The Spring Festival holiday is over. Although the Spring Festival holiday has only started less than ten days ago, the results are obvious. For Tang An, the Spring Festival holiday is over.
On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Tang An held a celebration conference for "The Return of the Great Sage" at the hotel. After more than a week of rest, it was time to get back to work.
As the Spring Festival champion, the celebration press conference for "The Return of the Great Sage" attracted a considerable number of reporters.
The purpose of the celebration press conference is to build momentum for the movie. Although "The Return of the Great Sage" is still popular nowadays, necessary momentum is still needed.
The movie has no famous director and no actors, so the celebration conference was simply bigger and included a red carpet show.
Tang An and director Tian Xiaopeng came on stage together, perhaps because of the rare success after eight years of silence, Tian Xiaopeng said a lot.
From animation technology to animation prospects, as well as the initial preparation of the idea, which has never been optimistic, etc.
Finally, I don’t forget to thank Tang An.
"Here, I still want to thank Director Tang again. It was Director Tang who gave our entire crew the greatest support in the end, and gave me the greatest authority from funding to technology. Otherwise, this film would definitely not be able to meet the audience so quickly.
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Tang An smiled and said, "I am a filmmaker and an investor. I will invest a lot of money only if I am optimistic about this movie. The success of "The Return of the Great Sage" is not without my investment. Without me, there would be others, but only one cannot
What is missing is Director Tian and the entire production team. It is with such a professional, serious and responsible production team that "The Return of the Great Sage" can achieve its current success. I also hope that our film and television industry can have more serious movies.
people and teams”
There were no actors, so Tang An and Tian Xiaopeng had to deal with this group of reporters. Most of them didn't have any new questions, they just asked them over and over again.
Or just pay attention to Tang An's new film and the sequel to "The Return of the Great Sage".
After the press conference, Tang An entertained the insiders who came to support him in the banquet hall next door.
Compared to a movie premiere, the scene now is bigger.
At the previous premiere, Wang Zhongjun, Qin Hong, and Zhang Zhao went to "Havoc in Heaven", Yu Dong's own "Omen" was released, and Wang Changtian also had "Where Are We Going, Dad?"
Everyone is here today, Wanda’s Ye Nian and Tengxun Pictures CEO Cheng Wu are also here, but Fan Luyuan from Ah Li is not here.
As for Xiao Ma, Li Ming is still the same as in the original time and space. He passed away in January. His wife's company affairs can't be settled, so he doesn't have the leisure to come here.
"Congratulations to Mr. Tang, it's another billion-dollar movie."
"We have won the box office championship during the Spring Festival for four consecutive years. Director Tang's vision really puts us to shame."
"I checked the project "The Return of the Great Sage", and it was originally found here, but it was rejected by the people below. What a pity."
Gathered together, several bosses congratulated each other.
Although I think based on Tang An's past perspective, "The Return of the Great Sage" should have no problem making money.
However, no one expected that it would directly defeat "Havoc in Heaven" and once again win the Spring Festival box office championship. The box office is close to one billion.
Tang An clinked a glass with everyone and said with a smile, "Thank you, I didn't expect to achieve this result. It's also a surprise."
Everyone was silently complaining, saying it was a surprise, but Tang An didn't look very excited. The surprise was too weightless.
This is a billion-level movie. Although Tang An has made a movie with a box office of 2 billion, there are only less than ten Chinese-language movies with a box office of over 1 billion.
In addition to the Han and Tang Dynasties, Huayi has two, and companies such as Bernard and Guangxian have none.
Tang An said it so lightly, but it made them very angry.
But think about it, "Hong Kong", "Longling Caves", and "Detective Chinatown" are three movies. Tang An has three movies. Hantang Media has six movies that have exceeded one billion in the past few years. Tang An naturally
I won't be too excited anymore.
"Dr. Tang dominates the Spring Festival, and then there is "Mysterious Superstar" in the summer, Ning Hao's "Beautiful Heart" in the National Day, and "Detective Chinatown 2" in the Lunar New Year. These are the most important shows of the year.
All four slots have been taken up by Director Tang, leaving no way for us." Wang Changtian pretended to sigh.
Although the cost is exaggerated, it is true.
Although the market is now bigger, the audience's movie-watching habits have been cultivated, and there are good schedules every month throughout the year.
But there are a lot of Hollywood blockbusters released in May and June. In addition to these two months and the four major schedules, there is also the Qingming Festival in April, the off-season March between the Spring Festival and Qingming, and the September of the school season.
The moon was not occupied by the Han and Tang Dynasties.
Han and Tang are now extremely powerful, much stronger than any other company in the past.
At the time, neither Huayi nor Zhang Yimou's new scenes dominated the four best schedules of the year like they do now in the Han and Tang Dynasties.
Even if China Film and Television relies on a bunch of imported films, it will have to give up on Hollywood blockbusters such as Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang, and Tang An.
But now, Han and Tang Media’s key movies can’t even find a rival.
"The Return of the Great Sage" has now opened an absolute gap with other movies during the Spring Festival.
Last year's summer "Interstellar" not only swept everything, but even "Wolf Warrior" took in 800 million at the box office, second only to "Interstellar" in the summer season.
There are also movies such as "The Breakup Master", "Detective Chinatown", and "The Mystery of Longling", which have no rivals in the same period.
In last year's Spring Festival release, the gap between "囧" and "Journey to the West: Conquer the Demons" was not that big.
A single movie is not huge, but if you look at the list of movies from the past two years, it is scary enough.
Tang An didn't want to become the public enemy of all film and television companies. He laughed and said, "It's not like we can only accommodate one movie in the same schedule. Last year, two movies were worth one billion during the Spring Festival. This year, although "Havoc in Heaven" will hardly break the one billion mark,
But at that time, "Where Are We Going, Dad" and "Omen" both have great hopes of breaking 500 million, and the same is true for summer and Lunar New Year movies. The market is already big enough, but there is a lack of good movies."
They all knew what Tang An said, and Wang Changtian just sighed.
The market is so big that a popular period can generate at least more than 3 billion in box office a month.
Last year’s Lunar New Year period, Hantang Media did not participate in the competition in December and January, leaving ample time slots for major companies.
However, in the end, there was only one movie with a box office of 700 million, and one with a box office close to 600 million, not even one with a box office of 1 billion.
Although "The Caves of the Dragon Ridge" exceeded 1 billion in the Lunar New Year holiday last year, "Zodiac" also exceeded 1 billion, and "Life of Pi" also had a box office of 600 million.
When there were films from the Han and Tang dynasties, the box office was higher, but without the involvement of the Han and Tang dynasties, the box office was actually lower. You can't blame Tang An for squeezing their space.
In the end, the movie didn’t turn out well and the audience didn’t buy it.
Yu Dong sighed, "How can a good movie be so easy?"
The Spring Festival season was the worst for Bernard. Although "Omen" also made money, by comparison, it became the one with the lowest box office. Yu Dong was also sad.
Wang Changtian also said, "The film market has changed a lot compared to five years ago, and it is not that simple to sell box office."
In the past few years, when making movies, I just looked for big directors and big stars, but this method doesn't work well anymore. Even Feng Xiaogang failed.
On the other hand, the films made by people like Guo Jinming, Zhao Wei, and Deng Chao have made huge profits, leaving major companies scratching their heads.
Speaking of fame, Feng Xiaogang is quite famous, and Wang Xiaoming, who has been on the street since "Partners in China", is also quite famous.
If it weren't for the fame of Guo Jinming and Zhao Wei, the quality of the movie would still be criticized.
It is difficult to do, but the market is getting bigger and bigger, and major companies are now making a lot of money.
After chatting for a while, Wang Zhongjun said that he would come back to the Spring Festival this time.
"Director Kang previously wanted to use the success of "Havoc in Heaven" to secure his position in China Film Holdings, but now Director Tang has ruined it. I guess this isn't over yet."
After Wang Zhongjun finished speaking, he glanced at Tang An's reaction. Among the major companies, except for Guangxian and Leshi, most of them cooperated with each other. However, as the biggest competitors, they all wanted each other to die.
This time Tang An offended Kang Pei, which was a good thing for others.
Tang An shrugged and said with a smile, "I didn't expect "The Return of the Great Sage" to have such results. I will go and accompany Director Kang when I have time."
Wang Changtian said, "Director Tang's temporary film can be so popular. The profit of one film is equal to the money we make in a year. It is really enviable."
Tang An waved his hand and said, "Dr. Wang is joking. Guangxian's market value exceeds 25 billion. A movie is nothing to you."
"It is said that Director Wang plans to sell all his shares in Xinli Media. With so much money, Director Wang must be making big moves."
A trace of surprise flashed in Wang Changtian's eyes, but he immediately said, "I am just making a small fuss. I have never invested in a movie with a cost of more than 100 million. It's just a small fuss."
Everyone laughed secretly. As the second largest film and television company in the country in terms of market value, Guangxian has always thought of making a big impact with its small investment. All its investments were in small and medium-cost films, none of which cost more than 100 million. It was indeed a small project. .
However, Tang An scoffed. Wang Changtian was indeed a little cautious, but when he was bold, he could scare people.
A few years later, Guangxian sold the shares of Xinli Media to Tengxun, with the capital on the account reaching 5 billion, and then raised more than 4 billion in cash through various methods.
With close to tens of billions in cash, Guangxian's business conditions were very good at that time, which clearly meant that he was doing big things.
With tens of billions of mergers and acquisitions, Wang Changtian is also scary when he is bold.
This time Guangxian is seeking to acquire Xinli Media, presumably to acquire a stake in Maoyan.
If, as in history, Tengxun takes over, it means that Tengxun will officially enter the film and television industry.
Currently, Tengxun Pictures is still doing some online dramas, online dramas, and online variety shows for Tengxun Video Services, and does not involve film and television business.
Once Tengxun acquires Xinli Media, which has film and television production, publicity and distribution capabilities, it will enter the market.
Xinli Media is first-class in the production of film and television dramas. Although it is not good at publicity and distribution, with the resources of Tengxun and the ticket purchasing platform of Weipiaoer, a sound and large-scale film and television group can be formed in an instant.
Tang An glanced at Cheng Wu, CEO of Tengxun Pictures, but didn't find anything fishy.
Unlike Ah Li, who entered the market in a barbaric manner, Tengxun was obviously well thought out and fully prepared, and was a formidable enemy of all companies.