One of the exciting things about Hong Kong films includes the sharpness and passion, and the brainstorming scenes can be seen everywhere. Xiao Ran didn't want the characteristics of Hong Kong films to be destroyed in his own hands, so he didn't use Hollywood's almost assembly-line-like script production method.

It's like when Gan Xingfan is supplementing the script, if he has any inspiration, he can naturally add it to the script, but he is absolutely not allowed to delete the reading power. Xiao Ran did this to ensure that the sharpness and talent of the screenwriters would not be worn off.

Gan Xingfan is the oldest screenwriter signed by Phantom, forty years old. However, he can be regarded as an example of living to learn from the old, although his previous education was not very good, but he has always often gone to night school, but as a result, the person is older, and this anger accumulates more and more.

Gan Xingfan was just an ordinary drama before, and now being able to become the contracted screenwriter of Phantom is already a leap in identity and income. He and the other companions were very grateful to Xiao Ran, if Xiao Ran hadn't lifted them up, he was afraid that his talent would be annihilated.

In the past, he was a neglected drama worker, running around behind the producer's ass like a handyman all day long. And now, who in the screenwriters doesn't respect him a little, it's not him who hasn't had a work yet, but the title of Phantom's contracted screenwriter.

So Gan Xingfan is very grateful to Xiao Ran, he has only been in the Phantom for three or four months, and he has already handed in three scripts. After Wei Jiahui reviewed it, he showed two of them to Xiao Ran. After Xiao Ran read it, he went to Gan Xingfan to talk about it, and one of the screenwriter's dogmas that made Gan Xingfan a motto was: "Creation is not speed, it takes ten years to perfect the book, I won't spend only nine years." ”

Xiao Ran said this at the time, just to tell Gan Xingfan that speed doesn't matter, the key is the quality of the script. Gan Xingfan understood what Xiao Ran meant, and regarded this sentence as a motto in his screenwriting career. At present, Gan Xingfan is creating a science fiction book, and he hopes to express his gratitude with his greatest strength.

Now Xiao Ran, the No. 1 screenwriter in Hong Kong, has taken a fancy to him and wants him to add, thinking of this, Gan Xingfan's emotions can't be suppressed. took the thick book in Xiao Ran's hand, and there were two big characters written on the cover - "Spy Change".

After flipping through it slightly, the more he looked at it, the more frightened he became, he couldn't imagine how such an idea could be thought of by Xiao Ran. But if you think about it carefully, Xiao Ran is the first screenwriter in Hong Kong, which gives him an explanation. He nodded to Xiao Ran firmly: "Brother Ran, don't worry, you will definitely be able to hand over an episode in a month!" ”

Xiao Ran immediately put his mind at ease, the other slow revisions don't matter, this first episode must be launched this year. Therefore, it is a good choice to be able to make it as soon as possible, and then prepare for the release during the summer vacation.

When Gan Xingfan went out, Xiao Ran beckoned to Wei Jiahui, and sat down on the long and oval conference table together, his movements were very skillful, as if he was doing this often. Xiao Ran showed a relaxed smile, Wei Jiahui is definitely half of his master as a screenwriter, and now he is a good friend, of course, he can laugh and laugh: "Xiaobao, when will your book come out?" ”

Wei Jiahui blushed all of a sudden, Xiao Ran said some time ago that he could give them a chance to direct. But when he thought about it, he always felt that he had too many ideas, but he didn't know what theme to choose for a while. He hesitated for a moment before saying, "I did write a book, but are you sure you want me to direct?" ”

"What's not to do then!" Xiao Ran suddenly laughed and said, if Wei Jiahui is not a director, it will be a pity. took the script handed over by Wei Jiahui, Xiao Ran's eyes froze as soon as he touched the content, this script was "Peace Hotel".

There is some history that really can't be changed! Xiao Ran secretly sighed, "Peace Hotel" can be called a classic, but unfortunately it finally fell at the box office. Wei Jiahui was very depressed because of the failure of this film, and as a result, he met his friend Du Qifeng, who was on TV in his early years, which coincided with Adu's self-reflection period. The two talked about the ideal of the movie, hit it off, and brought in the investment to found the famous galaxy.

Seeing Xiao Ran's expression frozen, Wei Jiahui immediately thought of something not very good. In fact, he is still very confident in his script, but he still thinks that only what is affirmed by Xiao Ran is a good book. Speaking of which, he was the first screenwriter to become friends with Xiao Ran, and he knew Xiao Ran's "talent" best, so he naturally admired this unfathomable guy more and more.

Of course, Xiao Ran has no opinion on this script, but the problem is that he knows very well how bleak the box office of this film is, and he failed to win the award. Whether this play will be open or not, these two opinions are entangled in his head.

He thinks he really understands why film companies always only pursue the box office, he is the boss now, and he knows better than anyone that the box office means the company's profits. In Hollywood, even if two blockbusters are made in a year, they may not be able to make up for five such loss-making films.

However, there is clearly no such concern in Hong Kong. The investment is low, but the return is large, even if the loss is only small. Thinking of this, Xiao Ran was taken aback, didn't he want to support Hong Kong films, now is obviously a good opportunity to give the audience more choices.

Even if you lose money, as long as you can open the way for the development of Hong Kong films, it is definitely worth it. It's like the success of "Infernal Affairs" is not only because of the good filming, but also because Galaxy Imaging opened the road a few years ago, which made people pay attention to the important surname of the script, which was a great success that year.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran had already made up his mind, and it was because of publicity and various reasons that he failed miserably. Now the Phantom has a marketing department, although it is not very strong, but if it is combined, it can still play a great effect. raised his head and looked at Wei Jiahui, and hung him with a smile for a long time before saying, "When do you want to start the play?" ”

"Damn, you're kidding me again!" Wei Jiahui didn't know when he learned this super-era mantra from Xiao Ran, and gave Xiao Ran a hard beating: "I thought the script couldn't pass!" ”

Xiao Ran laughed, but he was thinking about what to do with this matter. He must be a producer himself, otherwise he will be worried that Wei Jiahui's debut film will get out of control so many years in advance: "Who do you want to star?" ”

"It doesn't matter!" Wei Jiahui shrugged his shoulders, he didn't think that he, a "director" with no name, could get any big stars: "Anyway, it's an experimental work, practice yourself first, as long as you're not afraid of losing money." ”

Xiao Ran smiled, it was not his idea to be afraid of losing money. It's not covered, as long as the company can produce five blockbusters like "God of Gamblers" every year, it is enough to help many newcomers get to the top, and there can also be a huge surplus: "By the way, did the script of "Ghost School" find someone to do it? ”

Wei Jiahui nodded emphatically, he is now a script reviewer, and he is also the head of the screenwriting team, so he has a better understanding of the abilities of the team members. Therefore, it is obviously not difficult to arrange such a thing: "This time it is Zou Jingcai who does it, he is better at this, and I think this style should be more unified!" ”

While chatting, Yu Jiayu pushed the door in and saw Xiao Ran and Wei Jiahui looking like this, and almost laughed. Fortunately, he tried his best to restrain this emotion, and came to Xiao Ran and said, "Mr. Xiao, "Dark Flower" has been prepared, when will it start?" ”

took over the team chosen by Yu Jiayu, and the more Xiao Ran looked at it, the more he nodded and praised Yu Jiayu's ability to do things, and he was a qualified and excellent producer. This time, the starring role is still Zhou Yanfa, but the other protagonist made Xiao Ran hesitate for a long time, whether to choose Ren Dahua or Su Renyao.

Ren Dahua is an excellent actor, who became popular in one fell swoop because of his starring role in "Hong Kong Dancing Man", and has been starring in some tertiary films since then. Some of the more famous ones are "** Lamb" and "Doctor Lamb" and so on. Xiao Ran has always felt that Ren Dahua wasted the most youthful part of his life in tertiary films, and now that he has such a good opportunity, he really wants Ren Dahua to play the role of Yaodong.

But after hesitating for a long time, Xiao Ran still decided to join forces with Su Renyao and Fa Ge. And Ren Dahua is not without filming, because he has the permission of the company, he often performs in the films of other production companies.

In fact, Ren Dahua was mixed in the film industry as early as the 80s, such as the early "Burning the Piano" and "Night Terror" are good films, but unfortunately they have not become popular. For Ren Dahua, Xiao Ran is not without arrangements, he plans to let Ren Lai star in a film about mercenaries. Now it seems that he may not be able to play it in "Spy Change".

In any case, in 1988, Phantom had to start filming and invest in a lot of films, otherwise it would not be able to satisfy the many filmmakers signed by the company. In these films, there must be a place for Ren Dahua.

After a while, Wei Jiahui, who was familiar with Xiao Ran, was stabbed a few times angrily, and Xiao Ran returned to Fang Cai's train of thought and continued to browse the team behind the scenes. The director, producer and screenwriter are all Xiao Ran, starring Zhou Yunfa and Su Renyao, and there is also a supporting actress Feng Feier.

As for some of the other supporting roles in the film, such as the two characters of Brother Kei and Brother George, Xiao Ran once considered choosing two unknown middle-aged actors. These two middle-aged actors can be remembered at a glance in terms of appearance, and they are a little more subtle than actors like Cheng Ji'an and Huang Guangliang, who feel very evil at first glance.

Regarding the editor, Xiao Ran considered Mai Zishan, who is especially good at action scenes. However, the editor and the director must have a tacit understanding in order to cut the effect that the director wants, which is recognized in the film industry.

And "Dark Flower" is a bit like a cultmovie, the so-called cult can be translated as the word cult, and when used in movies, it means that a film is very weird and very alternative, and it is very charming to read, with a small number of die-hard admirers.

In fact, "Dark Flower" is not a cult film, but rather a style film, showing an intense and alternative thing. With such an effect, Xiao Ran can only achieve the best effect with the editor who has some tacit understanding with him. Therefore, he chose Zhang Yaozong.

In terms of soundtracks, Xiao Ran has the most choices. Huang Zhan and Dai Le made "A Chinese Ghost Story" for the Phantom, while Lu Guanting successively made the soundtracks for "Autumn Fairy Tale" and "Prison Storm" for the Phantom. However, Xiao Ran still chose Lin Yundao, he wanted to give this talented young man more opportunities.

In terms of action direction, Xiao Ran found Guan Xin very insidiously, and it was definitely no problem for him to use Guan Xin's ability to do this position. But Xiao Ran still found a few assistants for Guan Xin, not so much assistants, but rather a guy who stole the teacher.

The photographer is naturally Huang Yongheng, a top person who is especially good at action movies, if it is other films that do not pay much attention to photography, Xiao Ran must find Huang Letai. Through Huang Letai, you can get to know his disciple Ao Zhijun, and then through Ao Zai, you can get to know his disciple - Liu Weiqiang, the director of "Infernal Affairs".

Modeling design and art director, Xiao Ran found Zhang Shuping. Xiao Ran didn't dare to say that this was the strongest behind-the-scenes lineup in Hong Kong, but it was already the strongest lineup of the Phantom. The only regret is that the budget is not too high, only five million, and it is difficult for Xiao Ran to promote it in the name of production.

Xiao Ran knows very well that the two films he directed before have achieved great results, but they are still considered by the vast majority of industry insiders to be good enough because the script is good enough. He needs such a fully stylized film to establish himself in the directorial world, and he wants to be a real director, at least until the Phantom currently lacks a directorial pillar.

At least Wei Dongling has the same opinion as Xiao Ran on this point, and now he is complaining to Xiao Ran: "When you leave, you don't know how long you will go, and you always leave me with all the affairs." I'm starting to wonder if you're lazy, by the way, what are you going to do with your finances? ”

The finance Wei Dongling refers to is expenditure, and each expenditure of more than 10 million yuan needs to be signed by Xiao Ran. Xiao Ran smiled, he had long wanted to visit the king of Macau, Mr. He, but he never had the opportunity: "What's the financial problem, oh, I remember." You're referring to the plan to buy magazines proposed by Tang Yan, right? Just give me a call when you need me to sign. ”

Film is a kind of cultural entertainment, and it can never be supported by other similar industries. At Wei Dongling's suggestion, Xiao Ran agreed to the proposal to buy a magazine, and sometimes it is not enough to make movies alone, but also to control enough publicity channels.

If the Phantom then has a TV station and an online platform, then the prototype of an entertainment empire will basically take shape. However, it is also difficult for Xiao Ran to imagine the speed of the development of the Phantom Company, if it is at this speed, it will be able to dominate the Hong Kong film industry in three years at most. When the time comes, we will stabilize and gradually expand the Asian market, and simultaneously attack the European and American markets, and I am afraid that everything will be possible at that time.

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The title of the novel - Mai Zishan

Realistic name - Mai Zishan

Mak Tsz Shin is one of the four most famous scissorhands in Hong Kong, that is, one of the four major editors. He worked with Tsui Hark especially in the ** 10s, with a sharp style, good at martial arts films and action movies, and almost a classic, and won the Academy Award for Best Editing. In recent years, Mai Zishan has been disappointed in the market, and it is difficult for him to receive works that suit his heart, and he has repeatedly gone into battle as a director. It's just that he obviously doesn't have the talent to be a director. is the editing in "Black and White Battlefield", especially the ** chase scene, which is particularly fluent! It deserves to be one of the four scissorhands!

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