Chapter 373 'The Legend of Zhen Huan' 1/13, for the breeze and drizzle of 30,000
"Avatar" can no longer be described as a big hit. It sold 52 million in a single day and 225 million in five days. This is something no one expected.
The 11 IMAX giant screens across the country are full 24 hours a day, day or night, and some people who bought tickets even took time off to watch the movie.
The same goes for the only 700 screens. Tickets for the next day were basically sold out in the morning.
Cinemas with IMAX and 3D screening rooms have rarely experienced queues comparable to those during the Spring Festival.
In this era, movie tickets can only be pre-sold one day in advance. If tomorrow's tickets are sold out, you won't be able to buy tickets for the day after tomorrow. You have to queue up early tomorrow morning.
Some viewers even watched three shows on the same day, including the 2D, 3D, and IMAX3D versions.
As different viewing effects such as IMAX, regular 3D, and 2D become known to the audience, tickets for all 3D screens will become unavailable unless you go in the morning.
You even have to queue up early in the morning for IMAX tickets!
Nowadays, 3D ticket prices have almost doubled, and IMAX tickets have even risen to 700 yuan, making it still hard to get a ticket!
Almost all of the 11 theaters with IMAX were operating at full capacity, and the ticket booking phone was ringing all day long.
Most cinemas have canceled half-price tickets on Tuesdays, and some people even raise ticket prices privately for profit. All the extra money goes to the cinemas and is not included in the total box office, and neither theater chains nor producers can get it.
Nowadays, "Avatar" has become a social phenomenon, and people's chat objects have changed from celebrities and TV series to movies.
Audiences who have watched IMAX are proud of this and constantly brag to their relatives and friends.
There are 11 IMAX screens, and the movie lasts 160 minutes. Including the intervals in between, it can only show a maximum of 88 shows a day. Very few people have seen the IMAX version.
It is said that many companies are now preparing to produce 3D movies, and the threshold of these well-known special effects companies in China is almost crossed.
And after learning that 3D conversion technology was available, and it only cost 5 to 6 million to convert already scheduled 2D movies into 3D format, many producers did not hesitate to spend the money.
Anyone who doesn't turn is a fool. Anyone with a discerning eye knows how much the audience is now pursuing 3D.
And some movies that have been produced are currently considering whether to convert them to 3D before releasing them.
As for Tang An, as early as when the single-day box office of "Avatar" exceeded 50 million, he, Yu Dong, Wang Changtian, and Qin Hong decided to add an additional 40 million to the 3D conversion cost of "Edge of Tomorrow".
Others spent 5 million to convert, but they spent 40 million, and the effect is obvious at a glance. After watching many of these 3D subtitled movies, and watching "Edge of Tomorrow" again, it will definitely be a huge contrast.
Tang An can't get this money right now. Fortunately, he doesn't need it now. He will have the money after "囧囧" is released.
A lot of places require money. "Painted Skin" started shooting a few days ago, and he interviewed several directors, all of whom were new directors who later became somewhat famous.
Wang Wei, the director of "White Night", is a stupid kid. He is only 21 years old this year. He didn't even go to college, let alone directing. He used to work as an intern in advertising to learn PS, 3D, and make renderings, and then went to
Learn animation.
After I finished my studies, I went to a wedding company and was responsible for editing. I started from scratch, and now I just started shooting weddings.
Just like this, a stupid young man came for an interview just because the Han-Tang recruitment announcement said that once selected, he would be able to direct a TV series on his own within one year.
Tang An also kept him to study with a certain crew for two years, and he was regarded as a reserve talent.
The director of "Undocumented Crime", Lu Xing, has just graduated from the Beijing Film Studio. He is considered a new director with a professional background. Some of the short stories he shot while in school were pretty good.
It would be great to be able to pick two out of the seven or eight newcomers, but we can't use them directly yet. Let's start with the drama management.
Their later famous works were all crime-solving web dramas. They had a good grasp of the rhythm and were not sluggish at all, which is very good.
We also invited some directors born in the 1970s, such as Xu Jizhou and Du Jiang, who are all relatively capable.
But they had also made a name for themselves, and even if Tang An gave him a promise, they were not willing to take the risk.
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Come to the company and call Yaning.
A company must have a copyright library, not just for immediate use, but at least for novels and screenplays of all categories.
"President Ya, please sit down. How are the copyright talks going?"
Yaning, who had half-white hair, did not show any politeness and sat down across from him. At the same time, he handed the document in his hand to Tang An.
He explained, "The physical sales of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" have now exceeded 10 million copies. It is a very best-selling novel. The website still feels that the price is too low. The TV series copyright of "Tomb Raiders" went smoothly and the price is cheap.
Chairman, you also know that even if it is adapted into a TV series, it cannot be broadcast on TV."
"We must get "Ghost Blowing the Lamp", and we need the film, television, and game rights, but we don't have to spend a lot of money on it."
The copyrights of novels in this era were not valuable at all, and could not even be sold at all. Not to mention that the supreme gods later paid tens of millions for them, and no one wanted even a hundred thousand.
"In addition to the ones I have designated, you should also take a look at the novels that are famous, have potential, and may be adapted, and make a list."
"Okay, Chairman." Yaning nodded.
Not long after he left, Zhuang Liqi knocked on the door and came in.
"Chairman."
"Mr. Zhuang, has Zheng Xiaolong agreed?" Tang An asked him with a smile as he asked him to sit down.
Tang An decided to find someone to film "The Legend of Zhen Huan" first, but there was no director in the company, so the newcomer was unreliable.
Although TV dramas are the art of screenwriting, and as long as the director follows the script, there won't be much of a problem, but Tang An still wants to find the original director first.
Zhuang Liqi nodded and said with a smile, "I have cooperated with him before at the Huaguo TV Drama Company. Liulianzi also wrote two episodes of the script. I showed him the two episodes of the script and the novel and agreed.
Already."
"That's good. Let's prepare this TV series first. The project will be approved as soon as the script comes out. Let Zheng Xiaolong choose the actors himself. As long as our actors are used first." Tang An nodded.
"囧囧" will be released in February, and by then the filming of the TV series will begin and there will be money.
"However, the chairman, Director Zheng, requires the Beijing TV Drama Art Center to participate in the investment, at least 30% of the share, and to participate in the sharing of all profits."
Tang An didn't find it strange at all to this request. Zheng Xiaolong is the director of the Beijing TV Drama Art Center, and all the TV series he filmed before were funded by the art center.
"30% investment is fine, but we can only participate in the first three rounds of sharing. All subsequent profits will belong to us, and the full copyright will be retained." Tang An thought for a moment.
Later, even when "The Legend of Zhen Huan" was re-broadcast three years later, it could sell for a lot of the first-run price of a TV series, and it was re-broadcast so many times that the follow-up would definitely be a hen that keeps laying eggs.
"No problem, we should be able to negotiate this." Zhuang Liqi nodded. After three rounds, it was almost worthless.
"How much salary does Zheng Xiaolong want?" Tang An asked again.
"180,000 per episode."
"160,000, try your best to negotiate."
160,000 per episode is already the price of a top TV drama director, and it is also worthy of Zheng Xiaolong's net worth.
For more than 70 episodes of TV series, the salary is tens of millions.
As things are arranged one after another, the supervisors of the following departments will naturally be responsible for these, and they are all very professional. Tang An does not need to worry about the follow-up matters.
Otherwise, there are the two presidents and general managers, Chen Guofu and Xu Manyuan.
If he has to keep an eye on any project from beginning to end, then the chairman who is still doing shit will be exhausted sooner or later.
Almost all the company's projects for next year have been finalized.
"Edge of Tomorrow", "Painted Skin 2", and the upcoming "囧".
"The Happy Past of Lao Ma's Family", "The Legend of Zhen Huan".
Film and television dramas are being developed in parallel. When funds become abundant next year, we will start building cinemas in third-tier cities and spend money to expand publicity and distribution channels.
I had a meal with Chen Guofu at noon and talked about the preparations for "Edge of Tomorrow".
Some indoor scenes and outdoor scenes have been prepared and can be shot first.
The start-up time is scheduled for January 4th, so that everyone can celebrate New Year's Day.