"I have no objection!" Xiao Ran showed a strange smile and said lightly: "Boss, I know what you are thinking. Without the restrictions of the rating system, many films will definitely be able to earn a lot more box office. However, also because of the scale
By solving the problem, we can more accurately grasp the audience group we need to target. The most important thing is that the opinions from the public will never be ignored!"
"I agree!" Lei Kaitai chuckled and shook the ashes from his cigarette before saying: "Aran is right, I got to where I am today step by step. I am relatively clear about the thoughts of the people. If you ignore
Their voices may cause trouble!"
Pan Disheng smiled at Xiao Ran, and then said in a deep voice to the director: "I agree that scale is very important. If there is no such restriction, the impact will be great, and then the gain will outweigh the loss."
Seeing that the overall situation has been decided, the director of the Film and Television Department couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief. Except for Xiao Ran, who was a rookie, there were no other bosses in front of him who were not rich and powerful, and also had considerable influence in the political circles: "Since everyone has agreed, then
I will send someone to deliver the draft to everyone tomorrow!"
"Wait a minute!" Xiao Ran glanced at Wei Dongling leisurely, and then said: "I would like to know, if after classification, three-level films can be shot without any restrictions?"
Xiao Ran's question makes sense. According to his understanding, after Hong Kong implemented the classification system, the number of Category III films was blocked by the government. Every year, each production company needs to pay a certain amount to purchase a certain quota. If they want
If you have more quotas, you can only get more quotas if you start a satellite company.
There is no problem with this. The key is that this quota can be purchased, which means that strong companies have much greater opportunities, which indirectly causes unfairness. In fact, Xiao Ran has always believed that the government does not need to
Interference in the specific operations of the film industry. For example, how to determine the number and proportion of Category III films, Xiao Ran believed that it should be decided by the Film Association.
The director of the Film and Television Department was taken aback and glanced at Xiao Ran in surprise. He did not expect that Xiao Ran could see through at a glance that there was something behind this. After thinking about it, he gritted his teeth and said: "Yes, the number of third-level films every year is indeed
There is a limit. But it doesn’t matter, this is a quota that can be purchased with money!”
Xiao Ran smiled slightly, not knowing whether he was talking to himself or what he wanted to do: "Not bad, this will increase the government's income a lot. What a good idea, sell the quotas, maybe even auction them, what else will we earn then?"
The director of the Film and Television Division didn't know what to say. He could see that the British Hong Kong government was planning to make money from this. But after all, he couldn't make the decision, so he had no choice but to glance at the others. Pan Disheng and Lei Kaitai's expressions changed slightly.
, in this way, the government intends to take money in their pockets.
Xiao Ran chuckled, and his tone became even more unkind: "I wonder if other types of films will be restricted in the future, and then sell the same quota? If so, I think it is better to sell fish balls on the street, maybe I can make money.
Get more!"
Lei Kaitai laughed loudly. Even Pan Disheng couldn't help but twitch his face. The director of the film and television department was even more embarrassed. Xiao Ran really stole the show at this moment. However, this was exactly the effect he needed. He wanted to pass
Let me tell the three major companies that Phantom is definitely not a fish belly. Of course, the main reason is to unite the three major companies to fight against this quota system.
Lei Kaitai waved his hand, showing off the spirit of a big boss: "No need to talk, don't expect us to agree unless this quota system is solved!"
After saying that, everyone stood up and dispersed. The remaining director of the film and television department was embarrassed to death. Xiao Ran nodded to Wei Dongling and motioned for him to get close to the director. He stepped forward and patted the director.
On the shoulder: "Director, it's okay. I didn't take any money before, but now I'm reaching out to the film industry. Of course we won't agree. I think the boss just wants to test it out, and has no intention of executing it like this!"
The Director of Film and Television took a look at Xiao Ran, who he hated and loved at the same time. He hated Xiao Ran for blowing up the purpose behind the whole thing in the situation just now, but he loved Xiao Ran for not treating him as a puppet like others.
Having said this, Xiao Ran motioned to Wei Dongling and asked him to take over. Xiao Ran then turned around and left. After taking a few steps, He Guanchang came up to him with a smile: "A Ran, why don't we give you a favor and let's talk?
"
Xiao Ran shrugged and found a place to sit down. He Guanchang handed a glass of water to Xiao Ran and said, "It's like this. You know that Jiahe has the responsibility of being an agent for distribution in Southeast Asia. Then we couldn't get your "God of Gamblers" last time.
, now we regret it."
At this point, He Guanchang put on a distressed look: "However, we are not going to let go of your cornucopia this time. Give us "Prison Storm", the price is easy to negotiate!"
Xiao Ran couldn't help but laugh. Jiahe must be very depressed now. "God of Gamblers" released in Southeast Asia a month ago knocked down the box office of "Oriental Condor". This "Oriental Condor" was originally a big production of Jiahe
The film gathered a large number of famous celebrities and action stars at that time. Yuan Hua became famous because of his role as a very distinctive villain in this film. Unexpectedly, he was indirectly targeted by the Phantom in Southeast Asia.
At this point, we have to mention the business scope of Jiahe. In the 1970s, Jiahe was inferior to Shaw Brothers in all aspects. In the 1980s, Jiahe, with the presence of Cheng Long, Hong Jinbao, and Xu Guanwen, developed extremely rapidly.
, and soon expanded all aspects of business to a quite large scale.
It is no exaggeration to say that New Arts City and Debao can compete with Golden Harvest in terms of production, but they are not as good as distribution and post-production. Especially in terms of distribution, Golden Harvest is the general agent of some theater chains across Southeast Asia.
They would pay to purchase certain films from a certain company and then release them in Southeast Asia. This is why some films twenty years later have the title of Golden Harvest. It is not that Golden Harvest has produced so many films.
It’s not that New Arts City and Debao have never thought about stepping in as agents, but they have always been unable to compete with Golden Harvest, so they can only stick to their own film sources. Of course, the production company cannot choose to sell to Golden Harvest, but Golden Harvest is not only Taiwan, etc.
There are agents in the five places, as well as agents in Thailand and other places. Calculated this way, the money you get will be more anyway.
However, not every film company is willing to sell Southeast Asian distribution rights to Golden Harvest, such as Phantom. Xiao Ran knows very well that if he wants to rectify the Hong Kong film market, he must fight against Golden Harvest.
In a sense, New Arts City is a reliable ally, while Debao is far from becoming a dominant company and cannot pose a threat. Therefore, if Xiao Ran has any rival in the Hong Kong film industry, it must be Golden Harvest
. Under such circumstances, he has no reason to let Jiahe seize his Southeast Asian distribution lifeline.
However, facing He Guanchang, Xiao Ran couldn't help but feel a little moved. Jiahe has European and American markets, which is far beyond the reach of other companies. It is also what Xiao Ran is very eager for. If Jiahe can be handed over to be responsible for European and American distribution, in some way
In a sense, it is undoubtedly possible to open up the European and American markets.
However, after thinking about it carefully, Xiao Ran immediately rejected this idea. He had a way to open up Europe and the United States, and he must not let Jiahe get involved. So, he smiled slightly and rejected this very tempting proposal: "No, Uncle Chang
, you know that Phantom has signed a one-year contract with Lin Guiyun and the others!"
He Guanchang shrugged slightly. He thought that Xiao Ran was a very ambitious person and would not agree. He was not frustrated, but said with a smile: "There is something I want to tell you, but don't be angry, really don't
!”
"Of course not. Uncle Chang, you are looking down on me a little bit when you say this!" Xiao Ran was a little curious, what made He Guanchang laugh so hard to hide his embarrassment?
He Guanchang chuckled and said a few words to the waiter, and soon a person came from the back hall. Xiao Ran vaguely recognized that the person was Tie Long from a distance, and couldn't help being surprised, thinking: He
Why are you here?
Tie Long came to sit next to He Guanchang and greeted Xiao Ran in a low voice: "Hello, Boss Xiao!"
Xiao Ran was even more confused, why did Tielong go with He Guanchang? He Guanchang laughed awkwardly: "Aran, it's like this. Tielong gave us a notebook a few days ago. However, he told me that originally this notebook
It’s what you wanted! But he thought the price was not high, so he gave it to us!”
The truth is of course more than that. The fact is that Tie Long saw Xiao Ran's comment on the back cover of the book that day: What a great idea, both the script and the author can use it. As a result, when he thought the price was too low, he remembered the first screenwriter's comment that it was absolutely
is very valuable.
So, this guy went straight to Jiahe with the script, and almost didn't get thrown out. But he didn't get thrown out, and was even seen by a director. After seeing Xiao Ran's evaluation, he didn't dare to make the decision himself, but took the script
Passed it to He Guanchang.
If there was no comment from Xiao Ran on the back cover, He Guanchang would probably have dismissed the book. But when he saw the comment, he immediately changed his mind and asked Tie Long about the meeting with Xiao Ran that day. He immediately decided to give it to Xiao Ran.
80,000 yuan in script fees, and also recruited him to join Golden Harvest.
It's just that everyone is in the film industry, and things can't change. Besides, Jiahe has always had a good relationship with Phantom. This time it's like directly trying to take advantage of Phantom. He Guanchang thought of this and did it in just two years.
The elder Xiao Ran felt even more chilled. He felt that if he didn't explain this matter to Xiao Ran first, he would be afraid of endless troubles in the future.
Thus, the scene just now occurred. Of course Xiao Ran didn't know that He Guanchang favored Tielong because of his own evaluation. Otherwise, he would probably have written random comments every time. However, he later learned the truth.
While doing this, he slapped the table hard for a while.
Therefore, at this time, he just felt a little regretful, and then smiled nonchalantly and said: "Uncle Chang, this is not a big deal, you don't need to tell me personally! Tielong is willing to go to Jiahe, that's because you are strong
!”
Seeing how Xiao Ran was so easy to get along with, He Guanchang felt a little ashamed. He doubted whether his opinion of Xiao Ran was correct: "In any case, I'd like to tell you to avoid embarrassment when we meet in the future! Aaron, Duan
Come over and spend some time with Boss Xiao."
Tie Long reluctantly came to Xiao Ran. Since there was no tea, he had to take a cup of water and handed it to him. Xiao Ran hesitated and smiled at He Guanchang: "Uncle Chang, do you need to be so grand?"
"A Ran, hurry up and get on with it. Aaron's hands are shaking!" He Guanchang felt extremely guilty. He was planning to settle the matter at once. How could a screenwriter who could be favored by Xiao Ran be so bad?
Go, He Guanchang doesn't care about helping.
Tie Long was extremely resentful. Phantom's book, which only cost 50,000 yuan, was sold in Jiahe for 80,000 yuan, and he promised that he would give priority to new books in the future. But now that he has an identity and status, he actually wants to pour tea with Xiao Ran to admit his mistake. This is
It looked like a complete insult to him.
However, Tie Long seemed to have overlooked that if it weren't for Xiao Ran's affirmation, why would he be valued by Jiahe? If Xiao Ran hadn't been willing to pay 50,000, why would Jiahe have paid 80,000? Moreover, he didn't even know that the screenwriter of Phantom Company
What I look for is definitely not the screenwriting fee, but more rewards after box office success or winning awards.
However, there is always a kind of person in this world who is always self-centered, as if the earth should revolve around him. Tie Long is undoubtedly such a person, a person who does not know how to repay.
Xiao Ran didn't notice the eyes and expressions of the little character Tie Long, because someone had already announced the start of a charity auction. Nodding to He Guanchang, he went to find Lin Qingxia and Wei Dongling.
He Guanchang looked at Xiao Ran's back, and the confusion in his eyes became more and more intense. He always thought that Xiao Ran founded the film company with great scheming, but now it seems that Xiao Ran does not look like that kind of ambitious person.
Of course, he also didn't notice that Tie Long next to him looked at him in a strange way.
Lin Qingxia was dealing with a young master impatiently. Finally, she saw Xiao Ran coming, and hurriedly walked over to Xiao Ran. Brother Fa and the others had already found seats and sat down. Xiao Ran and Lin Qingxia both came up. Zhong Chuhong had a smile in the corners of his eyes.
Looking at Xiao Ran and Lin Qingxia with interest: "There is something good going to be auctioned today. If Aran you buy it and give it to Qingxia, she will definitely like it very much!"
*****
Novel title——Yuan Hua
Real name——Yuanhua
Yuen Wah is the senior brother of Jackie Chan and Sammo Hung. There are seven in total, and they are called the Seven Little Blessings. The photo of Yuen Wah with Bruce Lee shown in "Descendants of the Dragon" is real. In the past, he and his uncle Lin Zhengying were both
He was acting alongside Bruce Lee. However, after Bruce Lee's death, Yuen Wah continued to work as the Dragon and Tiger martial artist. It was not until "The Eastern Condor" that the villain he played in the film made him instantly famous.