The progress of "New Dragon Inn" is a little troublesome. Originally, it was really not Xiao Ran's turn to intervene. However, the whole Hong Kong is very aware of Xiao Ran's strength. He is ranked alongside famous directors such as Xu Ke and Wu Yusen.
As one of the most outstanding directors in Hong Kong, he cannot but exist as the artistic director and creative president of Phantom Pictures.
This time they are cooperating with Xi'an Film Studio. Of course, the so-called cooperation means that Phantom paid for those rigid-minded filmmakers to stay calm and not interrupt. Xiao Ran was very anxious, and now he felt more and more that things were serious.
It's urgent.
Nowadays, the interest of mainland audiences in going to movie theaters is gradually waning. If movie theaters are not renovated to retain young people who like fashion, they may not be able to recover the box office that has shrunk from 2.5 billion to 900 million in the future. However, the facts are very clear.
He said that before 1997, the possibility of opening up theater investment projects in the Mainland was extremely low.
With a slight sigh, Xiao Ran woke up from being in a daze on the chair. The actors in this film are basically the original cast, and Liu Xun, Xu Ke's favorite actor, is still in the film. However, Xiao Ran still has to admire this
Regarding Liu Xun's skills, Liu Xun came from a theater background and was considered a well-known actor in Hong Kong before. He can't blame him for his good skills.
Wu Qihua originally acquired ATV because of Phantom, but now he is regarded as an enemy by TVB and hates Phantom. Naturally, this actor is no longer available. However, this is definitely not a problem for Phantom. Phantom artist training is held every year
The department is able to train two classes of graduates, with at least twenty graduates in each class, some of whom are actors and singers.
As the saying goes, the vast expanse of yellow sand in the desert is truly a breathtaking scenery. But what Xiao Ran and Xu Ke are paying attention to now is not the scenery at all, but the fighting in the performance area. This time the action director is Cheng Xiaodong, and there are several apprentices with martial arts backgrounds.
, it can be considered as training new people.
Xiao Ran now often leaves some of the martial arts guidance in the films to masters from the mainland. In short, he must try his best to maintain the absolute advantage of Chinese-language films in action. Cheng Xiaodong's style is very unconstrained, but at this time he obviously
He hasn't shown his own style yet.
Sometimes it is not so much that the action director's style is very personal, but rather that the action director is influenced by the director. At least Cheng Xiaodong is influenced by Xu Ke to the same extent as a master and apprentice. Without Xu Ke, Cheng Xiaodong can say nothing
Can't do it.
Chen Kexin very diligently reported the progress of the film to his boss Xiao Ran. The progress was not very smooth because of the wind and sand. Fortunately, it did not cause any major impact. However, one actor was shot in the forehead by an arrow. Fortunately, every film
During the filming, Xiao Ran always bought insurance.
Speaking of injuries to actors and staff, this is very common during filming. Xiao Ran had heard rumors that a staff member died due to a car accident during the filming of a certain film. In the end, the director just lightly ordered the body to be thrown away.
Stay far away, the cold-bloodedness is shocking.
What’s interesting is that while the current average film investment of other film companies is only four to five million, Phantom’s investment has already reached as much as eight million. This eight million includes insurance premiums and legal fees.
class.
In fact, Phantom keeps up with the times every year in terms of photographic equipment and post-production equipment. Xiao Ran can even proudly say that in terms of equipment, Phantom is definitely not inferior to Hollywood. The World Fund has also invested in overseas film-related equipment.
research laboratory, hoping to gain some benefits for Phantom.
Thinking of this, Xiao Ran calculated for a while, and found that everything the company should have actually had. He believed that it was very necessary to carry out Southeast Asia and even racial integration. This statement seemed a bit exaggerated. But Xiao Ran's meaning was very clear. He
The idea is nothing more than to attract every talented person from Southeast Asia to come to Hong Kong to film, just like Hollywood.
After visiting Lin Qingxia, Xiao Ran quickly returned to Hong Kong. He called Tian Lai's leader Chen Jiale and Jin Ruyu from the artist training department to Wei Dongling's office, and the four began to discuss how to discover singers and actors.
Mentioning this, Chen Jiale looked premeditated and smiled confidently: "Mr. Xiao, I have considered this issue. In fact, we can consider organizing a rookie competition, just like the Huaxing Company's rookie competition!"
Xiao Ran was very depressed. He was not the CEO now, so why did everyone still call him Mr. Xiao? He and Wei Dongling looked at each other. Wei Dongling knew Xiao Ran's ideals most clearly. Plus, they had communicated beforehand, so he naturally knew what Xiao Ran wanted.
It’s not just a rookie competition in Hong Kong!
So, Wei Dongling stared at the two people angrily and said: "The Rookie Competition is necessary, but Mr. Xiao and I have discussed it and we both agreed that it should not be held only in Hong Kong. We want potential singers from Southeast Asia. You have to understand.
The company’s goal is not Hong Kong, but the whole world.”
Chen Jiale was slightly surprised. In fact, Hong Kong and Taiwan music is indeed very popular in Southeast Asia, and many songs are popular in other regions and countries in Southeast Asia. However, it seems that no one has considered extending the company's business to other countries and regions.
After thinking about it, Chen Jiale had countless thoughts running through his mind. He thought that if Tianlai could become a world-class record company, it would really be a glorious achievement. He soon came to the conclusion: "The Rookie Competition is indeed very important."
Not bad, but I personally think that the first session may be held temporarily in Hong Kong, and it must be held with great fanfare. In this way, the second session can attract contestants from other regions relatively smoothly!"
Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling nodded. This idea is very correct. Tianlai Company ranks among the best in Hong Kong in terms of its popular singers and the training of reserve forces. When it comes to the strength of the boss behind the scenes, he is definitely the champion.
Many people are optimistic about the potential of this company.
However, Tianlai Company currently does not have a complete training system. It mainly relies on the artist training department of Phantom Company to send singers and talent scouts wandering around in the streets. Therefore, this move is undoubtedly to provide new blood for Tianlai.
Given a very good opportunity, several very popular singers like Xiao Ran were familiar with and all stood out in the China Star Rookie Competition.
This was obviously not enough. Xiao Ran turned his attention to the pretty strong woman Jin Ruyu: "Ayu, do you think it is necessary for the artist training department to get involved with Tian Lai on this matter?"
Jin Ruyu was startled for a moment, then smiled immediately. In fact, she had just been thinking about it. Actors are obviously not suitable for competition to determine the outcome. However, this obviously does not mean that the artist training department cannot be involved in this.
Obtain benefits: "Mr. Xiao, I think it is better to let the artist training department organize it together with Tianlai."
Xiao Ran stared at this woman with interest. He now admired Wei Dongling's choice of personnel in the company more and more. Jin Ruyu obviously saw what Xiao Ran meant and said with a smile: "Performance is difficult to compete, but we can pass
Some talent competitions are held to select suitable people.”
This was exactly the effect Xiao Ran wanted. He immediately decided that Tianlai would host it and the Phantom Training Department would co-organize it. They were given half a month to come up with a detailed plan. The initial date for the event was set to be July or August during the summer vacation.
This will allow more people to attend.
As for publicity, it is naturally left to the professional publicity and planning team, Phantom's marketing department. As for how much money Tianlai must pay to the marketing department for this, that is not something Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling want to get involved in. Although Tianlai is a subsidiary of Phantom
, but there should never be any ambiguity in business.
After both of them left, Xiao Ran turned sideways and approached Wei Dongling with a strange smile: "You have really good eyesight. You can actually select very capable talents for the company every time!"
Under Xiao Ran's "brutal" look, Wei Dongling backed away in "panic" and shook his head like a rattle: "I promoted Chen Jiale, but Jin Ruyu has nothing to do with me. She was discovered by the Human Resources Department...
"
Xiao Ran stopped depressed. He originally thought that Wei Dongling did it, so that he could be beaten. But then again, it seemed that Wei Dongling was the only one who had beaten him. What kind of villa?
Yachts, cars, Xiao Ran didn't even know how much money he lost on them.
Now both Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling are much more relaxed. After the company is split, it is very pleasant. Now Wei Dongling is directly responsible to Xiao Ran. Since Wei Dongling is nominally the CEO, he should decide the company's specific strategies. But
In this regard, Wei Dongling is still willing to discuss it with Xiao Ran every time.
In a sense, the company is very united. It cannot be said that it advocates collectivism, but no one makes a fuss in order to gain credit. Everything in this company must be attributed to Wei Dongling. After all, he is in charge.
Xiao Ran was able to control the general direction of the Phantom Empire with peace of mind. It can be seen that sometimes personal heroism is of no benefit.
However, Xiao Ran is basically the spokesperson of Phantom now. It has to be said that this guy really has great acting potential, and his image also fits the image of Phantom Company.
It's a pity that Wei Dongling, as the Phantom CEO, had his credit repeatedly blamed on Xiao Ran by the media. He didn't know how many times he used this as an excuse to blackmail Xiao Ran. Therefore, through Wei Dongling, Xiao Ran finally understood that to be a hero, you must
You have to pay a certain price.
"A Dong, do you feel that your treatment is too poor?" Xiao Ran calmed down and looked at Wei Dongling seriously. This is very important, but it also shows that the relationship between Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling is very frank: "I always think that only
Giving you five percent equity is too little!”
"Don't do this..." Wei Dongling raised his head high and glanced at Xiao Ran: "Don't underestimate my five percent equity. After all, it has made me one of the billionaires in Hong Kong. Moreover, I am now
They are more or less senior executives of famous companies."
Xiao Ran couldn't help laughing. He and Wei Dongling always talked and laughed in private, which was a good thing. He asked because Guan Xin gave him a report today, which pointed out that Jiahe and other companies
They all tried to poach Wei Dongling, and Jiahe even offered an annual salary of five million.
Of course, other companies don't seem to know that Wei Dongling's current annual salary is already five million, plus annual dividends and the like, the total annual income is at least over ten million. Wei Dongling glanced at Xiao Ran again, he really didn't care
Qian is a virtuous person like Xiao Ran. Moreover, he is already very satisfied with his current treatment, with an annual income of tens of millions, which is definitely rare for corporate management in Hong Kong.
"You mean Jiahe wants to poach me? Brother Ran, I have already signed a contract of betrayal with you, what else do you want!" Years of negotiations have made Wei Dongling's acting skills even more perfect, and he pretended to be miserable.
He looked like he wanted to cry with tears and runny noses.
Xiao Ran was amused. He was not worried about Wei Dongling changing jobs. After all, their friendship was here. Moreover, Wei Dongling seemed to be getting more and more energetic in doing this, so he couldn't bear it. Besides, he was still bound by the contract.
"Let's not talk about it. By the way, how are the arrangements for the film award?" Xiao Ran changed the topic, remembering what he and Wei Dongling had discussed some time ago about organizing the film award.
The Golden Horse Award is no longer available, and it only targets Chinese-language films. The Academy Awards can be a big support, but its regulations are even narrower, restricting films that must be made in Hong Kong and other fields to participate in the competition.
In Xiao Ran's eyes, to expand the influence of Chinese films and the influence of Phantom, holding a film award is definitely a good idea. For the current award, his idea is very simple, which is to organize a relatively literary film festival to attract
Videos worldwide.
Wei Dongling shook his head and said gloomily: "It is not difficult to organize, but what is difficult is how to invite big stars and directors from around the world. This is the key! And you know, as a film company, we
They cannot interfere. Therefore, we can only do it through sponsorship, which is a bit difficult."
Xiao Ran pondered for a moment. In fact, he had not considered it. The current influence of Phantom in Southeast Asia is indeed very great. It is no exaggeration to say that as long as Phantom stops production for one year, how many people may starve to death! But in the world, it is really
There's nothing attractive about it.
This matter is not urgent, at least Xiao Ran thinks so. The key lies in preparation and finding which unit to host it? Perhaps it is possible to find the government to do it, but Xiao Ran does not think that the British Hong Kong government is so courageous. It is even possible.
Due to the pressure from the British Hong Kong government, it may not be impossible that the festival has to be moved to the UK.
After talking for a while, there was still no progress, so An Yuxuan came to inform Xiao Ran that it was time to go to the Film Association for a meeting. When it came to this meeting, Xiao Ran was a little confused. What kind of meeting could these three major companies have? Moreover, the boss had to go in person.
In any case, since the bosses of the three major companies were there, it seemed unreasonable for Xiao Ran not to go. When he arrived at the Film Association and entered the conference room, Xiao Ran saw the heads of the three major companies gathered here. Of course, he
There are also assistants or female secretaries.
Smiling with the three of them, Xiao Ran sat down under Zou Wenhuai, glanced at the three of them, and then glanced at Wu Siyuan with interest and said: "Uncle Wu, what do you want to talk about today? Is there something going on in the company?