Ranfeng Group held a celebration dinner for the big sale of "Chainsaw" in North America, and at the dinner, Zou Wenhuai of Golden Harvest unexpectedly came to the scene in person.

During the banquet, Zou Wenhuai and Jiang Ran chatted very speculatively in a quiet reception room, and both sides had the willingness and ambition to show their strength in North America, so they had a common language in this regard.

Even, the reason why Zou Wenhuai can put down his face today and take the initiative to come to Ranfeng to release his goodwill to Jiang Ran is also because of Ranfeng's ability to open up the situation in North America this time, as well as Jiang Ran's determination to open up the North American market.

Chow Wenhuai is very happy to see the emergence of other Hong Kong film companies in Hollywood in addition to Golden Harvest, and the humanistic identity of the same species and region will make the cooperation between the two sides easier, which can also further strengthen the voice of Hong Kong filmmakers in Hollywood.

The two chatted happily in the reception room, and outside, another bigwig in Hong Kong's film and television industry noticed the movements of the two early in the morning, and now heard the laughter coming from inside, and finally couldn't help but walk over.

Run Run Shaw knocked lightly on the door, and then, without waiting for an answer from inside, pushed the door straight in.

"Ah Ran, oh, Wen Huai is also there? What are you talking about? Laughing so happily, you can hear it through the door. Run Run Shaw walked in without seeing it, looked at the two of them and asked with a smile.

Speaking of which, Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers can be said to be mortal enemies in the 70s, and Run Run Shaw and Zou Wenhuai, two veteran bigwigs in the Hong Kong film industry, have a bad relationship, and even go to court.

Maybe it's because of interests, maybe it's because of betrayal.

It's just that after entering the 80s, because of the rapid rise of Princess Jin and Ran Feng, the original pattern of Hong Kong's two powers competing for hegemony has become a scuffle, and the conflict of interests between Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest is not as direct and powerful as before, so in the last year or two, the relationship between the two companies has eased, and even began to cooperate.

Zou Wenhuai heard the knock on the door, but before he could speak, he turned his head and saw Run Shaw directly pushing the door and breaking in with a smile on his face, feeling slightly unhappy.

"Sixth uncle, you're really welcome!" Although Zou Wenhuai and Run Run Shaw have slightly eased their relationship in the past two years, they still don't want to see each other, seeing that Run Shaw is uninvited, he didn't wait for Jiang Ran to speak, and immediately said.

As he spoke, he saw Run Shaw squinting slightly, and without waiting for him to speak, he continued: "Ah Ran and I, two successful filmmakers, are chatting together, and we must be talking about movies. ”

When talking about successful filmmakers, Zou Wenhai slightly accentuated his tone, "In this regard, we have a common language, so we have a lot of fun." ”

As he spoke, he shook his head slightly, looked at Run Run Shaw, and sighed: "It's a pity that in the past two years, Uncle Six, you have focused on TV, and we have a lot less common language with each other." ”

Zou Wenhuai's words are a bit excessive, he is directly ridiculing the quality of Shaw Brothers' film works in the last year or two, and directly painting Shaw in the TV circle, which is no longer a successful filmmaker.

From the first sentence of Zou Wenhuai's mouth, Run Run Shaw's face began to deteriorate, and in the end, he stared directly at Zou Wenhuai with his eyes, and his slightly dim gaze, which was usually slightly empty, was now shining, and the monstrous anger could be felt from afar.

After listening to Zou Wenhuai's words, Jiang Ran frowned, and the boss in his heart was unhappy, "You are unhappy with each other, and if you have conflicts, you don't need to solve them with me." Is this trying to give me a brick?"

Although he was not happy with Zou Wenhuai's words, as the master, he couldn't really let the two of them stir up here. Jiang Ran stood up and was about to speak, but Run Run Shaw didn't give him this opportunity.

"Hehe! Wen Huai, with my relationship with Ah Ran, of course, I don't have to be too polite, unlike some people who come uninvited and shy. Shaw's eyes were on fire, but there was a hint of sarcasm on his face.

Then, without waiting for Jiang Ran and the two to interject, he said in Zou Wenhuai's slightly changing expression: "As for successful filmmakers, in the past two years, I agree with Ah Ran. After that, I'm too old to count. Only the newly rising filmmakers such as Princess Jin and New Arts City can compete with Ah Ran. ”

Speaking of this, Run Run Shaw smiled slightly sarcastically: "As for Wen Huai, you still have to serve the old." In the future, Hong Kong films will still have to test these new forces, old guys like us, playing on the small screen and giving full play to their residual heat, which can be regarded as cultivating the power of the younger generations for the Hong Kong film and television industry. ”

Jiang Ran's brain exploded now, "These two old guys are ruthless!"

"Sixth Uncle Shao, do you want to be so ruthless? hurt each other so thoroughly, is it really good?" Jiang Ran wanted to ask very much.

Seeing Zou Wenhuai's gloomy and stinky face, and he opened his mouth to fight back, Jiang Ran hurriedly interrupted: "Sixth uncle, sit down! ”

Then, without waiting for the two to open their mouths, he said: "Although the kid has made some slight achievements in the past two years, when it comes to successful filmmakers in Hong Kong, I think so far, I am afraid that no one in Hong Kong dares to do this in front of you, right? After all, you can be said to represent our Hong Kong films." ”

Jiang Ran's words made the faces of the two soften slightly, and they glared at each other, but they didn't say anything to choke each other again. After all, everyone is a person with an identity city government, and today is Ran Feng's celebration banquet, in Jiang Ran's territory, it is better to give the master a few more faces.

Jiang Ran saw that the two of them had no intention of speaking again, and his heart was slightly relieved, and then he began to look for topics with gags, mediate the tense atmosphere just now, and talked to Run Run Shaw about the topic he had chatted with Zou Wenhuai before.

"Sixth Uncle, how is it?, are you interested in developing the North American market together?" Jiang Ran asked tentatively.

Shaw smiled slightly when he heard this, but didn't answer, but pointed at Jiang Ran, "You kid is not honest, when you entered the door just now, you were still complaining to me, saying that you were using money to smash the box office." ”

Jiang Ran was a little embarrassed when he heard this, he was habitually modest and low-key at that time, but at this time, it seemed a little contrived.

"Sixth uncle, use money to smash the box office, I really didn't fool you. If our Hong Kong films want to be successfully distributed in North America, it is absolutely indispensable to increase investment in publicity, otherwise it is impossible to have a good box office. ”

"That's right, Uncle Six, your Shaw Brothers have always only focused on Hong Kong, and don't know much about North America, so don't wronged Ah Ran. Zou Wenhuai stabbed Run Run Shaw at an inopportune time.

Then, he turned his head to Jiang Ran and nodded in agreement, and analyzed: "Americans don't agree with Hong Kong movies, so without publicity, you can't attract people." ”

Run Run Shaw was slightly angry in his heart, and glared at Zou Wenhuai fiercely, but did not open his mouth to argue.

Jiang Ran also sighed a little when he heard this: "Americans don't agree with Hong Kong movies, on the one hand, because of our cultural differences, they can't understand our movies. On the other hand, it is because the pattern of Hong Kong films is generally smaller. ”

"How can you say that the pattern is small?" After listening to Jiang Ran's words, Run Run Shaw asked with a puzzled expression, regardless of his fighting with Zou Wenhuai.

Jiang Ran looked at Zou Wenhuai and Run Run Shaw, and explained: "First of all, in terms of geography and audience, our Hong Kong films are much narrower than Hollywood. ”

"In addition, in terms of cost, we can't compare with others. And the low cost directly leads us to look petty in the movie scene. ”

"Finally, not to mention copyright law, and the film industry. ”

"In the final analysis, the movie is ultimately dominated by visual enjoyment, when Americans are used to watching special effects movies like "Star Wars", how can our small-budget comedy be attractive?" Jiang Ran said and finally felt slightly frustrated, "If we continue like this, we are very dangerous." ”

Jiang Ran's words made the atmosphere in the reception room suddenly become slightly silent.

"Ah Ran, I can't say that, our martial arts kung fu movies still have a certain appeal. After a slight silence, Run Run Shaw said with a slight disbelief.

"Yes, Ah Ran, regional cultural differences, as well as copyright laws, this is an objective existence, and we can't solve it for the time being. As for the cost, we must always consider the problem of returning to the cost, the market is only so big, it is impossible to blindly expand investment, and in the past two years, we have greatly improved the investment in film scenes. Our Hong Kong films still dominate the whole of Asia. ”

Zou Wenhuai is rare to be consistent with Run Run Shaw.

Although he is keen on Hollywood, he is full of confidence in Hong Kong films, after all, in the past two years, Hong Kong films are in a stage of rapid development.

Jiang Ran knew the future development, so he insisted: "Martial arts kung fu movies are actually a kind of visual impact, and this kind of thing is easy to be learned by others." ”

"As for the issue of market cost, this is the key to our efforts to open up foreign markets such as North America, with the support of the United States, a world power, backed by the Western market, with sufficient financial support, using economic and political advantages, supplemented by special effects and other commercial films to open the way, it is not easy for our Hong Kong films to maintain their current advantages in the Asian market. ”