Chapter 47: The Phantom of Splendor
After some haggling, he and Lei Kaitai finally settled on the details of the cooperation. Xiao Ran stood up with a smile and shook Lei Kaitai's hand, and said to him happily: "Mr. Lei, you are really a very shrewd businessman. ”
Lei Kaitai glanced at Xiao Ran deeply, and also laughed: "You are also a very shrewd filmmaker, I hope there will be more opportunities for cooperation in the future!" ”
Yes, there must be. Xiao Ran snickered, after the collapse of Xinyi City, Lei Kaitai withdrew his funds and sold Princess Jin to Huang Baiming's Oriental Film Company. He wants to build this line now, and he has ambitions for this theater line.
The next day, he took the time to find Lin Guiyun, a Taiwanese filmmaker who happened to be in Hong Kong. Lin Guiyun was certainly surprised that Xiao Ran was so young and wanted to be the boss, but he was still very stubborn about buying films. This is in line with Xiao Ran's wishes, but he doesn't want Southeast Asian filmmakers to buy indiscriminately regardless of whether they are good or bad, which will only ruin the reputation of Hong Kong films.
It takes ten years to build, and only one month of destruction is enough. Xiao Ran didn't want to make up for a month's mistake in ten years, so it was appropriate to talk to Lin Guiyun in this regard. It's just that there are rules for this as well.
Taiwan's cinemas are also limited, and it is impossible to release all Hong Kong films, which is understandable to anyone. Therefore, Xiao Ran was still entangled with Lin Guiyun on the issue of this schedule for a long time, until he talked to Lin Guiyun about the performance of the new company in the first year, and then decided whether to give up the prime schedule in the coming year.
Xiao Ran is only so obsessed with this, naturally there is a reason for him. There are also two ways for local film companies to buy films, one is to directly buy the local copyright of a certain film at a fixed price, which is suitable for the kind of small and medium-sized production films, which are easy to make money in the short term. The second is also sharing, which is suitable for big productions and blockbuster films.
The production of "Eight Star Annunciation" went very smoothly, the post-production was basically completed, and the only thing left was to release. Xiao Ran's work is almost done, to put it simply, he doesn't have any employment relationship with Xinyicheng now.
And the box office of "Dao Ma Dan" unexpectedly beat "Magic Jade", and the box office almost exceeded 20 million, once again achieving the prestige of Xiao Ran's 20 million screenwriter. However, what Xiao Ran realized was that history was changing. In his memory, the box office of "Sword and Horse" was only a small victory over "Magic Jade", only 18 million, not 20 million at all.
In fact, he forgot that some time ago, the media were hyping him and Lin Qingxia, and brought him, a gold medal screenwriter, to the eyes of the public. People are naturally very curious about what this handsome screenwriter is like acting, but it turns out that it is an advertisement for "Dao Ma Dan", but it is normal for the box office to be more.
However, there are still many things that need to be done by Xiao Ran, such as company employees...... One night, to be exact, on a dark and windy night in late October 1986, Wei Dongling had just come back from watching the movie, and he saw Xiao Ran staring at the TV very coldly. It's just that even the blind can see that his mind is not on the TV screen at all.
Wei Dongling took off his coat and threw it on the sofa very casually, sat next to Xiao Ran with his slippers kicked, and looked at him in surprise: "Ah Ran, did the sun rise in the west today?" ”
"Huh? I want to think about it......" Xiao Ran actually gestured his arm, and there were words in his mouth, and he was embarrassed to say to Wei Dongling for a long time: "I don't know, I don't know which side is the west!" ”
Wei Dongling was stunned, and immediately had the urge to rush forward to strangle Xiao Ran. Although his reason restrained his impulse, he still waved his fist the size of a casserole demonstratively: "Boy, you know exactly what will happen to you!" ”
Xiao Ran couldn't help but smile, it was really nice to relax occasionally. Once you're happy, it's time to get down to business. His face suddenly became serious, and he stared at Wei Dongling and said, "Adong, I'm going to start a business, are you interested in working with me!" ”
Wei Dongling's surname looked very arrogant on the surface, but Xiao Ran soon knew that it was not as rough as he imagined. Wei Dongling smiled, revealing a confident smile: "You kid, I have observed your recent life and have already seen it." I thought you could resist talking to me......"
Xiao Ran rubbed his nose to hide his embarrassment, his ambition for Wei Dongling had been planned for a long time, I don't know if Wei Dongling saw through it. It's just that Wei Dongling's vague tone is obviously not what Xiao Ran wants, so he asked reluctantly: "What the hell, why don't you give me a word!" ”
Wei Dongling pretended to think about it for a long time, and pretended to be frightened, and secretly thought that it was over, and such a person would be given to others. Seeing that Xiao Ran was tricked, Wei Dongling laughed, pointed to Xiao Ran's nose and said, "When did I say I didn't want to?" ”
"Damn, play with me!" Xiao Ran was tortured for a while, and then finally couldn't help but burst out a classic foul language from the twenty-first century.
Next, Xiao Ran told all the details of his cooperation with Fang Ruohai. Wei Dongling thought about it for a while, and quickly gave Xiao Ran a good suggestion: "I think there must be a degree of trust between you and Fang Ruohai, in terms of benefit distribution, the company must have two accountants to supervise each other, so as to ensure that no one will do anything in the accounts!" ”
Xiao Ran nodded, he had mentioned this to Fang Ruohai, it was inevitable that the villain would be the first gentleman and then the gentleman. Wei Dongling pondered for a moment, and finally mentioned the company structure that Xiao Ran cared about: "According to the general situation of small and medium-sized film companies, they all have only one shell company, and there are actually few employees at all. I don't think you're going to do that, so I think you have to look like a regular company! ”
Speaking of this, Wei Dongling couldn't help but shake his head: "It's a pity that you don't have any funds, otherwise, you will be able to become bigger." I noticed when I was at Golden Harvest that they had quite a complete department, and that distribution and production were two completely different departments. And they can also sign actors and directors, but our company doesn't have this strength! ”
The situation of the company that Xiao Ran and Fang Ruohai negotiated was not very simple, to put it simply, the new company was founded by Xiao Ran himself, and the ownership was his. So, there must be no money in the beginning. And Xiao Ran's own more than 800,000 yuan is used to make a company, rent office buildings and decoration, plus hire people, all of which need these 800,000 yuan to do.
However, as long as this company is established, Fang Ruohai will immediately sign an investment contract with Xiao Ran and immediately send the money to Xiao Ran. In this way, the most difficult moment is basically solved. So, before that, they couldn't afford to sign actors and directors.
After some discussion, the two quickly finalized the key staff that the company needed at the moment and the structure of the company in the next year or two. Wei Dongling will take on the role of manager and external contact. In addition, Xiao Ran hired a trustworthy accountant himself, and Fang Ruohai also provided an accountant. In addition, he had to hire a security guard, which really gave Xiao Ran a headache.
As for Xiao Ran, he is the boss and the production manager. It's a pity that this production manager doesn't seem to have anyone under his hands! However, this is the most cost-effective way to save money.
At the same time as registering the company, the decoration is also being carried out intensively. When everything was ready, Xiao Ran finally set the opening time for December 1, and sprinkled a large number of invitations, inviting all the gods to come and cheer. Of course, this is also indispensable for reporters, even if Xiao Ran doesn't like reporters anymore, he still has to do superficial work.
Don't think that making a movie is so simple, you just need to have money. If Xiao Ran hadn't made a 20 million resounding fame in the film industry in advance, and his popularity was very good, and he also had a good relationship with Xinyi City and film studios. Even if a company is established, actors and directors may not be found, so it can be seen that the relationship is the most important thing.
It's like now, Xiao Ran's company doesn't have any employees, so naturally it's not a staff member who is engaged in movies. But he has a relationship, no one? It doesn't matter, go borrow it from New Art City and the film studio. Don't have equipment? It's okay, borrow from Golden Harvest. Don't have enough money? It doesn't matter, they're all buddies, and they will be paid less. The role of the relationship is here, and Xiao Ran has gained too much in the past year or so.
On that day of December 1, there was no crowd, but the news of Xiao Ran's establishment of the company still spread through the newspaper. In order to see the stars and see this wonderful Xiao Ran, many people came to Kowloon Prince Road, which is the address of Xiao Ran's new company. The company area is not large, only 100 square meters, but it is enough.
Think about the fact that when Xinyicheng was founded, the giants only had 2,000 yuan combined, and they didn't move from a 100-square-meter office to a larger office. Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling rarely dressed so neatly to see someone, the two glanced at each other, and they couldn't help but snicker.
The invited guests and guests gradually came, and the first one came the most beautiful perfect female surname Lin Qingxia, perhaps for Lin Qingxia, this Xiao Ran is the person she has the closest relationship with besides her relatives.
There are more people who appear next, and almost all the stars and directors who have worked with Xiao Ran have appeared. Zhang Manyu, Zhong Chuhong, Ye Qianwen and others were all dressed up more delicate than flowers, and they only saw that Wei Dongling couldn't wait to find a matchstick to support his eyelids.
Fa Ge came with Wu Yusen, and Xu Ke came with his wife, Huang Baiming, Mecca and Zhang Aijia. Later, Cheng Long, Hong Jinbao, Liang Chaowei and his current girlfriend Li Meixian, Liu Hua came alone. Wu Zhenyu, Liu Qingyun, Zhou Xingchi, Ren Dahua, and Xiao Ran deliberately befriended this group of unsatisfactory actors also came together.
Xu Guanjie, the god of songs, also came, Zeng Zhiwei, Du Qifeng, Wei Jiahui, You Hai and You Zhi, etc., as well as Wang Jing's vote, several big stars and directors, as well as bosses, etc. Xiao Ran's eyes were spent, not to mention him, Wei Dongling and the media were the real shock. They didn't expect Xiao Ran to be able to invite so many strongmen, but for Xiao Ran, this was also an accident.
He has deliberately made friends with all walks of life for more than a year, and he is very popular in the circle, and he has never offended anyone. Now those who can come naturally come, and those who can't come are sent flower baskets and the like. Of course, there are many others that Xiao Ran doesn't know.
The reporters and Wei Dongling looked at the cars parked all over the street, and suddenly felt like they had been slapped by God. Just when they were surprised, Fang Ruohai came, he came with Fang Ruoxin, the sister of Mei Ruotian, and I don't know how many films were murdered at this time.
As soon as Xiao Ran saw her, his brain immediately became a little dizzy. Fortunately, he soon came to his senses and hurriedly greeted the guests with a smile. However, the next person who appeared really surprised Xiao Ran for a while, and it was Lin Guiyun and Lei Kaitai who came......
Lei Kaitai's appearance here obviously surprised everyone, and it suddenly seemed that Xiao Ran's identity was a few notches higher, after all, there are definitely not many people who can invite a business big man like Lei Kaitai. But Xiao Ran knew that he had never sent a post. But it doesn't matter, it's his guest when he comes!
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