Jiang Ran left Hong Kong again in early February, boarded a plane and flew toward the United States.

After entering February, Hong Kong's film market has begun to enter the fierce New Year, but now Jiang Ran's focus has to be on the United States.

Because last year's key project "Zombie Out of the Cage" of Ranfeng Group is about to officially land in the North American market on February 8, as a film with an investment of tens of millions of dollars, although the pressure on the return of the film is not large.

However, the success or failure of this film is obviously not comparable to the current film to be released in Hong Kong.

Therefore, Jiang Ran, as the soul of the movie, had to put down his work in Hong Kong and take a plane to the United States when the movie was released.

This time, in addition to several staff members of Ran Feng, Jiang Ran also walked with another important investor and distributor of the film, Zou Wenhuai of Golden Harvest Company.

"Uncle Huai, you are so relieved about Hong Kong movies, and you have to go to the United States in person at this point?" Jiang Ran looked at Zou Wenhuai who was sitting next to him with a smile and joked.

"The movie we released this time is supported by Sanmao and Aaron, what do I have to worry about. Zou Wenhuai glanced at Jiang Ran and said with a smile.

"Don't you have confidence in your Ran Feng's Spring Festival movies this year?" Zou Wenhuai asked casually.

"Haha!" Jiang Ran raised his head and laughed, "How come? Our upcoming movie is a sequel to the successful project of last year's Spring Festival, and the audience's acceptance is much higher than yours." ”

Jiang Ran and Zou Wenhuai have cooperated a lot now, and they have cooperated with each other very happily, but the intensity of their competition in the Hong Kong film market has not slowed down in the slightest because of their cooperation.

Zou Wenhuai turned his head to look at Jiang Ran, shook his head with a smile, and said, "Then let's go and see." He obviously didn't want to say more on the subject.

"I've heard that Depp's Dickson Poon has made great progress in the negotiations with Run Run Shaw now. Ah Ran, what do you think about this?" Zou Wenhuai changed the topic and said tentatively.

It's no secret that Dickson Pan of Debao Film Company wants to get Shaw Brothers' theatrical chain, and it's no secret in Hong Kong now.

Since the end of 1984, after the distribution of Debao Film Company's films was successively blocked by Golden Harvest, Pan Disheng acted quickly, and now in just one month, he has entered the substantive negotiation stage with Shaw Brothers.

Jiang Ran glanced at Zou Wenhuai and said casually: "What can I think? It's going to rain, my mother is going to get married, everything is going to be fate." ”

This is Jiang Ran's true thoughts.

For Debao Film Company, Pan Disheng himself has strong financial strength, and judging from the recent films produced by Debao, Cen Jianxun has also shown very outstanding ability in the production of films.

This also makes Debao Company now has neither lack of funds, nor lack of excellent works and excellent film talents, but is still controlled by others in terms of distribution channels.

In this case, as long as Debao successfully inherits the cinema resources of the Shaw Brothers, Debao will immediately have the ability to compete with several major cinema chains in Hong Kong, such as Golden Harvest, Golden Princess, and Ran Feng.

In today's Hong Kong, officially in an environment of extremely prosperous market, as long as there are movies and distribution channels, there is no worry about not being able to buy them, and they are not afraid of not being able to make money.

It is precisely for this reason that in recent years, new funds and forces have been intervening in the Hong Kong film and television industry, either explicitly or covertly, while boosting the prosperity of Hong Kong films, they have continued to impact the old market order.

In this context, in fact, in the current Hong Kong film and television industry, the control of several major cinema companies over independent film companies and many filmmakers has fallen to the lowest point in history.

Therefore, even if Jiang Ran knew that the growth of Debao Film Company would bring huge competitive pressure to Ranfeng Group, he did not have the slightest intention of standing up to suppress Debao and Pan Disheng.

After all, when the Hong Kong film market is becoming more and more popular, there are more and more outsiders entering the market to stir up the situation, and all kinds of legitimate and unfair competition are getting bigger and bigger.

After all, Pan Disheng's company and Ranfeng Group have always had a very extensive cooperation, they are familiar with each other, and they have the basis for cooperation, maybe in the future, when facing the competition of others, Jiang Ran can add an ally.

Zou Wenhuai was a little surprised by Jiang Ran's reaction, and said in a slightly accentuated tone: "Now the Hong Kong film market is very crowded, and the movies Debao has shot in the past year are very good." If you have Shaw Brothers Cinemas again, it is entirely possible to become another new art city!"

Although Zou Wenhuai's words are a bit exaggerated, they can be regarded as the core thing, Debao has the potential to become a new new art city or Burning Feng after having its own theater.

But for Hong Kong's film market, although it has become more and more prosperous in recent years, Hong Kong's population base determines the box office potential of Hong Kong films.

In the context of Shaw Brothers being gradually eliminated from the market, the benefits that could have been shared by the three may become four shares again after the rise of Debao, which in the eyes of vested interests, naturally needs to be suppressed.

What's more, Debao Film Company is also different from the original Shaw Brothers, the original Shaw Brothers has always been the benefit of the market, and it is also the maker of the rules, everyone basically maintains a potential tacit understanding, and generally will not easily break these tacit understandings and rules.

However, the newly rising companies do not necessarily abide by the rules of the old order, such as the rise of the Golden Princess, they directly broke the theater guarantee system that Hong Kong cinema chains have been implementing for a long time.

It is precisely because of the rise of the Golden Princess that Hong Kong's independent films have room to get rid of the control of Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest. In fact, the destruction of this kind of rule has brought more soft harm to Shaw Brothers and Golden Harvest than to the damage to the interests caused by direct competition.

It is precisely because of this that Zou Wenhuai is so concerned and sensitive to Pan Disheng's Debao Company, and he wanted to contact Jiang Ran to suppress and lay out Debao in advance from the beginning.

Jiang Ran smiled slightly and said, "Uncle Huai, what you said is very reasonable. However, we have a comprehensive cooperation with Pan Dickson. Moreover, our group's interests in the Hong Kong local film market in the past two years are actually only partial. ”

"Under these circumstances, our group's goal in the future is to continue to maintain our market share in Hong Kong without a significant decline. So, I don't have to worry about Debao at all, I just need to do my job.

Jiang Ran said this, glanced at Zou Wenhuai, who was frowning slightly, with a smile, and continued very confidently: "What's more, I am very confident in our group's film production capabilities, and I am not afraid of fair competition from anyone and the company. ”

Jiang Ran's words made Zou Wenhuai very disappointed, frowned and looked at him deeply, and said, "I hope you don't regret this decision today." ”

Jiang Ran smiled slightly, did not say more on this issue, and instead talked about the publicity and release of "Zombie Out of the Cage" in North America this time.

"I've heard from Harvey and the people at the company that we're doing a fantastic job of promoting Zombies Out in North America right now. Ah Fa, Ah Jie, and Jia Hui have not done their publicity in vain for a while, and our movie has been very good in several universities. ”

Although "Zombie Out of the Cage" was fully released in North America on February 8, before that, Zhou Rui and his team held test screenings in several famous universities in the United States based on the successful case of "Chainsaw" that year. Judging from the current feedback, the effect is very ideal, which also greatly increases the confidence of Jiang Ran and other producers.

Speaking of this, Zou Wenhuai's small eyes behind his glasses also narrowed unconsciously, "I've heard about it too! Speaking of which, Ah Ran, your ability is great, and I look forward to making a lot of dollars with you this time." ”

"Haha-" Jiang Ran also laughed when he heard this, "I also hope that we can make a lot of dollars this time......"