While Chen Kexin was making preparations, Xiao Ran was not idle, but called Fang Xiaoqiang. After explaining what he meant to him, Fang Xiaoqiang scratched his head in confusion and asked: "Brother Ran, why do you want to speculate in the Japanese yen? I think
There may not be much room for the appreciation of the yen anymore! Moreover, the performance of Dell and Cisco you are referring to is good, but you don’t see much potential, right?”
Xiao Ran smiled slightly, walked to the window with his hands behind his back, and pointed at the high-rise buildings outside: "Thirty years ago, no one would have imagined that Hong Kong would develop so rapidly. However, Hong Kong has indeed stood up like a business miracle.
, and has become one of the most famous financial cities in the world!"
Fang Xiaoqiang nodded thoughtfully, but he still didn't quite understand what Xiao Ran meant. He only understood that Xiao Ran didn't want him to ask any more questions. So, he nodded and asked: "Brother Ran, what do you think of this order?"
What? Is it still the same as acquiring Microsoft stock, with a maximum of only 10%?"
He glanced at the investigation reports about the two companies placed on the table. Xiao Ran smiled faintly and looked at the building outside again: "The company now has 500 million in liquidity, and only 300 million is at your disposal. You
First rush to the United States to capture Dell. Tang Yan did some calculations and estimated that the 300 million can temporarily capture 12% of Dell's equity."
"The company will transfer another 500 million to you over time, of which 300 million will still be used to acquire the equity of Dell. The other 200 million will be used to invest in Cisco. You must get at least 2% of the 200 million back to me."
Ten shares!" It's not that Xiao Ran doesn't want to make more, it's just that everything must be done in moderation, otherwise, how can he make money if others don't make any money at all!
In fact, the current market values of Cisco and Dell are not high. With Xiao Ran's full net worth, it would be no problem to completely acquire these two companies. However, he must retain people to help him make tailwinds.
A few days later, Fang Xiaoqiang rushed to the United States again to start construction. Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling were very busy here. Finally, they got a loan of 2.5 billion from HSBC, and the original plan to purchase a piece of land to build a movie city was temporarily abandoned.
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While I was busy, the famous Hong Kong magazines "Asia Weekly" and "Film Fortnightly" both interviewed Xiao Ran and used Xiao Ran as the cover character. The cover that Film Fortnight took for Xiao Ran was very interesting. It was a picture of Xiao Ran's rooftop.
Cover with arms outstretched and moving in the wind.
What’s interesting is that this picture was originally very light and airy, but for some reason, the effect was actually a kind of domineering look. The title given to the cover of Fortnightly Weekly out of depression was even more shocking.
This domineering force is looming: "The rise of a movie dynasty!"
The reason why Asia Weekly gave Xiao Ran a special page interview was because of the business investment of Phantom Company. Of course, it was also because Xiao Ran was regarded as the richest diamond king under the age of thirty-five. The cover was equally interesting. It showed Xiao Ran's fingers slightly curled, as if
It's like controlling everything in your hand. That hand is very conspicuous, and the title is also very sharp: "The world is in my hands!"
Of course, this is indeed a lot of exaggeration, so now Xiao Ran is accepting Lin Qingxia's criticism at home: "Tsk, tsk, this cover is really... don't you think it's too ostentatious?"
"Zhang Yang?" Xiao Ran was slightly stunned, and then smiled: "How can this be considered flamboyant? It fits my identity. Fang Ruohai is really flamboyant and appears in newspapers and magazines every day!"
"He has only appeared in the film bi-weekly magazine and has never been on the cover of Asia Weekly at all. This shows that you are better than him!" Lin Qingxia couldn't stop laughing. It was obvious that Xiao Ran was a good target of ridicule: "By the way, here's the thing
He said that although you are not yet among the top 100 richest people in Hong Kong, I think you can be among the top 80 before the 1990s, so I think highly of you."
Xiao Ran smiled, what's so great about the so-called top 100 rich people, they are just some money games. For Xiao Ran, money is just a tool to help him build a movie empire, and will never become a tool for money.
Now he doesn't have too many things to consider. The influence of Hong Kong films is not very great. Basically, films that can appear have still appeared, and films that should not appear have also appeared. This shows that the thinking of Hong Kong screenwriters is gradually expanding, and more and more
More and more talents are emerging.
He doesn't always have to decide on the movies that the company starts shooting. Basically, the artists and filmmakers under the company are working on movies. Of course, judging from the effect of the company's training, the filmmakers and artists are more serious about their creations than in history.
A lot, Xiao Ran now has to control himself and decide whether to release some relatively important blockbusters. For example, Taiwan's "Mom Love Me Again" is already ready to start filming with the investment of Phantom.
Of course, Liu Songbo is not from Phantom, but from another production company. This must be clearly distinguished. The production company is the company responsible for the actual shooting of the film, while the distribution company is mainly responsible for financing and investment. The production company
Normally, you don't have the money to start a movie by yourself, so when the production company came to find Phantom for investment, when Xiao Ran heard the title, he immediately remembered the shocking scene when the film was released in the mainland, and immediately agreed.
Of course, it’s not that the distribution company doesn’t engage in film production, Phantom’s production department does this work. This cannot but mention the profit distribution situation between the production company and the distribution company. Under normal circumstances, it means that the distribution company does not participate in the investment.
Next, the distributor, producer and exhibitor each get 30%.
However, this is only the price in the local market. If it is distributed to Southeast Asia, then the distributor will take 40% of the profit. This is considered a win-win situation, because the production company itself does not have the ability to carry out distribution work. Of course, if
If the producers are willing to sit back and wait for Southeast Asian film producers to take the initiative to negotiate, that's perfectly fine.
Therefore, apart from the films currently being produced by Phantom Production Department, Phantom has invested in the production of nine films so far. In addition to profit sharing, the copyright of the films belongs to Phantom.
Xiao Ran is now hesitating whether to postpone the filming plan of "New Dragon Inn", not because he is not sure that he can direct this film, but because he really doesn't want to direct other people's works like this anymore. He wants to be a truly legitimate
Director, please prove your ability.
After hesitating for a moment, he thought that this film would not appear until four years later, so he decided to postpone it temporarily. However, this would leave a gap in the summer schedule, and he had to choose at least one film to fill it.
The main audience for the summer film is students! Thinking of this, Xiao Ran immediately made the decision to choose "The Dragon Back to School". Coincidentally, the director of this film, Chen Jiashang, is working as a producer at Phantom Company, so it was easy.
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Asking An Yuxuan to find a producer and Chen Jia, Xiao Ran waited while working. The first plan he saw for investing in a film was also a script. This script was the script of "Inside the Law".
Xiao Ran glanced at it briefly, and it turned out to be the movie he remembered. He took a closer look at which production company was going to produce this movie, and it turned out to be Siyuan Film Company, the one founded by Wu Siyuan.
Production company.
He gave the investment instructions very simply, and the investment was in full, that is, the amount of investment was the budget. Of course, in order to prevent the production company from wasting the budget, the producer was definitely indispensable.
What he saw next was the investment request for "The Diary of a Real Man". Xiao Ran didn't even think about it and immediately agreed. The film was very funny and the cost was not high, only three million was enough. He could also take the opportunity to sell the company.
Its artists are offered to star in it, so why not?
Now Xiao Ran also understands why Liu Qingyun always acted in boring comedies twenty years later. This is because Liu Qingyun signed several drama contracts with China Star, and he can do whatever movies he wants. He has no choice at all.
After confirming a few plays, Xiao Ran began to browse the scripts. When he opened a script, he was shocked to find that it was the script of "The Love between Humans and Ghosts". Of course, these are very similar in concept of the stories, both are human beings.
The details are quite different from Love with Ghosts.
Browsing the script carefully, the story was actually very interesting and developed in the direction of a comedy. After only reading part of it, Xiao Ran was sure of this. He decided immediately without even thinking about it, and asked the writing team to specialize in romantic love scenes.
It is up to the screenwriter to modify the story. What is important is the concept and creativity of the story. Therefore, in Hollywood, an idea can often be sold for a very high price.
Who should we look for to direct this Hong Kong version of "The Love of Ghosts"? Xiao Ran was a little hesitant. The current situation seems to be that only the female director Zhang Yuanting is better at love scenes. Another female director Xu Anhua is good at several themes, but especially love.
It doesn't work well in drama.
After continuing to browse the scripts and finalizing a few plays, Xiao Ran began to look at the talent information sent by the human resources department. Soon, the producer came up with Chen Jia, and Xiao Ran told the general story of "Play Back to School" and let the producer
The film immediately notified the planning department to prepare the script.
Chen Jiashang was a little confused. Could it be that there was another movie that he needed to prepare? But he was preparing for another movie now. Just when he was confused, Xiao Ran smiled at him: "Jiashang, how long have you been with the company?
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"It's almost four months!" Chen Jia answered casually without even thinking.
"So, are you interested in this drama?" Xiao Ran looked at Chen Jiashang, who was still quite thin, with interest. He was indeed very gentle and elegant. No wonder he is known as one of the most bookish directors in Hong Kong.
Chen Jiashang entered the industry in 1980 and had been working at Shaw Brothers at first. Xiao Ran only found out after reading his resume that he had worked in the computer stunt team of Shaw Brothers, such as "Interstellar" and "Sunset".
", "Magic" and other films have participated in special effects production.
He only started writing scripts in 1983, and his first work was Huang Tailai's "Fate". Because Shaw Brothers officially stopped production last year, he turned to Phantom Company, which has always had a good relationship with TVB. However, he never
Unexpectedly, the creative attitude here is a hundred times more rigorous than that of Shaw Brothers. The system is also very flexible and changeable, leaving a lot of space for creators, which gradually made him like this place.
When he heard Xiao Ran's words, he almost couldn't believe his ears. After knowing that he had only been with Phantom for a few months, he was able to get the director opportunity so quickly. This really made him unbelievable. He was sure of himself
After hearing it, he couldn't help but secretly sigh: The company really likes to promote new people.
"Of course, of course I am willing!" Chen Jiashang nodded hurriedly, as if he was afraid that he would be gone if he was too late.
"Very good!" Xiao Ran smiled slightly, turned to look at the producer and said, "You guys are collaborating on this film. The male lead will be played by Xing Zai. You can decide the rest by yourselves."
After dealing with these matters, Xiao Ran went straight to Wei Dongling's office. He wanted to talk to Wei Dongling about something important. Wei Dongling happened to have no guests there, so when he saw Xiao Ran coming, he just raised his head slightly to signal.
"A Dong, put down your work, I want to talk to you about the future of the company!" Xiao Ran was a little depressed, when did this president become so statusless. Seeing Wei Dongling raise his head in shock, Xiao Ran hesitated for a moment: "I want to
, it’s time for the company to spin off!”
"Spin-off? Is it too fast now?" Wei Dongling was slightly surprised. Not long after the company was on track, Xiao Ran planned to split it up. The risk would be too great: "I personally think the time is not mature enough!"
Xiao Ran didn't know much about business matters, so he was so hesitant before. After hearing Wei Dongling's words, he hesitated even more. Spin-off is one of the best expansion methods, which he still knows very well. Moreover, since Phantom Company
If you plan to transform into a publishing company, you will have to spin it off sooner or later.
Xiao Ran also understands that the company's structure and system are gradually improving and maturing. It is really inappropriate to spin off now, because many departments still have old habits, the most typical one is the production department. If Xiao Ran is not watching,
I'm just afraid that it might turn into the shoddy way it was before.
"What I mean is, it's better to wait until after the listing before carrying out the spin-off." Wei Dongling looked at Xiao Ran intently. Xiao Ran's idea was really undesirable at the moment. Moreover, he found that Xiao Ran had become increasingly impatient recently: "Ah
Of course, don’t you think you’ve been too eager recently?”
Rushing forward? That’s right. Xiao Ran smiled bitterly and rubbed his nose. He didn’t want to take such a risk. But if he wanted to expand at a high speed, he had to take risks. It was undeniable that he also knew that he was rushing forward a little bit, but time waits for no one.
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This matter could only end like this. A long time later, Xiao Ran thanked Wei Dongling more than once for stopping his adventurous idea in time, otherwise the company might not have been able to achieve what it would have been like.
Seeing Xiao Ran touching his nose and saying nothing, Wei Dongling laughed: "Forget it, I'm going to Europe for negotiations in a few days. What do you want to explain now?"
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Recommended: Jing Guan's new work "Beast Blood Boils", http:///showbook.asp?Bl_id=45050