By winning over CJ and building the most solid and perfect distribution network in Asia, Xiao Ran believed that Hollywood would not be able to stop his pace in Asia. After telling Wei Dongling about this goal, Xiao Ran explained the actor's problem.
On the surface, if Brother Fa and the others leave Phantom, it will be absolutely harmful and useless. Why would Xiao Ran do such a stupid thing? Xiao Ran is in charge of the film business. Of course, he knows very well, because there are too many stars filming with Phantom. The members of this year’s Starlight Project
I haven’t been able to film a movie until now!
If you push some of the stars to Mo Huaien, you can take the opportunity to give opportunities to newcomers. Of course, this is not to say that the big stars are suppressing newcomers, but that their existence itself hinders the emergence of newcomers, just like the coach is suppressing newcomers.
Football players have the same choice.
I have to mention here the Phantom's Starlight Plan, which is basically a five-year period, and then within five years some people will be popular and some will be bad. At that time, one of ten will be selected to become the elite of the elite.
Make them superstars.
Therefore, the Starlight Project cannot be stopped. Now, if Fa Ge and the others are pushed to Mo Huaien, he believes that they will be able to get it back within half a year, and this means that they will also have income, and the newcomers will also have a chance to get ahead, and there will be
Other benefits can be said to kill two birds with one stone.
Wei Dongling nodded and agreed. He didn't know the specific things about the movie, but since Xiao Ran said this, it made sense. However, he still had a question: "What method do you have to ensure that you can get them back?
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"It's very simple!" Xiao Ran smiled mysteriously: "As long as Hongguo is brought down, if we want to acquire it, no one will dare to compete with us. Then the contract will be ours. The key to defeating them lies in funds...
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Wei Dongling suddenly realized that there was absolutely no harm in sending filmmakers. With Mo Huaien having actors and behind-the-scenes workers, the film would definitely be launched, and the cycle of a film has generally increased to half a year. This means that as long as the film is shot
Taking down Hongguo and the two companies behind the scenes is equivalent to Mo Huaien helping Phantom to pay for the film, and indirectly helping Xiao Ran achieve the purpose of increasing the salary.
On this day, Xiao Ran and the others talked a lot and made a lot of phone calls. However, we can actually guess what they were doing...
That night, the heads of the three major companies came together to see Xiao Ran. At Xiao Ran's home, Xiao Ran was leisurely watching ATV programs with his wife. Pan Disheng said that the timing of their arrival was obviously not very appropriate, which ruined the atmosphere between the two couples.
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When Pan Disheng saw this situation, he was secretly surprised. The situation was so bad that Xiao Ran could still watch TV so leisurely. He couldn't help but admire him. Yang Qi knew this friend well and knew that Xiao Ran just liked to enjoy, so he didn't feel surprised at all.
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"Here we are, just sit down as you like at your own home!" Xiao Ran is now admiring the winners. Don't think that Zeng Zhiwei can't control the scene because he is young. On the contrary, because he is young and energetic, the show becomes more interesting.
Lin Qingxia stood up with a smile and invited them to sit down on the sofa. Xiao Ran reluctantly turned his eyes away from the TV and turned to the three bosses: "What, three bosses, is there anything you need to come with in person?
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Lin Qingxia wanted to laugh out loud at the side. She found that her husband was still very good at acting. Pan Di smiled bitterly and glanced at Xiao Ran who was still smiling and said: "A Ran, stop playing tricks on us, you know our purpose very well!"
When the Filipino maid brought the tea, Xiao Ran held Lin Qingxia's hand and smiled meaningfully: "It's going to rain. Mom wants to get married. Let it go. It can't make any big waves!"
Lei Kaitai thought he knew Xiao Ran very well, but he still couldn't figure out Xiao Ran's thoughts, so he asked tentatively: "Just let it be shown like this. This will break the rules!"
"Actually, what we mean is, why don't you take the lead..." Yang Qi also took up the topic and said: "We will jointly suppress it and not allow anyone to take over the filming of its film. What do you mean?"
"There's no need to do this, I'm here as a legitimate businessman!" Xiao Ran straightened his body and suddenly looked dignified and upright. Just as the three of them were laughing, Xiao Ran's next words revealed his thoughts: "But
, it’s better not to do this, people enter the market through formal channels..."
"Do you know who is the person in charge of Hongguo? Tielong, the one who was poached by Jiahe!" Although Lei Kaitai was scheming, Xiao Ran couldn't help but look so leisurely as if he was on vacation.
Anxious: "It turns out that several of Jiahe's insiders are here in Hongguo. That guy Mo Huaien has been planning this for a long time!"
"Has it been planned for a long time?" Xiao Ran tilted his head and looked at Lin Qingxia's crystal-clear jade hands. He had not noticed the existence of Tie Long. Looking back now, when he was rectifying Jiahe, he did not see this person's name.
If it is said to have been planned for a long time, there is definitely a reason: "There is nothing to worry about. He has not broken the rules yet. If he breaks the rules, there will be rules to deal with him!"
What kind of rules are they obviously made by you! The three of them couldn't help but laugh bitterly in their stomachs, but suddenly realized something, and they all raised their heads and looked at Xiao Ran. Xiao Ran always just smiled at each other and refused to reveal anything.
From Xiao Ran, they got nothing, except full of doubts. And Xiao Ran found it funny. It was he who helped Tian Luo in the beginning, so that Tian Luo could stand in the circle, but now he didn't expect that
Yang Qi has also become one of the defenders of the rules. The change of people's identities is really interesting.
The next day, Hongguo acquired 51% of the controlling stake in Carson, Europe's largest distribution company, and announced that it had won the cinema agency rights in South Korea. Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling made a rough calculation and determined that Hongguo was on top of it.
After spending at least 3.3 to 3.5 billion Hong Kong dollars to come to this conclusion, Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling looked at each other with an unpredictable look in their eyes.
On the fourth day, when Xiao Ran was working in the office, Chen Musheng suddenly called and told him that Hongguo was trying to poach him! Xiao Ran immediately frowned and went to Wei Dongling's office. When he mentioned this, Wei Dongling also frowned.
He raised his eyebrows, this matter is quite serious.
They were thinking about countermeasures. Within a few minutes, Han Long from the planning department knocked on the door and came in. He said to Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling with a heavy face: "Several artists under the company have defected to Hongguo..."
Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling looked at each other and suppressed their smiles. In fact, they both thought that this way they could test out the loyalty of those artists to the company. What makes Hongguo better than Haile is that it only recruits film professionals and actors.
The administrative staff of Phantom were not touched at all. In fact, Mo Huaien tried it later, but he only got two inconspicuous small roles.
He and Wei Dongling looked at each other and immediately made a decision: "Notify the entire industry to increase the salary by 20% on the original basis!"
However, on the third day, Hongguo increased the salary by a full 50%. This attracted many artists to go straight to Hongguo, including big stars like Liu Hua and Liang Chaowei.
It is no exaggeration to say that about 60% of Phantom's big stars and first-line artists have left.
Don't think that there are only a few artists in Phantom. On the contrary, there are many. There are about 13 or 4 artists who can be said to have box office appeal, and this time except Su Renyao and Fa Ge, the others are basically gone.
Most of it.
The conditions given by Hongguo are extremely generous. As long as they are willing to go through Hongguo, they can sign a film contract for three films in two years. And behind this relatively restrictive film contract are piles of money, and every contract is
Money. The most typical one is Liu Hua. Liu Hua is currently worth two million, and Hong Guo’s price is three million. Adding in the increase in salary, if three movies are contracted, it will be a full one thousand one hundred.
Ten thousand.
And each of the dozen or so first-line stars is worth roughly this price. This means that Hongguo must pay 100 million to 200 million for this contract. If you add in Debao and Tianluo's
There are more than just this number of artists.
However, all this has not stopped yet. Not long after, Xiao Ran received a report from the star company: Fa Ge and Wu Yusen have switched jobs to Hongguo! Xiao Ran suddenly laughed, because all this looked like the movie of Phantom.
The business has reached a dead end.
That happened not long ago. Mo Huaien and Tie Long were waiting leisurely in a high-end restaurant. Mo Huaien had no confidence in being able to recruit Fa Ge, just because he was more or less
I know that Fa Ge and Xiao Ran have a very good personal relationship, but Zhong Chuhong, for example, refuses to come over.
"Zhou Runfa and Wu Yusen, are they really coming? And it is said that they have a good personal relationship with Xiao Ran." Mo Huaien stared at Tie Long suspiciously. It is only natural to leave professional matters to professionals.
.So, Tielong is obviously very professional.
"Mr. Mo, it's hard to say, but if they come, they have to discuss it!" Tie Long smiled easily: "Personal relationships are just personal relationships, work is another matter, and this is how people with red tops and white tops work in the industry!
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Mo Huaien frowned slightly. He originally had no intention of poaching Fa Ge and Wu Yusen because he thought he would definitely not be able to poach them. Moreover, he had never considered poaching like this before he founded the Hongguo Company.
, because Phantom's financial resources are much stronger than his.
However, not long before the company was founded, Mo Huaien received a reliable guarantee. So, he chose this plan. In fact, this is not considered to be poaching the Phantom, even though most of the famous stars are currently signed to
He joined the celebrity management company under Phantom, but it has no contractual relationship with Phantom Corporation.
This means that from the perspective of their agents, those stars belong to the Phantom Company. However, from the perspective of their filmmaking, they are basically free agents. After all, Phantom has not signed any film contracts with them.
However, some actors such as Liu Hua also signed their next film with Phantom, and Mo Huaien had to pay liquidated damages for them. He knew that Xiao Ran didn't care about the money, and he himself didn't care about the money. The key was
People, being able to obtain talents is the most important thing.
It's hard for Phantom to say anything about such "poaching". Because they didn't sign several movie contracts with the stars in time. Xiao Ran didn't like this kind of movie contracts, and it was easy for the actors to star in movies that were not suitable for him. Just like
More than ten years later, Liu Qingyun had to act in countless vulgar comedies just because he signed several drama contracts with China Star.
This is just because Hong Guo was preempted. Logically speaking, we really can’t blame Hong Guo. However, even a blind person can see that this is a large-scale poaching operation, and it’s a shame that Mo Huaien has so much money to do it!
He really wanted to get Chow Yun-fat and Wu Yusen, but Xu Ke refused immediately. However, he had to admit that if Wu Yusen was willing to join, he would definitely help him pay the liquidated damages. Wu Yusen is one of the contracted directors of Phantom.
First, if it is overdue, it will definitely be a breach of contract legally.
It's just that Mo Huaien was still surprised by his rich results, or rather felt that there was a conspiracy, and asked cautiously: "Tie Long, I still feel strange. The Phantom is much stronger than Hong Guo, and the stars have no reason.
You should defect to us! Moreover, it is said that Xiao Ran is the godfather of the underworld, aren't they afraid?"
Tie Long suddenly couldn't laugh or cry. The boss in front of him was really ridiculous. The old man was still not happy when they came, insisting on doubting their motives. He wished he could shout something in Mo Huaien's ear: "That's money!"
It's a pity that the other party is his boss. If he doesn't want to lose his job, he should explain honestly.
"It's very simple. In the past, Xiao Ran didn't care about the celebrities he trained working with other families. I believe it is the same now." Tie Long explained carefully. He felt like a nanny: "Besides, Xiao Ran relied on popularity in the past.
To start with financial resources, stars are what he needs at all times, so the stars are not afraid of him at this point! Besides, most of them have signed contracts with us now, so what is there to worry about? "
Having said this, Tie Long smiled slyly: "Besides, no matter how strong Xiao Ran's financial resources are, poaching them back will definitely have an impact on the market, and it is likely to cause dissatisfaction with the other three companies. Then won't we?
I've got three allies! I don't know the relationship between Xiao Ran and the underworld, but if my colleagues move out of the underworld, they'll be shooting themselves in the foot and ruining their previous reputation."
Mo Huaien smiled relievedly. After all, he was not a professional and did not know the rules in the entertainment industry. After Tielong's explanation, he came to his senses. There was unlikely to be any conspiracy in this. Most of the celebrities had already signed two contracts.
For contracts of more than one year, the amount of liquidated damages is quite large.
Even if Phantom were poached back, he would have to pay a considerable price, and he would still be able to make a profit when the time comes. Anyway, making movies was not his original intention, it was just Guoli's plan to make a profit. When the time comes, he wants to escape unscathed.
It's a piece of cake.
Just as he was talking, Fa Ge and Wu Yusen came. After sitting down respectively, Mo Huaien glanced at the two of them and considered the possibilities in his mind. He really hoped to get these two people, especially Fa Ge.
He is definitely the number one male star in Southeast Asia now, and getting him means guaranteed box office.
"Brother Fa, are you interested in coming to Hong Kong to work?" In a small place like Hong Kong, Tie Long and Zhou Runfa had met several times, so he asked directly without hesitation: "One sentence
, Hong Guo gave out 25 million!"
Fa Ge and Wu Yusen looked at each other with a strange look in their eyes. They hesitated for a moment before saying: "This is not good. You know my relationship with Xiao Ran. If..."
"It's nothing. The artists we signed are just picking up the things that slipped through the Phantom's teeth." Tie Long chuckled: "As the so-called fair competition is, it's not good to form a monopoly! Let's do this, three thousand
Ten thousand, three dramas in two years, the price Xiao Ran offers you will definitely not be as good as this!"
Fa Ge and Wu Yusen looked at each other, and the light in their eyes flashed again. Fa Ge hesitated again, with joy in his eyes, and nodded fiercely: "I promise you, but you are not allowed to use my drama with you.
The Phantom plays the opposite role!”
It's hard to say that Mo Huaien really feels very strange. Fa Ge is well-known in the industry for his emphasis on friendship. From Fa Ge's point of view, there is absolutely no reason to abandon Phantom and join Hongguo, and it's also
So easy. He definitely has reason to suspect that there is some conspiracy involved, but both Fa Ge and Wu Yusen signed the contract under his money offensive. On the surface, there is nothing to worry about?
Moreover, Brother Fa stated that he was not allowed to compete with the Phantom in his play, which seemed to have explained his friendship. Thinking of this, Mo Huaien comforted himself with these two seemingly innocent reasons. That was the end of the matter.
Even if he wanted to change, he would be reluctant to change. The most important thing is that he had no choice. To start a show, he had to use people. Regardless of whether there was a conspiracy or not, he had to use them.
Even if it is Xiao Ran's conspiracy, he is not afraid at all. Mo Huaien secretly thought: Now that you have dug up all the people you can use, let's see what else you can do!
We have lost at least 70% of our stars, and we have also lost several film industry personnel, such as Wu Yusen and To Qifeng, plus Wang Jiawei, etc. What is interesting is that in addition to screenwriters, other behind-the-scenes workers have all left one after another.
Some.
Xiao Ran sighed. It's a pity that Wang Jiawei, a talented man who can drag down the film company to death. If he was given a year, he would definitely be able to play his role. It's a pity that it is difficult for Hongguo to survive more than half a year. The director of the Film and Television Department came into the room.
Startled, Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling stared at him with gloomy faces.
"Are you interrupting your meeting?" It's not good, it's definitely not good. Even a blind person can see that it's not good. The director didn't know the opportunity and immediately said what his superiors told him to convey: "In order to maintain the stable development of the film industry,
None of your companies is allowed to raise prices any more, and you are not allowed to use unfair competition methods. This is our latest decision!"
"Really?" Xiao Ran's face changed slightly, and instantly became more gloomy and terrifying. He took a step forward and said sternly: "Allow Hongguo to increase its price, but not allow me to increase Phantom's price! It's really wonderful, indescribable!"
He said something wonderful, but Xiao Ran's expression made people realize that this was an irony. Facing Xiao Ran's gloomy face, the director couldn't help but take a step back, secretly complaining, thinking: Damn, I
They have become the scapegoats of the British.
However, he did not dare to say these things out loud, so he had to suppress the fear in his heart, squeezed the muscles on his face and said with a straight face: "If any company dares to violate the rules, it will be fined in the lightest way, and rectified in the worst case. If it happens again, it will be punished."
, the only option is to order the business to close.”
Wei Dongling was stunned, and Xiao Ran was even more stunned. What the hell kind of bullshit law is this? It is basically aimed at Phantom. The British Hong Kong government has really tried its best to suppress Phantom!
Wei Dongling was so angry that he was shaking all over, his face turned red, and he was furious. Seeing that the situation was not good, everyone looked like they wanted to eat him, so he immediately turned around and walked out of the door. He had just left
Less than three seconds after leaving, Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling couldn't help but smile and sat relaxedly on the chairs.
What should I do? The fastest way to make a fortune in business is to have a relationship with the government, but the most feared thing is to have a relationship with the government. This time Xiao Ran understood this sentence thoroughly, and he also knew why Mo Huaien dared
They are acting recklessly. With the support of the government, they can cover the sky with just one hand.
Is it necessary to play the trump card of the mainland government? Xiao Ran does not want to rely on the mainland government. In that case, there may not be greater troubles in the future. Only by being relatively neutral in political stance can Phantom become a global film empire.
, sometimes politics inevitably becomes a constraint.
What are the benefits of the British Hong Kong government doing this? Wei Dongling didn't understand, but Xiao Ran knew it. The British did not intend to leave an international financial center to the mainland. They just wanted to find a nuclear bomb to destroy Hong Kong and then hand it over to the Chinese government.
Nuclear bombs are naturally impossible, but they can create chaos in the economy and other aspects. This is also true. If it were not for the deliberate actions of the British Hong Kong government, the subsequent financial crisis may not have occurred.
Originally, it was unlikely that the film industry would encounter such a black hand. However, the British Hong Kong government has always known that the mainland has ambitions for the Hong Kong film industry. Decades ago, the Hong Kong film industry had several companies with funds from the mainland.
It was Fenghuang and others, and later merged into Yindu. In the 1950s and 1960s, the dispute between the left and right became even more intense.
It was only later that the revolution in the 1960s and 1970s forced the left to retreat, and the right and liberal filmmakers gained the upper hand. However, the emergence of Yindu still meant that the mainland government had never given up on this widely influential artistic method. By the 1980s,
In the 1900s, liberal filmmakers completely gained the upper hand, but they moved closer to Taiwan because of market relations. They even organized filmmakers to celebrate the birthday of the Chiang family in Taiwan.
This situation is obviously what the British Hong Kong government is happy to see. This is why Yindu has participated in the Film Association, but hardly attended the meetings of the Film Association. On the surface, the rise of the Phantom seems to be nothing, and the last time the mainland government actually
The article only expressed some opinions on the rampant gangs in Hong Kong, but the British Hong Kong government still suspected that Phantom had certain connections with the mainland.
Moreover, Phantom is the second film company besides Yindu that can start shooting directly in the mainland without script review, including distribution. The only difference from Yindu is that Phantom's films still need to be reviewed after they are filmed.
, but Yindu does not need it, and enjoys higher-end treatment than domestic films. From this treatment in Yindu, you can imagine the importance that the mainland attaches to the Hong Kong film industry.
In fact, the British Hong Kong government did not doubt Phantom's political stance. After all, Xiao Ran, the boss, had never been to the mainland in the past twenty years, so there was no such thing as a bullshit stance. They just thought that Xiao Ran had made certain contributions to the mainland in some aspects.
Judging from the training of mainland filmmakers, it is obvious that this is the exchange condition.
Strictly speaking, the British Hong Kong government is not targeting Phantom, but the entire film industry. For them, the more chaos they can make, the better. After all, this is a Chinese-language film. It has nothing to do with them. They just want
As long as it can be profitable.
Now Xiao Ran even wonders whether it was the acquiescence of the British Hong Kong government that allowed the underworld to cause trouble in the film industry in an extremely rampant manner. The most typical example is that in the early 1990s, the strong Yong Sheng and others had a dark background
The film company then increased the film salaries crazily, raising the salaries of Zhou Xingchi and others to 8 million or even 10 million. As a result, the production costs were greatly reduced, and it became a rough Hong Kong film from then on.
The peak period of Hong Kong films in history was 1993. In that year, the average production fee was only about 12 million. And the stars had to share half of it, which was probably a ratio of one to two.
All gone.
Now that everything has been planned, we just need to wait to lure Mo Wynn and his collaborators into the trap, which is what hunters seem to do when hunting prey...
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