Strictly speaking, Encyclopedia Films' "Huang Qiying" can definitely be regarded as a follow-up movie!

However, whether it is a filmmaker or an ordinary audience, it has long been strange to the success of this kind of follow-up movie, in fact, Xiao Ran has always thought about why the follow-up situation in the film industry is so strict.

Sometimes a movie with a lot of ideas and innovations is extremely popular at the box office, but although the quality is okay, it is obvious that it is a movie that follows the trend, but it can achieve good box office results.

After analysis, Xiao Ran came to two conclusions!

The first conclusion: movies are a relatively short form of entertainment, and the normal time of a movie is about 90 minutes, even if it is a long movie, it is 130 minutes at most.

In other words, you can basically watch it quickly, unlike TV series, even if a movie drama has been finished and watched online, it may take several days to watch it.

So the problem with movies is that after the audience sees a favorite movie, they may not reject movies with the same theme and type, because the previous movies are not too enjoyable, but if it is a TV series that follows the trend, then the audience may not chase two similar TV series in a short period of time.

The second conclusion: Movies are a very money-burning investment, a slightly decent movie, at least tens of millions of investment, and generally speaking, movies with an investment of less than 100 million do not dare to say that they are a big investment.

In other words, although the income of the film is strong, the risk is still very large, so investors naturally want to be safe, and generally no investor is willing to spend money on films that are too innovative. And because there are successful cases in the follow-up movies, investors will be relatively relieved.

This also explains why the Once Upon a Time series is successful. There will be so many martial arts movies that follow the trend, and the box office results are not bad.

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"Xiao Ran. That's why there are so many movies in the film industry? ”

In the Shaw Film Company, Xiao Ran's entire team was in a meeting, during which someone suggested that after the recent emergence of martial arts movies that followed the trend, Xiao Ran said his two conclusions.

The person who questioned him was Yuan Biao, who had just started to make films independently. The box office of "Cha Story Sequel" is very good, but in Yuan Biao's opinion, it is just Xiao Ran's well-written script, coupled with the box office impact of the previous work, which is essentially a production of the movie. Yuan Biao thinks that he still lacks something.

So what kind of movie should be made next, Yuan Biao naturally had a bit of a mess, and after seeing so many follow-up movies, Yuan Biao began to wonder what kind of movie could guarantee a hit.

"Yes, but there is also a disadvantage of following the trend, that is, if it is not filmed well, after the audience has a comparison, it is easy to boycott it, and it must be fast to follow the trend. Have an accurate vision, once you follow the trend, then to make a movie with the same theme and type is to find yourself dead. ”

"Then Xiao Ran, what kind of movie do you think my Justice Studio should make next?"

Yuan Biao also raised his own doubts. Justice Studio was set up by Xiao Ran for him, although it essentially belongs to Xiao Film Company, which is also Xiao Ran's more mature approach. He didn't want to open so many film companies anymore, it would be too much work.

So the way of film studios is more reasonable now. Xiao Ran is still responsible for the investment of all films, of course, if the movie can pull sponsorship or advertising placement. As long as it doesn't affect the plot and perception, Xiao Ran doesn't mind it so much.

And gradually, Xiao Ran hopes that the filming and administrative control of the film studio can be handed over to everyone, and he hopes that the team at hand can have more independent film talents, so that Xiao Ran will not have to worry so much.

In addition to Xiao Ran's Zhengying Film Company of the fifth senior brother Wu Zhengying and the Zhengdong Film Company of the fourth senior brother Liu Kui, Xiao Ran's other film-making team members are basically affiliated with Xiao's Film Company, but in addition to Yuan Biao, Xie Wenxuan and Zhang Yaoyang also established a Xuanyang Studio, and the third senior brother Jinbao established a Sanmao Studio......

Basically, they are independent film studios, in addition to executing the script given by Xiao Ran, they can also submit the script to Xiao Ran for review, and if it is worth the investment, Xiao Ran will also contribute money to invest in their new movie.

In this way, they can reduce their dependence on Xiao Ran, who hopes that the development of films in this world will not simply rely entirely on the classic movies of the past life in his mind, but also need more original works.

For example, Li Shengtian's "Dear Child" and Xie Wenxuan's "Oath Not to Accept Fate" are two very good quality movies in Xiao Ran's opinion!

On Yuan Biao's doubts, Xiao Ran answered directly: "Sixth Senior Brother, you also know that your studio is named Justice, so let's implement the shooting of your police first. Check the story series, what the audience wants to see is the righteous and awe-inspiring Chen Jiaju, and before the audience is disgusted with this role, they can continue to film! ”

In fact, in the film industry, it is the safest way to keep making sequels to movies, such as several movie series in Xiao Ran's impression in his previous life, such as "Happy Ghost", "Rich and Powerful", "New World for Three", and "Little Times" are all a practice of making sequels when they make money, and the results are basically able to make money.

This is actually a kind of practice of following the trend, but the difference is that you just follow the trend!

Speaking of which, Xiao Ran also gave Yuan Biao a shot in the arm: "Actually, "Police. I have already written the script of the third part of "Cha Story", and I will give it to you after the meeting is over, the scenes of the third part are more grandiose, the cast is stronger, I hope that the sixth senior brother can shoot it well, and I also welcome everyone to have new ideas and creations for the movie, as long as it is in line with the investment philosophy, I will be willing to invest in everyone! ”

Of course, Xiao Ran also welcomes them to invest in making movies for themselves after making money, as long as they are not afraid of losing money, Xiao Ran doesn't care, and can even help them contact a larger cinema company for distribution, anyway, as long as they don't betray Yida Cinema directly like Xu Guangwen and go to make movies for the hostile camp.

It can be said that the team that Xiao Ran has in hand now is also a key to his foothold in the film industry, and it has gradually given him a higher status.

This is like the difference between Hong Jinbao and Liang Chaowei in the previous life, although both of them have won the actor, and Liang Chaowei has won more times, but Hong Jinbao is stronger in terms of status, the reason is that he is the whole team!

Next, the seventh senior brother Zhang Yaoyang also spoke in the conference room: "Xiao Ran, December 28th is the award ceremony of the Feitian Award, the highest glory award for Chinese TV dramas, our newly established TV production company has two TV series and one variety show nominated, do you want to attend?" ”

Xiao Ran nodded: "Of course, since it is the biggest TV award in China, of course we have to attend, and the leading actors of the two TV series, as well as the host of the variety show "Super Invincible Award Doorman" will also attend. ”

At this time, Sanmao smiled after hearing it: "Then Lei Xiaolong can be in the limelight again, maybe if he wears a tight-fitting zombie suit, he can win the prize again." ”

As soon as these words were finished, everyone laughed, and they all remembered that when the Chinese Film Golden Dragon Awards, Lei Xiaolong, who was dressed in a tight zombie suit, won the National Best Costume Award, and as a result, he won the bonus and received a lifelong clothing sponsorship from Maibuzi.

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In fact, in addition to the Feitian Awards, there is also the European Golden Deer Award, which is a film award recognized by the entire European Union, and Shaw Films' "Wong Fei Hung's Boy Should Be Self-Improvement", "The Legend of Ryazan" and "Law Enforcement Pioneer" three films have been nominated!

Xiao Ran was not sure that he would be able to win the award, and he didn't know what the foreigner's comment standards were, so he just sent Liu Kui, who had free time after filming "East Becomes West", and his father Xiao Yuanshan to appear on his behalf, but he didn't expect good news to come a few days later.

Xiao Yuanshan was nominated for the European Golden Deer Award for Best Actor for the role of Huang Feihong, and won this award in one fell swoop, and his value skyrocketed for a while.

In addition to the Best Actor award, "Wong Fei Hung's Boy Should Be Self-Improvement" also won the Best Screenplay and Best Film Song awards, and "The Legend of Ryazan" won the best martial arts design with its very systematic Wing Chun martial arts design, and "Law Enforcement Pioneer" was also nominated for the Best Screenplay Award, but unfortunately it did not lose to its own "Wong Fei Hung: The Man Should Be Self-Improvement".

However, winning these awards is already very remarkable, you must know that Chinese films started relatively late, so in front of European and American movies, they have always been unable to raise their heads, and it has also caused many filmmakers to have an inferiority complex!

The reason why Xiao Ran didn't want to participate in the Golden Deer Awards was also because since the establishment of the Golden Deer Awards 20 years ago, few Chinese filmmakers have won awards at all, but he didn't expect to win two awards this time: Best Actor and Best Screenplay.

Xiao Yuanshan's father and son, who won the award for a while, suddenly became the representatives and pride of the entire Chinese filmmakers, and were praised as the backbone of the entire film circle.

The father and son continued to prepare for the movie "Huang Feihong Three Lion Kings", although the theme and profundity of this movie are not as good as the second part, but the scene is still very huge, just at the beginning of the film, the slogan of Ten Thousand Lions will be Beijing, and the slogan of the Lion King Battle can be seen how powerful it is...... (To be continued......)