The first day of the Ranfeng Group's arrival in Los Angeles passed in such a busy way, and the few things Jiang Ran ordered that day, the matter of contacting the Hollywood film company made no progress, and even Wang Lun, who was in charge of this matter, could hardly enter the door to interview the relevant personnel.

And the review work of "Chainsaw", under the public relations of Ran Feng's money, guaranteed to complete all the work within two days, which is good news for Jiang Ran and others.

In addition, in terms of film promotion, because the basic publicity strategy has been determined in Hong Kong, the progress here is very fast, and it will probably be possible to further promote it after the theater is determined tomorrow.

The next day, Jiang Wei got up early in the morning and rushed to the vicinity of the theater he chose yesterday with Zhou Rui to take a look, "Well, the location here is indeed very much in line with our requirements." ”

Jiang Wei patted Zhou Rui's shoulder as he spoke, "Ah Rui, you did a good job this time." If the film is released, I will mention your credit to Mr. Jiang. ”

Zhou Rui is Jiang Wei's old subordinate, and when he heard this, he said with a hippie smile: "Thank you, minister, for cultivating!" But minister, do you want to invite me to rub it when the time comes, I don't pick, just Lan Kwai Fong." ”

Jiang Wei didn't get angry when he heard this, but said with a smile: "As long as the release of "Chainsaw" goes smoothly, Lan Kwai Fong will be Lan Kwai Fong." ”

Jiang Wei and the two left the theater with a smile and took a taxi to the Cobb Cinema Line, which is an office building close to Hollywood, and the Cobb Cinema Line only rented a few offices in it, which was not very spacious.

Coming to the front desk, Zhou Rui said: "Hello, I am Zhou Rui from Hong Kong Ranfeng Group, and I had an appointment with Mr. Johnson yesterday. ”

The front desk lady flipped through the work log, and then said, "Hello, Mr. Zhou, please wait a moment, I will inform Mr. Johnson immediately." ”

"Mr. Johnson, Mr. Zhou from Hong Kong has arrived. Picking up the phone, the front desk lady reported in a coquettish voice.

Jiang Wei and the two were led by the front desk to an independent office, "Mr. Johnson, these two are Mr. Jiang and Mr. Zhou of Hong Kong Ranfeng Group." ”

Mr. Johnson, a white man in his forties and fifties in a suit, greeted him with a smile when he saw Jiang Wei and the two come in. Yesterday, after he received a call from Alexander, he specifically asked someone to inquire about the film company Ran Feng.

What he didn't expect was that this company, which is not well-known in the United States, is actually one of the largest film production and distribution companies in Hong Kong, and the films produced and distributed in the last year or two have achieved very good results in Asia.

Although Asian films have not achieved much success in North America except for Bruce Lee's films, as a small cinema company with just over 100 theaters, it is always not wrong to keep in touch with foreign film companies like Ran Feng.

"Mr. Jiang and Mr. Zhou, I'm Alan Johnson, the general manager of Cobb Cinemas, and it's a great honor to meet you. Alan greeted Jiang Wei and the others very warmly.

"Hello, Mr. Johnson, I'm the head of the distribution department of Ranfeng Group. Jiang Wei introduced himself first, and then he turned his head to introduce Zhou Rui next to him.

"This is my assistant, Zhou Rui, who contacted you yesterday. ”

After a few polite words after the three of them met, they went straight to the point, "Mr. Johnson, the purpose of our visit this time is for a movie from our company. ”

Under Johnson's outstretched hand, he continued: "This is a limited-level bloody thriller, we want to make a spot in your theater chain, we don't require the number of theaters in the first stage, we only need the one near California State University, Los Angeles." ”

Johnson didn't answer Jiang Wei's words, but asked, "Why do you have to choose which theater?"

"Our film is a restricted film, the potential audience for the film is young people, the university is our promotional focus, and the proximity to the Chinese area makes Hong Kong films more accessible to local audiences. ”

Although Johnson is not very optimistic about Ran Feng's Hong Kong movie, he did not refuse, as Jiang Wei said, this is close to the Chinese area, and Hong Kong movies still have a certain attraction in these places.

"Mr. Jiang, I need to see the video before I can give you an answer. Johnson said with a little reserve.

"There's no problem, we can watch it right now. Jiang Wei immediately agreed to Johnson's request.

Several people came to a small test screening hall of Cobb's company, this time Jiang Ran asked Jiang Wei and others to bring a bloody version of English dubbing, Jiang Ran wanted to leave an extremely deep impression on the North American audience, even if it lost the box office, because when Ran Feng was developing the North American market, it was easier to be remembered and paid attention to, and Ran Feng needed such a label.

The movie started slowly, even though he had seen the movie a few times, Jiang Wei still couldn't enjoy the bloody scenes in the movie, not to mention Johnson, who watched the movie for the first time, and the filmmakers of Cobb's company.

After the movie ended, Jiang Wei approached Allen and asked in a low voice, "Mr. Johnson, what do you think of this movie?"

Allen slowly calmed down the discomfort in his heart, and repeatedly weighed the value of this movie in his mind, the movie has outstanding features, extremely bloody, and the plot of the movie is quite full, and it does not look pale because of blood.

In Allen's view, the movie will be very attractive to a part of the hardcore audience in general, and on the basis of the promotion to keep up, the box office results can be expected, but it should not be too high.

"Mr. Jiang, with all due respect, this movie is too bloody, and it's a Hong Kong movie, so I don't think it has much box office potential. Although Allen has certain expectations for this movie in his heart, he greatly belittles the value of the film.

Jiang Wei just paid attention to the reactions of Alan and others, so he didn't agree with Allen's words, but the negotiation is like this, the seller wants to increase the value of the goods as much as possible, and the buyer must try his best to devalue the value of the goods.

Although Jiang Wei wanted to fight for it, Allen was sure that Ran Feng had no distribution channels in North America, and tried his best to suppress Ran Feng's interests, and proposed that the distribution and publicity costs should be paid by Ran Feng, but only gave Ran Feng 3.5% of the share of benefits.

In the face of such a issuance request, Jiang Wei strongly objected, but Cobb never let go, and there was no way, Jiang Wei had to report to Jiang Ran.

"This condition is absolutely not good. Jiang Ran rejected this condition without hesitation.

But Cobb insisted on this condition and did not let go. Jiang Wei was very aggrieved and helpless, Allen and other Cobb's people were obviously bullying Ran Feng and had no channel relationship in the United States.

After listening to Jiang Wei's words, Jiang Ran was silent for a while before he spoke: "In this case, you ask Cobb if we are renting this theater of theirs, and we are responsible for our own profits and losses." If Cobb doesn't agree, there is no need to talk about it for a long time, we will find other theaters or even scattered lines. ”

Jiang Wei came to Allen's office again and said to Allen, who was smiling, "Mr. Johnson, I just called our boss and he doesn't agree to your conditions. ”

Allen had an expression of being taken aback by Jiang Wei, spread his hands, and said, "Then I can only express regret." ”

Jiang Wei was unmoved, and then said: "However, our boss proposed another cooperation model, that is, we Ran Feng rented the theater near the Chinese area of the Cobb Cinema Line, I don't know what Mr. Johnson thinks." ”

Johnson obviously didn't expect Ran Feng to have such a big courage, and it was obvious that renting a theater to show movies by himself would be very risky, and it would be a measure worth the loss for a foreign company like Ran Feng.

Although Johnson believes that "Chainsaw" has some potential, it is a Hong Kong movie after all, so he previously proposed such harsh conditions, in addition to squeezing Ran Feng, there are also risks to avoid.

Now in the new conditions of Burning Feng, Cobb has almost no risk, so this time Alan said very cheerfully: "If you want to rent a theater, as long as the price is right, of course there is no problem." ”

After the general intention was established, the rest of the things were much easier, and finally Ran Feng Group and Cobb Cinemas reached an agreement, and Ran Feng offered $40,000 to lease Cobb Cinema Line's theater in the Chinese area for ten days, during which the cinema line was operated by Ranfeng Group and was responsible for its own profits and losses.