It is indeed lost to his own people, and in the Spring Festival New Year war, the box office of Debao's "Rich and Powerful" is far inferior to that of Xinyicheng and Golden Harvest. And the next period of time was still better, but it still lost a lot at the box office because of the strong competition between Haile and Golden Harvest.

Earlier, Shaw Brothers did not allow him to lease the cinema chain to Golden Harvest and Haile. But the Golden Princess Cinema Line can cooperate with the Golden Harvest Cinema Line, why should thirty or forty movie theaters fight with more than 100 people? It's like the Phantom of the Chinese New Year file "Happy Family" was defeated by the 160 theaters after the four major theaters joined forces, not in the quality of the film.

Now that Tianluo's Yonggao and Golden Harvest and Golden Princess are united, Debao has been excluded because of the Shaw Brothers' ban, resulting in a one-on-one situation in the entire market. Even the blind know that this is definitely a loss, and the typical box office of "Kung Fu" is 60 million, which is nothing more than because all theaters in Hong Kong have been released, so it broke the record.

On top of that, Pan Disheng had grown to despair of Fang Ruohaiti's overseas distribution plans, especially after learning that Haile Group had won the distribution rights in several regions and countries. It is very clear that he is already a big step behind Phantom and Golden Harvest, as well as Haile Group.

Therefore, he needs an ally, Xiao Ran is obviously a good object, and there is a faint meaning in Xiao Ran's tone. He had no choice, but after weighing his interests, he called Xiao Ran: "Ah Ran, you guessed it, Fang Ruohai did agree to overseas distribution." ”

Xiao Ran's figure paused slightly, and turned around with a smile, he really guessed correctly, Debao's need for allies was far greater than the Phantom's. Turning around and sitting down on the sofa, he looked at Pan Dey leisurely and said in a deep voice: "It is impossible for him to give you overseas distribution, and the Haisen Group will not give him another son." Haile Group developed too vigorously in the early stage, and now there is not much money left in hand to acquire overseas distribution companies. This is a lie from beginning to end. ”

Pan Dee smiled bitterly, complaining that he and Jiahe were greedy. After talking about this matter carefully, Xiao Ran learned that Fang Ruohai not only agreed to overseas issuance, but also promised each company to raise 100 million Hong Kong dollars, so he got this admission ticket.

Xiao Ran was a little impressed, Fang Ruohai made it clear that he would lose hundreds of millions to the three major companies, so as to buy admission tickets. Although he may not be able to lose much by raising hundreds of millions, he still has to admit that he has done it very boldly.

"I'm so embarrassed about what happened before!" Pan Disheng stared at Xiao Ran, with a slight look of embarrassment on his face. Doing movies is also doing business, and it is also necessary to pay attention to credit, and when they sold Xiao Ran together with several major companies, this is really not a good thing to say.

Xiao Ran smiled and shook his hand, businessmen pay attention to interests, and if they don't talk about interests, they can't talk about feelings. After thinking about it, Xiao Ran told Pan Disheng very simply: "Ah Sheng, if Debao continues like this, sooner or later it will be reduced to a production company." Why don't you get involved in distribution? I think it's probably worth trying. ”

Pan Desheng was immediately stunned, as he had thought before, businessmen were talking about profits. But Xiao Ran told him so frankly and honestly that he was going to do publishing, which meant that Debao was going to compete with the Phantom for a job, which made him understand.

Of course he didn't understand, Xiao Ran had determined a long time ago that he wanted not only the Phantom movie empire, but also the Hong Kong film empire. It is impossible for a large empire to have only one pillar, so when the Phantom is about to become a pillar, he will need to find and oversee the creation of other pillars for the empire.

Otherwise, even if the Phantom becomes a global film company and monopolizes the world, so what? Look at Hollywood, it's the seven companies that are the pillars. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for Hong Kong or Chinese-language films to rely only on phantoms.

Of course, he can cultivate competitors for himself by doing this, but he can also contribute to market development. The most important thing is that no matter how big the Phantom develops, its power is limited, and it always needs other companies to cooperate in order to complete the dream dynasty. Besides, he is confident enough that no one can stop the Phantom's momentum.

Pan Disheng didn't understand Xiao Ran's practice of being naked for his own interests, but he didn't doubt Xiao Ran's sincerity, and hesitated for a moment before saying, "Actually, I've been thinking about this all along. If the distribution business is to be developed, then Debao will definitely not have enough funds now. As a result, I would have to sell my main business and get money out of the business. ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Ran had already vaguely understood what Pan Disheng meant. Pan Disheng is afraid that all the funds will be trapped in the movie, and he has little confidence in the future of Hong Kong films. Knowing this, he could only secretly sigh to himself, sometimes it is not a good thing to see too thoroughly.

"Don't talk about that, how do you want us to work together?" Pan Disheng is obviously not particularly confident, after all, the power over there is stronger: "What are the specific aspects? ”

"It's simple, just as we said before!" Xiao Ran smiled slightly, he thought about this very clearly: "We will unite our theaters and give them three companies a hard slap during the summer vacation." I've prepared two blockbusters, I wonder how you're doing now? ”

"Now I have prepared two films, I believe I can play a role in the summer vacation!" Pandey laughed, it seems that everyone regards the upcoming summer vacation as a strength competition.

The next day, it was the test screening of "Dark Flower", which was a very important film. Maybe other people don't know how important this film is, but Xiao Ran knows very well that his "Dark Flower" and "Spy Change" will change the current rough production of Hong Kong films, and he wants to use these two films to tell the film companies in Hong Kong some different shooting methods and business operation methods.

Therefore, this time he is going to enjoy the test screening in person, and he doesn't know if the audience will be able to accept this extremely strong film genre. However, he still had something to do during the day, so he first went to visit Lin Qingxia's class, Lin Qingxia starred in another action scene.

Around noon, he went to see Li Jiaxin after eating. Recently, the Hong Kong sister election has just begun, and Xiao Ran immediately thought of Li Jiaxin, who was praised as the most beautiful Hong Kong sister in the past. Although she has always been a famous vase, Xiao Ran thinks that as long as she can get her hands on it, she must be able to teach it well.

Li Jiaxin was confused, she didn't know why the secretary of the most famous diamond king in Hong Kong called her to make an appointment. However, at first, she thought that Xiao Ran was planning to pursue her, but when she saw Xiao Ran, she knew that her conjecture was completely wrong.

Because Xiao Ran looked at her with no other thoughts than appreciation for beauty, and his eyes were very clear. Xiao Ran looked at the most beautiful Hong Kong sister, and couldn't help but secretly sigh in her heart, it is indeed incredibly beautiful, two points more beautiful than on the screen, but Xiao Ran still feels that she is not as good as Lin Qingxia.

"Miss Li, do you think you can win the championship?" Xiao Ran smiled and leaned comfortably on the back of the chair: "However, I think it's a pity that with your appearance, you won't enter the entertainment industry." It's better to join the Phantom Company like this. ”

It's straightforward enough! Li Jiaxin secretly thought that she naturally didn't know that Xiao Ran was a busy person now. For this kind of thing that has nothing to do with business, it naturally won't be involved for a long time, otherwise, if he has this time, he might as well find a screenwriting team to write a few scripts.

Li Jiaxin's eyes showed joy, and he was even more secretly proud. When other candidates who are still running for Miss Hong Kong are still intriguing, she was able to sign a contract with a big company like Phantom, which is really a thing that is definitely worthy of praise.

Xiao Ran looked at Li Jiaxin with a faint smile, this is indeed a beautiful woman, but unfortunately her fate is really a bit tragic, and she has been played with many times. He wanted to sign Li Jiaxin, firstly because of his appearance, and secondly, because he didn't want to see such a stunning beauty fall into a miserable situation.

I didn't say much at the moment, just told Li Jiaxin to go to the Phantom Headquarters tomorrow to sign the contract. However, signing a contract does not mean that there will be a show immediately, Xiao Ran does not want such a vase to come out again, so the necessary artist training is indispensable.

In the evening, it was the test screening of "Dark Flower", and Xiao Ran and Fa Ge, Su Renyao and Feng Feier all came. Su Renyao is actually quite similar to Liu Qingyun in temperament, but has a different taste. And Feng Fei'er is certainly a supporting role this time, but she is still a little nervous.

I have to admit that the Best Actor and Best Director at Cannes are still somewhat charming, at least the test screening is full, but I don't know how it will work. For this test screening, Xiao Ran invited all the current famous film critics.

Don't underestimate the role of film reviews, according to surveys, film reviews can have a good effect on the box office. Whether it's a strong lashout or a compliment, it can have the same effect. So, it's obviously a good use as well.

"Dark Flower" was bought out by China Film for the first round of screening rights in the mainland, which is said to be able to promote capitalism [***] and so on, but the price is not very high. Xiao Ran doesn't care about this, just think of it as half buying and half giving away, anyway, the key at present is to cultivate the market, not to start the harvest in a hurry.

is still the logo that is as beautifully crafted as the opening credits of the seven major Hollywood companies, and the first subtitles to come out are Xiao Ran's works, followed by "Producer Xiao Ran". The distributor is not necessarily the producer, the producer must be the film company involved in the investment, but in general, the producer is mostly the distributor.

As the boss of the Phantom, Xiao Ran naturally became the producer, and this Golden Harvest film is the same as the name of Zou Wenhuai or He Guanchang in the producer. To put it simply, if the Phantom is the producer of this film, it means that the copyright of the film is in the hands of the Phantom.

A car in the darkness of the screen is speeding away, and the subtitles are constantly changing. It wasn't until Fa Ge's narration: "An old man who hasn't returned to Macao for many years ......" that the title of the film came out - "Dark Flower".

The stories of the film are intersecting with each other, Fa Ge pushed the door into the restaurant, and at a glance he saw the guy who tried to take the dark flower. Walking over is a beating, and the tone of indifference as if there is no surname makes people feel strange.

When the audience saw Fa Ge smashing that guy's hand expressionlessly, this scene was so naked without any embellishment. Even came so suddenly, so that every audience was startled, and the outcry of exclamation sounded again and again in the venue.

The camera stripped off Fa Ge and followed Su Renyao closely. The picture is clear but gives people a cold feeling, looking at Su Renyao's silent movements, some viewers were a little patient at first, and when they were feeling bored, the plot finally came out again.

The plot of the film advances quite quickly, but for the audience, it seems to be a little understandable. They couldn't understand why all this was happening, and they couldn't understand what that Su Renyao's character was doing. In doubt, they are looking forward to **!

Xiao Ran is completely immersed in the world he has created, and in his opinion, this is a very wonderful film. Su Renyao's performance is quite good, but the other chess piece played by Feng Fei'er is really wonderful. Especially when she pretends to be pitiful and confused in the police station, that's really interesting, Xiao Ran even thinks that the best newcomer tomorrow is none other than Feng Fei'er.

This is a film that goes off the beaten path, strange and weird, as mysterious as a black pearl. Now Xiao Ran feels like a god, he knows that he feels very clearly that he controls the film and controls the life and death of everyone on the screen.

He thought he really understood how You Zhi and Du Qifeng felt when they created this type of film, and it was an incomparable pleasure. When you see the characters on the screen changing identities and roles according to your needs, indulging in their intrigues and counter-conspiracies in traps and counter-traps, that feeling may only be possessed by God's creation.

He understands all the more why he wants to play tricks on the plot, because he experiences that when the viewer is self-righteous and misled in the wrong direction, he then reverses it all with a small but incontrovertible piece of evidence. He knew that this was the extreme pleasure of playing with the audience in the palm of his hand.

At first, the audience's impatience gradually became nervous as the plot progressed, and they didn't even dare to take a big breath, for fear that it would disturb the screen, as if they were afraid that they would miss the excitement after taking a breath. On screen, it's as if they're caught up in one conspiracy after another.

Countless mysteries surrounded them, filled their minds, and they began to think like a fat brother on the screen, trying to find clues in the unrelated clues. The moment they saw what happened to Fa Ge and George, they knew that they had been tricked, and their hearts seemed to be clenched by Xiao Ran's demonic hand stretched out with a grin, and everything was completely different from what they imagined.

By the second half of the film, everyone was overwhelmed by the grim vibe. Xiao Ran stared at the big screen, this film made him feel extremely good, who said that classics can't be copied, as long as there is enough control, everything can be copied.

However, it is doubtful whether this film with a very peculiar style will be accepted by the audience, at least until the film is completed, no one knows......

*****

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