Chapter 229 The most perfect robbery method in history
Mid January.
Beijing, Guomao Hotel, where the magic-themed movie "Now You See Me", which has been in preparation for four months, will hold a press conference.
Now that the Lunar New Year holiday is over, as of early this morning, the box office of "Assembly", which has been in theaters for 25 days, has exceeded 200 million, with a total domestic box office of 228 million, chasing the annual box office record set by "The Wind".
However, the box office of "The Legend", which has been in theaters for 31 days, has not yet exceeded 100 million, with only 194 million.
Although it only received 6.7 million box office in seven days last week, and the single-day box office fell below the one million mark, it is not difficult to exceed 200 million.
Four movies with a box office of 200 million yuan a year, and three domestic blockbusters!
There is no doubt that the domestic film market is still developing rapidly, steadily and healthily.
As the holder of the annual box office championship, Tang An has beaten Hollywood Autobots, three major superstars and the great director Feng Xiaogang. The launch conference of his new film naturally attracted the attention of the entire industry.
In the grand banquet hall, dozens of photographers were scattered around, and nearly a thousand reporters and industry insiders gathered together.
"The preparation for "Now You See Me" has been a bit long, it must have been five months now!"
A young man in the front row holding a microphone with a penguin logo sighed.
As an entertainment reporter, I have watched basically all the famous domestic movies and TV series.
It's just because the more he watches, the more he develops an appetite. If it weren't for professional reasons, he wouldn't even watch ordinary bad movies if he was given movie tickets.
Hmm...I won't go for it if I give away a big bucket of popcorn and a big drink.
Unless you arrange for a cute girl to watch it with you ^_^
Usually, filming starts around November, just in time for the summer season. Now it is January 13th, two months late, which means it will be released even later, and it may even miss the summer season.
"Five months is nothing. The longer the preparation time, the greater the probability of making a good film!" said Sohu reporter next to him nonchalantly.
"It takes such a long time to prepare, and a lot of special effects must be used for big scenes, otherwise I don't know where the 150 million will be spent!"
"It's a magic-themed movie. I wonder what kind of story it will tell so that it can be said to be shocking!"
"Just wait, Tang An has never disappointed the audience, and I think this time will be no exception."
At 10 o'clock in the morning, Tang An entered the venue with the leading actors. Wang Zhongjun, chairman of Huayi, Chen Guofu, director of the production department, Zhang Yijun, director of the public relations department, Zhao Jun, deputy director of the production department, and Xu Manyun, who represented Tang An's studio, also
Take your seats one by one.
Zhang Yijun still plays the role of press officer.
Wang Zhongjun spoke first on behalf of Hua Yi.
"Thank you all friends from the media for taking time out of your busy schedule to attend the launch conference of the magic crime blockbuster "Now You See Me" produced by our Huayi and Tang An Film and Television Studios."
Then he talked about a lot of difficulties in the preparation process. How hard it was for Tang An to write the script. He stayed up until early in the morning every day. The location team traveled all over the world. The set team worked overtime to build the studio. The actors have memorized their lines in the past two months and are familiar with many roles.
effort.
After he finished speaking, there was another round of warm applause from the audience.
Xu Manyun then said something similar, and then the microphone was handed over to Tang An.
"Everyone knows that this is the fifth film I have directed. No matter what type or cost, every film will encounter various difficulties from preparation to production."
""Now You See Me" is the one that took the longest to prepare among my five films. Due to the particularity of the subject matter, I prepared the split-shot script for more than two months, and every detail was required to be perfect.
....”
When it comes to magic themes, the audience must not be able to see the loopholes and deceptions in the magic, otherwise it will be very detrimental to the movie.
Next the reporter started asking questions.
Naturally, the press officer asked the boss of the portal website, the reporter from Xinlang News, to ask the first question.
"Hello Director Tang, this time you chose this magic-themed movie. What kind of magic will you perform in the film to echo the shocking word in the title?"
""Now You See Me" is a magic crime-themed movie, which uses magic to commit crimes and has a shocking name. You can think about some crimes that are shocking and can be related to magic.
It’s a good relationship!”
Tang An smiled slightly and kept it secret, but did not point it out directly.
Divergence you ***, isn’t this asking you!
The reporters had tens of thousands of things in their minds that they could not say out loud, and they almost suffered internal injuries from holding them in their hearts.
In fact, let alone these reporters, except for a few actors and Wang Zhongjun, other people in the industry knew very little about the details of the movie.
"Mr. Sun, you and Hua Yi often have business dealings, so you don't know the details of this film!"
"How can I be so capable? I have inquired several times, but there is no information at all!"
"Why are they hiding so deep? They don't even know the plot."
.....
Reporters also know Tang An's nature. As long as it's something he doesn't want to talk about, you will break the casserole...
No, even if you crack his head, you won't find anything useful.
However, just when the reporter was about to continue asking questions, Tang An said, "Since no one can guess, I will tell you."
"Damn it, brother, what the hell are you doing!"
"Why are you so self-conscious today? Something is wrong!"
"Is this still Tang An? He's so honest!"
"It's not easy. After 4 years of filming, Tang An finally understood the principle of "lenity for confession"!"
Everyone pricked up their ears, waiting for Tang An's answer.
Either the recorder is on or the pen is in hand, ready to record.
There was nothing Tang An could do. These reporters gave up after asking the question once. They didn't have the professionalism to break the casserole and get to the bottom of it.
In this situation, a large group of reporters should be chasing him, crying, shouting and begging him for answers. Only then can Tang An's status be shown.
Now that you are so honest, you won’t ask if you don’t answer, can you still pretend to be cool happily?
Ahem!
After organizing his words, Tang An straightened the microphone and spoke slowly to the crowd.
"The story of the film takes place in a huge and luxurious performance hall in Austria. The "Four Horsemen", a team composed of four well-known magicians, Deng Chao, Tang Yan, Liu Ye, and Deng Kai, work together flawlessly, and in the presence of tens of thousands of people
Under witness, more than 2 million Singapore dollars from a bank in Singapore were stolen from a bank in Singapore from a distance of more than 2,000 kilometers. It caused a sensation at the scene and even around the world. It can be called the most bizarre bank robbery in history!"
"Interpol officers Liao Fan and Yu Nan were ordered to investigate the four people. However, because they had perfect alibi, there was not enough evidence to convict them. In desperation, they had no choice but to turn to Mr. Wu Gang, a very famous magic revealer in the industry!"
As Tang An outlined the plot word for word, the entire press conference instantly became silent. There were no other unnecessary sounds and only Tang An was talking there.
There was silence, or in other words, they were all shocked by Tang An's words.
They all looked stunned!
Not that no one has thought of using magic to rob a bank, but everyone's guess is that they would use hypnosis or other means, or make a time difference, dig a tunnel from below, and then quickly move to the performance site.
But they are more than 2,000 kilometers apart. Even if the money is snatched out in advance, the bank will have discovered it long ago when it arrives!
And Tang An also said just now that he had a perfect alibi and it was so seamless that it could be called the most perfect robbery technique in history!