Xiao Ran wanted to ask about "Old Cat", the special effects in that film are really nothing after twenty years, but they are definitely quite good in this era, very realistic effects, not made with animation. However, what made Xiao Ran most curious was how the scene of the cruel battle between the cat and the dog in the film was filmed, and there was no trace of special effects at all.

It's a pity that "Old Cat" has not yet been filmed at this time, so Xiao Ran can only temporarily change the topic. Lan Naicai was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Xiao Ran's first sentence to be this. Since he mentioned his most proud ability, he naturally said: "Actually, it's not difficult to do special effects, as long as you are willing to put your heart into it!" ”

Xiao Ran nodded, it is indeed not too difficult at present, and in the future, professional skills will really be required. However, he believes that with the ability of Lan Naicai, there is definitely a very huge potential. Staring at Lan Naicai, he smiled slightly: "Mr. Lan, you don't have a film contract on you now, right?" ”

"There is still a drama appointment with New Art City." Lan Naicai seemed to understand a little, but he didn't understand a little: "However, I don't know when the play will start!" ”

"It's better to sign you like this, the Phantom will sign you, you see. As for the new art city, I'll call them right away! Xiao Ran handed him a contract, motioned for him to take a look, picked up the phone and dialed Huang Baiming: "Old Huang, I haven't seen you for a long time." This time I am looking for you something, does your company have a drama contract called Lan Naicai? Give it to me, and I'll pay you 500,000. ”

Huang Baiming hesitated for a moment, and quickly agreed, he only worked with Lan Naicai last year, and felt that this director was not suitable for the style of Xinyicheng. Besides, there is only one drama appointment, which is not very important.

Lan Naicai here was greatly surprised, because he found out in the contract that the Phantom Company actually paid for him, and he still had a salary to get for filming, which was really good. It's not that he hasn't heard of the Phantom's way of signing people, but everyone in the industry knows that there are very few people who can be signed like this, which makes everyone in the circle envious.

And now such a good thing has fallen on his head, and he is about to put pen to paper to sign the contract. Xiao Ran saw that he hadn't read the contract carefully, so he couldn't help but tap on the table to wake him up and say, "Mr. Lan, read the contract clearly, I don't want to sign you as a director, but to sign you to do special effects." ”

Lan Naicai was taken aback, and hurriedly carefully browsed the terms, and it really didn't ask him to be the director, but to do special effects. He was very confused, this has never been such a film company, because as long as he is a director, he will naturally contract the special effects.

After thinking about it for a while, Lan Naicai smiled, which happened to be in line with his mind, signed his name, and handed the contract to Xiao Ran: "Mr. Xiao, no problem, I like special effects!" ”

Xiao Ran couldn't help but nod again, without enthusiasm, it would be difficult to do anything for a long time. After thinking about it, he advised: "Your future energy will be on studying how to make special effects better and become the most professional special effects person." Also, if you want, it's best to bring a few apprentices as assistants and teach them. ”

He originally wanted Lan Naicai to teach more apprentices, but when he thought of the ability of the Chinese to hide technology all along, he felt that this would not be solved in a while. Maybe this would require a foreigner to teach them a lesson, he thought.

"Mr. Xiao, more than a dozen people said they were here for an interview, do you want to see them?" An Yuxuan's words came out of the phone, Xiao Ran immediately thought of Ran Wei and the others, and hurriedly said, "Please let them in, and then invite General Manager Wei here!" ”

Ran Wei and his entourage of more than a dozen people all came in at once, and the office could accommodate it. After seeing them one by one, when Wei Dongling came over, he officially began to accept the results. For Xiao Ran, this is really nothing surprising, but for Wei Dongling, he feels that these computer effects are not necessarily worse than "Star Wars".

Glancing at these young people with different looks, Xiao Ran smiled, he knew that from now on, he already had the capital to develop computer special effects, and the next thing was to see their abilities. In short, Xiao Ran will invest the most money in this area, in order to perfect the computer special effects before Hollywood.

Wei Dongling was responsible for signing contracts with these people one by one, in short, as long as anyone has made progress in breaking through the surname, then they can get a reward. Of course, as for the technical aspect, it naturally belongs to the Phantom.

However, Xiao Ran's hopes for this are not very big, everyone knows that Hong Kong can't play with technology, especially this kind of high technology. There are a lot of conditions in the mainland, but unfortunately many things are not mature enough.

In Hollywood, this technology is researched by a professional company, and when it is successful, it is handed over to the film company to use. In fact, this is of course similar to Xiao Ran's current approach, but Xiao Ran still knows that he may not be able to catch up with others, after all, in terms of technical reserves and talent reserves, others are going to win that way.

After doing all this, Xiao Ran sat on the chair proudly, looking at the commercial building outside the floor-to-ceiling glass. Now that the Phantom is not powerful, talents from all walks of life are basically in hand, and even the most difficult computer talents have been obtained, so what else do you need to worry about?

There is no need for Xiao Ran to worry about the production at all, what he needs to do is to decide whether each film is filmed or not. In terms of administration, Wei Dongling is handling it, and the effect is very satisfactory. Xiao Ran is currently in charge of production, distribution and marketing, which specifically involves all aspects of the film industry.

It's not that these things can't be let go of others to do, it's just that Xiao Ran thinks that it is easier to win by dealing with these things with his own experience, so as to save time for growth. The key to this is undoubtedly the script, and Xiao Ran's experience of watching tens of thousands of films will definitely help him determine what films will sell well and what will fail miserably.

With his hands on the edge of the window, Xiao Ran felt very regretful, he wanted to have a balcony, a beautiful balcony, just like in "God of Food". The feeling of looking down on all beings is absolutely incomparable, and Xiao Ran even thinks that it is a kind of enjoyment that reigns over the world.

Looking at the scenery outside the window, there was a knock on the door, and Xiao Ran remembered that he had called the manager of the new department to come over to talk about things just now. I shouted to come in, and immediately saw a person enter the office. Xiao Ran turned around and smiled, "Sit!" ”

The manager of the audio and video department is called Peng Ge, the manager of the marketing department is called Bai Wenjing, and there is an investment manager Tang Yan. In addition to Peng Ge, Bai Wenjing and Tang Yan are both young people, both very motivated, imaginative and creative people.

If you only compare the number of company departments, the Phantom is definitely the largest of the three companies. However, this is not to increase administrative expenses, but to build the prototype of a vast film empire, which is a rudimentary structure. Now he only hates that he has not been able to control the TV station and the media, and he cannot play a comprehensive effect.

Glancing at Peng Ge, Xiao Ran leaned on the desk and said to Peng Ge with a faint smile: "Peng Ge, you are the manager of the audio and video department, maybe you don't quite understand what this department is going to do, now I will explain it to you carefully." ”

"Your department is going to do everything in its power to discover a wide range of products for each of the company's copyrighted films, such as God of Gamblers, where you can develop Fa Ge's dolls, and you can also make and sell poker and mahjong that feature the film." Xiao Ran thought of Hollywood's profits on Zhou's products every year, and he was very moved: "In short, as long as there is any business opportunity that can be used, it needs to be used." ”

When Peng Ge was stunned, Xiao Ran continued: "However, don't be too hasty, don't produce too much, and leave room for everything, otherwise people will see this kind of product wherever they go, and over time, they will definitely get bored." Outsourcing manufacturing to other companies, don't just choose one company and create competition for them. ”

"Also, these products must be refined, and they must be designed by professionals until they are satisfied. In terms of sales, even if the company's films are released to Mars, your sales network must be laid to Mars! Xiao Ran glanced at Peng Ge sternly: "Do you understand, do you have any questions?" ”

Peng Ge was a little dizzy by Xiao Ran's snapping words, it's not that no one in the film industry has developed these things, but no one has ever succeeded! Without the slightest hesitation, he immediately stood up and objected: "President, I don't think this is good. Golden Harvest has been developed before, but no one has succeeded, and it has been losing money! ”

Xiao Ran smiled and nodded, he liked Peng's surname, he felt that this straightforward surname was easy to master. Fingers lightly brushed over his beard, and he smiled faintly: "They are losing money because their sales network does not reach the whole of Southeast Asia, because their film influence has not reached that level." Sticking to Hong Kong is naturally not hopeful. ”

"Judging from our current situation, we must lose money by doing this. However, it doesn't matter, the market doesn't exist in a day, we have to cultivate this market. As the company's distribution ability becomes stronger, the sales of peripheral products will definitely be profitable. Xiao Ran's eyes suddenly looked at Peng: "Do you know how much Hollywood sells movie peripherals every year?" Tens of billions. I think, now you know what I mean! ”

Peng Ge was stunned again, and suddenly, he felt that he couldn't become a boss like Xiao Ran. Because he seems to lack this vision, perhaps it is better to say that the entire film industry lacks this vision. Looking at Xiao Ran's confident appearance, Peng Ge did not doubt that the phantom could expand even more.

Of course, Xiao Ran did not forget about the problem of audio and video products, and tapped the table with a deep groan. He wondered if he was missing something important. Suddenly, he knew that he had ignored the mainland market.

An entire generation like him in the seventies and eighties grew up under the influence of Hong Kong films. There is no doubt that he himself is proof of the enormity of this influence. And what causes such a generation to be unable to forget about Hong Kong films?

In addition to the charm of Hong Kong films themselves, Xiao Ran believes that this is also caused by the large amount of smuggling by countless smuggling organizations like "Coastal Contribution". And the countless pirated copies that followed flooded the mainland market with Hong Kong films, which invisibly affected a generation.

Therefore, Xiao Ran believes that it is very necessary to help Hong Kong films cultivate a huge audience in the mainland by the way. Of course, the profits from piracy are also huge. Thinking of this, Xiao Ran smiled gloomily: "Peng, this matter is very simple, take the video away and smuggle it to the mainland." However, I would like to tell you that the videotapes must be very well produced and outsourced to the best companies in Hong Kong. You go back first, and get me a plan when you come back. ”

Penger was stunned, nodded and left. After this was done, Xiao Ran called Bai Wenjing in again to talk. Marketing is about film promotion, and Warner's marketing department has used the power of the entire media empire to promote "Harry Potter", which has created a huge box office.

Marketing is all about strategy, a strategy that is subtle and not annoying. After explaining the general approach, Xiao Ran breathed a sigh of relief. These are always important, important to the extent that they must not be overlooked.

After getting Tang Yan, the manager of the investment department, up, Xiao Ran stared at this foreigner. He learned from Wei Dongling's mouth that this Tang Yan liked Chinese culture very much, so he learned a lot of Chinese from Wei Dongling in the United States, and he barely spoke it decently.

According to Wei Dongling, Tang Yan is an obvious person with no talent. Xiao Ran likes this kind of person, because once you give him enough benefits, then he will work for you loyally. Tang Yan's investment opportunity plan Xiao Ran took a closer look, and Wei Dongling also investigated and studied, and they all believed that it was already a limit for real estate to fall to 30%, and it was time to start rising.

"Mr. Xiao, in a few days, the landlord of a piece of land decided to auction this land to raise funds because of serious losses in the stock market." Tang Yan's eyes were very smart, and it looked like his thin face was quite bright: "This is a good opportunity!" ”

"When do you think the price of land will come back?" Xiao Ran asked with a smile, it wasn't that he didn't want to invest in real estate, but he couldn't be sure when he would be able to have income. He didn't want his liquidity to be tied up: "A year? Two years? Or three years? ”

"This ......" Tang Yan was speechless, in fact, it was not that he had not investigated, but this year was much older than he imagined: "According to the investigation of all aspects, it will take about three years to recover the previous land price!" ”

"Three years!" Xiao Ran pondered for a moment, if this is the case, the cost consumption may be too huge at that time: "In that case, I don't think it's better to think about it, the three-year cycle is too long!" Make a stock, choose a potential stock, take advantage of the stock crash to pull down the price level, and then sell it when the price reaches a certain level. ”

Xiao Ran still has more than a year to go, and in that year, he must earn three billion dollars or more. This would allow the Phantom to continue to expand, otherwise it would be stagnant. Therefore, there is no reason for him to choose to do real estate, although all mankind knows how profitable it is to do real estate.

"Autumn Fairy Tale" was officially released when Xiao Ran was fighting in the stock market, and Xiao Ran only regretted that he couldn't see the grand occasion on the test screening. Still, he went to see it secretly once.

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