"Hello, viewers, what you are watching now is the Huaguo TV open class "The Lecture Begins", and I am the host Xiao Sa."
In September 2024, Huaguo Communication University, the recording site of the new issue of "Lectures Begin".
At nearly fifty years old, Sa is still handsome enough to charm an eight-year-old girl and an eighty-year-old grandmother.
"Today we are at the Communication University of China for this program. Among the young people here today, there will be colleagues of mine in the future.
For students who want to be hosts, I must tell you that some TV programs are particularly torturous for hosts. For example, on this podium, there once was a person named Ma Yun. After recording that program, I almost cried.
, the whole person fell into deep self-denial.
But I still stand here with courage, because I feel that today’s guest will not put too much pressure on me on this stage. On the contrary, I feel that maybe when he appears, I will feel inexplicably kind, because
Over the past twenty years, we have grown up watching his movies.
Let us welcome today’s lottery guest—Tang An!”
"Pah, pah, pah..."
Amidst the applause of the enthusiastic students in the audience, Tang An, now 44 years old, came to the stage.
"Hello Xiaosa, I grew up watching your show."
"Hello, fellow students, my name is Tang An."
Waves of applause rang out again. Although this was not a film school, Huaguo Communication University was also considered half an art theater. I couldn’t tell how excited I was to see Tang An, who had not appeared in public for a long time.
"Oh, I said I'm not nervous, but I'm really a little nervous now. Director Tang is also my boss. If I don't perform well today, my variety show might be cancelled."
Xiao Sa also made a joke.
"How do you know?"
Tang An was a little surprised, "The day before yesterday, Tudou Pictures was planning to adjust the budget and promotion resources of its various variety shows."
Xiao Sa lost his temper, wanting to say something but not daring to say anything, and fell into autistic isolation.
"Hahaha....."
The students in the audience couldn't help laughing.
Tang An also smiled and asked them, "Dear classmates, do you think I should mention it to Tudou Pictures when I go back and cut the budget and promotion resources of the show hosted by Xiao Sa in half?"
"want!!!"
Everyone shouted in unison.
Xiao Sa continues to be autistic.
"That..."
Tang An pondered for a second, "Then I'll go back and ask them to double the budget for Xiao Sa and give him the best promotion resources."
Everyone was slightly stunned.
"Actually, I haven't been on a TV show in five years, and I don't know what to say to everyone and the audience in front of the TV."
Tang An laughed and said, "It wasn't until I met Xiao Sa half a year ago that he said it had been twenty years since my first movie was released. He joked that he would invite me to give a lecture as a commemoration of the twentieth anniversary."
"That's what I thought. Twenty years have passed in the blink of an eye, and I still vaguely remember that I was filming "Shark Beach" with Mi Mi, my wife, at the beach in Xiangshan."
"At that time, the kind village chief and his two lovely grandsons, Dabao and Sanbao, I was still wondering why they skipped over Erbao when choosing their names."
"Then do you understand it now?" Xiao Sa beside him couldn't help but interjected.
The students in the audience heard Tang An mention this for the first time and looked at him curiously.
"No."
Tang An felt a little regretful, "Actually, in 2019, I passed by Ninghang and suddenly remembered this and went to the village at that time."
"But the small village back then is no longer there, only high-rise buildings remain."
Things have changed, and suddenly the atmosphere has become a little sad.
"It seems a little off topic."
Tang An shook his head, "Xiao Sa told me at that time to talk about some of his experiences and insights in the past twenty years."
"Actually, whether it's experience or insights, it's all about summarizing what has happened."
"And you, life has just begun, and what lies before you is the future."
"No one knows what the future will be like. It is not advisable to use what has happened to me and the experience I have gained on your future path."
"The same medicine may cure diseases for some people, but may cause various side effects for others."
"But now that I'm here, I have to say something. That's the first thing I said to everyone. Nine times out of ten, life is not going as you wish. It's impossible for everything to go as planned."
"You guys are making noises and want me to cut off Xiao Sa's program, but I won't. If you say no, maybe I will really cut it off.
Similar things will continue to happen in your lives in the future. Sometimes when you wake up in the morning and think about everything yesterday, you will even find that none of it was as you expected."
.......
There is a lot of verbosity in Luo Li. It seems that this problem cannot be corrected. Once I start talking, I can't stop. It's like in a meeting. I don't stop until I don't want to talk anymore.
Seeing that Tang An had finally finished speaking, Xiao Sa quickly said, "Dr. Tang, in the past twenty years, you have experienced and led the development of the Chinese film industry. Today, China has become the world's largest box office market, and Chinese-language films are also
Now that there is a certain market around the world, can you briefly summarize the development of the film industry in recent years?"
"We are all students at Hua Guo Communication University, and some of us may also be engaged in the film and television industry in the future. I will briefly explain."
Tang An thought for a while and smiled, "I won't talk about it because it's too far away. Let's talk about the past ten years.
About ten years ago, I was filming "The Jungle Book", which was a live-action animated film and was an adaptation, not original.
At that time, many people didn't understand why I made this movie. In fact, I made this movie mainly to let Americans, Europeans, and all foreigners understand the special effects technology of our country.
Some people say why it has to be this movie instead of other genres. What they thought at the time was that the original cartoon has a certain reputation in the United States, and everyone in the United States knows it, and the style of my adaptation is in line with both Eastern and Western aesthetics.
, after all, there is only one actor.
If we switch to a genre like Journey to the West and Fengshen, Americans are not used to it. Let them get used to it, but we ourselves are not used to it.
When we are in a weak position, we must do as the Romans do, and then slowly let them accept our things. This is a long process.
Except for the protagonist, the little boy, all the animals, plants and trees in the movie were made with CG. This movie took five years to produce, and more than 3,000 special effects personnel were used. The cloud rendering farms of Huawei Cloud and Kingsoft Cloud made it possible.
Finally, a nearly perfect live-action animated film was presented to the world.
At that time, people in the United States were scolding me, saying that I, a Chinese, had ruined their childhood classics. There were also many unpleasant words in China.
Some people...how do you say that word? It's called cents. They criticized me crazily on the Internet, saying that Tang An was going to be a part of Hollywood. There were also some excited people who also scolded me for worshiping foreigners.
, the tone was particularly intense.
In addition, there are some colleagues who are also watching the joke.
However, after the movie was released overseas, foreigners were stunned. They began to have a new impression of Chinese movies. In their impression, Chinese movies were no longer shoddy, only niche literary films, and specialized films.
A "realistic" movie that shows the lives of people at the bottom.
At that time, after the movie was released around the world for a week, it could basically be nominated for the Oscar for Best Special Effects. This was the consensus of the entire Hollywood.
With such a huge cost, the global box office of 1.3 billion US dollars is not the most important thing, the most important thing is that it allows foreigners to re-understand Chinese films.
Since then, many Chinese-language films have often been released simultaneously around the world, and their box office has slowly improved.
North America, Europe, Asia, mainly Asia, because I have jointly established a distribution company with many countries in Southeast Asia, and have also cooperated with many cinemas in various countries.
As of now, there are more than 80 cinemas in Southeast Asia cinemas, including those under construction. Except for South Korea and Japan, it covers almost most countries in Southeast Asia, and it is still growing.
It has also opened up the video tape market channels in various Southeast Asian countries. Chinese-language movies are already the highest-selling genre in the Southeast Asian video tape market.
There is also Xiangjiang. Through cooperation with Hua Run, the number of cinemas in Xiangjiang has reached 38. It can be said that 70% of the cinemas in Xiangjiang belong to the Han-Tang Cinema Line Xiangjiang Cinema Branch."
After saying so much, Tang An took a breath.
At this time, a student in the audience raised his hand to indicate that he had a question.
"Dr. Tang, Hantang Media has not opened a cinema in Aomen, and I heard that you have also banned Sun Entertainment in Aomen in all aspects in the mainland?"
"That's right."
There is no need to hide this little thing.
"Zhou Zhuohua, the boss of Sun Entertainment, has a nickname called Ximihua. Does anyone know what it means?"
Everyone shook their heads.
"Ximihua sounds nice, but it should actually be called Qianqianhua!"
"The literal meaning should be easy to understand, and I can't go into details for a while. That is, he laundered money through his blockage. As a result, he entered the film industry and co-produced films with some companies, and then also used films as a tool for money laundering."
"Some money cannot be made, and it is also harmful to the film industry. Therefore, after I have enough capital, I will ban all movies in which Sun Entertainment participates from being released in its theaters, including other films released by Wuzhou
Cooperative theater chain.”
"All companies under the group, including Toutiao, Douyin, Douyu, Bilibili, Zhihu and other short video apps and websites that hold certain shares, have completely banned movies in which Sun Entertainment participates."
"Don't you think, Mr. Tang, this is too overbearing? Other companies are also involved in those movies?" Another student questioned.
Tang An smiled and said, "First of all, I have not violated any contract. My own company, my own cinema, can show whoever's movies I want. It does not violate any laws."
"Second, I gave a one-year buffer time. I can't control how much money other people want to make, but I just don't allow anyone to use movies as a tool for money laundering."
"However, it seems that I heard that when you were filming "Now You See Me" in Omen, you had some issues with Zhou Zhuohua. Are you deliberately retaliating?"
"Yes, that's what happened. It can also be seen as my lack of conscience and taking revenge."
Such a heartfelt admission made the doubters not know what to say.
When a person is really awesome to a certain extent, these little things will not affect his reputation.
Tang An currently owns more than 20 listed companies, holds shares in countless other companies, and indirectly controls hundreds of companies. He has been the richest man in China for many years, and three years ago he defeated Muke, the richest man in India.
Shi Ambani became the richest man in Asia and held the title for three consecutive years.
Some people also mentioned that Tang An helped Liu Dongqiang at a critical moment a few years ago.
"It's been several years since that incident. In fact, there is nothing to say. I believed from the beginning to the end that Liu Dongqiang would not do such a stupid thing at such a critical time, otherwise he would not be Liu Dongqiang."
"Before the incident, U.S. capital had significantly reduced its stake in JD.com, and as a company listed in the United States, Wall Street has been eyeing JD.com."
"Liu Dongqiang had previously divested Jingdong Financial and Jingdong Logistics, two high-quality assets, from Jingdong. The capitalists on Wall Street had long been dissatisfied. I judged in advance that Wall Street wanted to short Jingdong, so I found Ma Huateng.
He is also a shareholder of Jingdong. We talked for a long time and paid some money to help Liu Dongqiang stabilize the situation a little."
"Of course, I didn't lose money in the process. Later, I also used Jingdong to promote our Nuomi.com, and connected my own payment channel with Jingdong. This will help me compete with Meituan in the online and offline markets."
It played a certain role.”
"Director Tang is so sure that Liu Dongqiang did not commit sexual assault?"
"We can tell from the reports of so many mainstream media in the United States at that time that even if the Wall Street capital behind Jingdong could not completely suppress the news, it would not cause such a big fuss.
But I don’t care whether he does it or not. Jingdong is one of the most important Internet companies in China. As an entrepreneur, Liu Dongqiang’s contribution to society under his control is definitely much greater than that of foreign capital. Of course, it was later proved that
He is indeed innocent."
"Dr. Tang is really an entrepreneur with a sense of social responsibility."
Xiao Sa also flattered his boss against his will.
"What sense of social responsibility is there is just too much money. And I have always admired Liu Dongqiang. He has come this far from a poor rural student with no background, and he is worth learning from all young people."
Tang An shook his head, "Now according to Forbes statistics, what is my net worth?"
"81.3 billion U.S. dollars." Xiaosa reminded.
"It's less than 100 billion US dollars, but it's still a lot."
What the hell...
Less than 100 billion U.S. dollars, but still a lot...
Xiao Sa seemed to have received a massive blow, and this scene made him feel a little familiar.
Why is it always me who gets hurt!
"Actually, when my wealth reaches a certain level, I feel very uncomfortable."
Tang An continued, "Look at this amount of money, and its hundreds of companies, many of which are first-class or even number one in the industry. Even if I don't care about the wealth these companies have created for me, there are thousands of families.
We all rely on these companies to make a living. Once they go bankrupt, the impact will not be on me losing a little money."
"So even if I don't care about the money, I still have to make my company develop well."
"I feel very tired when I think that the failure of one of my decisions may affect the lives of thousands of families."
Well, you are right, let me be tired too.
Xiao Sa continues to be autistic.
"Dr. Tang, do you think China's film and television industry can one day surpass Hollywood? This is also a topic often discussed online in the past two years."
"Of course it is possible. After all, the future is full of infinite possibilities."
Tang An laughed and said, "Chinese-language films have begun to gain a certain degree of competitiveness overseas. The three series of "Fengshen", "Prehistoric" and "Journey to the West" are extremely popular in the Southeast Asian market, and sometimes they can beat Hollywood blockbusters."
"In the European market and the North American market, Western audiences will try to watch Chinese-language movies after they have a new understanding of Chinese-language movies and the special effects of Chinese-language movies. They also find them fresh and can sell a relatively considerable box office.
"
"What we filmmakers have to do is to continue to make good movies so that foreign audiences can see more excellent Chinese-language movies. Over time, let them accept our culture. By then, Chinese-language movies can truly be popular in the world.
Becoming mainstream around the world."
"That will be a new era. Everything is possible in the future, it depends on how we work hard for it."
After talking so much, my mouth is dry and I am tired.
I looked at the time and it was almost time.
"How about this end of the program? I have to accompany my daughter to the amusement park in the afternoon. Now the kindergarten has started. If I don't take her to have fun, I won't study seriously in class."
"this...."
Even though he was experienced, Xiao Sa was a little confused. Today's program didn't follow the procedure at all. Tang An was the only one talking. He occasionally interrupted, and the audience asked few questions.
The key point is that Tang An is also his boss. He finally invited him here. It's really not too casual.
However, as the host, Xiao Sa still has basic professional qualities. He rounded off the words and announced the end of this program.
Tang An thought of something again and said, "By the way, it doesn't matter if I advertise, right?"
Little Sal was stunned for a moment, "No...it doesn't matter."
"Next Saturday night, Ma Yun and I will have a cross talk show at the Han-Tang Grand Theater in Beijing. Everyone is welcome to come and listen to the cross talk."
"You said that Ma Yun comes from a family of opera, and I'm not even an amateur. Isn't this bullying? I'm really retired and have nothing to do!"
Shaking his head, he left the recording scene and came backstage.
"dad!"
A cute and adorable five-year-old girl opened her chubby little hands, raised her short legs and trotted over to throw herself on Tang An's lap.
Tang An picked up the little girl with a doting look on his face, "Let's go, baby, daddy will take you to the amusement park!"
Yang Mi followed, straightened the little girl's clothes, and complained, "Don't always spoil her, she's becoming more and more disobedient now."
"Mom is bad!"
The little girl lying on Tang An's shoulder made a face at Yang Mi, snorted, hugged Tang An's neck tightly, and stopped looking at her.