At the beginning of May, 2011 was already halfway through. The company's two TV series have started filming one after another, and the preparations for "Detective Chinatown" are almost completed.
The preliminary preparations for "The Martian" have also been successfully completed, and the special effects are still working on the outer space of Mars.
The movie is expected to be officially launched in a week. Tang An will take a good rest in the past few days and arrange the company's affairs.
In the conference room, orders were issued one by one.
"Now the group has launched five projects at the same time and has borrowed 530 million yuan from banks. The production department and the financial department must closely monitor where the money goes. Spending money is okay, but the money must be spent where it should be spent."
To launch 5 film and television dramas at once, the investment is not low, and basically all of them require bank loans.
Regardless of any industry or project, money is the top priority.
It's not that Tang An is reluctant to spend money. He spent all the money he earned last year, but he can't spend unnecessary money. He must warn the people below.
The crew, production department, finance department, and administration department supervise each other to prevent any corrupt behavior.
530 million. Even Bernard, who had just gone public and raised a large amount of money, Guangxian did not spend so much money at once.
That is to say, Tang An is very courageous and has absolute confidence in these movies, otherwise he would not dare to do this.
The production fee of "The Martian" was 150 million + 70 million promotion fee, and a loan of 220 million was obtained from the bank.
Tang An's own film directed, relying on the global box office of "Edge of Tomorrow" of more than 200 million US dollars, it was easy to borrow 200 million US dollars.
The production cost of "Searching for the Dragon" was 220 million, with a loan of 150 million, but the actual payment was 70 million.
This film is much more expensive than "The Martian". After all, "The Martian" could be shot in one and a half months, while "The Martian" took at least three and a half months.
It is unimaginable how much manpower and material resources it takes to build a studio covering tens of thousands of square meters. There are only a few interior scenes in "The Martian" and not many exterior scenes.
It's good to be able to borrow 150 million yuan for "The Secret of the Dragon". If you want to borrow 220 million yuan in total, unless Tang An is filming it himself, the bank will not take such a big risk.
MediaCorp originally wanted to invest in "The Martian", but Tang An only offered "The Legend of the Dragon", and the cost of publicity and distribution of up to 300 million made them prohibitive, so they only represented the distribution rights in Asia.
"Detective Chinatown" was shot using digital cameras, with a production cost of 30 million, a publicity fee of 50 million, and a loan of 80 million.
Although it is titled "Jun" series, it is a brand-new movie after all, and 50 million in promotional expenses still have to be spent.
"Why Sheng Xiao Mo" invested 35 million. As a modern drama, with a high price of nearly one million per episode, a loan of 30 million was obtained.
"Bu Bu Jing Xin" has an investment of 50 million, with a single episode costing 1.25 million.
Because it is a time-travel drama, and taking advantage of the success of "Palace Lock Heart Jade", the bank gave me a full loan of 50 million yuan.
The cost of a single episode of both TV series is around one million, and the quality can definitely be guaranteed.
530 million loan, plus 450 million for 0 houses and 90 million for villas, Tang An now owes a total of 1.07 billion to the bank, and the group still has 220 million in cash.
Unknowingly, I owed the bank 1 billion, so fast, and the more I owed, the more I owed.
The cinema chain has also invested 400 million. There are nearly 100 cinemas built or under construction, most of which are located in second- and third-tier cities and counties. They will gradually bring in some revenue starting from the second half of the year, but it will take some time to recover the costs.
Tudou's shares are stable at US$150 million, and there is no profit for the time being.
The 10% shares of Poly Wanhe Cinema Line received no dividends for a year, and half of the profits were used for expansion.
"Among these movies, "The Secret of the Dragon" will be released first. We need to do a good job in publicity. We can find a major sponsor to cooperate with the promotion."
""Lost in Thailand: Detective Chinatown" is a brand new version of the "Lost in Thailand" series. Always pay attention to public opinions on the Internet."
Things were arranged one by one, and Tang An then listened to their reports on some things.
Xu Manyun said, "Dr. Tang, Shengtang Studio, the former screenwriter of "On the Road", has a project that needs investment."
"What movie?"
"It's a romance film. The other party has received an investment of 3 million from Lehua Entertainment. There is still a gap of 12 million, and the crew has completed preparations."
Shengtang Studio's romance film, isn't it "The Story of the Ex"?
As several of the films invested by the company have become hits, people continue to come to us with scripts and projects seeking investment.
Tang An nodded, "Let's do an evaluation and cost accounting as soon as possible."
The meeting lasted for more than three hours. Tang An left the company in the afternoon and began to rest at home, occasionally talking to actors about the drama.
Two days later, Tang An received a complete evaluation report on "Predecessor Strategy".
Without much thought, I agreed to invest in this project.
As for the actors, Tian Yusheng has almost settled the deal. There is still one heroine left.
Except for Wan Qian and Zhao Liying, all the actors under the Han and Tang Dynasties had no schedules, and in the end Wan Qian was cast as the female lead Xia Lu.
There was no forceful placement of anyone, the other three leading actors let Tian Yusheng choose the ones he had decided on previously.
Lehua Entertainment invested 3 million, Hantang Media invested 12 million and was responsible for distribution, with a distribution share of 15%.
New director and starring Han Geng has low box office appeal, so he will naturally have to pay more for distribution fees.
The crew had made preparations before and signed the contracts with the actors within two days. After another two days, they held a press conference directly. Everything progressed rapidly.
It was a low-budget movie. Neither Tang An nor Chen Guojia attended the press conference. Xu Manyun attended on behalf of the company. She had previously bought the script for "A Man on the Road" from Shengtang Studio.
This year's May Day schedule includes only "Guan Yunchang" starring Jiang Wen and Donnie Yen, and "A Chinese Ghost Story" starring Liu Yufei and Louis Koo.
The former broke 100 million in six days, which is a good start.
However, Donnie Yen has been crazy about making films in the past two years, most of which have a box office of more than 100 million points. This one also has a bad reputation, with only 50 million in the second week.
"A Chinese Ghost Story" is similar, with 75 million in the first week and 40 million in the second week. The reputation is also not good.
Generally, the box office of a movie with a good reputation in the second week will not be much lower than that of the first week, or even much higher than that of the first week. This is almost the case for these two movies.
"Guan Yunchang" is less than 200 million, and "A Chinese Ghost Story" is estimated to be around 150 million.
In today's domestic film market, it is no longer news that the box office exceeds 100 million, unless it is a small or medium-cost film.
The popularity of these two movies soon faded away. At this time, Hantang Media announced the launch of the romance movie "Strategy of the Ex", which was released on Singles' Day, Singles' Day, and it immediately attracted a lot of people's attention.
The grand occasion of last year’s Double Eleven is still vivid in my mind.
The director is a newcomer, which is not surprising. The movies Tang An has invested in are all directed by newcomers.
The exposure of several leading actors has also increased a lot.
A few major companies didn't care about a small-budget movie, but Huayi and Teng Huatao were worried about it.