After the main actors were finalized, the supporting role of Tang An, who had only a few lines left, was given to Hua Yi.
The script was submitted for review by multiple departments, and with Han Sanping's intervention, basically no major changes were made.
Regardless of ideology, the most likely problem is just the shootout scene in the capital, or in the university.
However, the Optoelectronic side only requested that the police not die too many times and that passers-by should not die, especially the old and the weak.
Of course Tang An complied, and it wouldn't have any impact on the movie.
Later, Du Qifeng's "Drug War" was filmed and it passed the review. Optoelectronics only had two "opinions".
Firstly, don’t have too many gun battles and don’t kill too many police officers; secondly, you can shoot scenes of police taking drugs, but there should be fewer scenes.
Moreover, the gunfight scene was still in front of the elementary school, and there were so many children on the school bus, so they all passed the review.
However, it is not certain whether the final film will pass the review. Optoelectronics is not responsible for deletions. When a film is submitted, it can only pass or fail, and the film that fails will be rejected.
Once you get the call back, you have to make changes until you are satisfied.
Therefore, the term "big scissors" is actually wrong. Optoelectronics will not use scissors on the film. It will only tell you the reasons why it will not be reviewed, and then cut it yourself.
After all, there are so many films to be reviewed in a year, and it wouldn’t be too busy to send people to edit each one.
There was no problem with the script, and Tang An officially started working on the radio and television project immediately.
The cast list was submitted and there was no problem.
That's right, Optoelectronics also has to control actors. Think about it, it would be weird if Xu Jinjiang was allowed to play a gay comrade and pass the review...
The actors that Tang An had previously auditioned had all been auditioned, and they basically met his requirements. There is still some time to prepare, and I think we can go further.
After confirming the actors, locations, photography, equipment, etc., we roughly estimated that the pre-production cost of the film is about 30 million, the post-production and special effects are about 20 million, and there are tens of millions of publicity expenses.
With a cost of 60 million, it is worthy of the name of a science fiction blockbuster.
The specific production costs are as follows:
Director Tang An was paid 3 million, heroine Li Binbin was paid 2.8 million, actor Chen Daoming was paid 4 million, and Zhang Hanyu, Deng Chao, Liao Fan, Zhang Li, Tang Yan and others combined were less than 1 million.
The film remuneration alone cost 10.8 million yuan, accounting for one-third of the pre-production cost.
All the equipment in the film was rented at market rental prices, and Tang An received 500,000 yuan, excluding film.
The salary of more than 200 people in the crew is 300,000, which, together with the special effects, is counted as China Film's investment.
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The final investment plan is that Tang An Studio will provide the director, equipment and approximately 27 million in cash, accounting for half of the total investment, and receive 50% of all proceeds from the film.
China Film invested in the film with its crew and special effects at a price of about 20 million, accounting for 35% of the revenue.
Huayi paid a group of actors + 7 million in cash, accounting for 15% of the income.
However, Chen Daoming’s part of his remuneration is not regarded as investment.
In general, Huayi suffered the most losses, giving up about 2 points of profit.
There is nothing we can do about this. Among the three parties, Huayi is the least important. Of course, we will suffer some losses.
After signing the contract, the producers will be three companies.
Next comes the issue of distribution. China Film and Bernard are jointly distributing the film in the mainland, and the distribution fee has also increased to 12%.
The two largest distribution companies in the country, a state-owned giant and a private giant, can secure at least 60% of the film schedules for premieres, and most of them are theaters located in central urban areas.
After giving up two points of issuance fees in exchange for the two companies to issue all their efforts, it can be regarded as a profit.
If the copying costs were not too high, even 80% of the film schedule would not be a problem.
In this era, there are only so many viewers who will go into the cinema, and it is of little use to over-schedule films. Most of the cinemas have large areas of them empty, wasting copies.
60% is almost the limit, and we have tried our best to drain the audience's movie tickets from the beginning!
By mid-October, the crew was almost ready and the studio was basically set up. Only the people who were sent out to find the location for the filming had not returned yet.
Production director Zhao Lei personally took people to Xiangjiang to search for outdoor shooting locations. Bernard hired people to help. Every time he went to a place, he would send the surrounding pictures to Tang An for him to make a decision.
External producer Wang Zhenguo was responsible for selecting locations in Beijing and contacting a university to film scenes during Chen Daoming's lectures.
If a studio is to be built in this part, the area of a large lecture theater is not small, and with seats and other facilities, the cost is not low.
We directly found a university to shoot, and the extras were recruited directly from the students. They performed in their true colors, and there was still a salary left.
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I worked hard at the company all morning and worked out a detailed production plan with Xu Manyun.
Producing is more than just shooting.
Tang An is not only the director, he is not only responsible for making the movie well, he also needs to control all aspects of the entire crew.
Xu Manyun's abilities are still lacking at the moment. He probably needs one or two more movies to get more experience before Tang An can let go and focus on making movies.
But fortunately, the crew are all old friends, so it should be much smoother than last time.
At this time, the newly recruited receptionist came to report that Chen Guofu was already here and waiting in his office.
Tang An signaled that he would go over immediately and said to Xu Manyun, "That's it for now. Go and inform Uncle Ming, Li Binbin and the others to go to the studio to shoot some posters in the afternoon. We will hold a launch conference on the 30th!"
Xu Manyun nodded, "Then I'll go to the set to prepare. When will you come?"
Tang An lowered his head and looked at the watch on his hand and said, "I will arrive before three o'clock in the afternoon, you let them prepare first!"
After giving instructions, Tang An returned to his office and met Chen Guobo again.
"Mr. Chen, I'm sorry to keep you waiting!" Tang An smiled, shook hands with him, and sat on his chair.
"Director Tang has been very busy recently. I guess the preparations are almost complete!" Chen Guofu said with a smile.
"We are going to start filming at the end of the month. We will try our best to finish filming before the Chinese New Year, so that everyone can have a good New Year!"
After chatting for a while, we got down to business.
"Director Tang and we have been cooperating for such a long time. Please give us a price. This time, Colombia wants the overseas copyright of "Super Body"!"
"This is the contract. The money will arrive in your account one week after signing the contract!" Chen Guofu did not hesitate and took out a document from his bag.
Tang An made no mistakes in his two films, and together they earned Columbia nearly 10 million US dollars. After Chen Guofu submitted the report, the head office immediately increased his authority and required him to obtain overseas copyrights as soon as possible.
The video tape of "Shark Tank" is still being sold in North America. Although the sales ranking is not high, it has been very stable and has brought over one million US dollars in revenue to Colombia in the past six months.
"Terror Cruise" was released in North American community theaters for two months. Although the box office was tepid with only 1.5 million US dollars, its performance in the online broadcast, TV on demand and video markets was even better than "Shark Tank".
Only one month after the video was officially released, it has already ranked among the top 20 in North American video sales rankings in October. In just one month, it brought over one million US dollars in net profit to Colombia.
Including income from Europe, Asia and other places, Colombia has now reached 200% profit, and it is expected that in the next six months, video tapes alone will bring in profits of no less than 4 million US dollars.
With two consecutive successes, no one doubts whether Tang An can succeed again this third time.
Moreover, Chen Guofu heard that other film producers were already contacting Tang An, and the audio and video and film distribution companies affiliated with the Ribenaihui Group were also trying to contact Tang An through Wu Bo to win the rights in Asia.