"Boss Xiao, this is the first time you've talked about such a thing!" Lin Guiyun smiled lightly, he and Xiao Ran had known each other before, and now he only hated himself for not being able to grasp the opportunity before the film started: "It's better to talk about the price directly!" ”

Xiao Ran smiled, talking directly about the price, this is not what he wants, what he wants most is a guaranteed share. Now the Southeast Asian film market is basically supported by Hong Kong, so Hong Kong-made films are very popular.

"It's very simple, I have a general understanding!" Xiao Ran inspected again for a week: "An ordinary Hong Kong film, the box office results of Taiwan, Singapore and South Korea are here. ”

When everyone saw Xiao Ran throw out a few information sheets, they couldn't help but be slightly surprised, they didn't expect Xiao Ran to spend so much effort to prepare for this negotiation in order to negotiate with the film company. Xiao Ran rubbed his nose and chuckled: "As for the price, everyone understands it, but I don't plan to do it according to this rule today!" ”

"And what do you mean?" Lin Guiyun asked tentatively, he couldn't think of any other way.

"Originally, I wanted to propose another plan, but after thinking about it, I don't think you will accept it!" Xiao Ran originally wanted to propose a sharing agreement, but thinking about it, Hollywood directly sold the release rights, which made him immediately decide to stop the original method: "So, let's follow the rules!" ”

"15 million in Taiwan, 24 million in Malaysia, the Philippines and Singapore, and 20 million in South Korea!" Xiao Ran has investigated this, and under normal circumstances, the film company also needs to share with the cinema chain, so that they can spend about 30% of the total box office to buy this film.

This number is very appropriate, originally Xiao Ran wanted to give them a little discount on the first transaction, so as to determine the long-term cooperation in the future. But if you think about it deeply, the discount may not be a good thing, it is better to be tough and let them all buy it at this price. When the time comes, for the sake of profit, they will naturally increase their efforts to publicize.

The most important thing is the following sentence, Xiao Ran pretended to be proud: "I won't stuff you with any bad movie like other companies, and I will never sell it in one piece." Bad movies, the Phantom Company will never sell them to you, everyone has to make money, so that a good market system can be coordinated and operated! ”

In addition to buying a single film, there is another way for filmmakers to buy, that is, a good movie is attached to n bad films that cannot be sold at the box office without big stars, forcing filmmakers to buy them. In this way, the filmmakers have no money to make at all, and they will naturally sober up a lot in the future, and gradually stop buying Hong Kong films.

Therefore, Xiao Ran thinks that the film market in various places relies on local film companies to open up Hong Kong films, and the influence of Hong Kong films still needs film companies to complete it for him. Therefore, film companies must make money and be profitable in Hong Kong films, otherwise they will not take the initiative to open up the market for Hong Kong films. And Xiao Ran needs film companies to complete the goal of Hong Kong films invading other regions and countries, so there are some things that must not be done.

Lin Guiyun was not surprised, because the price happened to be within their acceptable range. However, Xiao Ran didn't realize that even if he raised the price a little more, these filmmakers would still buy it, because except for Hong Kong films, Hollywood films do not have much market in these places, so it can be said that there is no other choice.

However, I just know that Xiao Ran will not raise the price, this price just allows both parties to have enough profits, and if you mention it again, I am afraid that the other party will be unhappy. Despite this, these filmmakers still teamed up to try to bargain: "Can it be lower!" ”

"There is no such thing as a low!" Xiao Ran's face was pale, and his fingers tapped on the table: "This price can make us all have enough profits, and it is mine to reduce losses." Either I don't sell, or I sell at the right price. ”

The price was quickly negotiated, the market was clear to everyone, and there was not much to argue about. However, Lin Guiyun quickly put forward what Xiao Ran had been considering: "Boss Xiao, now we might as well sign the contract, and your company will also provide us with film sources in the future." ”

Xiao Ran can understand their thoughts, there are many competitors, and they are afraid that Xiao Ran will sell the film to other companies. Xiao Ran couldn't stop laughing, but his mind kept spinning: whether to sign a long-term contract or not!

If he doesn't, he'll be flexible enough to deal with any situation. If signed, then he can ask these filmmakers to make a certain degree of publicity to the Phantom Company, and they can have long-term partners, and these filmmakers will undoubtedly be able to concentrate on making money for the Phantom. I decided in an instant, and said with a happy smile: "Sign it, no problem!" ”

According to the request, the terms of this contract are not as bad as they seem, it only restricts the Phantom Company from selling the film to them within the specified time of the contract, and not to another company. Of course, if the specific price cannot be negotiated, the Phantom Company has the right to give the film to another company.

On this point, several film companies have no opinion. For the Phantom Company, the advantage is that with a fixed film company, the film will definitely be sold, and it can also promote the Phantom Company and make a certain amount of publicity for the company's artists. However, this is only Xiao Ran's expedient measure, and the contract is only signed in 1987 for the time being, and there will be a better way to cooperate in the future.

"It's so good!" When he learned of Xiao Ran's record, Wei Dongling couldn't help but sigh in surprise: "I didn't expect this film to sell nearly 60 million as soon as it changed hands, no wonder everyone is vying to eat the bowl of rice in the movie!" ”

It's just 59 million, Xiao Ran secretly laughed, thinking about how big a Hollywood blockbuster with an investment of hundreds of millions of dollars can completely recover its investment just by relying on the overseas market, and there is still something to be earned, which is enough to understand how big this film market is.

However, Xiao Ran was also surprised when he thought about it, no wonder the current and future film companies seem to be crazy to make films. It's just an ordinary film that can make several times the profit just by selling the port, which is terrifying, no wonder it can make people chase wildly.

Don't think that Xiao Ran just divided the local box office revenue and the money from the sale of the port to Fang Ruohai like this, he also had to remove all expenses related to the film. Even so, this number is very terrifying, just the film "God of Gamblers" earned more than 80 million, Xiao Ran couldn't help but scold: "This is really fucking more profitable than robbing a bank!" ”

In any case, this is the first pot of gold of the Phantom Company, although this pot of gold will be divided into more than 50 million to Fang Ruohai, but this is a good achievement. Xiao Ran thought that more than 50 million would fly and fly like this, and he was so depressed that he was about to become a chimney.

However, this is not to blame anyone, only that he was completely wrong in the way he cooperated when he chose his collaborators. If he sets up a company first and then invests in films, at least half of the more than 80 million will go into his pocket.

The current result is barely acceptable, and at least 20 million can be pocketed. Xiao Ran, who was extremely depressed, found a way to disperse his depression, he was thinking about the distribution of the videotape, since "God of Gamblers" was released, this problem could not be ignored.

After asking Wei Dongling's opinion, Wei Dongling's idea was very simple: "If you want to choose something convenient, then you can sell the publishing and distribution rights of the videotape to others." If you want to do it yourself, you can take the money out and build a factory, but the problem is that we don't have a video distribution network! ”

Xiao Ran was speechless, this question really stumped him. He could choose to sell the videotape production and distribution rights to other companies, but then they wouldn't be able to build their own distribution network. However, if you want to do it yourself, you also lack sufficient networks.

Frowning and thinking for a long time, Xiao Ran suddenly didn't know how many glasses of water he drank. He thought that if he gave it to others, this was never a solution, it was better to do it himself, and he must control the distribution channel in his hands no matter what.

In fact, local distribution is not very difficult, as long as some channel problems are solved, I believe no one will refuse such a film. Even if it is released in Southeast Asia, it is by no means a problem. The key is that Xiao Ran also wants to win the distribution channels in Europe and the United States, not only videotapes, but also release rights, and the only one in Hong Kong who has mastered this channel is Golden Harvest.

Perhaps there is also Shaw Brothers, Shaw Brothers' 1973 "The First Punch in the World" successfully entered the United States, and the box office performance ranked ninth in the top ten global box office that year. Moreover, Shaw Brothers also cooperated with Yueben a lot, and then invested in "Seven Golden Corpses" with a British company, and in 1976, he also invested 60 million in "Taipan". In 1978, he invested another $16 million in "The Catastrophe of the Earth", and in 1982, he invested in the Hollywood classic "Blade Runner", but none of these films could make Shaw Brothers money, and he was disheartened from then on.

In 1980, Golden Harvest began to export films to Europe and the United States in a planned way, including Cheng Long's "Killer Trench" and "Cannonball Speed", which brought hundreds of millions of profits to Golden Harvest. In 1990, Golden Harvest got the copyright of "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", which became the most popular film in the United States that year, with a profit of more than one billion.

However, Xiao Ran didn't think that Golden Harvest would help the Phantom Company promote these films, and their peers were enemies! Even the Shaw Brothers, who have been discontinued, have no reason to give him the channel, which makes him embarrassed to death. Moreover, Shaw Brothers is just "fake death", and will soon be reborn through the backdoor.

With a long sigh, he still said to Wei Dongling: "Do it yourself, at least you can't rely on others!" ”

A few days later, Liang Jiahui got married, and the marriage partner was Jiang Jiannian, who was the radio producer of TVB. Fortunately, now Liang Jiahui is not as depressed as in history, and his full net worth is only 8,000 yuan when he gets married. For this, Liang Jiahui is very grateful to Xiao Ran, if it weren't for Xiao Ran encouraging him in his most bleak life and giving him the opportunity to write a script together, he probably wouldn't have entered the film industry again at all.

On the day of Liang Jiahui's wedding, he only invited a very small number of friends to attend the wedding, which was a simple wedding. Xiao Ran completely forgot his identity, and Liang Jiahui couldn't cry or laugh.

Just when Liang Jiahui and Jiang Jianian were on their honeymoon, Fa Ge and Chen Huilian also came to the news of their marriage. Fa Ge told Xiao Ran very depressed beforehand that if possible, he would definitely choose to do a simple wedding like Liang Jiahui.

But Fa Ge can't, he is now the most popular actor in Hong Kong, and he loves to make friends with his surname, as a result, this is a small job, and he is a lot older than usual. However, Fa Ge still tried to keep the wedding as low-key as possible.

In fact, history is really changing, Fa Ge and Liang Jiahui originally got married in March and April, but it dragged on until May, which proves everything. However, Xiao Ran doesn't care much about the changes in history now, at least he knows that his foundation has been made, and the road ahead will never rely on plagiarism.

However, Fa Ge and Liang Jiahui are both married, and Xiao Ran and Fang Ruoxin may not be far away......

It's time! It's time to arrange a wedding for them! Fang Ruohai calculated that the day was getting closer and closer, and the more nervous he became. Although he and his eldest brother have disagreements, they both love this sister very much, and they don't want their sister to lose her happiness under their father's arrangement, just like them.

Brought Xiao Ran and Fang Ruoxin over, looked at Xiao Ran who was confused and Fang Ruoxin who showed a faint sneer, Fang Ruohai smiled with relief. After thinking about it, he still said this imminent matter: "Ah Ran, you ...... Get married! ”

"Married?" Xiao Ran's jaw was about to fall to the ground, and his face was full of surprise. He is only in his twenties now, and there is no rush to get married. Besides, he didn't think of such a serious matter as marriage from the beginning. After all, his ideas are closer to the twenty-first century than to the present.

Seeing Xiao Ran's reluctant look, Fang Ruohai's face sank, he couldn't believe it, could it be that Xiao Ran was really just playing with Ah Xin? Fang Ruoxin didn't think of this at all, but with a cold expression, she stomped her feet with her high heels and shouted: "Why, it's embarrassing to marry you, you are willing to marry, I don't want to marry yet!" ”

Bang Bang ran upstairs angrily, Xiao Ran looked at Fang Ruohai with a bitter face, Fang Ruohai's expression was very ugly, and he said coldly in an extremely stern tone: "You're not playing with my sister, marry or not, you decide for yourself!" ”

Seeing the strange looks of the Fang brothers and sisters, Xiao Ran was stunned, there was really such a thing as forced marriage in this world. Could it be that Fang Ruoxin really can't get married? Do you have to force him to marry? He shook his head, the word marriage still lingering in his mind.

He didn't think he was playing with Fang Ruoxin, at least he thought so. But he didn't think about getting married so early, just kidding, getting married before the age of thirty, what was that like. But he is also helpless now......

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From now on, the public will update every Monday, Wednesday, Friday and July. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, but that's all I can say to my book friends.

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