"I finally understand why the world's movies are in the doldrums!"

After watching "Journey to the West: Cinderella" that night and feeling the heated discussion after the end of the theater scene, Xiao Ran was as happy as if he had discovered a new continent.

At first, when he started filming Journey to the West, he was also afraid of the ending like his previous life, because most viewers couldn't understand it, and they felt that the plot was too messy and too noisy and chose to ignore this movie, so now he has launched "The Legend of Wukong" to test the waters!

As a result, as soon as "The Legend of Wukong" was launched, it immediately triggered a strong wave of discussion, and only then did Xiao Ran begin to feel a little more confident.

and decided to take out 120 million as an investment to start filming two series of movies about Journey to the West, and after watching the scene with hundreds of audiences that night, Xiao Ran finally understood why the audience could accept this movie series.

So the next day, in the film company of Xingyi City, Xiao Ran analyzed to his father Xiao Yuanshan who was sitting on the side, and his eldest brother Lei Xiaohu: "I think the problem in the film industry at this stage is that the level of filmmakers has not improved for ten years, and the contradiction between the growing IQ and viewing level of the audience, so when following the trend and throwing out a basket of uncreative movies, the audience naturally chose to boycott ......"

Who knew that when Xiao Ran finished analyzing with great confidence, Xiao Yuanshan and Lei Xiaohu nodded at the same time and said, "We have also thought of this." ”

"Isn't it?"

Xiao Ran was a little disappointed and said: "What I thought of after making several movies, you have already thought of it." ”

Lei Xiaohu said with a smile: "In fact, under such a sluggish atmosphere in the entire film industry, no one who can survive in this film industry is a stupid person." It is human nature to follow the herd, especially since most investors are laymen. I like it like filmmakers who are cautious about following the trend, because it is less risky. As long as you ensure that you have a good production team, and then find a movie with a better box office to make it, the general audience will buy it......"

Saying that, Lei Xiaohu shrugged his shoulders and said: "But what investors didn't expect was that the audience wouldn't buy it all the time, and every time they paid to go to the cinema to watch a movie with a similar plot, so innovation and large-scale production have become necessary elements, which is why Yida's Three Musketeers are becoming more and more famous, because they are more keen on innovation." ”

Speaking of this, Xiao Yuanshan also added: "But Xiao Ran's reasoning, I think you still understand, but you haven't understood the specific situation of this film industry so much, and the scripts of the few movies you have written are innovative." So the audience is becoming more and more confident in you, which is why the Journey to the West series is a big seller......"

Indeed, because Xiao Ran had seen very few movies in this world before making movies, he naturally used the scripts of what he thought was the best movies in his previous life to shoot, and the results happened to be different from the types of movies that were popular in this world before, so he was naturally regarded by the audience as a very innovative new filmmaker, so he was sought after......

It is conceivable that if Xiao Ran continues now, he will try to avoid vulgar themes and choose some new genre movies to make Zuò, plus countless models of classic movies from his previous life in his mind as a reference. It can be predicted that his films will only get higher and higher at the box office.

is like You Tian on Jiayi's side, as soon as he saw that the box office of "Journey to the West: Moonlight Treasure Box" exceeded 700 million before it was released, he thought that the second spring of the entire film industry had come.

In fact, on the contrary, the reason why the audience supports Xiao Ran so much. is because the audience is getting smarter and smarter, and they understand that Xiao Ran is making good movies with great production, rather than simply following the trend and wanting to make money.

So if there are investors who don't know whether they are alive or dead, they think that the market for movies has changed for the better. If you want to make a movie again, the box office may still hit the street to death!

That's exactly what happened. Yida Cinema Line is becoming more and more inseparable from Xiao Ran, and the Lu family has chosen to turn a blind eye to many of Xiao Ran's actions. As long as Xiao Ran continues to cooperate with Yida Cinema Line, it is enough.

Lei Xiaohu's confidence in following Xiao Ran to continue to break into the film industry is also getting stronger and stronger at this time, and last year's "The Legend of Ryazan" accumulated more than 450 million at the box office, which made him pay attention to countless filmmakers and won the support of many audiences.

And as soon as the Lunar New Year stalls passed, Xiao Ran seemed to be ready to move again, so Lei Xiaohu couldn't help but be impatient: "Xiao Ran, the song "Men Should Be Self-Improvement" that you sang at the Spring Festival Gala on Yanjing TV deliberately added live effects of lion dance and martial arts, is it really like what the media speculated, and is it preparing to pave the way for a new movie?" ”

In fact, this is not to blame Lei Xiaohu, his appearance and skills are considered to be the top among the brothers in the entire Xiao family class, but now Liu Kui has done a good job as a director, and because of the success of the Journey to the West series, he was crowned the title of a billion director, and he was unlimited, and he also created Zhengdong Film Company.

Although Wu Zhengying's starring movie was not as good as his own "Legend of Ryazan" at the box office, he became a unique filmmaker in everyone's eyes with his excellent image of a zombie Taoist, and also opened Zhengying Film Company.

Although the bosses behind these two film companies are Xiao Ran, the overall income is also in Xiao Ran's hands, and these two people only get a little dividend at most.

At this point, Xiao Ran treats the brothers equally, there is no favoritism, as long as the movie makes money, Xiao Ran will give dividends to each senior brother, and strive to make them live a better life.

These seven senior brothers have always been committed to developing in the film industry, and because they used to run around the crew, they were busy to death every day, so even Liu Kui, who is already thirty years old, has not yet married a wife, so after Xiao Ran makes money, he will naturally not treat them badly.

So as soon as he heard the words of the senior brother, Xiao Ran understood what he was thinking, so he didn't hide it and said: "Yes, I plan to start filming a martial arts movie "Huang Feihong" in the late Qing Dynasty, my father will play the protagonist Huang Feihong, and senior brother, you will still play the eldest disciple of the protagonist, and there are a lot of scenes, no problem, right?" ”

In the rehearsal before the Spring Festival Gala, Lei Xiaohu already liked the elegant and chic action design arranged by Xiao Ran very much, so when he heard that Xiao Ran really planned to start a new movie with this, Lei Xiaohu laughed from the bottom of his heart, and although he was not the first protagonist this time, he also played a lot of scenes.

After speaking, Xiao Ran walked back to his desk and took two scripts from the table, which were "Once Upon a Time: Top Gun", which was also the script of the first part of the Wong Fei Hung series of movies.

"Dad, Senior Brother, this script is here, you can take it back and read it first, and next week it will start filming and officially start filming."

Whether it is Xiao Yuanshan or Lei Xiaohu, the personalities of these two masters and apprentices are extremely similar, perhaps it should be said that Lei Xiaohu, who has regarded Xiao Yuanshan as his biological father since he was a child, has been influenced by him a lot.

After taking the script given by Xiao Ran at this moment, the two began to read it on the spot, and they were immediately attracted by the plot and watched it with relish.

The two roles of Huang Feihong and Liang Kuan are the two most important characters in the first part of Huang Feihong's movie series, so Xiao Ran brought the script when he made an appointment for the two to meet in Xingyi City, in fact, Dad's role of Huang Feihong and the role of Liang Kuan of the big brother were all decided by Xiao Ran early on.

For the remaining role of Yan Zhendong, Xiao Ran chose a very special actor, perhaps this person has rarely appeared in movies, but people in the film industry basically know his name, that is, Yuan Baye, the most famous martial arts instructor in China!

Although the role of Aunt Thirteen is a vase, she is a very important guide for Huang Feihong to see the Western world in the movie, and she is also the most open-minded female character in the movie, so she is cautious and for the sake of box office appeal, so Xiao Ran decisively chose the current hottest actress Lin Qingqing for his father Xiao Yuanshan!

Since Lin Qingqing played the undefeated Dongfang in "Smiling Proud Jianghu", his fame has risen to a higher level, and he has instantly become the dream lover in the minds of more than 100 million men around the world!

So in order to thank Xiao Ran, and also out of trust in Xiao Ran's movie, as soon as he received Xiao Ran's invitation, Lin Qingqing agreed without even asking for his salary.

Although Aunt Thirteen did not play in the movie, there are many places where she can play, and this role is also very consistent with Lin Qingqing's temperament.

Then there is the role of Pork Rong, needless to say, the tall and fat Sanmao is the most ideal candidate, as for the role of the other two apprentices, Ling Yunkai will be handed over to Yaoyang to play, anyway, he has always said that he wants to play a positive character, and this role can be regarded as a bit of a play.

As for Luo Ya Su, no one in the Xiao family class can do this role, because although Luo Ya Su looks relatively ugly, he has a certain funny scene in the play, and he has a temperament that has drunk foreign ink.

Originally, Xiao Ran wanted Lei Xiaolong to play it, but after thinking about it, this role was not very suitable for Lei Xiaolong, so he gave up again and borrowed a comedian with buckteeth from Struggle Film Company, this person's appearance and temperament are very in line with the characters in the play, and there is no need for special makeup at all......

After all the actors were ready, Xiao Ran was relieved.

And just before "Once Upon a Time: Lingyun Ambition" was ready to worship God and start shooting, another movie, Xiao Ran, was also preparing to start filming at the same time.

This drama is completely written for the temperament of the sixth senior brother Yuan Biao, and whether it is successful or not is a matter of one move, so Xiao Ran selected the fourth senior brother Liu Kui, who was very strong at this time, as the director of this movie, while Wang Wei continued to serve as the assistant director, and the fifth senior brother Wu Zhengying and the second senior brother Lei Xiaolong were also sent over by Xiao Ran to help. (To be continued......)