Post-production has finally been completed, and the final two-minute-and-thirty-second trailer has been completed. Xiao Ran has registered for this film and "A Chinese Ghost Story", which was also recently completed, at the Berlin Film Festival.
In the European and American markets, this is obviously very important.
However, trouble finally came. The producers of Chen Kexin, Miao Miao and other companies told Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling some absolutely bad news: "Not many production companies and brokerage companies in Hong Kong dare to take our business. It is said that...
The top executives of the four major companies have jointly announced that if anyone dares to take on the role of Phantom, they should not expect to work with the four major companies in the future!"
Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling looked at each other, and now they finally understood what the second clause at the last Film Association meeting was referring to! Xiao Ran stood up suddenly and sneered: "They are really far-sighted!"
This obviously did not cause much damage to Phantom. After all, several small companies have always relied on Phantom for work. Now it just makes Phantom even less selective. I have to admit that this article is very restrictive.
Phantom is quite helpful.
But Xiao Ran doesn't think this can have much impact on Phantom. Workers in the industry are generally free agents, and it is difficult to restrict their behavior. Therefore, the four major companies can only use this half-threat and half-warning method.
Come and do it.
Fang Xiaoqiang finally came back from the United States and did a great job for Xiao Ran. He controlled a considerable portion of Microsoft stocks with 200 million Hong Kong dollars. As soon as Fang Xiaoqiang came back, Xiao Ran immediately called for a meeting with Rong Xiaoyi and Lin Yongqiang.
, let Fang Xiaoqiang operate in the financial market. In this regard, Xiao Ran only mentioned two words: "Japan!"
Xiao Ran had only vaguely heard that there seemed to be a stock market crash or something else in Japan in the 1980s and 1990s, but he was not sure when. Therefore, he did not need to pay too much attention to this matter and told Fang Xiaoqiang and the others to go there.
Just do it. For Xiao Ran, things like stocks will kill him sooner or later, and the film industry is what he wants to develop.
On January 25, 1988, the trial screening of "Family Happiness" ended. Xiao Ran had seen the pornographic film and knew that the makeup artist's contribution in this film was really great. He was stunned to make several actors such as Xing Zai and Wu Junru look older.
A few points make the plot more convincing.
Family themes are always the best-selling themes in the film market. After three days of previews, the box office revenue reached more than 2 million. However, the four major companies took turns to launch new films for the New Year during this period. Tianluo Company
The film was "The Mirage", which was released a week before "The Mirage" was released. Fortunately, this film was not as good as expected and failed to capture the Phantom.
However, what happened next was really a disaster. New Art City's "A Better Tomorrow 3" and Debao's "Wealth and Power", plus Jiahe's "Flying Dragon" which included the three brothers of Cheng Long.
》Encircle and annihilate the Phantom in "Happy Events at Home".
There is an interesting story about "Fighter". One of the foreigners who is very good at fighting is an extremely famous fighting champion in the United States, nicknamed Jet. And this person wants to use kung fu on the screen like Bruce Lee.
After developing his reputation in some second-rate films in the United States, he also played villain roles many times in Cheng Long's works.
The box office of "Family Happiness" on its opening day was really good, with more than 2.5 million, almost breaking the record. However, on the second day, the box office gradually dropped. The four major companies used all their magic weapons to attack
Phantom, but it turned out that "Family Happiness", which was originally expected to be released for a full month, was forced to cancel the film because the single-day box office was less than 300,000.
In fact, there are certain reasons for this. The cooperation of the four major companies is one reason, and "Happy Events" has been released in too few theaters, which is also one of the reasons. The four major companies have shown a very cooperative attitude.
The two sides joined forces in an unprecedented manner. As a result, under such circumstances, even gods could not save the bleak fate.
In the end, "Family Happiness" ended with a box office of 11 million, becoming the biggest failure since the establishment of Phantom Company, and the lowest box office film in the Lunar New Year festival in recent years. The box office of "The Dragon King" was as high as 3,900
million, becoming the runner-up at the box office in history. The box office of "Rich and Rich" is only over 20 million, which is considered one of the losers in this war. New Art City's "A Better Tomorrow 3" has a box office of 28 million
, quite good.
In this regard, Xiao Ran really had nothing to say. The other party used the trick of the four major theater chains to join forces, and he was helpless. Fang Ruohai used "A Better Tomorrow 3" written by Xiao Ran to fight against it, which was clearly to anger him.
However, this will happen later, because just when these films are frantically competing for the Spring Festival championship, the Golden Horse Awards ceremony has begun. This time Xiao Ran did not pass. For the Golden Horse Awards, he really couldn’t mention it too much.
Great interest comes.
Phantom's "An Autumn Fairy Tale", "God of Gamblers" and "Prison" were all nominated for Best Feature Film, as well as Best Director, and Best Actor and Actor. Fa Ge was nominated for all three films.
Mo Shaocong from "The Last Eunuch in China" was squeezed out, while Liang Jiahui failed to get nominated due to the ban.
In terms of Best Original Screenplay, Xiao Ran received two nominations, "God of Gamblers" and "Autumn Fairy Tale". In terms of Best Cinematography and other awards, Phantom Company was also nominated. However, the biggest competitor is still "Rouge"
"Buckle" and the Taiwanese local film "Scarecrow".
However, this time the result surprised Xiao Ran. The best picture was still taken away by "Scarecrow", but the best director fell into the hands of Zhang Wanting. And Fa Ge, with three nominations, easily won the award with "Scarecrow".
"Autumn Fairy Tale" won the Best Actress, but Zhong Chuhong still lost the chance to win the title.
What’s funny is that “God of Gamblers” actually won the Best Original Music, Best Editing and Best Photography. As for the Best Art, it went to “Rouge”. Simply put, at this Golden Horse Awards,
It was Phantom Company that won the most awards. Xiao Ran also won the Best Screenplay Award for "Autumn Fairy Tale". For a time, his popularity in Hong Kong and Taiwan was simply enviable.
A collective celebration banquet was held for the award winners. At the banquet, Xiao Ran teased Lin Daoyun in a very funny way, saying that he won the award on his first try and his future prospects were really limitless. Lin Daoyun naturally knew very well.
Who on earth made him win this award? I was filled with joy and gratitude.
About half a month has passed since the Golden Horse Awards, and the winner of the Lunar New Year film battle has been roughly decided. Seeing this situation, Wei Dongling immediately eagerly approached Xiao Ran to discuss how to deal with the encirclement and interception of the four major companies.
Xiao Ran smiled. It cannot be said that he had expected such a situation, but at least he was mentally prepared. It was just that "Happy Events" failed so miserably, and he did not expect it. However, this obviously did not prevent the distribution department from
This film was distributed to Malaysia and other places.
Since the distribution negotiations with Taiwan are still ongoing, the film can only be sold to Lin Guiyun. In addition to Japan and South Korea, the entire film still earned more than 50 million for the company. This is the profit after deducting costs.
Teana has been losing money, but not much, while Phantom has made a lot of money. On the third day after the nomination list for the Academy Awards came out, Phantom Company finally received the performance reports of each department after going through a crisis.
In the Phantom's large conference room, Peng Ge from the audio and video department stood up with a smile and said: "Because the audio and video department was established not long ago, the results are not very good. Since its establishment, a total of 1.2 million video tapes have been sold.
The sales volume was 183.6 million, with a profit of 133 million. The development and sales of peripheral products were not very good, with sales of less than 2 million and a loss of 14 million. The audio and video department
A total profit of 119 million."
Liu Qing, the new head of the production department, was shocked. He had never heard of such figures. No company's audio-visual sales could reach such figures. After thinking that the results of the production department did not belong to him, Liu Qing was surprised.
Depressedly, he stood up and reported: "The production department released five films last year, with a total box office of 168 million. After excluding the share with theaters and expenses, the profit was 48 million!"
As for the planning department and marketing department, they are basically departments with only expenses and no income. Ge Wenqiu of the distribution department looked the most proud, because he suddenly found that his results were the best: "Last year, the distribution of five films
, the total revenue is 190 million!"
Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling looked at each other and held back their smiles. Ge Wenqiu was very proud now, but he would be disappointed later. In fact, the profit of each department cannot be said to be solely based on its own efforts, but the result of overall collaboration. This
There's nothing to be proud of.
Tang Yan understood Chinese very well and stood up with a smile: "The investment department has been established for less than three months. So far, it has made a total profit of 240 million for the company in real estate and other aspects!"
This is undoubtedly a belated meeting, but it doesn't matter. Because the goal for 1988 has been set, everyone knows it. In fact, after excluding all expenses, Phantom Company still made a profit in 1987
More than 400 million. This number could make Fang Xiaoqiang laugh so much that his mouth split open, because he suddenly found that the 100 million he invested had suddenly appreciated a lot.
The thing is, although Phantom Company is not a listed company, after verifying its accounts through an external professional accounting firm, the company still announced Phantom Company's total annual profit.
Moreover, after calculations by professional accountants, the current market value of Phantom Company is calculated to be 3.2 billion Hong Kong dollars. This number is not too high, but a little low. After all, it has not been listed yet. But just based on the investment of Phantom Company
The real estate and real estate, as well as the newspapers and magazines in his possession, as well as the working capital of 400 million, are worth thousands of dollars. In less than a year, 100 million has become 160 million, which makes
How could Fang Xiaoqiang not admire his investment vision?
Haile Group is 47% controlled by Haisen Group, while Fang Ruohai controls other stocks. According to calculations by the accounting firm, since Haile Group has not participated in investments in real estate and other aspects, its market value is
Not as high as Phantom. However, with the liquidity controlled by Fang Ruohai, the market value is as high as HK$4.8 billion.
Tianluo Company, Jiahe and Debao did not announce the company's financial situation, but under Xiao Ran's indirect instigation, the media also calculated the market value of these three companies. As an old film company, Jiahe is only a subsidiary of Ax Mountain Road
The studio alone is worth at least HK$700 million, and together with other properties, the market value is HK$5.7 billion.
There is a big difference between Debao and Tianluo. The former has a market value of only 200 million, while the latter is less than 100 million. However, this obviously does not mean that Pan Disheng has no money. Pan's other industries other than Debao are worth several Debao.
Treasure. And Yang Qi is the most mysterious among the five major company bosses. Although many media have not listed Tianluo as a big company that can compete with Phantom, Xiao Ran's intuition tells him that Yang Qi's industry is definitely more than
So a little bit.
When the media compared the bosses of the four major companies in their eyes, they suddenly discovered that both Xiao Ran and Fang Ruohai were so rich. Xiao Ran had a net worth of 2.9 billion because he controlled 90% of Phantom, and Fang Ruohai had a net worth of 2.9 billion because he controlled 90% of Haile.
Fifty-three, with a net worth of 2.5 billion. Pan Disheng, who is also a young talent, has a net worth of 800 million, and Yang Qi has a net worth of at least 100 million.
It’s hard to imagine what the media is thinking. Perhaps it’s because the Hong Kong film industry has changed so drastically recently that it is all dominated by young talents. Therefore, they are very keen to rank them.
Just as the new year begins, the media are even more excited to rank the richest people in Hong Kong. Among the richest people in Hong Kong under the age of 35, Xiao Ran is at the top of the list, with a fortune of 2.9 billion.
It attracted the attention of all unmarried women in Hong Kong.
Of course, Fang Ruohai originally had the same attraction, but unfortunately, he was already married. However, soon the whole Hong Kong knew that the relationship between Fang Ruohai and his wife did not seem to be very good, and they did not even come to Hong Kong.
Bring them over. This statement soon made the whole Hong Kong consider themselves to be slightly pretty women, and all women who could get in touch with the upper class were considered.
However, the media are more interested in Xiao Ran's fortune than Fang Ruohai's family business. For anyone, wanting to create billions of wealth in two years is definitely a sensation, and Xiao Ran will undoubtedly become
became the central figure in this sensation.
Countless reporters pounced on Phantom Company, and some even went straight to Xiao Ran's father Xiao Shaohao and mother Liang Wenhui, trying to find out the history of Xiao Ran's fortune. However, when the reporters learned that Xiao Shaohao started his business just over a year earlier than Xiao Ran, the company also
When it was worth tens of millions (Xiao Ran asked Tianxia Fund to secretly invest a sum of money for his father), he was even more surprised.
What’s interesting is that the father and son each have their own careers, and both are quite successful. This kind of news is obviously very popular among readers, and the media is even more willing to pursue it. Fortunately, An Yuxuan is able to push back almost everyone.
interview.
However, the media is still pursuing the investigation relentlessly, and this investigation is even more incredible. It turns out that more than two years ago, Xiao Ran's family was so poor that they lived in public housing. This result obviously surprised the whole Hong Kong.
I feel that all this is really a miracle.
"A miracle, a miracle created by the hand of God!" Lin Qingxia gently tapped Xiao Ran's forehead, and said to Xiao Ran with a smile: "I don't know how many people in Hong Kong want to marry you now!"
"Really? Let me think about which family's daughter is more beautiful..." Xiao Ran deliberately pinched his fingers and calculated for a long time, and then said with a smile: "I have been thinking for a long time, and I still feel that you are the most suitable for me.
, what should I do? How about you marry me, after all, I will be the richest diamond king in Hong Kong!"
"You are not Wang Laowu!" Lin Qingxia laughed cheerfully: "You are Xiao Laowu..."
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