"Binbin, you said that Director Wang really knows how to play. This is probably the most special premiere I have ever attended. It was held in a tent."
Setting up a huge tent to hold a premiere in Chaoyang Park is something that no one will do in the next ten years or so, let alone now.
Being unique is one thing, but the most important thing is spending money. Just one tent cost several million, and the entire premiere cost a total of 10 million.
However, the broadcasting rights were sold for a small amount of money and were won by Jiangning Satellite TV, which collaborated with Huayi on the variety show "Absolutely Sing".
Li Binbin on the side smiled and said, "This is also for publicity. The schedule is not good in the first place. What can we do if the publicity is not in place?"
Ren Quan, who was next to him, answered, "Actually, these ten million dollars are quite a lot of money. Even if we hold the premiere in any stadium, it will still cost money, and the momentum is not as good as this."
"Moreover, Chaoyang Park is one of the largest parks in the capital. It is particularly crowded at night. Director Wang did not prohibit citizens from coming in to watch. At least these citizens are likely to become spectators."
"The ratings of Jiangning Satellite TV are not low, and it is also a very good publicity effect."
"Brother Quan, you are becoming more and more like a businessman now. I think you should stop filming and do business." Li Binbin joked.
"You think business is easy, I can only manage a few stores by myself." Ren Quan complained.
"Not to mention, Ren Quan, you actually have a good sense of business and your analysis is quite good. Now I heard that there are queues for restaurants and hot pot restaurants." Tang An said with a smile.
Ren Quan quickly waved his hand and said, "The queue is exaggerated, it's just an occasional peak period."
Although he is now worth tens of millions, it is the result of 10 years of entrepreneurship and is completely incomparable to Tang An.
"You have opened several branches now. It seems that I heard at the beginning of the year that you opened a children's education and beauty salon, right?"
"There are a total of 14 branches of restaurants and hotpot restaurants, and discussions are still ongoing on children's education and beauty salons."
"Children's education and beauty salons can be done. Children and women are the ones who spend money now. Housing in the school district in Beijing is priced at one price per day." Tang An nodded and said.
Ren Quan Shen agreed, "In fact, there are too many good projects, and people's energy is limited after all. If funds don't allow it, you can do venture capital when you have money in the future."
"Venture capital is indeed possible, but there are too many entrepreneurs in China who have the ability and creativity but no funds..."
The two of them talked about business matters while chatting, which made Li Binbin roll his eyes and didn't interrupt them until the red carpet was about to start.
"You can make a plan first, and if I see it's feasible, I'll join in and help these young people starting their own businesses!"
Maybe Rebus will support the next Jack Horse himself. What a sense of accomplishment that would be!
Li Binbin and the crew were together, while Tang An stepped onto the red carpet alone.
There are many female stars in Huayi, many of whom later became popular and are now unknown. Tang An could just grab any strong man to come over, but he still forgot about it and just left for a quick trip.
However, Tang An was surrounded by reporters before he even stepped on the red carpet. They were surrounded on three levels inside and outside, giving Tang An no chance.
"Director Tang, please tell me about the magic show tomorrow night!"
"Friends who have received invitations tomorrow can watch it live. It would be inappropriate if I spoil the show now."
"Director Tang, why can't you bring a camera into the scene tomorrow? Is it because you are afraid of someone exposing the magic trick?"
"When watching a magic show, no one usually records it. If everyone takes a camera to take pictures, it would be too inconsistent to appear in the video!"
Cameras are definitely not allowed, and checks will be carried out at the entrance to prevent any photography equipment from being brought.
Mobile phones are not allowed either, although current mobile phones have low pixels and there are no XX mobile phones that will take clearer pictures in later generations (in order to avoid the suspicion of advertising, the name of the mobile phone will not be displayed and will be written out after receiving the advertising fees!)
Of course, Tang An wouldn't keep everything secret, so it wouldn't make much sense. After all, it still needs to be publicized.
In a few days, Tang An will cut two videos and distribute them to whet the audience's appetite.
"Have we finished shooting the last magic scene? Can we still make it in time for the summer season?" the reporter then asked.
"It is true that there is still one last scene left to shoot, but I don't know how long it will take to complete it. Post-production is also a tedious task. I can't guarantee when it will be released."
Tang An was still the same. When asked about the schedule, he said he didn't know.
"'Red Cliff' is scheduled to be released on July 10th. Are you confident that 'Now You See Me' can compete with it?"
"'Red Cliff' is a very good movie, but I believe that 'Now You See Me' will not disappoint the audience, but we don't know when it will be released to the audience."
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After dealing with the reporters, we stepped onto the red carpet, signing autographs and other things for the fans.
"ah!!!"
Suddenly, there were waves of exclamations from the front, which almost made Tang An's hands tremble. He looked back and saw that a female fan wanted to pull Wang Xiaoming over and force him to kiss him while he was lowering his head to sign.
This kind of thing is very common, both female celebrities and male celebrities have encountered it, but Tang An has never encountered such an irrational fan.
Sure enough, my fans are much more rational and not so nymphomaniac!
Tang Anxin thought about it and continued walking forward. When he passed by Wang Xiaoming, he found that there was nothing unusual about him. He seemed to be used to it.
After walking the red carpet, I took some photos there and then went directly into the big tent.
As expected of a tent shipped from Dubai, it is simply a large mobile square with thousands of seats, which is a bit larger than an average super-large cinema.
In fact, there are many hotels made of tents in Dubai, which are similar to a mobile house and are extremely expensive.
Wang Zhongjun was talking to others in the tent, and Tang An went up to say hello one by one.
"Dr. Wang."
"Mr. Tang is here. Are you ready for tomorrow's shooting?"
"The crew is ready and has rehearsed many times. There are no problems." Tang An smiled and nodded.
"That's good. Director Tang will have a hard time tomorrow, but we must also pay attention to order. I have contacted two security companies to take charge of security work inside and outside the venue. There must be no accidents with more than 10,000 people!" Wang Zhongjun said with a serious expression.
"Don't worry, Mr. Wang, the audience just comes to watch the show and nothing will happen."
Regardless of any industry, safety issues are a top priority, and even a large group may fall apart due to an accident.
Needless to say, the construction industry, aviation, pharmaceutical companies and other industries, there are countless groups that have gone bankrupt due to accidents and air crashes.
It is not uncommon for film and television dramas to be aborted due to filming accidents.
"By the way, Jason Constantine, chairman of purchasing and co-production of Lionsgate Pictures, is here today. I have invited him to watch the scene tomorrow night." Wang Zhongjun looked aside and was chatting with the vice president of Huaguo Film Co-production Company.
a tall white man.
"I understand, Mr. Wang!" Tang An nodded, taking advantage of "The King of Kung Fu" to make the other party make money and settle a deal.
"The King of Kung Fu was discussed with us by his predecessor, Pete Bullock. He has just taken office and is eager to achieve better results than his predecessor. This is a good opportunity when performance is needed." Wang Zhongjun added.
Said quietly.
Tang An's eyes lit up. This was much easier to talk about. Even if the movie "Now You See Me" was moved to Southeast Asia for filming, there wouldn't be any cultural differences. This new type of popcorn movie would be more or less popular in the United States.
Of course, it is impossible to have a box office of over 100 million U.S. dollars like the original version. A success of more than 10 million U.S. dollars would be considered a success.
Chinese-language films cannot be released overseas only if they are of good quality. First of all, if the director and actors are not famous, people will not take a look at them.
Just like those few Indian movies released in China, if "Dangal" hadn't been based on the popularity accumulated by Aamir Khan's first two movies in China, would "Dangal" have a box office of more than 1 billion?
If the domestic audience has not watched "Three Idiots" and "My God", will anyone watch "Dangal"?
I’m afraid I won’t go in after seeing the Southeast Asian faces above.
If you want to open up overseas markets, you either have to be like Zhang Yimou and make an epoch-making blockbuster with Chinese characteristics that can also meet the eyes of Westerners.
Let them be amazed, let them marvel and marvel.
Or just make four or five classic niche films of the same type like "Cruise of Terror". In one or two films, the audience will not know the director, but in four or five films, they should have some impression.
Once you have a reputation, theater chains will schedule films and you will have a chance to develop.
But Tang An probably won’t make any more horror movies.
There is also the most direct way to conquer them audio-visually.
But it must be of a type that is not available in the West. For example, if you make an armored warrior, it will be useless no matter how good the special effects are. They already have "Transformers".
We can make a fairy tale blockbuster, "Dragon and Phoenix" or something like that.
As for "The List of Gods" and "Journey to the West" are definitely not good, they don't understand the background and don't know any magic weapons.
When the time comes to throw a gourd out and suck people in, the audience will be confused.
What is this? Is this gourd a vacuum cleaner?
It has to be something like "The Tribulation of Dragons and Phoenix", they are all mythical beasts, the special effects are done well, and the plot can be understood a little bit.
However, this is much more troublesome than "Avatar", and the time and money spent are at least several times that of "Avatar"!
After all, "Avatar" is a creature that walks upright and is taller than a human.
And there's nothing complicated about the surface of the body.
But dragons, phoenixes, unicorns, and dozens of other mythical beasts are so big in size that they are too difficult to shoot. They require too many special effects people, and even just making the models requires thousands or even tens of thousands of people.
, there is no way it can’t be done in four, five, six, seven or eight years.
Of course, there is no problem with the quality of online game promotional videos, which can be produced in a month...a week.
There is another method that should also work...
Then Wang Zhongjun introduced Tang An to the purchasing and co-production chairman of Lion Pictures.
Hearing that Tang An was the director of "Shark Tank" and "Terror Cruise", Jason Constantine immediately became interested.
Chinese-language films have always been the focus of Hollywood's introduction. It is no secret that Colombia has received two high-quality Chinese-language films for two consecutive years.
Those two movies have now brought nearly 20 million US dollars in profits to Colombia due to the booming sales of the video tape market.
And Columbia is not just limited to North America, but is releasing videotapes all over the world.
These two movies are also classics in the hearts of horror movie lovers, but Tang An has not made any more horror movies, so no one remembers Tang An's name.
Does anyone remember the director of "Sadako"?
In fact, for so many Hollywood movies, except for some top-tier directors, most of the movies with high box office do not remember the name of the director, nor do we look up his other works.
"Tang, are you interested in making another horror film? I can help you get into mainstream Hollywood theaters, as long as you maintain the same level as before!"
My predecessor had just negotiated a big project in the Mainland that could earn tens of millions of dollars. Jason Constantine was also a big fan of the project. It happened that Columbia had made a lot of money with Tang An's two horror films, so he wanted to take advantage of it.
"Maybe, but I don't have any good ideas for the time being. I want to finish filming the movie I'm currently working on. Jason, if you are free, you are welcome to come and have a look tomorrow." Tang An said deceptively.
"Of course, I came to China to look for excellent movies. I will go see it tomorrow. I haven't seen the magic movie yet."
That Jason kept pulling Tang An, urging him to make a horror film, paying a high price for the buyout, guaranteeing it would go to theaters, arranging as many screens as possible, and accepting the guarantee. Anyway, he just wanted to fool Tang An with empty talk.
Horror movies have always been the focus of Lions' attention, but in the past two years, there have been no films as good as "Saw" from previous years. It is rare to meet a director like Tang An who is good at making horror films.
Even if it uses Chinese actors, it will sell so well. If we find a few actors in Hollywood to film it, we will make a lot of money!
It wasn't until the premiere that Tang An got rid of him.
Cheng Long and Li Lianlian were all there on stage, as well as Li Binbin, Liu Yufei and others.
Tang An suddenly discovered that Liu Yufei was a little older than the one he had seen at the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival.
She was here in 2005 or 2006. At that time, she was dancing on the stage and still had a little baby fat.
But now her face is gradually getting thinner, and although her facial features have not changed much, the baby fat has gone away, and the edges and corners have become more prominent, making her more mature, losing the tenderness of childhood, and gaining a touch of femininity.
Time is like a butcher's knife, and I'm almost on my third birthday.
Tang An touched the sexy stubble on his chin and finally turned into a handsome young man in his early 20s, heading towards the path of an uncle again.
After a lot of chatter on the stage, the movie officially started.
Watch this bad movie again. If half of "Three Kingdoms" is good, then "The King of Kung Fu" has two superstars fighting each other, Li Binbin's mop of white hair, and his perfect appearance.
Apart from Liu Yufei at her peak, there is nothing to watch.
Cheng Long is still funny, Liu Yufei said Cheng Long, aren’t you a god? Can’t gods call the wind and rain?
Then Cheng Long lay on the ground and started writing talismans, moistening the brush with saliva, and retching. As expected, the writing of talismans was effective - Li Lianlian peed from a high place.
Li Lianlian still had a righteous face, while Zhou Zhaolong slaughtered an entire village and shot Liu Yufei's mother to death.
Then Li Lianlian came out wearing a bathrobe and said something about retribution.
Please have some compassion. My parents were slaughtered by gods. I won’t hold you in revenge!
The more I look at it, the worse it gets, so I might as well stop looking at it and just keep my eyes open and squint for a while.
At this time, Li Binbin next to him poked Tang An with his finger.
"what?"
"What do you think of this movie?"
"It's okay."
"What do you mean it's okay?"
"Didn't you hear the laughter in the back row?"
"Then how much box office can you tell me? Is it 200 million?"
"Almost."
"Can you be more serious? It's either okay or about the same!" Li Binbin was furious and pinched Tang An quietly.
"The box office is not what I say. Even if I say 500 million, it's useless!" Tang An said helplessly.
"Then make your prediction."
"At least 150 million. After all, there are two big superstars there. There will be no rivals in April. The rest depends on word of mouth." Tang An thought carefully and said seriously.
Li Binbin saw that Tang An didn't seem to be perfunctory, so he stopped worrying.
Tang An looked at the image of the white-haired witch on the screen, and then at Li Binbin, remembering her cool and handsome appearance.
"What are you looking at?" Li Binbin was a little confused.
"Do you think it would be more exciting if you dressed up like in the movie?" Tang An smiled, leaned over and whispered.
"roll!"
Li Binbin blushed and cursed angrily.
"I won't scare you to death if I try to show off my face!"
hiss......
Tang An shivered all over, with a head full of white hair and a deathly pale face, he was so frightened!
It’s better not to look for excitement. One day when your heart is not good, you will kneel down in excitement!
Fortunately, the hilarious plot on the big screen made Tang An feel relieved.
The little American boy asked: "I'm freezing to death. What should I do?"
Li Lianlian turned his head, showed a strange smile, and said slowly: "Breathe, don't forget to breathe."
The scene is spent in constant laughter. Movies that generally make the audience laugh out loud are definitely not that bad, but "The King of Kung Fu" is definitely not among them!
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