It is true that we lost to our own people. In the Lunar New Year war during the Spring Festival, the box office of Debao's "Wealth and Fortune" was far less than that of New Art City and Golden Harvest. The following period was better, but it was still due to the sea.
Le and Golden Harvest competed strongly and lost at the box office.
Earlier, Shaw Brothers did not allow him to lease theaters to Golden Harvest and Haile. But Golden Princess Cinemas can cooperate with Golden Harvest Cinemas. Why should 30 or 40 cinemas compete with more than 100? That's fine.
Like the Lunar New Year movie Phantom, "Family Happiness" was defeated by the 160 theaters after the four major theater chains joined forces, not because of the quality of the film.
Now Tianluo Rental's Yonggao has joined forces with Jiahe and Princess Jin, and Debao has been excluded due to the Shaw Brothers ban, resulting in a one-on-one situation between Debao and Phantom in the entire market. Even a blind person knows that this is definitely a loser.
Yes, a typical example is "Kung Fu"'s box office of 60 million. It was just because it was shown in all theaters in Hong Kong, so it broke the record.
The most important thing is that Pan Disheng has gradually despaired of Fang Ruohaiti's overseas distribution plan, especially after he learned that Haile Group has won the distribution rights in several regions and countries. It is clear that he has fallen behind Phantom and Golden Harvest.
, and Haile Group has taken a big step forward.
Therefore, he needed an ally, and Xiao Ran was obviously a good candidate, and Xiao Ran's tone just now hinted at this meaning. He had no choice but to weigh the interests and stop Xiao Ran: "A Ran, you
You guessed it right, Fang Ruohai did agree to overseas distribution."
Xiao Ran paused for a moment, then turned around with a smile. Sure enough, he guessed correctly. Debao's need for allies far outweighed Phantom's need. He turned around and sat down on the sofa, and then he relaxed
Looking at Pan Di, he said solemnly: "It is impossible for him to distribute overseas to you. Haisen Group will not give him any more money. Haile Group has developed too much in the early stage and now there is not much money left to acquire overseas distribution companies."
.This is a lie from start to finish.”
Pan Disheng laughed bitterly, complaining that both he and Jiahe were greedy. After discussing the matter carefully, Xiao Ran realized that Fang Ruohai not only agreed to overseas issuance, but also agreed to each company to raise 100 million Hong Kong dollars, and only then did he get this
admission ticket.
Xiao Ran was a little impressed. Fang Ruohai made it clear that he was losing hundreds of millions to the three major companies to buy tickets. Although raising hundreds of millions of dollars may not necessarily mean he will lose a lot, he still had to admit that doing this
Very courageous.
"I'm so sorry about what happened in the past!" Pan Di stared at Xiao Ran with a slightly embarrassed look on his face. Making a movie is also a business, and you also need to pay attention to credibility. When several of their major companies betrayed Xiao Ran together, it was really not a big deal.
Nice things to hear.
Xiao Ran smiled and shook his hand. What businessmen care about is profit. If you don't care about profit, how can you talk about feelings? After thinking about it, Xiao Ran told Pan Disheng very simply: "Ah Sheng, if Debao continues like this, sooner or later Debao will be reduced to a producer.
Corporate. Why don’t you get involved in distribution? I thought it might be worth a try.”
Pan Disheng was stunned immediately. As he thought before, businessmen are talking about profits. But Xiao Ran told him so frankly and honestly that he wanted to do distribution, which meant that Debao had to compete with Phantom for a job, which made him unhappy.
Understood.
Of course he didn't understand. Xiao Ran had determined a long time ago that he wanted not only the Phantom movie empire, but also the Hong Kong movie empire. A huge empire cannot have only one pillar, so when Phantom is about to become a pillar
At that time, he also needed to find and supervise the creation of other pillars for the empire.
Otherwise, even if Phantom becomes a global film company and monopolizes the world, so what? Look at Hollywood, it is backed by seven major companies. Therefore, it is absolutely impossible for Hong Kong or Chinese-language movies to rely solely on Phantom.
Of course, by doing this, he can cultivate competitors for himself, but he can also contribute to market development. The most important thing is that no matter how big Phantom develops, its power is limited, and it always needs the cooperation of other companies to be able to
Complete the dynasty of his dreams. Moreover, he has enough confidence that no one can stop the development momentum of Phantom.
Pan Disheng didn't understand that Xiao Ran was betraying his own interests nakedly, but he did not doubt Xiao Ran's sincerity. After hesitating for a moment, he said: "Actually, I have been thinking about this issue. If we develop the publishing business, Debao will now
The funds are definitely not enough. In this case, I will have to sell off my main business and get funds for issuance."
Speaking of this, Xiao Ran had already vaguely understood what Pan Disheng meant. Pan Disheng was afraid that all the funds would be tied up in the movie, and he also had no confidence in the future of Hong Kong movies. After understanding this, he could only sigh secretly, sometimes watching
It's really not a good thing to be too transparent.
"Let's not talk about this anymore, how do you want us to cooperate?" Pan Disheng was obviously not very confident. After all, the power over there is stronger: "In what specific aspects?"
"It's very simple, just as we said before!" Xiao Ran smiled slightly, and he thought clearly about this: "We will unite our theaters and give them a hard blow during the summer vacation.
.I have prepared two blockbusters. I wonder how you are doing now?"
"Now I have also prepared two films, I believe I can compete in them during the summer vacation!" Pan Di laughed. It seems that everyone regards the upcoming summer vacation as a competition of strength.
The next day was the screening of "Dark Flower". This is a very important film. Maybe other people don't know how important this film is, but Xiao Ran knew very well that he had "Dark Flower" and "The Spy" to change the world.
The current problem of Hong Kong film production is rough. He wants to use these two films to teach film companies in Hong Kong some different shooting methods and business operations.
Therefore, this time he was going to watch the test screening in person. He didn't know whether the audience could accept this type of film with an extremely strong style. However, he had something to do during the day, so he first went to check out Lin Qingxia's class, starring Lin Qingxia.
is another action drama.
Around noon, he went to see Li Jiaxin after dinner. The Miss Hong Kong election had just started recently, and Xiao Ran immediately thought of Li Jiaxin, who was praised as the most beautiful Miss Hong Kong in history. Although she has always been a famous vase, Xiao Ran thought that as long as
If you can get it, you must be able to teach it well.
Li Jiaxin was very confused. She didn't know why the most famous diamond king in Hong Kong sent his secretary to call her and ask her out. However, at first she thought Xiao Ran was going to pursue her, but when she saw Xiao Ran, she knew that she
The conjecture is completely wrong.
Because there was no other thought in Xiao Ran's eyes when he looked at her except for the appreciation of beauty. His eyes were very clear. Xiao Ran looked at this most beautiful Hong Kong lady and couldn't help but secretly sigh in his heart. She is indeed incredibly beautiful.
, she is even more beautiful than on the screen, but Xiao Ran still feels that she is not as good as Lin Qingxia.
"Miss Li, do you think you can win the championship?" Xiao Ran chuckled and leaned back comfortably on the chair: "However, I think with your appearance, it is a pity not to enter the entertainment industry. Why not join the Phantom?
company."
This is really straightforward! Li Jiaxin thought to herself that of course she didn't know that Xiao Ran was a very busy person now. Naturally, he wouldn't be involved in something that had nothing to do with business for a long time. Otherwise, if he had the time, he might as well find someone
The screenwriting team is here to write a few scripts.
Li Jiaxin's eyes were filled with joy, and she was secretly proud of herself. While other candidates who were still running for Miss Hong Kong were still competing, she was able to sign a contract with a big company like Phantom. This is really something worthy of praise.
Xiao Ran looked at Li Jiaxin with a faint smile. She was indeed a beautiful woman, but her fate was a bit tragic. She was teased many times. He wanted to sign Li Jiaxin, not only because of her appearance, but also because he didn't want to see such a woman.
A beautiful woman fell into a miserable situation.
At the moment, he didn’t say much more. He just asked Li Jiaxin to go to the Phantom headquarters tomorrow to sign the contract. However, signing the contract does not mean that there will be acting immediately. Xiao Ran does not want such a vase to appear again, so necessary artist training is indispensable.
.
In the evening, it was the screening of "Dark Flower". Xiao Ran, Fa Ge, Su Renyao and Feng Fei'er all came. Su Renyao was actually quite similar to Liu Qingyun in temperament, but he had a different flavor. And Feng Fei'er this time
Although he is a supporting role, he is still somewhat nervous.
I have to admit that the Best Actor and Best Director awards at Cannes are somewhat attractive. At least the preview venue was full, but I don’t know what the effect will be. For this preview, Xiao Ran invited all the famous film critics to
Invited.
Don't underestimate the role of film reviews. According to surveys, film reviews can have a good effect on the box office. Whether it is strong criticism or praise, it can have the same effect. Therefore, this is obviously a good use value.
"Dark Flower" was bought out by China Film Group Corporation for the first-run screening rights in the mainland. It is said that this can promote the corruption of capitalism, etc. However, the price is not very high. Xiao Ran doesn't care about this, just treat it as half buy and half free.
Anyway, the key now is to cultivate the market, rather than start harvesting in a hurry for quick success.
It is still the logo that is as beautifully produced as the title titles of the seven major Hollywood companies. The first subtitles that come out are Xiao Ran’s work, and then “Produced by Xiao Ran”. The distributor is not necessarily the producer, the producer must be the one who participated in the investment in the film.
company, but generally speaking, the producer is mostly the issuer.
As the boss of Phantom, Xiao Ran naturally became the producer. It is the same for this Jiahe film to be named Zou Wenhuai or He Guanchang as the producer. To put it simply, if Phantom is the producer of this film,
This means that the copyright of the film is in the hands of Phantom.
On the screen, a car drove away in the dark, and the subtitles changed continuously. It wasn't until Fa Ge's narration: "An old man who hasn't been back to Macau for many years..." This extremely classic narration.
The title of the film came out - "Dark Flower".
The stories of the film are intertwined with each other. Fa Ge pushed open the door and entered the restaurant, and at a glance he saw the guy who was trying to get the hidden flower. He walked over and beat him up hard. His tone was so cold and inhumane that it made people feel sad.
Produces a strange feeling.
When the audience saw Fa Ge smashing the guy's hand with no expression on his face, the scene was so naked and unembellished. It even happened so suddenly that every audience member was startled and shocked.
The sound rang out continuously in the venue.
The camera peeled off Fa Ge and followed Su Renyao forward. The picture was clear but gave people a cold feeling. Looking at Su Renyao's silent movements, some viewers were a little patient at first. When they were feeling bored, the plot finally started again.
Out.
The plot of the film advances very quickly, but for the audience, it is somewhat unclear. They can't understand why all this happened, and they don't understand what the character Su Renyao is doing. In confusion, they are looking forward to the climax.
!
Xiao Ran was completely immersed in the world he created. In his opinion, this was a very wonderful film. Su Renyao's performance was quite good, but the other chess piece played by Feng Feier was really wonderful. Especially when she was in
It's really interesting when you pretend to be pitiful and confused in the police station. Xiao Ran even thinks that the best newcomer tomorrow will be Feng Feier.
This is a eccentric film, strange and weird, as mysterious as a black pearl. Now Xiao Ran feels like a god. He knows that he clearly feels that he controls the film and everything on the screen.
A person's life and death.
He thought he really understood what You Zhi and Du Qifeng felt when creating this type of film. It was an unparalleled pleasure. When you see the characters on the screen constantly changing their identities and roles according to your needs, manipulating
As they began to conspire and counter-conspirate in traps and counter-traps, they felt that feeling that perhaps only God could have when he created the world.
He understood better why he had to play certain tricks on the plot, because he experienced the feeling of when the audience was led in the wrong direction by him, and then he used a small but undoubted piece of evidence to reverse everything.
He knows that this is the extreme pleasure of playing with the audience in the palm of your hand.
At first, the audience's impatience gradually became tense as the plot progressed. They did not even dare to take a big breath, for fear that it would disturb the screen, and as if they were afraid that if they took a breath, they would miss the excitement. On the screen, they just
It seemed like I was caught up in one conspiracy after another.
Countless doubts surrounded them and filled their minds. They began to think like Fa Ge on the screen, trying to find clues among unrelated clues. When they saw the moment when Fa Ge and George met
, they knew they had fallen into a trap, and their hearts seemed to be squeezed by the devil's hand stretched out by Xiao Ran with a chuckle. Everything was completely different from what they imagined.
By the time the film progressed to the second half, everyone was out of breath due to the cold atmosphere. Xiao Ran stared at the big screen. This film made him feel extremely good. Who said that classics cannot be copied, as long as there is enough control
With power, everything can be copied.
However, it is a question whether this film with extremely strange style can be accepted by the audience, at least until the film is completed, no one knows...
*****
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