The next day, Xiao Ran led the team to a triumphant return and was met with a "warm reception" by reporters at the airport. Of course, I won't mention that. This time, it was indeed a very successful one. Several films invested by Phantom all won in Cannes.
, if it belongs to the Phantom class, then there seems to be nothing wrong with it.
The Phantom's Gate of Glory and Wall of Glory have once again added a few strong strokes. Maybe it will still be able to gain something at the Academy Awards in the coming year. At least, no one dares to deny that the Phantom is the most famous and famous actor in the world.
One of the most influential film companies.
However, this time, the reporters finally stopped hiding their questions and asked the world through their pens in newspapers: "Can Phantom challenge the seven major Hollywood companies, and can Hong Kong movies?"
Challenge Hollywood..."
"True Colors" will have a trial screening this evening, but Xiao Ran doesn't have the energy to think about it. He is currently browsing the project decision report submitted by the planning department. There are many films on it. For example, one of them is "War"
The theme is about the Anti-Japanese War, and there are two science fiction films in it.
What makes Xiao Ran happy is that this time "Midnight Ghost" finally found a suitable candidate to be the director - Zheng Baorui. This is a very talented young director who is particularly good at horror and thriller themes. That movie is very interesting.
The stylish "Big Headed Baby" is his work. It does not have any scary scenes, but it gives people a feeling of terror. This director is very good at creating an atmosphere.
There are not many directors who are good at horror films and ghost films in Hong Kong. The Pang brothers are considered outstanding talents, while Zheng Baorui is better at creating fear of reason and thinking. Apart from these two people, Ye Weixin, who is still working as an assistant director, can barely be considered a director.
One, for example, his early work "Returning the Corpse" is quite good. However, what Ye Weixin is better at is using various themes to write about love. For example, the theme of "Five Scared Boys" is family love, which is like a roller coaster.
One scene was shot very creatively.
Xiao Ran looked at Zheng Baorui's name on it, and suddenly remembered something. He vaguely remembered that he had admired an extremely experimental film directed by this guy. That film had no content at all, and only saw some shaking things.
In fact, Zheng Baorui is not only good at thriller themes, but also very good at social ethics. For example, his early "Glowing Stone" fascinated Xiao Ran for a while. However, in order to set an example for thrillers, Xiao Ran had no choice but to choose Zheng Baorui.
. Next came two cartoons, one was "The Lion King 2" and the other was "Mulan". Of course, Xiao Ran approved it without hesitation.
After finally dealing with these matters, Xiao Ran had time to think about other things. Mainland China and Hollywood. Mainland China is currently stuck in the censorship system. Xiao Ran did not dare to expect to be able to attack his own government like Hollywood, but he only wanted to be able to introduce a classification system.
With a classification system, the censorship hurdles can be solved to the greatest extent. Historically, the reason why the mainland government has been reluctant to implement a classification system is simply because of this reason.
Xiao Ran came to the window and stared out of the window as always. He always felt that such a broad field of vision would be beneficial to his thinking. He could see his hands in his arms, his fingers constantly moving, and his mind thinking rapidly.
As for the mainland... Xiao Ran thought quietly. He knew very well that, both in practice and in theory, the Chinese government needs influential films like Hong Kong films. This means that as long as Hong Kong performs better,
Then the Chinese government will be more eager.
Xiao Ran is very aware of the Chinese tradition of saving face. You can lose anything, but you cannot lose face. Movies are a means of saving face, and don’t forget that movies are also one of the means of cultural promotion. Therefore, the Chinese government has no reason to reject the Hong Kong film industry.
In fact, it is obvious what kind of benefits Hong Kong films can bring to China with such a huge influence, and it is impossible to refuse. Therefore, Xiao Ran believes that the Chinese government cannot be like in history because of a certain person in the Hong Kong film industry.
Some variables will be rejected.
The question is how much time it takes to accept it. Xiao Ran cannot wait indefinitely. He has now determined that if the government does not give a definite answer before 1995, then he will personally preside over the transformation of the Hong Kong film industry.
, increase the number of foreign-language films produced to about one-third, and then the Hong Kong film industry will be able to transform into a "United Nations" that mainly focuses on local films.
This is one of Xiao Ran's ideas for Hong Kong films. There is no doubt that the Hong Kong film industry currently has a complete film circulation system. Phantom also has one of the world's largest distribution networks and the largest talent pool outside of Hollywood. This way
In addition to losing the mainland market for Hong Kong films, we should use talents, funds, equipment and technology to invest in the production of films in other languages. Of course, there will still be local films.
This is the only way to continue the rise of the Hong Kong film industry, at least the only way after losing the mainland market. However, Xiao Ran has only made preparations and has not yet started to implement them. In his opinion, there is definitely a high chance that the censorship system will be opened up.
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The only missing link now is the censorship system. In terms of both distribution and production, Hong Kong films have successfully entered the market. As soon as they return to China, they will be fully Hong Kong-owned.
Is it time to take a stand and apply pressure to achieve the goal? Xiao Ran thought quietly, this is obviously not an easy thing to control. If it is not controlled enough, it will easily give people a bad feeling, which will definitely be unbearable for the government.
thing.
It's not that Xiao Ran hasn't considered this, on the contrary, the reason why he chose to enter Hollywood at that time last year was, firstly, because it was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and secondly, because he needed to use it to show a gesture to the Chinese government. He wanted to
This is to tell the government that after Phantom acquires Universal, it can advance and defend, and it may not necessarily develop the mainland market.
Now it was difficult to tell whether his fingers were jumping with the rhythm of his thoughts, or whether his thoughts were jumping with his fingers. Xiao Ran closed his eyes slightly and sighed. He didn't expect that it would be such a difficult thing to enter his own country.
Calculating with fingers, it is almost time for the Queen to confer knighthood. I believe the Chinese government will be able to see his name in it. What kind of stimulation will that be? Xiao Ran quietly thought from the government's perspective.
He thought the government should know that his purpose of doing this was to exert pressure, but he had to admit that this was indeed quite an irritating thing.
If Xiao Ran is willing to play bigger, he can even threaten the government. Tens of billions of funds will be gradually withdrawn from the mainland within three to five years. This may be able to achieve his goal. But threatening the Chinese government? It doesn’t matter whether Xiao Ran dares or not, it’s just him.
They absolutely don’t want to show such embarrassment to foreigners.
Therefore, this matter must be reached in private and must not be exposed. Perhaps, there may be another political capital that can be used, the Russian oil fields controlled by kinetic energy. Not to mention the sale to petrochemicals, it is just Phantom's investment in the oil pipeline.
If oil comes to China, it will definitely be a huge capital.
Thinking of this, Xiao Ran's fingers suddenly stopped moving, and a smile gradually appeared on his face. He thought that if there were no accidents, the grading system could be solved this year, but it would depend on his methods and ambush.
When it was Hollywood's turn to think about it, Xiao Ran felt that the most difficult problem lay in the mainland. As long as he gained the mainland market, his task would be basically over. However, he still planned to give Hollywood a try.
The key is, what does Xiao Ran think? Does he want to completely defeat Hollywood and monopolize the global film market like his original unrealistic ideal? This is a consideration, although it seems impossible to accomplish at all.
Task.
The second is to allow Chinese-language films to have a considerable market in North America, defeating the Seven Kings, no, the Six King Kongs in a real sense. The second step is to allow Hong Kong and Hollywood to rule across the ocean, each occupying a hilltop to dominate the Eastern and Western hemispheres.
Defeating and defeating are very different. The former is only defeated in terms of strength, while the latter is to make him fall completely and lose the ability to fight back. The planning department once gave Xiao Ran a report that even the seven major Hollywood companies have collapsed.
, American movies have collapsed across the board due to some reasons. They can still operate, and they can still operate maturely, because they have a complete and mature film business system.
Therefore, completely defeating Hollywood is definitely an unrealistic fantasy. Unless the economy and finance of the United States itself completely collapse, there is no way to achieve it! Thinking of this, Xiao Ran suddenly felt that attacking the U.S. economy was not a bad thing. However, Phantom
There is absolutely no such reality. Unless Phantom can mobilize one trillion U.S. dollars in the shortest possible time, it will be impossible to plunge the U.S. economy into chaos. Even Fang Xiaoqiang, who is known as Asia's number one trader, cannot do it.
As for becoming the king of Hollywood, that was also something Xiao Ran was unwilling to choose. If that was all, he could now retreat and live the life he wanted, without the need to plot and plot all day long.
This can only be a plan that has to be adopted after the lack of mainland market or the Phantom has a big problem. It is also Xiao Ran's bottom line.
Among the three plans given by Xiao Ran, the most appropriate one is to defeat this plan. In fact, relatively speaking, it is very maneuverable. What Phantom needs to do is very simple, as long as he defeats the six major companies and takes down one of them
A part of the distribution rights can be used to snipe Hollywood films around the world. As the phantom flag planted in Hollywood, Universal will play a decisive role.
As long as we can defeat the six major companies, we can take advantage of their distribution network. Coupled with the strong production capabilities of Hong Kong films, we can seize the overseas market of Hollywood in the short term. In this way, we can form Xiao Ran's strategic vision.
Finally won.
Murdoch was also a troublesome character, and Xiao Ran couldn't help but frown. Murdoch's News Corporation was developing rapidly in the mid-to-late 1990s, and was bound to become a formidable enemy of Shuxiang Media. Moreover, don't forget, this old guy also
Controlling Fox and being able to deal with him is tantamount to killing Fox.
It is not easy to deal with this old guy, but it is definitely not impossible. Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling discussed how to destroy News Corporation last year. Both of them believed that News Corporation will develop very fast in the past few years. The sequelae of rapid development is funds.
There is a shortage, and this is a place that can be exploited.
News Corporation belongs to Murdoch, so it is definitely good to say that this old guy is a dictator. This has the advantage that as long as News Corporation can be put into trouble, then Murdoch will definitely be miserable.
There is another trouble, that is Soros. This damn guy is very troublesome. Hong Kong’s decades of rapid development have now highlighted many problems, and the financial crisis will come sooner or later. In this case, why not let it happen in advance?
, solve it under circumstances that he can control. Thinking of this, Xiao Ran initially determined the time to lead Ross to attack - 1997. If there were no fatal mistakes in his plan, then in 1997, he would be able to solve everything
Trouble, and then get out of it.
Just as he was thinking about building his own plan, Han Yun's voice came over the phone: "Mr. Xiao, Mr. Huang from Beijing wants to see you!"
Huang Qun? The first thought that flashed through Xiao Ran's mind was this. The visitor was indeed Huang Qun. Huang Qun was much thinner than when they met last year, and he looked more capable. They shook hands enthusiastically and sat down each other.
After that, Xiao Ran smiled and teased: "Old Huang, you look like you have lost a lot of weight!"
"Can you not lose weight? I'm so busy with the exchanges between returning students and the film studio and the film's problems that my legs are almost broken!" Huang Qun smiled bitterly. In front of Xiao Ran, he could still express some of his true emotions.
Xiao Ran smiled leisurely. He had already understood this situation very well. After the returning student incident happened last year, an extremely funny thing happened. A film studio actually refused to hire returning students. The reason was
Returned students are indulged in Hong Kong and are difficult to manage in factories.
Among those who were rejected was Wei Changqing, a young director who is quite famous both in Hong Kong and internationally. Xiao Ran was dumbfounded when he received the news. Filmmakers like Wei Changqing were not wanted, except for bureaucrats.
What else can we say about doctrine? What else can we expect from mainland movies?