"Tang An's tone is really getting louder and louder!"
Not far from the infield, several industry leaders also heard what Tang An said about four billion.
Although the scene was very noisy, and Tang An was surrounded by a group of reporters, but since Tang An personally said the number four billion, the reporters around him became more and more excited, and most of them were shouting and discussing. The people next to him were basically
I’ve all heard their “retellings”.
"Last year it was still three billion, but one year later it increased to one billion. It has never increased like this."
Yu Dong in the crowd shook his head slightly. He has been in the industry for nearly twenty years and can be said to be one of the most senior figures in the domestic film industry. He believes that his understanding of the film industry is no better than anyone else.
The domestic market is developing at a rapid pace. In just over ten years, it has just begun to be commercialized and is now the second largest film market in the world. The annual box office growth rate is more than 30%.
Judging from the fact that the North American market has barely grown in the past ten years, it is possible for the mainland to surpass North America and become the world's largest ticket holder.
The mainland market has a growth rate of 30%. Even at this growth rate, the box office champion last year was still 2.4 billion, and this year it will be 4 billion, which is a bit outrageous.
Wang Changtian smiled bitterly and said, "I think three billion is very promising, but I can't even think about four billion."
Wang Zhongjun said, "But Tang An not only dared to think, but also dared to speak. He is really brave for a skilled man."
The three giants from five years ago were deeply moved, but they did not make any mockery.
Even Wang Zhongjun, when he heard that Tang An's goal was four billion, did not ridicule Tang An for not knowing what he meant.
But I definitely don't believe it in my heart, and I even wish Tang An couldn't do it.
Four billion is a number that all domestic filmmakers have never thought of. It would be great if 90% of them set the goal at one billion.
For other famous directors, earning one billion is enough to prove their success.
But Tang An has gradually raised the mainland film history record to 2.4 billion. In terms of box office, he is no longer on the same level as other filmmakers.
Just like James Cameron is completely ahead of other directors on the global box office list, if he were to prepare a new film to be released in two years and promised to take in a global box office of US$4 billion, most people would be skeptical, but
Maybe you won't laugh at him for overestimating his abilities.
Wang Jianlin set a small goal of 100 million, and because he was Wang Jianlin, no one laughed at him.
Even if he sets this small goal of one billion, not many people will ridicule him.
Ah, Li Baba made more than 23 billion in profits last year. If Jack Ma said he would achieve 4 or even 50 billion in profits this year, not many people would ridicule him.
Tang An has dominated the domestic box office record for four or five years. He is the only one in the box office, with a gap in the middle, followed by others.
That is to say, Tang An is qualified to call out the goal of four billion. Others, even if it is Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang, let alone four billion, even if they call three billion, they will definitely be met with one-sided ridicule.
"If this has a box office of 4 billion, wouldn't it mean that this movie can earn 1 billion from the domestic box office alone?"
Unlike the three of them, Zhang Zhao from Lay's focused on money in a different direction.
With a box office of 4 billion, Han and Tang distributed it themselves. The distribution share and the production share add up to almost 1.7 billion. The production cost is 500 million, the publicity and distribution is 100 million, and there is a profit of 1.1 billion.
Even if Haizheng and some capital account for a small part of the investment, Tang An's personal director and screenwriter fees are only 100 million, and it is not a problem to make a profit of 1 billion from the box office alone.
Ahli's profit last year was more than 23 billion, Wanda's was 15 billion, and Baidu's was 13 billion.
The direct profit generated by a movie alone is one billion. The actual figure is really scary.
Zhang Zhao instantly thought of Lay's, the parent company of Lay's Pictures, whose annual profit was only 320 million last year.
Although this is based on the premise of breaking 4 billion, but even if it is only 3 billion, the profit of such a movie is comparable to Lay's annual profit.
Zhang Zhao was jealous and regretful at the same time. If he could continue to cooperate with Tang An and follow him to drink soup, he would be better than now.
When Yang Mi initially refused Yang Mi's investment in the sequel to "Tiny Times", Yang Mi asked Xiao Di to withdraw from the subsequent series. Zhang Zhaoben thought that the movie was relying on Guo Jinming's fame, so it didn't matter.
The facts prove that it really doesn't matter.
Because of this incident, cooperation with the Han and Tang Dynasties was interrupted.
It didn't matter to Zhang Zhao in the first two years. Lay's Pictures was developing rapidly, but in recent years, the investment in "The Wheel" failed miserably. Lay's, as one of the guarantee parties and investors, suffered the biggest loss.
Because the investment in "Taiping Wheel" was too large, even Zhang Yimou's "The Great Wall" could not afford to invest too much money.
The film and television industry is developing so fast. Bernard was one of the three giants at the beginning, and it was also a success when it was listed on Nasdaq.
However, it took a few years to gain access to the U.S. stock market, and its market value was less than 10 billion when it was delisted. At that time, Huayidu's market value was more than 30 billion.
If Bernard is like this, it may be even worse if Lay's Pictures delays for two years.
Zhang Zhao is in desperate need of good projects now. Last summer, Ke Zhendong’s incident of smoking had an impact on “Tiny Times 3”, which directly affected the merger of Lay’s Pictures into Lay’s.
Last month, Jia Leting reached a new acquisition agreement with them. Lay's acquired 100% of the shares of Lay's Pictures for a price of 9.8 billion.
The valuation is much too high. Lay's Pictures and Lay's signed a gambling agreement. In the next three years, Lay's Pictures' net profit will reach 520,730,104 million, totaling 2.29 billion in three years.
It was another gambling agreement. Zhang Zhao and other shareholders made a lot of money, but the pressure was also greater.
Now that he had settled an account for Tang An, Zhang Zhao felt even more excited.
If we can cooperate with the Han and Tang Dynasties, there will be no problem with the gambling agreement.
Several bosses had some chats about the number four billion. After Tang An finished the interview, he walked over.
"Thank you everyone for your support."
Tang An smiled and greeted them one by one.
Wang Changtian sighed and said, "Dr. Tang, you just asked for four billion. It really makes us feel ashamed."
Tang An waved his hand and said with a smile, "There has to be a goal. Although four billion is difficult, I am still relatively confident. Everything will be decided by the market."
Yu Dong said helplessly, "In the future, if I shout a goal of one billion, I will be embarrassed to say it."
It's up to me!
Tang An shook his head secretly, "Judging from the current market, in a few years, a box office of one billion will be the norm, and there will be more than ten or twenty movies a year with a box office of one billion."
"I also admire Director Tang's courage. If it were me, I wouldn't dare to say that. Don't be too embarrassed when the time comes. That is to say, Director Tang has the capital."
Wang Zhongjun smiled and teased, "But Director Tang has thought about what the outside world will say if it doesn't reach four billion, or even falls far short."
Tang An said confidently, "I haven't thought about this. What I think about most is the huge sales of domestic movies in the summer. How should those who advocate that the domestic market is being invaded by Hollywood movies turn around and praise domestic movies?"
"Haha, what Mr. Tang said is right!"
Han Sanping, who was late, came over with a big smile, "Hollywood movies can't become the mainstream in China, otherwise wouldn't the commercialization of domestic movies have failed in the past ten years or so?"
Although Han Sanping retreated, everyone still said hello one by one.
Han Sanping responded one by one and said eloquently, "It has been more than ten years. Domestic films have been commercialized for nearly twenty years now. In 1998, Xiangjiang films and Hollywood films entered the domestic market on a large scale. In 1998, "Titanic" sold a total of 300 million yuan."
At that time, it directly led to the commercialization of the market and the commercialization of domestic films. Until now, we have persisted for twenty years and have not let the domestic market become the back garden of Hollywood blockbusters, and we will not do so in the future!"
Except for Tang An, most of these filmmakers have been engaged in the film industry since the end of 1990. Even Zhang Zhao worked for Moying Group and a company affiliated with the Guowuyuan Information Office before joining Guangxian.
Although they are all businessmen who mainly make money, they make money from domestic films and not much from imported films.
Blockbusters are basically imported films. It is very difficult to buy out a film to have a hit like "The Suicide Squad". Even if there are, most of them are bought out by China Film. If you buy it, you have to obtain a license from China Film.
No one wants the domestic market to be like that of Hong Kong and Baodao. If it really reaches that point, they should be like the film companies in Hong Kong, struggling to survive.
After chatting for a while, the premiere ceremony officially began, with thousands of spectators entering the venue.
Hundreds of media outlets, large and small, gathered together. Film crews from 14 satellite TV stations came over. The premiere ceremony was hosted by hosts sent by Movie Channel, Beijing Satellite TV, and Tudou Video.
The host on the stage gave an opening speech, and Tang An led the actors onto the stage under waves of cheers and countless flashing lights.
"Hello everyone, thank you all for coming to the premiere of "Operation Red Sea" today. After two years of busy work, my results are finally going to meet the audience. Although it is not the first time, the nervousness is the same as it was eleven years ago.
Exactly the same.”
Although it was a routine speech, it was still true.
Even if he is confident about the movie, Tang An cannot be 100% calm before the results come out. It would be a lie to say that he has no nervousness or expectations at all.
There is nothing new about the ceremony. Let me express my feelings and complain about how difficult it is to shoot in Africa, how difficult the environment is, and how hard the actors work.
Of course, there are many things that cannot be said. For example, we cannot say that there is anything bad about Moro songs, nor can we say that local soldiers sell khat leaves to the crew.
Anyway, we cannot "smear" friendly countries.
The actors also said a few words each and showed some behind-the-scenes of the filming and part of the explosion scene, showing how difficult and dangerous the filming was.
Everything went according to procedure. After an hour and a half, the premiere ceremony ended and the movie officially started screening.
The lights on the scene went out, and the first-generation laser IMAX screen newly introduced by the Han and Tang Cinemas slowly lit up.
The photoelectric dragon logo, the producer, etc. flashed across the big screen, and a 100,000-ton freighter appeared in the middle of the screen, moving forward through the waves.
There are two lines of subtitles in the lower left corner:
2014, Gulf of Aden.
Off the coast of Somalia, 5,000 nautical miles away from China.
Also known as "Pirate Port".
The time and place appeared. Since it is a pirate port, there must be pirates.
The main film began to play, and the thousands of spectators, media, and filmmakers in the industry were all staring at the big screen, ready to enjoy this military blockbuster directed by Tang An.
In military movies, what you watch is a war scene, and the scene at the beginning is in a pirate port, which seems to indicate that there will be a battle with pirates from the beginning, and the audience is looking forward to it more and more.