-- Make up for yesterday's chapter --

At the production meeting in the new year, Jiang Ran listened to the speeches and reports of Liu Liwei and others, or nodded in agreement, or made comments, and was busy for an hour or two before ending the meeting.

After the meeting, Jiang Ran was about to go back to the office, and Liu Liwei came over.

"Ah Wei, is there anything else?" Jiang Ran looked at Liu Liwei and asked curiously.

"It's not a big deal, the main thing is to report to you about our specific production plans in Hong Kong this year, after all, your ability in film production is incomparable to us. ”

Jiang Ran did not ask Liu Liwei about the specific production plan for this year at the meeting just now, on the one hand, these specific production plans need to be coordinated by the director's company and are variable.

On the other hand, there are many companies under Jiang Ran's hands now, and there are too many things to pay attention to, and he doesn't have time or want to interfere too much in the specific affairs below. This will only increase the burden of work on yourself, and at the same time, it will also cause trouble to the people below, and the gains will outweigh the losses.

"What's the matter, you already have a specific plan now?" Although he didn't want to interfere too much in the specific work below, Liu Liwei came to report, and Jiang Ran did not refuse.

"Yes, there are some ideas. Liu Liwei said affirmatively.

Hearing this, Jiang Ran sat down in the conference room again, propped up the conference table with both hands, and asked with interest: "Oh?

Jiang Ran's words made Liu Liwei straighten his chest slightly, and then said slowly: "First of all, I plan to continue to make a sequel to "Happy Ghost" in the first half of this year. After all, the production of this movie is not very difficult, but it is better than creativity, and the market potential of the entire series is not large, and it is easier for others to follow. ”

Jiang Ran nodded in agreement and said, "Well, what you said makes sense. This series of films is indeed easier to be copied and followed, and the brand value is limited, and it is true that his surplus value can be squeezed as soon as possible. ”

"In addition, our group's "True Colors of Heroes" series has also been suspended for a year, and with Chow Yun-fat's excellent performance in "Zombie Out" last year, the audience's expectations for the sequel of this film have increased a lot compared to last year, and I think it's time to start this project again. ”

Speaking of this, Liu Liwei looked at Jiang Ran with some admiration and said, "Speaking of which, Mr. Jiang, you can see far." If you hadn't restricted Chow Yun-fat from making similar movies after the success of "The True Color of Heroes", I'm afraid that the Hong Kong film market would have died of this type of movie a long time ago. ”

"But now it's different, although there is no shortage of movies of the same type on the market, but because of the lack of appeal of the main actors of "The True Color of Heroes" such as Chow Yun-fat, the overall results are average, which has largely inhibited the trend of movies, but made our movies highly anticipated by the audience. ”

The success of the movie, many times, the appeal of the actors occupies a considerable weight, and the success of "The True Color of Heroes" has indeed prompted a large number of movies to follow the trend in recent years, but because Jiang Ran has been suppressing the appearance of Chow Yun-fat and others, the results of these movies that follow the trend are very average.

Therefore, after a period of craze, the following trend of "The True Color of Heroes" slowly began to become dull, after all, if you can't make money, you naturally have no motivation to follow the trend and continue to develop.

In Hong Kong, comedy films have a mature market, but they don't require too high production costs and are much less difficult to produce, so most people don't have the patience to continue developing this type of film after seeing the unsatisfactory performance of movies that follow the trend.

After all, in Hong Kong nowadays, low-budget comedy films are often more likely to succeed.

It is also in this situation, under the impact of a large number of inferior works in a short period of time, that the audience has the desire to watch this kind of film on the one hand.

On the other hand, the audience is disappointed with the vast majority of similar films on the market.

This has caused the audience and the market to have greater and greater expectations for "The True Color of Heroes", and they have begun to selectively forget some of the flaws of the second part of this series.

Jiang Ran listened to Liu Liwei's words, smiled softly, and said, "Are there any other plans?"

"Mr. Jiang, for the series "Zombie Dao Chang", my idea is that it is not easy to over-develop the series, and the production interval every two years or even longer is more conducive to increasing the brand value of this series. ”

Jiang Ran nodded when he heard this, and said, "What you said makes sense. In fact, for this series of films, I hope that he can become a signature of our group and the company's magic films. ”

"Now that the special effects technology of world cinema has become more and more mature, there will be a lot of potential for films such as fantasy and mythology. In fact, Tsui Hark's attempt on Shushan this film the year before last was not very successful, but it is the direction that our group needs to focus on in the future. ”

Jiang Ran said that the more open-minded he became, "Our series of "Zombie Dao Chang" is now only limited to catching ghosts and looking at feng shui, but can we connect it with folklore and even mythology in the future? ”

Liu Liwei didn't expect his topic, which attracted such a big reaction from Jiang Ran, and he was a little surprised by Jiang Ran's attention to the direction of the production of magical and mythological films in the future.

I was even more stunned and puzzled by Jiang Ran's positioning of Tsui Hark's Shushan as the company's future development direction in this regard. After all, Tsui Hark's failure on Shushan is something that has been verified by the market.

Although there are some doubts in his heart, considering Jiang Ran's achievements in film production, Liu Liwei plans to talk to Tsui Hark about this aspect after going down, and pay more attention to film production in this area in the future.

"Mr. Jiang, what you said is very reasonable. Liu Liwei smiled and agreed, "It seems that I will study this aspect of things after I go down." ”

Jiang Ran nodded with a smile and said, "You really have to study and study it well." However, while it is easier said than done, it must be done with caution. ”

"After all, this kind of special effects movie will not be cheap to make. Of course, don't be overcautious, and don't be afraid to fail when it's time to take risks. ”

"In addition, a large part of the success or failure of this type of movie is due to the technology and investment in special effects, and we Ran Feng, and even the entire Hong Kong film and television industry, lack a foundation in this regard. ”

"Therefore, in order to avoid being technically constrained by others in the future, and at the same time, to increase our group's absolute advantage in special effects films in the whole of Hong Kong in the future. Therefore, your film and television company should strengthen our own reserve of special effects talents and increase the development and investment in special effects technology. ”

"I see, Mr. Jiang. Liu Liwei himself didn't particularly understand what Jiang Ran said, but it did not prevent him from unconditionally supporting Jiang Ran's decision.

"Well, it's good that you, the person in charge of the film and television company, have a bottom in your heart about this matter. Jiang Ran nodded and said, "Then you only have two movies now?"

Liu Liwei heard Jiang Ran's doubts, and immediately said: "Mr. Jiang, in fact, I am planning to promote a new film project now, and I want to ask for your opinion. ”

Jiang Ran has always had a very huge influence on film and television companies, and most of the film projects of Ranfeng Group are almost all carried out under the promotion of Jiang Ran.

In this way, although the success rate of Ranfeng Group's film projects is scary, it also indirectly causes the film and television companies to rely on Jiang Ran's decision-making.

Jiang Ran actually had worries about this for a long time, so although he often paid attention to film and television companies, he planned to help Liu Liwei up.

And the other party did not disappoint Jiang Ran, after leaving Jiang Ran's golden finger, he also independently developed excellent movies such as "Coke Family", and even won Lin Jiawen, the director who is now an important director of Ranfeng Group.

However, even so, Liu Liwei and other people from film and television companies habitually consult Jiang Ran's opinions when developing new projects.

Jiang Ran was a little helpless, but he didn't exclude them, as long as they could continue to come up with good ideas, Jiang Ran was not afraid to endorse them.

"Oh, what kind of project is it?" Jiang Ran asked curiously.

Seeing Jiang Ran's question, Liu Liwei lowered his head and straightened his mind before he spoke: "Mr. Jiang, "Dao Ma Dan", which we are currently releasing now, has a very good response in the market. ”

"This also shows the maturity and inclusiveness of our Hong Kong film market, which can accommodate all genres of film genres, even women's films like "Sword and Horse". ”

Liu Liwei said, looked at Jiang Ran, and then said: "Since this is the case, I am thinking, can we make a new movie with the theme of female characters?"

Jiang Ran was very interested in Liu Liwei's proposal, and asked, "Tell me, what do you think?"