When Jiang Ran and Ranfeng Film and Television Company were actively planning and preparing for new films, the fierce battle in the Hong Kong film market was still in full swing. This year, Shaw Brothers Film Company is in complete decline.

In January of the previous year, Shaw Brothers Film Company did not show any trace of the atmosphere of a big film company, and could only watch the competition between Ran Feng, Golden Princess and Golden Harvest as a foil.

In February, Shaw Brothers finally had a hint of movement, but it was not long-lasting, and several blockbuster movies such as "The Secret Order of the Best Partner Queen" released at the same time were not at the same level at all, and there was no comparison.

On February 2, Shaw Brothers Film Company released "City Lights", which performed well at the beginning, and achieved a box office result of more than 4 million yuan in a few days during the Spring Festival holiday, but unfortunately the good times did not last long, and finally the movie only achieved a total of more than 7 million Hong Kong dollars when it was painted on February 16.

and "Best Partner Empress's Secret Order", which was released at the same time, was painted on the 22nd after being released for nearly a month, with a total score of more than 29 million Hong Kong dollars, just one short of breaking through the 30 million Hong Kong dollar mark, making the names of Princess Jin and Xinyicheng more and more famous.

In addition, Xu Guanwen's movie "Teppanyaki", which was released in Golden Harvest Cinemas, was also painted on the same day, and finally achieved a result of more than 19 million Hong Kong dollars, which is Xu Guanwen's best box office film.

The day after the painting of "The Queen's Secret Order" and "Teppanyaki", Ran Feng Group's "True Colors of Heroes 2" was also painted in Hong Kong, and the results were not small compared to its predecessors. In the end, the film only achieved a box office result of more than 23 million Hong Kong dollars.

After these movies were drawn, the atmosphere of the Spring Festival stalls began to fade, and only Golden Harvest's "Brave Double Cannon" released on January 22 showed strong box office potential.

Ranfeng Group also released a new movie on the 22nd, "Detective in Distress" directed by Tsui Hark, but after the release of this movie, the response was not very outstanding, and it is generally believed that this movie has a box office potential of 10 million Hong Kong dollars at most.

This level can't be said to be bad, Tsui Hark's movies in recent years, except for "The Swordsman of Xinshu Mountain", the box office results of the movies directed by him are basically at this level, neither bad nor bad.

Although Tsui Hark's film results are not bad, for Tsui Hark himself, he is not happy with this result, and he is even annoyed by the current state.

You must know that in 1981, Tsui Hark had already entered the ranks of tens of millions of box office directors, and now two or three years have passed, Hong Kong movie ticket prices are getting more and more expensive, and there are more and more tens of millions of movies in the film market, and Tsui Hark's current movie performance is not even as good as when he filmed "Ghost Horse Wisdom and Stars".

Such an achievement, for a pursuing, and extremely arrogant and talented director, obviously seems very tormenting, and the result of the torment is that Jiang Ran was bombarded by Tsui Hark's whining again.

Tsui Hark and Jiang Ran sat together in a bar, Tsui Hark picked up the wine glass in front of him, and swallowed it directly in one gulp without looking at the situation in the wine glass.

Jiang Ran watched the whole process quietly and did not stop it, he knew that Tsui Hark asked him to come out, but he just needed a listener and someone to drink with him.

Jiang Ran believes that Tsui Hark is not a person who indulges in failure, after all, he did not know how much bigger he did in the movie "Swordsman of Xinshu Mountain" than the current situation.

Jiang Ran believes that as long as Tsui Hark gets drunk and speaks out the bitterness in his heart, after waking up tomorrow morning, the energetic and confident Tsui Hark will come back again.

"Ah Ran, what do you think is wrong with me? Why can't I make a good movie?"

"Now many people are saying that you have to take most of the credit for the success of "Ghost Horse Wisdom and Many Stars". Don't be angry, I'm really not convinced. Why?

"I don't want to do comedy anymore now, I don't think it's for me. But I don't know what to do. ”

"Ah Ran, what do you think I should do? I think Lin Jiawen and Ah Ying were in the director circle at the beginning, and now they are more than me. ”

“……”

Jiang Ran looked at the drunk Xu Ke, picked up the phone and called Shi Nansheng, "Sister Shi, Brother Ke is drunk, you come and pick him up." ”

hung up Shi Nansheng's phone, Jiang Ran was also thinking about Tsui Hark's problem, originally he didn't want to interfere with Tsui Hark, because he knew that Tsui Hark was actually a very stubborn and proud person in terms of movies, which can be seen from his insistence on the movie "New Shu Mountain Swordsman".

Tsui Hark himself is very talented and very thoughtful when it comes to filmmaking, so he can't stand being criticized for his films.

Even in the Ranfeng Group, in the production of Tsui Hark's films, the group basically only manages financial control and monitoring of shooting plans, and the specific production of other films is basically made by Tsui Hark, and everyone else only plays an auxiliary role.

It is precisely for this reason that Jiang Ran never said much about Tsui Hark's films, and he thinks that Tsui Hark can find his own path.

Unfortunately, things don't seem to be the same now, and Tsui Hark may eventually find his own suitable path, but the timing is worrying.

And Jiang Ran obviously hopes that Tsui Hark can enter the good situation as soon as possible and make up for the gap left by Wu Yusen after leaving the Ranfeng Group as soon as possible.

"Ah Ran, I'm sorry, Ake is bothering you again. Jiang Ran was thinking about it, and Shi Nansheng's voice rang in his ears again.

Shi Nansheng, as a person close to Tsui Hark, naturally understood Tsui Hark's troubles, and also knew Tsui Hark's intention to find Jiang Ran, so he apologized to Jiang Ran as soon as they met.

"It's okay, Brother Ke is my friend, and I hope I can help him. Jiang Ran said with a smile.

Jiang Ran sent Shi Nansheng and Xu Ke home, and before leaving, he said to Shi Nansheng: "Sister Shi, tomorrow when Brother Ke wakes up, you ask him to come to my office, I want to have a good talk with him." ”

"Okay, no problem, I'll ask him to come to you tomorrow as soon as he gets to work. Shi Nansheng said sharply.

Jiang Ran looked at this shrewd and neat Shi Nansheng, and suddenly his heart moved, and asked, "Sister Shi, you have been in the company for a while, how are you?

Shi Nansheng raised his eyes and glanced at Jiang Ran, not knowing why the other party suddenly asked him about this, but he still smiled and said, "It's not bad! Now all the work has been straightened out." ”

Jiang Ran didn't say anything more when he heard this, just nodded thoughtfully, and left.

After Jiang Ran went downstairs and got into the car, he thought about it and called Liu Liwei.

"Mr. Jiang, hello, is there something wrong?" Liu Liwei looked at the wall clock on the wall, feeling strange.

"Mr. Liu, I want to ask, how is Shi Nansheng's performance in the company?" Jiang Ran asked directly.

"Shi Nansheng?" Liu Liwei asked strangely, and then continued: "Although she has not been in the company for a long time, she is very shrewd and capable, very familiar with the production part, and has her own ideas. ”

When Jiang Ran heard this, he thought about it in his heart, and then said: "The current production manager of the film and television company has always been concurrent, but the company's affairs will become more and more in the future, and you need to focus more on the overall operation of the company." So, I want to hand over the production part to Shi Nansheng, what do you think?"

Liu Liwei didn't want to hand over the power of this part in his heart, after all, this department is too important for the film company, but now that Jiang Ran has said so, can he object?

"What Mr. Jiang said is that I sometimes feel a little incapable of being a doppelganger. Shi Nansheng's ability to serve as a production manager is absolutely no problem, and it just enough to relieve me of some of the burden. ”

"Well, then this matter is settled, and you arrange it as soon as possible. Jiang Ran made a decisive decision.