At the Guomao Hotel in Beijing, reporters holding microphones and shoulder-mounted cameras walked in from time to time.
Today is the day when "Super Body" held a press conference to celebrate its nationwide box office hit 156.1 million. Almost all the well-known media in the entertainment industry were invited.
Some gossip tabloids that cannot be called entertainment media are not even qualified to be invited.
But they still sent people over and stood guard at the door of the hotel, waiting for Tang An and the others to come out.
Of course, there are also some paparazzi who try their best to get in with their cameras, but I don’t know if they can get close to the press conference.
"Made, this Tang An didn't even invite us to the newspaper office. It's so disrespectful!"
Near the hotel, several paparazzi were squatting there with cameras, complaining angrily.
"If we hadn't reported such news, his movie would have been so popular!"
"That's right, we must at least have a share of the credit for the 150 million box office!"
"That's right, we won't report on his movie next time!"
Most of the people with cameras were paparazzi, not real reporters. They were not qualified to enter. They could only watch the reporters and photographers show the invitation letters to the waiter, and then follow the instructions to go upstairs.
Although he said so, it was just a complaint. When the movie was released, it still had to be reported...
It’s all life!
Different from these paparazzi squatting aside, the reporters from major newspapers are all glamorous, accompanied by photographers, and some even have assistants.
Calm and calm, we are like two professional people.
"Lao Zhang, you're here too. Didn't you take your annual leave to travel with your children?"
"Why are you traveling? I was supposed to come back two days ago, but my wife and kids refused to let me go. I just got off the plane last night!"
The middle-aged man named Lao Zhang wiped his eyes and sighed.
"I prepared the materials and today's manuscript all night long, and I only spent two hours squinting at 5 o'clock in the morning!"
"Haha, then I'm afraid you are going to be scolded to death by your sister-in-law!" A familiar person next to him gloated.
"There is only one quota for each family. If I don't come, those guys below will snatch me up. I may not be able to keep my job in the future!" Lao Zhang cursed.
"Haha, young people nowadays don't know what the world is like. There is an intern in our newspaper office who is usually honest. But when I got off work yesterday, I found that the invitation letter was missing. Another intern came to me and told me that he had hidden it!"
"Then what should Lao Wang do? Beat him?" Others asked curiously.
"Hmph, it wouldn't be too cheap to give him a beating. With the relationship between our newspaper and Mr. Xu, it's easy to get another invitation letter. That kid will have plenty of time to wait for me to deal with him slowly!" The man said with a sinister smile.
"Haha, Lao Zhang's trick is so good, I guess he will be frightened all day long!"
"That's not true. When I came out of the newspaper office this morning, that kid kept staring at me. I looked back at him and he almost couldn't sit still!"
"To be honest, Tang An is becoming more and more famous now, and ordinary newspapers can't even get in for this press conference!"
"From 30 million to 1.15 billion, can it be the same!"
"I wonder which day I will go straight to Zhang Yimou!"
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In the grand banquet hall on the 18th floor of the hotel, the bosses and senior executives of major companies in the entertainment industry were all present, and many famous celebrities were also present.
Moreover, the six major state-owned film groups, seven or eight local studios, and several major film and television groups in Hong Kong sent representatives.
Famous directors such as Zhang Yimou, Chen Kaige, Jiang Wen, Feng Xiaogang also came.
In the entire entertainment industry, almost everyone with status and time is here.
Tang An and Xu Manyun came to greet them early in the morning. When everyone had arrived, and seeing that it was almost time, they invited everyone to go to the comprehensive conference hall next door!
After we were seated, we asked the hotel to let in reporters and a few movie fans who were lucky enough to be invited.
After a long delay, it was 10 o'clock, and the press conference officially began!
The comprehensive conference hall can accommodate nearly a thousand people.
The host is still Tu Wei from the movie channel. Anyway, 90% of domestic premieres, celebration banquets, and nearly half of various events and awards are hosted by the movie channel.
"Hello dear guests, media and audience friends!"
"In this hot summer, the science fiction blockbuster "Super Body" brings us a hearty visual feast. It is everyone's fiery passion that created the box office myth of "Super Body"..."
After a long opening speech, Tu Wei chatted with Tang An about his thoughts, and then opened the big red floor-to-ceiling curtains behind him.
A huge poster was revealed, with a large series of numbers across the middle.
156186430!
In addition, there are a series of records such as the 2006 box office record, the highest first-day box office record, the single-day box office record, the summer box office record, the record of breaking 10 million for 4 consecutive days, the record of consecutive daily hits, etc.
After listing them one by one, everyone felt that this 156.1 million was not just a simple number, but also a height that was difficult for ordinary people to reach.
This year, I am afraid that only two movies, "The Night Banquet" and "The Golden Armor", have a chance to surpass him!
This is what's on everyone's mind.
Then the four major investors and issuers, Han Sanping, Tang An, Yu Dong, and Wang Zhongjun, all expressed their feelings.
The hotel brought a 1-meter-tall ice sculpture carved with the shape of 156.1 million.
Everyone holds a small hammer in each hand, and as the host shouts "start", they hammer down at the same time!
Holding the microphone and looking at the people in the audience, Tang An didn't have time to sigh, he raised it and spoke.
"First of all, thank you all for coming to this celebration. In fact, this is a way for us creators to show off. We have made more than 100 million in box office. We have to let people know, right?"
Let me laugh at myself at the beginning and get a burst of good-natured laughter.
The celebration party is just for showing off and showing off, but everyone still rushes to see others showing off.
no way!
Just like Wang Wanda, Jack Ma, Liu Jingdong, and Ma Hua Teng, those few pretentious sayings were later circulated, and there are still a lot of Internet names who look up the sources and videos of those words.
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"This film is the result of the joint efforts of our entire crew of more than 200 people. Most of the things were done by them, and I was just talking on the side!"
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When asked about becoming a billionaire director and setting a new summer box office record, this is what Tang An said.
"This 156.1 million box office does not prove how great I am. It only proves that all of our efforts have paid off and we have made a movie that the audience loves!"
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"I'm actually not nervous at all. I knew after the first day's box office that people liked my work. Since then, I haven't paid attention to the box office numbers. I just take a look at them before going to promote every day to make myself more motivated.
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The press conference lasted for more than two hours and answered many questions from reporters and audiences.
Including Liao Fan, Zhang Li and other supporting characters, more or less all have a few minutes.
When asked about his next movie, Tang An just smiled mysteriously and said that he would meet the audience with a new movie next summer!