Xiao Ran was taken aback, and turned his face to look at Fang Xiaoqiang at the same time as Wei Dongling: "Do you know anyone in this area?" ”

"That's right, because I need to do a lot of data collection, so I met a few friends who learn computers." Fang Xiaoqiang smiled honestly: "They often stay together, and they are people in the same circle." However, they often complain that their current work is completely unfulfilling. ”

Xiao Ran was slightly taken aback, he didn't expect that there were already talents in Hong Kong now, although he didn't know whether they were talents or stupid people. didn't say anything more at the moment, and made an appointment with Fang Xiaoqiang to go together in the evening.

In the evening, Fang Xiaoqiang, Wei Dongling and Xiao Ran all ran towards the talents in the BMW. Under Fang Xiaoqiang's guidance, he soon found his destination, which was a villa, which could be regarded as a wealthy family.

knocked on the door, and it was a middle-aged woman who came out to open the door, but it was a little charming, she smiled when she saw Fang Xiaoqiang: "Ah Qiang, bring a friend to find Ah Wei, he is still the same, always stays upstairs, you go upstairs to find him, I won't greet you!" ”

Crisp and neat, Xiao Ran appreciates such a style! Under the introduction and leadership of Fang Xiaoqiang, they came upstairs and learned about Ah Wei. Ah Wei's full name is Ran Wei, and he just came back from studying computer science in the United States the year before last, and he is a very remarkable character.

In addition to socializing with friends who are also studying computers, he almost doesn't even go out of the door in his free time, concentrating on playing with computers, and even Fang Xiaoqiang doesn't know what he's doing.

When it comes to computers, Xiao Ran is a person from the 21st century, and I'm afraid he is far less proficient than this Ran Wei. To put it simply, Xiao Ran doesn't know anything about computers except for surfing the Internet, which is his headache.

Ran Wei is really a bit powerful, not quite like a computer (there was a mistake in the previous article, and the popular saying back then should be a computer). The state of his devotion, even the three of them didn't know when they entered the room, until Fang Xiaoqiang stomped heavily and explained to Xiao Ran: "If you shoot him directly, you will surprise him!" ”

Ran Wei finally turned his head and saw two strangers, both of whom were stunned, and then saw Fang Xiaoqiang, and immediately smiled: "Ah Qiang, when did you come, I don't know?" ”

"you, you don't know every time I come!" Fang Xiaoqiang is very familiar with Ran Wei, and there are no taboos when he talks, and then he pointed to Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling and introduced: "These two are from the Phantom Company, this is Boss Xiao, and that is Manager Wei!" They are interested in you, so they want to come and meet you! ”

"Hello two!" Ran Wei looked very shy, making people can't believe that this is the person who came back from studying abroad: "May I ask what you are looking for me?" ”

Xiao Ran showed a smile to Wei Dongling, he had just made a bet with Wei Dongling whether this Ran Wei was an extrovert or an introvert, and now it seemed that Xiao Ran had obviously won. For this reason, Xiao Ran had already prepared some rhetoric, which was actually his true thoughts: "Ah Wei, have you ever watched "Star Wars"? ”

"Star Wars, it's a movie, then I should have seen it. The computer special effects in that film are very remarkable, I'm afraid there are not many companies in the world that can do this......" Next, this Ran Wei said a lot of professional terms, which made Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling extremely depressed.

"Wait!" Xiao Ran wanted to slap it over, but he still barely suppressed his emotions and smiled: "If you are asked to do it, can you do it as well as Star Wars, I mean computer effects!" ”

"I'm afraid it can't, they have a professional system and computers, if it's just me, I definitely can't do it!" Ran Wei thought about it for a while, argued in his mind that it might be a surname, and quickly told Xiao Ran: "Impossible, their equipment is the best in all aspects, I can't do it!" ”

"So, if you have a lot of peers who are learning computer science, plus enough good equipment, can you make it?" Xiao Ran didn't want to delay any longer, he was really depressed in the face of such a nerd.

"That's it......" Ran Wei continued to enter into thought, Fang Xiaoqiang suddenly snickered, and Wei Dongling bumped into Xiao Ran even more proudly, saying that he could see Xiao Ran eating turtles, and it was worth losing money. Finally, after a while, I heard Ran Wei say in embarrassment: "I'm afraid we still can't be as good, because we don't have enough experience!" ”

Either slap him twice or slap yourself twice! Xiao Ran suddenly had such a thought, at this moment, he really wanted to be humanely destroyed. However, he still forcibly suppressed his emotions and said in the most direct tone: "Ah Wei, our intention is very simple, our Phantom Company is making movies. I'm very optimistic about computer special effects, so I would like to invite you and your companions to work in my company, both in terms of equipment and funds, I have prepared you very well! ”

After thinking about it for a long time again, Xiao Ran was desperate, and he suddenly understood Sun Wukong's behavior in "Journey to the West". It's just that at this time, he found it very difficult to talk to people who were so focused on something.

"I promise, but I want enough equipment and money!" Ran Wei finally spoke, Xiao Ran dared to swear, if Fang Cai Ran Wei wanted his life, I am afraid he would agree.

"Very well, we're going to contact your companion now, we'll let you know when you come to the interview later, remember to bring your own special effects work. If you pass, your salary will be very substantial. Xiao Ran had long been impatient, although his patience was definitely very good. However, in the face of such a tumbler, he is obviously very useless.

The rest of the matter went very well, after all, there were very few people like Ran Wei, and Xiao Ran finally got rid of the tragic experience of being played by the "Silence Lambs" and almost vomiting blood. However, the harvest of this trip is definitely very rich, and more than a dozen quite outstanding characters have been recruited one after another, including many people who studied computers because of "Star Wars".

Xiao Ran still can't imagine why there are so many talents in the current film company but no one is looking for them? Because some of these people have tried to go to the film company, and the tone of the film company is formulaic and tells them that they don't need to learn computers.

After thinking about it for a long time, he came up with a reason, when "Star Wars" was released, it may have really caused a craze, but it was mainly in the West. It's just that this craze for computer special effects really used to be popular, and after so many years, computer special effects have hardly improved, and they can't be ignored by other film companies.

In fact, it can't be said to be ignored, according to Xiao Ran's understanding, the film company at this time still attaches great importance to special effects, such as the special effects in "Strange Love" and "Old Cat" are used quite well. However, everyone seems to ignore that this has to be cultivated from the most basic level, and instead directly invite special effects artists from abroad to do it.

The only new art city with a slight sense of vision just invited foreign special effects artists to come, and then sent its own people to steal from school. As for the rest, computer special effects, which are very professional things, can not be learned by stealing, and it is not until the power of "Terminator 2" and "Jurassic Park" appeared in the 90s that computer special effects were born in Hong Kong.

However, thinking of this, Xiao Ran's thinking grabbed an inspiration very wildly. Inspired by the film "Old Cat", Xiao Ran thought of this film, and his heart moved, and he immediately thought of the director of the film, Lan Naicai.

"Forget him, damn it!" Xiao Ran slapped his thigh hard when he grabbed the car, and the car suddenly fell over and almost crashed into the safety island. It made Wei Dongling break out in a cold sweat, clamoring for Xiao Ran to give him a car, otherwise he would resign!

Xiao Ran is extremely annoyed now, he has been here for so long, he has forgotten an absolutely rare talent, and he is really going back more and more. The person he thought of was called Lan Naicai, this person was a director, but in Xiao Ran's eyes, his value definitely did not lie in his directorial talent.

In fact, Lan Naicai's directing talent is not very up-to-date with the trend of the times, but he always has his own weird style, which is very suitable for directing fantasy films. This Lan Nai Cai is definitely one of some of Hong Kong's buried film geniuses, and he is a master of special effects in Hong Kong.

Definitely a well-deserved special effects master, it is said that this person's special effects production ability is completely self-taught, and the special effects scenes in several fantasy films in the eighties are inseparable from this person. The most typical is "Old Cat", this person filmed a scene of cat and dog battle in the film far stronger than Hollywood's "Cat and Dog War" made with high-tech special effects, the completely real effect, the absolutely tragic fight, even Xiao Ran was extremely impressed when he watched it.

The most brutal, bloodiest and most violent film in Hong Kong history, "King Li", was directed and written, and Xiao Ran really can't imagine how such realistic special effects can be made in such an environment of today's Hong Kong films. It's a pity that this person has been silent since 1992, and no one knows where he went.

Xiao Ran knew that this person existed entirely because of a friend who was so knowledgeable that he could be called an encyclopedia of Hong Kong films. It was an absolutely unforgivable mistake for him to leave out such a special effects master.

After being annoyed, Xiao Ran immediately parked the car on the side of the road and said in a very serious tone: "Adong, the first thing I will do after I go to work tomorrow is to go and find a director named Lan Naicai, I want to see him!" ”

Wei Dongling had long been accustomed to Xiao Ran's strange behavior, as if he had forced him to find an action director named Yuan Heping and sign the contract. Shrugged his shoulders and replied, "No problem, as long as he is in Hong Kong, I will definitely be able to scrape it out!" ”

A few days later, the Phantom Company purchased a floor near Wan Chai and soon moved there. The new company has a large site, with thousands of square meters, which is more than enough as an office building. At this time, the whole company happily praised Xiao Ran's feat, after all, the previous company was too small.

For the first time, the members of the company held their first meeting at the new address of the company, and in fact, it was basically the executive who participated in the meeting. Thinking that he didn't need to squeeze into the general manager and boss's office for a meeting, Xiao Ran was in a very happy mood.

He glanced at the company's senior management in the conference room, and then smiled and said: "Now that the company has enough development funds and is about to officially enter the track, let's talk about the company's achievements since its establishment." ”

The specifics don't need to be described one by one, but it's been almost a year since the Phantom Company opened, and the results are quite good. At present, there are only two works that have been released, but they have earned more than 60 million for the company, plus the films that are being filmed or are about to be released, the number is only larger.

The only regret is that Xiao Ran's original ten-film plan has not been reached. Listening to everyone present roughly report their achievements, Xiao Ran smiled slightly, glanced around, and then slowly said: "The company's strategy in the next year is to transform from a simple production company to a group company integrating production and distribution." Ge Wenqiu, tell me about it. ”

The manager of the distribution department is a young man, the same young man who was favored by Xiao Ran last time he did an excellent survey, he stood up and glanced around and said to everyone: "Hong Kong now produces more than 100 films every year, and the number is increasing by 10 percent every year. And there are many really good films among them, but there are definitely not many films that can really be released in Southeast Asia. ”

"The results of the survey show that the Hong Kong market is difficult to support the huge film industry, so we need to spread the pressure to Southeast Asia, Europe and the United States. Taiwan is now largely dependent on Hong Kong films, while in South Korea, Malaysia and Singapore, Hong Kong films have a huge market. ”

"Preliminary findings show that the film market in Southeast Asia is as high as HK$20 billion, which can accommodate at least 100 films in the first round of releases each year. And Hong Kong films currently only account for 8% of the market, so there is still a lot of improvement! "It's a great feeling for Ge Wenqiu to stand here and talk eloquently, but when he was suddenly promoted to department head, he couldn't have imagined it.

He feels that there is a lot to play here, and the owner of the company is still an ambitious person, so there is more room to play: "Therefore, distribution will become one of the main means for the company to make money, and if it can obtain the Southeast Asian distribution agency for one-third of Hong Kong's local films, then the company's performance will have a big growth." ”

Xiao Ran nodded appreciatively, he just appreciated Ge Wenqiu's serious attitude in every detail. Knocking on the table heavily, Xiao Ran said in a solemn voice: "Distribution will be the focus of the company next year, but production cannot be ignored either." In terms of production, I don't have any requirements, strict and delicate is enough, I don't want rough works. ”

"In terms of production, I would also like to mention that commercial films are important, but art films cannot be ignored either!" Speaking of this, Xiao Ran showed a faint smile: "However, the most important thing is the experimental surname film." We want to give newcomers enough opportunities and give them space to show themselves, and in order to promote newcomers, I decided to buy a small art theater chain to specialize in unpopular art films and experimental films! ”

"In short, I want to tell you that talent is the most important thing at all times!" Xiao Ran's smile suddenly retreated like a tide, and he knocked on the table sternly: "If anyone allows talents to drain from their faces, they have made a big mistake that must be punished!" ”

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