Jiang Ran didn't want Tsui Hark to continue directing comedies, he hoped that Tsui Hark could achieve something in martial arts films or special effects movies as he would know in later life, which would greatly increase the production scope of the entire Ran Feng Group.

Therefore, after hearing Tsui Hark's words, Jiang Ran thought about the current situation of the signed artists in the company who are seriously prosperous and declining, and thought of a movie from Tsui Hark's previous life, of course, it is not a martial arts film or a special effects film.

"Oh, Ah Ran, do you have an idea?" Tsui Hark sat up straight in surprise when he heard this, and looked at Jiang Ran with expectation, "Ah Ran, you are now the creative king of the Hong Kong film industry." Of course I'm interested in your idea. ”

Jiang Ran was noncommittal to Tsui Hark's compliments, and Jiang Ran, who has memories of his previous life, proposed a movie idea, if it could not be a box office hit, it would be a strange thing.

"This is a story that takes place in the Republic of China, a patriotic story of three troubled women with different life trajectories, who met by coincidence and exposed the traitorous intelligence of the warlord. ……”

Jiang Ran briefly told Tsui Hark about the plot of the movie "Dao Ma Dan".

Tsui Hark listened carefully to Jiang Ran's narration, and when Jiang Ran's voice stopped, he looked at Jiang Ran with some confusion and asked hesitantly: "This movie sounds like a drama, right? ”

Of course, Tsui Hark has reason to be puzzled, you must know that since its establishment, Ran Feng Group has always been famous for commercial films in Hong Kong, although Jiang Ran has been saying that Ran Feng Group encourages directors to create different types of films, but in Hong Kong such a strong commercial atmosphere, to produce a feature film, Tsui Hark really did not think about it.

Jiang Ran smiled when he heard Tsui Hark's question, and then said, "It's a feature film." Brother Ke, are you interested?"

Tsui Hark did not directly agree to Jiang Ran's question this time, but thought about it and said with some hesitation: "Ah Ran, I'm not very familiar with making more literary feature films, I don't know if I can do it?"

Tsui Hark has reason to hesitate, he has finally passed the movie "The Emperor of Workers" now, and now he can turn over, it is time to make persistent efforts to conquer the city and establish his position in commercial films.

If he were to direct a feature film at this time, in the current environment in Hong Kong, Tsui Hark felt that there was a great possibility of failure. And this is a question that Tsui Hark has to consider carefully, after all, it is related to his career achievements.

What's more, Tsui Hark really has some doubts and lack confidence in his ability to direct feature films.

Jiang Ran was a little surprised by Tsui Hark's obvious hesitation and refusal, thinking that as soon as he took out the successful movie of the other party's previous life, Tsui Hark would immediately be full of interest and beat his chest to ensure the success of the movie.

Who would have thought that the environment that Tsui Hark is facing now is very different from that of his previous life, and his film directing experience is also very different. Therefore, under the trade-off of interests, Tsui Hark naturally lost the reflection and resonance that Jiang Ran expected.

Jiang Ran was slightly stunned, suppressed the doubts in his heart, and then said: "Brother Ke, otherwise, you and Hu Hai will continue to work on your current script, and I will write the general script of the story of "Dao Ma Dan" first, and you will take a look at it then." ”

Although Jiang Ran was surprised by Tsui Hark's hesitation and refusal, he did not mean to force Tsui Hark, but just hoped that after he wrote a complete script, he could impress Tsui Hark and make the other party change his mind.

After listening to Jiang Ran's words, Tsui Hark was also greatly relieved, he was really afraid that Jiang Ran would force him to arrange the script in his hand.

After Jiang Ran talked to Tsui Hark, for the rest of September, he continued to stare at his "Zombie Out of the Cage", while taking time to write the complete plot of "Sword and Horse".

After Tsui Hark got the complete script handed over to him by Jiang Ran, he finally showed some interest, but he may still have some concerns about his directorial career that is about to enter the fast lane, so although Tsui Hark became interested in this story, he did not immediately give Jiang Ran an answer.

Even so, Tsui Hark began to take the script given to him by Jiang Ran to the editorial department, and began to discuss with Li Tingzhu and other professional editors to improve and revise the script.

Jiang Ran's reaction to Tsui Hark did not urge, anyway, now that "The Emperor of Workers" has not been painted, Tsui Hark cannot completely withdraw from the promotion of the movie.

After the movie "The Working Emperor" was released in Hong Kong on September 20, after experiencing a frenzy of nearly six million in the first four days, in the following week, because Ranfeng Group increased its publicity efforts, it continued to maintain a performance that was not inferior to the first week.

It wasn't until September 30, after the movie "Aura" was released in Xinyi City, that the momentum of "The Working Emperor" was controlled.

And when the time came to October 11, after the new art city released "Shanghai Night" again, the box office performance of "The Working Emperor" was affected by this and fell sharply.

In the end, on October 15, "The Working Emperor" was fully filmed in Hong Kong, and in 25 days of release, it achieved a total box office result of 20.7 million Hong Kong dollars.

Because Ranfeng Group was willing to pay the cost of publicity, the film finally crossed the box office mark of 20 million with difficulty, and this achievement also made Tsui Hark return to the ranks of Hong Kong's first-line directors again.

Perhaps it was the success of this film that greatly increased Tsui Hark's confidence, so after "The Working Emperor" was fully painted in Hong Kong, Tsui Hark finally made up his mind about the next production plan.

"Ah Ran, I decided. Tsui Hark stood in front of Jiang Ran and said in high spirits: "I don't want to make comedy movies anymore." So, I decided to take over the movie "Sword and Horse". ”

Jiang Ran was working on the post-production of the movie in the editing room just now, and Xu Kexing rushed over, and this is what he said.

Jiang Ran was slightly stunned, and then reflected that the other party had made up his mind to start filming the movie "Sword and Horse". Jiang Ran was quite pleased with Tsui Hark's decision, and he knew that the film would be a success.

"Haha!" Jiang Ran patted Tsui Hark's shoulder happily, "It's great that Brother Ke can direct the movie "Dao Ma Dan". ”

"It's mid-October now, and the time can be a little tight. Brother Ke, do you have any questions?" Jiang Ran asked with some worry while being happy.

Hearing this, Xu Hark waved his hand easily and said, "It's not a big problem, there are still more than three months to go." ”

Then, in Jiang Ran's slightly worried eyes, he explained: "Actually, since you gave me the outline of the script, I have been working with the editorial department to improve and revise the script, and now the script is basically completed." ”

"For other preliminary work, at the end of this month, at most the beginning of next month, all preparations can be completed. The remaining three months were enough time for me to complete all the filming and post-production work. ”

When Tsui Hark of Ranfeng Group began to prepare for a new movie, the time had come to the end of October, and at this time, the "Aura" produced by Xinyicheng had already been painted, and in more than half a month, this ghost film directed by Yu Rentai finally achieved a box office result of more than 11 million.

And "Shanghai Night", which was released on October 11, also began to be filmed in Hong Kong at the end of October, and finally the film once again achieved more than 11 million results for the new art city.

When Ranfeng Group was busy with business expansion and preparing for the production of the film for the New Year at the end of the year, Jiang Ran suddenly received a call from Liao Yiyuan, chairman of Hong Kong Yindu Organization.

"Mr. Jiang, what your Ranfeng Group has done this time is a bit unauthentic. Liao Yiyuan didn't even say polite words on the phone, and directly blamed Jiang Ran for covering his face.