Jiang Ran greeted everyone and sat down and asked Li Dongdao: "Brother Dong, when I came up just now, I saw you chatting happily, what were you talking about, I didn't bother you when I came up, right?"

"We're talking about Ah Ran, you, Dong Tsai has praised you to the sky. Before Li Dong could speak, Shi Nansheng preemptively said.

"Sister Shi, don't listen to Brother Dong's nonsense, he's putting gold on my face. Jiang Ran said impressively.

Li Dong took over the conversation and said: "I'll tell you the truth, last year he came to our company to find a film source, as long as one or two hundred boxes of videotapes, other colleagues didn't want to pay attention to him, and in the end it was me, a newcomer, who received him, but who would have thought that he began to enter more and more cassettes from the second month, and now his Burning Feng Video is already the largest video tape rental chain in Hong Kong, with a monthly revenue of several million, Ah Ran, I'm not wrong." ”

Jiang Ran glanced at Li Dong gratefully, he also knew that Li Dong was making a strong name for him, and said with a helpless look: "Now that business is getting worse and worse, you go to the streets and alleys of Hong Kong, and you can see all kinds of video tape rental shops everywhere, so you can find a few people who understand the film industry, I hope that you, the seniors, can be my guide to take my little brother on a ride." Jiang Ran took the opportunity to lead the topic to today's main topic.

Wu Yusen knew that Jiang Ran was looking for Tsui Hark today, but he himself just didn't open Li Dong's face to be an introducer, so he smiled when he saw Jiang Ran bring the topic to the main topic: "I still have a few years of contract with Jiahe that has not been completed, so I won't participate in your topic, Ah Ran, you better talk to Tsui Hark slowly, I'll sit over there for a while, I'm sorry." ”

Li Dong hurriedly got up and accompanied Wu Yusen to the side to drink tea and chat, Jiang Ran and the three of them also quickly got up and gave way, and after sitting down again, Xu Hark asked Jiang Ran, "Mr. Jiang......"

Jiang Ran interrupted loudly on the side: "Director Xu, it's okay to call me Jiang Ran, Ah Ran or Ran Zai, it's too obvious to call Mr. Jiang." Jiang Ran put his figure very low.

"Hehe!" Tsui Hark smiled and continued, "Okay, Ah Ran, what are you looking for me to come out of today?"

Jiang Ran looked at the two people in front of him, knowing that these two people were shrewd masters, and he didn't play nonsense, so he said directly: " Director Xu, I didn't understand movies before, but now I am in the video tape business, and I really like movies when I watch more, and I am optimistic about the development of Hong Kong films, and there have been movies with a box office of more than 10 million in the past two years, which shows that there are more people in Hong Kong citizens who go to the theater to watch movies, and now the income of Hong Kong people has increased, so there will inevitably be more people entering the cinema, so I found Director Xu, on the one hand, I hope to cooperate with you to make good movies to make money together, and on the other hand, I hope to follow Director Xu to learn in the crew。 ”

Shi Nansheng interjected next to him: "Ah Ran, can you be specific? Do you want to find Tsui Hark to give you a movie?"

Jiang Ran explained: "For specific cooperation methods, I have prepared two plans here for Director Xu's reference. First, I will invest, Director Xu participates in the formation of the company as a director, and takes a certain amount of company shares, of course, the specific amount of funds and share quota need to be discussed. The second option is relatively simple, I paid my own money to ask Director Xu to help me direct a movie. ”

After Jiang Ran finished talking about the two plans, he stopped talking, leaving time for Xu Hark and Shi Nansheng to consider. Tsui Hark and Shi Nansheng were surprised when they heard Jiang Ran's first plan, and after glancing at each other, Tsui Hark asked, "If Ah Ran forms a company, how much money are you going to invest?"

Jiang Ran knew that this was a core issue, and the amount of funds determined the company's production capacity, but Jiang Ran could not invest too much money at the beginning, so he said: " Director Xu, I didn't invest a lot of money at the beginning, only the production funds of a film and enough for the company's normal operation for a year, as far as I know, the internal management and audit system of many film companies in Hong Kong is very imperfect, I hope that in the first film production process, we can improve the company's production and distribution process system, and then if the company needs me to continue to invest funds, then we will discuss. ”

Tsui Hark had no interest in joining the company when he heard that Jiang Ran had only invested money in the shooting of one movie, but Shi Nansheng's eyes unconsciously flashed a trace of interest when he heard about the improvement of the company's production and distribution process system, but she did not speak.

Tsui Hark gave up the first option and asked Jiang Ran: "What type of movie does Ah Ran want me to direct, how much are you going to invest, and is there a script?"

Jiang Ran heard that Tsui Hark didn't mention the formation of the company again and asked about the movie to know Tsui Hark's attitude, so he also talked about the movie, he took out the script that had been prepared a long time ago and handed it to Tsui Hark and said: "I don't know how to write a professional movie script, I only wrote a story synopsis and context, and the specific content of it has to be discussed with Director Xu, as for the investment amount, I hope that after the script is perfected, we can make a detailed budget according to the needs of the script, and then go according to the budget." "Jiang Ran can't just hand over the money to Tsui Hark, although Tsui Hark is talented, he also spends money ruthlessly, so Jiang Ran hopes that the preliminary work will be done more carefully, so as not to be overspent by Tsui Hark.

Tsui Hark didn't speak, he began to read the script seriously, he read it very carefully, and only after reading it did he say to Jiang Ran: "Ah Ran, I see that the overall context and story of the script are very perfect, imitating the private detective films of the 30s in Hollywood, but I don't think the character descriptions and dialogues in it are too exaggerated, and I am not good at making comedy movies." ”

Jiang Ran listened to Tsui Hark's words and said: "Director Xu, I have seen your movies, your movies give people the feeling of being eclectic, with the taste of a sword going sideways, and although this script is a detective film, I hope to shoot a different feeling through Director Xu's eclectic film shooting techniques, and this is what Director Xu is good at." ”

After listening to Jiang Ran's statement, Tsui Hark's interest suddenly increased, and when discussing the script with Jiang Ran later, he no longer objected to the comedy content, and he himself knew that he was a bit of a pit in the eyes of investors now, so Tsui Hark also hoped that this movie could make a breakthrough at the box office, and the comedy component in the plot could obviously play a role in stimulating the box office.

After the two reached a consensus on the script, it was a specific discussion on Tsui Hark's remuneration and responsibilities, and Jiang Ran proposed a stepwise remuneration plan.

"Director Xu, we calculate the salary according to the box office trend of the movie, if the box office of the movie is less than 3 million, you get a guaranteed salary of 100,000, if it is more than 3 million, I will pay you another 50,000 for every more than 1 million, so that the higher the box office, the more your salary. ”

"Okay! After listening to Jiang Ran's plan, Tsui Hark actually beat a little drum in his heart, but he still happily agreed. Because his previous movies have never had a box office of more than three million, but if he thinks of rejecting this plan, on the one hand, it will give Jiang Ran the impression that he Tsui Hark has no confidence in the movie, and on the other hand, Tsui Hark thinks that the script is well written, and the exaggerated character descriptions in it are very happy, although there are more nonsense than the current comedy movies, but Tsui Hark feels that the comedy effect is very good, and the demand for comedy films in the market is relatively strong。

After Jiang Ran saw that Tsui Hark agreed, he said to Tsui Hark: "Director Xu, in order for our future cooperation to be complete, I hope we will make detailed preparations before the start of filming." First of all, in terms of the script, I will recruit another screenwriter to work with the two of us to improve the script, after the script has been approved by both of you, I hope to try not to modify the content of the script during the filming process, of course, how to shoot is your business, I will not interfere. Before the start of filming, I hope that Director Xu will make a shooting schedule and capital budget, and all our shooting will be carried out as much as possible under the budget planning, so as to facilitate financial control and film distribution. ”