Chapter 81: The Film Association speaks

Everyone looked at the source of the diffusion of the voice and looked over, isn't it Xiao Ran speaking. I saw him stand up and glance around: "What are the responsibilities and obligations of the Film Association?" ”

"Coordination, and easy management, and there is to adjust contradictions!" The director looked at this absolutely upstart guy puzzled, he didn't understand what Xiao Ran wanted to say.

Xiao Ran understands very well that the establishment of the Film Association is inevitable and necessary, but he thinks that the role of the Hong Kong Film Association is really not big. In this way, we can use collective strength to crack down on indiscriminate production companies, but it is obvious that the current film association does not have such a conscious mind.

It's like a century-old film company founded by many directors of the Post-97 Directors Association, but after only a few movies, it gradually declined. It didn't play the role of bailing out the market as originally intended, so what's the point?

He smiled heartily a few times, Xiao Ran glanced around again, and then said lightly: "I think there should be a more detailed explanation in this regard, or more detailed responsibilities and obligations." For example, I think it's very important for our production company to plan the proportion of production themes each year, and this is the secret of market coordination. ”

"Hey, why are you kid!" A voice reached everyone's ears, and when they met the fat man sitting in the middle of the crowd outside the hotel, Xiao Ran didn't notice it for a while. The fat man was very surprised and disdainful, and said, "What are you, and what qualifications do you have to point fingers here!" ”

Xiao Ran sweated again, he didn't expect this fat man to be in the film industry, let alone someone who didn't know him, and he was an insider. The fat man was obviously despised by everyone, and now who doesn't know Xiao Ran, an absolute upstart. Recently, Xiao Ran has been more popular than some big stars, but I really don't know this fat man.

Maybe someone told the fat man about Xiao Ran's identity, the fat man was stunned for a moment, and suddenly remembered Xiao Ran, and slapped the table and said angrily: "How long have you been in the industry, everyone here is your senior, why are you talking here!" ”

Xiao Ran sweated even more, he didn't expect this fat man to survive in the film industry, what a miracle. However, he didn't know what this fat man was, and he wouldn't be the target he had to deal with anyway.

"Alright, okay, don't make any noise!" The director glared at the fat man fiercely, and scolded in his heart, this Wang Guiyi will look for trouble, and he won't look at who Xiao Ran is, did you offend him? After thinking about it, he knocked on the table and said to Xiao Ran: "Boss Xiao, everyone has decided on this matter, so don't make more trouble." As for Boss Wang, he doesn't know you, so don't embarrass him! ”

"It's okay, if the dog bites me, I will never bite it back!" Xiao Ran shrugged his shoulders casually, casually mocking. At that moment, this caused everyone to burst into laughter, and the fat man was so angry that he wanted to scold him non-stop, but he was severely reprimanded by the director.

In fact, Xiao Ran didn't want to be so public, he knew that what he said just now was too sharp, and it didn't look like what he usually said. However, he knew that there was no need to be polite to such a small role, otherwise, everyone would be able to ride on his head. However, he didn't realize that his surname was gradually changing, and he was becoming more profit-oriented.

For this film association meeting, Xiao Ran was very disappointed. The bullshit film association has nothing, and it is not half aware of the future crisis at all, and it only cares about carving up the market. He was disappointed that his proposal was a good one, but it was deliberately ignored by everyone.

"Fuck, what a fool, just care about making a little money!" Xiao Ran, Wei Dongling and Guan Xin left Regent together, and scolded fiercely: "If you don't listen to me, you will be played to death by this market sooner or later!" ”

When Wei Dongling and Guan Xin looked at each other in shock, Xiao Ran shook his hands angrily: "If this continues, it will be over sooner or later, and I must take a position where I can talk about things!" ”

It's just that, despite his anger at the group of fools, he still has no choice but to accept this cruel reality. Because he knows very well that Phantom does not have the strength of Golden Harvest at present, and it does not even have the influence of some medium-sized companies. He was able to attend this meeting, I'm afraid most of it was because of his name, not because of the Phantom.

Half a month later, the box office reached 20 million, Xiao Ran waved his hand, smiled and decided to hold a celebration banquet. In the past, he ran someone else's drive, and now it's time for him to enjoy it himself.

At the celebration banquet, the Phantom Company invited all the company's contracted artists and filmmakers, and of course, reporters were indispensable. Xiao Ran raised his glass, his expression was full of happiness, looked at the people around him, and shouted: "Cheers to our success, toast to the company's success, toast to all of us!" ”

"!" Everyone drank the wine excitedly, and after accepting the reporter's photo together, they talked about it next.

Xiao Ran came to Fang Ruohai and Fang Ruoxin's side, and said with a smile: "Doesn't it feel very pleasant, there will be many happy banquets like today in the future!" ”

"Do you know what my brother was talking to me just now?" Fang Ruoxin's performance is very weird, every time she goes to public, she becomes very polite. Now it is no exception, I saw her looking at Xiao Ran with attachment: "My brother just said that he didn't mistake you, you are really very talented, just one movie earned him back more than 10 million!" ”

"Really?" Xiao Ran raised his cup and touched it with Fang Ruohai, who was smiling and silent, and drank all the water in the cup: "You made money on this deal, you really made it, and now I regret why I want to cooperate with you, you are too shrewd." ”

Xiao Ran did regret it, he shouldn't have cooperated with Fang Ruohai. In fact, he should have thought that although there are many film companies in Hong Kong that are like leather bag companies, there is only an empty shelf, but Xiao Ran is different, he only needs to get the first investment, and after making a profit, he can inject a lot of money into the company.

Judging from the profitability of "God of Gamblers", Xiao Ran doesn't even need to make a second investment, he is fully capable of investing on his own. He lost this deal, and the loss was too great, which was equivalent to distributing the future money to Fang Ruohai for no reason.

This can only be blamed for his eagerness to find funds at the time, he didn't expect that he had other ways to go, and he didn't know much about business at all, no wonder he lost. However, since Xiao Ran has experience, there will be no such leaks in the future.

"To be honest, you did lose too much on this deal!" Fang Ruohai laughed, he didn't expect Xiao Ran to have such great ability, which was completely beyond his expectations: "I think when you do business in the future, maybe you should pay attention to these problems, don't fall into the trap of others!" This is my advice to you! ”

Xiao Ran raised his eyebrows, doing business, there are always losses and gains, the key is to learn a lesson, just don't go on the road next time. One of his hands gently pinched Fang Ruoxin's hand and gently attached it to her ear: "Don't you feel bored, don't come next time!" ”

Fang Ruoxin's two brothers and sisters are indeed very boring, Fang Ruoxin's reputation in the circle is so bad that even Fang Ruohai is affected, and almost no one has anything to do with them. Fang Ruoxin glanced at Xiao Ran: "It's okay, it seems that someone is looking for you!" ”

Xiao Ran turned around and looked over, but at a glance, he saw Lin Qingxia's eyes looking at this side hurriedly turned away, and there was still a strange light in his eyes, and his heart twitched slightly. He closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and then looked at the comer.

It was Liu Zhenwei and Wang Jiawei who came, Xiao Ran frowned slightly, he knew Liu Zhenwei's intention, but Wang Jiawei was not easy to arrange. After finding a place to sit down, Liu Zhenwei knew that Xiao Ran liked to be straightforward, so he quickly said what he meant: "Ah Ran, you see that Ah Wei and I have been resting for a long time, can you arrange it for us, we both want to be active!" ”

Xiao Ran pondered for a moment, there are not too many production businesses that the company can carry out now, so many filmmakers and artists have no work. Fortunately, Xiao Ran was open-minded enough to allow his artists and filmmakers who signed film contracts to start work with other film companies, so nothing happened.

However, this problem finally came inevitable. Xiao Ran thought about it, it was better to take this opportunity to solve it together, and recruited people to call Du Qifeng and Chen Musheng over.

Seeing that they had arrived, Xiao Ran rubbed his nose and said, "I know you have been idle for a while, but you have all seen that the company has just started, and it is impossible to have too many movies for everyone." Moreover, the company focuses on high-quality products, and it is normal for a movie to be held for a year. So, here you may not have the surname of a few films a year! ”

"However, I am creating enough conditions for everyone to be able to keep improving." Xiao Ran smiled slightly: "The equipment is all the most advanced, and the screenwriter can modify the script at any time, and there is a relaxed enough creative environment, which is not the best, but this is the best condition I can give you at present!" ”

"Don't blame me for giving the film to someone outside the company, when the film is released, you will know that I am actually choosing the most suitable person!" Xiao Ran smiled and looked at the silent directors: "Adu, I will try my best to let you be able to open a play this year, and Ah Sheng, you can also have a play this year." ”

"As for Ah Wei, I think there will be a drama for you in the second half of the year!" Xiao Ran almost shouted out the word grape, and hurriedly warned himself: "As for Ah Wei, what kind of drama do you want to make, write the script for me to see for yourself." There are absolutely no restrictions on the subject matter, you can shoot how you want! ”

"To put it simply, next year will be our big show!" Xiao Ran's confident appearance quickly calmed down everyone's emotions: "Each of you will have a play next year, and you will all have a chance to win an award!" However, everything has not yet been decided, and it may not be known whether it will be soon. ”

Xiao Ran's idea is not complicated, he plans to let Wang Jiawei open "Mong Kok Carmen" next year, and Du Qifeng will open "The Story of Ah Lang", Chen Musheng is "Heavenly Love", as for Liu Zhenwei, he can shoot "Gambling Saint" this year.

The reason why I want next year is because Xiao Ran doesn't want those films to compete with "Autumn Fairy Tale" and "Prison Storm" and "God of Gamblers" and form a situation where they fight themselves. He not only wants to praise Fa Ge as an unprecedented triple crown actor, but also to form a situation of encirclement and annihilation at the 7th and 8th Academy Awards, and encircle and annihilate other companies' films. As long as he is given these two years, the company will be able to have enough influence in the film industry.

It's not that he doesn't want to play these bulls, but the time has not yet come, and these people don't have their own style at all, and they haven't even been directors yet. Everything needs a transition process, and nothing can be done overnight.

"I recently watched God of Gamblers, and I got an idea because of that!" Liu Zhenwei frowned, trying to recall his idea: "I'm wondering, can this gambling film develop into other genres?" Later I read about the special function in the newspaper......"

"I understand what you mean...... Xiao Ran cut off Liu Zhenwei's words, and said with a smile: "Special function plus gambling, this is a good subject, you can start to prepare the script." When the time comes, I will hand over the script to Wei Jiahui for review, and then the screenwriting team will change it more finely, as long as it is feasible, this drama will be opened for you! ”

Liu Zhenwei was shocked, the flesh on his slightly chubby face was trembling, he didn't expect that the idea he had inadvertently thought of would be explained by Xiao Ran, and it seemed that Xiao Ran had such an idea for a long time. He suddenly felt that this person was terrible, or that the talent was too amazing.

Of course, "The Saint of Gambling" must be had, Xiao Ran was secretly happy, but unfortunately no one shared with him the happiness of shaking Liu Zhenwei. "The Saint of Gambling" is here, and "The Gambler" could not have been let go. However, Xiao Ran didn't want to cause a large-scale follow-up because he made a series of gambling films. Therefore, "The Saint of Gambling", which won the popularity of Zhou Xingchi in one fell swoop, must be had, and "The Gambler" is not needed for the time being, anyway, Liu Hua does not need to rely on this film to become popular.

Thinking of this, he walked to Zhou Xingchi and the actors who were chatting with Zhang Min and them, and asked a few casual questions if they were having fun, and then saw Liu Qingyun and Zhou Xingchi depressed at a glance. There is no need to think about it, Xiao Ran knew why, and suddenly laughed dumbly, there is no work suitable for Liu Qingyun at present, which is a little difficult.

After thinking about it, Xiao Ran had an idea, it was better to let Liu Qingyun play "Fierce Ghost Mission". coughed lightly, everyone knew that Xiao Ran had something to say, so they all stopped their movements and looked at Xiao Ran. Xiao Ran looked at the contracted actors of the Phantom and smiled, in fact, his team is not bad, but because of the size of the company, he doesn't dare to start a large-scale show.

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The title of the novel - Liu Zhenwei

Real name - Liu Zhenwei

Profession: Director, screenwriter

Hong Kong is the most talented, and it is also one of the most peculiar directors, the style is very weird, and even directs a lot of very stylized works. Of course, for everyone, the most familiar with him may be the "Portuguese Mother" in Journey to the West, in fact, he likes to make cameo appearances, and has guest appearances in works such as "The Saint of Gambling" and "The Ghost Mission". His talent is hard to imagine, and his thinking is very wild. He and Xing Ye are old partners, and "Kung Fu" invited him to help. and Wong Kar-wai are old friends, but he helped Wong Kar-wai write his homework in the wireless training class.

Works: "Ninety-two Black Rose vs. Black Rose", "Gambling Saint", "East Becomes West", "Journey to the West", etc

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