At the Capital Airport in Beijing, Tang An, Li Binbin, Wang Xiaoming, and Zou Xun said goodbye one by one.
After several months of filming, I stopped going to Huayi to report and went home to sleep for two days.
But Tang An had time to rest, and they had to rush to other sets non-stop.
Letting the Huayi employee who came to pick him up go back by himself, Tang An went directly to a Mercedes-Benz S350 at the airport gate.
I opened the trunk, put my luggage in, and got into the passenger seat.
He pulled Xu Manyun over, put his arms around her shoulders, and kissed her together.
"Well..."
It took more than two minutes for the two heads to separate, with their foreheads touching their foreheads.
Looking at her flushed face and moist lips, Tang An pressed his lips to hers again.
All the way down, his head was buried in the collarbone of her chest.
Until I can barely breathe.
"Let's go back to bed. I'm really tired these days!"
Xu Manyun straightened her messy hair and shirt, started the car and said, "Just cut the film before July. Why are you in such a hurry?"
Tang An shook his head, "If you finish shooting early, you will have enough time to do post-production. You can only imagine the quality if you rush it out."
It took nearly 4 months to shoot a movie that mainly focuses on plot, which is almost the longest film Tang An has ever made.
This is the result of Tang An working overtime until 10 o'clock every day, otherwise the filming would not be finished yet.
Fortunately, there aren't many daytime scenes in this film. Even if there are scenes, they are indoors and all have dark tones.
"The editing of "The Wind" definitely took more time than that of "Super Body". For a film that focuses on plot, it is more important to grasp the rhythm. If the control is not good, it will be over!" Tang An explained.
"What happened in the studio recently?"
"It's nothing big. I invested in a few low-budget films. Then I added an additional 6 million in cost. I checked the previous accounts with Huayi..." Xu Manyun said one by one.
Passing by a hotel, she looked at Tang An and asked, "Would you like to eat first?"
Tang An lay on the seat and waved his hands, "I won't eat, let's take a nap first!"
When they arrived at Xu Manyun's house, Tang An slept till the end and didn't get up until after 8 o'clock in the evening.
After taking a shower, I felt much refreshed.
Xu Manyun had already prepared dinner and helped him get a bowl, "I haven't eaten anything for a day, so hurry up and eat!"
"I'm really hungry!"
Touching his belly, Tang An felt like he had lost weight day and night during this period.
"By the way, a movie invested by Moying will premiere tomorrow, and I sent you an invitation letter to the premiere." Xu Manyun thought of something and said suddenly.
"How come it's in your hands? My secretary didn't tell me!" Tang An asked puzzledly.
"It was sent by Fan Binbin, not in the name of Moying."
Tang An understood, thought for a while and said, "Reply for me, I'm busy doing post-production and I don't have time!"
It seems that Fan Binbin's contract is about to expire in June. The contract was not renewed at the end of last year, and he is 100% about to leave.
At this time, it's either trying to get close or trying to get close.
"If you have nothing to do tomorrow, go to Huayi to check your accounts and see how much money you have left. Let's discuss the promotion plan and have a rough plan first!"
After dinner, I sat for a while and then went to sleep. I still rested at home the next day.
On the third day after returning to the capital, Tang An went out.
I checked in at Huayi, asked the secretary to make a cup of tea, and brought over all the film materials from the company during this period.
After all, he is also an art director, so he can't even know what movies and TV series the company has produced.
The movie is still the same movie, I just watched it roughly.
After drinking a cup of tea, Tang An went to Wang Zhongjun's office.
Knocking on the door and going in, Wang Zhongjun was reading the report. When he saw Tang An coming, he waved to him.
"Mr. Tang is back, thank you for your hard work!"
This Lao Wang is now acting like a chairman. He used to stand up and say hello immediately, but now he waves.
Tang An shook his head secretly and sat down opposite.
"Director Wang, why does the company have any movies to release during the summer?"
"There is a movie called "Heaven's Mouth" that will also be released in the summer. Don't worry, Mr. Tang, the distribution department will definitely coordinate it!" Wang Zhongjun said with a smile.
"Has the domestic schedule of "Transformers" been confirmed?"
"This..."
"Let me see."
Wang Zhongjun thought for a while and took out a document from the drawer, flipped through two pages and said, "It has been confirmed that it will be released in the Mainland on Wednesday, July 11th."
wipe!
It happens to be stuck in mid-July!
Wang Zhongjun saw something wrong with Tang An's expression and couldn't help but ask, "Is there any problem with Mr. Tang?"
Tang An sighed, "Director Wang, this "Transformers" will be our biggest opponent in the summer season!"
"Transformers?"
Wang Zhongjun was a little unimpressed. There is a good market for Hollywood blockbusters in the mainland, but few of them can get a box office of 50 to 60 million yuan.
In the past two summer seasons, "Mr. and Mrs. Smith" had the highest box office.
The only "King Kong" to break the 100 million mark was released during the Lunar New Year period, and it was only one film.
When Tang An saw Wang Zhongjun's expression, he knew what he was thinking. Domestic blockbusters these days can beat Hollywood blockbusters, so it was normal to disapprove.
"Director Wang, I don't need to say much about the popularity of "Transformers". Who hasn't seen this cartoon as a child? Transformers toys have been very popular in the past ten or twenty years. It can be said that the audience covers all age groups!
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"Mr. Tang is overthinking it. In terms of popularity, "Superman" is no worse than "Transformers" and it only took over 30 million at the box office last year!" Wang Zhongjun said with a smile.
Tang An explained, "That's different. "Superman" has very few special effects. It's purely an action movie. Director Wang should also understand the technology required to put the Autobots on the big screen."
"So many superheroes have released more than one or two movies. "Transformers" is the first one until now. The producers must have full technical support!"
"There is no doubt about the importance of the first part to a series, and the quality will never be bad!"
Wang Zhongjun slowly became serious. On a big screen of more than ten or twenty meters, watching real people and watching Autobots are completely different. As long as the special effects are done well, I am afraid no audience can refuse!
"What does Mr. Tang mean?"
"We must take countermeasures and be careful about the schedule!" Tang An said with a frown.
It will definitely not work if it is released a week before it, and it will definitely be suppressed by "Transformers" later on.
It can only be released later or on the same day!
The number of copies of imported films is generally five to six hundred. If two films are released on the same day, it is no problem to gain a scheduling advantage.
However, if they are released at the same time, both parties will suffer in the end!
Then it can only be released on the 19th and 26th. The former is too close, squeezing the market, and the latter is too late, fearing that "Transformers" has already drained the audience's pockets.
However, "Assembly Number" and "Report", which were released for only one week around December this year, still both received 200 million at the box office.
The market should be able to expand a little more!
"Director Wang, let's set it for July 19th, a week later. When the box office of "Transformers" starts to decline, we will release it again!"