The sixth day of the Lunar New Year in Hong Kong is the day of the opening of the market, and when we enter the sixth day of the Lunar New Year, everything is back to normal, and the shops are open and working as usual. Before the door opened, a large number of firecrackers were set off every time, and Jiang Ran also prepared a large number of firecrackers on this day, and the firecrackers officially resumed business in the roar of the firecrackers.

Ranfeng Audio-Visual has a prosperous business in the first year of opening, opening more than a dozen branches in a row, but for Jiang Ran, entering the entertainment industry is his ultimate goal.

Jiang Ran was thinking about adjusting his work direction a few years ago, and he considered entering the film production market directly during the Chinese New Year, he has a lot of classic Hong Kong film memories, and he should be able to make money if he shoots it, but after he learned about it from acquaintances in the distribution department of Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers, he learned that the current Hong Kong Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers basically only distribute films produced by themselves or satellite companies, and independent film companies cannot arrange a good schedule even if they are released in these two theaters, and even before the opening of the Golden Princess Cinemas, independent films will be released and the production company will call the bottom fee。

Golden Princess Cinemas is much more relaxed about the release conditions of independent film companies, but Golden Princess has been established for half a year, and its main film companies have basically been fixed, and it is not easy for newcomers like him in the film industry to get a good schedule. Also, the most important thing is that Jiang Ran doesn't understand filmmaking and can't write movie scripts, even if he tells the story, he has to ask someone to shoot it, but making a movie is a process of recreation, and Jiang Ran can't guarantee that others can shoot the effect he needs. And the Hong Kong film industry does not have the habit of protecting originality, Jiang Ran does not dare to guarantee that after he takes out the ideas of those movies he has seen, others will not get rid of him and do it himself, so in Jiang Ran's opinion, if you want to make a movie, you still need to be introduced by acquaintances, and you must find suitable filmmakers to cooperate to reduce the probability of being cheated.

Although it is difficult for independent filmmakers in Hong Kong to survive now, Jiang Ran decided to start making movies now after thinking about it, after all, the golden age of Hong Kong films is only more than ten years, and Jiang Ran can also learn to direct films in the process of film production. Now that we have decided to start making films, we need to study this collaborator.

Jiang Ran first excluded those who have become famous and have a wide network in the film circle, because this kind of person is not something that newcomers in his circle can control, and they are likely to be regarded as wronged by others. In the end, Jiang Ran set his sights on the people who have directorial experience at this stage, have a certain reputation and are not very big, and their careers are still in the beginning of the rising stage, and they will be proven to be successful in the future, because this kind of person will not be too arrogant, and will cherish his reputation, after screening a circle, Jiang Ran finally locked his eyes on Tsui Hark.

Tsui Hark, born in 1950 in Saigon City, Vietnam, is a well-known Hong Kong film director, screenwriter and producer. In 1979, he directed his first film "Butterfly Transformation", whose unique style and skillful skills made "Butterfly Transformation" stand out from the kung fu films that flooded the market that year, completely subverting the model of traditional martial arts films, and leading the Hong Kong film industry into the "New Wave" period. According to the normal trajectory, he will direct "Ghost Horse Zhiduoxing" for Xinyicheng in 1981, which achieved a box office of nearly 7.5 million and won the Best Director Award at the Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards. He has been nominated for Best Director at the Hong Kong Film Awards 6 times and won the award in the 11th and 30th editions, making him one of the few directors in Hong Kong who has been active from the 80s to the 21st century. Tsui Hark not only directs excellent works himself, but he also supervised and produced classic films such as "The True Color of Heroes", "A Chinese Ghost Story", and "The Undefeated East". Jiang Ran even thinks that Tsui Hark is one of the most promising filmmakers in Hong Kong in this era.

Jiang Ran didn't think about Tsui Hark, he originally thought that Tsui Hark had now entered the New Arts City, but later learned that although Tsui Hark was a little famous and a representative of the Hong Kong New Wave, the box office of his movies was generally not high, last year Tsui Hark directed two films, "The First Type of Danger" is the best box office film in the movies he directed, and its box office is only about 2.2 million.

Jiang Ran is not a person who drags mud and water, after deciding on the cooperation object, he immediately found Li Dong of the Golden Harvest Distribution Department, and Li Dong is now in the Golden Harvest Distribution Department because of his contact with Jiang Ran's Burning Feng Audio.

Kowloon, Hong Kong, in a coffee shop outside Golden Harvest Company, as soon as Li Dong entered the door, Jiang Ran sat by the window, "Ah Ran, you said on the phone that you were looking for Tsui Hark, what are you doing?" Li Dong is now very familiar with Jiang Ran, sitting opposite Jiang Ran and asked.

"You know, I want to invest in films, and I think Tsui Hark is a good candidate. Jiang Ran said after taking a sip of coffee.

Li Dong smiled and said: "I learned that although Tsui Hark is now known as a representative of the New Wave, several of his films are not ideal at the box office, and he often overspends on films, so it is not easy for you to cooperate with him." ”

"I really don't know about this, but I think he feels pretty good about making movies, so help me meet someone out anyway. Jiang Ran was a little surprised, he remembered that this year Tsui Hark would shoot the movie "Ghost Horse Wisdom and Many Stars" for New Arts City, but he didn't expect that although Tsui Hark is now somewhat famous in Hong Kong, he is not very popular in the eyes of investment.

"Whatever you want, I'll put you in touch. Li Dong said indifferently.

Two days later, Li Dong called Jiang Ran to say that it was better, and asked him to meet. Jiang Ran took the script of "Ghost Horse Smart Stars" written in the past few days, and he prepared two sets of cooperation plans for Tsui Hark, one is to cooperate with Tsui Hark to open a film company, and the other is to ask Tsui Hark to direct "Ghost Horse Smart Stars".

When he arrived at the teahouse where he met, after going up to the second floor, Jiang Ran saw Li Dong chatting with the three of them, and Li Dong saw Jiang Ran going upstairs and greeted enthusiastically: "Ah Ran is here." ”

When Jiang Ran came to the front, he smiled and introduced to the two men and one woman who chatted with him before: "Director Xu, Director Wu, Sister Shi, this is the Jiang Ran I just told you." Then he pointed to the man in his thirties who looked thin but had sharp eyes and introduced to Jiang Ran: "Ah Ran, this is the Tsui Hark Xu Dao you want to visit." ”

Jiang Ran took a step forward and said enthusiastically to Tsui Hark: "Director Xu, hello, I have admired your name for a long time, I have watched your "Butterfly Change" a few times, although I don't know much about movies, but I think he is newer than traditional martial arts movies. ”

"You've won the prize. Tsui Hark smiled faintly, he had heard too much of such praise for more than a year.

"This is Director Xu's girlfriend, Sister Shi Nansheng. Here, Li Dong then introduced the woman next to Tsui Hark.

As soon as Jiang Ran entered the door, he felt that this woman was a little familiar, and at this time, he reflected that it was Tsui Hark's wife who had been the housekeeper of Xinyi City, and most of Tsui Hark's movies were produced by Shi Nansheng in front of him, it can be said that Tsui Hark's success is due to this woman, so Jiang Ran admires this master of internal affairs very much.

"Sister Shi, hello, you have such a good vision, and you have grasped a talented potential stock like Director Xu. Saying that, he turned his head to Xu Ke and said, "Director Xu, I really envy you for having an attractive girlfriend like Sister Shi." ”

"Mr. Jiang is really good at talking, no wonder he has a successful career at such a young age. Shi Nansheng said with a smile.

Jiang Ran waved his hand and said, "Sister Shi is too polite, just call me Ah Ran, what kind of career is I, just eat with a mouth." After speaking, Jiang Ran looked at the last person, and without waiting for Li Dong to introduce him, he said with a smile: "Hello Director Wu! I am your loyal fan, and your movies such as "Money is Strange" and "Money Cold" are very popular in my shop. ”

John Woo has been filming comedies for four or five million in recent years, and the box office performance is good, but there are too many people who can make comedies in Golden Harvest, whether it is the Hui brothers, Jackie Chan or Sammo Hung, their status is higher than that of Golden Harvest, so he himself doesn't really want to make comedies all the time, so the cooperation between John Woo and Golden Harvest is not too pleasant.