On the first day of arriving in Los Angeles, everyone in Ranfeng Group began to enter the working state, and the accompanying staff quickly left the conference room after receiving their own tasks.

Wang Lun, 28 years old this year, can speak fluent English, after entering the Ranfeng Company in 1982, he has been working in the distribution department, this time following the boss Jiang Ran to the United States, trying to open the release channel for the movie "Chainsaw".

Today, he received the task of contacting the production and distribution companies in North America, although he felt that this trip to the United States was a bit laborious, and it could even be said that the people and money were lost, and the possibility of success was very small, but since the boss was happy, he Wang Lun could only applaud and support.

The first film company Wang Lun visited today was Warner Bros. Film Company, one of the eight major film companies in the United States, and because the Ranfeng Group had no intersection with North American film companies, it was impossible for Wang Lun to know the management of Warner, so he could only go straight into it single-handedly without any appointment.

"Hello sir, may I ask what is the matter?"

As a large film production and distribution company in Hollywood, Warner is not a simple matter to get into. As soon as Wang Lun walked into the office building of Warner, he was stopped by the front desk.

"Hello! I'm Wang Lun, from Hong Kong Ranfeng Film Company, our company has its own cinema chain in Hong Kong, is a very competitive film production and distribution company in Hong Kong and even Asia, I hope to talk to your company's distribution staff about cooperation, I don't know if it's inconvenient?"

The blonde beauty at the front desk looked at Wang Lun with some confusion, "Hong Kong Ranfeng Film Company?

Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers are old film companies in Hong Kong, Bruce Lee was popular all over the world with kung fu films in the 70s, which also made these two Hong Kong companies enter the attention of Hollywood, and Golden Harvest has also cooperated with Hollywood film companies from time to time in recent years.

After listening to the blonde beauty's question, Wang Lun said: "Our company is not Golden Harvest or Shaw Brothers, but our company has been a strong contender for the box office champion in the Hong Kong film market since last year.

The blonde woman was suspicious when she heard this, "Don't you have any appointments?"

Wang Lun nodded a little embarrassed, but still said honestly: "This is the first time our company has contacted Warner, so there is no appointment." ”

The blonde woman looked at him again, then picked up the phone, "Hello! There's a gentleman who came to the Hong Kong film company and wants to talk to you about co-distribution. ”

"What is the name of the film company?" Alyssa looked at Wang Lun,

"Ranfeng Film Company - Wang Lun. Wang Lun immediately said on the side.

"Mr. Wang Lun from Hong Kong Ranfeng Film Company. Alyssa said into the phone.

"No, it's not Golden Harvest or Shaw Brothers Films, it's Ranfeng Film Company. According to Mr. Wang, their company's results are good, and they even surpassed Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers at the total box office in Hong Kong this summer. ”

"Okay! I see. ”

Alyssa hung up the phone, smiled professionally at Wang Lun, and then said, "I'm sorry, Mr. Wang." The distribution department is very busy right now and doesn't have time to meet with you, you can leave your contact details and we'll get back to you later. ”

Obviously, Warner's people don't know that there is such a company as Burning Maple in Hong Kong, as for the total box office performance of Burning Maple in Hong Kong in the summer, it surpasses Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers, hehe...

Although Wang Lun had been prepared for this, he was still very disappointed, and he couldn't even see the relevant staff.

But it's normal to think about it, after all, this can be said to be the center of the world's films, and it is not surprising that countless filmmakers or companies come here every day to get something out of Warner, and they reject countless people and companies every day, and today they refuse a film company from far away Hong Kong that they have never heard of.

"Oh well. This is our company's information, please pass it on to your company's distribution department, and we are very much looking forward to working with Warner. Wang Lun took out a well-printed company brochure from his briefcase and handed it to Alyssa.

Alyssa took the brochure handed by Wang Lun, put it aside casually, and said with a smile: "Thank you for your trust in Warner! I will transfer the information for you." ”

Wang Lun glanced at the brochure that was casually put aside, and had the urge to take it back, but finally restrained this impulse, nodded, and said, "Thank you!

Wang Lun walked out of Warner in disappointment, looked back at the towering building behind him, sighed slightly, regained his spirits, and set off for the next stop.

While Wang Lun was still struggling to contact a film company, other employees of Ran Feng were also working hard for their own tasks.

Zhou Rui did not directly contact the theater company that afternoon, but inspected the distribution and operation of theaters near various universities throughout Los Angeles.

Finally, after an afternoon of visits, Zhou Ruixiang went to a theater not far from California State University, Los Angeles.

Not only is the theater not far from the university, which is conducive to the promotion of "Chainsaw", but it is also close to the Chinese area, which is a lack of people for Hong Kong film companies like Ran Feng Group.

Zhou Rui observed the cinema for a while and found that the flow of people here is still relatively dense, perhaps because of the proximity to universities and Chinese quarters, where people are mainly young and Chinese.

Seeing this, Zhou Rui's heart was even more satisfied with this theater.

After tidying up his dress slightly, Zhou Rui walked into the theater with his head held high, ignored the introduction of the ticket seller, and walked straight to the manager's office, which had already been inquired about.

"Knock! knock!" Zhou Rui knocked on the slightly hidden office door.

"Please come in!" After a little waiting, a voice came from inside the office.

Zhou Rui pushed open the door as he said, and when he raised his eyes, he saw a slightly chubby middle-aged white man, looking at him with a puzzled expression.

"Hello Mr. Manager! I am a film distributor from Hong Kong Ranfeng Group, my name is Zhou Rui. Zhou Rui had a smile on his face and confidently introduced himself to the middle-aged white man.

Hearing this, the middle-aged white man shrugged his shoulders and asked, "So, is there something wrong with you?"

Zhou Rui was not impressed by the rudeness of the middle-aged white man, and then stated his purpose.

"Our company is one of the largest film production and distribution companies in Hong Kong, and we achieved the number one overall box office result in this summer's schedule......

"Mr. Zhou, this is the United States, and my time is very limited, so please tell me your purpose directly. Zhou Rui was introducing Ranfeng Company, and the middle-aged white man was already very impatient and rudely interrupted.

Zhou Rui was almost speechless by the middle-aged white man, but seeing the other party's impatient look, Zhou Rui immediately put away the unhappiness in his heart, sorted out his thoughts slightly, and said directly:

"Okay, Mr. Manager, we have a movie in Ranfeng Company that we want to play in your theater, so I'm standing in front of you. ”

After hearing this, the middle-aged white man's face became slightly better-looking, and then said: "If your movie wants to be released, you need to find our theater manager, I can't call the shots here." ”

Zhou Rui spread his hands when he heard this, and then said helplessly: "So I don't know if Mr. Manager can tell me what kind of cinema chain you are?"

Now the theater where Zhou Rui is located is a theater belonging to a small theater chain, and its strength is not very strong, so the white manager did not refuse Zhou Rui's request, and directly called the theater manager and told him about it.

"Mr. Zhou, I'm Alexander Lee, and welcome to visit us at Cobb Cinemas. Mr. Johnson promised to meet with you and invited you to come to the company tomorrow morning for an interview. The white middle-aged manager stretched out his hand and introduced himself.

Zhou Rui didn't care about himself, stretched out his hand and shook Alexander's hand, and then said: "Thank you Mr. Li for your introduction, I will definitely visit Mr. Johnson on time tomorrow." ”

After Zhou Rui made an appointment with Cobb Cinema for the next day's interview, he didn't stay here any longer, and immediately went out to call a taxi back to the hotel, he needed to report this matter to Jiang Wei and Jiang Ran as soon as possible.

After Zhou Rui returned to the hotel, some of the colleagues who went out this afternoon would already come. The news brought back by Zhou Rui attracted Jiang Ran's personal attention.

After listening to the report, Jiang Ran looked at Jiang Wei and ordered: "Minister Jiang, the news brought back by Zhou Rui is very important, you can go and see it in person tomorrow and confirm this matter as soon as possible." ”