Chapter 755 'The Wandering Earth' and 'The Three-Body Problem'
"This morning, Hantang Media held a celebration press conference in Beijing to celebrate that the total box office of "Mysterious Superstar" in the mainland has exceeded 2.4 billion and is expected to hit the 2.5 billion mark. At the press conference, Tang An personally revealed his thoughts on the new film "Operation Red Sea"
"The box office is expected to be 3 billion!"
"The filming of "Operation Red Sea," an unprecedented military war blockbuster, is about to begin, and Tang An is aiming for three billion!"
"The new military film "Operation Red Sea" announced by Tang An last year is finally about to be officially launched. This is Tang An's attempt at a new subject again. Tang An also rarely spoke in a high-profile way about his box office expectations of up to 3 billion. Let us wait and see. Looking forward to it
What kind of passion can this rare military movie in China bring us!"
"Tang An, the only member of the Two Billion Club, has boasted for the first time that he has promised three billion in Haikou. If achieved, he will once again be a step ahead of domestic directors. Who else can catch up with Tang An?"
"Set a small goal, with a box office of 3 billion. Are you confident or arrogant? The audience will find out everything next summer!"
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In the afternoon, as soon as the press conference ended, Tang An said the three billion goal in front of reporters at the meeting, which was widely spread by the media.
Three billion is not as simple as 600 million more than 2.4 billion. It is a huge increase.
Shopping malls also pay attention to 998 when selling things. Online prices are 9 yuan and 9 with free shipping. Although it is no different from 1000 or 10 yuan, it is not the same concept at all.
3 billion means US$500 million, which means it is likely to surpass the box office champion in North America.
Although in view of Tang An's rapid growth this year, most media reports are positive and promote the significance of this data.
However, there are also some sarcastic and disapproving voices, either because of their original intention or for traffic.
To the audience, there is only a difference of 600 million between 2.4 billion and 3 billion, so the goal called out by Tang An makes sense.
"666, a small goal of three billion, this pretense is so fresh and refined."
"I read in the news that other directors' goals are one billion. Jiang Wen's new movie seems to have a guaranteed minimum of one billion. Only Tang An dares to say it is three billion without fear of being slapped in the face."
"If it can exceed 3 billion, it will double the gap with other directors. It will be truly invincible."
"Isn't Zhang Yimou preparing for a Sino-US co-production of a costume blockbuster? The investment is very high and Hollywood stars have been invited. I hope the national master will not capsize this time."
"There's no need to look forward to a Sino-US co-production. It's clearly just to please foreign audiences. I don't want to think about what "The King of Kung Fu" turned out to be."
"That's right, it's neither fish nor fowl and boring. Let's wait for Tang An's film."
"Is filming a new movie about to start? It's rare this year it's so fast. One year later, we can see Tang An's movie again!"
"It's indeed a bit too fast. "Secret Superstar" is still in theaters and "Operation Red Sea" is about to start filming. This is a military blockbuster. Isn't it too rushed?"
"What a worry. There are so many directors in the country, and Tang An is the one who doesn't have to worry about the quality of the movie the least. Just prepare the money to buy the tickets when the time comes."
"There should be no problem. Wasn't "Operation Red Sea" announced together with "Secret Superstar" last year? In other words, it has been prepared for a year. It won't be the kind of shoddy film that was rushed into production."
"In the past, Hong Kong films could be shot in ten days and a half. "Operation Red Sea" has been in preparation for a year, and there is still a year of filming left."
"I've never been worried. I just don't know what the story of "Operation Red Sea" is about. I haven't told it yet, and the actors haven't been announced either."
"Just wait, the general plot should be announced when the film is officially launched. You will know then."
"I think it will be very exciting. "Wolf Warrior" was filmed in China, and the subsequent plots also took place near the border, so there was no fighting. "Operation Red Sea" made it clear that the story took place in the Red Sea, which is in Asia and Africa.
On the border, I guess we really want to film a large-scale war scene, and we won’t stop fighting in small ways.”
"It's impossible to have a large-scale war scene, but when you go abroad, in places like Africa and the Middle East, there shouldn't be so many restrictions."
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Netizens are still concerned about the specific situation of the movie. As for Three Billion, at most they just lamented Tang An's small goal and pretended to be cool.
The most discussed thing is the plot of the movie, with all kinds of conceivable speculations coming out. Some even say that the background is the Iraq War, and the country sent secret troops to intervene in the United States.
Or start a war with other big countries in Africa, and even get involved in the war in the Middle East.
I have to say that the imagination of netizens is really very rich. In less than a day, basically all ideas came out. The participating parties involved more than ten countries on the borders of Asia and Africa, as well as several major countries including the five major countries.
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The audience is more concerned about the plot of the movie, but for the big directors in the industry, this three billion makes them feel ashamed.
Nowadays, the only directors who have received one billion in box office are Wu Ershan, Xu Zheng, Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang, Chen Kaige and others, let alone one billion, they have never even touched one.
Each of them also has a new movie on hand. Zhang Yimou has a big production worth US$150 million. Looking at Tang An who is so high-spirited in the news, he sighs in his heart.
This time, not only to surpass Tang An and regain the box office championship, but also to at least make the media and audiences pay attention to their box office appeal again.
When Tang An was reported in the news, even Xu Zheng and Wu Ershan were considered to be directors who might catch up with Tang An at the box office, but no one brought him Zhang Yimou.
Obviously, the box office performance of these older generation directors in recent years has been far inferior to that of the new generation directors, and they have almost been forgotten, which is only mentioned when talking about historical status and awards.
No one likes to be ignored, and Zhang Yimou wants to return to the top with this Sino-US co-production blockbuster.
Brother Chen Kai is tinkering with "Legend of the Demon Cat", and he also wants to wash away the continuous failures in the past ten years.
Wu Yusen, who is busy working on the latter stage of "The Wheel", was also defeated by Tang An that year. This time he made the epic disaster romance blockbuster "The Wheel" known as the Titanic of the East. His only goal is to defeat Tang An.
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Moreover, this time there are stars from South Korea and Japan joining the team, and the entire Southeast Asian market is also his target. If everything goes well and it becomes a big hit overseas, he can definitely use this to return to Hollywood!
However, Wu Yusen is a little regretful that Tang An's new film has been scheduled to be released during the summer vacation next year.
And the investment for his "Taiping Wheel" is too high and the cycle is too long, so it can't be delayed for more than half a year, and Lay's, which is guaranteed to be released, will definitely not be released a year later.
However, if the first part is a big hit during the Lunar New Year holiday, Wu Yusen is still confident to convince Zhang Zhao to release the second part next summer.
After all, he is a great director who has already succeeded, so Zhang Zhao will not refuse this request.
Jiang Wen, a man who dared to say that he made money by standing up, was filled with emotion when he saw that a young assistant director on the set back then had step by step reached the point where he is now, with a box office of nearly 3 billion.
At that time, the crew was temporarily short of an assistant director, so they found someone in Hengdian to deal with it. After all, in addition to Xu Jinglei, the crew already had another real director, as well as Jiang Wen, and there were also several other assistant directors, so they were missing.
A handyman.
Even if Tang An later showed extremely professional business abilities, in Jiang Wen's eyes he was just a genius.
With so many people in China, there has never been a shortage of geniuses, but only successful geniuses.
But now, this is more than a success. In just ten years, it has reached the top of the entertainment industry.
However, Jiang Wen was not jealous or anything, he just sighed a little and said that he was quite confident in his "One Step Away".
After "Let the Bullets Fly", his reputation among the audience is only slightly worse than that of Tang An. In addition, the comedy theme this time is very lovable, and success is inevitable. The only difference is how popular it is.
Otherwise, Li could offer a guarantee of 1 billion and snatch the distribution rights from Wanda?
Ah, you are not stupid!
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Tang An didn't care about external affairs. The celebration conference was over, which meant that "Mysterious Superstar" had come to an end. He had to take advantage of this half month to take a good rest and prepare for the next more difficult new film.
Two days later, Tang An came to China Film Studio.
It wasn't Kangpei's China Film Holdings, but China Film Group. Han Sanping and Jiao Canfen, who took over as chairman, asked him to go there.
After some time, Tang An met the two of them again in Jiao Canfen's office.
The important businesses of China Film Group have all been divested into China Film Group Corporation Limited. The current China Film Group Corporation is more like an empty shell, only participating in some investments.
Han Sanping looks good, has not changed much due to retirement, and is in good spirits.
"Director Kang, Director Jiao, what do you want from me this time?"
They were all acquaintances, so Tang An didn't say much, just sat down on the sofa next to him, said hello, and asked directly.
"Haha, Director Tang is preparing for a new film. He is so busy and invited you here. He must be busy."
Han Sanping and Jiao Canfen looked at each other, smiled, picked up two folders from the table, and handed them over.
"Lao Jiao and I are going to make a film. Please help us decide between these two projects, which one is more suitable."
What are Han Sanping and Jiao Canfen tinkering with?
Tang An was a little surprised. China Film Group basically no longer develops projects independently. Those have become the business of China Film Group Co., Ltd., and they only participate in investment.
This time, it is rare for a company to put aside its shares in China Film Group Corporation and make a movie on its own.
However, the intention is also very obvious. China Film is the absolute controlling shareholder of China Film Co., Ltd. How can Chairman Jiao Chanfen be willing to be a decoration?
"Both Director Han and Director Jiao are interested in this project, so I'm really curious."
Tang An smiled and took the two documents, opened them and glanced at them.
It's not a script, it's just a plan for two projects.
Although I didn't take a closer look, judging from the thickness of the first two pages and the entire document, it was not done casually.
Tang An is familiar with these two projects. "The Wandering Earth" and "The Three-Body Problem" are two well-known science fiction films, both of which were copyrighted by China Film Group two or three years ago.
Knowing which two films they were, Tang An began to read them carefully.
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