Tang An continued, "This year's "The Wind" exceeded 200 million. If "Assembly" can beat "The Legend", it will not be a problem for the theaters to get enough film schedules for next year, at least it will not be better than "Red Cliff" which has been released for a week.
"Too much less..."
"Well, since Mr. Tang is so confident, Huayi must give its full support to watch "Red Cliff" in the summer next year!"
Wang Zhongjun finally made up his mind. This was an excellent opportunity. If he could kill "Red Cliff" next year, Feng Xiaogang would have no rivals in the Lunar New Year movie. He would probably dominate the summer movie for two consecutive years and become the box office champion in the Lunar New Year movie.
If this can be achieved, Huayi will naturally surpass Bernard and become the largest private film company in the mainland, achieving all-round surpasses in film and television production and distribution!
It has been tentatively confirmed to be released in the summer, and they have decided not to disclose it to the public. Only the three of them know about it, so "Red Cliff" was caught off guard.
After Tang An left, Wang Zhonglei immediately said, "Brother, do you really want to do "Red Cliff"?"
"Didn't you hear what I said? So what about "Red Cliff"!"
"But let's not talk about whether we can win or not. I'm afraid Director Han will be unhappy!" Wang Zhonglei said with a worried look on his face.
Han Sanping contacted more than ten companies at home and abroad to jointly invest and distribute movies. All domestic movies were wisely avoided. Firstly, he knew that he was not his opponent, and secondly, he wanted to please Han Sanping.
"Don't worry about this. Even if you kill "Red Cliff", it only means that Wu Yusen is not capable. Director Han is unhappy about something that he can't do anything about. He won't make it difficult for us!" Wang Zhongjun waved his hand.
"What if we lose? Wu Yusen is very popular in the mainland, and the lineup of "Red Cliff" is not weak!"
"Tang An's analysis just now was good. Wu Yusen's two blockbusters in Hollywood, "Windtalker" and "The Incredible Hulk", both failed. He is not good at big scenes at all!"
"In terms of box office appeal, Tang An is no worse than him!"
"Furthermore, with an investment of US$80 million, this "Red Cliff" cannot be recouped in the mainland and can only rely on overseas box office. Like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon," it will inevitably cater to overseas audiences, and there is a high probability of a bad reputation!"
"No matter what, next year is an excellent opportunity to beat "Red Cliff" without Zhang Yimou in the Lunar New Year film, and win the summer film and Lunar New Year film at the same time!"
"If the promotion fee of 50 million is not enough, I will kill "Red Cliff" even if 100 million is not enough!" Wang Zhongjun said fiercely.
To use money to kill "Red Cliff" with an investment of 80 million US dollars, if outsiders heard this, they would probably die from laughter.
But if you think about it carefully, this US$80 million is probably the limit that several companies can afford, and if you add additional costs, every additional few million will make it exponentially more difficult to make a profit, which not everyone is happy with!
And if Tang An's new film really costs 70 to 80 million as he said, then another 100 million for promotion would be less than 200 million!
Wang Zhonglei remained silent and stopped talking. When word spread about the 100 million promotional fee, people thought they were crazy.
Wang Zhongjun knew what he was thinking as soon as he saw him, and he cursed with a bit of hatred, "When can you take a longer view? If you can win the summer and New Year box office championships next year, don't wait until the company goes public in 2009."
It’s only 100 million, but I can make back one billion!”
Only then did Wang Zhonglei realize that Wang Zhongjun was planning to go public in 2009, and he couldn't help but admire him.
"Brother, I am short-sighted!"
"In everything, take one step at a time and look at three steps. Quickly sort out the company's accounts for the past two years and submit them to the China Securities Regulatory Commission for review. The 18-month review cycle must be as soon as possible!"
"Also, before the end of the year, we will convene a meeting with shareholders, all contracted artists of the company, and the director to raise equity capital!"
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Tang An returned to his office and read the newspapers and news for a while. The entertainment section was still reporting on "Painted Skin".
Recently, he has received several calls from some medium-sized film and television companies who want to poach him with shares.
There are also some recommendations for actors. After all, "Painted Skin" is also a period blockbuster, and there aren't many of them in a year.
However, Tang An was not paying attention to the film. Pang Hong and Wu Ershan were doing the preparations. Xu Manyun was keeping an eye on it, and Bernard also sent people to keep an eye on it, so he didn't need to worry about it.
Even if these news are just to promote the movie, he has no intention of clarifying it. It will not have any impact on him anyway.
However, when I saw that the source of the news was revealed by Cheng Jiashang during an interview, I was so haunted that I couldn’t shed tears until I saw the coffin!
Now Wu Ershan is still familiar with the script. The original Cheng Jiashang script definitely needs to be changed, and some minor adjustments must be made without changing the main storyline.
In mid-September, Tang An was invited to give lectures at the Beijing Film Academy.
This invitation was given to him not long after school started, and Tang An was confused at that time.
No matter where they are, academics have always looked down on wild people.
Especially Tang An, who couldn't be more wild. He has never even worked as a photographer or assistant director for a famous director.
At first, Tang An thought he was going to give lectures to students from the directing department, but later he found out that he was mainly giving lectures to students from the acting department. By the way, students from the photography department and screenwriting department also came to listen.
And it’s not just the Beijing Film Academy. It’s a lecture jointly organized by several schools in Beijing, led by the Beijing Film Academy.
The content of the lecture also asked him, as a director, to teach future actors, screenwriters, photographers, and artists how to do their jobs well on the set.
Before I knew it, I was giving lectures to film school students.
This is what the glory of 245 million box office, annual box office champion, and second place in the total box office brought to him.
Director, after all, it depends on the box office!
Looking at the successful people all over the world, whoever became famous did not give lectures everywhere.
For example, Jack Ma has lectured at famous foreign universities and also established a lakeside university in Ninghang.
Similar to the Huangpu Military Academy in the business world, Jack Ma served as the first principal.
Jack Ma and Ma Hua Teng were even invited by the Central Committee for Justice to give lectures at the Great Hall of the People.
Look at who is sitting under the stage and listening to the lecture. The top leader of the Legal Affairs Committee is taking the lead, including the Supreme Chief, the Supreme Fa, the leaders of the Security Department, the Public Affairs Department, and the General Department. There are more than 1.5 million people on duty across the country who are not on duty at that time to handle the case.
Comrade Zhengfa all watched the live video at the same time.
This is awesome, awesome in capital letters!
On a more minor note, Cheng Guanxi later went to give lectures at New York University.
Therefore, giving lectures to elites or future elites is also a sign of a successful person.
Think about it, if you talk too much in lectures, this and so-and-so will be very good in the future, but he has listened to my lectures before, and that so-and-so is famous, and I have taught him lessons before.
In the morning, I drove alone to the Beijing Film Academy on Xitucheng Road, Haidian District. There were already several teachers from the school waiting at the door.
"Hello, Director Tang!" The leader, a middle-aged man with eyes, who is the deputy director of the performance department, said kindly.
"This is Director Liu, hello!"
Tang An shook hands with Director Liu and greeted several other teachers one by one, but it seemed that he was a little disapproving of him.
Yes, they are all teachers, and their students now have to be taught by an outsider, which makes them feel a little unhappy.
"Director Tang, thank you for taking the time to teach our students. Everyone is looking forward to your coming. Not only our schools, but also students from Shanghai Magic City are here." Director Liu said with a smile.
"Director Liu is so polite, it's my honor!" Tang An said with a smile.
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Don’t even guess about the new movie, you can’t guess it o(∩_∩)o