The box office of "Prison" was not bad on its opening day. Although it was not as high as "God of Gamblers", it was still over one million. As the screenwriter and producer of the film, Xiao Ran has been busy cooperating with reporters and doing publicity these days.
, originally it was not his turn to take care of these things. However, Wei Dongling was taking care of the management matters, so Xiao Ran could only do some trivial things.
Liu Zhenwei completed the script of "The Gambler" very quickly. Xiao Ran was surprised and admired the Hong Kong screenwriters for their ability to quickly complete a very funny script in a hurried working environment. This was something Xiao Ran was far behind.
He admired them all.
However, Xiao Ran still gave Liu Zhenwei a few words: "Everything can be rough, but the movie cannot be rough. The script should be given to the writing team to revise and make it more refined. During the actual filming, I asked that even if the other parts were not done well,
But they all require absolutely outstanding technology.”
The directorial skills of Hong Kong filmmakers are admired by the whole world. No one can make a story as entertaining as Hong Kong directors and screenwriters. This certainly proves the excellence of Hong Kong filmmakers, but they are also
fatal flaw.
For example, a plot that is irrelevant to the story involves a lot of comedy. According to standard evaluation, the structural error is a fatal flaw. But it is this irrelevant comedy plot that has become the reason why people like it.
Xiao Ran tried to influence the audience with the phantom, telling them that comedy does not necessarily need to be worth watching. Seeing the box office of "Prison Story" rising rapidly, Xiao Ran thought, maybe now is the time.
The current audience is sane, and many literary and dull films can have quite good box office results, which is proof. Now is an era of passion, and Xiao Ran tried to add a ray of calmness to this passion.
Should he create a new script completely independently, or should he continue to use future works? Xiao Ran is wavering on this issue. He feels that his screenwriting ability has accumulated to an explosive stage. Whether it is the ability of Wei Jiahui, the king of screenwriters, or other
Xiao Ran has already mastered the skills of screenwriting through overt and covert guidance. Next, if he still wants to make progress, he needs his own ideas.
Xiao Ran did have several ideas, but they were obviously not suitable for the requirements of calmness and rationality. If he really wanted a rational and calm work, then the first thing Xiao Ran thought of was the work of Future Galaxy Reflection.
In terms of plot twists and ingenuity in conception, Galaxy Image's works are the best in Hong Kong. The calm ones include "PTU" and "Gunfire". They need this kind of film that can make the audience think, rather than make them think.
The audience gradually loses their ability to think in the simple and direct film.
"Gunfire" is definitely not good. It has not experienced the complete development process of gangster movies. It is difficult for this film to achieve box office success if it is made now, and even the reputation may not achieve the expected results. "PTU" is not a bad choice, but
, the reputation of the police is obviously not as good as it was later, so it is not an option.
"Very Sudden" is indeed a classic, but Xiao Ran didn't plan to take this film, so he chose "Dark Flower". "Dark Flower" is an almost perfect gangster work, a hide-and-seek game of cat and mouse, with intellectual excitement and a surprising plot.
Weirdness is perfectly presented in this film.
Only in this way can the audience learn to think, instead of blindly relying on the director's short-cut and quick tactics. However, Xiao Ran also made a very difficult decision during his psychological struggle - after "Dark Flower", try not to plagiarize Hong Kong.
The film was made. At least, he decided not to do it himself even if he copied it, but to leave it to others to do.
However, Xiao Ran does not plan to start filming this film immediately. There are too many blockbusters this year, including classics such as "Prison", "Dragon and Tiger", "God of Gamblers" and "Autumn Fairy Tale".
They are all definitely the strongest contenders for the Academy Awards, and Phantom has three of them, so Xiao Ran doesn't need to get another one to beat himself.
On the other hand, 1988 was quite difficult. Films such as "Rouge" and "Carmen" were about to come out. Xiao Ran had to prepare for the Academy Awards next year. If Phantom wanted to gain huge influence, it would have to win both awards and box office.
Not less. Besides, Xiao Ran also plans to promote Zhou Runfa as the Best Actor of three consecutive Academy Awards.
Don't say he can't do it, in his expectation, Fa Ge will definitely win this year's three films to compete with other films. And next year Fa Ge will have "A Lang's Story" and "Dark Flower", Xiao Ran doesn't believe that he can't create it
This miracle.
While she was gnashing her teeth and thinking, the phone rang. It was her mother. She told Xiao Ran that there were a few hooligans waiting outside the school gate every day to tease Xiao Han after school, so she asked him to pick up Xiao Han.
Xiao Ran frowned, and then he remembered that Xiao Han was now a girl. Thinking of this, he looked at the time, said hello to Guan Xin, and then went out together. As soon as they came downstairs, they met Wei Jiahui.
Wei Jiahui came to take the script of "The Ghost Story" to Xiao Ran to read. How could Xiao Ran have time to read it carefully now? When he heard that Xiao Han was in trouble, Wei Jiahui volunteered to go with him. Of course, he also supervised Xiao Ran's reading of the script.
I have to admit that Xiao Ran is already a little annoyed by this. Now that the company is too small and there is a shortage of manpower, there is no need to find someone to take charge of it. As a result, the final decision-making power of this script falls on Xiao Ran.
But this is not the responsibility of his boss at all. If every script is shown to him and his career becomes big in the future, then he will have no time to do other things. Fortunately, the company is not big now, so Xiao Ran doesn't have to worry too much.
Much more.
Arriving at a tea restaurant outside the school, Xiao Ran and the three of them found a seat and sat down. Wei Jiahui was responsible for keeping an eye on Xiao Han's whereabouts. Xiao Ran, of course, had the only job to review the script. "The Ghost Story" was originally written by Liu Zhenwei
The first step to becoming popular, but now that "The Gambler" is available, this is no longer needed.
There was nothing wrong with the script. Now that Xiao Ran knew that it was always difficult to balance business and art, he quickly pointed out a few plots that were overplayed and several unrelated subplots. He told Wei Jiahui: "Xiaobao, tell me
The writing team, let them change this a little bit, irrelevant things don’t always need to be spent on film to describe, even if it’s a comedy.”
As for the director of the film, Xiao Ran is hard to decide. Among the directors signed by Phantom Company, only Liu Zhenwei can handle comedy themes. It is difficult for others to control this relatively nonsensical comedy. Of course Du Qifeng has the experience of "Happy"
"Ghost Collision Ghost" experience, but Xiao Ran still believes that his advantage is not in comedy, but in gangster and police themes.
"Xiaobao, who do you think should be the director?" Xiao Ran had a headache. Lao Jianhua might have been able to do it, but Xiao Ran always thought that he lacked the ability to act alone, otherwise he wouldn't have been an assistant director for several years.
He still has never done it independently. Besides, he now plans to let Lao Jianhua, who is experienced and well-connected, switch to producing.
"Well, let me think about it..." Wei Jiahui frowned, such a question was not easy to answer. He knew that Xiao Ran was giving priority to the company's directors, and he would try not to invite outsiders if he could: "How about just
Luo Wenqiang, he is the assistant you brought here personally, I believe there should be no problem."
Xiao Ran nodded. Luo Wenqiang's ability was indeed good, but he still lacked the potential to become a real master. Being a director similar to snake oil, Luo Wenqiang would have no problem.
While they were talking, Xiao Han followed a large number of students out of the school. Several hooligans dressed in strange shapes immediately rushed up and surrounded Xiao Han and her friends: "Little sister, come with us to have a drink! Don't hide.
!”
Xiao Han hated these little hooligans. They had been pestering her every day for the past few days. Although they still didn't dare to do anything, it was very annoying after all. At this time, she thought of Xiao Ran and thought...
With her brother here, he will definitely be able to protect her like before.
Just as he was thinking that, Xiao Han immediately heard a familiar voice: "What are you doing, get away from me!"
It was Xiao Ran and the other three who came over. Xiao Ran's pace was not too slow, but it had an unspeakable charm. When he came to Xiao Han's side, Xiao Ran glanced at Xiao Han's two friends and couldn't help being slightly startled.
Suddenly, they turned out to be a pair of beautiful twins.
Of course, now he could no longer tolerate the beauty of other women except Lin Qingxia, so he just nodded slightly to the twins. Then he turned around and stared at the three hooligans, his face suddenly darkened.
He shouted in a low voice: "Don't harass my sister again, leave now!"
The three hooligans couldn't help showing a hint of fear when they saw Xiao Ran and three others coming. They were suppressed by Xiao Ran's powerful tone and were immediately discouraged. But the hooligans were not discerning enough after all, and soon
Then he had the courage to get angry and said: "Who the hell are you? How dare you interfere in my uncle's affairs!"
Xiao Ran's eyebrows suddenly raised, and the anger in his eyes seemed to burst out. He took a step forward and roared like a lion: "Get out!"
Seeing Xiao Ran's strong appearance, the three hooligans finally realized that this guy might not be as bad as they thought. The three of them were just hooligans to begin with, not even as good as Xiao Ran before, so naturally they didn't have much courage.
As soon as Xiao Ran drank like that, he immediately felt timid. He still said a few tough words before leaving.
Xiao Ran didn't even look at those little hooligans, he just touched his little girl's head and said with a smile: "Xiao Han has grown up, and some hooligans actually like you!"
"Of course I am an adult. You haven't been back for a long time, so of course you don't know!" Xiao Han was very dissatisfied when she thought of this. However, she still admired this brother and scared the little gangster away as soon as he came.
The two girls next to them also showed the same expressions of admiring heroes. Those little hooligans often harassed the students in the school, but not many people dared to provoke them. Now they were shouted away by Xiao Ran with just one word. This is the youth.
How could young girls not admire Xiao Ran? What's more, they all recognized Xiao Ran as the number one screenwriter who often appears in newspapers and magazines.
"My brother is very powerful, right? I told you before that he was Xiao Ran, but you still didn't believe it!" Only at this time, Xiao Han, who was proudly bragging to his friends, showed a somewhat immature look: "I should believe it now, I
Brother is very powerful!"
Xiao Ran ignored the little girl's words, and just thought for a moment, remembering that this was the territory of 13K. He frowned slightly, knowing that the three hooligans must be unwilling, so he ordered Guan Xin: "Lao Guan
, go give Liang Jiahan a call and ask him to find someone to teach those little hooligans a lesson and don’t let them harass Xiaohan again!"
Guan Xin's current appearance is really no different from that of a standard bodyguard. He nodded and agreed and left. Wei Jiahui kept looking at the twins and finally couldn't help but said to Xiao Ran: "Aran, what do you think of these twins?"
?”
Xiao Ran was stunned and turned to look at the three girls who were talking and laughing. The appearance of the twins was very good. What's even more rare is that they are not just beautiful, but can make people stay at first sight.
Impressive kind of beauty.
Suddenly, he thought he knew Wei Jiahui's intention, and couldn't help but smile. He had forgotten. If he could sign these twins, they would probably become popular. These twins don't look exactly the same, but they are the same person.
The one is gentler, and the other one looks more lively. Xiao Ran thought to himself, this is simply the TWINS of the 1980s.
He smiled at Wei Jiahui, with the expression of a human trafficker, which made Wei Jiahui want to laugh but didn't dare to laugh. Without any hesitation, Xiao Ran directly invited a few people to sit down at a cold drink shop. Before speaking,
, Xiao Ran felt like a goldfish guy who specializes in deceiving little girls.
After hesitating for a moment and gathering some words in his mind, Xiao Ran looked at the twins who were eating ice cream and asked with a smile: "What are your names? Who is the elder sister and who is the younger sister?"
"I am a sister, my name is Fan Xiaoya!" The lively girl who was suspected by Xiao Ran to be his sister spoke first, and then the sister with a gentle smile spoke: "I am a sister, my name is Fan Xiaoying!"
Xiao Ran was startled, why were they all upside down? He couldn't help but look at Wei Jiahui, and chuckled at the same time: "Why do your names seem to be reversed! However, my brother has something to say to you. Let me first
I ask you, do you want to be a star?"
"Yes, of course I do!" was my elder sister's reply, but my younger sister's reply was completely different: "No, being a star is not good at all!"
It would be difficult if the opinions are not unanimous. Just as Xiao Ran was thinking about it, Wei Jiahui pretended to be coaxing a child with a lollipop and said to his sister: "There is nothing wrong with being a star. Don't you have such a dream?"
?”
"Brother, I want to be a star!" Xiao Han's eyes immediately lit up. She had already had this idea. If her parents hadn't forbidden it, she would have made this request to Xiao Ran long ago.
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Novel title——Lao Jianhua
Real name——Lao Jianhua
He is a well-known assistant director in the Hong Kong industry. He is quite popular and capable, but he is not lucky enough to be a director by himself. This assistant director is very powerful. He has worked as an assistant director for many people and has also worked for many people.
I have worked as an assistant director on many films. If you look carefully, you will find that this person often appears on the subtitles.