In August, the movie "Police Story" was fully drawn in Hong Kong. Jiang Ran felt very sorry for the film's achievement of more than 25 million Hong Kong dollars.

"Police Story" was originally a 1985 movie directed and acted by Jackie Chan, and the final box office of the movie was more than 26 million. And now Jiang Ran put this movie on the screen in 1982, but the results did not reach the historical results.

Of course, Jiang Ran also knows that compared with three years later, movie ticket prices are much cheaper, and on the basis of the ticket prices at this stage, the result of 25 million, if calculated according to the number of moviegoers, still exceeds the historical results.

However, no matter what the reason is, as far as the box office is concerned, Jiang Ran always feels a little regretful. But now that the movie has been drawn, no matter how regretful it is, it can't change the fact that the box office is only 25 million, and Jiang Ran can only suppress the depression in his heart.

Although the film has been filmed in Hong Kong, there is still a lot of work to be done to distribute it in overseas markets. Of course, Jiang Ran is very confident in the overseas release of "Police Story".

In fact, when the film was not painted in Hong Kong, there were already Asian distribution companies in Southeast Asia and other Asian countries that found Ranfeng Films, but Jiang Ran was too confident at that time and postponed the release of the film outside Fufu.

At that time, after Jiang Ran saw the popularity of the film in Hong Kong, he thought that the final box office of the film might surpass "Best Partner", after all, if "Police Story" had the title of Hong Kong box office champion, then Ran Feng would have more advantages in the distribution negotiations in the Waifu market.

It is also for this reason that Jiang Ran hopes that "Police Story" can be painted in Hong Kong before considering the Waifu market, but it is a pity that the box office of the movie failed to surpass "Best Partner", and Jiang Ran's plan could not be realized in the end.

Under normal circumstances, Jiang Wei of the distribution department is responsible for the distribution of the film, and Jiang Wei came to Jiang Ran's office on this day to report to him on the distribution of "Police Story".

"Mr. Jiang, now the release of "Police Story" is basically confirmed, because of the high box office in Hong Kong and the support of sponsors, the overseas distribution of the film has been carried out very smoothly. ”

"So far, the distribution of the film in other parts of Asia, with the exception of RB, has been completed. As before, the film was still released by buyout, which brought a total of 10,000 Hong Kong dollars in profits to the company. ”

Jiang Ran listened to Jiang Wei's report and asked a little strangely, "What is the situation in the RB market?"

When Jiang Wei heard Jiang Ran ask about RB, he said with a hint of excitement on his face: "Mr. Jiang, this time it's because the representatives of Daiei Co., Ltd. want to have a direct interview with you, and I think they want to cooperate with us for a long time." ”

Jiang Ran didn't have much impression of Dayei Co., Ltd., and asked, "Who did we work with? Is it also Dayei? What is the situation of their company?"

Jiang Wei explained for Jiang Ran: "Mr. Jiang, we have been in contact with the release of the first two films, among which "Nightclub" is a cooperation place with them, and we have always taken the initiative to seek cooperation with them at that time. ”

"Daying is one of RB's traditional six major film companies, but in the sixties and seventies, RB films were sluggish, and Daying almost closed down in 1971, and now it is mainly engaged in cinemas and distribution, and film production is rarely involved. ”

It is precisely because of this that they have a large demand for film sources, and now Hong Kong films dominate the Asian film market and are slowly opening up the RB film market. ”

"Last year, our two films, after their release in RB, both achieved fairly good results, and kung fu films have a large audience in RB, so they are very interested in Police Story. ”

Jiang Ran has always hoped that Ran Feng could have a reliable long-term partner in the issuance of Waifu, but so far, whether it is in Southeast Asia or Taiwan, Ran Feng has not had a solid distribution channel, but he did not expect to have a breakthrough in RB first.

"In that case, you arrange a time, and I'll set up a banquet for the people of Daying. Jiang Ran instructed Jiang Wei.

The next night, Jiang Ran hosted a banquet at the Peninsula Hotel for Kenhito Tanaka, the purchasing manager of RB Daiei, a middle-aged man in his forties.

"Hello, Mr. Jiang, I'm Kenhito Tanaka, the purchasing manager of Daiei Co., Ltd., and I'm very honored to meet you. When Tanaka Jianren saw Jiang, he first bowed deeply to Jiang Ran, and then said politely.

Although Kenhito Tanaka is an RB person, perhaps because of his long-term relationship with Hong Kong and Taiwan, he can actually speak Chinese quite well.

"Hello, Mr. Tanaka, I'm glad to be able to have a banquet for you today. I've heard Jiang Wei talk about Mr. Tanaka for a long time, and you have been very helpful to the distribution of our Ranfeng Film Company's films in RB. ”

"I've always wanted to find an opportunity to thank Mr. Tanaka, but because of my work, I haven't been able to find a suitable opportunity, and this time I just took this opportunity to thank Mr. Tanaka for his continued care for us. Jiang Ran said to Kenren Tanaka with a smile.

Tanaka Kenhito was also very happy to listen to Jiang Ran's words, because he heard the goodwill of Ran Feng Film Company from Jiang Ran's words, which was obviously a good start for this cooperation with Ran Feng.

This time, in addition to Jiang Wei of the film company, Gui Zecheng, who was in charge of the group's business, accompanied Jiang Ran to the welcome banquet. Jiang Ran hopes to establish a solid distribution channel through Daying in RB, not only in films, but also in other businesses under the group.

After a few people sat down and were polite, Tanaka said to Jiang Ran: "Mr. Jiang, congratulations on the success of your new film in Hong Kong again. ”

"On the one hand, I am here to get the RB distribution rights of your company's "Police Story", and on the other hand, I hope to reach a long-term cooperative relationship with Ranfeng Company and get the RB distribution rights of the films produced by Ranfeng Company. ”

After Jiang Ran heard Tanaka's words, he was not reserved because of Tanaka's active request, after all, this is also the interest appeal of Ran Feng, and if he wants to cooperate for a long time, there is no need to be false.

"Mr. Tanaka, I am very happy to be working with a large company with such a long history as Daiei, and we have already had a good cooperation in the past, and I believe that we can work together very happily in the future. ”

Jiang Wei on the side waited for Jiang Ran to finish speaking, and asked without waiting for Tanaka Jianren to speak: "Mr. Tanaka, I don't know how you want to cooperate?"

Kenren Tanaka glanced at Jiang Ran, saw him looking at himself with a smile on his face, and had to explain to Jiang Wei: "We hope to get the RB priority distribution right of the films produced by your company, and all the films of your company will be released in RB through the selection of the films by Daying, and then we will give an appropriate buyout price according to the quality of the films." ”

After listening to Tanaka's words, Jiang Wei frowned and asked, "Then what about the movies that your company didn't choose?"

After hearing Jiang Wei's words, Kenren Tanaka shrugged at Jiang Ran, and said helplessly: "Mr. Jiang, please forgive me for being straightforward, the viewing habits of each region are different, and it is impossible for me to bring back to RB movies that do not conform to the viewing habits of RB audiences." Moreover, your company cannot guarantee that every movie is a high-quality movie, and no one will release a movie that is too bad. ”

Tanaka Jianren's words were very polite, but Jiang Ran was not angry because of this. Because Kenhito Tanaka is telling the truth, there is a cost to distributing movies, and no one will release movies that can't make money.

Jiang Ran understood Tanaka Kenren's words, but the so-called butt determines the head, from Ran Feng's point of view, Dayei selected Ran Feng's high-quality film sources, leaving behind all movies of slightly worse quality.

The consequence of this operation is that it is even more difficult for the movies that Ran Feng is left over to be released. If they cooperate in the way of Kennin Tanaka, then Ran Feng will take all the risks, while Daiei can get a solid library of excellent film sources through the right to choose films without any risk.

Obviously, Jiang Ran would not agree to such cooperation, "Mr. Tanaka, the benefits of long-term cooperation must be based on the premise of sharing risks. ”

Tanaka Jianren also knew that his previous conditions were likely to be lower than what Ran Feng had agreed to, so after listening to Jiang Ran's words, he said, "Then what advice does Mr. Jiang have?"

Jiang Ran thought for a while and said, "We can give Daying the right to prioritize the selection and distribution of films, but Daying needs to ensure the number of Burning Feng films released in RB every year. Of course, we can negotiate the exact amount of this amount separately. ”