After some haggling, he and Lei Kaitai finally determined the details of the cooperation. Xiao Ran stood up with a smile, shook Lei Kaitai's hand, and said to him happily: "Mr. Lei, you are really a very shrewd businessman.
."
Lei Kaitai took a deep look at Xiao Ran and laughed as well: "You are also a very smart filmmaker. I hope there will be more cooperation opportunities in the future!"
Yes, there must be some. Xiao Ran couldn't stop snickering. After the collapse of Xinyi City, Lei Kaitai withdrew his funds and sold Princess Jin to Huang Baiming's Oriental Film Company. Now he wants to take this line, among which
I have ambitions for this cinema line.
The next day, he took some time to find Lin Guiyun, a Taiwanese film dealer who happened to be in Hong Kong. Although Lin Guiyun was surprised that Xiao Ran could become a boss at such a young age, he was still very stubborn about buying movies. This made sense.
Xiao Ran's intention is that he does not want Southeast Asian film dealers to buy them indiscriminately, which will only damage the reputation of Hong Kong films.
It takes ten years to build, but only one month to destroy. Xiao Ran doesn't want to use ten years to make up for one month's mistakes, so he and Lin Guiyun have a good deal in this regard. However, there are also rules for this.
exist.
Cinemas in Taiwan are also limited, and it is impossible to screen all Hong Kong films. Everyone understands this. Therefore, Xiao Ran still struggled with Lin Guiyun on this schedule issue for a long time, until he and Lin Guiyun came to an agreement to first
Judging from the performance of the new company in the first year, we will decide whether to give up the prime time in the coming year.
There is naturally a reason why Xiao Ran is obsessed with this. There are two ways for film studios in various places to purchase films. One is to directly buy the local copyright of a certain film at a fixed price, which is suitable for small and medium-sized companies.
It is easy to make money in the short term by producing videos. The second method is also sharing. This method is suitable for large-scale productions and blockbusters.
The production of "Eight Star Announcement" went very smoothly, and the post-production was basically completed. All that was left was to release it. Xiao Ran's work was almost done. To put it simply, he no longer has any employment relationship with Xinyi City.
The box office of "Dao Ma Dan" unexpectedly beat "Emerald", and the box office narrowly exceeded 20 million, once again achieving Xiao Ran's reputation as a screenwriter worth 20 million. However, what Xiao Ran realized was that history was changing.
.In his memory, the box office of "Dao Ma Dan" was only slightly better than "Emerald", only 18 million, not 20 million at all.
In fact, he had forgotten that some time ago, the media was hyping him and Lin Qingxia, bringing his gold medal screenwriter to the public's eyes. People were naturally curious about how this handsome screenwriter acted, and in the end, he was invisibly
"Dao Ma Dan" was advertised and the box office was a little higher, which is normal.
However, there are still many things that Xiao Ran needs to do, such as company employees... One night, to be precise, it was a dark and windy night in late October 1986. Wei Dongling had just returned from watching a movie and saw Xiao Ran
He was staring at the TV very coldly. However, even a blind person could see that his mind was not on the TV screen at all.
Wei Dongling casually took off his coat and threw it on the sofa, kicked off his slippers and sat next to Xiao Ran, looking at him in surprise: "Aran, does the sun rise from the west today?"
"Eh? Let me think about it..." Xiao Ran actually gestured with his arms and muttered something. After doing it for a long time, he embarrassedly said to Wei Dongling: "I don't know, I don't know which way is the west!"
Wei Dongling fainted, and immediately had the urge to rush forward and strangle Xiao Ran to death. Although his reason restrained the impulse, he still waved his fist as big as a casserole in demonstration: "Boy, you know the consequences of playing tricks on me.
of!"
Xiao Ran couldn't help but laugh. It felt good to relax once in a while. After he was happy, it was time to do business. His face suddenly became serious, he stared at Wei Dongling and said: "A Dong, I want to start a business
Now, are you interested in working with me?"
Wei Dongling seemed to have a very carefree personality on the surface, but Xiao Ran soon realized that he was not as careless as he thought. Wei Dongling chuckled, showing a confident smile: "You boy, I have observed your recent life, I would have looked at it earlier.
Come out. I thought you could bear not to mention it to me..."
Xiao Ran rubbed his nose to hide his embarrassment. His ambition towards Wei Dongling had been planned for a long time. I wonder if Wei Dongling had seen through it. However, Wei Dongling's vague tone was obviously not what Xiao Ran wanted, so he followed closely and asked: "
Anyway, please give me a word!"
Wei Dongling pretended to think about it for a long time, pretending to make Xiao Ran frightened, and kept thinking to himself that when he was done, he would give such a talent to someone else. Seeing that he had tricked Xiao Ran, Wei Dongling laughed loudly and pointed at Xiao Ran's nose.
Said: "When did I say I didn't want to?"
"Fuck, play with me!" Xiao Ran was tortured for a while, and finally couldn't help but burst out a classic swear word from the 21st century.
Next, Xiao Ran told all the details of his cooperation with Fang Ruohai. Wei Dongling thought about it and quickly gave Xiao Ran some good advice: "I think there must be a level of trust between you and Fang Ruohai.
Regarding the distribution of profits, the company must have two accountants to supervise each other, so as to ensure that no one will tamper with the accounts!"
Xiao Ran nodded. He mentioned this to Fang Ruohai. It is inevitable to first be a villain and then a gentleman. Wei Dongling pondered for a moment and finally mentioned the company structure that Xiao Ran was concerned about: "According to the current general situation of small and medium-sized film companies
, they all only have a shell company, and there are not many actual employees at all. I don’t think you would do this, so I think it must look like a formal company!"
Speaking of this, Wei Dongling couldn't help but shook his head: "It's a pity that you don't have any funds, otherwise, you would be able to grow bigger. I noticed when I was staying in Jiahe, their department is quite complete, and distribution and production are two completely different things.
Department. And they can also sign actors and directors, but our company does not have this strength!"
The situation of the company that Xiao Ran and Fang Ruohai had negotiated was not very simple. To put it simply, the new company was founded by Xiao Ran himself, and the ownership was his. Therefore, there must be little money at the beginning. And Xiao Ran took more than 800,000 of his own money.
To set up a company, rent an office building and decorate it, plus hire people, all this requires 800,000 yuan.
However, as soon as this company was established, Fang Ruohai immediately signed an investment contract with Xiao Ran and immediately sent the money to Xiao Ran. In this way, the most difficult moment was basically solved. Therefore, before this, they were unable to sign
Actor and director.
After some discussion, the two quickly finalized the main staff the company currently needs, as well as the company's structure in the next one or two years. Wei Dongling will serve as manager and external contact. In addition, Xiao Ran hires a trustworthy accountant himself.
Fang Ruohai also provided an accountant. In addition, he had to hire a security guard, which really gave Xiao Ran a headache.
As for Xiao Ran, he is the boss and also serves as the production manager. Unfortunately, there seems to be no one under this production manager to manage! However, this is the most cost-effective way.
While registering the company, the decoration was also in progress. When everything was ready, Xiao Ran finally set the opening date for December 1st, and sent out a large number of invitations, inviting all kinds of gods to come and support. Of course,
This is also indispensable for reporters. Even if Xiao Ran doesn't like reporters, he still has to do the superficial work.
Don't think that making a movie is so easy, just having money is enough. If Xiao Ran hadn't already gained a well-known reputation of 20 million yuan in the film industry, and was very popular, and he also had connections with New Art City and the film studio.
All the relationships are good. Even if you set up a company, you may not be able to find actors and directors. It can be seen that relationships are the most important.
Just like now, Xiao Ran's company doesn't have many employees, so of course there are no movie staff. But he has connections, no one? It doesn't matter, go borrow it from Xinyi City and the film studio. No equipment? It doesn't matter, ask Jiahe
Not enough money to borrow? It doesn't matter, we are all buddies, so I will charge you less for the film. This is where the role of relationships lies. Xiao Ran has gained a lot in the past year or so.
On the day of December 1st, there was not much of a crowd, but the news of Xiao Ran's founding of the company spread through newspapers. Many people came to Prince Edward Road, Kowloon, to see celebrities and this wonderful Xiao Ran. This is Xiao Ran.
The address of the new company. The company is not large, only a hundred square meters, but it is enough.
Think about it when Xinyi City started their business, the major giants only had 2,000 yuan in total, and they all moved from an office of 100 square meters to a larger office. It was rare for Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling to see people dressed so neatly.
The two looked at each other and couldn't help but chuckle.
The invited guests and guests gradually arrived, and the first one to come was Lin Qingxia, the most beautiful and perfect woman. Perhaps for Lin Qingxia, this Xiao Ran was the person with whom she had the closest relationship besides her relatives.
A lot of people showed up next, and almost all the stars and directors who had worked with Xiao Ran showed up. Zhang Manyu, Zhong Chuhong, Ye Qianwen, etc. were all dressed up more beautifully than flowers. Wei Dongling could not wait to find a matchstick.
Keep your eyelids open.
Fa Ge came with Wu Yusen, Xu Ke came with his wife, Huang Baiming, Mai Jia and Zhang Aijia. Later, Cheng Long and Hong Jinbao, Liang Chaowei and his current girlfriend Li Meixian, Liu Hua
He came alone. Wu Zhenyu, Liu Qingyun, Zhou Xingchi, Yam Dahua, and this group of less successful actors that Xiao Ran deliberately made friends with also came together.
Xu Guanjie, the god of singing, also came, as did Zeng Zhiwei, Du Qifeng, Wei Jiahui, You Hai, You Zhi, etc., as well as Wang Jing's group, several big stars, big directors, and bosses, etc. all came together. Xiao Ran's
Their eyes were dazzled. Not to mention him, Wei Dongling and the media were really shocked. They didn't expect that Xiao Ran could hire so many strong people, but for Xiao Ran, this was also a surprise.
He has been deliberately making friends with all kinds of saints for more than a year. He is very popular in the circle and has never offended anyone. Now naturally, everyone who can come has come, and those who cannot come have sent flower baskets and the like. Of course, there are also
There were many that Xiao Ran didn't know.
The reporters and Wei Dongling looked at the cars parked all over the street and suddenly felt like they had been slapped by God. Just when they were surprised, Fang Ruohai came. He came with his beautiful sister Fang Ruoxin.
I don’t know how many films were murdered at this time.
As soon as Xiao Ran saw her, he immediately felt dizzy. Fortunately, he soon woke up and quickly greeted the guests with a smile. However, the next person who appeared really surprised Xiao Ran.
After a while, Lin Guiyun and Lei Kaitai came...
Lei Kaitai's appearance here obviously surprised everyone, and it suddenly seemed that Xiao Ran's status was several levels higher. After all, there were definitely not many people who could hire such a big shot in the business world as Lei Kaitai. But Xiao Ran knew that he had never sent a gift.
Go through the post. But it doesn’t matter, you will be his guest when you come!
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