In the chairman's office, after Chen Guozhang came, Xu Yanyun, the general manager, was also called over by Tang An, and the three group leaders had a small meeting together.

Tang An took a sip of the teacup, and said unhurriedly, "You all know about Xu Zheng, and he probably guesses the thoughts in his heart, I already have a plan for this matter, don't worry, I will naturally come back after Xu Zheng hits a wall." ”

The box office and word-of-mouth of the embarrassment series have now become the largest IP in China, and even "Painted Skin" and "Ip Man" are far inferior.

There is always a time when the first two are finished, but as long as the reputation of the embarrassing series does not jump, it is not a problem to shoot more than a dozen films.

There are so many countries in the world, and every country goes around, and you can shoot until you die.

By that time, the value of this IP will probably be more than billions.

But this is not like "007", actors are required to be handsome, personable and temperamental, and Hollywood grabs a lot of them.

The embarrassment series is a comedy, there are not many talented comedians, and those who can play the leading role in the movie can be counted in China with both hands.

No, Xu Zhengguang relied on Huang Bo and Wang Baoqiang, and the two didn't know if the audience would buy it.

"Then Tang Dong, do you plan to suspend for a year and wait for the box office failure of "Modern Age" to start again?" asked Chen Guozhang.

"What if Modern Times succeeds?" Ms. Xu added.

Tang An smiled and shook his head, "I learned about the director of this movie, he was a screenwriter before, and this is the first time to direct a movie. ”

And he is from the Zhuying Group, Xu Zheng has been a director twice in a row, and this time he has the title of producer, it is estimated that the cooperation between the two of them will not be so smooth. ”

Chen Guozhang nodded, how can Zhuying Group also be one of the six major film groups, backed by such a group, the director will definitely not let Xu Zheng interfere in the filming.

And Xu Zheng has been a director twice, and he must have put forward his own opinions on filming, and it is inevitable that there will be contradictions.

Once there is a conflict between the director and the actor, they will compete for control of the shooting, can they still make a good film?

The previous "Looking for a Gun" was a special case, Lu Chuan's combat power was only five, and he was not Jiang Wen's opponent at all.

But "Modern Times" is a project directed by Zhuying Group, and it is also very invested by Zhuying, and Xu Zheng will not use it even if he is a producer.

However, Xu Yanyun asked another question, "Then let's wait another year before launching the third part." ”

Chen Guozhang continued, "Waiting for a year may not be a good thing, one film a year is easy to cause aesthetic fatigue, and filming one every other year can also deepen the audience's expectations." ”

Tang An nodded, "Mr. Chen is right, one a year is indeed too frequent, and most Hollywood series are released every two or three years or even longer." ”

Then he smiled again, "But I won't let Xu Zheng participate in the third part, which can be regarded as a warning to him." ”

"Will the director and the leading actor be replaced?" Chen Guochang hesitated.

Although Xu Zheng's disguised coercion made Chen Guochang very unhappy, the risk of really changing people is too great, and one accidentally can easily ruin the entire series, and the gains outweigh the losses.

"Where to find the right actors and directors?" Xu Yanyun also asked.

"It's not hard to find actors, this time I will write a script myself, and when the time comes, I will just find a suitable director, and I will personally participate in the final editing to ensure the success of the third part of the new series. ”

Tang An's words gave them a reassurance, all of his six movies have undergone market tests, and the script is not to be said.

found a reliable director, Tang An participated in the editing by himself, and the film was more than half successful.

Coupled with the signboard of the embarrassment series, the box office is almost guaranteed.

However, Tang An shook his head secretly, he didn't expect that he still had to write a script for his subordinates.

With so many excellent films in his head, it stands to reason that he will write four or five scripts in the next year, find four or five directors to shoot it, and sit and count the money.

But unless you find the original director and a high-level crew, there will definitely be differences in the shooting, or even two things entirely.

And the chairman of the Tangtang Group writes scripts for his directors, which is too profitable.

I wrote the script myself, so why do you need someone below?

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On Sunday, May 16, at 7 p.m., Tang An went to the China World Summit Wing Hotel to attend the celebration banquet of the film "Du Lala's Promotion" directed by Xu Jinglei.

This is Lao Xu's third movie, compared with the first two, the box office has been greatly improved, and the mainland box office has reached 130 million after more than a month of release, and it is now about to be drawn.

With the development of the domestic film market, more and more movies are released every year, and there are more and more corresponding blockbusters.

Originally, three or four years ago, there were only two or three movies that broke 100 million yuan a year, and there were very few blockbusters with an investment of hundreds of millions, all of which were concentrated in the Chinese New Year and summer holidays.

But now, last year's total domestic box office has exceeded 7 billion, and the domestic film box office is nearly 4 billion, an increase of 50% compared with last year, twice as much as in 07 and 3.5 times that in 05.

And last year, there were a total of 18 movies that broke 100 million at the box office.

The bigger the market, the more directors who enter the 100 million yuan club, and the competition is getting bigger and bigger.

In the past, the two major schedules of summer and Chinese New Year were two movies that competed, and no matter how much it was, it would exceed the market capacity.

But now, there were two 400 million-level blockbusters in the summer last year, and there are several more that broke 100 million.

There are five blockbusters released in December for the Chinese New Year, and the competition is so fierce.

Many producers have set their sights on the National Day files, Spring Festival files, and even Qingming and May Day in April and May, which have not been taken seriously before.

In 2008, the state adjusted the new statutory holidays, the May Day holiday was changed to one day, the National Day holiday was changed to three days, and the Qingming, Mid-Autumn Festival and Dragon Boat Festival, which were not holidays in the past, were set as legal holidays for one day.

It's a holiday, and after the holiday, it's basically a three-day holiday all over the country.

Therefore, Qingming Festival in April, Labor Day in May, Dragon Boat Festival in June, summer vacation in July and August, Mid-Autumn Festival, National Day, New Year's Day, New Year's Day, and Spring Festival in September have formed several schedules throughout the year.

Basically, only March between the Spring Festival and Qingming is an unpopular schedule.

Although there is no future generation, every small long holiday is a fierce competition for three or four blockbusters, but at least there will be no shortage of movies to be released throughout the year.

In the just-concluded April Qingming file, there was "Ip Man 2: The Legend of the Grandmaster", which got a box office of 200 million, "East Wind and Rain", which had a box office of 30 million, and "Du Lala's Promotion", which had a box office of 130 million.

In the ongoing May Day file, "Iron Man 2" broke 100 million in 10 days after its release, and "How to Train Your Dragon" had a box office of 22 million in 3 days.

The box office of these five movies was comparable to an entire Chinese New Year five years ago.