On the evening of Wednesday, January 4th, CCTV had just finished broadcasting the weather forecast.
At 7:40, the focus interview will start immediately.
Speak with facts, focus interviews!
These words are very familiar to ordinary people. The news reported every day is also closely related to ordinary people, and the ratings have always been very good.
Previous issues have reported on a series of news such as grassroots medical reform, fake eggs, fake wine, and the use of office land in poor counties to build dozens of luxury villas for leaders. What appeared on TV today was indeed a director and a movie.
The host first introduced the status of my country's film market in recent years and compared it with other markets around the world.
Then we talked about the movie "Edge of Tomorrow", a series of records, including a hit in the global film market.
The scene shifted to a modern office, where Tang An was sitting in a chair, facing the camera for an interview.
"The domestic film market is still developing. Since the new century, earth-shaking changes have taken place in the past ten years. Now going to the cinema to watch movies has become an entertainment project that has penetrated deeply into people's lives."
"Actually, our domestic filmmakers and audiences should not underestimate themselves. In just over ten years since film commercialization, it has become the fifth largest film market in the world. In the past year, the total domestic box office output has exceeded 12 billion.
I believe that next year our country will surpass Japan, Benchmark, India and other countries to become the second largest film market in the world."
Tang An's voice on the TV was calm and firm, and his eyes revealed a strong confidence.
Some viewers outside the TV who were not paying attention to the movie also put down their remote controls and did not change the channel.
Now is the prime time period in the evening, and it is approaching the summer vacation. All major TV stations are broadcasting high-quality TV series. Most of the people who can watch this kind of news related to people's livelihood instead of watching TV series at this time are elderly people.
In an old-fashioned ordinary community in the 2nd Ring Road of Beijing, focus interviews are also broadcast on TV.
The grandfather, the head of the family, looked at Tang An who was chatting on TV and smiled, "This young man is quite interesting. What you need is this kind of energy to catch up with Europe and the United States."
"Grandpa, you don't know, one of his movies has a box office of more than 200 million US dollars." The kid next to him, who was playing with his cell phone intently, replied casually.
"There seemed to be a war scene just now. What kind of movie is this?"
"A science fiction movie about fighting aliens. Grandpa, I will take you to the cinema to watch it tomorrow."
"If you don't want to go, I won't go. Last year I even fainted when I saw that guy wearing glasses."
The host on TV is still interviewing.
"Director Tang, what type of movies do you think are more suitable for screening overseas?"
"This should have nothing to do with genre. The first thing to do is to face overseas audiences so that they will not be separated when watching the movie, and to figure out what foreign audiences want to see."
"Can you give me an example?"
"For example, action movies and costume movies, these are the types that were better sold overseas in the past, but there are differences."
"Brothers Cheng Long and Jet Li have different styles. One is a kung fu comedy with many life-threatening stunts. The latter interprets the spirit of traditional martial arts best, with precise and quick movements, flowing clouds and fluids, and is soul-stirring.
Very ornamental.”
"Another example is the "Ip Man" series, which is very popular in Southeast Asia because Southeast Asian audiences are more receptive to Chinese culture, while most audiences in Europe and the United States cannot understand the movie, Ip Man's actions and the background of the times.
, just want to see "good-looking" actions."
Tang An was not modest at all and analyzed all major genres including costume, comedy, horror and suspense.
If this was an ordinary director, he would have been called out and scolded long ago if he dared to brag like he was giving advice.
Tang An was also watching TV at this time, watching himself bragging.
But he is qualified to brag like this, just like Brother Ma and Lao Wang.
He also knew that there would definitely be people who would find him unhappy, that was for sure, but he wouldn't pay attention to it.
If someone who is criticizing him has to waste time arguing with him, that would be too much of a loss.
Unless they are close to the top A-list directors, they can make millions every minute, so why bother with them?
There is also a public relations department and a large number of movie fans.
Those idiot film critics are biting people for money and fame. What they want is to just ignore them.
If a dog barks at you, do you still yell at it?
The next day, many media reported on Tang An and the "Focus Interview" on "Edge of Tomorrow".
But the bigger news is that the total domestic box office of "Edge of Tomorrow" exceeded 1 billion yesterday, suppressing all voices in the entertainment industry.
Although we have known for a long time that breaking 1 billion is inevitable, when this moment actually arrives, many film and television companies, media, and audiences still feel a little incredible.
From 400 million to 700 million and then to 1 billion, the span of these three records was so fast that it only took two years.
In the Bernard Films office, Yu Dong let out a long sigh.
The three documentary films were either directed by Tang An or invested by him. Last year, the total box office of the four Han and Tang films reached 2.5 billion, which is simply scary.
Yu Dong put away his joy after the successful listing, but now new pressure came again. In more than a year, while he and Guangxian were busy listing, Hantang emerged, and the speed was much faster than he thought.
When Guangxian came across the industry, he became a giant in the film and television industry in just two years, but the other party had the strongest publicity channels in the country, while the Han and Tang Dynasties only had Tang An.
Yu Dong knew that from now on it would be impossible for them to cooperate like last year. Bernard and Guangxian had received nearly one billion in financing from the listing. This money must be used to increase investment in film and television production. This year's schedule
Competition will become more intense.
Tang An has expanded publicity and distribution channels this year and will not distribute the film to them.
Competition is competition, and those who can cooperate should try their best to cooperate. After all, we can no longer hold back.
A few days ago, Tang An asked him for a role in "Flying Swords of Dragon Gate". He was a supporting actress who didn't have many roles. After discussing it with Xu Ke, he agreed.
Yu Dong smiled bitterly and looked at the series of numbers on the document in front of him. He didn't know whether he was right or wrong in not "banning" Tang An with Hua Yi.
In 2010, the total box office of the mainland film market was 12 billion, and the box office of domestic films was nearly 8 billion, twice that of imported films.
The box office of movies produced in the Han and Tang Dynasties alone was as high as 2.5 billion, accounting for 20% of the national film market and 31% of the domestic film box office. This market share has surpassed Bernard and Huayi at their peak.
There is also the ambitious Wanda, which has Wu Yusen and Ning Hao as its subordinates. More and more people are eating this piece of meat in the film industry.
No matter what the outside world said, Tang An didn't care. On this day, he took the group president Chen Guowu, the financial director Wang Wei, and half of the legal department, a team of more than 20 people, to fly to Singapore with the purpose of winning Tudou.com.