"Thank you for your hard work during this period. Everyone eats and drinks well. Today you are free to eat and drink. As long as the hotel has it, you can eat whatever you want. You can order whatever you want!"
"Thank you, director!"
"Director, let me toast you!"
"We respect Director Tang."
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The closing banquet was held in a five-star hotel near the Ministry of National Defense, and a banquet hall was reserved. Tang An, the senior management of the crew and the leading actors did not go into the box specially, everyone just ate and drank together.
They came to toast one by one. After drinking seven or eight glasses in a row, I was almost getting a little drunk.
Stopping everyone who wanted to toast, Tang An waved his hand and said, "Come, let's have a drink together!"
Another cup, and I ate a few bites of food before I calmed down.
It finally stopped.
At the dinner table, we talked about some interesting things about filming and chatted with them about our future work.
After filming a movie, except for one company, it will probably be several months before we meet again. I don’t know if we can collaborate in the future.
"By the way, Deng Chao, how is the filming of "Detective Dee: The Tongtian Empire" going?"
"My few scenes have been filmed, and I think it should be finished in more than half a month."
"Old Monster Xu's last movie was probably five years ago. After five years of sharpening his sword, there is one more good movie this year." Tang An said with a smile.
Then he looked at Zhang Hanyu and said, "I seem to be the only one you have filmed this year, right?"
"I don't have any other movies this year. I'm going to shoot "Water Margin" next month, and after that I'll have "The Founding of an Army."" Zhang Hanyu nodded and replied.
"Why, didn't Lao Fei get a role for you? Just one TV series and one group play in two years?" Tang An said with a smile.
"Director Tang, it's not like you don't know that I have a narrow acting career. Mr. Fei is now helping me negotiate a role in "The Legend of Hongmen Banquet"."
"The Legend of Hongmen Banquet, that's no problem. Jiangning TV is the second largest investor in this film, and Mr. Song of Starlight International also has a good relationship with you, Mr. Wang."
"But last time I was on the set of "The Heart of the Palace", I heard Feng Shaofeng say that he took the lead role in this film, playing Xiang Yu, opposite Li Ming. Director Wang was trying to praise him."
Feng Shaofeng is not much different from a cheater in the entertainment industry. He has a lot of big productions and film and television drama male protagonists, but he didn't play his cards well.
His acting skills are actually quite good, and "The Legend of Hongmen Banquet" is one of the few films in which he acted well.
This is at least one of the top five costume films in the country. Apart from a few random changes in history and a big pot helmet, it has almost no shortcomings. It has top-notch costumes, scenery, graphics, and action scenes.
It doesn't matter if history is changed. "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" itself is a novel that tampered with history.
The key is that it was not corrected, which caused a lot of criticism and covered up the movie itself.
Any costume film and television drama is made with a few random changes, and it depends on whether the audience can accept the changes.
Just like the imperial edicts of the Ming and Qing dynasties always begin with "Inherited by heaven, the emperor decreed", this sentence is broken into the wrong sentence.
The correct sentence fragment should be "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor, the edict said", Fengtian Chengyun is a modifier for the emperor.
But if you break a sentence like the one below on TV, it will 100% be sprayed with "s".
Moreover, before the Ming Dynasty, there was no such thing as "Fengtian Chengyun Emperor". This modifier came from the Fengtian Palace built by Zhu Yuanzhang for himself.
Another theory comes from a Dagui inscribed with "Fengtian Fazu".
This term was not recorded in any literature review before the Ming Dynasty.
The imperial edict is also often used incorrectly. It is only used to inform the world.
There are too many similar scenarios. People don't look at whether it is correct, but only look at whether it is what they usually know.
What's even more outrageous is that in a Han Dynasty TV series, the prince recited the "Three Character Classic" in front of the emperor's father. The director had the ability to ask him to recite it backwards, and put "Gao Zuxing, Han industry was established. To Xiaoping, Wang Mang usurped"
"Guangwuxing, for the Eastern Han Dynasty. After four hundred years, it was finally dedicated." Recite these sentences.
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Although he has starred in movies that have exceeded 200 million many times, and he is the best actor in Golden Horse, Hundred Flowers, and Huabiao, and his resources are not as rich as those of a newcomer who just joined Huayi, there is no disappointment or resentment on Zhang Hanyu's face.
After talking so much, Tang An saw that his expression remained unchanged, so he stopped talking.
Later, many big names in Huayi left to set up studios, but Zhang Hanyu has not left yet, which shows that he does not have much ambition.
The banquet didn't end until 10 o'clock, so Tang An didn't go home and stayed in the hotel directly.
The next day I woke up and went to Tiangong Yicai to see how the special effects and modeling were going.
Editing will still have to wait a few days, but "Painted Skin 2" has been edited and special effects are being done.
Tang An looked at the semi-finished product. It was slightly different from the original version, but it was just a passing film.
I exchanged views on special effects with Xiao Yang and others, and told them not to neglect quality in order to rush the work.
After dinner, I arrived at the group in the afternoon and held a meeting with middle-level and above management.
First, the progress of several projects was reported, the Director of the Marketing Department of the TV Drama Division said.
"Chairman, the first-round broadcast rights of "Lao Ma's Happy Past" have sold 1 million episodes, and were jointly purchased by Anwei TV and CCTV 8."
For 47 episodes, the total was 47 million, with a cost of 30 million. Later, an additional 5 million was added, and the first round earned 12 million.
Nowadays, major TV stations have not been occupied by various costume idol dramas, martial arts idol dramas, urban idol dramas, fairy idol dramas, and fantasy idol dramas. There is still a huge market for reality-themed TV dramas.
It shouldn’t be difficult to sell the remaining rounds for five to six million yuan, and this one show has a profit of more than 30 million yuan.
Sure enough, TV dramas still make money.
"Do a good job in publicity and the Propaganda Department will also cooperate to try to get a good price for the second and third round broadcast rights."
The marketing department of the TV drama division is responsible for the TV drama business, and the publicity department is responsible for the movie business, but most of the time they still cooperate with each other.
"How is the filming progress of "The Legend of Zhen Huan"?" Tang An asked again.
"Everything goes well, it is expected to be completed in two months at the latest." The director of the production department of the TV drama division immediately replied.
"Painted Skin 2 will be released in two months. How is the plan of the publicity department?"
"Chairman, I have already had a meeting with Bernard and Guangxian's publicity department. This is the publicity plan we discussed."
Tang An took it and flipped through a few pages. Zhu Mo added, "It still focuses on the previous scandals and disagreements between the three leading actors, but this time it is true, and the paparazzi secretly captured photos of the two of them confronting each other."
"Just do this and ask them to cooperate." Tang An nodded.
Then the financial director Wang Wei reported on the financial status of the group.
"Chairman, the production share, distribution share, TV copyright, online copyright, and audio-visual copyright of "囧囧" have been received. The total is 260 million yuan. The overseas copyright has just been sold for a total of 2 million US dollars."
It also sold for US$2 million overseas, which was beyond Tang An's expectation.
But it’s normal to think about it. After all, with the box office of 700 million, there are always people who want to try their luck. There are so many countries in the world, and as long as one or two countries sell well, they will not lose money.
This is more than 270 million in cash. He originally thought he would finally have money, but after hearing the report, he is still heavily in debt.
"Thailand" loaned 110 million.
"The Happy Past of Lao Ma's Family" has a loan of 35 million.
"Painted Skin 2" loan 30 million
"Edge of Tomorrow" received a loan of 80 million.
"The Legend of Zhen Huan" received a loan of 50 million.
This owed the bank 300 million. In addition to the 330 million owed to the bank for the 210 houses, Tang An now owed the bank a total of 630 million.
Sure enough, the bigger and more successful the business becomes, the more money it owes.
If you owe, you owe, and banks are eager to owe more. If you ask the group for a loan, it's hard to say whether you can get a loan of 1 billion or 500 million, but the major banks will rush to give it to you.
If you owe money, you are the uncle. How good it feels to be the uncle.
The overseas distribution department has almost been established, and Chen Guofu is looking for candidates to head the department.
But this is an empty shell, with no overseas distribution capabilities. It is mainly responsible for contacting some low-cost movies and high-quality adaptation projects.
"Then let's just go ahead and get busy."
"Zhou Li will ask Xu Zheng to come over later and prepare a check for 8.5 million yuan!"