Jiang Ran is now greeting Sammo Hung .

"Mr. Hong, hello, I'm Jiang Ran, thank you for coming to the company's celebration banquet, I'm your fan, you can give me an autograph later." Jiang Ran said with a smile to Sammo Hung and the others.

"Mr. Jiang is a young and promising person, and he can invest tens of millions of box office movies at such a young age. Sammo Hung said to Jiang Ran first, then turned to Tsui Hark and said, "Director Xu, your movie is so exciting, you have to take care of me next time." ”

After sending Sammo Hung and the others in, there were a few people who ushered in the new art city, and Jiang Ran felt that his face was about to laugh.

"Mr. Mai, Mr. Shi, Mr. Huang, welcome to your arrival, please inside. Jiang Ran invited with a smile.

Mecca smiled and joked to Jiang Ran as if tentatively: "Mr. Jiang, you have robbed our business this time, we originally wanted to find Director Tsui Hark to help our company get a play, but who knew that you were the first to do it." Mecca and others did have plans to find Tsui Hark and other New Wave directors over the years, and they wanted to find John Woo to introduce them, but they were told that Tsui Hark was filming for Jiang Ran, in fact, a few people didn't care at the time, who knew that Tsui Hark made a box office movie for Jiang Ran with a box office of more than 10 million.

Jiang Ran glanced at Xu Hark and said, "Then I'm so lucky, I'm one step ahead of Mr. Mai, but Mr. Mai doesn't have to worry, you can also find Director Xu now!"

"Oh, Mr. Jiang and Director Xu have no film plans for the next step?" Mecca and the others were a little surprised, wondering why Jiang Ran and Tsui Hark didn't take advantage of the situation to continue making movies.

Tsui Hark now really understands the meaning of what Jiang Ran said in the afternoon, and it seems that if he really cooperates with Jiang Ran again, he may really become a thorn in the side of others, so he took over the topic and said: "Ah Ran wants to rest for a while, and he has no movie plans for the time being." ”

"Oh, then Director Xu wants to give us a chance in Xinyicheng, and we are looking forward to cooperating with Director Xu. ”

After a few people from the new art city, many other filmmakers came one after another, and finally people from the three major cinema companies also came, the first to arrive was Li Maowen of the Golden Princess, what Jiang Ran didn't expect was that Lei Juekun actually came in person, Jiang Ran only sent invitations to Lei Juekun, Zou Wenhuai and Run Run Shaw politely when he sent invitations, and he didn't think they would come back, after all, there was too much difference in status.

Jiang Ran and Tsui Hark saw the two of them get out of the car, and hurriedly greeted them, "Hello Mr. Lei! I'm Jiang Ran from Ranfeng Audio, thank you for coming." ”

Lei Juekun said with a smile: "Mr. Jiang is young and promising, I heard Awen say that you have just reached the age of twenty, I only know how to chase beautiful girls at your age, you have already done such a big career, and now young people are not simple." ”

"Mr. Lei, you are too complimentary, you know how to chase beautiful girls at the age of twenty, and I still don't know how to chase beautiful girls. ”

Lei Juekun was stunned for a moment, then laughed, pointed at Jiang Ran and said, "You kid is really interesting to talk about." "I feel much closer when I speak.

Jiang Ran exchanged a few words with Li Maowen, and led the two into the hotel with Tsui Hark.