Zhang Ran stood in front of Jinxing Building, 20 Shanlin Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, and looked up. He didn't see the sign of Xinghui Company, but he knew that Xinghui Company was in Room 401.

After submitting the bid for the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games, Zhang Ran slept well and boarded the plane to Xiangjiang the next day. The Olympic bidding was about to be delivered until September, and now he can free up his hands to do other things. He came to Xiangjiang this time to find Zhou Xingchi. In addition to Huang Shengyi's termination of the contract, there are more important things to discuss.

Zhang Ran and Zhou Xingchi had never met before, and there was no intersection. It was not good to come to the door rashly, so they asked Jiang Ziqiang to help him meet Zhou Xingchi. Jiang Ziqiang had a great influence in the Xiangjiang film industry and had a good relationship with Zhou Xingchi. Zhou Xingchi agreed readily when he came forward.

With a jingle, the closed elevator door slowly opened, and Zhang Ran stepped out of the elevator.

When he walked out of the elevator, Zhang Ran saw Xinghui's signature and the front desk wearing black professional attire. Xinghui's front desk is different from other companies, and looks very unique, very similar to the buck-toothed Zhen in "Kung Fu".

It’s worthy of being Zhou Xingchi. The front desk is so unique! It’s very nonsensical!

Zhang Ran walked over and looked at the front desk with a full personality and said, "Miss, I am Zhang Ran, I made an appointment with Mr. Zhou Xingchi to meet at three o'clock!"

"Hello, Mr. Zhang Ran!" The front desk grinned at Zhang Ran, showing a smile that felt good about himself. His mouth was so big that he could swallow a cow. "Mr. Zhou is waiting for you! Just go in by yourself!" As she said that, she picked up the phone in front of her and pressed it twice: "Mr. Zhou, Mr. Zhang Ran is here!"

This girl's mouth is twice as big as Yao Chen's, and she is simply a bloody mouth! Zhang Ran hurriedly thanked her and walked into Xinghui Company.

In the reception room, Zhang Ran met the gray-haired Zhou Xingchi: "Hello, Mr. Zhou! I am Zhang Ran. I take the liberty to disturb you. I hope I will forgive you!"

Zhou Xingchi knew that Zhang Ran was the first to be the first in the New Year battle. His "Kung Fu" was the first to be the leader, but in the end, Zhang Ran achieved a shocking reversal with the Golden Globe Award and Oscar nominations, so he still remembered this young man named Zhang Ran. He looked at Zhang Ran and was really young, and said politely: "Don't call me Mr. Zhou, call me Xingzai!"

Zhang Ran was slightly stunned. What kind of boy should be called a younger person? Zhou Xingchi is much older than himself, so it seems that it is not appropriate to call him like this. But then he thought that this was what Zhou Xingchi asked for. Maybe he liked that kind of young state? So he shouted: "Hello, Xingchi!"

Zhou Xingchi's eyes widened and looked at Zhang Ran like a monster: "You really call me Xingzai?"

Zhang Ran has heard people say that Zhou Xingchi has a strange temper, but he believes that people with strange tempers are generally not hypocritical. He will not say that he calls me, Xingzai, but he feels unhappy when others call him. He smiled and said, "Yes, didn't you ask me to call you Xingzai?"

Zhou Xingchi raised his head and laughed so hard that tears were almost coming out. The name Xingzai was popular when he was playing supporting roles; but now almost everyone calls him Stephen Chow in unison with 12 points of awe when they see him. Even many actors who have worked with him are called Stephen Chow when they face him.

But this is not what he wants. He doesn't like being called Stephen Chow, but others call him Xingzai.

A young man like Zhang Ran called himself Xingzai, which made Zhou Xingchi feel young and very happy: "Actually, I really hope that everyone calls me Xingzai, but everyone calls me Xingzai! Only you dare to call me Xingzai! No wonder you can make a movie like "Flyer", which is really a very straightforward person. I like "Flyer", especially the shot, which spreads to both sides like a scroll, is incredible. I like your movies and you."

Zhang Ran said: "Thank you, maybe because I have nothing to ask for you. I won't ask you to act, nor do I point out you to make money. I am equal to you. I never thought of flattering you, so it's more casual!"

"It makes sense!" Zhou Xingchi nodded and looked at Zhang Ran again, "Why don't you ask me to act? Do you think I'm not doing it well?"

Zhang Ran always felt that Zhou Xingchi's movies were a bit childish, and Ang Lee also said so. It's not that the movies were naive, but the movies he made were relatively innocent, with many childish things in it. Zhang Ran felt that those who could make such movies should be childish, but now it turns out to be like this. He laughed and said, "It's not a problem of acting skills, but a problem of style. Besides, a crew should have only one obsessive-compulsive disorder patient, and if there are two, it's easy to fight!"

"It makes sense!" Zhou Xingchi laughed. He liked the young man more and more. "What the hell are you looking for me?"

Zhang Ran coughed and said seriously: "That's right, our Beijing Film Academy, Central University of Korea, and Japanese University are preparing to set up a director school to train new people, with the teaching content of Hollywood film industry standards called the Asian Film Academy. We only recruit more than ten students, but the teachers are the best, including Luc Besson of France, Park Chan-yu of South Korea, Alessandro Amaba, who just won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film this year, etc.." Zhang Ran looked at Zhou Xingchi: "I came here today to invite you to join and serve as a teacher at the school."

This is not the first time Zhou Xingchi has received a request from a university. In 2003, he was hired as a visiting professor at Southwest University for Nationalities and in 2004, he became a part-time professor at the Business School of Renmin University. However, what Zhang Ran said sounds a bit different from the invitation he received before, and asked: "Teacher? Do you need to attend classes?"

Zhang Ran smiled and nodded: "We invited you to be a teacher, of course we have to attend class!"

This time I really asked myself to teach at a university, which is completely different from the previous honorary professor. Zhou Xingchi was a little excited. I could be a university professor, but he was a little surprised: "You use the Hollywood film industry standards as teaching content. I am the director of Hong Kong and I don't understand Hollywood at all, so why do you find me to be a teacher?"

Zhang Ran explained with a smile: "When I was in college in the United States, there was a teacher who was a Pole. He had never made Hollywood movies, but most of the students he taught entered Hollywood. We don't need you to teach Hollywood knowledge, or you don't need you to teach the Hollywood system. We just need you to teach how to make movies. In fact, I can't count three directors who understand Hollywood better than you. Because I understand Hollywood movies, you can use Hollywood scenes freely, just like Quentin used the Hong Kong movies. We run schools not to copy Hollywood and shoot Hollywood movies, but to learn to use Hollywood techniques to tell Eastern stories. This is exactly what you can teach everyone!"

Although Zhou Xingchi thought it was a cool thing to be a college teacher, it was a waste of time and slowly shook his head: "I still like to be a director."

Zhang Ran knew very well that Zhou Xingchi could not be solved in one sentence or two. No matter how much he said, it would be better to let him see real benefits: "The overseas box office of "Kung Fu" is good, but overseas copyrights are all bought out, and the price is not particularly high, and the profit you actually get is quite limited. Take "Kung Fu" for example. The box office of the movie in North America exceeded 20 million US dollars, and the DVD revenue is also very high. I wonder if you earn $10 million US dollars from North America?"

Zhou Xingchi looked at Zhang Ran without saying anything, not understanding what Zhang Ran said about this.

Zhang Ran smiled and said, "Although my movie "Flyer" won the Golden Globe Award and Oscar nomination, the box office in North America was only more than 9 million US dollars. However, the box office, DVD, and other related income combined, the income in North America was nearly 1,000 US dollars. Why? Because I have a good cooperative relationship with Lions Gate, I can share the money, box office, DVD, and TV on demand. You are bigger than me and have more social experience than me. I believe you must understand that this world is about connections. Take "Shaolin Football" for example. For various reasons, if you miss the mainland, you will be ruined by over 100 million. If your "Kung Fu" was stolen by Huayi, it would be a loss of 20 to 30 million. If you had strong connections and strong partners, would it still be like this?"

Zhou Xingchi's face looked a little ugly. "Shaolin Football" could not be released in the mainland, and the losses were very great. "Kung Fu" was stolen from the box office, which made him very disappointed. These were two things that made him very uncomfortable. Now Zhang Ran told him in person, and he seemed a little unhappy: "What are you talking about? Don't mention the past things again!"

Zhang Ran said lightly: "We established the Asian Film Academy to cultivate young directors. In addition, there is another important purpose, which is to build a platform. A film platform centered on Northeast China and centered on China, Lionsgate in the United States, Europa Pictures in France, EJ Entertainment in South Korea, and Gaga Pictures in Japan are all our partners. If you are a teacher, then this platform can be used for you. Your movies will be distributed overseas smoothly, and you can get the share and get more profits!"

Zhou Xingchi was slightly stunned. His two movies "Shaolin Football" and "Kung Fu" had very good overseas box offices, and many places had broken the records of Chinese films. However, as Zhang Ran said, these box offices had nothing to do with him, because they were basically bought out. If his movies could be divided, he would have gained a lot more money! Zhou Xingchi is a famous Aicai. He couldn't help but feel excited when he thought of making a movie that he could make tens of millions more.

Zhang Ran continued: "As long as you are not blind, you can see that the future of Chinese-language films is in the mainland. If you want to achieve better development as a filmmaker, you must go north. It is easy to go north as an actor or director, just sign a company. However, you are the boss of Xinghui. If Xinghui wants to go north to develop, you need connections. If you become a teacher, you are a member of Beijing Film Academy. With the connections and relationships of Beijing Film Academy, you can settle things like "Shaolin Football" and will not be as sacred as before!"

Zhou Xingchi was really afraid of losing twice in a row. Even if he was famous, he would not be able to survive in this circle without connections. Recently, he was going north to visit Han Sanping, the head of the Chinese Film Academy, hoping to use Han Sanping's influence to clear obstacles for himself.

However, Zhou Xingchi is a dull and taciturn person who is not good at socializing, so it is really a bit embarrassing him to make connections. Now Zhang Ran’s words feel like a pie is falling from the sky: “Then how many classes do I have to take? I can’t film if there are too many!"

When Zhang Ran heard Zhou Xingchi say this, he knew that the big thing was decided: "There is very little time for class. We only have theoretical classes in the first month, and the rest is practical filming. The first two homework may require the teacher to watch, and then the students will shoot themselves. The teacher only needs to comment on the homework. Students can do homework once a month, and you can comment on the Internet. Sophomore students basically intern in the crew, and you don't need to care at all. Juniors start shooting feature films, and they are all commercial films. You can serve as a producer and control the quality of the movies. In this way, you can get the share of the movies. It doesn't matter if you are unwilling to take the position. It's up to the teacher to decide!"

Zhou Xingchi nodded: "Okay, I'll try!"

Zhang Ran laughed: "Then I will call you Teacher Zhou from now on!" (To be continued.)

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