Chapter 111 - Commencement of Business (2)
On January 20, 1983, when the sky was clear in Hong Kong, outside the Burning Maple Cinema in Admiralty, there were employees of Burning Maple who began to set up the venue early this morning, because the opening ceremony of Burning Maple Cinema will be held here today.
At eight o'clock in the morning, some media began to arrive at the scene, and then entered the media seats in an orderly manner under the arrangement of the staff, and when the time came to nine o'clock, the guests attending the opening ceremony began to arrive at the scene one after another, and by this time, the scene was quite lively.
"Ah! Chow Yun-fat is here, he is so handsome. A group of onlookers looked at the tall and handsome Chow Yun-fat like a nymphomaniac, and shouted excitedly.
"Mr. Jiang and Miss Zhong have arrived. There was a commotion in the media seats.
"I'm afraid Ran Feng won't have a good time this time, I heard that Golden Harvest and Princess Jin issued a ban on Ran Feng in the circle, and the personnel of their companies are not allowed to participate in the opening ceremony of Ran Feng, and I heard that Jackie Chan, who has cooperated with Ran Feng, will not come. A well-informed reporter whispered about his gossip.
"Then it won't be only Ran Feng's own actors today, right? But they don't seem to have signed a few actors, as a film company, when their company's theaters open, if there are no celebrities, it will be embarrassing. The reporter next to him shook his head after hearing this, and said with some schadenfreude.
"Lin Qingxia is here!" several reporters were talking energetically when they heard a commotion all around.
"Hey, it's really Lin Qingxia, why is she here? I haven't heard that she has an intersection with Ranfeng Group. Several reporters who had just discussed asked in surprise.
"Didn't Lin Qingxia star in Tsui Hark's "New Shushan Swordsman" some time ago? It should be because of Tsui Hark's relationship. Oh, Tsui Hark and Shi Nansheng are also here. ”
Jiang Ran didn't care what these melon-eating people thought, he was greeting the guests with Le Zhiren and Jiang Jianguo and others at this time.
"Miss Lin, hello! It's a great honor for you to come to the opening ceremony of our Burning Maple Cinema. Jiang Ran thanked Lin Qingxia with a smile on his face.
Jiang Ran is really grateful to her, because under the pressure of Golden Harvest and Princess Jin, the stars in the Hong Kong film and television industry are very worried about seeing Jia Ran Feng's ceremony, and many invitations sent out have not been responded, and Lin Qingxia and Ran Feng are actually not very familiar, Jiang Ran just sent invitations politely, but I didn't expect her to really come.
Mr. Jiang was polite, and I wish the opening of Ranfeng Cinema and said with a smile.
"Ah Cheng, you take Miss Lin in and sit down. After Jiang Ran said a few polite words to Lin Qingxia, he arranged for Gui Zecheng to personally take her into the venue to sit.
After Lin Qingxia, Tsui Hark and Chen Baixiang followed closely, and those who knew about their arrival knew that Jiang Ran had a very strong relationship with them, so they would not be surprised by their arrival.
The atmosphere at the scene of Ranfeng Cinema became more and more enthusiastic, and the scene that some people expected that the opening ceremony would be very cold under the pressure of Golden Harvest and Golden Princess Company did not appear.
Because ATV's Xu Xiaoming came to the scene soon after, and then ATV-born film and television stars began to appear in Ranfeng Cinema one after another, plus Li Junxia of the police force, Guo Zhiquan of Yongan Guo's two brothers, and Qiu Degen, political and business celebrities also came to the scene later. It is not an exaggeration to say that the opening ceremony of Ranfeng Cinema was star-studded and celebrity-gathered.
The time was unconsciously close to ten o'clock, and bigwigs like Qiu Degen had already arrived, and everyone thought that there would be no more heavyweight guests in the future.
But when a Rolls-Royce with a license plate of '6' slowly drove into the scene, the media and guest seats were in an uproar.
"Why is he here?"
"It's not scientific! He's going to come to a competitor's opening ceremony?"
Many people who are familiar with this car are incredible, and absolutely no one could have imagined beforehand that the people in the car would come to the opening ceremony of Burning Maple Cinemas, because it was completely a platform for a competitor.
Jiang Ran had already walked up quickly after the car drove in, listening to the noise coming from behind him, a smile flashed in his eyes, and the smile on his face became even brighter.
"Sixth Uncle, Ms. Fang, thank you for coming to the opening ceremony of Burning Maple Cinema. Jiang Ran waited for Run Shaw and Fang Yihua to get out of the car, and said with a smile on his face.
"Ha-ha! Ah Ran, it's a good opening!" Run Run Shaw said with a laugh when he saw Jiang Ran ushering him.
Fang Yihua next to him actually didn't understand that Run Run Run Shaw came to participate in the opening of Ranfeng Cinema, but since Run Run Shaw had already decided, she could only accompany him.
After smiling and politely exchanging words with Run Run Shaw, Jiang Ran turned sideways to personally guide the two of them, and took Run Run Shaw to the vacant seat next to Qiu Degen and sat down.
After Run Run Shaw arrived, today's guests really arrived, and the opening ceremony of Burning Maple Cinema officially began. The opening speech that has remained unchanged for thousands of years, the simple and fast process, and finally Jiang Ran and others took the stage to cut the ribbon, and the opening ceremony of Ranfeng Cinema was completed, and the welcome opening could begin.
After the opening ceremony, long-awaited consumers flocked to the studio, and Ran Feng's management such as Jiang Ran and Jiang Jianguo accompanied the guests and media to visit the studio.
Jiang Ran personally accompanied several important guests of Run Run Shaw and Qiu Degen, explaining to them the layout of the studio while taking them around.
"Ah Ran, looking at the planning of your cinema, you have a lot of thoughts!" Run Run Shaw, Qiu Degen and others walked in the spacious and bright shopping area of the cinema, looking at everything from books and magazines to film and television records, from film and television peripherals to snacks and snacks, the planning is well organized, covering almost all the industrial chains of film and television distribution, where do you not know the ambition of Burning Maple Cinema.
After listening to Run Run Shaw's words, Jiang Ran said with a smile: "Sixth uncle, I'm not like you Shaw Brothers, they are all big theaters, I don't have enough film sources now, I can only make small halls, and if I want to make money, I can only find ways in other places." ”
"Besides, we started in the video tape rental industry, and now we are just using the opening of the cinema to integrate its resources. ”
Qiu Degen and the others listened to Jiang Ran's words, smiled and didn't make a sound, and they definitely didn't believe Jiang Ran's nonsense in their hearts.
After passing through the shopping area and going inside, Jiang Ran took a few people to the screening hall on the first floor, and after pushing the door in, looking at the wide sofa seats inside, Run Run Shaw's eyes widened and he looked very surprised.
"Ah Ran, the layout of your theater is too extravagant for the utilization of space, right? It seems that the per capita usable area is 15 square feet, and all of them are sofa seats. ”
Jiang Ran was not surprised by the surprise of Run Shaw and others, because there is indeed no such luxurious cinema hall as Ran Feng in Hong Kong now, and some new theaters have simply replaced hard seats with soft seats, and the overall upgrade is not big.
"Sixth Uncle, Mr. Qiu, Uncle Li, everyone sit down and feel it. Jiang Ran asked a few people to sit down and feel it for themselves.
A few people sat down and tried it out, and then Qiu Degen sighed, "Yes, I feel like sitting in the living room at home, and watching movies in such an environment is indeed enjoyable." ”
Qiu Degen said, then turned to Jiang Ran and said, "Ah Ran, you have invested a lot of money in this theater, right?
Jiang Ran smiled when he heard Qiu Degen's words, and then said: "The purpose of our Burning Feng Cinema is to give the audience the best viewing experience, and we hope that the audience can get some relaxation outside of the movie after watching the movie in our cinema." ”
Then Jiang Ran introduced to a few people: "This cinema here in Jinzhong has a total of three screening halls, this small hall only has 150 seats, and there are two theaters on the second floor, with 300 and 500 seats respectively, which can show three films at the same time. ”
As a person who has worked hard in the film industry all his life, after personally feeling the comfort of watching movies in Ran Feng Cinema, and comparing the situation of other theaters in Hong Kong, he knows that Ran Feng will definitely be more attractive to the audience than other theaters in the future.
When Jiang Ran said that there were three theaters in the cinema and three movies could be screened at the same time, he faintly grasped the reason why Ran Feng did not build a big theater in his heart.