After Jiang Ran met with Ren Xin and others from Shenzhen Ranfeng Industrial Company, after resting for a while, he informed Li Sheng again, "Notify the person in charge of the American film and television company to come and see me." ”

The American film and television company has not been established for a long time, only a little more than a month, and the person in charge of the company is a Yankee, who has been in Hollywood for decades, although his career is not successful, but his basic connections are quite rich.

didn't wait long, Liu Yue walked in with a tall middle-aged American man, followed by Zhou Rui, an employee of the group's distribution department and now the manager of the distribution department of the American company.

After Jiang Ran watched the two of them come in, he stretched out his hand with a smile and said, "Sit down first!"

"Hello, Mr. Jiang! I'm Stephen Owen, it's a pleasure to meet you!" Stephen Owen, a middle-aged Yankee in his forties, dressed very appropriately and greeted Jiang without being humble or arrogant.

"Hello Manager Owen!" Jiang Ran smiled and nodded.

Then he looked at Zhou Rui and said with a friendly smile: "Ah Rui, how is it?

After all, Zhou Rui and Jiang Ran had worked together and were relatively familiar with each other, so they were more casual.

"Thank you, Mr. Jiang, for your concern! It's okay over there, I'm basically used to it now, but it's more troublesome to celebrate the Spring Festival in the United States." Zhou Rui said tentatively.

Jiang Ran glanced at him with a smile, and then said, "When you celebrate the New Year, can you take your parents over? ”

Zhou Rui listened to Jiang Ran's words, smiled wryly, and then said, "Yes! Mr. Jiang said yes!"

Jiang Ran smiled slightly, didn't say more on this topic, but looked at Stephen and asked, "Manager Owen, how is the situation of the company now? After the Chinese New Year, there are several projects that need your assistance. ”

After Stephen listened to Jiang Ran's words, his spirit shook slightly. Before that, the American company had been responsible for the operation of the project "Chainsaw", Jiang Ran did not give them the permission to invest in the film at all, and the company's main business was to distribute the films of the Burning Feng Group in North America, which made Stephen very unwilling.

Listening to Jiang Ran's words now, the two projects of the year after the year need their assistance, which makes Stephen extremely excited. However, even so, he replied with a straight look:

"Mr. Jiang, after the establishment of the company, we mainly focused on the copyright management of "Chainsaw", so far, the copyright income of the film on the videotape has exceeded one million US dollars, and the TV copyright and peripheral income have also exceeded one million US dollars. ”

Stephen said this, turned his head to look at Zhou Rui who was sitting on the side, and then continued: "In addition, Zhou has been working hard to build a Chinese theater distribution channel during this period of time, and now it has achieved some results. ”

Although Jiang Ran was happy to hear the copyright income of "Chainsaw" earlier, the expression on his face remained unchanged, because this was what he expected.

However, when Jiang Ran heard Stephen say that Zhou Rui was building a distribution channel for the Chinese community in North America, a smile immediately appeared on his face, and it was obvious that for Jiang Ran, this was what he was most concerned about.

"Ah Rui, you did a good job! After going down, discuss with Jiang Wei carefully, the films introduced to the United States must be carefully screened, even if it is the film of our Ranfeng Group, not all movies are worth spending a lot of money to distribute in North America. ”

"We'll pay attention, Mr. Jiang!" Zhou Rui replied with a smile.

After that, Jiang Ran talked with the two about the development plan of the American company and the construction of the North American distribution channel, and finally Jiang Ran talked about the project after the year.

"Stephen, after the Chinese New Year, our group will be working on two projects at the same time. One of these projects is a sequel to Saw Horror. This project will be a joint venture between Ranfeng Group and the Weinstein brothers' Miramax Films. ”

Jiang Ran said and looked at the two people who were listening carefully, and then said: "This project is mainly in charge of our group in Hong Kong, and the main members of the crew are basically Hong Kong people. However, there are also some positions in the crew that need to be hired in Hollywood. This includes makeup, props, and even screenwriting, all of which require your assistance to the group. ”

"In addition, the advertising and investment promotion of the film, and the arrangement of publicity and distribution affairs in North America and Europe are also mainly completed by you, so after you go back, you need to contact the Weinstein brothers as soon as possible and make preparations for publicity and distribution. ”

"Yes, sir!" replied Stephen in the affirmative.

Jiang Ran nodded, and then talked about the second project, "As for the second project, it is a commercial film directed by me, and the investment amount is not very large in Hollywood, about 10 million US dollars. ”

"I wanted this project to be distributed in North America, so I wanted to bring in Hollywood money in the film investment. Of course, the leadership of the project must be in my hands, the crew needs Hollywood post-production special effects, and they also need Hollywood editors, and they also need Hollywood actors, so ......"

Jiang Ran said and looked at Stephen and the two, spread out his hands and shrugged his shoulders.

"Mr. Jiang, may I ask what the subject matter of this movie is, and is there a script?" asked Stephen with a frown.

"At present, this project has not been officially launched, there is no script, only a general idea, this will be a zombie movie, a zombie movie set in Hong Kong. Jiang Ran briefly told the two of them what he had in mind.

After Stephen listened to Jiang Ran's words, his brows were furrowed and never let go. He was very much in favor of Jiang Ran's request to bring in funds, technology, and personnel from Hollywood, but this work was not easy to carry out.

On the one hand, after all, the project is led by a Hong Kong film company, and Hollywood studios and producers may not be interested in this project.

After all, Hollywood, while it seems to be open, is in fact extremely xenophobic, and they can't afford to look up to movies from other regions outside of Hollywood.

Although Jiang Ran has had the success of "Chainsaw" and is famous enough in Asia, in Hollywood and North America, Jiang Ran is still just an unknown director. Then, it will be very difficult for him to introduce investment in new projects and take the initiative.

On the other hand, the investment amount of 10 million US dollars in this project is really just a small project in Hollywood. There are neither well-known producers and directors, nor huge investments.

How can such an ordinary project attract the attention of big film companies and well-known producers, and then attract investment. As a filmmaker who has been in Hollywood for decades, Stephen is well aware of the difficulties.

"How is it? Is there any difficulty?" Jiang Ran asked solemnly when he saw Stephen's frowning brows and stared at his eyes.

Stephen looked at Jiang Ran, and wanted to say very much, there was a lot of difficulty, but thinking that this was the first time he had met the boss, no matter how difficult he was, he couldn't refuse immediately.

"Mr. Jiang, there will definitely be some difficulties in the operation of this matter, but I will try my best to overcome the difficulties and complete the task. Stephen looked at Jiang Ran and reassured.

The seriousness between Jiang Ran's eyebrows slowly dissolved, and finally turned into a smile, and admonished: "Of course, I also know that your task this time is not easy, but isn't our job to solve the problem?"

"Of course, I don't have much to ask for how much investment this project can raise. However, I needed an investor who could help us distribute our film in North America, because our group was not short of money. ”

Jiang Ran's words eased the pressure in Stephen's heart a little, and thinking that Ranfeng Group was not short of funds, his heart moved slightly, and then asked: "Mr. Jiang, since the group is not short of funds, can our North American company invest in movies?"

Stephen's words made Zhou Rui, who was sitting on the side, also lift his spirits and look at Jiang Ran eagerly.