More than 20 days have passed since November 10, 2009. During this period, Tang An was almost annoyed to death by those reporters. At first, he would go out every two days to make an appearance, and later he would not accept interviews at all for several days.
The previous incident between him and Brother Chen Kai was speculated for more than 20 days, but Brother Chen Kai was also very busy and did not have much time for interviews. Most of them were made up by the reporters themselves.
No matter what, Tang An is now facing off against Chen Kai, and everyone is waiting to see if Tang An can get more than five times the box office of "The Orphan of Zhao" during next year's Lunar New Year.
At that time, someone will definitely be embarrassed, it depends on who it is.
The feasibility of leaning towards Tang An is high after all. After all, Brother Chen Kai is also a famous director, and "Mei Lanfang" has a box office of over 100 million.
If "The Orphan of Zhao" had a box office of 200 million, wouldn't "Edge of Tomorrow" have a box office of 1 billion?
It's impossible even if you think about it.
However, after all, Tang An is also the current box office record holder in mainland film history, so not many people question him.
Tang An has accumulated enough fans through 5 different types of movies in 5 years. Although Chen Kaige won the Cannes Palme d'Or with "Farewell My Concubine", 16 years have passed.
Nowadays, this movie is very famous, but it has been so long ago that many younger movie fans cannot understand the influence of this movie.
Just like "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon", which won the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film 9 years ago and also earned 100 million US dollars at the box office in North America. It was such a sensation.
When talking about these two movies, they must be very awesome, but today's young people definitely don't know how awesome they are.
No one in the industry who is not discerning dares to join in the popularity, otherwise they will definitely be treated as cannon fodder.
However, as a backbone of the fifth generation of directors, Chen Kaige still has a large network of connections, but there are a few unknown directors of artistic films who have jumped out.
Their films never sell at the domestic box office, so naturally they are not afraid of Tang An.
If you can win an award or an important nomination by going to those film festivals in Europe, you will make a lot of money.
Another one is Lu Chuan, who has received 80 million in funds from four or five investors and is about to start a big fight. His self-confidence is so high that he can't help but stand on Chen Kai's side and say a few words.
He also kept emphasizing that he would compete for the summer season next year, but Tang An went to the Lunar New Year stage again.
The implication is that Tang An ran away.
Tang An was also speechless towards him. He always stayed at the summer stall and said he didn't dare to go to the New Year stall.
Now at the Lunar New Year stall, they say he ran away.
I'm afraid it's not that he has to wait until he masters the art of cloning. If he shoots 12 movies a year and releases one every month, no one will say that.
In China, people have double standards when it comes to speaking and treating others. In the past two years, Tang An went to the Golden Rooster and Hundred Flowers Film Festival several times, but he didn't win any awards. People said that he was young and that young directors are inexperienced and need more training.
As a result, Ning Hao didn't win a single award this year, and his tone completely changed. It was a pity that he didn't win an award, and young directors need encouragement.
It's a pity that others didn't win the award and need encouragement. Tang An is still young and not in a hurry. He needs to exercise more.
What nonsense!
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On this day, Tang An came to Tiangong Yicai. After a month, he passed multiple plans and finally stepped up to produce several sets of exoskeleton mechas.
As early as a week ago, Tang An asked Huayi to send audition invitations to some domestic Mesozoic stars.
Except for Chen Kun, who has no schedule, everyone with similar image and figure has been invited.
Tang An asked them to keep it a secret. If it were revealed at this time that "Edge of Tomorrow" has begun casting, it would probably become even more popular.
This time, Chang Hongsong came down to greet him personally. When he saw Tang An coming, he quickly walked a few steps to greet him.
"Mr. Tang is here."
"Hello, Mr. Chang."
Tang An shook hands with him and said with a smile, "How's it going? Are all the actors here?"
"Everyone is here and waiting."
"Then let's go up too." Tang An nodded and walked towards the company.
Chang Hongsong followed behind and asked tentatively, "Mr. Tang, all the actors here this time are male actors. When will the female lead audition?"
Tang An smiled and said, "The heroine will wait for two days. I will inform Mr. Chang then."
Chang Hongsong didn't ask any more questions. This time Tang An only auditioned for the male lead. He was entrusted by Wang Zhonglei to find out about the female lead.
When I arrived at the Tiangong Yicai warehouse, I asked two people to move an exoskeleton mecha to a temporarily vacated conference room.
"Director Tang, this mecha is suitable for people with a height of about 180 and a strong body. The height can fluctuate up to 5cm. When the actor is determined, if the size is not suitable, we can make another one." Chang Hongsong explained.
"This is troublesome, Mr. Chang."
"Let's audition first. Mr. Chang will inform them to line up outside in ten minutes and come in one by one."
"Do you need makeup?"
"Need not."
"Then I'll ask someone to make arrangements."
In the conference room next door, seven or eight actors were waiting. They were all actors in the golden age group of 30-40 years old, and all of them were very tall and had a strong appearance. They gathered the most qualified actors from the Mesozoic generation.
actor.
Except for a few who are not well-known, such as Feng Shaofeng, whose family has a lot of money, and Huayi Fortress came to audition for a formality, they are all well-known stars, no matter how bad they are, they have been popular in the past.
The content of the movie was unknown, and no one knew what they were auditioning for. Some people set their sights on Wang Xiaoming and Lu Yi.
The two of them only knew that the character this time was a soldier. Not to mention that they didn't know the specific situation, even if they knew it, they wouldn't be able to tell.
Finally, someone couldn't help but come forward and said, "Lu Yi, Xiao Ming, you must know something about the situation. Can you tell me what role you play this time?"
Lu Yi shook his head, "Director Tang has not disclosed the script to anyone, and I don't know either."
Wang Xiaoming also shook his head.
No matter how they try to establish friendship, they both shake their heads and don't know, and the others have no choice but to give up. Even if they knew it, they wouldn't say anything.
Someone immediately came and told them to line up outside, and the audition would begin in 10 minutes.
The first person to enter was Shao Bin, who was tall and tall. However, he came out with a strange expression within three minutes of entering.
The people behind him quickly asked him, but he didn't answer.
The next two people went in and stayed for two minutes and eight minutes respectively, which made the people behind worried.
Then Wang Xiaoming arrived. He straightened his collar with a confident look on his face, knocked on the door, and strode in.
"Director Tang."
"Well, Xiao Ming, just stay here for 10 minutes and then go out." Tang An, who was behind the table, nodded and smiled.
???
What's going on?
Wang Xiaoming looked confused, and then he felt ecstatic.
Could it be that he has been determined by default and is just going through the motions?
This should be the case. Director Tang said at the Golden Rooster Awards that he is fairer and more handsome than Zhang Hanyu.
Wang Xiaoming thought happily, but Tang An's next words made him dumbfounded.