Chapter 171: Worship God on the machine
After hearing Xiao Ran's words, Xiao Yuanshan also settled down a little.
It's not that he doesn't want to watch his apprentices become independent, but making movies is not as good as other industries, especially Liu Kui, who has just directed the tube, the results of the first two films are very good, and the entire film industry is very much praised by him.
Even the name of a billion directors can be touted, which shows that the bubble in the entertainment industry is actually similar to the securities and real estate industries......
But at this time, if "Law Enforcement Pioneer" is smashed, those who praise Liu Kui will also attack him in an instant, and this circle is so realistic.
Now that Xiao Ran said this, Xiao Yuanshan was much more relieved, and then Xiao Ran continued: "Dad, I want to set up another film company!" ”
Xiao Yuanshan was surprised: "Still have a new film company? You are careful that Mr. Lu's patience is limited, after all, you have already opened two film companies in just a few months, Zhengying Film Company is okay to say, ready to shoot supernatural movies, but Zhengdong Film Company is now Yida There are many people on the side. ”
Xiao Ran said indifferently: "It's a mediocrity not to be envied!" Xingyi City is right to be said to be the son of Yida Group, if you make a movie with the name of Xingyi City to make zuò and produce, whether it is the film schedule or the schedule, it will give the best, and in terms of foreign sales, because Yida can divide more than half, so the publicity will also be the most powerful, but the problem is that my share is only 40%! ”
Forty percent of the shares in Xingyi City have always been a problem, Xiao Ran was just an excellent screenwriter at the beginning, so if he wanted Yida's full support, then he could only give up the big head.
But now several movies are doing very well at the box office. Xiao Ran's voice is getting heavier and heavier, so the five movies he talked about before are conditional. No matter how unconditionally support Xiao Ran's commitment to open other film companies, it is somewhat untenable.
Originally, Lu Yuesheng didn't expect Xiao Ran to be so magical, and he really could make money in every movie. Especially in the case of such a poor movie market, it was very refreshing to make a promise at that time.
Moreover, I never thought that Xiao Ran's speed was so fast, and he was able to make a movie in less than half a month on average, so in addition to the five movies he cooperates with Xingyi City every year, Xiao Ran can also start shooting many more movies.
For example, since this year, Xiao Ran has prepared more than 20 scripts, and they can start filming at any time!
"That's true, but although you have less of a share in Xingyi City, you can't have exclusive control. But in fact, the control of the company is still in your hands, and the publicity of the movie Yida in Xingyi City is the strongest, so in fact, you have a lot of money......"
Dad's words are very real, because in the eyes of Yida Group, now Xingyi City and Struggle are biological sons, but Zhengdong and Zhengying are just godsons, and if it is good, it will naturally be left to the best control of Struggle Film Company, followed by Xingyi City Film Company, and finally Zhengdong and Zhengying......
But then. Lu Yuesheng's idea is estimated to be broken.
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Before the release of "Journey to the West: Cinderella", in terms of Struggle Film Company, Chen Guo, one of the Three Musketeers, released a new film "The Gift of Love" before the New Year, a living literary film. And in Xiao Ran's opinion, the filming was too literary and artistic, and even many filmmakers couldn't understand it, but with the full support of Yida Group. The investment of 50 million yuan only recovered more than 30 million box office, and the box office of foreign countries was not enough to deduct costs......
In addition, the encyclopedia released the trailer of "The Emperor of Shanghai". It sparked a strong upsurge of discussion in an instant.
After all, Encyclopedia, which is used to making Jianghu movies, has not shot the same type of subject matter for ten years, and this time the theme choice is Shanghai Tang with such a grand background. And the movie also announced that it will be the same as the Journey to the West series, which is divided into upper and lower episodes, with a total investment of more than 120 million!
This is enough to set off a strong storm in the entire film industry, you must know that Encyclopedia filmed fifteen self-made small-budget movies last year, and the total investment in all the films is only a little more than 100 million.
After this news came out, Xiao Ran put forward the idea of forming a new film company to shoot a new film, of course, he was preparing a large-scale movie to fight with Encyclopedia, so Lu Yuesheng could only agree.
So Xiao Jiaban's third film company was established again, this time the main members of the company became Xiao Yuanshan and Lei brothers, of course, the third senior brother Sanmao and the sixth senior brother Yuan Biao and the seventh senior brother Yaoyang, and the name of this film company is Xiao Film Company!
Now the entire Yida cinema chain seems to be strong, but in fact, among the talents that can be used, Xiao Ran is a first-class good horse, and the movies made have not lost money, as for Xu Guangwen and Yuan Ba, they are medium horses, most movies can make a small profit, and the reputation is also good, but occasionally there are still times when they miss.
As for Chen Guoxin and the filmmakers of several other satellite companies, the variables are even greater, although there will be occasional surprises, but there are often cases of rushing to death on the street!
If there is no opponent, Lu Yuesheng may have to suppress Xiao Ran, but now that the encyclopedia is menacing, even if Lu Yuesheng knows that most of the encyclopedia's scripts are given by Xiao Ran, he can't do anything about him!
Because now Lu Yuesheng's biggest trump card is Xiao Ran, for this reason, he can only temporarily put down Xingyi City and let Xiao Ran wholly own to form a new film company, but the biggest premise is that the movies made can only be released in Yida's theaters, and at that time, he is ready to let Xiao Ran's new movie represent Yida and Encyclopedia!
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Four days later, "Once Upon a Time: Lingyun Ambition" officially started to worship God.
Although Xiao Ran did not deliberately do publicity before this, but only leaked the news in the performance program of the Spring Festival Gala, media reporters naturally know how to catch the wind and catch shadows, and after watching the live effect of "Men Should Be Self-Improvement", they naturally bit Xiao Yuanshan in it, and finally ran over to interview and shoot.
At this time, Xiao Yuanshan, Lei Xiaohu, Sanmao, Yuan Ba, Lin Qingqing, Yaoyang and other actors appeared one after another, and the staff of Xiao's Film Company began to bring out the divine case, and put on the tribute for worshipping the gods......
Not every movie will have this kind of worship ceremony, so some media reporters have not seen such a scene, so they have taken pictures one after another.
When they were almost done, they began to interview Xiao Ran again: "Boss Xiao, your film team has always been your own Xiao family class, and they are all yang and yin, have you ever considered introducing the heroine from outside?" ”
Xiao Ran smiled very confidently and said, "Isn't Miss Lin Qingqing the heroine we introduced?" And most of my films are mainly male, so it will give people a sense of yang and yin decline, and then this situation will slowly change, and we welcome powerful actresses to consider joining our team. ”
"So you make a movie and change the subject matter so quickly, will you worry about the box office?"
Xiao Ran responded: "This question should be answered by fans and friends, and it is their willingness to enter the theater again and again to support my innovative and practical films that can give me the courage to continue innovating." ”
At this time, a reporter from "Sin Chew Entertainment" came up and asked: "Mr. Xiao, for the protagonist this time is your father again, are you afraid that others will say that you are nepotistic?" ”
Xiao Ran continued to smile: "This question is a good question, in fact, I hope you can distinguish clearly, my father is an actor with good acting skills, and it is very consistent with the role requirements of my new play, this is my first consideration, and if there is such a good actor and it is not used, just because I am afraid of being gossiped, then it is not me Xiao Ran." ”
When the reporters were about to continue to ask, the staff on the side ran over and said, "Mr. Xiao, the auspicious time has arrived." ”
Most of the filmmakers in the southern school are more superstitious, so even if they start to worship God, they will find the master to choose an auspicious time, more than half of Xiao Ran's team are southerners, so Xiao Ran still follows the rules, but he naturally does not believe that the box office quality of a movie has anything to do with whether or not he worships God.
"Fellow journalists, please stand back, we are going to start worshipping God."
At this time, Xiao Ran stood at the forefront, and several senior brothers from the Xiao family class stood behind him, as a string of firecrackers burned, the members of the crew also took turns to worship God in a certain order, and then began to lift a red cloth in front of the camera, officially announcing that "Once Upon a Time: Top Gun" was on.
The background of the first scene is on the sea, and at the beginning of the scene, several large ships are leaning on the sea, this scene was filmed on a rented dock, and then the camera arrives, it is a class A tied with a flag and hemp rope, and a green is tied, and a lifelike lion head is placed.
In the movie, the sailor is dancing the lion and picking green, and according to the tradition, the cannon must be burned first, who knows that it alarmed the foreign soldiers, so they were shot!
The person with the lion dance head fell directly, so Huang Feihong jumped up and picked up the lion head, although the soldier already knew that it was a lion dance after seeing it, so he didn't pay attention to it.
But when such a thing happened, the sailors of the Qing court did not dare to attack at all, and this scene was already a very direct expression from the beginning of the rampant foreigners at that time, as well as the incompetence and low status of the Qing court!
As the protagonist, Huang Feihong is naturally very angry, but there is no way but to use the lion dance to boost morale.
It turned out that Huang Feihong was the head of the Black Flag Army of the Water Division, and Master Liu wanted to transfer him to Annan to fight because he was suspicious of the imperial court, so Lord Liu hoped that Huang Feihong would organize a militia in order not to disband.
And when leaving, Lord Liu gave his fan to Huang Feihong, and the fan was written on the unequal treaty signed by the Qing court and the foreigners! (To be continued......)