Chapter 173: The King Arrives
Thinking of this, Xiao Ran unveiled the answer and looked at it, and suddenly couldn't help but feel joy on his face, and shouted: "Let's look forward to the Best Actor at the 8th Academy Awards, and it is also our second triple crown tonight...... Zhou Runfa, "The Story of Ah Lang". ”
Fa Ge froze as if he had been enchanted at this moment, and now he finally realized Xiao Ran's feelings. It's a ...... A feeling of being so happy that my heart is about to explode, as if I have been approved by the whole world at this moment, and I have the same feeling as the whole world.
stood up, Fa Ge came to the stage while accepting the congratulations of others. Xiao Ran is even happier than Fa Ge, if Fa Ge is only happy because he won the award, then Xiao Ran is not only for this. He is also indirectly indulging history for himself, and indulging in the plan to push Fa Ge to the altar.
At this moment, he enjoyed it very much. He finally realized that not everything needs to be done in person, and not all honors need to be received by himself. As long as he silently pushes behind, or rather, indulgence, that feeling is truly beyond everything. If you can experience the taste of being an emperor, then you can experience the current taste of Xiao Ran, which is the feeling of indulging in life and killing power.
His self-confidence swelled, and he told himself that he could beat the results of the Academy Awards without even noticing. Then, he will definitely be able to indulge in Hong Kong movies and world movies. That's his ultimate goal!
When Xiao Ran was "narcissistic", Fa Ge was in a daze on the stage for a while, he pondered for a moment, and finally said with a smile: "When I heard about winning this award just now, I had an idea, I want to stop competing for this award in the future." Now that I think about it, I suddenly realize that I am afraid, afraid that the rising star will overtake me. ”
The audience silently listened to the speech of Fa Ge on the altar, and Xiao Ran was staring at this super actor who was already destined to become a myth and smiled. Fa Ge suddenly laughed: "Now that I think about Fang Cai Xiaoran's words, I feel very stupid, if I can make newcomers self-motivated, I think I am willing to lose a hundred times." I want to tell every actor that each of you has the opportunity to stand here and enjoy this honor, as long as you have hard work and a little luck! ”
Fa Ge's words were sonorous and powerful, and the impact of Xiao Ran's previous romantic things suddenly disappeared a lot. The audience suddenly burst into thunderous applause, for Fa Ge, everyone is respectful, for these words, they are also very admired.
Regarding Fa Ge's speech, Xiao Ran didn't know what to say except for applauding. He found that Fa Ge is now more and more easy to understand his intentions, and with Fa Ge's words, I am afraid that more people will want to join the film industry, and those in the film industry will work harder.
This is the result that Xiao Ran is happy to see, and he is always happy to do things that are beneficial to Hong Kong films. The last award is Best Picture, which is actually uncontroversial, and everyone knows that this award is almost 100% in the hands of the Phantom.
This award was really won by "Dark Flower", and when he came to the stage to accept the award, Xiao Ran only said one sentence: "Tonight's brilliance only belongs to the Phantom Company, let each of us celebrate this huge victory!" ”
Just this sentence made all the people standing in the Phantom camp shout. After that, there was a cocktail party, and now the Academy Awards have taken great care of Xiao Ran's special taste, and specially gave Xiao Ran a drink from the list. From this, it seems that Xiao Ran's identity and status have changed abruptly.
The three major companies almost lost this time, and only missed one Best Actress to Golden Harvest, barely regaining a little face for this old film company. Yang Qi and Pan Disheng knew very well that, as Xiao Ran said, this night only belonged to the Phantom, and any company was defeated by the Phantom.
After thinking deeply, Yang Qi and Pan Disheng both came to a conclusion that the Phantom's current strength was irresistible, and the expansion trend was also unstoppable. They all knew that perhaps from tonight onwards, the time when the Phantom would sweep the world was coming.
If you can't stop it, why not go with the flow? They remembered the rumors of Xiao Ran's ambitions within the industry. If they had a glimmer of hope for defeating the Phantom before, tonight's Phantom's victory heralded the advent of the Phantom Age, an era of kings.
Although this is an exaggeration and artistic surname, Phantom is currently gradually amassing more than 40% of the production companies in Hong Kong with its super financial and creative power, which is an absolutely true figure. When they learned that Xiao Ran likes to investigate before making decisions, they knew everything in the data.
By February 11, 1989, the Phantom controlled at least 40 percent of the distribution of production companies in Hong Kong. In terms of the market zhan rate, the phantom only has 37% of the number. However, at the box office, it is as high as nearly half of the box, which means that the films released by Phantom account for nearly half of the box office in the local market.
In the foreign market, this data is only more terrifying. So far, except for Xiao Ran, who hated to give up the plan to acquire theaters because of the increase in the value of Yueyuan, South Korea's theaters have been completed before various restrictions come down. Almost all regions in Southeast Asian countries have Phantom theaters, and the number of films accounts for 60% of Hong Kong films in foreign markets, and the box office is as high as 80%.
With such strength as the Phantom that has developed to this day, Yang Qi and Pan Disheng and even Zou Wenhuai and He Guanchang are very clear that as long as the Phantom does not make mistakes and its strong creativity continues to be maintained, there is absolutely no room for them to surpass.
Moreover, after experiencing everything that happened tonight, coupled with Ping's behavior and attitude, Xiao Ran's charm in people's eyes has greatly increased, this is the charm of personality. There is such a great opponent that they will not be able to beat. They are businessmen, and they know that waiting for their opponents to make mistakes is not a smart thing, so they can only calm their jealousy and follow Xiao and then attack Hollywood.
If they don't have enough money, they take out loans. With the development of Phantom as a model, at this moment, it seems that the top management of the entire industry is full of confidence in competing with Hollywood, rather than the pessimism of the past.
If it were someone else, they might be able to consider other methods, such as finding someone to go to the cinema chain to make trouble and other unseemly ways to deal with the Phantom. However, what Xiao Ran can do, what he should do, and what he will do. They all knew that Fang Ruohai's fiasco was still vivid, coupled with the death of Ghost Wang Dong, they were all deeply admonishing those who tried to deal with Phantom or Xiao Ran.
In such a situation, their choice becomes very simple, or rather they are reluctant to make other choices. Especially after seeing that karaoke has quickly become popular in high-consumption areas such as Yuben and Taiwan in just half a year, they seem to understand Xiao Ran's intention to let them join the shares in the first place.
The only one who does not give up is Jiahe, Zou Wenhuai is very puzzled why Xiao Ran can rise rapidly in just a few years. In fact, this is very easy to understand, just like the rise of DreamWorks in history, the film industry is a place where it is easy to create miracles, and it is not only directors and actors who can create miracles, but also film companies.
It's just that Xiao Ran is luckier than Lao Si, where he is located, people are not fully aware of the important surname of the issue. Therefore, Lao Si could only reluctantly hand over the overseas distribution rights to the seven major companies, while Xiao Ran could distribute the Phantom's films to Southeast Asia.
The next day, the media in Hong Kong went crazy, attracting readers' attention with all sorts of eye-catching headlines. The "Xinbao" under Shuxiang Media is naturally the most energetic, with the title of "The Wind of the Phantom Sweeping Xiangjiang", and the content is naturally fierce and proud to praise the head office.
If it were normal, the approach of "Xin Pao" would definitely be looked down upon. However, on this day, no one thought so, because many people were thinking that this could be the greatest edition of the Academy Awards.
It may be an exaggeration to say that it is great, but many years later, everyone calls this one unsurpassable. Because the brilliance of the phantom can still appear, but the episode of Xiao Ran's proposal to Lin Qingxia is definitely an unsurpassable session.
This is also the most glamorous Academy Awards, because on this night, the ratings of ATV's show were as high as 90%. According to the investigation after the fact, except for the people who went to the cinema to watch the movie that day, everyone else was watching the Academy Awards without exception.
Since then, there has been no higher ratings than this, although the ATV boss, who has always been a high-level Phantom, has to complain every time that Xiao Ran didn't tell him in advance that he wanted to do this, otherwise the advertising cost that night would definitely be sky-high.
In addition to the new newspaper, every newspaper, and even the whole of Southeast Asia, important and unimportant newspapers, reported on the Academy Awards, calling the Phantom's complete victory a doomed victory, and indirectly making an indelible contribution to the promotion of the Academy Awards and the Phantom. Of course, Xiao Ran naturally couldn't pay them for advertising.
On the third day, "Power" magazine, which is also owned by Shuxiang, launched a special issue, with Xiao Ran on the cover and Xiao Ran on the back cover proposing to Lin Qingxia. On the cover, in extremely conspicuous large letters, a fact that has become a fact: "The king is coming!" ”
One of the articles was analysed with extreme judgment and presented countless conclusive evidence that the Phantom Company was the undisputed king of the Hong Kong film industry. And Phantom also became the most influential film company in Southeast Asia in one fell swoop because of tonight's complete victory. With the exception of the Phantom, no studio has been able to shake this vast expanse of complex land.
This article is very correct, the influence of Hong Kong films in Southeast Asia is quite extensive, and at least 80% of the Korean films that will rise in the future are plagiarizing Hong Kong films. There is definitely no shortage of markets in this book, and there are even a large number of hardcore fans. Therefore, Hong Kong films in history are definitely at their absolute peak between 87 and 94, and it is indeed a great pity that they failed to make good use of this opportunity to sprint.
When the Phantom appeared, in 1988, it overwhelmed Hollywood with a strong attitude, and a "Spy" defeated the so-called Hollywood blockbusters in many countries and regions. Under this stimulus, the charm of Hong Kong films has once again emerged more loyal fans. Therefore, in Southeast Asia, it is absolutely justified to say that other companies other than Hollywood have no ability to shake the status of the Phantom.
In any case, Xiao Ran's goal has finally completed the first step - to dominate the Hong Kong film industry. And his second step still needs to be strengthened. However, we have every reason to believe that with the strength of the Phantom, the ultimate goal may not be long.
That night, the celebration banquet prepared by Wei Dongling personally became a gathering place for stars and filmmakers in Hong Kong, and all 14 award winners were present, even Mei Yanfang, who won the award by relying on Golden Harvest's "Rouge Buckle".
In the Regent Hotel that Xiao Ran liked, not the Regent Hotel that Ling Lingqi went to, in the most ornately decorated hall, everyone was cheering for the Phantom's great victory. This is simply an impossible task, if it weren't for the fact that the Academy Awards were unwilling to give the award to the Phantom, so that this session would have been reduced to a complete Phantom Awards, then Zhang Aijia could have won this award.
Even so, Xiao Ran knows, and the whole of Hong Kong knows that the only winner of this grand event is the Phantom. What this Academy Awards has achieved is the glory of the Phantom, witnessing not only the love between Xiao Ran and Lin Qingxia, but also the real rise of a film empire.
Wei Dongling and Xiao Ran were on a small stage that had been set up temporarily, and Xiao Ran didn't want to say anything. However, everyone seemed to be fascinated by the deep meaning of Xiao Ran's words, and even took the initiative to propose that Xiao Ran go up and say a few words, and shouted louder and louder.
So, Xiao Ran, Wei Dongling and Lin Qingxia all came to the stage, Xiao Ran looked around, the more than 100 filmmakers and company employees, as well as more than 100 people who selected the Phantom Friends who came out to participate in the celebration banquet, all quieted down, looking forward to Xiao Ran's words.
Glancing at the black heads of the people in the audience, Xiao Ran only felt a sour nose, and said loudly: "I don't like tears and crying, but I really crave to cry happily now." The Phantom has finally achieved unprecedented success, and it's not just because of you, me, or him, it's because of all of us. ”
"Work is always tiring, but after the tiredness, we still have to work hard, because whether it's you, me or him, we all know ......" Xiao Ran's tone was high: "We all know that the Phantom's achievements are never more than today." Whether it is the workers in front of or behind the scenes, or even the audience, each of us is building a film empire with our own hands, a phantom that continues to grow! You are the heroes of the Phantom! is also a hero of Hong Kong movies! ”
Speaking of this, Xiao Ran was so excited that his voice choked, and he turned around fiercely to stare at Wei Dongling, not saying anything, just hugging each other fiercely. Sometimes men don't need to say anything between themselves, and Wei Dongling can feel Xiao Ran's gratitude. Without Wei Dongling, Phantom would have been a production company at best, not the distribution company it is today!
Letting go of his hand, the smile in Wei Dongling's eyes and the hazy gaze both indicated that he was also very excited. Including every Phantom staff member in the audience, who is not excited, some of them joined halfway, and some of them joined early. However, everyone is proud to be able to participate in making a small and humble company what it is today.
There was a strange scene at the scene, and many Phantom employees were teary-eyed by Xiao Ran's extremely sensational words. Don't talk about them, even Xiao Ran, who has never cried since he grew up, almost cried.
And the stars and behind-the-scenes workers were moved by Xiao Ran's passionate words, and remembered the seriousness and dedication they had to be when filming. I always felt too tired before, but at this moment, they all felt that all the efforts were worth it.
And those phantom friends were simply moved by Xiao Ran's words, which shows that Xiao Ran has really practiced sensational skills. Although he himself did not deliberately sensationalize, but completely from the heart. But sometimes sincerity is what really touches people, isn't that right?
Xiao Ran's hand was around Lin Qingxia's waist and he closed his eyes slightly, allowing a little more time for the emotion. Only then did he quietly look at the audience and said in a very emotional tone: "There are two luckiest things in my life, the first is to be able to share the rest of each other's leisure time with Lin Qingxia, and I am willing to share all my time except work with her." ”
People listened to Xiao Ran's speech quietly, and now it was plain, but it revealed undoubted sincerity. Xiao Ran's gaze intersected with the smile in everyone's eyes, and he waved down with an extremely powerful gesture to strengthen his tone: "And the other most fortunate thing is that I can work with you extraordinary people and share the rest of my working time with you. Tonight's glory belongs to you, and you are the greatest pride and pride of my life! ”
"Mr. Xiao, we are also proud of you, only under the leadership of you and Mr. Wei, the company can develop in a better direction. You are also our pride and pride, and we will be proud to work at the Phantom for the rest of our lives! Everyone shouted in unison, as if they had been trained.
It's a cohesive company, isn't it? With their execution, and with Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling presiding, the Phantom will finally complete Xiao Ran's ideals......
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