Chapter 29: "Nightclub" Released (Part I)
After nearly 20 days of hard work, Jiang Ran finally produced the post-production of "Nightclub", and when the film was completed, Jiang Ran held a test screening meeting within Ranfeng Film Company to collect everyone's opinions, in order to improve the film as much as possible before the official release of the film.
After the movie was screened, in the applause of everyone, Jiang Ran stood up and pressed down with both hands, signaling everyone to be quiet, and after everyone was quiet, Jiang Ran said with a serious face: " Ladies and gentlemen, today's test screening is conducted within our company, the purpose of which is to improve the film, I hope that everyone can uphold their own preferences in this process, not affected by other factors, put forward their own opinions, and then we will confirm the feasibility of each opinion through collective discussion, as long as it is good and beneficial to the improvement of the film, we will humbly adopt it, so I hope that everyone will be more critical and critical in this kind of internal viewing meeting. ”
Under the auspices of Jiang Ran, this company's internal film viewing meeting was generally good, and it played a certain role in the improvement of the film. After the internal test screening, Jiang Ran made some adjustments to the film according to some suggestions put forward by the company's employees at the film viewing meeting.
When Jiang Ran was making a second edit of the film, the distribution of the film was also carried out simultaneously. Burning Feng Film Company first contacted the ten theaters that screened "Ghost Horse Zhi Duo Xing" last time, and with the successful cooperation experience last time, these theater managers were much more active in the invitation of Burning Feng Film Company to watch the film this time than last time.
At the same time, Jiang Ran also contacted Li Maowen of the Golden Princess Cinema Line, and Jiang Ran invited Li Wenmao to have afternoon tea in a tea restaurant.
"Brother Wen, it's not easy to invite you out for tea. Jiang Ran first exchanged a few words with Li Maowen, and then said: "This time, I asked you to mention to you earlier that I am directing a movie, and now the movie is made." ”
"Ah Ran, you kid is really amazing, and now you really exported the movie yourself, how about the theater connection?" Li Maowen asked after taking a sip of tea.
Jiang Ran sat in front of Li Maowen and said with a proud face: "Brother Wen, don't make fun of me, it only takes one month for others to make a film, and it took me three or four months to make this and a movie, can this be compared?" After taking a breath, Jiang Ran continued: "As for the release, didn't I come to you, I don't know if Brother Wen can help?"
"Ah Ran, your company's movie must be no problem when it is released in Golden Princess, but you can't release it yourself every time, right? Li Maowen said with some embarrassment.
Jiang Ran sat in front of Li Maowen, pursed the corners of his mouth, and said with a smile: " Brother Wen, we are all acquaintances, let's not talk darkly, for the Golden Princess, the summer file and the New Year file must definitely be guaranteed, and you will definitely focus on the resources of these two schedules, and the rest of the other schedules, you can't take care of it completely, even if your resources can be taken into account, but the risk of the release of these schedule movies is relatively high, this is chicken ribs for you, so why not hand over the schedules that you can't take into account to our independent film company?"
"Ah Ran, what you said does make sense, but what you want is the right to publish. Li Maowen said calmly.
Jiang Ran said with a smile: "Brother Wen, first of all, let me say something big, if I want to give up the distribution rights, Golden Harvest and Shaw Brothers will release my movie; second, if you don't like to listen to it, if you get the movie released, if there is a sudden painting in the middle, what should I do? This kind of thing has not never happened." And I don't need you to be screened in theaters, so it basically won't affect your release of other movies. In addition, Brother Wen may also know that I only acquired "Tiantian Daily" a few months ago, and "Phantom of the East" magazine is also my industry, and in the future, the two of us can have a long-term cooperation in terms of publicity or artist exposure for the Golden Princess's movie. Jiang Ran directly pointed out his advantages in newspapers and magazines to increase his right to speak.
Li Maowen didn't answer Jiang Ran's words immediately, but lowered his head and pondered for a while, then raised his head and said to Jiang Ran: "Ah Ran, I'll think about this matter first, and I also want to discuss it with Mr. Lei." ”
"Okay, no problem, but Brother Wen, you have to give me an answer quickly. ”
After Li Maowen returned to Princess Jin, he thought of Jiang Ran's words in the afternoon, and went directly to Lei Juekun's company, "Awen, I heard that you went to see Jiang Ran in the afternoon, how did his movie go?"
Li Maowen said to Lei Juekun with a wry smile: "I don't know how the movie is, but he revealed his intention to cooperate with us for a long time, but he still doesn't let the distribution rights of the movie." ”
"Oh, this kid is so sure that we will definitely show his films, the last time was because we really didn't have a source at the time, but why did he make us give up the distribution interest for a long time. Lei Juekun said a little angrily.
He said that his film would not occupy a hot time and would not require the full line, and he was worried about problems such as the film being drawn in the middle of the film after he gave up Fang Xingquan. Of course, the most important thing is that Jiang Ran proposed that we could open up publicity channels on the "Oriental Charm" magazine and the "Tiantian Daily". Li Maowen explained to Lei Juekun a little helplessly.
"Hey, this kid has set up a big game, it turns out that the "Oriental Charm" magazine is also his industry, so he may have considered increasing his voice when he bought "Tiantian Daily" at that time!" Lei Juekun muttered to himself with some distraction.
After waiting for a while, Lei Juekun raised his head and asked Li Maowen, "Ah Wen, do you think Jiang Ran will pose a threat to our Golden Princess?"
"I think at least at this stage, Jiang Ran should have no intention of making efforts in the film market, otherwise he will not let Tsui Hark out, you must know that with Tsui Hark's ability and Jiang Ran's relationship, if they continue to cooperate, as long as there are a few successful movies, then they can completely pull up which scattered movie theaters to form a small theater chain. In addition, Ran Feng has no fixed behind-the-scenes now, and he has not signed actors, and their production cycle is relatively long, and the number of films they make every year is not much, so I don't think he is a threat to us now, but it is difficult to say in the future. But I don't think he has a direct conflict of interest with us as long as he doesn't get involved in the cinema business. Li Maowen had been thinking about this issue since he separated from Jiang Ran in the afternoon, so he replied immediately after hearing Lei Juekun's question.
Lei Juekun was pondering while tapping his hand on the table, and finally raised his head and said: "Jiang Ran, this kid is not a fuel-efficient lamp, and he is ambitious, although he needs to be careful, but as you just said, he has no conflict of interest with our Golden Princess now, our opponents are still Jiahe and Shao Brothers, and now Jiang Ran's propaganda channels are indeed useful to us." Ah Wen, you wait and call Jiang Ran back, just say that we promise to establish a long-term cooperative relationship with him. ”
"Okay, Mr. Ray. After listening to Lei Juekun's words, Li Maowen was a little worried while breathing a sigh of relief.
Jiang Ran does have a certain strength to talk to Princess Jin now, after all, Princess Jin needs the distribution channels of the Burning Feng audio-visual entity distribution company, and Jiang Ran's newspapers and magazines have a good influence in Hong Kong, which is also what Princess Jin needs, and Jiang Ran's last movie has made a name for himself in the Hong Kong film industry, so Li Maowen hopes to continue to maintain a good cooperative relationship with Jiang Ran.
At the same time, Li Maowen is worried that Jiang Ran will enter the cinema market after his strength grows, and the Hong Kong cinema market is already fiercely competitive, and I am afraid that when the time comes, I am afraid that Princess Jin will become a tiger because of Princess Jin's indulgence of Jiang Ran now.
However, since Lei Juekun had recently made up his mind, Li Maowen was no longer entangled, and called Jiang Ran directly after returning to his office.
"Ah Ran, I discussed with Mr. Lei just now, he very much agrees with deepening cooperation with your Ran Feng, in the future, your company's films can be released directly to Princess Jin, and the specific way is that we will continue the cooperation model of "Ghost Horse Zhi Duo Xing", what do you think?"