After Jiang Ran watched the finished film of "Saw 2", he instructed Liu Liwei and others to do the next publicity and distribution work, and he turned his head to look at the director of the movie, Yu Yunkang.

"Director Yu, do you have time, I want to talk to you about it?" Jiang Ran looked at Yu Yunkang with a smile and asked.

Yu Yunkang glanced at Jiang Ran with some surprise, since he cooperated with Ranfeng Group to produce the movie "Chainsaw 2", he has had very little contact with Jiang Ran, and Jiang Ran doesn't seem to pay much attention to this movie, whether it is during filming or post-production, Jiang Ran rarely goes to the scene.

"Mr. Jiang, I have no problem, I have time at any time. No matter what he thought in his heart, when facing Jiang Ran's invitation, Yu Yunkang would not refuse.

After all, if he can get involved with a giant in the Hong Kong film and television industry like Jiang Ran, it will definitely be of great help to his own career.

Jiang Ran did not invite Yu Yunkang to his office, but invited him to a small reception room, and after the two sides sat down, Jiang Ran said: "Director Yu, you filmed "Chainsaw 2" very well this time, I am very satisfied, I think the box office results of the movie should not be very bad at that time." ”

Hearing Jiang Ran's praise and affirmation, Yu Yunkang laughed happily, but said modestly: "Thank you Mr. Jiang for your praise and affirmation, I finally lived up to Mr. Jiang's trust and gave me the opportunity to direct this movie." ”

"I've always liked Mr. Jiang's first work, and I watched it many times at the time, and this time in this sequel movie, there are many things to learn from Mr. Jiang's handling in the first movie. Finally, there is no Dong Shi to follow suit, and he is smiling and generous. ”

Jiang Ran shook his head with a smile and said, "Director Yu, you are too modest. I've seen a couple of other films you've directed, and you've got great ideas and approaches to horror thrillers. ”

"It's a pity that Hong Kong doesn't have much room for development in the horror thriller market. Jiang Ran shook his head with some regret at the end.

Yu Yunkang listened to Jiang Ran's words, and said with a wry smile: "I have been very fond of horror thrillers since I was studying, but it is true that as Mr. Jiang said, everyone in Hong Kong is not very interested in such movies. Several of my films have been average at the box office. ”

When Jiang Ran heard this, his eyes flashed slightly, and he said: "Yes! It is indeed difficult for Hong Kong to achieve great success in horror thrillers. There are very few audiences who like this type of movie, and the major film companies naturally don't pay much attention to this type of movie. ”

Jiang Ran's words made Yu Yunkang slightly silent, his current situation is just like Jiang Ran said, the box office performance in horror thrillers is not satisfactory, film companies and investors are unwilling to invest in thriller horror films, Yu Yunkang had to compromise last year and transform into a comedy movie.

It's a pity that Yu Yunkang has some talent in making thriller horror films, but he is not handy in the shooting of comedy movies. A comedy movie he made last year, after it was released at the beginning of the year, it received a good response and only got a box office score of more than 5 million.

If it weren't for the invitation of Ranfeng Group to shoot "Saw 2" after the New Year, Yu Yunkang didn't know what would happen to him in the future.

Whether to continue to make thriller horror films, and eventually be eliminated because of the market, or to transform into comedy movies, and then slowly sink because they have no talent in this area.

Jiang Ran saw that the other party didn't speak, and he stopped going around in circles and directly opened his mouth to solicit: "Director Yu, I personally appreciate some of your ideas on thriller horror films. ”

"We at Ranfeng Group have been committed to the diversification of film genres, whether it is thriller horror films, comedy films, or kung fu martial arts, urban action shootout films, we will dabble in them. ”

Jiang Ran said this, did not stop, and continued: "And in the past two years, our group has begun to develop foreign markets, and we also need thriller horror films, just like "Chainsaw". ”

When Jiang Ran said this, the meaning of solicitation was already very obvious, "I wonder if Director Yu is interested in continuing to cooperate with our Ranfeng Group to jointly develop more excellent thriller and horror movies?"

Yu Yunkang really didn't expect Jiang Ran to recruit him before, not because he was arrogant, but because Yu Yunkang is now in Hong Kong, although he has the title of a new wave director, he is actually much worse than Tsui Hark, Xu Anhua and others, not to mention which blockbuster directors he compares with.

When Jiang Ran decided that Yu Yunkang would take over the sequel to "Chainsaw", he specifically found out the movie directed by the other party and watched it. In general, from Jiang Ran's point of view, the other party is indeed very good at thriller horror movies, but there are no eye-catching highlights.

But at that time, there was really no more suitable director than Yu Yunkang in Hong Kong, so Jiang Ran finally decided to let Yu Yunkang direct "Saw 2", but Jiang Ran did not trust the other party's directing ability very much at that time.

Therefore, the producer arranged Tsui Hark to be the producer, coupled with the relatively complete and strict production system of Ranfeng Group, Jiang Ran was not worried that the other party's shooting would exceed the scope of the script, and at most he would re-edit it when he was not satisfied in the end.

But to Jiang Ran's surprise, although there are still no big surprises in the movies shot and produced by the other party, they also have their own characteristics, at least in Jiang Ran's opinion, the other party is very experienced in handling some details in the movie.

And maybe it's because of the relationship between studying in the United States, the other party is very straightforward in the logical processing of the movie, which is very suitable for the Western film market, at least this treatment can allow the audience to watch the whole film smoothly and unhindered.

It was also at this time that Jiang Ran really recognized the other party's ability and had the idea of inviting the other party to join Ran Feng.

In Jiang Ran's conception, Ranfeng Group will definitely not be satisfied with just being the king and hegemon in Hong Kong in the future, he needs Ranfeng Group to make a difference in the Western film market, especially in the North American film market.

The only films that Ranfeng Group has left an impression on people in these markets are "Chainsaw", a thriller and horror film, and other films such as "The True Color of Heroes", although under the operation of North American companies such as Zhou Rui, have been released in North America and other places, but the effect is unsatisfactory, and it only has a certain influence among the Chinese.

Therefore, at present, Ranfeng Group needs more cult movies to consolidate the audience's and the market's impression of Ranfeng Group.

And Jiang Ran's "Zombie Out of the Cage" produced this year is actually a cult movie.

At present, among the several contracted directors of Ranfeng Group, in Jiang Ran's view, the styles of Lin Jiawen and Lin Zhengying are more suitable for the development of Hong Kong and Asian markets, and Tsui Hark has the greatest potential, and he has great ideas for special effects films such as new technologies, and may be able to make a difference in overseas markets in the future.

At present, the cult movies that Ranfeng Group has a foothold in the overseas market, and Jiang Ran alone can produce the cult movies that the entire group can produce, but Jiang Ran cannot always direct such movies.

Therefore, when Jiang Ran discovered Yu Yunkang's ability in cult films, he immediately threw an olive branch to the other party without hesitation, hoping to sign Yu Yunkang to make up for the shortcomings of Ranfeng Group in cult film directing.

Yu Yunkang was slightly stunned after hearing Jiang Ran's solicitation, and then without too much hesitation, he immediately nodded and agreed.

"It is my honor to be recognized by Mr. Jiang. I am very willing to continue to cooperate with Ranfeng Group. ”

The main reason why Yu Yunkang agreed to Jiang Ran so easily is that in Hong Kong now, for a director like him who is good at thriller and horror films, there is really not much space to choose.

Now Hong Kong's blockbuster movies, comedy movies occupy 70% or 80% of the share, and the remaining part of kung fu action movies are also comedy kung fu like Sammo Hung and Jackie Chan.

In the past two years, only Ranfeng Group has successively produced movies such as "The True Color of Heroes" and "Zombie Daochang", which provides other options for Hong Kong films, but the types of these two types of films are still immature.