On December 14th, the Phantom hosted a banquet in Shangglari as part of the company's anniversary celebration. For this banquet, the company spent nearly a million, which can be said to be without effort. On this day, all the contracted filmmakers of the Phantom Company came, as well as all the employees of the company.

In the gorgeously decorated lobby, gathered under a temporary stage, looking at Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling on the stage, and looking at the black crowd under the stage, Xiao Ran smiled with satisfaction, cleared his throat and said: "This month is the first anniversary of the company's establishment. Of course, also for the purpose of saving money......"

Speaking of this, the audience burst into laughter. Xiao Ran continued with a smile on his face: "So, I simply decided to hold this banquet this year to celebrate the company's outstanding achievements this year. It also indirectly saved the money for the New Year's Day banquet, how worth it! ”

Xiao Ran's tone was obviously ridiculing, causing the audience to laugh. Glancing at the audience, Xiao Ran's smile suddenly receded like a tide, and he said solemnly: "We were able to achieve this result this year, which is the result of everyone's concerted efforts, and I hope we can do better next year." The company just started this year, so we couldn't assign jobs to everyone, but I promise that everyone will have jobs next year. Of course, don't forget that the Phantom only does the best, only the best! ”

"We are the best, and what we do is the best!" The audience didn't know who shouted, and everyone immediately shouted.

Xiao Ran was so happy in his heart that he couldn't help laughing a few times: "That's all for me, everyone who comes here today will have a gift to take, as well as a lottery, don't miss it." Let's have fun, it's a reward for each and every one of us. Of course, this also includes me. ”

After walking off the stage and chatting and laughing with everyone for a while, Wei Dongling approached Xiao Ran with a frown: "Ah Ran, He Guanchang is here with a few people!" ”

"What is he going to do!" Xiao Ran was also puzzled, but the answer would soon come to an end. He nodded to Wei Dongling and walked towards the exit.

From afar, I saw He Guanchang and Cheng Long, as well as Hong Jinbao and several other assistants all smiling and coming over. Xiao Ran hurriedly greeted him, shook hands with He Guanchang with a smile, and patted Cheng Long on the shoulder: "Uncle Chang, Brother Long, Brother Hong, why are you all here?" ”

"What?" Hong Jinbao glared, as if he was very dissatisfied. Xiao Ran smiled, Hong Jinbao likes to joke in private, of course he won't be serious. Sure enough, seeing Hong Jinbao gradually smiled, he smashed his fist on Xiao Ran's chest: "You kid is really capable, I didn't expect that in only two years, you will do so big!" ”

Cheng Long also smiled and gave Xiao Ran a punch, which made Xiao Ran cry bitterly: Could it be that I learned kung fu just to be beaten by you? He smiled and invited a few people to find a place to sit down, and just as he was about to speak, Wei Dongling, whose eyes were as sharp as radar, looked at the door helplessly and said, "Ah Ran, Lei Kaitai and Xu Ke are here!" ”

Looking up, I saw Lei Kaitai and Xu Ke, the new art city, all walking towards this side. Xiao Ran was stunned, what is it today, what kind of wind is blowing, and the heads of the two giants came all of a sudden.

Don't talk nonsense, he threw down Wei Dongling and greeted He Guanchang and them. Xiao Ran immediately greeted Lei Kaitai and shook hands tightly, and then smiled at Xu Ke and Huang Baiming. In front of these familiar people, he spoke much more freely: "How did you all get together? ”

Lei Kaitai glanced at He Guanchang and said with a smile: "I have something to do with you, and they are here to congratulate you." ”

"That's right, you don't blame us for not sending you a basket of flowers, do you?" Huang Baiming laughed slyly, what else could Xiao Ran do but smile bitterly. It's amazing that there were two groups of people at once tonight.

Thinking of this, Xiao Ran's gaze turned to the entrance, which made Xu Ke feel strange: "Ah Ran, what are you looking at?" ”

"Oh?" Xiao Ran was stunned for a moment, and then said with a bitter face: "I'm wondering if Boss Pan of Debao will bring someone over." Now it seems that it is unlikely! ”

Huang Baiming glanced at the door, almost burst into laughter, nodded solemnly and said, "Ah Ran, you might as well change careers and go to fortune telling, it must be developed!" Look at the doorway! ”

The bad premonition immediately popped up, and Xiao Ran turned his face awkwardly and saw Pan Disheng leading his girlfriend Yang Ziqiong and Cen Jianxun, the person in charge of Debao Company, along with several senior executives of Debao Company appeared at the entrance.

This surprise was not trivial, Xiao Ran's mind quickly turned away, what are these three giants here for? Although he is a filmmaker, he can be regarded as a businessman, and he understands the businessman's practice of going to the Three Treasures Hall for nothing.

It must be known that the three major companies have always had grievances with each other, as if Golden Harvest had united with Debao and Shaw Brothers to suppress New Art City. And Golden Harvest was also dissatisfied with Wu Yusen's pseudonym to work for the new art city, which can be said to have their own grievances.

However, Golden Harvest does have quite a lot of complaints about Wu Yusen, when Golden Harvest lowered its face and joined forces with Shaw Brothers, starring Xiao Fangfang and Xu Guanying, "Eight Colorful Lin Yazhen" ended up being a miserable failure in the confrontation with Xinyicheng's "Little Fear". How does Golden Harvest not get angry with Wu Yusen, who is the director of the film?

In 1983, Wu Yusen directed a "Heroes Without Tears" with a rudimentary form of violent aesthetics. During the filming in Thailand, in order to make the real gun cheaper than the prop gun, I used a real gun, and as a result, an actor was shot in the leg. After returning to Hong Kong after the filming, Wu Yusen was immediately fired by Golden Harvest, and these grievances can be described as extremely complicated.

In fact, the relationship between the three companies is very delicate, not too good to be called brothers, nor is it completely hostile. This time they all came together, which really made Xiao Ran not quite understand the meaning of this.

When the three company giants met unexpectedly, everyone was slightly surprised, and then they talked casually. Wei Dongling whispered in Xiao Ran's ear: "They seem to have something, please let them into the room to talk!" ”

Xiao Ran nodded, and together they went forward and invited a few of them into the room to talk about things, otherwise it would be inconvenient to be too noisy outside. Xu Ke and the others ignored Xiao Ran, just looking for food suitable for their tastes on the table.

At the invitation of Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling, only the three bosses and the person in charge of their company went in, and they came to a spacious large room, and each found a place to sit down. Xiao Ran had a huge question mark in his mind, but he poured red wine for the three of them with a smile.

When they were all drinking red wine, Xiao Ran smiled and asked: "The intention of the three big bosses can be said now, it is not good for the body to hold it in your heart!" ”

Pan Desheng glanced at Lei Kaitai and He Guanchang, who were sitting on the other two sofas, gestured, and said with a smile between his eyebrows: "You know the three major societies on the road, and now they are all ready to enter the movie with great fanfare." ”

Xiao Ran smiled disapprehantly, such a thing had long been expected by him, and the phantom's financial report was still under review and investigation. If you come out and see the profit figures above, I am afraid that all the businessmen in Hong Kong will be moved.

Seeing that Xiao Ran didn't show anything, He Guanchang was slightly startled, he didn't know what Xiao Ran was doing, and while taking Pan Disheng's words, he quietly observed Xiao Ran's expression: "Fang Ruohai will be = back soon!" ”

This sentence really surprised Xiao Ran, all the investigation reports showed that the Fang family only had a billion US dollars, and they lost 500 million last time, Fang Ruohai had no reason to be stupid enough to run against him, right? Although the feud between them was indeed impossible to resolve, Xiao Ran didn't think that Fang Ruohai's surname would attack him again in such a difficult situation.

He Guanchang and the three of them all saw the surprise in Xiao Ran's eyes, and then they secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking: It turns out that this kid is not an iron plate. And Wei Dongling on the side was also shocked, he had always thought that Fang Ruohai was a strong opponent, and the last time Xiao Ran came back from the dead, he barely relied on accurate calculations to defeat that guy. If you come back now, I'm afraid you'll be prepared.

Xiao Ran was unsettled, closed his eyes slightly, and paced around the room with his hands behind his back. Suddenly, he opened his eyes and looked at He Guanchang and smiled easily, not seeing the slightest surprise at all: "Uncle Chang, I'm afraid there are still some things you haven't said yet, right?" Together, I'm resistant and able to withstand any blow! ”

He Guanchang and the three of them were all amused by Xiao Ran's humor, and the solemn atmosphere in the room immediately dissipated a lot. He Guanchang said with a smile: "It's really more than that, the problem is that it is said that he will come back with a large amount of cash to make a movie this time!" ”

Having said that, everyone in the room focused their eyes on Xiao Ran. As for the inside story of the last marriage change, people in the circle know some insiders, although they know very little. However, they still knew very well that Fang Ruohai must have come to target Xiao Ran.

But Xiao Ran knew that it was definitely more than that, Fang Ruohai was a very strong person, and he had to get up somewhere if he fell. Xiao Ran and Fang Ruohai are very similar in many places, if it weren't for their doomed breakup, maybe they would have the opportunity to become good friends.

If Fang Ruohai came here mainly for him, Xiao Ran would never believe it, because it was unlikely that he would do it himself. Xiao Ran thinks that Fang Ruohai is mainly to get a vote in the Hong Kong film market, and by the way, lay a good foundation for investing in the mainland in the future.

Xiao Ran pretended to have a helpless expression: "If he is coming, then I can't stop him." Uncle Chang, you should know this, why bother to come to me in person! ”

He Guanchang stared at Xiao Ran for a long time, and then laughed and said, "Ah Ran, don't pretend, you are more concerned about this matter than us." Let's be honest, we don't welcome outsiders to join, do you understand what I mean? ”

Xiao Ran was slightly stunned, thinking that the so-called outsiders meant...... Suddenly, the feeling of epiphany filled my heart. He Guanchang meant that if he was not from this circle, he should not be allowed to come in.

Xiao Ran really wanted to laugh out loud, he thought that only Hollywood was very resistant to foreign film companies entering the country because of the environmental background, but he didn't expect that Hong Kong film companies were all the same. Thinking of this, he knew that he was going to have a few more helpers. He Guanchang nodded and said, "I understand!" ”

Lei Kaitai laughed and told Xiao Ran the last thing: "There is one more thing, there are six or seven companies that are not weak and the company has actually merged at this time, Ah Ran, what does this mean?" ”

Xiao Ran was too lazy to be surprised, anyway, no matter how weird things happened today, it would be understandable, think about it, what else is worth visiting the three giants together? The first thought quickly turned in his mind, and he immediately asked, "Did Fang Ruohai do it?" ”

Pan Disheng and they all understand what Xiao Ran means, if there is no powerful consortium behind it, then the merger of film companies with delicate relationships in the circle may be minimal. So, when they learned both of these news, they all had the same idea.

Lei Kaitai shook his head fiercely, and couldn't help but scold: "It's not the Fang family, I really don't know which bastard it is, and he actually came to stir up the situation at this time." ”

Xiao Ran finally understood, and a feeling of wanting to laugh immediately came to his heart. No wonder the big three will come to him in person, the consequence of the merger of six or seven film companies is to directly create a huge film company, the huge is not in the scale, but in the control of talents.

In this way, the integration of the talents and strengths of several companies, coupled with strong behind-the-scenes funding, has the qualifications to challenge the Big Three. Of course, the big three companies will never watch this happen. For them, the situation of the three major companies fighting each other is chaotic enough, and with the addition of two powerful film companies, their monopoly must be playing with eggs.

Don't say it's the three major companies, even Xiao Ran doesn't want any spoilers to emerge when the phantom is about to sprint with all its might. Therefore, it is inevitable that the three major companies, which have always coexisted with grievances, will now join forces to suppress other companies.

Xiao Ran is now thinking about Fang Ruohai's intentions and the mysterious person who integrated the seven film companies. He knows very well that apart from the three major companies and the Phantom, there are not many film companies in Hong Kong that are truly powerful. And it was not easy for that mysterious man to be able to acquire seven medium-sized companies under their noses.

And what makes Xiao Ran a headache is that the three major societies are also about to enter the film industry. This makes the already unreliable situation particularly complicated, so that Xiao Ran has many unpredictable variables to rule the film industry.

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My new book will be officially launched on October 28th, which is this Friday, so please wait and see what happens!

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