Chapter seven hundred and fiftieth seventh believe or not
At noon, Tang An had a meal with Han Sanping and Jiao Canfen, discussed some details, and then left.
"The Wandering Earth" is tentatively planned to be controlled by China Film, Han Tang, and China Film Digital. In terms of special effects production, China Film Digital Base will cooperate with Tiangong Yicai and Jinshan Cloud Rendering Farm.
China Film Group was originally very successful in this project, but this time the support from the three parties is greater than before, so there will be basically no problems.
There was no successful domestic science fiction film before this film, so the major investors did not have much confidence, otherwise no one would be willing to invest more after Wanda withdrew its capital.
Now Tang An's several films have proved that domestic science fiction films can survive as long as they are well made, and the support for the films will definitely be much greater than before.
However, if Wanda had not withdrawn its investment, there was no telling whether the film would have been as successful.
If Wanda did not withdraw its investment, Wu Jing would not be starring. Since the male and female protagonists are not well-known, this role will definitely be hired by a big shot, and the pay will be higher, and the cost of production will be reduced.
And if things go normally, "The Wandering Earth" will be released in the summer, directly opposite "I'm Not the God of Medicine."
Without Wu Jing, there is a lack of topics, and facing the hugely popular "I'm Not the God of Medicine", in which Xu Zheng is more famous than all the actors in "The Wandering Earth" combined, it is likely to be a lose-lose situation.
Of course, what Wanda did at that time was also normal. If two projects are placed in front of you, one of them will be directed by Song Xiaofei, who has worked on "Bullfighting", "The Grandmaster", "囧" and "Beijing Meets Seattle" Photographer.
Among the actors are Bai Baihe, the highest-grossing actress in the mainland film industry, and Wu Xiubo, the representative of the popular uncle whose character has not yet collapsed.
The film genre is also a relatively sophisticated romance film and comedy film in China. It has previously been based on hit films such as "Love Is Not Blind", "The Story of My Ex", and "Beijing Meets in Seattle".
The director of another film is also good at "My Deskmate". The male protagonist is a new generation born in 1994, and has acted in several online dramas. The same goes for the female protagonist, who has filmed a TV series and a movie version of "My Deskmate". Balala Little Demon Fairy".
The film type is also a heavy industry science fiction film that has never been produced in China before. It can be said that it is a type that has never been made in China before. There are no domestic science fiction films that can refer to historical returns.
When these two projects are placed in front of investors, 90% of them will choose the former.
Wanda just made the "right option" that most people would choose. After all, there is always a small group of people who succeed.
This is not even considered a saucy operation. The most arrogant thing about Lao Wang is the project of competing with China Railway to grab Bandar Malaysia.
That is an important transnational project involving international strategic development. It is connected to Bandar Malaysia, the hub of the high-speed rail economic network throughout Southeast Asia. The chief minister personally discussed it with the Malaysian government. He, Mr. Wang, dared to intercept this project. It is really inflated.
Can Lao Wang not be arrogant? In May 2017, the Prime Minister of Malaysia came to Beijing to participate in the Belt and Road Summit Forum. However, his first stop in Beijing was not to visit government leaders first. Instead, he went to the headquarters of Wanda Group to visit Lao Wang. .
Prior to this, Lao Wang had been the richest man for three of the past four years.
People tend to drift off when they are awesome, so Lao Wang had the idea of wrestling arms with Zhongtie.
Competition between private enterprises and state-owned enterprises is nothing, but the money Wanda invests in is borrowed from banks and is all state money.
Borrowing state money to cut off state projects, which are major projects decided by the head of state himself, is not courting death.
Immediately afterwards, the China Banking Regulatory Commission began to investigate Wanda’s credit risks and monitored Wanda’s six major overseas projects from the beginning.
Of course, this is just a trigger. In 2016, several companies such as Wanda and Fuxing spent nearly 300 billion US dollars by acquiring overseas football teams, sports clubs, oil paintings, real estate and other junk assets.
Three hundred billion U.S. dollars, accounting for 80% of the foreign exchange losses that year, almost caused a huge financial shock, and now personal foreign exchange exchanges are very difficult.
The foreign exchange losses were huge and the country’s credit was downgraded. What a huge impact!
In the past, there were people who shorted state-owned enterprises and made money for themselves, but now they dare to short the country. How audacious!
The State Administration of Foreign Exchange, the China Banking Regulatory Commission, and the Central Bank jointly attacked, and Lao Wang was defeated.
The ancient wealthy businessman Shen Wansan was easily dealt with by Zhu Yuanzhang, let alone Wanda, who had no power to resist at all.
There was a problem with the capital chain, and a large number of assets had to be sold. "The Wandering Earth" was divested at that time. After breathing a sigh of relief, it invested in the medium-cost comedy-romance film "Lovers 2".
At this time, Lao Wang began to fall out of the top three of the rich list. Xu Jiayin from Hengda came up from behind. Sure enough, real estate is about making money.
"The Wandering Earth" has been finalized with China Film Group for the time being, and preparations have begun. Let's take a break for "The Three-Body Problem" for now.
It was so difficult that I couldn't even finish filming the trilogy.
However, someone has already purchased the copyright from China Film Group Corporation, namely Youzhu Pictures, the original producer of the "Three-Body" movie, a company that makes games.
Originally, the first part of "The Three-Body Problem" was completed in 15 years. Yuzhu Pictures just wanted to make a lot of money and use the movie to build the reputation of the IP before making games in the same industry.
However, the boss of Youzhu didn't expect that "The Three-Body Problem" would win the Hugo Award. Although its fame has greatly increased, their pressure has also increased.
There is a national deputy director who is a fan of "The Three-Body Problem" and has been paying attention to the film adaptation. After the film was produced, the deputy director also watched the rough cut version with the boss of Magic City.
Although I don’t know what the leader said, it is true that these two deputy state-level leaders have seen the rough cut of "The Three-Body Problem".
As a result, after the filming of "The Three-Body Problem" was completed, the special effects company quit halfway through, and Youzhuang didn't find anyone to continue doing the special effects, so it just stranded.
It's a shoddy money-making game, and it's a good thing not to be released in order to promote future games.
During an interview, the director of this film even said that he wanted to go to Hollywood to learn green screen technology. Only an amateur director could say this.
Green screen shooting is just a very popular elementary special effects technology. You don’t even know how to shoot science fiction blockbusters.
Later, during the filming, a few photos of the scene came out, and the green screen actually had wrinkles. From the director to the entire crew, they couldn't be more amateurish.
Most of those posters are taken from the design drawings of other games and movies. They are not designed by me at all, which means they cannot be released. Otherwise, I don’t know how rubbish they can be.
After discussing this matter, Tang An returned to the company and asked Zhang Qiang to send a producer. In addition, Tang An also called Du Yang to the company and gave her a share of the share, asking him and the producer sent by the company to represent Han. Tang and China Film Co., Ltd. jointly control the project.
The "Fengshen" series includes Song Ge and Chen Guofu. That film is more troublesome than "The Wandering Earth", and it is a trilogy. They both have companies to take care of, and they don't have any extra energy.
The top producers of the Han and Tang media were Song Ge, Chen Guojia, Du Yang, and Zhang Qiang, so there were only four of them. If Zhang Qiang wanted to control the overall situation, he could only let Du Yang take over.
Top producers are very rare and are much more valuable than first-line stars. Even kings like Andy Lau and Tony Leung are not as valuable to Tang An as a top producer.
With them in charge of so many projects in the company, Tang An is basically the hands-off boss and doesn't have to take care of business matters.
Tang An can rest peacefully these days. The company has no major matters to deal with for the time being. He has adjusted his status and is ready to face the new challenges that are coming.
The cooperation between China Film and Han and Tang Dynasties in "The Wandering Earth" was not kept secret for long, and soon all the top executives of major companies knew about it.
There is no way to hide it. Such a large project involves the boss of a state-owned enterprise, the boss of a private enterprise, the number one special effects company in the country, Kingsoft Cloud, one of the top five in the country, and the number one film and television post-production base in the country. It is impossible to start it quietly.
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Wanda Pictures, Jiang Defu was the first to learn the news.
After all, he used to be a big figure within China Film, controlling China Film Digital and China Film Marketing Branch, and controlling the distribution channels of the entire group.
After hanging up the call from his old subordinate, Jiang Defu thought for a while and asked his secretary to notify the company's senior executives for a meeting.
Taking over the entire Wanda film and television industry from Ye Xuan, although Jiang Defu is not eager to prove himself with performance, Wang Jianlin has already started the listing process of Wanda Cinema Line and is considering acquiring Wanda Film and Television with the theme of Wanda Cinema Line after the listing.
industry, creating the first film and television company with a market value of 100 billion.
In the past two years, although relying on Wanda Cinemas, Wanda Pictures' business has been pretty good. "Havoc in Heaven" has made a profit. Although "Beijing Love Story" was guaranteed for others, the guaranteed fee still made a lot of money.
Xu Ke's "Taking Tiger Mountain by Wisdom" should not fail, and "One Step Away" was also sold to Ahli with a guarantee of 1 billion.
However, this year's highlight "Monster Hunt" has undergone such a big change, and its prospects are difficult to predict.
Since Tang An has invested in "The Wandering Earth", Jiang Defu does not doubt Tang An's vision and wants to get an investment.
No matter how high the investment is, the genre is not as good as comedy, but with the support of three major groups, the risk is within an acceptable range.
At the subsequent meeting, Jiang Defu talked to the company's senior management.
When we first took over Wanda Pictures, there was still some unrest internally.
Zhao Fang, assistant to the senior president of Wanda Cultural Industry Group and vice president of Wanda Pictures, immediately raised questions.
"Mr. Jiang, with a production cost of at least 300 million and a three-year cycle, investing in a science fiction movie is too risky, right?"
Jiang Defu glanced at him and smiled slightly, "There is indeed a certain risk, but the special effects will be participated by Jinshan Cloud and the cloud rendering farm cooperated by Hantang. How much can it reduce the time of post-production special effects? What is time-consuming is the early modeling, everything
If everything goes well, the cycle of about two and a half years will still be within control."
Zhao Fang questioned again, "What about the director? There is no director in China who has experience in science fiction films, unless Tang An shoots it himself!"
Faced with Zhao Fang's continuous questioning, Jiang Defu still smiled, "This is indeed a problem, but he has successively discovered many capable directors such as Xu Zheng, Wu Jing, Wu Ershan, Tian Yusheng, and Teng Huatao. This
This time we will also find a suitable director for this film."
"But apart from Tang An, there has never been a successful example of a science fiction film!"
Zhao Fang refuted Jiang Defu's words three times in a row, which made him slightly angry.
Jiang Defu gradually put away his smile and said calmly, "The movies that Tang An likes have never failed."
Having said that, Jiang Defu looked around at the senior executives present and emphasized his tone slightly, "Previously, Tang An offered a guarantee of 350 million for "Beijing Love Story". I don't think Mr. Zhao believed it, but in the end it still took 500 million at the box office, and the company suffered a loss.
Tens of millions.”
"Mr. Zhao was not optimistic about "The Return of the Great Sage" during the Spring Festival, but it ended up winning the box office championship during the Spring Festival, as well as "One Step Away" by Jiang Wen. The one-billion-guaranteed movie was sold to Ah Li at such a low price. I don't think so.
I know how Mr. Zhao evaluates it, but I prefer to believe in a person who never fails!"
This is the only way to directly say that Zhao Zhaofang's vision is not good enough. Although these projects were in charge when Ye Nian was in office, now that Ye Nian has resigned, Zhao Fang, the second in command, will take the blame.
Zhao Fang was also choked back, having nothing to say and no longer refuting.