Chapter 18: Celebration Banquet (2)
After the arrival of Lei Juekun and Li Maowen of the Golden Princess, the representative of Jiahe Company also came, and the person who came from Jiahe was He Guanchang, although Zou Wenhuai did not come in person, but He Guanchang, as the three giants of Jiahe, he was able to come in person to give Jiang Ran enough face.
"Mr. He was able to come in person, and the younger generation was flattered, so Mr. He invited him quickly. Jiang Ran warmly invited He Guanchang.
"Mr. Jiang is young and promising, when will the next movie be made, and then he will come to our Golden Harvest to release it, I will give you the best conditions. He Guanchang said half-truthfully.
Jiang Ran had a look of surprise on his face, and then said to He Guanchang with some regret: "Of course, it would be great if I could get the support of Golden Harvest, but unfortunately I have no film production plan for the time being, but if there is a film production plan in the future, I will be the first to come to Golden Harvest Company, and I hope that Mr. He can continue to support me at that time." ”
"Oh, Ah Ran has no plans to make a film in the near future? That's a pity. He Guanchang said with some surprise.
After He Guanchang entered the hotel, the last to arrive was Shaw Brothers Film Company, they came to the theater manager Ji Fanghua, Jiang Ran and Tsui Hark accompanied Ji Fanghua into the hotel, the time was almost up, and the celebration banquet of "Ghost Horse Wisdom and Stars" officially began.
Jiang Ran took the microphone and walked to the front of the hall and said loudly: "First of all, I want to thank all the seniors and colleagues in the film industry for coming to support me tonight, thank you for coming." After Jiang Ran finished speaking, he bowed slightly to everyone, and then said: "Tonight is the celebration banquet of the movie "Ghost Horse Wisdom and Many Stars", which has achieved a box office result of 12 million in Hong Kong since its release, and is the second highest box office film in the history of Hong Kong films. First of all, I would like to thank the first hero of our film, Director Tsui Hark, who laid a solid foundation for the success of the film with his unbridled imagination and profound directing skills. Then I would like to thank the cast team represented by Teddy Robin, Lin Zixiang, Chen Baixiang, and Dai Yuetgor, it is your superb acting skills that make the characters in the movie come to life. I would also like to thank the behind-the-scenes production team represented by Ms. Shi Nansheng, it is your quiet work that has made the film brilliant now, and thank you all for your contributions to this film, without your efforts, the success of the film would not have been. Saying that, Jiang Ran bowed deeply to all the cast and crew. Then Jiang Ran continued in the applause below: "Next, I would like to invite our Tsui Hark Director Xu to give us a few words. ”
Tsui Hark walked to the front with a smile on his face, took the microphone handed by Jiang Ran and said: "To be honest, I didn't expect the box office of the movie to be so high, when the movie was released on the first day, Ah Ran and I were waiting for the box office statistics on the first day in Ranfeng, when Ah Cheng of the company's business department told us that the box office reached 7.8 million that day, I jumped up excitedly, you all know that before this movie, the highest box office of the movie I directed was more than 2 million, and "Ghost Horse Wisdom and Stars" only takes three days to reach. At that time, Ah Ran said that the box office would be higher in the future, and now it seems that he still has a vision. Ah Ran thanked many people just now, but I have to say that he is the founder of the whole movie, the script of the whole movie was completed under Ah Ran's planning, and the publicity work of the film was also completed under Ah Ran's auspices, it can be said that all the work of this film from planning to production, publicity and distribution has not left his planning, so I have to say, Ah Ran, thank you for investing in and planning this movie, and invited me to direct this movie, thank you. Tsui Hark said to Jiang Ran.
After Tsui Hark thanked Jiang, he then thanked the staff in front of and behind the scenes, and then the actors and behind-the-scenes personnel stepped forward to speak, from the beginning of Jiang Ran to Tsui Hark's acceptance, the whole celebration banquet was made into a thank you banquet. In this regard, Jiang Ran was a little helpless, but fortunately, this acceptance speech did not last long.
When Jiang Ran walked to the front again, he joked with a smile: "The 1981 Oscar ceremony has finally ended, and the film "Ghost Horse Smart Multi Star" from Hong Kong swept various awards at the Oscars after the Hong Kong box office hit, and he opened the door for Hong Kong films to go to the world. ”
The people below were stunned for a while before they reflected, burst into laughter, and Jiang Ran continued: "Everyone was too serious just now, so I came to enliven the atmosphere, of course, I also ask for good luck, I wish Hong Kong movies are becoming more and more popular, and I also wish all Hong Kong film colleagues here to achieve better and better results in the hot film market, thank you again for coming to participate in the celebration banquet of "Ghost Horse Wisdom and Many Stars". ”
After Jiang Ran stepped down, the celebration banquet officially began, and Jiang Ran, as the host, of course had to go to each table to toast, and after a circle, Jiang Ran was already a little dizzy, and came to the rest area alone to sober up.
Not long after he sat down, Lei Juekun came to the opposite side of Jiang Ran, and after sitting down, he asked Jiang Ran: "How is it?" Ah Ran is still quite uncomfortable, you still need to practice this amount of wine, and it will not work with only a few glasses of wine." ”
Jiang Ran was a little puzzled by Lei Juekun's arrival, and he didn't know the other party's intention to find him, so he could only follow the other party's words and said: "What Mr. Lei said is that my alcohol consumption is really not very good, if there is any neglect tonight, please forgive Mr. Lei." ”
Lei Juekun said with a smile: "Ah Ran, although we met for the first time today, we have cooperated in the distribution of video tapes before, and the distribution cooperation of this film has been a great success. ”
Although Jiang Ran wondered why Lei Juekun was suddenly so affectionate to him, he also obediently shouted to Lei Juekun: "Then Uncle Kun, I will climb high." ”
Lei Juekun laughed and said: "That's right, if you want to make a movie in the future, just look for me, Princess Jin will definitely open the door to your movie." ”
Jiang Ran also smiled: "Then I'll thank Uncle Kun in advance, but unfortunately there is no plan to make a film recently, and I don't know when the next movie will be completed." ”
Lei Juekun said strangely: "What? Ah Ran, you should now take advantage of the hot screening of "Ghost Horse Wisdom and Many Stars" to show your strength, why don't you have a film scheduling plan? As long as you put forward a film plan, Princess Jin will definitely support it, whether it is funding or distribution. ”
Hearing this, Jiang Ran vaguely understood that Lei Juekun wanted to invest in his movies or even more to invest in Ranfeng Audio, of course Jiang Ran would not share his hard-earned career with others, or even be controlled by others, so Jiang Ran said to Lei Juekun with a stunning expression: "Uncle Kun, I just like movies more, and it took me nearly a year to write a story last time, but I actually had the attitude of trying, hoping to learn the ability to direct from Director Xu, and I didn't plan to make money from "Ghost Horse Wisdom and Stars" at the beginning. ”
Jiang Ran glanced at Lei Juekun as he spoke, and continued: "I need time now to digest what I learned with Director Tsui Hark this time, and I hope that I can independently complete a movie of my own in the future." ”
"Ah Ran, it's good that you have such an idea, after all, you are still so young, and there is nothing wrong with doing it if you like it, then Uncle Kun wishes Ah Ran that you will complete your movie as soon as possible. After listening to Jiang Ran's words, Lei Juekun did not mention the topic of supporting Jiang Ran's films, in his opinion, Jiang Ran is a very capable talent as a film planner, but when it comes to directing work, it is an out-and-out newcomer, and it is not wrong to say that he does not know the height of the sky, at least for now.
Lei Juekun chatted with Jiang Ran for a while, and then left alone, he should have gone to find Tsui Hark, Jiang Ran knew that with Tsui Hark's current fame, it was almost impossible for Mecca and others to pull Tsui Hark to the New Arts City, and now Tsui Hark has attracted the attention of cinema predators such as Golden Harvest and Golden Princess, and it may not be long before Tsui Hark will set up his own film company with the support of the cinema company.