The Hong Kong film industry and the media do not know that Ran Feng Group has begun to solve the problem of blocking Taiwan, and they are most concerned about the new film directed by Lin Jiawen and the performance of "Brave Double Cannon" produced by Sammo Hung.

Time passed, and in a blink of an eye, it was mid-March, and on March 15, Ran Feng Group's "Detective in Distress", which had been released for more than 20 days, began to be painted in Hong Kong.

Two days before Ranfeng Group painted Tsui Hark's movie, that is, on March 13, Yindu Film finally drew a movie starring Jet Li - "Shaolin Kid" on this day.

The film has been released since a few years ago, and it has been released for nearly 50 days in total, which is very rare in Hong Kong, and its box office results of more than 22 million Hong Kong dollars in Hong Kong are indeed worthy of a long release time.

The outstanding performance of "Shaolin Kid", coupled with the hot sale of the last "Shaolin Temple", and the elegant and stretched action style that is different from Hong Kong martial arts movies, made Jet Li, a handsome mainland boy, truly accepted by Hong Kong audiences and became a pivotal film and television star in Hong Kong.

After Ran Feng Group released Tsui Hark's movie, it then released the movie "Can't Stop Love" produced by McDonald Hung Film Company on the same day.

On the first day of the film's release, this film, which was not eye-catching at the beginning, achieved a box office result of more than 700,000 Hong Kong dollars, which brought a lot of surprises to Ranfeng Group and the Hong Kong film market.

Jiang Ran's energy has not been focused on the film market for a period of time, he has been paying attention to the preparation of new films and the investment of Ranfeng Group.

Before leaving work that day, Jiang Ran received a transatlantic phone call from the United States in his office, and the call was from Harvey Weinstein. Recently, the U.S. subsidiary of Burning Maple Group has been in talks with Miramax Films for a sequel to "Chainsaw".

"Hello! I'm your friend Harvey. Harvey Weinstein's voice still sounded so bold on the phone, "Hong Kong should still be working hours now, right? I followed Zhou's advice and chose this time to talk to you." ”

"Hey, hello Harvey, glad to receive your call. Jiang Ran received a notice from Zhou Rui yesterday that Harvey Weinstein had something he wanted to talk to him personally.

Harvey Weinstein said a few polite words before he spoke directly about the purpose of the call.

"Jiang, I want to talk to you personally about the sequel to Saw movie, there are some things that Stephen and Zhou are not good people to communicate with, and our negotiations are now at a dead end. Harvey Weinstein's tone was a little helpless and dissatisfied.

"Oh, Harvey, you say! I think we can communicate very well. Jiang Ran disagreed with Harvey Weinstein's words and replied casually.

"Jiang, I think that on the sequel to Saw Horror, your company's conditions are too harsh. Harvey Weinstein said in a bad tone, "My company has a deep influence in Hollywood, and we have been very helpful in the production and distribution of films, but your conditions obviously do not take this into account. ”

"Therefore, I think that in the final distribution of benefits of the film, we should be more respected, and the benefits obtained are completely in line with the proportion of investment. Harvey Weinstein said in the end, with a special emphasis.

Harvey Weinstein said it very directly, and at this time, all the politeness of friends and the like was thrown aside, and only naked interests were presented.

Ranfeng Group reached a preliminary cooperation intention with Miramax Films last year, but there was no agreement on the investment ratio and revenue sharing at that time, so the two sides need to negotiate further this time.

During this period, the two sides basically reached an agreement on some issues, such as in terms of investment ratio, Ranfeng Group allowed Miramax Films to account for 20%. Another example is the issuance, where the two parties have agreed to jointly issue in regions other than Asia.

Although the two sides have reached agreement on some issues, there is a big difference between the two sides on one of the most important issues, that is, the final distribution of benefits.

Burning Maple believes that "Saw Horror" is a sequel movie, and Miramax Films is not entitled to all the benefits of the film in full proportion to the investment, but it is clear that Harvey Weinstein does not think so.

Therefore, the negotiations between the two sides have reached an impasse as a result, and Harvey Weinstein has to communicate with Jiang Ran in person, hoping to reach an agreement as soon as possible.

"Harvey, I think you have to understand one thing, our Burning Maple Group is not short of funds, and on the sequel to "Saw", we have the foundation laid by the previous movie, is your Miramax Films' influence in Hollywood really so helpful to the movie?"

Jiang Ran's tone was very firm, "I think your help in the results of this movie is at most a icing on the cake, and I have already ceded enough benefits to you in terms of distribution rights." In addition, you are also allowed to participate in the distribution of benefits on the issue of merchandise and video revenue. ”

"Harvey, you must know that the reason why I opened the investment threshold to you in this film was because I hoped to find a long-term and stable friend in Hollywood, so I gave up my own interests, otherwise I could choose to invest alone or cooperate with the Eight Majors. ”

"Harvey, too greedy, it's not the way to get along with friends. Jiang Ran's words were not without warnings.

Harvey Weinstein obviously knew what Jiang Ran meant, and if he still didn't back down, Jiang Ran might give up his cooperation with him and choose to be a sole proprietor or cooperate with the Eight Universities.

There was a moment of silence on the phone, and then Harvey Weinstein's voice came again, "Okay, Jiang." I take a step back, I waive the copyright interest, but I hope that the other benefits can be distributed in proportion to the actual proportion of the investment. In addition, I would like to ask for a larger percentage of the investment. ”

"Hehe!" Jiang Ran shook his head and laughed after listening to Harvey Weinstein's words, "Harvey, are you kidding? Film copyright has never been in our consideration. ”

Speaking of this, Jiang Ran was already a little impatient, and directly opened his bottom line.

"Harvey, don't talk about copyright anymore, it's not something to talk about. It is also impossible to distribute the benefits according to the actual investment ratio. However, I can give you another part of the investment amount. ”

Harvey Weinstein heard Jiang Ran's decision and knew that this was already Jiang Ran's bottom line, and if he fought again, it might have the opposite effect.

So, after a moment of silence, he said, "Okay! I agree with your terms, but I'd like to have no less than this investment in the sequel to the film." ”

Harvey's request, Jiang Ran thought about it in his heart, and finally agreed.

"Well, I agree with you. Jiang Ran said with a smile, "For the specific contract, you need to talk to Stephen and Zhou Rui, and I have entrusted this matter to them with carte blanche to do." ”

After this matter was basically negotiated, Jiang Ran continued: "Harvey, I am preparing a new movie now, are you interested, you can get all the rights and interests corresponding to the investment in this movie." ”