"Mr. Jiang, our "Zombie Out of the Cage" received a very good response at the film festival and is a big favorite to win the award. On the phone, Shi Nansheng said happily, "Look, did you take the time to come over in person?"

When Ran Feng Group conquered the Hong Kong Film Market, the crew of "Zombies Out" had already arrived in Park City, Utah, USA, to participate in the first St. Denis Film Festival.

Because it is the first time to hold the festival, although the organizer of the St. Denis Institute has a lot of influence in the North American independent film circle, in the end, the festival is not very large in terms of scale and media influence.

It is precisely for this reason that there are not many excellent works in the films participating in the festival this time. And "Zombie Out of the Cage", which was jointly invested and produced by several companies such as Ranfeng Group, is already the film with the largest investment scale and influence among these films.

Therefore, from the very beginning, "Zombie Out of the Cage" has received the attention of the media and the organizers of the film festival, both in publicity and in the provision of exhibition platforms.

Now that the film festival is coming to an end, Shi Nansheng has to call Jiang Ran, hoping that he can find time to attend the award ceremony of the film festival.

After all, Jiang Ran, as the director and planner of the film "Zombie Out of the Cage", is the veritable core of the movie, and after getting so much convenience from the film festival, if he doesn't show up at the award ceremony, it will be a bit too much.

Jiang Ran was naturally very happy when he heard that his film might win an award, and he didn't think long about Shi Nansheng's suggestion, so he directly agreed.

"No problem! I'll arrange things here in Hong Kong and I'll go over and meet you. Jiang Ran smiled and said to Shi Nansheng on the other side of the phone.

Jiang Ran did not break his promise, and after arranging Hong Kong's affairs a little, he put down the "Zombie Taoist" that was being released in Hong Kong, and immediately flew to the United States with a few assistants non-stop to attend the awards ceremony of the St. Denis Film Festival held in Park City, Utah on the 28th.

When Jiang Ran arrived in Park City, it was already the afternoon of the next day, and Zhou Rui and Shi Nansheng were waiting for Jiang Ran at the hotel they were staying at early in the morning.

"Mr. Jiang, your room has been arranged. Zhou Rui said with a smile at Jiang Ran.

Jiang Ran shook Zhou Rui's hand with a smile, nodded and said, "Okay, I'm sorry for you." ”

Saying that, Jiang Ran looked at Shi Nansheng and Chow Yun-fat and other main members of the crew who accompanied him, "Everyone has been fortunate for a while, your publicity effect during this period of time is very good, I have heard about it in Hong Kong." ”

In fact, in the past few days, the main cast and crew of the "Zombie Out of the Cage" crew, as well as Zhou Rui, Shi Nansheng and other staff of Ranfeng Group, their main work is not only the film festival, but also the use of the film festival's publicity channels and contacts to promote the film throughout North America.

It can be said that during this period of time, Chow Yun-fat, Kwan Zhilin and others have not rested and stayed, and have been running the publicity activities arranged by Zhou Rui and Harvey Weinstein and others all over North America.

Jiang Ran can now clearly see the tiredness that can't be concealed from their eyes, and he can also feel the intensity of their work during this period of time.

Mr. Jiang was polite. Chow Yun-fat smiled and shook Jiang Ran's hand, "This is what we should do." ”

"If Mr. Jiang sees us happy, if the movie results are good, just send us more red envelopes. In this way, the only person who asked Jiang Ran for a red envelope directly was relying on the fact that he was a beauty, and now Guan Zhilin, who was familiar with Jiang Ran, was again.

However, Jiang Ran didn't care about Guan Zhilin's joke, but nodded very seriously, and said: "Don't worry about red envelopes, I, Jiang Ran and Ranfeng Group, have never been stingy, and I have never treated those who bring benefits to the group and the company." ”

Speaking of this, Jiang Ran paused slightly, raised his eyes and glanced at the few people in the crew who were looking at him, and then promised: "So as long as the results of the movie are good, our Ranfeng Group and several investors can make money, and I will never be stingy with the big red envelopes at that time." Even if other investors don't agree, I don't mind if we Ranfeng Group give you red envelopes alone. ”

Jiang Ran's words were loud and firm, which made the crew members present extremely excited. None of them doubted Jiang Ran's promise, after all, Jiang Ran and Ranfeng Group were well-known for their generosity in Hong Kong.

Whether it's giving out red envelopes to his employees at the end of the year, or giving extra red envelopes to crew members after the movie has done a good job, it's not the first time he's done it.

"Then thank you, Mr. Jiang. Guan Zhilin clapped her palms and glanced at Jiang Ran with a smile.

"Yes, I thank Mr. Jiang in advance. Chow Yun-fat also said with a smile.

Jiang Ran shook his head with a smile and said, "Okay, everyone is an acquaintance, so you don't have to crowd here." The rest that should rest, the work that should be done, all dispersed. ”

After Jiang Ran waved everyone to disband, he only came to the presidential suite that they had already arranged for Jiang Ran, accompanied by Zhou Rui and Shi Nansheng.

Jiang Ran sat on the sofa and asked, "We have no problem with the distribution of our films in North America, right?

In fact, although Ranfeng Group has some roots in North America, the release of the movie "Zombie Out of the Cage" is still not very smooth.

First of all, this movie can be said to be a down-and-out Hong Kong movie, whether it is the main actors or the logic of the story location, even if Jiang Ran shoots the plot logic of the movie very straightforwardly and simply in order to avoid the cultural generation gap, and even brainless.

But that doesn't change the fact that the film is a foreign film — for North American audiences — and that theaters have been in fact skeptical and worried about it when the film was released by the film.

Even Jiang Ran and Ranfeng Group have proven themselves in the "Chainsaw" series, and even Harvey Weinstein of Miramax Films and Zou Wenhuai of Golden Harvest have not fundamentally changed the situation.

It wasn't until the success of "Zombie Out" in Asia that it improved, and the film was well received by the media and audiences at the St. Denis Film Festival, that these theater companies really let go of their doubts and began to relax.

"Mr. Jiang, we have almost talked to the cinema company now. Zhou Rui was in a good mood and replied with a smile.

"In the first batch, we only received distribution support from 800 theaters for the time being, but the theater chain has promised that as long as the box office results in the first week are qualified, from the second week, the number of theaters for our films will increase to 2,000 theaters. ”

Jiang Ran frowned slightly unconsciously when he heard that there were only eight hundred theaters at first, and he was relieved until he heard the assurance behind him.

"Do you have any opinions from Harvey and Boss Zou?" Jiang Ran looked at Zhou Rui and asked, "On the issue of distribution, you must listen to the opinions of Miramax Films and Golden Harvest Company." ”

"After all, they are much better than us in the North American film market, both in terms of contacts and distribution experience. I'm sure they must have hoped that this film would have done better, too. ”

"Mr. Jiang, don't worry. Zhou Rui nodded, "I have communicated with Miramax and Jiahe about these things, and they all agree to this plan." ”

"That's good!" Jiang Ran nodded, expressing agreement and satisfaction.

"Mr. Jiang, Mr. Weinstein hopes to meet with you soon. After Jiang Ran and the others finished talking about the release of the movie, Shi Nansheng spoke.

Jiang Ran is not surprised by this, after all, now that "Zombie Out of the Cage" has achieved explosive box office results in Asia, it can almost guarantee that film investors will return their investment.

In this case, with Harvey's shrewdness, he would naturally care more about the cooperative relationship with Jiang Ran and Ran Feng in order to earn more money. After all, Ran Feng controls the Asian market, as well as a "Chainsaw" series.

"Our films have done very well in Asia, and now that I'm in the U.S., I'm naturally going to meet Harvey for this collaboration. Jiang Ran didn't think much about it, so he agreed directly.