Now that we have people and money, what should we do next? Of course, it is to plan a business venture. Xiao Ran has already made plans for this. He does not need to win awards for his business venture, but he must not lose money at the box office. And in order not to accelerate the climax of Hong Kong films
Coming soon, we can only choose films from the next two to three years as targets for plagiarism.
Under so many conditions, what can you choose? Of course it is "God of Gamblers". Although there have been gambling films before, they have not become popular. Only "God of Gamblers" is the masterpiece that truly pioneered the theme of gambling films. Of course,
Wang Jing, a gambling movie tycoon, naturally didn't expect that Xiao Ran had plagiarized his idea from the future.
"God of Gamblers" was originally filmed and released in 1989. It only ran for about 30 days and the box office reached 36 million. It once again broke the box office record and surpassed Process Long's "Miracle" to become the box office champion of that year. This
This film is definitely a classic, and many people think that Wang Jing has only made such a good film in his life.
This is also another classic role of Zhou Runfa. Although Xiao Ran wants to win this role more than anyone else, he knows his acting problems after all. He also knows very well that no one in Hong Kong can play the role except Fa Ge.
This kind of domineering king. It is precisely because of this film that Fa Ge truly established his well-deserved king status in the Hong Kong film industry.
Xiao Ran certainly had no reason to let go of such a wonderful subject matter. Besides, "The God of Gamblers" after "The God of Gamblers" could also make Zhou Xingchi famous in one fell swoop, why not. However, his thoughts are obviously not limited to this.
Soon, it was the first important meeting of Phantom Company. Unfortunately, only Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling attended the meeting, and the meeting place was not in the company, but in Xiaoyaowo. They held the meeting in a casual manner,
Wei Dongling asked simply: "A Ran, what are your plans for filming?"
"I think there is no need to take too many risks in the first year!" Xiao Ran hesitated slightly. He had considered this deeply: "According to the contract, we must produce more than ten films every year. I think it is better to put this year's filming into
The mission is set to be ten to twelve!"
Ten films a year. Even a big company would only produce slightly more films than this every year. However, Wei Dongling was not worried about not being able to complete the task. Since the contract signed by Xiao Ran and Fang Ruohai was like this, it meant that Xiao Ran was confident.
According to the division of labor between Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling, Xiao Ran is responsible for film production and concurrently serves as the boss. Wei Dongling is responsible for the operation and management of the company. Simply put, Wei Dongling is the CEO of Phantom. This is the power that Xiao Ran gave to Wei Dongling, and he can fully exert it.
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In fact, Phantom's corporate structure is not fully formed, and it barely even has a prototype. It looks no different from a leather bag company. This is because both Xiao Ran and Wei Dongling have reached a consensus to restructure the company after a year.
structure, forming the pattern of a truly large company. At present, they have no strength and no reputation.
Money! Ten million is not enough! After Xiao Ran sighed for a while, he quickly decided on this year's shooting plan: "I think so, among these ten to twelve movies, two of them must be literary and artistic themes.
Action-themed movies also have to account for two. Comedy-themed movies are currently limited to two because we can’t beat Xinyi City. The remaining four movies can be classified as cop-themed and gangster-themed! The last two floating quotas are,
The subject matter is left to be adjusted at will.”
Wei Dongling couldn't help but feel dumbfounded as he listened. He had been working in Jiahe for a long time, but he had never heard of Jiahe having a similar annual production plan. After hesitating, he scratched his head and asked: "
Why do you have to make it so detailed?"
Xiao Ran couldn't help but laugh. He had forgotten that such a clear annual plan was not popular in this era. That annual production plan was the conclusion he came to after measuring Hollywood's methods.
Hollywood always makes many movies every year, but all the film companies seem to have a tacit understanding, always allowing various themes to maintain a certain share of the market every year. Even if epic movies are popular in a certain year, they will still maintain a variety of themes.
It will not be a situation where no one cares about it.
Xiao Ran appreciates this kind of plan. He believes that this method can deeply cultivate various talents and tap out the innovation of various themes. It can give the audience enough choices, cultivate the audience's rational viewing habits, and even give them a better understanding of the future of Hong Kong.
The phenomenon of following the trend of films may have certain benefits. Otherwise, if it is like the 21st century Hong Kong films that always make urban comedies, it will turn off the audience.
Wei Dongling expressed his opposition almost immediately: "It's impossible. Gangs are so rampant now. I often heard in Jiahe that the crew was asked for protection money while filming. If you make a gangster movie, wouldn't you be helping the gangsters?"
"You are wrong. Movies can certainly influence some of the audience's thinking, but many things do not mean they are right just because they are made in movies." Xiao Ran smiled softly and rubbed his nose before continuing: "Shooting people in movies kills people.
It does not mean that we encourage murder or crime, the choice and judgment lies with the audience."
"But there are still many viewers who go to the cinema to watch movies who are students who lack sufficient judgment. In this case, I'm afraid..." Wei Dongling still expressed concern about this.
Suddenly Xiao Ran understood why "A Better Tomorrow" was called a hero film in this era, rather than a gangster film. He smiled and answered again: "The introduction of the film rating system is inevitable, and the birth of gangster movies may catalyze its development."
Birth. And don’t forget, as many gang members as there are in Hong Kong, there will be as many audiences for gangster movies!”
After thinking for a while, Wei Dongling agreed with Xiao Ran's intention. Xiao Ran smiled happily. Wei Dongling did not live up to his expectations. He could clearly see that people should seize the opportunity to promote events, rather than events driving people to react.
this point.
"By the way, how is the talent recruitment situation now?" Xiao Ran solved Wei Dongling's problem and asked in a very happy mood: "I don't want no one to be available during the reorganization a year later!"
Xiao Ran was referring to the plan he had thought about for a long time before he came up with it. He asked Wei Dongling to recruit as many talents as possible and provide them with various highly professional trainings. For example, for producers, Hong Kong has never had such a proven method in Hollywood.
Effective system!
The key role of a Hollywood producer is to strictly control the situation. If he likes a certain script or an idea and thinks it has great potential, then he can buy the script and the idea and then hire a professional screenwriter to come up with the idea.
From perfecting the plot to getting funding, including choosing the director, everything is decided by him.
Several classic Hollywood films have had good opportunities because of such producers. With such producers, they can deeply discover talents and excellent themes. Naturally, there is no shortage of film shooting talents in Hong Kong, but there is no shortage of them.
There is a lack of sufficient reserve talent and screenwriting power, and this is what Xiao Ran wants.
"It went very well. Other companies don't quite understand why we have so many idle people and we have to train them!" Wei Dongling thought for a moment and showed hesitation: "It's just that your training materials seem a bit too professional! And
There is a lack of good enough explainers!”
"It doesn't matter, this kind of thing can't be taught, but needs to be tested and tempered in practice!" Xiao Ran smiled softly, vision is not something that can just be said, it must also grasp the context of the market and the audience.
Only the preferences can be analyzed.
"As for the screenwriting class, Wei Jiahui has been here giving lectures for a while." Wei Dongling's expression is extremely funny now, with his nose and eyebrows squeezed together, which is very funny: "However, he said that he has nothing to teach anymore.
Taught him. And... and he said that the best screenwriter in Hong Kong now is not him, but... a guy named Xiao Ran!"
That's not bad! Xiao Ran thought it was really interesting. He didn't expect that the future recognized king of screenwriters in Hong Kong would give him such a high evaluation. He had no idea about Wei Dongling's disrespectful tone. They were all friends, so he didn't need to care about it.
After thinking about it, under the intimidation of Wei Dongling's pitiful look, Xiao Ran helplessly touched his nose and gave him a definite answer: "No problem, I will take a class another day!"
In fact, Xiao Ran doesn't think he has any need to teach screenwriters. He always believes that film is a creative art, whether it is photography, lighting, or even props, it is completely creative and a very important thing.
An artistic collision with very passionate thinking and skills.
But art cannot be taught. Those who are taught will always be craftsmen, not masters. But he ignored that masters do not become masters all at once. All arts require the accumulation of experience. When they reach the level
Only when you reach a certain level can you develop your own thinking art. Moreover, even geniuses can avoid many detours after receiving proper guidance.
In order for Phantom to achieve sufficient results in the first year, Xiao Ran was racking his brains in calculations. Box office is the main source of the company's income, which is what everyone must pursue. And awards are one of the sources of the company's reputation.
It is also a glorious capital, just like when we mention "A Better Tomorrow" we can definitely think of Xu Ke's film studio.
Therefore, although the box office cannot be given up, the awards should not be given up either. And now even if Phantom speeds up production, it is impossible to make it in time to participate in the 6th Academy Awards. Moreover, even if it participates, it will only end up being ignored by the public.
's A Better Tomorrow defeated.
Then Xiao Ran thought for a long time, in order to determine his goal. He determined that if he remembered correctly, the most popular ones at the 7th Academy Awards were "Autumn Fairy Tale", "Dragon Tiger" and "Prison Story"
", and the other two are "The Final Victory" directed by Tan Jiaming, starring Xu Ke and Zeng Zhiwei, and "Book, Sword and Enmity" by Xu Anhua.
It's too late for "Dragon and Tiger", Lin Lingdong is currently filming. As for "Prison", Xiao Ran can make some plans, but he doesn't know if New Art City is willing to let him go. However, Xiao Ran can be sure that it is "Autumn"
Fairy Tale" He was determined to eat it.
"Autumn Fairy Tale" won the Best Picture at the 7th Film Festival. This success must be enough to promote the name of Phantom. In fact, there is another one that Xiao Ran is very concerned about, and that is "A Chinese Ghost Story". Xu Keding is still
He had not thought of this idea, otherwise he would have immediately found a screenwriter to do it.
However, this damn "A Chinese Ghost Story" would definitely be a failure without Xu Ke. Xiao Ran is 100% sure of this. No one except Mr. Xu can direct this kind of film. And Xu Ke is now the boss of a film studio.
, there is no reason to ask him to direct this film, right?
Maybe it's worth giving it a try, Xiao Ran thought. Thinking of this, he smiled sinisterly, because Cheng Xiaodong, one of the three future military leaders, had already been taken under his banner. However, he was proud for just a second.
He then slapped himself hard.
He actually missed Yuen Jia Ban. Thinking of this, he immediately broke out in sweat. Yuan Jia Ban is one of the famous martial arts groups in the Hong Kong film industry, and among them is Yuan Heping, who is known as the best martial arts critic in the world. If he hadn't
How can you get rid of the resentment in your heart by slapping yourself hard?
He turned around and asked what Yuan Jiaban was doing now! After thinking about this, he finally comforted himself. The next thing he had to do was to call Xu Ke immediately: "Old Xu, I have a good idea
, I wonder if you are interested in coming to Phantom to be a director?"
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Novel title - Shi Tian
Real name——Shi Tian
Occupation: Film company owner, actor
Shi Tian was also one of the three giants in the early days of New Art City, and he was also the first to break up and quit. Compared with the other two talented giants of New Art City, Shi Tian was better at winning performances.
He starred in many comedies during the city's entrepreneurial period. Later, the fourth uncle he played in "A Better Tomorrow" was even more shocking, showing his superb acting skills. It was only because he insisted on directing the New Year's film in 1985 that he
"Gong Xi Fa Cai" resulted in New Art City losing the box office championship for the first time. In 1991, he ignored the opposition of other giants and insisted on spending huge sums of money to produce "Uncle Cai: Sweeping the Army", and the film failed miserably. Shi
Tian became disheartened and left the film industry to pursue business.
Works: "I Love Tuberose", "Family Portrait", "Brothers in Need", "A Better Tomorrow 2", etc.