Well taught! Xiao Ran couldn't help but applaud a few times in his heart. If he had spoken to himself, it would obviously not be very convincing, but now that the two of them had spoken, it was impossible for others not to think about it.

The estimate of the mainland market is not a guess, but a precise calculation. At present, in the United States, about one billion people go to the movies every year, and this is because of the American economy.

The current economic situation of the mainland is far inferior to that of the United States, but one thing is absolutely the same. The viewing habits of American and Chinese audiences are very similar, and both use mainstream blockbusters as the first choice, which determines that it is easy to succeed at the box office.

Excluding the 800 million people living in the countryside, there are 300 to 400 million people living in the cities on the mainland. If the population of the town is subtracted, this base is believed to be as high as 200 million. And at least thirty percent of the young people in the 200 million population are the main force of the movie. Based on a fixed audience of 30 million, it is established to enter the cinema once a month, so that there will be at least 300 million viewers.

At present, the number of moviegoers in Hong Kong is only 30 to 40 million each year, and according to such figures, in fact, the mainland market is definitely promising. Moreover, let's not forget that after a few years of reform and opening up, more and more people from the countryside will flock to the cities, which means that they can attract more audiences.

Therefore, after careful investigation, Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling determined that as long as they can cooperate closely in cinemas and distribution, they can achieve the expected figures. The most important thing is that this move focuses on capturing the hearts of mainland audiences and determining the deep-rooted status of Hong Kong films.

Just thinking of this, Xiao Ran felt extremely distressed. The biggest advantage of going to Yenching this time is that he learned from the chief how to look at problems through the essence, and to look at himself with an open mind and perspective.

After getting this big change, he gradually realized that the focus of the future battle with Hollywood may still lie in the collision of Eastern and Western cultures. Because people have been lost in the past few years of reform and opening up, ignoring their own culture, and instead admiring Western and Hollywood culture, this is a headache for Xiao Ran.

If you can't solve this, you definitely can't beat Hollywood...... Just thinking about it, I suddenly heard Lei Kaitai wave his hand with an impassioned face and said loudly: "I want to make money, so I agree to cooperate with the mainland." ”

Li Xingguo actually didn't hesitate too much, he mainly did video distribution, if he can get the mainland market, this is definitely better than local distribution and sales. Moreover, it's just cooperation, and it's not fatal.

There are many people who have such thoughts about him, and at this time, Jiang Shang of Yindu coughed, stood up and glanced at Zhou Zhou and said with a smile: "Actually, I shouldn't be talking at this time, but I really want to say something." I know what you're worried about, but if you look at Yindu and the Great Wall and Phoenix before it, they have been developing steadily in Hong Kong. I think this is enough to prove that the central government attaches great importance to the film industry. ”

Jiang Shang's words made people's hearts move, whether they attach importance to the film industry, in fact, it is not very important. However, the distribution of Yindu in the mainland has always been a little envious of them, although the envy of many production companies here has been slightly reduced because of the Phantom and the mainland's connection to the mainland, but this is obviously an absolute financial route.

At the moment, everyone basically didn't have any questions, just asked about the specific situation in a happy mood. Xiao Ran smiled, the situation in front of him was exactly what he wanted to see, cleared his throat and said, "The chief asked me to tell you that film is an art that needs to be created by each of us. Of course, the mainland will try its best to provide us with policies. In the next two or three years, the censorship system and distribution will be gradually liberalized, so that Hong Kong-made films can enjoy the treatment of domestic films, and fully support Hong Kong to become the Hollywood of the East! ”

"In fact, it is not only limited to movies, the mainland has always liked to regard Hong Kong as one of the windows to the outside world. In a sense, we can lead by example. Xiao Ran glanced around with a smile and fixed his gaze on Fang Yihua: "This is the case in the cultural industry, I think Sister Fang should not be opposed to cooperating with the mainland!" ”

Fang Yihua is not only the confidant of Old Man Shao, but also his most powerful assistant. If there is no Fang Yihua, I am afraid that wireless may not be able to easily achieve hegemony in history, and at present, it may not be able to resist ATV, which is popular in all kinds of programs and TV series.

Fang Yihua nodded without thinking, she had thought through it just now. Old Man Shao himself is a pro-mainland figure, which is well known, and of course he will not oppose such conditions.

Quietly listening to the statements of the participants, Xiao Ran gradually fell into hard thought. Now the four giants, except for Phantom, which has a complete distribution network in Europe and Asia, Lei Kaitai and Yang Qi are very resolute, and Southeast Asia has been successfully won except for Yuben, which has not been able to get full entry. Pandey, on the other hand, is a little slower, but it's also a work in progress.

The Metropolis originally had a certain distribution power, but unfortunately it was beyond the reach of the whip, and it only inherited the incomplete industry of Shaw Brothers, and it invested in the production of no more than five or six films every year, which was relatively inferior. As for companies such as Meiya, they mainly collect scattered films.

The current situation is that the Phantom takes the lead, and the three major companies follow closely behind, basically forming the pattern that Xiao Ran needs. In addition to the Phantom, the distribution methods of the three major companies are different from the Phantom.

Phantom is a very efficient means of distribution by directly acquiring theaters around the world and negotiating with other theaters to obtain agency rights. The three major companies only got the agency rights in most regions, although they had to give up negotiating with the Phantom's theater chains in various places because they were afraid of the Phantom's growth, but many times they still had to distribute it through the Phantom.

Xiao Ran's investment in Debao and Tianluo was very vicious, forcing them to grow. Otherwise, if you can't pay back the money in the future, then these two companies belong to the Phantom. Or if there is no gold yet, then the phantom has a reason to have an excuse to annex some of the industries of Debao and Tianluo.

This is the reason why Yang Qi and Pan Disheng hesitated for a long time in the face of such a good thing, if Xiao Ran really planned to deal with Debao and Tianluo, these billions would become the biggest help. As long as Xiao Ran can arrange it properly, it will not be difficult to take down or even destroy these two companies.

Yang Qi and Pan Disheng can naturally see this, but they have no choice for development. Besides, they themselves had no intention of becoming enemies of Xiao Ran, so even if they saw through this, they had nothing to complain about. Originally, Xiao Ran paid for their development, and the profits of the two companies were of course to share the part that complemented the equity. It's just a little risk, but Xiao Ran also gave a good discount on other conditions, and it's definitely worth it.

Regardless of the fact that Yang Qi and Pan Disheng originally planned to take Xiao Ran as the leader, even if they wanted to deal with the phantom, it would be difficult for Debao and Tianluo to do it. Xiao Ran's move is an indirect reason behind the alliance between himself and the two major companies that no one dares to violate. Of course, the Phantom does not interfere in the operation of the two companies, and Xiao Ran's control is based on the overall situation, rather than doing everything himself.

After the meeting, the three giants caught up with Xiao Ran, and Yang Qi glanced at them in the elevator with a tacit understanding, and then asked, "Ah Ran, what are your plans?" ”

What are you going to do? Xiao Ran glanced at San, who was smiling weirdly, and then suddenly realized. They were referring to how to develop on the mainland, and he couldn't help but smile lightly: "It's very simple, what you do in Hong Kong, you can do it in the mainland, as long as the policy allows." ”

When the three of them were stunned, Xiao Ran laughed and left the elevator. Don't look at him smiling happily right now, but thinking about something else. The mainland's support for Hong Kong films is definitely not limited to the market, but also a breakthrough in the subject matter.

Two years ago, he must have discussed this matter with Wei Dongling, but now Wei Dongling is dealing with more important business, how can he have time to manage movies. Now Xiao Ran is in charge of the film, and it is also his own specialty, and he can give full play to his ability in this regard.

Back at home, Xiao Han hadn't come back yet, which made Xiao Ran breathe a sigh of relief, he didn't want to be disturbed while thinking about things. On the balcony, Xiao Ran lay on an antique rattan chair, looking at the greenery around the house, enjoying the sea breeze, and falling into deep thought.

The subject matter is indeed a very important thing, throughout the history of Hong Kong films, there have always been few science fiction and historical films, and war films do not exist, perhaps "Bloody Street" can barely be regarded as the only war film in Hong Kong.

However, Hong Kong screenwriters and even Hong Kong directors and other filmmakers are definitely not good at creating films with very large scenes. It's okay for the director and others to say, after all, they can be cultivated, and not all of them can't control the big scenes.

The center of the problem is that Hong Kong screenwriters may not be able to write that kind of atmospheric theme, whether it is history or war and other themes. This is not due to the lack of quality of talents, but to Hong Kong's own geography and mentality.

Hong Kong people look down on the mainland, but they don't like the British either, and they feel very selfish. For them to write about history and war, it would be self-defeating. However, without a script, there is nothing. Xiao Ran thought that he might have to find a way to get some excellent screenwriters in the mainland.

One of his biggest gains from going to Yanjing was no longer the deal finalized by the assistant sent by Wei Dongling, but the assurance he received from the chief. The chief assured him that after the 97th Century, Hong Kong-made films would be able to get any treatment from domestic films.

Moreover, judging from the tone of the chief, it is obvious that Hong Kong films are regarded as the forerunners of Chinese-language films. This is definitely a good signal, which proves that Xiao Ran's previous guess was correct, the political axe has indeed always intended to support Hong Kong-made films, but it is very likely that the Hong Kong film industry has repeatedly used films to attack the mainland, and deliberately smeared them before deciding to erase them.

In fact, there is nothing to prove this, and pulling Hong Kong movies in your hands is definitely a good thing for the mainland's political axe. In addition, Xiao Ran believes that the key is the censorship system, and the chief promised that the censorship system will be gradually opened up to give the film industry a free and relaxed creative space.

Xiao Ran has always believed that opening up censorship is an impossible task, and it is well known that the mainland's control of such mouthpieces is controlled by the film bureau and censorship.

And the chief is indeed the only national leader who can be called a great man after the founding of the People's Republic of China, except for the chairman and the prime minister, and under the detailed explanation of Xiao Ran, who definitely has a deep understanding of the cruelty of censorship, the chief quickly agreed with Xiao Ran's opinion.

That is, the commercialization of films is inevitable and the only way to generate competitiveness. Since it is to be commercialized, the creative space absolutely needs to be relaxed. The chief promised that after the Ninth Seventh Month, the censorship system would be basically opened up to achieve the effect of public opinion supervision in another sense.

Of course, there is also a bottom line for this, that is, the party and the state must never be attacked. Even so, this has already made Xiao Ran extremely excited. In this way, there is no need to worry about creativity being strangled. Moreover, the chief agreed to use Hong Kong as the base and pioneer of Chinese-language films, and gave some preferential policies, and the gain from entering Beijing this time was definitely his biggest gain.

Ninety-seven, he began to look forward to the day when the whole world celebrated! Before that, though, he wanted to examine what he had done wrong before. First, he obviously underestimated Hollywood movies, and now although Hong Kong films occupy a major position in Southeast Asia, they have not been able to completely shake Hollywood's existence. The future war with Hollywood, he thought he needed to reimagine.

Second, he was too conservative. The Phantom has tens of billions of dollars in cash and doesn't invest it, which is a stupid idea. Wei Dongling had talked to him about this before, but Xiao Ran knew that many companies collapsed because of too fast expansion and lack of funds, so they refused to invest a lot of money. He thought he would be able to improve on this.

The third is that after he semi-monopolized the Hong Kong film industry, even though he was still the same when he was with his friends, he couldn't help but be a little domineering and arrogant when dealing with other film companies. Benevolence is indispensable, but it is absolutely indispensable. In the past, because he needed to establish his prestige, he needed the means to establish his prestige, but now he should face other companies with a more peaceful and reciprocal attitude.

What a mentality! Xiao Ran had to admit that he was a little carried away at some point. And, because of the change of history, he also became a hurry. The most important thing now is not to rush to war with Hollywood, but to expand the market for phantoms and Hong Kong films. Moreover, he thinks that his deliberate practice of supporting other companies is actually a bit of a sprout, giving an example, and naturally countless people will follow, which is better than supporting companies that have no combat effectiveness.

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