As the dust settles on the 2nd Hong Kong Film Awards, the time has entered July, and Victoria's harbor is slowly becoming hotter, and the Hong Kong film market has already been restless and lively in the gradually hot summer.

This year, Ranfeng Film and Television Company has prepared a total of three movies in the summer, plus Jiang Ran's "Chainsaw", and the movie "Ghost Out of the Cage" that has been negotiated with Mai Dangxiong, it can be said that Ranfeng's film source is very sufficient this summer.

Ran Feng's summer movie file this year is still a combination of more than a dozen independent theaters that have been cooperating with each other, and jointly formed a large-scale cinema chain with 27 fast screens.

The number of screens of this scale is already comparable to that of the other three cinema companies, although there may still be a gap in the location and capacity of the theater, but this is enough for Ranfeng to have the confidence to compete with the other three cinema companies for the market share of Hong Kong films this summer.

The competition in this year's summer file is particularly fierce, and as early as June, major theater companies have begun to schedule films one after another.

Although Ranfeng Group is only a rising star in the Hong Kong cinema market, it was the first to start making efforts this summer, directed by Xu Xiaoming and starring Li Xiaotian, the movie "Wind and Water", which began to be released on June 6, has reported a box office of more than 5 million Hong Kong dollars in early July, and it is expected to reach 5.5 million Hong Kong dollars in the end.

Immediately after Ran Feng, on June 8, Golden Harvest Cinema released the movie "Retired Detective" produced by Siyuan Pictures and Sammo Hung, and the movie has been released for nearly half a month, and it has already received a box office of 6 million Hong Kong dollars.

In addition to Golden Harvest, Shaw Brothers Films is not lagging behind, the day after Golden Harvest, that is, on June 9th, they released "Men and Women" starring Wan Ziliang and Xia Wenxi, and when the painting was made at the end of the month, it was quoted for more than 7 million Hong Kong dollars.

On the same day, New Arts City was not to be outdone and released "Young Master Weiwei" starring Alan Tam, with a total box office of nearly 8 million Hong Kong dollars by the time it was painted on the 22nd.

But this is not the end, after "Men and Women", Shaw Brothers Films released Wang Jing's "Flower Heart" again on the 18th, and by the beginning of July, it had achieved a box office result of 7 million.

Judging from the number of films released in June, we can see how fierce the competition in the Hong Kong film market is this year, and in just over 10 or 20 days, as many as four films with a box office of more than 5 million have been released by just a few major cinema companies.

This was a very terrible thing in Hong Kong in the 80s, after all, it was still June, and the heat of the film market had not officially begun.

Of course, from the appearance of four movies with a box office of more than 5 million Hong Kong dollars in June, it can also be seen how prosperous the Hong Kong market is now, you must know that just two or three years ago, the box office results of 5 million Hong Kong dollars can be regarded as a very good movie, and it can definitely be ranked in the top ten of the annual box office list.

But now, such box office results can only be regarded as average, and in the face of tens of millions of Hong Kong dollars at the box office, you can know why these movies can only be ranked in June to warm up for the summer season. It's no wonder that in history, gangsters later entered the film market in a big way, because the future was too bright.

Ran Feng Group, the conference room of the distribution department, and the meeting of Ran Feng on the distribution of films this summer is underway, and Jiang Ran also personally participated in this meeting.

"Mr. Jiang, in the past two months this summer, we will focus on the release of a total of five films, which will be a little crowded in terms of schedule. ”

Jiang Wei of the distribution department looked at Jiang Ran's expression while reporting to Jiang Ran, and then continued: "Some time ago, I communicated with Mai Dangxiong that their company's film will not be produced until the end of this month, and he wants to put the movie schedule for release next month, but this will crowd out our own film schedule. ”

When Jiang Ran heard this, he first looked at the other people in the conference room and asked, "What about your opinions?"

There was silence in the conference room for a while, and then Gui Zecheng said: "Mr. Jiang, Mai Dangxiong is the first powerful independent film company to take the initiative to lean towards us since the establishment of Ranfeng Cinemas, and it is the first time to cooperate, I think we need to show some sincerity." ”

Speaking of this, Gui Zecheng paused, and then explained: "If we can't arrange a high-quality schedule for Mai Dangxiong in the first cooperation this time, then on the one hand, it will chill Mai Dangxiong's heart, and on the other hand, other wait-and-see film companies may shy away from us, which is not conducive to the long-term stable development of the company's theater chain." ”

In addition to the distribution department of today's meeting, Liu Liwei of the film and television company also attended the meeting, just now after Jiang Wei finished speaking, when Jiang Ran asked for advice, he did not say anything, because he thought that arranging his company's films in the most favorable schedule should be a matter of course.

But Gui Zecheng, who is now in charge of distribution affairs, wants to sacrifice the interests of film and television companies in exchange for the interests of the theater chain, which is unacceptable to Liu Liwei.

"Director Gui, I don't agree with your statement. Our film production schedule in the first half of the year was done according to the requirements of your distribution department, and now you want to adjust our schedule for the benefit of other foreign companies, which is very inappropriate and will seriously hit the enthusiasm of our producers and directors. ”

"You must know that our company, whether it is a director or a producer, is graded, and people at different levels get different benefits and status resources. And the direct factor that determines the level of their status is the film they are responsible for. ”

"You arbitrarily adjusted the schedule of their movies outside the plan, which affected the final results of the movie, damaging not only the interests of our group company, but also the interests of the company's employees, which is the most troublesome thing, if it causes employees to change jobs and other things, who will be responsible for this?"

Liu Liwei was angry in his heart, but now he was in a meeting, Jiang Ran was also at the scene, and he also heard that this time Mai Dangxiong leaned towards Ran Feng was personally recommended and agreed by Jiang Ran.

It is precisely because of these reasons that even if he is annoyed in his heart, Liu Liwei still maintains a calm face, but he has something to say, and in a blink of an eye, he listed all the difficulties of the film and television company and the mistakes of the distribution department, and at the same time handed over the ultimate responsibility.

Jiang Ran actually has a general plan in mind for this summer's movie schedule, but he wants to listen to other people's opinions first.

Gui Zecheng faced Liu Liwei's attack, his face was dark, and he was both ashamed and very annoyed.

It is said that this time Mai Dangxiong took the initiative to distribute the movie to Ranfeng Cinemas, and of course he is very welcome, as he said, this is very conducive to the long-term and stable development of Ranfeng Cinemas.

What's more, Mai Dangxiong was personally introduced by Jiang Ran at the beginning, and he specially told him to arrange the distribution of the film, otherwise, even if he was very eager for Mai Dangxiong to join Ran Feng, in the face of a crowded schedule, he would not agree to adjust the company's film schedule.

But now, since Jiang Ran has agreed to Mai Dangxiong to join Ran Feng, then he, the person in charge of the group's distribution affairs, must arrange the films of Mai Dangxiong Company, after all, now Mai Dangxiong can be said to have become a benchmark for other independent film companies to observe and measure Ran Feng Group.

Thinking of this, Gui Zecheng tried his best to squeeze out a flattering smile on his face, and said to Liu Liwei: "Mr. Liu, please also be considerate of our difficulties." I also know that this adjustment of the company's films will make it difficult for you, and it will have some impact on the film and television company and the production director. ”

"But you can also think about it from a different angle, we adjust the movie to a relatively relaxed schedule, the competition is relatively smaller, and we can also increase the film schedule. Didn't the first few movies of our company achieve considerable box office results in such a schedule!"

Liu Liwei's face was still ugly in the face of Gui Zecheng's flattery, but he also knew about Mai Dangxiong, and with Jiang Ran playing a role in it, even if he was unhappy, he had to stop it in moderation. Therefore, for Gui Zecheng's words, he did not open his mouth to oppose it again, which can be regarded as acquiescing in this matter.

Jiang Ran has not opened his mouth to stop the disputes of the following people, all for the sake of work, for the interests of which part of them are responsible, and the disputes show that everyone is really dedicated to what they are responsible for.

Jiang Ran is even more afraid that the people under his command are all harmonious, everything is hello, I am good, everyone, then I am afraid that he will have to find a way to adjust the personnel.

Gui Zecheng and the two barely reached a consensus, but Jiang Ran was obviously not satisfied with this result, so he asked again: "Do you all agree with Director Gui's opinion?

Just now, when Gui Zecheng and the two were arguing, Jiang Wei, who had been bowing his head and pondering, raised his head at this time. 8)