Phantom Film Company has indeed become a blockbuster this time. Countless big stars and directors came to the scene and attracted intense media attention. As a result, Phantom Film Company indirectly became one of the topics of discussion in Hong Kong overnight. The hype effect that Xiao Ran hoped to achieve was very
Wonderful.
Of course, the reason why people are discussing this is not only because they are curious about who has the ability to invite so many stars and directors, but they are also curious about which fool has such courage to dare to stop production when Shaw Brothers, a film company that once monopolized the world, ceased production.
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Many reporters and people who had witnessed the opening ceremony would brag about it to their friends countless times many years later. They all used the most gorgeous tones and adjectives to praise the ceremony. Because Xiao Ran got a camera to capture the opening ceremony.
Later, people learned that countless big stars and directors had attended this event. However, they were still unknown at the time, so they did not attract people's attention.
Of course, in today's era, the opening actually only caused a sensation, but it was not collectively selected by the media as the most gorgeous and grand ceremony in the 1980s. Because there are still many people who came to participate.
Showing off their skills, so people only saw Lin Qingxia and Cheng Long.
The next day, Fang Ruohai transferred 15 million to Phantom Company in the name of his financial investment company. Of course, the investment contract must be signed. However, the contract stated that the money was an investment of two
The funds for the film. In fact, 10 million of them belong to Phantom, and the other 5 million are funds to invest in the film.
In fact, Xiao Ran and Fang Ruohai had a dispute on this point. Xiao Ran insisted on taking ownership of the company and refused to agree to Fang Ruohai's condition of paying for a small share of the shares.
Money is tight here.
It's not that Xiao Ran didn't know that this investment method would be of great benefit to him, but this way, Fang Ruohai would have the power to interfere in the company's affairs. This was definitely not what Xiao Ran wanted to see, with such a rich man interfering in the company's affairs.
. So, they can only do it in another way.
The current situation is that Fang Ruohai will inject 80 million in three years into Phantom Company, and the condition for Xiao Ran to get the 80 million is that Fang Ruohai takes 70% of the profits from Phantom Company's films in the next three years.
The investors who originally paid for the filming of the film would never have been able to get such a huge figure as 70%, generally only about 20% to 30%. Therefore, Fang Ruohai could get 70%. Simply put, Xiao Ran had pre-paid the next 30%.
More than 40% of the profits during the year were all converted into the 80 million provided by Fang Ruohai based on a certain valuation.
Of course, the 80 million will not be paid immediately, but will be paid year by year. The contract states that in the first year, Fang Ruohai will inject 40 million in addition to the film production costs, and the other four
Ten million will be paid in equal installments over two years.
According to the contract between the two parties, Phantom Company must produce at least ten films every year. Fang Ruohai's Bohai Investment Company must invest in at least ten films every year in addition to the money that should be paid to Phantom Company. Of course, if
Phantom Company shoots eleven films every year, so the remaining one has every right to find other investors.
How could Xiao Ran be willing to cooperate in this way? You must know that a film like "A Better Tomorrow" earned more than 10 million at the local box office after all expenses were deducted. Plus the box office in Southeast Asia, the revenue was at least
More than 60 million. The investment in this film was only less than 6 million, and the profit was nearly ten times that of the film.
This number is by no means a random guess by Xiao Ran. He not only investigated it during this era, but also learned from some precious information in his dream. In the late 1980s and early 1990s, the local income of Hong Kong films generally only accounted for 40%.
One-fifth, and very few can even reach one-fifth. This shows how huge a profit it is, and how much Hong Kong films rely on foreign markets.
If Xiao Ran hadn't wanted to save Hong Kong movies, so he would never do anything that could make short-term profits, such as selling movies, and set a standard practice for Hong Kong movies. Then he wouldn't have had to sell such a large amount of future profits in exchange for initial funds.
You must know that if the average income per unit is 20 million, then he will lose more than 80 million profits to Fang Ruohai in one year, and in three years, it will be more than 200 million. Compared with Fang Ruohai's investment,
This is enough to earn several times as much.
However, Xiao Ran and Fang Ruohai are not stupid. If Xiao Ran can't make money, Fang Ruohai will definitely not be able to make money. Even fools know this. So Xiao Ran can get 80 million first with 40% of the profits in the next three years.
It was a wise decision, and besides, he still had 30% profit to make. If based on the above income, after three years of accumulation, Xiao Ran's income and Fang Ruohai's income were basically the same. This can definitely be regarded as a mutually beneficial cooperation.
It’s related...
Don’t think that you earn very little from making movies. After ten years of working in New Art City, except for Lei Kaitai, the other three giants, including Huang Baiming, each earned at least 20 million. Of course, this refers to U.S. dollars.
Xiao Ran, who was obsessed with money, still didn't expect that the business would eventually suffer a huge loss! Of course, Xiao Ran only thought of this later. By that time, he had no choice but to do anything.
The money has arrived, but what is missing now is people, filmmakers! Xiao Ran thought for a long time and made a list of all the filmmakers who should be obtained by now. Of course, there are basically no big stars on this list, mainly behind the scenes.
staff member.
December 4th is the 23rd Golden Horse Awards Ceremony. Xiao Ran hopes to complete this list before attending the ceremony. As for why he wants to do this? Xiao Ran naturally has a reason. At this Golden Horse Awards
, photographer Huang Yongheng and Zhang Shuping, who has been nominated and won the most awards in the history of the Academy Awards, are about to win the award.
Once they win the prize, Xiao Ran may not be able to compete with Jiahe and other companies. However, before he can deal with talented people like Huang Yongheng, Xiao Ran must first go to Xinyi City, where he will find the strong people he really needs.
Fortunately, Xu Ke and Wu Yusen were meeting in New Art City to plan the prequel to "A Better Tomorrow". Xiao Ran went straight to them, and his first sentence was straight to the point: "Old Xu, Old Huang, this time you are going to
Help me!"
"Your company has just opened, and it has a big financial backer. It won't go wrong so quickly, right?" Huang Baiming's tone was full of ridicule.
Xiao Ran found a chair and sat down with a smile, raised his chin to Wu Yusen who was standing aside in astonishment, and then pretended to be pitiful: "You all know that Phantom Company needs people and no one, and money but no money. Money is okay.
To solve this person’s problem... Hehe, I will naturally find you old friends to solve it!"
Xu Ke immediately discovered Xiao Ran's intention, frowned and glanced at Wu Yusen: "You mean Asen? He can never be released to you! You know very well what his current status is!"
Xiao Ran chuckled and said nothing. Of course he knew that Wu Yusen's net worth has now reached two hundred thousand, and as soon as this prequel comes out, it will be increased by at least half. However, he is obviously not here for Wu Yusen, he is a fool.
Everyone knows that Xu Ke and Huang Baiming will not let Wu Yusen go.
Xiao Ran smiled, this time he didn't smile playfully, but said very seriously: "That's it for Asen. I know you won't let it go, but the others should be fine, right?"
Huang Baiming hesitated for a moment, and then nodded to Xu Ke. In fact, Xiao Ran could have pulled the people away without notifying them, because New Art City did not have any rules for signing long-term contracts with these directors. Last year, Yu Ren
When Tai and several other directors trained by New Art City were poached by Debao, Huang Baiming and others just complained for a while instead of signing long-term contracts with the directors.
Xiao Ran appreciates New Art City's approach very much, but he has to admit that they have such strength. Because New Art City is not afraid of opponents poaching people at all. If one is poached, they can immediately cultivate better new directors. About this
Yes, Xiao Ran is very willing to learn.
Xiao Ran was very sincere this time. He has always regarded these people from Xinyi City as true friends. Huang Baiming and the others were already very good friends, as if they later signed a contract with Xinyibao (a record company founded by Xinyicheng)
Ye Qianwen was determined to transfer to Warner Records, but it was Huang Baiming who persuaded Lei Kaitai to let her go.
When Xiao Ran's words came to this, Huang Baiming and the others had no choice but to take out the roster of employees and let Xiao Ran choose. Of course, they also had a lot of items that were not for sale. They mentioned this to Xiao Ran, and Xiao Ran just smiled at this.
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At the moment, Xiao Ran unceremoniously pulled all the people he had previously liked into his camp, and also wanted Lao Jianhua and Luo Wenqiang. Finally, he pointed at Du Qifeng's name and said, "I want Adu too!"
"He can't do it. He's not for sale. You can choose someone else!" Fortunately, Xiao Ran didn't choose too many, so Huang Baiming didn't behave too outrageously. But when it came to Du Qifeng, Huang Baiming was really reluctant. You know, Adu this year
He just made a blockbuster movie, which proved his ability.
Xiao Ran sighed softly and said sadly: "All the things you gave me are unknown. You should at least give me someone famous, just Adu. If you are a friend, don't worry about it so much."
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After struggling for a long time, Huang Baiming was defeated by Xiao Ran. As a result, the future great director was sold to Xiao Ran like a black slave. After settling the matter, Xiao Ran talked with Xu Ke and Huang Baiming for a while about the prequel.
I just left.
Because he had always maintained a good relationship with Huang Yongheng, Xiao Ran quickly found him. To this famous photographer, Xiao Ran only said one sentence: "Go to Phantom, I will sign you!"
Huang Yongheng's eyes lit up when he heard this. In fact, the film company's contract partners are all actors and directors. As for photographers and art directors, they are all temporary hires. At least Xiao Ran has never heard of photographers and the like.
Sign a contract with a film company. Because if you sign the entire crew, it will be a very huge expense.
The reason why Xiao Ran only wanted to sign a photographer, etc., was mainly because he hoped that Phantom could at least have a complete shooting team. A shooting team composed of top experts. In this way, as long as it goes through the running-in period, this
The role that a team can play is absolutely unimaginable.
After dealing with Huang Yongheng, Xiao Ran went to find Zhang Shuping. Now that he saw such a great person like Zhang Shuping, he was no longer excited at all. After all, he had seen too many great people and was already weak.
However, Zhang Shuping is definitely a super guy. He is really a guy who can win awards. Zhang Shuping is not only very good at art direction, but he is also one of the four most famous scissors (i.e. editors) in Hong Kong.
, and later became Hong Kong's top fashion designer, who will be the fatal magic weapon for future Wang Jiawei to dominate the film industry.
If Xiao Ran let such a strong man go, he would be really stupid. But our protagonist Xiao Ran is obviously not that stupid, so he quickly got Zhang Shuping on favorable terms. During the rest of the day,
He travels here and there just to find talented enough people.
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Novel title——Huang Baiming
Real name——Huang Baiming
Occupation: Film company owner, screenwriter
Huang Baiming is one of the three original founders of New Art City. He is the eldest brother in "Eight Stars Announcement" and Kang Sengui in "Happy Ghost". His screenwriting talents are very high-level, and he is especially good at the comedy genre and is very famous.
Investment vision. Although he is one of the bosses of New Art City, in order to save expenses, he often takes on the three responsibilities of director and director. Therefore, his performances can often be seen on the screen. The collapse of New Art City
After that, he is now the boss of Oriental Film Company. He lacks the vision to keep pace with the times. In recent years, the movies he invested in have failed miserably. His main business is printing.