After Sister Ya, Jiang Ran ignored the various turmoil in the media and returned to his crew again, reassuring the filming task in the second half of the movie.

Because he needs to play the leading role, Jiang Ran is much more fortunate than in the past in this movie shooting, but fortunately, now he is basically on the road of being an actor.

"How was it? Yesterday's filming went well, right?" Jiang Ran came to the crew and found Du Qifeng for the first time and asked about the filming after he left yesterday.

"Mr. Jiang, yesterday's shooting went very smoothly. Why don't you take a look later?" Du Qifeng said with a smile.

Jiang Ran nodded, "Okay, I'll take a look later." Are you ready for today's shoot?"

"Okay! Du Qifeng nodded, stretched out his hand and handed Jiang Ran today's shooting plan.

Jiang Ran took it and looked at it carefully, then nodded and said, "Okay, no problem." Shoot according to this plan today. ”

"That's okay!" Du Qifeng nodded with a smile when he heard this, "I'll arrange today's shooting right away." ”

Jiang Ran smiled and nodded, and while sitting down and letting the makeup artist put on his makeup, he waved his hand and said, "Well, you go and arrange the preparations! I'll come over later." ”

Half an hour later, Jiang Ran came to the shooting site with makeup, looked around, nodded to Du Qifeng, walked to the back of the monitor, picked up the megaphone and shouted: "Okay! The teams are ready, and we will start shooting in five minutes." ”

……

In mid-September, in a large conference room in Ranfeng Building, a high-level meeting within Ranfeng Group was underway.

Jiang Ran also rarely left the crew today and returned to the company in person to participate in this meeting.

"This summer, we have released a total of three films from Ranfeng Group, two of which are films produced by our group and one film from McDonald's Hung Company. ”

"The three films released and released have received a total of nearly 55 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office in Hong Kong in the nearly two-month distribution cycle, and continue to maintain the suppression of other Hong Kong cinema chains at the box office. ”

Jiang Weizheng, general manager of the distribution company, was speaking, and the smile on his face showed that he was satisfied with this achievement.

"How's the overseas distribution going?" Jiang Ran nodded, and then asked.

"Before the start of the summer season this year, we already have nearly 20 theaters and more than 40 screens in Southeast Asia outside Hong Kong, and we have basically achieved a cinema layout in key cities in Southeast Asia. ”

"Therefore, the several films we released in this summer file basically maintained the same release time as Hong Kong in Southeast Asia, and truly achieved simultaneous release and release. ”

"Because it is our own theater, it is easier to control and control the publicity, so the results have also improved relatively speaking. ”

"The three films in Southeast Asia alone brought us nearly 50 million Hong Kong dollars at the box office, plus the copyright and box office share in Japan, Taiwan and other regions. ”

"Of the three films we released and produced this summer, we can make almost 60 million or 70 million Hong Kong dollars in terms of cinemas, distribution and film production. ”

Jiang Wei's words are just an estimate, after all, he is only responsible for distribution and theaters, and he does not have a deep understanding of the profitability of production.

But just that, it also surprised the people in the conference room, and Jiang Ran himself was no exception, after all, in previous years, Ranfeng Group did not make so much profit in films.

"How can our profits from movies have increased so much this year? You don't give us so many reports, right?" asked Liu Liwei with a surprised look at Jiang Wei.

In fact, our increase in profit this year mainly comes from the revenue from distribution and theaters, or more precisely, from the income of Fuwai in distribution and theaters. ”

"Our films this year, in Southeast Asia, are basically released in our own theaters, and the profits from the theaters are completely our own, and we don't have to share them with others in terms of distribution as before. ”

"Basically, our films, excluding all the costs of the theater itself, such as operating costs, taxes and distribution costs, can get almost 70% of the profits at the box office. ”

"It turns out that we are overseas, and in the best case, we can only get about 40% of the profits, so our profits in Fuwai have increased a lot this year. ”

Jiang Ran nodded knowingly, and said with some sighs: "It seems that no matter what industry it is, there is really nothing wrong with the statement that the channel is king." In the future, our group will continue to strengthen our construction of cinemas and cinemas. ”

"Not only in Southeast Asia, but also in Taiwan, Japan, South Korea, and even Europe and the United States, we have to gradually establish our own cinema lines and channels, even if it is to cooperate with others. ”

"Yes! Mr. Jiang. Jiang Wei, as the absolute protagonist of today's meeting, was very interested, and after hearing Jiang Ran's command, he immediately responded loudly.

"Please rest assured, Mr. Jiang, we will not let you down. In fact, our distribution company has been continuously investing in the cinema line, and this year is mainly to complete the layout of Southeast Asia, and it is expected to basically complete the entire layout of this region by the end of the year. ”

"At that time, we will have more than 30 theaters in Southeast Asia, with no less than 70 screens, which can basically cover the box office area in Southeast Asia. ”

"In addition, we now only have seven cinemas in Hong Kong, with less than 20 screens, and in the summer and other hot periods, compared with other cinema chains such as Golden Harvest, it is obviously a little overwhelmed, and we have to rely on the support of cooperative independent cinemas. ”

"Therefore, our distribution company hopes to continue to invest in the construction of cinemas in Hong Kong on the basis of the current situation, so as to reduce the gap between us and cinema companies such as Golden Harvest. ”

Jiang Ran thought for a moment when he heard this, then nodded and said, "Yes, but you have to balance the interests with independent theaters, after all, we have a long-term and pleasant cooperation, and it is not good to give up on them completely." ”

"In addition, we also have to consider the operating costs of too many theaters and screens during the off-season, and you have to find a balance between them. ”

"I see, Mr. Jiang. Jiang Wei nodded when he heard this.

"What are your plans for the release of "True Colors of Heroes 3" and "Policewoman Story"?" Jiang Ran then asked.

Jiang Wei first looked at Liu Liwei when he heard this, and then said: "I have discussed with Mr. Liu, and it has been preliminarily decided that these two movies will be placed at the end of the year and the other will be placed during the Spring Festival. ”

"When the time comes, it can be paired with the "Human Meat Barbecued Pork Bun" that is being produced now and Mr. Jiang's "Jiang Ran and Your Couple", and they will be released in these two schedules respectively. ”

Jiang Ran nodded, turned his head to look at Liu Liwei and asked, "How is Yu Yunkang's side doing now? When will his "Human Meat Barbecued Pork Bun" be completed? Do you have any plans for the release of this movie?"

"The film has basically completed the preliminary preparations, and now the actors are being selected and the crew is being formed, and it is expected to start shooting later this month. ”

"Because the main market for bloody horror films is in Europe and the United States, coupled with the help of our company and Director Yu's "Chainsaw" series and "Zombie Out", they have gained a certain popularity in the field of restricted films in Europe and the United States. ”

"Therefore, we plan to focus the distribution of this film mainly on Europe and the United States, so we are more inclined to the European and American cognitive framework in production, and in terms of pictures and special effects, it will also be more refined. ”

"But because of this, the production time will be longer, which is expected to take about two to three months, and leave another month or so of post-production time to make sure that you can make it in time for this year's Sundance International Film Festival. ”

Jiang Ran nodded, then suddenly frowned again, and asked, "That means that this movie may not be able to catch up with the schedule at the end of the year." ”

Liu Liwei nodded helplessly and said: "I discussed with Director Yu Yunkang, if it is to be released at the end of the year, the time may be a little tight, and now I can only try to catch up." ”

"This can't be done!" Jiang Wei denied: "The Spring Festival schedule is definitely not suitable for the release of thriller horror films, and the market for thriller horror films in our Asian region is not good." ”

"Therefore, if the movie "Human Meat Barbecued Pork Bun" can't catch up with the year-end schedule, we can only arrange it to be released in the off-season after the year. Jiang Wei's words were full of weight and very resolute.

Liu Liwei's face was a little ugly again, but he also knew that the other party was reasonable, and he didn't defend himself, so he nodded and said, "I will discuss it with Director Yu Yunkang again." If it really doesn't work, it can only be arranged to be released after the year. ”