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When Wei Dongling returned, Xiao Ran fell into complete happiness, because the news from Cannes had just come that his new work "True Colors" had been qualified to participate in the competition. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infoThis is something that makes Xiao Ran really happy, because it is completely dependent on his own ability to direct, and now being able to qualify for the competition in the global production is enough to prove his ability.

For Xiao Ran, who has always hoped to be able to obtain his own and completely own works, this is definitely a great affirmation. Now he thinks he can really fully understand why those filmmakers are desperately trying to win awards at film awards.

In fact, "Spy Change" and "The Legend of the Car God" are completely his personal creations, but because those two films are too commercial, Xiao Ran can't regard them as personal works. What he wants is actually a platform to be able to express himself, and a completely stylized personal work.

He is not currently busy with this matter, he is at home enjoying the report from the mainland. Theaters in the mainland are currently under construction, but the renovated theaters have been completed. I have to admit that those theaters, whether in terms of equipment or all aspects, are definitely the difference between heaven and earth compared with before the renovation.

Dolby Laboratories and DTS equipment from Phantom Control, comfortable seating, and a multi-purpose screening room cost the studio a lot of money. Even though Dolby and DTS are both holding companies under the Phantom, they still have to buy according to the price, don't they?

Then again, there is no comparison with the mainland theaters before the transformation, one is still in infancy, and the other is adult, how can this be compared. Compared with American cinemas, the Phantom has done a better job in this regard, and the cinema chains controlled by the cinema have invested a lot of money in renovation in the past few years, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is the most comfortable and enjoyable cinema in the world.

And Xiao Ran has always believed that the reason why mainland films have not been able to keep up with the pace is largely because of the support and control of the state, which has led to the failure to be marketed, that is, commercialization. Like the current Hong Kong film industry, under the leadership of Phantom, it is already a very mature business empire.

In addition, the cinema factor is undoubtedly quite important, which is why he spent so much effort to renovate and build the cinema. The second reason is the ticket price, through a series of investigations, the film company finally set the ticket price in the mainland at two yuan. Although it may seem too low on the surface, it is the most important thing to train the audience to enter the theater, and when they develop such a habit, piracy can be strangled to a large extent.

Since the return of exchange students last year, mainland film studios have produced a total of more than 30 films so far, with an average investment of less than 10 million. The largest investment is the two summer vacation blockbusters invested by China Film gritted its teeth, with an investment of 50 million and 60 million respectively. If it's a loss, it's a mess.

Interestingly, according to the records of these materials, these exchange students have been working for less than half a month, and they are very unaccustomed to the production system in the mainland. First of all, the first point is to set up a project, and the script approval alone can be played to death. In terms of equipment, it is even more funny, the film and photographic equipment that exchange students want, the film studio can't even meet these two most fundamental things.

Originally, Huang Qun planned to borrow it from Xiao Ran after receiving the news, but Xiao Ran told him in a very simple sentence: "The best equipment in Hong Kong is in Siwei Company, although it is a subsidiary company, what kind of film does the Phantom want to make, it still has to pay for rent." You can go and rent it and give you a small discount on the price at most! ”

When Xiao Ran said this, Huang Qun was also very embarrassed. In the end, the mainland film studio was finally reluctant to rent equipment even more than the production fee, but China Film Company had the idea of dying to the end, gritting its teeth and pocketing the equipment in the mainland branch of Siwei to rent equipment to those two blockbusters.

However, the problem arises, when the script is sent after being reviewed by the film studio and the film bureau, it has changed beyond recognition. This directly provoked many screenwriters who were born as exchange students almost vomited blood, these screenwriters have been accustomed to free creation under the influence of phantoms, but they didn't expect that what they sent back after sending it was completely different from what they wrote.

The funny thing happened, there were about 100 exchange students who returned last year, and after less than a month of tossing, the screenwriters quit one after another. The director and other filmmakers were even more angry, and during the filming, the head of the film studio dared to point fingers, and many people resigned.

The filmmakers who barely swallowed their breath and finished filming finally couldn't help vomiting blood when they arrived at post-production, what is post-production called? There is no space, but the equipment is completely incomparable, and it is too far behind. However, the film studio was reluctant to spend too much money on thinking about the post-production, so they had to make do with it.

After doing it in the later stage, after enjoying the film, the creators all hid their faces and left. That's called a faceless extreme, then what they think in their hearts is that if they are seen by their colleagues in Hong Kong, they must be ridiculed to death. Action movies have become soft because there is no good post-production.

In fact, these are only the experiences of a small number of people, and the state attaches great importance to this return, and has taken a lot of money out for this, hoping to give a ray of light. Just for the sake of this return to the film investment, the country has invested hundreds of millions of dollars with the help of China Film.

Those film studios have indeed responded to the call of the country and are trying to make Chinese films out. It's just that in the script alone, I don't know how much I have brushed down. Moreover, it is interesting that some of these studios are very stubborn and did not send the film to the Phantom for post-production. But most of them are still made in the past, but some things are not enough with technology.

There are too many restrictions on mainland film production, and many filmmakers who resigned and rushed back to Hong Kong said this to Xiao Ran, and they themselves couldn't bear the feeling of being pointed at by unrelated people.

For the two summer vacation blockbusters of China Film, Xiao Ran is not afraid at all, the fundamental atmosphere of the film market cannot be improved, even if all the filmmakers of Phantom are passed, it is useless. The film studio is controlled by the state, and the film studio controls the filmmakers, so that it can never be improved by the market.

As for how these films are at the box office? This is actually something that can be imagined. Every year, at least 40 Hong Kong films continue to flow to the mainland market, and Hong Kong films, which have always been known for their entertainment surnames, have completely dominated the market with an overwhelming attitude. Of course, Huang Qun still called Xiao Ran in a rather tactful manner, hoping that the Hong Kong film industry could stagger the schedule and not deliberately play against mainland films.

They all executed, but the box office of the film was just as bad. The head of the film studio doesn't understand, why the same group of people can produce films with excellent word-of-mouth and box office in Hong Kong, but they are all smashed in the mainland?

Xiao Ran still felt a little sorry, because the country's hundreds of millions of investments were destined to lose money. In fact, Xiao Ran knows very well that all this will always happen, what are mainland films fighting with Hong Kong films now? Especially let the returning filmmakers do it. Don't forget that those returning filmmakers, such as Wei Changqing and other first-class directors, get at least 2 million salaries in Hong Kong.

In the mainland, two million is enough to make a film. Especially Wei Changqing, his director's remuneration has reached as high as four million. Let them film on the mainland? How much does it cost? Where does the salary come from, it is simply a salary system, and the annual salary is not as high as Wei Changqing's remuneration for making a fifteen-minute short film in Hong Kong.

Those filmmakers are worth hundreds of thousands of millions at every turn, what do film studios use to pay for this money? Without the commercialization of films, there will be no box office, and no box office is basically equal to no income, what to pay for without income?

The filmmaker has no room to play, and he can't even support himself, so what kind of drama is filming, buy a piece of tofu and kill him. What makes Wei Changqing and these filmmakers depressed is that under the leadership of the phantom, the Hong Kong film industry has once again set off a price increase, and the most valuable Fa Ge has exceeded 20 million. The wind is blowing fiercely enough, but they are not there, and they have to re-film to prove themselves.

After all, the mainland could not stop this trend of return, and after filming, the filmmakers returned to Hong Kong one after another, and each found their own owners, either Phantom or Debao. Last year's reshorence finally came to an end in a farce-like fashion.

This is the reason why Xiao Ran no longer worries about this after thinking about it at the time, and this is also the reason why he tried his best to raise the remuneration of filmmakers in the first place. You don't see history, Wu Yusen complained that Hollywood simply treats directors as workers rather than creators, but in order to make money, he is reluctant to come back.

What made Xiao Ran anxious for a while was where to stop this reward, at present, excluding the mainland, there is a market of more than 3 billion US dollars a year in Asia, and 2 billion US dollars in Europe. In Asia, there is nearly 40 percent of the market for Hong Kong films, and nearly 30 percent in Europe.

The average investment in the first round of Hong Kong films is currently as high as 40 million, and the remaining profits are far less than before. According to the comparison of prices in the United States, the remuneration of filmmakers has basically reached the level of Hollywood. After investigation and calculation, it was finally determined that the current salary base will be maintained for the time being, at least until the mainland market is further expanded.

In fact, there is definitely no room for improvement in film remuneration, and at present, Hong Kong invests about $6 billion a year in film production alone. If you add the North American market, which has gradually entered the market, Hong Kong films can earn at least 20 billion Hong Kong dollars at the global box office alone throughout the year, which still has a considerable profit ratio.

And let's not forget that movies don't just rely on box office revenues, video revenue is gradually catching up with the promotion of VCD in Asia. And in terms of TV broadcast rights, it is even more crazy. "Jurassic Park", which was released in North America around Christmas last year, sold $60 million for North American television rights. The broadcasting rights in Asia and Europe were bought by Shuxiang Media for 400 million Hong Kong dollars.

Therefore, there is still some room for development in remuneration. It's just that Xiao Ran thinks that the current situation is not clear enough, as long as the mainland loosens the censorship checkpoints, the price can be raised anytime and anywhere. After going around and around, the crux of the matter finally comes back to this point.

This made Xiao Ran have a headache to death, and finally couldn't help but leave the desk in anger. He cursed a few words hatefully, thinking to himself that he was not the person in charge of a Hong Kong movie, why did he do this mess himself?

After being depressed for a long time, Xiao Ran walked to the balcony, came to the side and looked at the sky and yelled a few times, and finally calmed down. I can't complain that he is depressed, the phantom's own business is enough to annoy him, and he even has to plan the future of Chinese films, what has happened!

Xiao Ran smiled bitterly, didn't all this happen to himself? For the sake of ideals, you must pay a lot of price. Facing the strong wind, Xiao Ran felt like a bird in the air, no matter how strong the wind was, he had to move in the direction he predetermined.

Xiao Ran is not a bird, he has no wings. However, Wei Dongling is Xiao Ran's wings, can Chinese movies fly to the intended target? Can the Phantom reach a global monopoly? This is still unknown.

In the afternoon, the Phantom Group will convene the heads of its film-related subsidiaries for a meeting, which is really interesting. On the surface, the Phantom is only one of the seven flagship companies controlled by Xiao Ran, but in fact, the Phantom Group controls the equity of the other six flagships. Of course, the equity of the Phantom is still the three directors Xiao Ran, Wei Dongling and Fang Xiaoqiang, and the company's distribution shares are given to other companies.

"Adong, have you chosen the acquisition target?" This is Xiao Ran's question to Wei Dongling, Xiao Ran is not very clear about business history, but he still vaguely knows that since last year, the global electronics industry, the network industry and the computer industry have begun to develop by leaps and bounds. So, it's obviously a great opportunity to make money.

"you, I'm out of the horse, what else can't be done?" Wei Dongling stared at Xiao Ran with extreme contempt and counterattacked: "What I want to ask is, is your money ready!" ”

Xiao Ran smiled, during the time Wei Dongling left, he deliberately sold the shares of some companies controlled by the Phantom Group, in order to raise funds in exchange for acquisition funds. The Phantom controls a significant portion of the stock and real estate, and selling it is obviously not a bad thing.

It is undoubtedly efficient to cash out the profitable investment and use the funds for other investments. At least Xiao Ran remembers that Li Ka-shing's 70 billion Hong Kong dollar trading did just that.

It is no exaggeration to say that except for a few fairly important companies whose shares were not sold, Xiao Ran sold almost all the other shares. Over the years, Phantom Company, which has invested more than 8 billion yuan in this area, has made a profit of nearly 30 billion Hong Kong dollars through this sale, and some of Hathaway's shares alone have earned more than 10 billion yuan.

However, it is also very helpless to sell. Xiao Ran didn't want to increase the company's debts anymore, so he had to sell them to raise funds. Think about it when he took over Hutchison, which has a market value of nearly 200 billion, he was saddled with Hutchison's own debt of $6 billion, or the Phantom has worked hard to pay off the debt in recent years to barely lower this figure.

The Phantom's last year's massive acquisitions have passed the dire state of the lack of funds, but the Phantom still doesn't have the large cash reserves that he used to. Although there are still 10 or 20 billion Hong Kong dollars in normal times, this is obviously far from enough for the Phantom Group, which is currently doing things with billions of dollars.

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