September slowly passed, and Tang An was still preparing his script.
During this period, Wang Zhongjun helped Tang An get to know the three founders of New Oriental and obtained their consent.
After all, it is a movie based on other people, so no matter what, you must at least win the approval of others.
But I told them not to reveal it yet. Now that "Painted Skin" is about to be released, don't let your new film steal the spotlight. That will be troublesome, and you will still lose.
In the following time, Tang An continued to write the script, writing the first draft first, and then making adjustments after deciding on the actors.
When I was in Huayi, people kept trying to contact me, and they all wanted a role or something.
Too annoying.
It's actually very bad to be an artist agent in a film and television production company. Sometimes the boss is stupid and gives roles to his subordinates regardless of whether they are suitable or not.
TV dramas are okay. As long as they are famous, find a reliable script, find a few veteran actors to act as actors, be more conscientious about costumes and scenery, and then sell them to a TV station with decent ratings, basically the first few in the same period.
The ratings are gone.
But the movie can't be like this. It's only 90 minutes in total, and every detail has to be done well.
One or two supporting characters may not have much impact. If most of the characters are blindly focused on reputation and the company's emphasis on their own people, it will be strange if the film is successful.
Tang An rejected all the people who came, without exception, and told them to go to Wang Zhongjun.
In addition to the script, I also pay attention to the promotion of "Painted Skin" from time to time.
As the only blockbuster released on National Day, Chen Kun, Zhao Wei, Zou Xun, Yang Mi, and Zhao Wenzhuo are also very popular, and the popularity of "Painted Skin" is still very high.
In addition, Bernard deliberately publicized the disagreement between the two heroines. It was first revealed that they kicked each other's stools on the set, and then had a big quarrel on the set.
People who work in the same industry are enemies, not to mention the fact that they are the same four major stars. The fans of both sides are inseparable.
First, Zou Xun's fans changed the information about "Painted Skin" on Baidu, Sogou, Wiki and other encyclopedias, and removed Zhao Wei's name.
Then the scolding war started. Everywhere they went, fans from both sides would boo the other side and even abuse them.
However, the situation was controlled within an acceptable range and no major troubles occurred.
Of course, my name was also mentioned during the promotion, and my name on the poster was larger than everyone else's font.
On July 26, the National Day schedule officially started with the release of "Hold the Call".
Although the popularity and capacity of the National Day schedule is only half that of the summer and Lunar New Year schedules, it is still considered a big schedule in the movie market.
"Hold the Call" is adapted from the Hollywood movie "A Chance of Living" from a few years ago, starring Louis Koo, Zhang Jiahui, Liu Ye, and Xu Xiyuan. It is considered a good police action movie.
But in this era, there is no market for police and gangster movies, and it only received 3 million at the box office on the first day.
At around 5 p.m., the world premiere of "Painted Skin" was held at the Bernard International Cinemas on Puhuangyu Road in Beijing.
Today it was rare for Tang An to come out of the office and go outdoors.
Meet the crew and say hello.
I looked at the huge poster on the outer wall of the theater, and the four bold words "Produced by Tang An" were particularly obvious.
"Director Wu, I'm troubling you with the publicity during this period."
"Mr. Tang, you're welcome."
The crew was having a great time, and there was no trace of any disharmony.
Hype is a normal thing. Some people hype it up when movies or TV series are released. Others do it 365 days a year and want to stay on trending searches every day.
The former is normal. Tang An himself has to work hard to promote it, and no one is exempt.
But the hype every day is a bit too much, and I either get scolded by this or get dissed by others.
Considering that he spends half of the year on trending searches, do those who are at odds with him really have any grudges?
Most of them are just promoting each other, you want to be popular and I want to be famous, everyone gets what they want, and it is common for even to care about others and scold oneself.
This is all child's play.
Tang An led the crew onto the red carpet. As soon as he stepped on it, there was a burst of cheers.
I smiled and waved as I walked forward, occasionally stopping to sign my name and take a photo.
"Tang An! Tang An!"
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"Thank you for your support!"
After signing your name, say something.
As he walked all the way inside, the cheers caused by the others behind him were no less loud than his.
Especially Zhao Zhaowei is definitely the most popular among these people.
After getting off the red carpet and entering the interview area, reporters immediately surrounded me.
"Director Tang, did you shoot "Painted Skin"?"
A reporter asked a silly question. Wasn't Wu Ershan written in the director column? Why did he film it?
However, Tang An still answered with a smile.
"This was filmed by director Wu Ershan, and I was just the producer."
"Then have you participated in the filming of a movie?"
"No, I only visited the studio occasionally and supervised the on-site shooting, without much intervention."
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After dealing with reporters, we entered the screening room.
"Director Wu, don't worry about anything else during this period. First, do a good job in promoting "Painted Skin". The crew of "The Sword of Swordsman" will make preparations after the film is finished."
Chen Kun, the male lead of "The Sword Sees Laughter" has already been negotiated. After all, he is also the leading actor in the movie, so there is no reason not to agree.
However, Zou Xun still declined due to scheduling reasons, so he could only use Zhang Yuqi as originally planned.
Wu Ershan immediately said, "Don't worry, Mr. Tang, I will definitely focus on "Painted Skin"."
Needless to say, Tang An also understood that "Painted Skin", as the first film he directed, was a large-scale production with an investment of more than 60 million yuan, and there must be no mistakes.
It's not even certain that Tang An will give up the investment for "The Sword Sees Laughter" by then, but he has no doubts about the integrity of the filmmakers.
Tang An asked again, "Chen Kun hasn't signed the contract yet, has he?"
"I haven't signed it yet. I want to wait until I finish "Painted Skin" to talk about it together."
Tang An shook his head, "I don't care about the others. Chen Kun's contract is signed first."
"Mr. Tang, are you so sure that "Painted Skin" will be a big hit?" Wu Ershan couldn't help but ask.
Tang An has told Wu Ershan twice before that once "Painted Skin" becomes a hit, Chen Kun's salary will definitely increase significantly. The contract must be finalized first.
"Director Wu, if you don't have confidence in yourself, why should the audience willingly spend money to enter the cinema?"
Tang An dropped a word and came to Yu Dong's side again.
"Dr. Yu, I'll leave it to you to do the publicity during this period."
"Mr. Tang, you're welcome. I also have an investment in this. It's all my responsibility." Yu Dong waved his hand.
"It will be fully released in the early morning. Once the box office comes out, Yu Dong will have to increase the number of copies immediately. If you miss the holiday, the loss will be huge."
"Mr. Tang is still so sure, 15 million is not a small number."
Yu Dong doesn't know where Tang An got his confidence. He still doesn't believe in 15 million.
Not to mention 15 million, if there are 123 on the first day, he can immediately add 400 copies and put them out.