Chapter 88: Film and Television
After listening to Jiang Ran's question, Liu Liwei glanced at Jiang Ran with some apprehension, and then said: "I plan to let Ah Wen direct the director of the movie, he has been your deputy for two films, and he has learned professional knowledge in directing, and he is also very clear about our company's film production process, so I think he can be the director of this movie." ”
Ah Wen's name is Lin Jiawen, a native of Singapore, who is just thirty years old now, graduated from the directing major, but Jiang Ran has never heard of the school he attends, it should be a pheasant school.
When Jiang Ran was making "Nightclub", because of his professional knowledge, he was hired by Jiang Ran to be an assistant director, in Jiang Ran's opinion, his basic skills are still very solid, but he is still very lacking in the handling of personnel relations. Before entering Ranfeng, he had been in the Hong Kong film and television industry for two or three years, and due to the influence of his personality, he had no chance to get ahead.
Now Liu Liwei wants to use him to direct the movie independently, Jiang Ran is a little worried, after all, film production is a great test of the director's ability to balance interpersonal relationships on the set, and people with too low emotional intelligence may not be able to deal with it.
Liu Liwei saw Jiang Ran's hesitation, and hurriedly added: "I also know that Ah Wen's ability to handle interpersonal relationships is still lacking, but his character flaws in this area can be made up for by choosing a suitable assistant director or producer." ”
"In addition, the film production process of our Ranfeng Film is different from that of many Hong Kong film companies now, and the directors outside may not be able to adapt to our system. Liu Liwei actively fought for Lin Jiawen.
After Jiang Ran heard Liu Liwei's words, he didn't reply immediately, but knocked on the table with his fingers for a while, while carefully weighing Liu Liwei's words just now in his heart.
Although Lin Jiawen's name Jiang Ran has not heard of it in later generations, he should not have mixed his head. But it's also very reasonable to think about it, as far as he accidentally offends people's character, in the film and television industry that pays attention to interpersonal relationships, no matter how good the directorial skills are, no one will support him, and it will be in vain.
After the second cooperation with Lin Jiawen, Jiang Ran knew that this person's directing ability was qualified, and the defects in personality could be made up for by the division of work, and others had followed him for so long, without credit and hard work.
Jiang Ran, as the boss of the company, must let the people below see the room for improvement, if he suppresses Lin Jiawen this time, I am afraid that it will not only hit the enthusiasm of one person, but also the other employees will be very disappointed.
After figuring it out, Jiang Ran cautiously said to Liu Liwei: "Ah Wei, since you want to use Ah Wen, I also believe in Ah Wen's directing skills very much, but in terms of handling interpersonal relationships, you must arrange a suitable assistant for him, not only can not interfere with the specific director's work, but also can help him balance the personnel of the crew." ”
Liu Liwei breathed a sigh of relief when he heard Jiang Ran agree to Lin Jiawen's directing, and then said excitedly: "Okay, Mr. Jiang! I will definitely arrange a qualified assistant for him." ”
Jiang Ran nodded, and then asked, "What about the other aspects?"
"Now the budget of the film has been completed, including the total estimated cost of publicity and distribution of 2.5 million Hong Kong dollars, because the film uses Arwen as the director, the income in advertising is not very large, but we have also signed a few gambling contracts, if the final box office is ideal, it should be able to increase the income of hundreds of thousands. ”
"Have you decided on the actors?"
"Heroine, we want to use Miss Zhong Chuhong, in terms of actors, we contacted Lin Zixiang, after all, we have cooperated. When Liu Liwei talked about Zhong Chuhong, he looked at Jiang Ran.
"Well, I don't have a problem with the actors, you guys make the shooting plan as soon as possible, start filming as soon as possible! We have a movie and a TV series behind us. ”
Jiang Ran didn't say anything about Zhong Chuhong's appearance in this movie, after all, as the company's only contracted actor, it is a matter of course to star in the company's movies.
"Hey, by the way, is the name of the movie confirmed now?" Jiang Ran suddenly thought that the name of the movie on the script he saw seemed to have not been determined.
"It's just a tentative name now, what does Mr. Jiang think?" Hu Hai said on the side.
"It's okay, you can just settle it yourself. Jiang Ran nodded and said.
"By the way, Ah Hai! How is the script of the TV series arranged now?"
After Hu Hai heard Jiang Ran's words, he glanced at Jiang Ran carefully, spared his head with some uneasiness, and then said, "Mr. Jiang, I was about to tell you about this. ”
"After receiving the production task of the TV series, we discussed with the production department and set the theme on detective TV in the fifties and sixties, because there are very few good detective TVs in the TV market now, and we have experience in producing "Ghost Horse Wisdom and Stars". ”
"But after we submitted the idea and story framework of the show to ATV, ATV reported that it was because of the lack of a successful TV series in this area on the market that it was too risky to produce and broadcast it, and did not agree with our plan. ”
"They suggested that we produce TV dramas during the Republic of China, TV series such as "SH Beach", "Enmity of the Earth", "Chen Zhen" and a large number of Republic of China movies in the Hong Kong film market all illustrate the audience's preferences. ”
After listening to Hu Hai's words, Jiang Ran said: "ATV doesn't agree with this project, and there is no way to do it, so I can only make a new script according to their opinions." Of course, if you think that the previous project is valuable, you can also take the time to make it, and find another opportunity to see if there is a possibility of shooting. ”
After Hu Hai heard Jiang Ran's words, he was a little disappointed, after all, in the detective project, their editorial department did not have much effort. At the beginning, the time requirements were so tight, and overtime was a common thing, who knows, the things that were worked hard were rejected by others.
Jiang Ran looked at Hu Hai's disappointed expression and understood his feelings very well, but he didn't have much to do about this matter, although he got part of ATV's program production rights, but the initiative was not in his own hands.
After thinking about it, Jiang Ran said to Hu Hai: "Speaking of Republic of China dramas, I have an idea here, you can listen to it and see if there is any head-scratching, whether to shoot or not, you decide for yourself." ”
Jiang Ran said that he told the two of them the story summary of "The Chinese Husband" starring Zhao Wenzhuo, Jiang Ran didn't know if this TV series would be popular in Hong Kong now, but he himself was very impressed by this TV series.
Jiang Ran was only responsible for giving Hu Hai and the two a rough outline of the story of this TV series, as for whether this TV series should be filmed, Jiang Ran didn't care, after all, Jiang Ran didn't have much expectations for the current martial arts design in Hong Kong, and Jiang Ran himself didn't know much about what this TV series would look like if it was filmed in the current environment, let alone market acceptance.
Jiang Ran watched Liu Liwei and the two walk out of the office together with a complicated expression, "Ghost Guy" did not have this movie in history, but now it is about to be produced under his influence, which makes Jiang Ran happy and a little melancholy at the same time.
Happy because of the appearance of "Ghost Guy", it marks that Burning Feng Film no longer only relies on the strength of Jiang Ran alone, it has its own creative ability, which is of great importance to the development of the company.
At the same time, Jiang Ran was a little disappointed, because of his appearance, the historical process changed more and more, and the memories of the past became more and more different, and that feeling was as if he was erasing his past little by little.
The memory of the past is slowly different from the reality, so is its existence real, and is the previous life experience still meaningful?