"Thank you for your help, our film "Now You See Me" can be successfully completed. The words are all in the wine. I'd like to toast everyone!"
"Dry!"
"To Director Tang!"
"Director Tang is being polite, it's as it should be."
"Come on, do it!"
...
After evacuating the audience, the stadium was completely sealed off, leaving a security company to guard the place.
The venue and stage will be cleaned and dismantled tomorrow. It would be bad if someone went in and discovered the mechanism inside.
Went to a hotel near the stadium and held a simple closing reception.
Deng Chao came over with a wine glass and said sincerely, "Director Tang, thank you for giving me this opportunity to star in a movie."
Liu Ye followed closely behind and raised his glass, "Director Tang, your way of filming is different from many directors. I have learned a lot and comprehended a lot in the past six months. Thank you!"
Then Tang Yan followed, "Brother An, I want to toast you too!"
"Director Tang, this is my first time making a movie. Originally, I wanted to go to a theater to be a drama actor after graduation. Thank you for taking a fancy to me as a newcomer and giving me the opportunity to make a movie!" Deng Kai sincerely said
said gratefully.
Although it is said that filming dramas is to hone acting skills, for students of this age, the first choice is definitely to film movies, then TV series, and finally dramas.
I have been acting in plays for several years, but have not appeared in film and television dramas. It will be more difficult for me to have the opportunity to make movies in the future.
At that time, those who were older than you were famous, and those who were younger than you were younger and had more potential. This was the same concept as the workplace. After graduation, you would not work for two years and then try to find a job?
Unless you endure it all the time and become an experienced actor, you will have the opportunity to be a green leaf for those idol stars who have just debuted and improve their acting skills in the entire drama.
Before graduation, Deng Kai was lucky enough to star in a movie that was not considered a movie with his classmates Zhao Qi and Zhang Shuying.
But it was only 60 minutes long, and no one wanted it when it was sold to TV stations, and there wasn’t even a way to show it.
Another TV series was also broadcast on the Southern Children's Channel, and not many people watched it.
Nowadays, students with some potential have been chosen by big companies to play important roles as early as when they were in college. It is difficult for them to get the opportunity.
Deng Chao and Liu Ye were speaking from the bottom of their hearts. Although Deng Chao played an important role in "Assembly", such opportunities would never be many in Huayi. After all, Huang Xiaoming was there.
Liu Ye has been filming movies for ten years, and Tang An is definitely one of the best directors he has ever seen.
Tang An has revised his own script three or four times, making the characters more suitable for him without changing the overall framework.
The others are similar. Tang An has changed the script according to each person's characteristics without affecting the overall situation.
This allows them to perform more smoothly and feel more comfortable than before.
He also asked Tang An if the difficulty of performing would be reduced in this way and would it affect his acting skills. After all, many directors emphasize letting actors make their own breakthroughs and letting actors adapt to the role, rather than letting the character adapt to the actor.
"Breaking through yourself is not for you to challenge impossible tasks. Everyone has different characteristics, and sometimes the script also has to serve the actors.
The most important thing is to play roles that are close to you and suitable for you. Don’t blindly accept roles, as that will only harm yourself.”
Liu Ye has been thinking about this sentence until now.
...
Then Wang Zhongjun led Jason Constantine over.
"Mr. Tang, Jason was amazed by the filming just now. Let's talk about this movie." Wang Zhongjun glanced at Tang An and left.
"Hello Jason, welcome to the finals banquet."
Tang An smiled and clinked a drink with him.
"Tang, the scene just now was so exciting. Watching the bills floating in the air and filling the entire stadium was really shocking." Jason praised.
Then he added, "If it were exchanged for US dollars, I think this feeling would be even more shocking!"
hehe...
Tang An didn't take it seriously. Americans are so arrogant and look down on other countries in all aspects.
Even my own country's banknotes with Franklin printed on them are much cuter than other countries' currencies.
"I'm very happy to receive your praise." Tang An nodded slightly.
"But, Don, there are too many popcorn movies in Hollywood. They all have big stars, big directors and wonderful special effects. There are only horror movies. Horror movies don't need big directors or big stars. With your ability
, can definitely become a master of horror in Hollywood, just like your companion James Wan, who has established himself in Hollywood with horror films, and it is not impossible to direct A-level large-scale productions in the future."
"We, the Lions, are short of directors like you. I can promise you that if there is a suitable opportunity in the future, I will definitely provide you with an A-level large-scale production project."
Although "Now You See Me" is good, it is almost impossible for a popcorn movie without a big director, big star, or big IP to sell a high box office, and Lions cannot get more films scheduled, so profits are ultimately limited.
He still wanted to persuade Tang An to make a horror movie. This kind of low-cost, low-risk, quick-result movie can be produced in half a year.
Jason looked at Tang An sincerely, almost holding his hand tightly.
When Tang An heard about the A-level production, he immediately became excited and said immediately, "Thank you so much Jason, that is an A-level production."
"But now I still have to concentrate on making this movie. After it is released, I will think of a wonderful story."
"Of course, the most important thing now is to leave the overseas distribution of this movie to me. Lionsgate has a distribution network all over the world, so it will definitely achieve good results!"
Jason nodded with satisfaction and a smile appeared on his lips. He was indeed a young man!
Looking at his leaving figure, Tang An curled his lips in disdain.
How much you look down on him, even using such a childish bait.
It's an A-level big production. Look at the big productions that Lions have participated in from the new century to now. The only big production they have participated in is "The Dark Knight" which has not been released yet, and it is not Lions' turn to make the final decision. This is a Warner film.
The highest cost was "Lord of War" with an investment of 50 million yuan, and the others were all low-cost movies.
Don't say they don't have a project, even if they do, it won't be their turn unless their head is squeezed by the door.
Wen Zhiren had spent 10 years proving himself in Hollywood before filming "Fast and Furious 7".
No matter what, let's trick him into buying the overseas copyright first, and then leave the negotiation to the big and small kings.
After casually dealing with reporters, Tang An returned home.
Tang An did not interfere with the overseas copyright matter. It was not within his scope of authority. He only asked Xu Manyun to occasionally ask about the status of the negotiations.
In the few days after filming was completed, Tang An rested at home, and the film was also used for magnetic transfer.
After completing the magnetic transfer, Tang An spent 5 days cutting out some trailers for promotion.
The outside world is still discussing "Now You See Me" these days, and the scene that night has spread throughout the country through word of mouth from the tens of thousands of viewers at the scene.
But after all, there is no video, and the scene at that time cannot be restored through other people's words.
What about a helmet that travels through time and space, a door to time and space, a sky full of banknotes...
People will be confused when they hear you talk about this. What is this?
But the less I know about it, the more I look forward to it. Fortunately, a reporter with a better writing skills wrote down the whole magic process. Not to mention, the writing is really good and has a strong sense of three-dimensionality.
But it looks like a science fiction short story no matter what. What does it have to do with magic?
Apart from "Now You See Me", there is also some news about "The King of Kung Fu", so the entertainment industry can be considered relatively calm.
Calm.
Before starting editing, Tang An discussed the early publicity with Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei.
In Chairman Huayi's office, three people sat facing each other.
"Director Wang, I have cut 4 more trailers, including Tang Yan's escape magic, Deng Kai's car rollover and explosion, his second performance on the big stage, and the bank robbery scene."
Tang An said, plugged the USB flash drive into the computer and started playing.
Of course, the whole thing will not be shown, for example, the escape magic will only be performed until the piranha pours down and submerges Tangen, and blood continues to gush out.
Several magic tricks were selected for the second performance on the big stage, including Tang Yan's magic trick of wrapping a person in bubbles and floating in the air, and the magic trick of making a rabbit disappear in a box.
The bank robbery scene still needs to maintain this sense of mystery. From the moment they come on stage, the camera flashes by and money rains from the sky.
It has to whet the audience's appetite, and it shouldn't take two months for their enthusiasm to dissipate.
Fortunately, it was released in the summer, so it didn't take that long. If it had been changed to the Lunar New Year movie, it would have made the audience impatient by now.
The combined length of the several trailers is not very long, and they were all released very quickly.
"It's very good. To be honest, I want to see the finished film sooner." Wang Zhongjun said with a smile.
Although I have high hopes for Tang An, I still feel a little worried after not seeing the finished film and having to face the opponent of "Red Cliff".
"Director Wang, we have released three trailers before. Except for the last one, it is best to release them in batches one month before the release. Wait until mid-June before releasing the final trailer. It will be official.
Start publicity." Tang An suggested.
"Yes, the most important trailer cannot be released too early, so as not to alert others and make people suspicious." Wang Zhongjun nodded.
Only the three of them and Xu Manyun knew that "Now You See Me" was preparing to be released in the summer. Even Su Wenjie, director of the distribution department, and Zhu Mo, director of the publicity department, didn't know.
It's not that I don't trust them, it's always better if one of them knows less. I'll hold a meeting at the company two days in advance to formally discuss the release schedule.
"But when will Mr. Tang be able to cut the finished film? If the theaters can't see the finished film, I won't be able to secure enough film schedules." Wang Zhonglei raised a key question.
Although Tang An's past performance could allow theaters to arrange a very high schedule with their eyes closed, but that was also the case when there were no major directors at the same time.
What's more, this is a super war blockbuster "Red Cliff", distributed by two giants, Bernard and China Film, and it is destined to be a big hit.
"If you just give people a film title, it is estimated that less than 40% of the films will be scheduled at most."
This figure is enough for any first-line director to be proud of. Facing "Red Cliff", he got nearly 40% of the film schedule, which can be boasted for a month!
"40% is not enough, especially since we have postponed the release by one week. The first week must significantly exceed the box office of "Red Cliff" in the second week, and the film schedule must not be much less than that of "Red Cliff"."
Tang An pondered for a moment and then asked, "Dr. Wang, how many copies of "Red Cliff" will be released?"
"Not sure, but it should be around 1,200, and the digital theaters will be full." Wang Zhongjun shook his head.
It goes without saying that digital copies are almost zero cost compared to film.
The cost of "Red Cliff" is too high, and the copies should not reach 1,500. I remember that later "Mei Lanfang" had more copies than "Red Cliff".
"Then we will lay out 1,500 copies in the first round. I will try to cut the finished film within 40 days, which happens to be one month before it is released."
Tang An is also willing to go all out. At worst, he will be stuck in the editing room for a month without leaving.
"Well, Mr. Tang will just focus on editing the film, and we will be responsible for the publicity and distribution. Let's work together to win this battle!"
Wang Zhongjun then looked at his younger brother, "Zhonglei, walk around more in the theater area. Eating, drinking and having fun are your strengths."
"Brother, it's very shameless for you to expose my shortcomings in front of Mr. Tang!" Wang Zhonglei said with a bitter smile.
"Mr. Tang is not an outsider. Besides, who doesn't know you yet?"
"Being able to socialize is also a skill. I don't like socializing. I will trouble Mr. Wang more with similar things in the future!" Tang An said with a smile.
Then Wang Zhongjun told Tang An the good news that the lions had reached an agreement.
"Dr. Wang, have all the global copyrights been sold?" Tang An asked immediately.
Start publicity immediately, it’s time to spend money.
Moreover, overseas copyrights are sold at a good price, so they won’t worry so much when spending money on the mainland, since they won’t lose money anyway.
"The full overseas copyright is worth US$13 million. The contract has been signed and the money will be received within a month." Wang Zhonglei said with a smile.
The production fee was only 70 million, but the overseas copyright was sold for a full 100 million, which is almost a guaranteed profit.
Although it can’t compare to Zhang Yimou’s sales of more than 200 million, it can’t compare to “The King of Kung Fu” which sold 31 million US dollars in North America and Asia alone.
But as a non-costume Chinese-language film, this price is already high enough. After all, the overseas copyright fee for "The Banquet" is only so much.
Tang An has also become one of the few directors in China who can sell overseas copyrights worth 100 million yuan!
He also breathed a sigh of relief. One hundred million was enough to squander money in the mainland.
But he thought of a key question again, "When is the other party going to release it?"
"Around Halloween, Jason said that the mysterious theme of magic is just right for Halloween and that he would try to get it into mainstream theaters. I didn't say our schedule either," Wang Zhongjun said.
Mainstream theaters, unlike before, it can only be shown in rural theaters, community theaters and some remote areas.
This means that "Now You See Me" will enter the eyes of audiences across the United States. Although there will not be too many films scheduled, at least there will be one or two during prime time in every movie theater in major cities in the United States!
That's enough!
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PS: 4000 words combined into one chapter is here.
I have been busy all morning and have pressed the keyboard on my mobile phone for 5 hours from noon to now to write it out. Fortunately, I finished it before getting off work.