Chapter seven hundred and fiftieth chapter evil charm smile
Once again, the reporters were helpless as they asked three questions without saying anything.
First, he boasted that "Operation Red Sea" would have a box office of 3 billion, which whetted the appetite of reporters. After asking for details about the movie, they said nothing.
If Tang An didn't say anything, they had no choice but to guess and write a rough introduction and send it out.
Then we returned to the original process. Tang An and several actors talked about their thoughts, feelings, and their own mental journeys, and said a few words of chicken soup.
Everything went according to plan, and the entire celebration conference lasted nearly two hours.
After seeing off the reporters, a banquet was held in the banquet hall next door.
Everyone is here, whether they are supposed to be here or not, no matter how you join in the fun, you can join in the fun.
After encouraging the actors, Tang An walked towards the bosses.
"Thank you all for coming to the celebration banquet."
After having a drink together, Wang Changtian said with a smile, "Congratulations to Director Tang. If "Operation Red Sea" can break 3 billion, then Director Tang will be the first director in China to earn 10 billion."
Tang An smiled and said, "I'm borrowing Wang Dong Ji's words, but it depends on the summer schedule next year. If you all have big movies released, it's hard to say."
Yu Dong said, "Dr. Tang, if you shout out three billion, how can we compete with you? Next year's summer season will depend on Director Tang. From 1 billion to the current 2.4 billion, I think three billion next year."
There is great hope.”
They said they were giving the market to Tang An, but in fact Yu Dong didn't want to, or he didn't dare to fight for it.
Next year, Bernard will have no films with big hit potential. Even if there were, Yu Dong would not put them in the summer film to compete with Tang An and hurt both sides.
...It's better to lose both sides. If Tang An is no match for him and gets knocked out, it will be a big loss.
Although the others did not say anything, after this summer vacation, they no longer had any temper.
"Transformers 4" failed to earn 600 million in three days. According to the trend of normal blockbusters, it had great hope of taking 2 billion at the box office, but in the end it only reached 1.7 billion.
It doesn't matter if the box office is short of two to three billion. If there is a deadlock with Tang An, both sides will lose money by cheating. However, "Mysterious Superstar" was not affected much at all. In the end, it got two billion in box office, and it was very good.
It is possible to exceed 2.5 billion.
I don’t want to think about competing with Tang An for the time being, I don’t have the confidence anymore.
However, although the idea of sniping Tang An has been given up, everyone actually does not believe that the three billion target Tang An just mentioned... is still a small target.
Since Tang An broke one billion, the past four movies have indeed been one step at a time, step by step until now hitting 2.5 billion.
According to mathematical thinking, according to this rule, it is reasonable to increase the number by another 500 million next year and win a box office of 3 billion.
However, the box office must not be calculated like this. Otherwise, if there is a step up every year, the box office will be more than 500 million a year. Then in five years, it will be 5 billion.
With a production fee of 200-300 million yuan, promotion and distribution of 100 million yuan, box office production of 500 million yuan, distribution share, and cutting costs, there will be a net profit of 1.5 billion yuan.
Last year, the real estate giant Vanke's annual net profit was only 15 billion. The profit of one movie was as much as one-tenth of the annual profit of the real estate giant Vanke. That is terrible.
Wang Zhongjun made a calculation in his mind. Although he thought it was impossible, he was not tempted.
In the past few years, after Huayi went public, he has cashed out a lot of money, but it is only a few hundred million. Tang An's "Mysterious Superstar" has made no less money than he has cashed out over the years.
But just thinking about it, it’s not that simple to make a movie that can earn hundreds of millions. Feng Xiaogang doesn’t even make comedies anymore. Accept cooperation.
Without a reliable director, Wang Zhongjun was worried.
Compared with Wang Zhongjun, Yu Dong and Jiang Defu are the ones who are most worried.
"The filming of "Monster Hunt" has already been completed, but I didn't expect something like this to happen." Yu Dong sighed.
270 million large-scale production, with more than ten companies such as Yule, Wanda, Berna, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Optoelectronics, and Youku, Tengxun, etc. participating in the investment, it is definitely a heavyweight project.
In order to ensure success, there is no shortage of investors with various resources, and the actors are also famous. The director is a well-known animation director in Hollywood, who has participated in the filming of "Shrek" and served as the director.
But now that the male lead is finished, we must either terminate the project or continue to invest money to finish filming the male lead's scenes.
If this cost is added up, it will exceed 300 million.
When this happened to Bernard and Wanda, others were somewhat gloating about their misfortune, but on the surface they still looked like I was sad too.
"The male lead has basically been confirmed to be banned. It's not easy to find another actor. Do you have a suitable candidate?" Tang An said.
Yu Dong said, "Director Xu is screening, I hope there will be a suitable one."
Tang An nodded, without giving him any advice or any intention to participate in the investment.
I haven't read the script, how can I just recommend someone to do it?
Besides, there is not much use in participating in the investment. The cost is too high. Without distribution rights, it can only be a soup, and the sequel is not yet available.
After chatting for a while, Tang An went to deal with other people.
There were too many people coming, and all of them were respectable. As the protagonist, Tang An had to entertain some of them.
Chen Kexin and Wang Jiawei, who have been with Li Pictures, are actually here too.
"Director Chen, Director Wang, it's rare that you are free to come."
Wang Jiawei smiled and said hello, "Congratulations, Director Tang."
There was no contact, just nodding when we met.
Tang An originally just said hello and went to deal with other people, but Chen Kexin said, "Director Tang, I'm really sorry for the previous "July and Ansheng". I have too many films on my hands recently, and I'm supervising three films. It's really... There is no extra time.”
Tang An smiled and said, "It's okay. I hope to cooperate with Director Chen in the future."
Chen Kexin asked, "Has Director Tang found a suitable director?"
Tang An looked at his slightly proud eyes and understood.
This is just to show off. The owner of the largest film and television company in the country and the number one director in the mainland wanted to ask him, Chen Kexin, to make a movie, but he rejected it. It would be very embarrassing to tell him.
Tang An was not angry and said calmly, "We have found it, Director Chen took the trouble."
Well...
Chen Kexin was choked immediately and came back. Not long after this, Tang An unexpectedly found a suitable director immediately.
"Can I ask who it is?" Chen Kexin asked.
Tang An said, "Director Chen probably doesn't know him, but he is a new director named Wen Muye. He is quite talented."
New director.
Not long after I was rejected, I immediately found a new director to direct!
Chen Kexin reasonably guessed that Tang An was telling him that even if you didn't exist in this film, it would still be successful with a new director.
He is a well-known director and has won numerous awards, yet he actually asked a new director to take over his film!
Chen Kexin directly ignored that he was taken over by someone else because he didn't want to take over.
Preconceived notions are terrible. Originally, he was quite optimistic about the story "July and Ansheng", and he was also good at it.
It was just that he had already decided to join Ah Li, and Zheng Zhiwei had been his good friend for many years. He often told him that Tang An was arrogant, domineering, arrogant, and looked down on directors and actors from Hong Kong.
One is a good friend who has been with him for more than ten years, and the other is someone he has not had much contact with. Of course, Chen Kexin relied on his good friend's words and did not have a good impression of Tang An.
Now Tang An failed to invite him and found a new person to replace him, which also made Chen Kexin feel very unhappy.
However, he couldn't say anything in public, so he just gave a subtle "hum" with a trace of disdain on his lips, "Director Tang still likes to use new directors."
"New people are more creative and may allow us to see different things."
Tang An didn't chat with him for long. There were so many people at the scene and he had to deal with it. Besides, someone took over, so Chen Kexin didn't know what to feel bad about.
Looking at Tang An's back, Chen Kexin's unhappiness came out.
"I want to see what the new guy you found can produce!"
Wang Jiawei didn't react at all. Although from the perspective of a Hong Kong filmmaker, he didn't like Tang An too much, but that was all. After all, there was no conflict of interest and he didn't even say a few words.
He only joined Ahli because Fan Luyuan offered the best conditions, and he also wanted to make money.
Don't think that directors who make literary films don't care about money. 99% of making movies is for fame and fortune. After all, you have to make money.
Speaking of which, commercial directors have to cater to the audience, and literary and artistic films have to cater to the judges of those film festivals.
The countries where each film festival is held are different, and their impressions and attitudes towards China are naturally different. Some people like to watch films that reflect the backwardness of China, the obvious ignorance of Chinese people, or some social tragedies. The more miserable the better.
To cater to those film festivals is to win awards. On the one hand, it is to become famous, and on the other hand, it is to make money by selling copyrights, or for fame and fortune.
Tang An walked around the banquet, and Wang Xiaoming and Yang Ying came up again.
"Congratulations to Mr. Tang."
"You are here too. What, when are you planning to hold the wedding?" Tang An asked with a smile.
Wang Xiaoming said, "It is tentatively scheduled for National Day next year. I hope you, Mr. Tang, can come by then."
"Okay, I will go when I have time. It has not been easy for you these past few years."
Although these two couples have a bad reputation, Tang An doesn't have any prejudice against them. That is to say, Yang Ying's acting skills are a bit eye-catching, but he is still quite capable.
Then Wang Xiaoming made some insinuations about the "Fengshen" trilogy.
"Dr. Tang, there will be an audition for Director Wu's "Feng Shen" in a few days. Do you think I am suitable for the role of Yang Jian?"
"I don't have to say whether it's suitable or not. It's up to Director Wu to decide when the time comes. Since you have to audition, you should prepare well." Tang An waved his hand.
Hearing Tang An tell him to prepare himself, Wang Xiaoming thought that he had great hope, and he smiled that familiar evil smile when he was excited.
Tang An looked at his smile and shuddered when he thought about Wang Xiaoming's version of Yang Jian.
Originally, the evil smile with two eyes was unbearable, but with one more eye, it would be even more uncomfortable.