Jiang Ran and Zhong Chuhong had smiles on their faces, strolling through the banquet hall, and over and over again they tirelessly greeted people inside and outside the circle who knew or didn't know. It wasn't until Pan Disheng and the three of them accompanied Zou Wenhuai into the banquet hall that Jiang Ran and the two were freed from the cumbersome politeness.

Jiang Ran was not surprised by Zou Wenhuai's arrival, Sammo Hung has been at the peak of his life in the past two years, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the biggest trump card of Golden Harvest movies now. Even Jackie Chan, at this time, is not as beautiful as Sammo Hung scenery.

In recent years, Xu Guanwen's brilliance has begun to fade slowly, although Jackie Chan is much more beautiful than Jiang Ran in the same period in his previous life after having "Police Story", but compared to Sammo Hung's acting and directing and producing, he is still a lot inferior, at least in the film industry.

It is precisely for this reason that after Sammo Hung put aside Golden Harvest, he and Cen Jianxun and others privately established Debao Film Company, Zou Wenhuai did not care, after all, Debao Film Company also needs the support of the theater chain, with Sammo Hung here, Zou Wenhuai took it for granted that Debao would become Golden Harvest's meal.

It wasn't until Zou Wenhuai saw Jiang Ran and a large number of Ranfeng Group artists in the banquet hall.

Mr. Zou Wenhuai glanced thoughtfully at Sammo Hung and Pan Disheng, who were talking and laughing, and then walked over to Jiang Ran with a smile.

"Ah Ran, I didn't expect to see you here. With that, Zou Wenhuai nodded to Zhong Chuhong again and greeted, "Miss Zhong!"

"Uncle Huai, you're here too!" Jiang Ran also replied with a warm smile, "Our Ranfeng Group and Mr. Pan's Dickson Company have always cooperated. This time he entered the film market, of course we need to come to cheer. ”

Zou Wenhuai glanced at Jiang Ran in surprise, and then turned his head to look at Pan Disheng in the distance, he really didn't know that these two most famous young entrepreneurs in Hong Kong had cooperated.

"Oh? That's interesting. Zou Wenhuai seemed to think of something interesting, "The Hong Kong media often compare the two of you together, just to arouse the arrogance of the two of you young people, so that you can win or lose, but I didn't expect you to be partners all the time." ”

"Hehe! If the media that wants to do things all day long know about this, their expressions will be very exciting. ”

Jiang Ran shook his head and changed the subject, "Uncle Huai, I remember that you Golden Harvest seems to have invested in a movie in Hollywood, and it will be released this year, right?"

Jiang Ran also began to pay attention to Hollywood slowly after "Saw Horror" last year, and it was at that time that he learned that Golden Harvest Films was actually cooperating with Paramount and Warner at that time, and he didn't hear about it at all in Hong Kong.

Listening to Jiang Ran's words, Zou Wenhuai frowned slightly, and then sighed: "Yes! "Volley" will be released in February this year. A small investment, the results are also very average, and it is difficult to even protect the capital if it is only at the box office. ”

Jiang Ran thought about it in his heart, he really hadn't heard of this movie, and it was released in February, so it is conceivable that this movie is not taken seriously in Hollywood, and looking at Zou Wenhuai's somewhat gloomy look, Jiang Ran estimates that Jiahe may really have to lose this time.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ran opened his mouth to comfort: "Uncle Huai, don't worry. Hollywood movies have a lot more income than our Hong Kong movies. Even if the box office results are not outstanding now, but with the copyright income such as peripherals and videotapes, I believe that Uncle Huai, you will definitely make money in the end. ”

After Zou Wenhuai listened to Jiang Ran's words, the gloom on his face decreased slightly, "Then borrow Ah Ran's auspicious words." ”

After Jiang Ran comforted Zou Wenhuai a few more words, his heart suddenly moved, and he asked tentatively: "Uncle Huai, I don't know if you are interested in cooperating with me once?"

Jiang Ran's new film has not made much progress in finding partners in Hong Kong, mainly because Hong Kong filmmakers have not experienced such a huge investment, feel that the risk is too great, and are not willing to take risks. After all, the Hong Kong and Asian markets are now enough for these people to make money, and there is no need to take big risks to fight the illusory North American market.

Jiang Ran and Ranfeng Group did not think about looking for large cinema companies such as Golden Harvest, but last year, Zou Wenhuai and Run Run Shaw rejected Jiang Ran's blockbuster plan proposal, which made Jiang Ran a little unconvinced and a little hesitant.

But the current situation is that Ranfeng Group can't attract investment outside, so Jiang Ran wants to take this opportunity to test Zou Wenhuai.

After listening to Jiang Ran's words, Zou Wenhuai did not speak immediately, but looked at Jiang Ran seriously for a while before saying: "I heard a lot of people talk about your project after the year, this is the blockbuster plan you talked about last year?"

"Yes!" Jiang Ran sighed, "Speaking of which, I'm not afraid of Uncle Huai's jokes, although I have found a partner in North America for this project, I didn't expect it to be a setback in Hong Kong, and everyone has a lot of doubts about this project." ”

Jiang Ran shook his head and continued: "All Hong Kong filmmakers have seen the current glory and prosperity of the Hong Kong film market, and they all only want to seize the opportunity to make money, but no one wants to continue to invest and expand the market. ”

"This is normal!" Zou Wenhuai disagreed with Jiang Ran's complaints, "What do you make movies for?

"Hehe! Uncle Huai has a point, everything is about money. When Jiang Ran heard this, he also smiled, feeling that what he had just said was a little naïve.

"However, I think many of our Hong Kong filmmakers and investors are a little too short-sighted. ”

Jiang Ran looked at Zou Wenhuai's interested look and continued: "Our Hong Kong films seem to be thriving now, dominating the whole of Asia. However, we have a natural shortcoming, that is, our own film market is too small, and only by relying on the foreign market can we maintain the continued prosperity of our Hong Kong films. ”

Zou Wenhuai nodded in agreement with Jiang Ran's words, "That's really the case." ”

"Since our Hong Kong films have to rely on the foreign market to maintain their current prosperity, then we have to face a very real problem - Hollywood. ”

"Now it seems that our Hong Kong films are still dominant in Asia, but this is because of the influence of our Chinese culture in this region. ”

Jiang Ran said this, looked at Zou Wenhuai, who was deep in thought, and continued to analyze: "However, in the final analysis, movies tell stories through visual effects and sound effects. When the visuals aren't compelling, I think it's very difficult to attract an audience with any amount of cultural identity. ”

Zou Wenhuai didn't agree with Jiang Ran's radical argument a little, and frowned and said: "Ah Ran, this is not necessarily, right? Our comedy in Hong Kong does not have much visual conflict, and the main thing is to win by cultural connotation, right?"

Jiang Ran agrees with Zou Wenhuai's statement, Hong Kong's comedy does not win with visual effects, and even in Jiang Ran's view, all comedy movies do not win with visual effects, they are more on the basis of cultural identity, under the living environment and habits that the audience is familiar with, through the contrast of language and body movements, etc., to create jokes to attract the audience.

Jiang Ran does not deny that this is a successful and mature film genre, whether it is the current Hong Kong-style comedy, or Stephen Chow, who later set the masterpiece of Hong Kong-style comedy, or even Feng Xiaogang in the mainland, their movies are all representatives.

However, all these films have one characteristic, that is, literary identity and the regionality of the audience, even if the Hollywood movies that became popular in later generations, their comedy films, cannot get rid of this shackle.