Chapter 286 Bernard's independence is fully determined!)
"Big news, the 300 million director is in preparation for a new film, and will shoot a reality-themed blockbuster to tell the story of entrepreneurship!"
"Tang An's new film is confirmed, let's show you how to start a business in "Chinese Partner"!"
"Today I received confirmation from director Tang An that the new film has been confirmed to be a film about entrepreneurship and will be named "Chinese Partner"!"
"Tang An, the champion of Chinese film history, will once again challenge unpopular themes and teach audiences how to start a business."
"Beyond the gorgeous stunts and exciting suspense stories, this time Tang An will return to the essence of the movie and tell a story about contemporary young people starting their own businesses."
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Just after the press conference ended, reporters from the online media at the scene immediately posted the news.
At this time, "Painted Skin" has already exceeded 200 million, and is unlikely to exceed 300 million. It is just a bit "outdated".
The news about Tang An's new film happened to be a relay, and it took turns to occupy the pages of major news websites with "Painted Skin".
Many people are skeptical about this entrepreneurial theme. After all, this type of movie has no special effects, is not particularly funny, and does not have a thrilling story. It can easily become a lengthy and boring biographical movie.
However, some major media outlets have not pessimistically. After all, they only know a theme and title, but the specifics have not yet been determined.
When we were filming "The Wind", many people said that there was a high probability that a spy film would be made, but as a result, it was a success at the box office and in terms of reputation.
At the beginning of "Now You See Me", no one would have guessed that Tang An could perfectly integrate magic into the movie. The whole movie is so exciting that you can't stop at all.
As for this entrepreneurial movie, who knows what elements will be added to it.
What if it's about black technology entrepreneurship, and finally I'll get you an alien...
Otherwise, if it involves national secrets and attracts foreign spies, it will become a spy film...
Or about biology, causing genetic mutation, turning into a disaster movie...
Anyway, judging from Tang An's past five films, it will definitely not be a boring biographical movie, nor will it be a documentary.
Of course, some very unscrupulous small gossip websites don’t care so much and just write whatever can increase clicks.
The audience also immediately saw the news from major websites. There is nothing strange about Tang An's new film. Basically, preparations start at this time every year and it will be released in the summer.
It’s just that this subject matter is very rare, and there aren’t even many of them at all.
"It's a movie about entrepreneurship. I really didn't expect this. I originally thought it was a comedy, an adventure, or a disaster movie!"
"Everyone will call him from now on: Don - Unconventional - An. Are there any good entrepreneurial movies? Is it the struggle history of a small person? Or is it the protagonist who has a smooth journey and develops into a business tycoon? I might as well lie in my garden and watch Bill Gates
The biographies are at least a little more reliable than the movies."
"Boss, this B pretends to be 6. My back garden is smaller, more than two acres."
"Do you live at the foot of the mountain upstairs?"
"Haha, it's just you!"
"Can I still be happy and show off!"
"Actually, movies are meant to be story-telling and entertaining, and they are not meant to teach you how to start a business. Why should it be so rigorous?"
"+1, if it is too rigorous, it will become a biographical film or documentary. It can be exaggerated appropriately."
“I just don’t know which industry’s entrepreneurial history it is, so it’s best not to have too many loopholes.”
"Eighty percent of it is the Internet. This kind of photography is easy to do and it keeps up with the times."
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Most of the discussion was focused on the movie, and there were high expectations. I was not disappointed because of the entrepreneurial theme.
Several movies of different genres in the past have allowed movie fans to develop a big heart, which is still acceptable.
As soon as Yu Dong came back from Bernard Group, the heads of several departments came together.
"Yu Dong, what does Tang An mean by his sudden announcement of a new film? What about the promotion of "Painted Skin" now?"
The Director of the Propaganda Department had a big headache. In just over two hours, half of the news on the entertainment pages of major portal websites was occupied by Tang An's new film.
The original hot topic "Painted Skin", the comparison between Chen Kun and several young and old students at the same time, the conflict between the two heroines, etc., combined, are not as good as Tang An.
This made him very hurt. He recalled that at a previous industry gathering, he joked with the director of China Film Promotion Department about Tang An's new film being completely defeated in the publicity field when "Transformers" and "Red Cliff" were released.
I didn't expect that it would be my turn now. I could have earned 40 to 50 million yuan at the box office in the future, but now I think half of it will be enough.
Several other department heads were also a little unhappy.
Zhang Ziming, director of the distribution department, said angrily, "Yu Dong, what does Tang An mean? He invested half of his investment in "Painted Skin", and we are already interested in him. Don't forget that he still has two movies that we want to distribute!"
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Zhang Ziming's intention is very obvious. The release of the two movies "Spike" and "Unfortunately" has given him some obstacles.
After hearing their complaints, Yu Dong still had that indifferent smile on his face.
He waved his hand and said, "This has nothing to do with Tang An. He won't have trouble with money. It should be Wang Zhongjun who did it and didn't want to see us in the limelight."
Some of them wanted to talk again, but Dudong stopped them.
"You all go and do your work, Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zheng will stay here for a while."
The heads of several other departments had no choice but to leave the office, leaving Zhang Ziming, director of the distribution department, and Zheng Ye, director of the production department.
Yu Dong's face immediately became serious and he said slowly.
"Let's start the plan. Before the end of this year, I will completely separate from Poly Huayi and turn Poly Bernard into our Bernard Film Group!"
this...
Zhang Ziming and Zheng Ye looked at each other. Yu Dong had been preparing this plan for a long time. Only a few close associates in the entire company knew about it. However, they did not expect that Yu Dong would complete the company's reorganization by the end of the year.
"Dong Yu, have you thought about it?"
"I have decided that Huayi is of no use to us in the film industry now. It's time." Yu Dong said firmly.
In 2003, he led Bernard to merge with Oriental Dragon and became a subsidiary of Poly Huayi. Bernard only held 49% of the shares, and the company name also added the prefix Poly.
For the past six years, Bernard has occupied more than 20% of the Chinese-language film box office market share for four consecutive years, becoming the largest film distribution company in the country.
But last year, it was overtaken by Huayi, which didn't even produce a movie.
"I know what you are worried about. Tang An and I have already agreed to start the sequel to "Painted Skin" next year after Wu Ershan and Chen Kun finish filming their movie."
"And I plan to take advantage of the popularity of "Painted Skin" to create a movie starring Chen Kun and Zhao Wei, plus "October Siege", "Under the Red Cliff", and "The Founding of the People's Republic of China", and invest and release four blockbusters next year
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"Painted Skin 2 will be released in 10 years. With the bonus of the first film, the box office will definitely not be low. At least we have two years, which is enough!"
"But as for the Poly Wanhe cinema chain, once it leaves Poly Huayi, Poly Group will definitely not hand over the cinema chain to your management."
In addition to looking at China Art's production capabilities, the Polywanhe Cinemas under its umbrella was also a big reason, and Yu Dong has also been serving as the president.
Although it barely ranks among the top ten theater chains in mainland China in terms of scale, it still has 50 cinemas and nearly 200 screens.
Nowadays, there are only 1,600 movie theaters in the mainland with 4,200 screens, which already accounts for one-twentieth of the total. This is very objective.
China Film Xingmei, the largest theater chain in the mainland, only has 300 screens.
"I hope it can end peacefully!" Yu Dong shook his head and sighed.
He was still thinking about something Tang An said casually at the banquet.
Yu Dong jokingly asked him if he had any entrepreneurial ideas since he was making entrepreneurial movies.
"Who can say for sure!" Tang An replied casually.
Yes, who can say for sure? Isn’t it better to be the master of one’s own business than to work for someone else?
"Painted Skin" was a hit at the box office. As long as the subsequent two low-budget films have a good box office and the three consecutive films are successful, there's no guarantee that Tang An won't have other ideas.
"Mr. Zhang, "Wolf Fang" and "People on the Road" must be released with all their strength!" Yu Dong immediately ordered.