Chapter 214: Elaborate Design
In a hurry, Xiao Ran didn't even think about anything, and twisted his body with all his strength, blocking Lin Qingxia's body with his body. Bang bang! Two crisp gunshots rang out almost simultaneously at this moment, and Xiao Ran only felt that his arm suddenly felt a burning sensation, followed by severe pain.
Mo Huaien was shot in the wrist of his left hand, and a streak of blood flew out, and his whole body knelt on the scarlet carpet involuntarily. The madness in his eyes had completely subsided at this moment, he knew that he had no way out, and he was destined to have no way out as early as the moment he kidnapped Lin Qingxia.
Lin Qingxia didn't know why Xiao Ran wanted to turn around, but when there was a gunshot behind her, she understood Xiao Ran's intentions, and tears rushed out desperately. She quickly turned to look at Xiao Ran's tired face with a crying voice, and found that Xiao Ran, whose heart was beating like a drum, was fine, and she was even more emotional and cried.
"Don't cry, if you cry again, you'll become a big cat!" Xiao Ran glanced at Mo Huaien, who was kneeling on the ground as if to atone, and made sure that there was no danger, so he gasped and wanted to pull Lin Qingxia away. Suddenly, I heard Mo Huaien's voice full of a sense of failure: "Xiao Ran, can I talk to you?" ”
Xiao Ran and Lin Qingxia's bodies paused slightly, and at the same time turned to stare at Mo Huaien, who was kneeling on the ground in despair. Mo Huaien raised his head and said in a low voice, "Now that I can't threaten you anymore, before the police rush in, can you talk?" I have a lot of questions I want to ask you. ”
Xiao Ran and Lin Qingxia glanced at each other, both looking at Mo Huaien with anger and sympathy. Mowyn is a man with a tragic surname, he has a very extreme surname, which is both realistic and romantic at the same time. In this way, people tend to go down the path of self-isolation, ignoring the ideas of others.
He really likes Lin Qingxia, but jealousy is the easiest thing to make people lose their minds. He subconsciously regarded Xiao Ran as an evil dragon in love, or a respectable opponent in the shopping mall. It's just that fairy tales are destined to be fairy tales.
Xiao Ran and Lin Qingxia sat down on the sofa, quietly looking at Mo Huaien who was struggling to stand up, calming the emotions brought about by the chaos and crisis just now: "Whatever you want to ask, I will definitely give you the answer!" ”
"I lost, but I want to figure out where I lost!" Mo Huaien has never looked at Lin Qingxia so frankly as now, maybe people will become much calmer when they are about to die: "I don't want to die unexplained!" ”
"Your injuries are not serious, as long as you go out now, you will definitely be fine!" Xiao Ran faintly felt the pain in his arm, and couldn't help twitching slightly on his face, Lin Qingxia hurriedly tore a piece of cloth to bandage: "Actually, I never thought of wanting you to die from beginning to end!" ”
"I know and believe in you!" Mo Huaien felt very strange, before he changed, he must have thought that Xiao Ran was extremely hypocritical. But now he seemed to have attained the Tao, and he knew that Xiao Ran really didn't intend to kill him, otherwise with just one sentence, a killer from the underworld alone would be enough to make him die a hundred times.
Realizing this, he realized that Xiao Ran was not the despicable villain he had imagined before. Otherwise, Xiao Ran could have asked the people of the underworld to cause a little trouble to Hongguo, and there would be absolutely no problem.
"Thank you for your trust, please ask if you have any questions!" Looking at Xiao Ran, who was very polite and talking to Mo Huaien, Lin Qingxia somewhat understood that there has always been something called sympathy between men, but it was covered up because of some people's surnames.
"I know that Zhou Runfa sent them to Hongguo by you, but I can't figure it out, how can you know that I want to dig them!" Mo Huaien leaned back on the sofa and gasped heavily, in this battle with Xiao Ran, there were many things he didn't understand, he hoped that he would figure it out before he died.
"It was about the time when you designed to frame Mingxuan, and at that time I found out that you have a good relationship with Liyou and Guoli, and Guoli controls South Korean Xijie." Xiao Ran smiled slightly, and the bleeding on his arm stopped and relieved his pain a little: "Xijie used to try to enter the Hong Kong film industry by financing to get a vote!" ”
Before that, Guoli had just increased its capital and obtained an absolute controlling stake in Xijie. I roughly speculated that Guoli planned to use you to enter the Hong Kong film industry, and when the time came, he would take the initiative to increase his capital and force you to hand over control. Xiao Ran nodded confidently and said, "Moreover, you are probably afraid of leaking the news, so you only poached after founding Hongguo, and at that time I expected that you were going to poach people!" ”
"Every drama needs actors, and in the Hong Kong film industry, it's very difficult for other film companies to welcome an outsider, so the only way you can do it is poaching. If it is poaching, the Phantom is definitely the first choice. So, I arranged this as soon as I got back to Hong Kong! However, I don't understand why you designed Mingxuan. ”
Mo Huaien was suddenly a little proud, it turned out that Xiao Ran also had something he couldn't understand. It's just that he was soon depressed, he didn't expect that he had just founded Hongguo, and Xiao Ran had a strategy: "The design of Mingxuan is for that land, I don't trust the national interests, so they agreed to jointly invest in that land and sell the benefits to me, on the condition that I come forward to make a movie!" ”
Xiao Ran suddenly realized that he hadn't understood it all along, and he couldn't imagine that the reason was so simple. It's right to think about it, with Mo Huaien's surname, if there is no practical benefit, how can he risk agreeing to make a movie.
"It is said that at that time, Pandey Sheng and they came to you, hoping to unite together to resist Hongguo, why didn't you agree?" Mo Huaien was gloomy when he thought of this, he knew that Xiao Ran ruled the Hong Kong film industry, and Hongguo would definitely not be able to go on under the joint boycott, so he could take the opportunity to express his helplessness to Guoli, take the opportunity to withdraw his investment, and get the interests of that piece of land in vain. It's just that he didn't expect Xiao Ran to do nothing, forcing him to fulfill the contract with Guoli.
"It's very simple, I need South Korea's Xijie, and the forcible acquisition may not be successful, and the loss is great. Since Guoli brought Xijie to the door, why should I bother with it! Speaking of this, Xiao Ran paused, gently hugged Lin Qingxia's slender waist and smiled: "Besides, your movements have always been under my control, so why bother." ”
"Yes, I have the same choice!" Mo Huaien smiled bitterly, his face became more and more pale because of excessive blood loss. Changing his position in Xiao Ran, they must have made the same choice.
Now he still doesn't understand that the Phantom now controls distribution agents throughout Asia, and in Southeast Asia, a major region, it directly controls theatrical chains and distribution. Even the book was taken by the Phantom in the battle against Golden Harvest, and the only one who did not control the local distribution company was South Korea, so there was no reason not to take advantage of this good opportunity sent to the door.
Indeed, after winning South Korea, Phantom is the real multinational film company that dominates Asia. The vast majority of film distribution has to be done through Phantom companies, whether it is Phantom films, or foreign language films, if you want to enter Southeast Asia and even all of Asia, Phantom is needed to distribute.
In this way, a chain of defense is truly formed. Thinking of Xiao Ran's faint words against Hollywood in public several times, Mo Huaien suddenly woke up to the fact that the reason why Xiao Ran made this effort was to build a tight defense network.
He figured out more why Xiao Ran was so sensitive to Korean capital, and why Xiao Ran showed weakness on auctions and other occasions. This is to psychologically lure him step by step into the huge vortex of the film industry, and this vortex is made by the phantom, as long as Xiao Ran is willing, he can create hundreds of vortices for Hongguo to choose at any time.
"Then why did you let Zhou Runfa send them to Hongguo, it shouldn't be good for you! Moreover, Fa Ge, they have such a good relationship with you, how do you know that I won't suspect that this is a conspiracy? "Mowyn still has a lot of questions, and this is just one of them.
"If you don't have more blood, I'm afraid you won't be able to support it for long!" Xiao Ran and Lin Qingxia couldn't help but sigh lightly when they saw Mo Huaien's insistent look, and had to explain: "Whether you doubt it or not, Hongguo needs actors, and when you get their contract, you can dispel a certain degree of suspicion, even if you continue to doubt, it's useless." ”
"You have no one else to use except them, Hongguo is a new company, and it will not be able to train suitable actors in the short term, and you have to use their fame to start the Hongguo brand, you have no choice." Speaking of this, Xiao Ran smiled, and Lin Qingxia suddenly realized: "If I hadn't had a way to get their contract back, I would definitely not let them go." ”
"Moreover, I also want to take the opportunity to test how many of the artists under the Phantom will betray for money in addition to this group of friends. Besides, increasing the salary of actors has always been what I want to do, but I can't raise it very high for a while, so it's actually a good thing to borrow your hand to help me. Xiao Ran smiled lightly, but his eyes looked at the scarlet appearance flowing on the carpet, and he gradually felt a little sad.
"The most important thing is that the existence of those stars at the moment hinders the promotion of newcomers!" Xiao Ran smiled lightly, promoting new talents was one of the main reasons for him. If Fa Ge is here, it will be difficult for Xiao Ran to promote more newcomers beyond these already famous stars. You must know that at present, there are only about 100 Hong Kong films every year, and about 20% of them are tertiary films.
And only a few films whose production fees can really be regarded as high-grade accounts for a few, so that according to the half-year production cycle, each star has to act in two films a year. If the share is occupied, with the increase in stars, there are fewer and fewer opportunities for newcomers to come out. Taking advantage of the time when Fa Ge and them are leaving, giving the nearly half a year to open some scenes for newcomers is definitely one of his main considerations.
He doesn't agree that if you lose, you have to die, and the person who holds such an idea is just a person who has no confidence in himself and needs to use death to give himself motivation. If you lose, as long as you are alive, you will definitely have a chance to make a comeback. It's just that for those who insist on seeking death, he also knows that it can't be stopped.
A bleak smile appeared on Mo Wynn's pale face and nodded thoughtfully. He understood what Xiao Ran meant, since Hongguo had obtained a large number of artists, directors and filmmakers, he needed to pay a lot of money to sign the contract.
In addition to the contract, the fatal thing is that they have to open a lot of films. Hongguo is currently filming and completing as many as eight films, with an average investment of 20 million per film, which is a lot of money. In such a situation, Hongguo's already not very abundant cash is naturally more dangerous.
Admittedly, he had no choice, except for these artists and directors, he did not dare to promote newcomers to take risks. Even at the beginning of the Phantom's establishment, Xiao Ran had a lot of blockbuster film scripts in his hands, and he had the capital of time and money, so he didn't dare to bet on newcomers, and it was him.
As for the filmmaker's contract, Mo Huaien believes that Xiao Ran can get it. Hongwei went bankrupt, and under the chain reaction, Hongguo will definitely be subject to asset seizure. At that time, if Xiao Ran has the heart to win Hongguo, then he can buy everyone's contract by the way. If it is allowed to go bankrupt, the contract will still not be able to leave.
It is difficult for Mo Huaien to say whether he is remorseful or calm now, but he knows very well that when he studied Xiao Ran, he came up with Xiao Ran's extremely forbearant surname, but he didn't expect to be repeatedly teased by Xiao Ran halfway, and finally ignored this.
It doesn't matter anymore whether you endure it or not. Mo Huaien knew very well that if he could find this in time, he might not go bankrupt, but Hongguo was still destined to belong to the phantom. Because Guoli was already doomed, he even speculated that the scandal of Friends Bank was closely related to Xiao Ran.
Because at present, the direct beneficiary is Xiao Ran is the Phantom Company. This trick directly restrained their vital point, coupled with Xiao Ran's early ambush, and gradually used various factors to freeze their available funds in various industries, which eventually led to a shortage of liquidity and had to lose to Xiao Ran.
However, Xiao Ran was so scheming, Mo Huaien began to wonder if today's kidnapping of Lin Qingxia was also secretly controlled by Xiao Ran. After hesitating for a moment, he finally asked, "Did you expect what I did today?" Or maybe my dog jumping off the wall is one of the ways you deliberately pushed me down! ”
Xiao Ran and Lin Qingxia were stunned, Mo Huaien could really think about it, it was really not a good thing to live by himself. Thinking of this, Xiao Ran and Lin Qingxia both showed bright smiles, and glanced at each other, Lin Qingxia's sympathy for Mo Huaien was a little more, she didn't expect Mo Huaien to have such unbearable thoughts before seeking death, and she couldn't complain about this fate.
Lin Qingxia believed that Xiao Ran would never joke about his danger, absolutely impossible. Xiao Ran couldn't help but laugh dumbly: "I don't think I'm despicable enough to take advantage of my wife, right?" Actually, I did guess that you might mess around if you lost, but I thought your target was just me. So, I was originally just going to use myself to lure you into sin, if you weren't broke. ”
Seeing Lin Qingxia and his wife's laughter, Mo Huaien realized that he was very wrong. He thought of Xiao Ran's bullet blocking for Lin Qingxia just now, which was already an absolutely irrefutable evidence. Blaming himself for thinking like this when he was dying, he smiled miserably: "I'm sorry, when did you start designing me?" ”
"When I guessed that you and Guoli and Liyou might enter the film industry, I started to design, but at that time it was just a rainy day!" Xiao Ran shrugged his shoulders, and there was a slight pain in his arm: "I am used to having a pre-formulated plan for the surname to face the crisis, and I have already planned for Jiahe!" Actually, if you hadn't made it, maybe I'd have found a way to lure you in for Xijie. ”
Mo Huaien's face was even more bleak, he never expected that Xiao Ran had painstakingly formulated a plan just for the sake of a Xijie and a possibility that might not be established, and he actually had such a deep scheming. Unexpectedly, Xiao Ran started designing it half a year ago.
In this war, he was convinced of the loss, and he couldn't help but accept it. In all aspects, the trap that Xiao Ran dug down, that is, he knew that he had to jump in. It's like Fa Ge and their job-hopping, although he has always been suspicious, he still has to use it.
He thought that this might be Xiao Ran's cleverness, he had a way to deal with everything, and he was able to adapt to changes. At this time, he finally realized that he was not the hero who saved the princess in the fairy tale, but the evil dragon.
"That box office failure in June, was it also designed by you?" Mo Huaien understood the ins and outs of the whole war, and figured out that he was losing to Xiao Ran, which gradually lured the liquidity in his hands into trouble, which eventually led to a chain effect, forcing him to go bankrupt. But he didn't understand whether the defeat in June was Xiao Ran's deliberate loss to fight psychological warfare, or if he really lost.
"June ......" Xiao Ran pondered for a moment, there were various factors in that defeat, one is that he is indeed using it to fight psychological warfare, and the other is that the animation market is indeed not big at present. Third, the iron dragon is really powerful, and the film is very good. He raised his head and nodded to Lin Qingxia, who was concerned about the injury, to indicate that it was okay, and then stared at Mo Huaien who was slumped on the sofa and said, "Half and half, I have a design, but that piece is really powerful." ”
Mo Huaien reluctantly pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, it seems that he has really picked up a treasure. He had long been aware of Tielong's ambitions, and if he hadn't needed such a familiar film industry to operate, he would have abandoned it long ago. I saw him laugh miserably: "Let's go!" I don't think we'll see each other again! Xiao Ran, you have to be careful of that iron dragon. ”
"Are you sure you don't want to go out?" Xiao Ran and Lin Qingxia stood up and walked a few steps, but he was not a person who liked violence after all, so he couldn't bear to turn around and ask: "Go out now, there is still salvation!" No need to seek death! ”
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