"Forget it, let's not talk about it." Xiao Ran only felt melancholy. He only thought about Hong Kong and the mainland, but he didn't expect that the mainland was stuck on the censorship system, which simply forced Hong Kong films to die: "Actually, you know, China
Movies need Hong Kong films, otherwise they will definitely not be able to compete with Hollywood in a few decades. And I can tell you without exaggeration that if there were no Hong Kong films to compete with Hollywood, American films would have begun to dominate the world by now!"
After Huang Qun put aside his worries and decided to report this, he immediately frowned and said: "Xiao Ran, it's not as serious as you said. I know that Hong Kong films have a certain market around the world, but they definitely have not reached this market ratio.
.”
Xiao Ran smiled faintly, it's not that serious? He has been through it, and he knows far better that this is much more serious than imagined. If he hadn't used his own advantages to preemptively capture every link required for film creation, then today, he would have
Lost.
Not to mention special effects, Dolby Laboratories' AC-3 has replaced AC-2. If Phantom had not achieved absolute control and used Dolby to cultivate many talents, it might not be able to compete in recording.
North American recordings. When the time comes to have special effects but no sound effects, they will still be no match.
Let’s talk about the special effects. If Xiao Ran hadn’t used all his tricks and laid out a plan that lasted for more than a year, he wouldn’t have been able to get the world’s top modelers, makeup artists, etc. Without models, the special effects would just be a ridiculous light and shadow effect.
, without makeup artists, the monsters in the "Alien" series and the dinosaurs in "Jurassic Park" would never be very realistic.
With those top talents, plus the students specially selected by Xiao Ran to study, it will take another two or three years. Only then can the Chinese film's own talent system be initially established. Otherwise, Xiao Ran was just doing it in the past few years.
What? He is not just preparing to dominate Asia, but also preparing for the future war in Hollywood.
And all of this was achieved with hard work because Xiao Ran was familiar with and proficient in movies, and also had advantages that no one could match. Don't think that he has a certain amount of wealth, he doesn't care about that at all, he just works in other industries
It is the inevitable path for enterprise development. Secondly, these industries need to provide funds for movies, with sufficient funds and technical strength. All of this forms a complete circle of film production and technology provision.
"Yangguang, drive!" Xiao Ran ordered to Yangguang, then slowly turned his head to look at Huang Qun and said: "This is a hundred times more dangerous than you think. Once Hollywood takes the lead, it will be difficult for us to have the technical strength.
and talent are catching up again. Now only Hong Kong films in the world have the technology and talent to compete. If Chinese films want to rise, Hong Kong films must be the banner."
Huang Qun was very confused. Emotionally, he had received a very important promotion because of Xiao Ran's reminder, and he was able to be promoted to the deputy minister of culture so quickly. But now he is Xiao Ling'er's godfather. Emotionally, he was also Xiao Linger's godfather.
Physically, he is definitely leaning towards Xiao Ran. However, intellectually, he also knows that the government is unlikely to give in. It seems that this may be a lose-lose outcome...
Huang Qun left, and it was difficult to describe Xiao Ran's mood. He fully understood that the central government had made considerable openings for movies and culture, especially the legal support in anti-piracy, which was actually enough proof. However, this was still far from the truth.
It's not enough, isn't it?
During this period, Xiao Ran abandoned everything and focused on the post-production of "Jurassic Park". This film is the focus of Phantom's release throughout the year, and no one dares to take it lightly. Infinite Vision also mobilized the top talents
Experts came to do this special effects, and Zhong Zhixing and another special effects director from Infinite Vision both participated in the production.
In terms of sound effects, Xiao Ran was as strict as ever. This time, Xiang Bao was the one doing the sound design, but his staff was extremely large. Because Xiao Ran wanted everything to be real or realistic, they had to collect all kinds of sound effects that could be collected.
In fact, Xiao Ran is not the director and does not need to intervene at all. However, he was worried and finally came to give personal guidance, but not to interfere with the director's ideas. This is the rule set by the Phantom. The director is the biggest one on the set. At the same time,
, Wei Dongling is busy working, and the mainland is also busy discussing Xiao Ran's conditions in order to launch the draft as soon as possible.
July 1st is a very important day in the mainland, but Xiao Ran and the others didn't take it into consideration at all. After watching the pornographic videos, they invited a group of friends from the industry to have a barbecue on the beach. At the beach, Xiao Ranxiang was on the beach.
Brother Fa, who was catching crabs, waved: "Brother Fa, aren't you bored? If you have nothing to do, go catch whatever crabs you want. What crabs can you catch now?"
Fa Ge laughed and washed his hands, then pulled his wife towards Xiao Ran and the others, and took a deep breath of the fresh sea breeze: "I like this kind of life more and more. I shoot one or two movies every year, and then there are a lot of
The time can be relaxing!”
Xing Zai and others looked at Brother Fa with envy and sighed: "Brother Fa, there is no way we can compete with you. We have to take on at least two or three dramas a year, otherwise our income will be low!"
Before Xiao Ran spoke, Lin Qingxia laughed and scolded: "Xingzai, aren't you talking nonsense? How much money did you charge for the last advertisement you accepted? It was at least five million. You can accept at least two advertisements a year.
Is this still less?”
Lin Qingxia is right. No matter how you look at it, these celebrities actually do not suffer. They receive fewer films, but the pay is much higher, and the advertising fees are also much higher. This is what people in the industry know.
, Under normal circumstances, celebrities are always willing to actually charge less money at certain times and claim to have higher external advertising fees, so that they can reach that price when accepting advertisements in the future.
Take Fa Ge as an example. Fa Ge's current advertising value is at least 15 million, and usually exceeds 20 million. And if he wants to increase the price, he can only charge 15 million privately.
It is claimed to be more than 20 million, and then the price will naturally rise. Therefore, it is not a big problem for these first-line stars to earn tens of millions of dollars in advertising revenue every year.
Liu Hua deliberately sniffed the chicken wings, and then looked up to the sky and sighed: "It's a pity that Brother Ran and I are almost the same age, why are our net worth and fame so different! However, I think if Brother Ran comes out to act in another drama, he will definitely be able to do it."
Big sale!”
Xiao Ran smiled slightly, handed Lin Qingxia a roasted chicken wing, and then smiled and said: "If I act again, then Asia's number one male star will not be Fa Ge. However, I know that I am not acting material. I can
I will be very satisfied if I win a Best Actor! I don’t dare to expect to win a triple crown like Fa Ge!”
"Brother Ran, please give me a movie sometime. I really want to be the best actor for once!" Liu Hua looked at Xiao Ran eagerly, wishing that Xiao Ran would nod and agree immediately. Xingzai and the others also looked at him eagerly.
Xiao Ran obviously longs to win the Best Actor Award.
Xiao Ran burst out laughing. Sometimes he felt that he and Lin Qingxia were so lucky that the couple could win the Best Actor and Actor award at the Academy Awards at the same time. Apart from Fa Ge, Leslie Cheung and Su Renyao, the guys in front of him
Apart from that, no one else has won the Best Actor award, but Wu Zhenyu has won the Best Supporting Actor award once for "The Legend of Car God".
Lin Qingxia couldn't help but laugh, and Xiao Ran smiled funnyly: "This has nothing to do with whether the show can be played or not. You all seem to often take on art plays, why can't you win the award? The first is that there are so many strong people, and the second is that your acting skills are not enough
Well, you have to find the reason within yourself!"
Even a lazy person like Tony Leung couldn't help complaining to Xiao Ran: "Then our performance may not necessarily be worse than others, so why can't we win the award?"
"Luck, this is a matter of luck!" Xiao Ran smiled strangely. In fact, Liang Chaowei almost won the award the year before last, but it was Xiao Ran who used his own influence to influence the result.
In fact, many of the judges of the Hong Kong Film Awards are insiders, and they all have to deal with insiders more or less, so if you have acquaintances, it will naturally be much easier to attract votes. On the other hand, if you have popularity,
The bad thing is, for example, Du Qifeng, who has always had a strong reputation in history, offended many people because of his words, which led to him never getting the award, and even hurting the people of Galaxy Image.
Later, if it weren't for the incompetence of Hong Kong films, which led to Adu being the only one, and he and Galaxy Image were needed to support the film industry, "Gunfire" and "PTU" might not have won awards. So, as long as the market is good, Adu
There is no hope of winning any prizes.
It is not difficult for a giant like Phantom to indirectly influence the results of the Academy Awards. Xiao Ran did not want Liang Chaowei and others to lose the goal of chasing so quickly, so he deliberately affected the results of that year.
In fact, through ATV’s unremitting promotion, the current momentum of the Academy Awards is definitely the largest film award in Asia. The Hong Kong Film Festival has also started running smoothly with the sponsorship of Phantom’s properties, and it has shown great success in just the first year.
It has considerable strength.
Xiao Ran cannot guarantee that Japanese actors, Korean and Western actors are all eager to win this award, but he is absolutely sure that all Chinese actors are very eager to win this award. Because those who can win this award every year are proof of their strength.
If you win this award, your net worth will definitely increase a lot. Later, many unknown actors relied on the Golden Image Award to achieve success and then became A-list stars.
Liu Hua is eager to win awards. This is what Xiao Ran has expected. This young man always hopes that he can do his best. Moreover, it has to be admitted that he is always trying. Historically, the Tianmu Film Company he founded has
He failed to invest in artistic films many times and went bankrupt.
After Tianmu was founded again, Liu Hua still insisted on investing in literary films, and "Made in Hong Kong" was Tianmu's work. Moreover, Xiao Ran's impression was that Liu Hua invested in six dramas in 2005 in order to promote newcomers, all of which were produced by newcomers.
Director, "Sister-in-law" is a film invested by Liu Hua. He even invested in the fat junior brother in "Shaolin Soccer" as the director.
Liu Hua's desire to win awards is known to the whole world, and so is Zhou Xingchi. What Xiao Ran remembers most clearly is "The Secret Agent". In that film, Xing Zai deliberately made an award-winning plot. It's not so much that it was
Making fun of the Academy Awards is more of a self-deprecation of self-pity and self-injury, and the desire to win the award is also faintly revealed.
Liu Qingyun and Wu Zhenyu didn't want to win the award, especially the latter, who was shortlisted twice in peak condition, but lost to Liu Hua both times. It goes without saying that there was some unhappiness because of this. Liu Qingyun was even more miserable.
This one of the Three Heroes whose acting skills have been recognized by everyone has been shortlisted six times. The result...
Of course, when it comes to mentioning it, the most tragic person is Cheng Long. In Xiao Ran's impression, Cheng Long was shortlisted twelve or three times, but he still didn't get it once. This is not only tragic, it is simply a ruthless tease.
The only good thing is that "Dragon's Heart" helped Cheng Long regain some face at the Golden Horse Awards.
All that is historical. It is absolutely impossible for Cheng Long to be shortlisted so many times now. Just kidding, is it easy to be shortlisted for the current Academy Awards? No matter how good Lu Liangwei was in "The Lame Man", he still failed to be shortlisted.
12th Academy Awards.
Scanning the crowd with a smile, Xiao Ran suddenly said: "I may have a new movie to be released. Which of you would like to star in it? Let me first explain that this is a very small-scale film."
Everyone was shocked. Being able to act in Xiao Ran's film would mean that he was on the road to becoming famous. Not to mention the past, "The Legend of Car God" made Wu Zhenyu quickly become a top-notch actor, while Kim Sung-wu and
Xiao Han turned red and purple.
However, Xiao Ran has not had a new film for a long time. After "The Legend of Car God", he has been busy taking care of his wife and balancing the expansion and stability of the Phantom. Now even Lin Qingxia is surprised: "You
There's going to be a show? Why didn't I know?"
Xiao Ran smiled and waved his hands and said: "The idea I just thought of recently has been submitted to the planning department. If they approve it, we can prepare to start shooting at any time!"
Don't think that because Xiao Ran is the boss, he doesn't need to follow the procedures. When Xiao Ran starts a play, he has to go through the planning department to determine whether it is worth running. If Xiao Ran submits a script, it needs to be reviewed or modified. If it is creative, then he needs to find a script.
The screenwriter does it.
If it can be passed, the planning department will immediately send a producer to discuss ideas with the director, determine what concepts are needed for preliminary preparations, and determine the list of actors and actresses. This list of actors and actresses still needs to be approved by the planning department.
Just agree. After all, the planning department wants to ensure that the film can be a hit or win awards, and the matching of actors and actresses is very important.
"However, what I need is not a starring role, but a supporting role." Xiao Ran smiled strangely. There is no male protagonist in his new work: "You have to think carefully!"
Everyone burst into laughter, Liu Qingyun laughed so hard that he couldn't breathe, and Zhang Manyu also laughed out that familiar laugh. Xiao Ran was confused for a while, and soon realized that he had said something stupid. He didn't mention his identity, just
Speaking of personal relationships, it wouldn't be a problem for him to have a dozen or so first-line actors make cameo appearances, and besides, they would still be in supporting roles.
The actors Xiao Ran wanted were not Liu Hua and Liang Chaowei. They had their looks, so there was basically no problem. He wanted Wu Zhenyu and Liu Qingyun to be the two supporting roles in the film. The reason was very simple. He wanted to cultivate
They are actors with both box-office appeal and recognized ability. The two of them do have box-office appeal, but they have yet to show it in terms of strength.
At this moment, the mobile phone in Sunshine's hand rang. He took it, listened and handed it to Xiao Ran. Xiao Ran took it without knowing why, and Wei Dongling's frustrated voice came from it...