The total box office of the domestic film market in 2010 just exceeded 10 billion. Last year, it exceeded 13 billion. So far this year, it has exceeded 15 billion.
There is also the Hollywood disaster blockbuster "2012" in the Lunar New Year period.
"The Life of Pi" directed by the famous Chinese director Li Yin.
The blockbuster "1942" directed by Feng Xiaogang, the former King of Lunar New Year.
The action-adventure blockbuster "Ghost Blowing the Lamp: Longling Labyrinth" directed by Wu Ershan.
Kung fu superstar Cheng Long directs, stars in and writes the kung fu comedy "Zodiac".
The action drama movie "Big Shanghai" starring Zhou Runfa, Hong Jinbao and Wang Xiaoming.
Seven movies have not been released yet, and it is conservatively estimated that they can generate at least 3 billion yuan in box office in the remaining month and a half.
The total domestic movie box office this year will reach 18 billion, an increase of 38.5% compared to last year.
18 billion. Five years ago, this number would have been unthinkable.
The film industry is getting bigger and bigger, and everyone is making more money.
However, the total box office is only 18 billion. Tang An, a director, has already reached a staggering net worth of 22 billion, which shocked everyone in the industry.
There are two or three listed film and television companies in China with a market value of around 10 billion. However, Wang Zhongjun, Yu Dong, and Wang Changtian only have a personal net worth of 3 to 4 billion. They are not at the same level as Tang An. They are not even in the top 200 of the Forbes list.
Can't get in.
All the film and television company CEOs were shocked by this number. They have been in the film and television industry for so many years, and they never thought that one day they would be able to reach the top of the country's richest list and bring together a large number of pharmaceutical, mining, energy, real estate, and Internet companies.
The boss was suppressed.
There are all kinds of emotions including envy, jealousy, and hate, but it also gives practitioners in the film and television industry greater confidence.
Tang An was able to achieve a net worth of 20 billion in just three years, so even if he couldn't reach this level, he could always look forward to it with a double discount.
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In the Huayi Brothers Group, Wang Zhongjun checked his ranking and found that he was still behind the 200th place, which was just over one-seventh of Tang An's assets.
A comparison makes no sense at all.
He took a long breath and threw the two pieces of paper aside.
He shook his head and stopped thinking about the shocking thing. He took a sip of hot tea and cheered up to talk about the business.
"Zhong Lei, the next three months are the most important time for the company. There can be no problems with any of the movies "1942", "Twelve Chinese Zodiac Signs", and "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons". There is no upper limit on the budget of the public relations department.
, then if there is an opportunity for these three movies to be released at the same time, at least the company's market value must be stabilized at more than 13 billion!" Wang Zhongjun asked with a serious face.
Since "If You Are the One 2" the year before last, Huayi has invested and released several blockbusters, but it has been a long time since such a heavyweight blockbuster was released.
Needless to say, "1942", the "Tangshan Earthquake" the year before last took over 600 million in box office, and "1942", which also sells bitterness and tears, is definitely a billion-level super blockbuster.
Although Cheng Long's previous movies have not been very high-grossing at the box office, this time it is a pure kung fu comedy, and "Zodiac" also has the potential to hit billions.
Moreover, this film was shot in many countries around the world, and the overseas results are also very promising.
Chow Sing-chi's last movie was "Yangtze River No. 7" in 2008. It had a box office of 200 million even if it wasn't a comedy.
Now "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons" is released again during the Spring Festival, and it is undoubtedly a billion-dollar blockbuster. The only uncertainty is whether the audience will buy it without the starring role of Zhou Xingchi.
Three billion-dollar blockbusters may not all break the billion mark, even if they are highly competitive at the same time.
However, in Wang Zhongjun's heart, no matter what happens, the box office will be at least 2 billion, and more than 2.5 billion is a certainty.
The three blockbusters took turns bombing each other, and more than three months were enough to push Huayi's stock to a peak. How much it can rise depends on the stock market.
Wang Changtian, Yu Dong, Li Ming, Zhang Zhao, Qin Hong...the bosses of major companies had different ideas, but they all saw the prospects of the film and television industry from Tang An.
An industry can create a super-rich person who is the 11th in the country, and maybe he will be among the top ten in two years.
How many industries are there in the country? It is enough to prove the future of the film and television industry.
There are also people who are unhappy, and LeTV Pictures CEO Zhang Zhao is one of them.
On the desk is a printed ranking list, and the Weibo interface is displayed on the computer.
The official Weibo of Yang Mi Studio, which has been reorganized into Sega Media, announced that it will adapt Gu Man's popular "A Smile Is Beautiful", and the heroine is Jiang Xiaodi, the heroine of the movie "Little Times".
Zhang Zhao has rejected Zhou Jia's investment request three times in a row. Negotiations between the two parties have broken down and the heroine needs to be replaced.
Before that, he had also dealt with the Han and Tang Media Distribution Department twice, preparing to let LeTV Pictures control the distribution.
He didn't expect that the other party would be so determined. He would not let go of the heroine of a popular series and even announced the filming of a TV series without giving him any way out.
You don’t want it, there are plenty of people rushing to get it.
Zhang Zhao sneered, and went from Moying Group to Viewpoint Media under the State Council Information Office, and then to Guangxian Media, where he founded Guangxian Pictures and served as its president.
Even though he was kicked out by Wang Changtian, he founded LeTV Pictures less than half a year after turning around. He has released six movies this year, firmly ranking in the second echelon of domestic film and television companies, and a well-deserved leader in the film and television industry.
Now that the "Tiny Times" series has become famous, even if the heroine is changed, it won't be a big deal.
It was just not easy to choose the heroine. Cai Zhiping recommended Chen Xiyan, a person from her own company.
Guo Jinming recommended an actress from CTI because CTI had just invested in Guo Jinming’s Zuishi Culture.
The company's art director Zhang Yimou also wanted to recruit several actors for the new scenes from Zhang Weiping.
There are also some star shareholders of the company.
Wang Xiaoming recommended his girlfriend Yang Ying.
Feng Shaofeng also recommended Ni Ni.
Sun Honglei......
In order to expand his influence, Zhang Zhao previously invited many celebrities to become shareholders, and now all of them are eyeing the heroines of "Tiny Times".
I don't know how many calls I received in the morning, and Zhang Zhao was also thinking about actors.
Chen Xiyan is impossible. Most of the actors in the movie are Cai Zhiping's people. How can we let the heroine out as well?
According to Feng Shaofeng, LeTV has invested in a love movie for him and Ni Ni.
Wang Xiaoming's girlfriend Yang Ying... "Waiting for the Wind" and "Tai Chi" were both hits.
There really is no suitable person...
In addition to Zhang Zhao, I am afraid that only Zhang Wei, the president of Ahli Pictures, is also unhappy.
But now Zhang Qiang is slowly starting to fight back. The two are fighting openly and secretly in the company. They each have their own projects and have little free time.
Zhao Wei, who was filming "To Our Fading Youth" at Southeast University, also saw the news immediately.
I thought that if Tang An could achieve a net worth of 20 billion as a director, he might as well do it!
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Each issue of the Forbes rankings can cause quite a stir in various industry circles, but for ordinary people, they generally only care about who is the richest man, otherwise they might as well care about the Forbes celebrity list.
But this year Tang An was on the list, and he jumped directly to the eleventh place, putting all the major real estate tycoons, Internet tycoons, and mining tycoons under him. This is definitely a huge news.
Economy, society, technology, entertainment...
Almost all types of news are reporting that Tang An is worth 22.4 billion, which is not much less than the news about the richest man Zong Qinghou.
Especially in the entertainment media, news about Tang An occupies nearly half of all entertainment news.
"The 2012 Forbes Rich List was released. Beverage tycoon Zong Qinghou became the richest man in China. Famous director Tang An beat Internet giant Ma Yun into the top 20 with a net worth of 22.4 billion yuan, ranking 11th! "
"With a net worth of 20 billion, Tang An is the only media industry practitioner among the 100 richest people!"
"Twenty billion in three years, Tengxun News exclusively reveals Tang An's media empire!"
"From a great director to a media oligarch, Tang Ancheng is the number one person in the media industry!"
"Tang Ancheng is the youngest self-made person among the 100 richest people, and at the age of 32, he equals the record of the youngest 20 billionaire created by Sun Energy Chairman Peng Xiaofeng!"
...
Nowadays, the news in the entertainment industry is nothing more than divorce, details, scandals, plus news about movies such as "The Stolen Five Years".
The news that Tang An was ranked 11th on the Forbes rich list was widely reported, and basically everyone knew about it. Ordinary people who often read news online can see it.
Others may not know him yet, but one of Tang An's movies has been watched by at least tens of millions of people in China. After so many movies, Tang An is now as famous as Zhang Yimou.
He can't be said to be a household name, at least everyone who likes to watch movies knows him.
The audience's understanding of Tang An is limited to that he is a great director. His movies have been sold all over the world, with a box office of 3 billion. His own film and television company is one of the best in the entertainment industry, and he has invested in several companies.
But that's the limit. Everyone knows that Tang An is rich, but no one knows to what extent, and not many people deliberately understand it.
The figure of 22.4 billion is definitely far beyond the scope of public awareness. For ordinary people, they cannot imagine that a director can have more than 20 billion in wealth. This is already a number that 99.99% of people cannot reach in their lifetime.
The key point is that Tang An is not far from the masses. Basically, there are movies released every year, and he often goes to road shows all over the country. If you want to see him, you can see him.
Tang An's net worth of 22.4 billion is now being discussed everywhere on the Internet, occupying the front pages of major portals, ranking first in Weibo's hot searches, and in Baidu's searches.
There are all kinds of news, and some media are almost reporting him as a role model and idol for young people in China.
This was still the case when the media in the Han and Tang dynasties did not send out navy propaganda.
In fact, it is normal. A 32-year-old billionaire often has close contact with ordinary people and is very close to them.
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There was a lot of discussion from the outside world, and Tang An, the person involved, was also very busy.
At the beginning, he would go online to read what everyone was talking about, and he felt happy when he saw words like 666 and awesome.
But what followed was countless interviews of all kinds, including economic and entertainment, as well as state-run newspapers such as the Propaganda Department, the Ministry of Culture, and the Beijing City Government.
It’s not easy to refuse, but fortunately the interviews are all done in the office, so there’s no need to run around.
Slowly, I got used to it. Basically, there were one or two media outlets and newspapers every day, and the words they said were more or less the same. After two days, Tang An basically didn’t need any preparation, and he could change the words he said in the previous interview, and translated it from Chinese to Chinese.
Repeat it again.
This is probably how the leader's speech came about. He will naturally get it after talking a lot, and what he says looks different every time, but actually means the same thing.
This time the list made a little noise, but it was not too big. After all, Han and Tang media were not enough in China.
Although Tang Arrangement ranked eleventh, which seems very high, the companies controlled by people ranked in this position have all entered the Fortune Global 500.
The media of the Han and Tang dynasties, let alone the top 500 in the world, were far behind even the top 500 in China.
This year, the 500th among China's top 500 companies is Harbin Pharmaceutical Group, with an annual turnover of 17.5 billion yuan. Let's compare it to the top.
Rich, but not high status, that's the situation.
This does not mean that there is no cooperation with bat. Even if Tang An accepts their investment, it will be difficult to do so at this time.
The turnover is 17 billion. If you just make movies, not counting overseas income, a movie with a box office of 1 billion can earn 430 million from promotion and production.
In other words, you need to make 40 movies with a box office of one billion to be ranked among the top 500 in China.
Of course, the company cannot just produce movies, but also has TV series, variety shows, distribution, theaters and other businesses.
However, if the film and television company wants to become one of the top 500 companies in China, it has given up even thinking about it in the past few years. It is impossible to partner with BAT unless it acquires Huayi, Bernard, and Guangxian.
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Tang An's inclusion on the Forbes rich list is still slowly developing, but he didn't let anyone publicize it, so it remained at a moderate level of popularity.
The Lunar New Year season is still going on. "The Stolen Five Years" has been released for two weeks as of the 19th. After receiving 130 million in box office in the first week, it once again received 118 million in the second week.
It was released for eleven days, with a total box office of 248 million.
The film's reputation is average and can be considered passable. It won't be a big problem if it breaks through 300 million.
With a single resistance of more than 300 million, Yang Mi has gained some box office appeal after the four major actresses, and now the film industry also has a very good evaluation of her.
There are no films like "Far Cry", "Wu-Tang" and "Lost Bullet". Although the output is less, only one or two films a year, the quality and box office have improved.
Now the outside world's salary quotation for her has reached 8 million, second only to Four Danshuangbing, and just one step away from the 10 million mark.
Of course, 8 million is just the salary for a romantic comedy movie. After all, Yang Mi's two romantic movies were hits in succession.
Moreover, the investment in this genre is low. Even if the 8 million salary is added, without famous directors and big-name stars, the production cost of 15 million is almost the same.
Not to mention the box office of 300 million, even 100 million would make a lot of money.
Yang Mi had received several books in the past few days, so she would not have come to Tang An to give her advice.
Tang An held several scripts in his hand, shook his head and said speechlessly, "I still have to choose the scripts, and you have to pay me at least 30% of the salary."
Yang Mi stepped forward with a smile and hugged Tang An's arm, "Oh Brother An, you are worth more than 20 billion, why don't you take the time to take a look with your piercing eyes?"
"I am a 20-billionaire, and I earn millions every minute. You can count it for more than ten minutes."
Tang An replied and continued to look at the event.
They are all low-budget romantic comedies, just trying your luck.
But how come there are dark horses every day? These scripts are so bad that they look like a random patchwork of various plots.
Tang An angrily returned the pile of scripts to her, "I think I've returned them all, I don't have a decent book."
"Ah...you're wasting my time."
Yang Mi was a little disappointed and left in a hurry without staying any longer.
"Well, Brother An, I'm leaving, there are still activities."
This...doesn't that mean you don't recognize someone when you lift your pants?
Tang An shook his head and continued to prepare for editing.
Although editing hasn't started yet, preparations are about to begin now.
Especially for such a long movie, which is close to 160 minutes, editing is a top priority.
Rhythm is the most important thing. If the rhythm of such a long movie is not grasped well, the audience will definitely be bored watching it.
After reading the script from beginning to end several times, I have a rough plot direction in my mind, and each plot line is marked...
At this time, assistant Xiao He hurriedly knocked on the door and came in.
"The chairman is in trouble, something happened to the crew of "囧 in Hong Kong"."
Tang An stopped what he was doing, saw how anxious she was, and asked, "What happened? Isn't "囧" finished in a few days?"
"The crew was filming in Xiangjiang and had a conflict with a local merchant. Several people were injured. Now the other party is blocking the hotel..."
"Is the crew injured or are the locals injured?" Tang An asked.
"The locals want 5 million in compensation, or they will ask reporters to expose the crew and beat them."
Tang An frowned, "This is blackmail. Xu Zheng didn't contact Yule?"
"I contacted him, but there was no response for the time being. Director Xu didn't call the police either. He said that the group was probably the Young and Dangerous. Calling the police would be of little use."
This is someone who wants to cause trouble, and it's such an old-fashioned way.
"I'll go see the Xiasen Bureau first. You can make some arrangements and I'll go to Xiangjiang myself!" Tang An ordered.