Xiao Ran nodded, knowing that Chen Musheng would choose this way. It's no wonder that Chen Musheng is a rare action film director in Hong Kong, and his love for action films is simply unimaginable. Xiao Ran has always felt that Chen Musheng later became obsessed with action films.
One kind of improvement of the film was not very successful because it was not good at emotional scenes at all. For example, "Two Heroes" was a huge failure in this aspect.
However, he found this new action concept of packaging love with action very interesting. Of course, this is not what Chen Musheng can do at present. In the original history, Chen was not allowed to direct some action-related films due to the needs of the film company.
The unrelated film took many detours. Now that Chen Musheng is a member of the Phantom, Xiao Ran has no reason to let him take any more detours.
Xiao Ran nodded and turned to look at Adu: "Adu, do you think your half-disciple is capable of running a show independently? I just want a definite answer. You guys know the company's rules very well. Once you screw up three consecutive shots,
It’s a commercial film, so it won’t be easy to turn around!”
Xiao Ran was referring to an unwritten rule of the company, which he had formulated some time ago. Small-production artistic films and experimental films can be made badly, but commercial entertainment films cannot be missed. Once a director makes three consecutive films, he will make mistakes.
For commercial films, it will be difficult to take on big-budget films, and the pay will have to be reduced, unless other methods are used to turn around.
Xiao Ran once thought about this. He had always thought that this might be too commercial, that is, directors would not dare to use their full strength when filming, but would blindly make the same thing. But after thinking about it,
As soon as he thought about it, Xiao Ran felt relieved.
Hong Kong movies got their start because they were commercial enough. Although they collapsed in the end, it was because of the overall wrong direction and had nothing to do with the commercial atmosphere. However, Xiao Ran still set the order to prevent directors from being afraid to establish their own style.
Other rules, try to avoid the assembly line instant noodle products like Hollywood.
Du Qifeng obviously had great confidence in Chen Musheng, nodded to Xiao Ran and said: "He can do it, just give him a chance!"
Xiao Ran smiled, that was what he wanted to say, and turned to look at the nervous Chen Musheng: "Don't be nervous, I will make a movie for you in the second half of the year! However, this time you and Adu work together, you must try to accumulate your own
Experience and hone yourself.”
After letting them all leave, Xiao Ran reviewed the manuscript while waiting for Wang Jiawei. Finally, Wang Jiawei and a female producer named Miao Miao came. Looking at the two strangers, Xiao Ran smiled slightly and introduced them
After a while, he said: "Awei, your opportunity has come this time. I have decided to start shooting this book. Tell Miao Miao what team you need. She will help you prepare everything."
Miao Miao and Wang Jiawei were immediately overjoyed. The former had been working under Chen Kexin since he joined Phantom Company and had received production training. How could he not be happy to be able to produce independently this time? Wang Jiawei was even happier. After waiting for a year,
He finally wrote the script in his mind, and the boss actually agreed to start the play.
Looking at the two guys who were too excited to speak, Xiao Ran suppressed his smile and said sternly: "Miao Miao, this is an opportunity. If you mess up, you will have fewer opportunities in the future. Remember, I am training
As mentioned in the class, producing is not just about running errands, but you also need to have enough imagination and structural ability to do a good job in a film. Your position is very important."
"Mr. Xiao, don't worry, I will definitely live up to your high expectations!" Miao Miao wanted to express her determination by patting her chest.
"Discuss with Ah Wei and bring out the budget report and team!" Xiao Ran secretly chuckled. When Wang Jiawei was filming "Carmen in Mong Kok", the progress was not slow, but it was still over the budget. And this is what Xiao Ran wanted.
As a result, he wished that Wang Jiawei would use his time to shoot "2046" to exceed the budget as much as possible. The more he exceeded, the happier he would be.
Because what Xiao Ran wants is very simple. He wants to use "Carmen in Mong Kok" to tell the whole Hong Kong that Wang Jiawei's films are worth the extra budget. Otherwise, how will Wang Jiawei be used to frame his enemies in the future.
After letting them leave, Xiao Ran relaxed. Luo Wenqiang was discussing with the producer the preparations for the new film "School of Ghosts". Liu Zhenwei is currently said to be writing a script he wants. This is the success of "The Gambler"
Later, Xiao Ran specifically allowed Liu Zhenwei to make a personal work.
As for the "Gambler" series, Xiao Ran has no interest in starting filming for the time being. He doesn't want to follow the trend and become more and more serious. However, not filming does not mean giving up on this series. Xiao Ran has let the wind out, and his peers know that Phantom Company still has
There is a film like this in preparation, so you cannot steal the title without permission. This is the rule.
As for "God of Gamblers" and "The Gambler", Xiao Ran's idea is very simple. The former can be released every two years. The latter can be released this year, so that the Phantom can dominate the top ten box office charts this year. Now he is considering
It was the Spring Festival and Lunar New Year period, and he absolutely couldn't give up on this period.
Themes like family carnivals are the specialty of New Art City. Unless Xiao Ran moves out "Happy Events in the Family", it will be difficult to defeat New Art City. And Jiahe's New Year's films almost every year are basically the works of Cheng Long, Debao in previous years.
The Lunar New Year market advantage is not big, but this year there is a comedy film called "Wealth and Fortune", a comedy film targeting the lower class of the city, which is an extremely difficult opponent to beat.
The time is very tight. This film must be completed from preparation to shooting and post-production within one month to meet the schedule. However, so far since Phantom started its business, no film has been produced in less than two months.
It is by no means difficult to complete the production of a film in one month. Nowadays, under normal circumstances in Hong Kong films, the production of a film will not take more than three months at most. It is difficult to make a film in one month.
Someone is here, but Xiao Ran doesn't want to do this, but if he doesn't do it, he will lose the opportunity to compete for the Spring Festival stalls.
It's a headache! Xiao Ran sighed deeply. It's not easy to be a boss. It seems that we must pay attention to such problems on weekdays, and have to mark various schedules. In the past, when there was no theater chain, he
I didn't pay much attention to this, but now I have to pay attention to it.
The only choice was "Happy Events in the Family". Apart from this film, Xiao Ran couldn't think of anything else that could win the Spring Festival box office championship. After thinking about it, Xiao Ran let out a long sigh. It was a complete mistake this time!
They called in Mo Tianxin and a screenwriter from the writing team who was good at comedy. Looking at these three subordinates, Xiao Ran was extremely depressed. If he hadn't had no plan, how could he have gotten into such a mess.
"This time the company has ignored the Spring Festival schedule, so this time we must do our best to help the crew complete the production of the film in the shortest possible time! The period must not exceed one month!" Xiao Ran glanced at it and asked: "Do you have any questions?"
"I have a problem!" Mo Tianxin stood up, walked to Xiao Ran, and asked meticulously: "Mr. Xiao, you said that the company's works must be excellent, but if you do this now, doesn't it violate your production requirements?"
Xiao Ran was stunned for a moment, and then burst out laughing. He felt that Mo Tianxin was really good. Although the company advocated giving employees free space to develop, there were absolutely very few people who could do things as seriously as Mo Tianxin.
Of course, Xiao Ran had thought about Mo Tianxin's problem. If he hadn't thought it through thoroughly, he really wouldn't have dared to make a decision casually. When the screenwriters and Mo Tianxin didn't know the reason, Xiao Ran suddenly stopped laughing.
: "It doesn't matter, the background environment of this film is very narrow, and it is relatively easy to shoot. The only problem is to find an excellent makeup artist to put on the appropriate makeup for the actors!"
Mo Tianxin rolled his eyelids and found that he only needed to shoot in a villa. He breathed a sigh of relief and thought about it, thinking that it would not be very difficult to finish the shoot in one month.
"I will give you the script before I go to Macau tomorrow!" After talking to Mo Tianxin, Xiao Ran glanced at the screenwriter again: "You go with the crew to prevent any changes that need to be made!"
Both of them nodded, and Xiao Ran was in a much happier mood now. He always felt relaxed after making a decision no matter what. After thinking about it, he quickly decided on the starring role and director: "Amo, the director is Liu Zhenwei. As for the starring role,
, the cast must be strong. Let Xing Zai play the third child, and let Yam Dahua play the second child."
Then they continued to finalize some of the main actors already in the original work, such as Mao Shunjun and Wu Junru. However, in the end, Zhang Manyu and Huang Baiming were missing. After thinking about it, Xiao Ran asked Mo Tianxin to choose among the graduating artists.
, and thus ended the conversation about New Year films.
After finishing all this, Xiao Ran relaxed his muscles and bones. However, before he could feel happy, he immediately remembered that he needed publicity to cooperate, and quickly asked An Yuxuan to call Bai Wenjing over.
As his name suggests, Bai Wenjing is a very handsome young man, and he must be able to attract many girls easily. Xiao Ran had no time to talk nonsense, and when he saw him coming in, he immediately said: "Awen, send two capable people to talk to "Home"
The crew of "Happy Events" will determine the selling points at any time. Also, we will immediately determine the promotion plan and start promoting it from now on. We will capture the Spring Festival period."
Bai Wenjing was immediately confused by Xiao Ran's words. Xiao Ran laughed at himself, he was too impatient. In this case, he might as well explain it slowly, and Bai Wenjing suddenly understood.
"I think it's not difficult. Contact several bus companies to advertise on the bus, advertise on ATV and Wireless, etc.!" Bai Wenjing lived up to Wei Dongling's vision and quickly came up with a few common and
Effective means of publicity.
Xiao Ran nodded, it was a good idea to do this: "In short, the publicity budget is two million, I must promote this film to the whole Hong Kong to know about it, and make the whole Hong Kong interested!"
"Two million?" Bai Wenjing was shocked. Now Phantom Company has spent the most on publicity among all the film companies in Hong Kong. However, it has never exceeded one million, and now it has spent a budget of two million.
How could this not surprise him.
"That's right, two million. I have always told you that the marketing department is a very important department of the company. Now is the time for you to perform. If you can defeat other companies, then you will definitely get a red envelope!" Xiao Ran laughed.
Laughing loudly, the demeanor of a high-ranking person was immediately evident: "Also, this year your marketing department will use "Dark Flower" as a model of marketing. This time, you must do it well!"
Bai Wenjing blinked and smiled: "Mr. Xiao, don't worry, I will personally plan this matter and go to Macau with the team!"
That night, Xiao Ran was depressed and frantically wrote the script for "Happy Events in the Family" under the watchful eyes of Lin Qingxia. It was not that he did not trust the company's screenwriters, but that there was no room for failure in this battle. The Lunar New Year festival has always been the main force in determining the top ten box office of the year.
Battlefield, every company releases its most important film at this time of year.
The most important thing is that there are very few film companies that can compete for the Lunar New Year movie. Except for the three major companies, the works of other companies have almost no place. Phantom Company can have a foothold in the Lunar New Year market. This is a sense.
A leap in status. If it can win the Lunar New Year championship, it will prove that Phantom has the ability to defeat the three major companies. Don't forget that the New Art City myth started by winning the box office championship and Lunar New Year championship for three consecutive years.
Under Yu Jiayu's arrangement, the crew went to Macau in an orderly manner the next day, bringing all the equipment there. Macau obviously welcomed Xiao Ran and the others to Macau for filming, and even sent quite a few people there.
Officials came to greet them.
The Public Relations Section of the Macau Police also sent two police officers to entertain them and assist in the filming. Xiao Ran was very happy about this. Although the film was quite shady about the Macau Police, it was obvious that no one cared.
After all, it is a movie, so everyone can still tell the difference clearly.
This can't help but remind Xiao Ran of the situation in the Mainland. Thinking about the film censorship system in twenty years' time, it will simply strangle the creativity of filmmakers. Xiao Ran definitely does not agree with this approach, but now he has a good chance.
Change all this.
After inspecting the filming location arranged by Yu Jiayu, Xiao Ran returned to the hotel with satisfaction. Yu Jiayu was very capable and not rigid. Xiao Ran even wanted to promote him to be the manager of the production department. However,
After careful consideration, considering Yu Jiayu's potential, it would be better to keep him by his side and train him carefully so that he can be reused in the future.
As soon as he returned to the Lisboa Hotel, Xiao Ran remembered something and quickly asked: "Ayu, have you ever visited the pier?"
"I'm going!" Yu Jiayu chuckled. He knew that Xiao Ran was going to ask this question. He felt that Xiao Ran was a very hands-on boss. He was powerful and approachable at the same time, and could easily convince the following people:
"However, I didn't see Mr. He. It was Brother Ju's leader who met me!"
"In this way..." Xiao Ran pondered for a moment, then suddenly raised his head and said with a smile: "Contact me, I want to visit Mr. He!"
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