"The dust has settled on the merger and acquisition case of Poly Culture, and Tang'an established Hantang Media Group!"

"Four executives + two big flowers + three directors to build a new territory of the Hantang entertainment empire. ”

"A new force in the entertainment industry, Hantang Media wants to compete with the three major groups. ”

"The long-quiet entertainment industry will usher in a new round of reshuffle, can Tang An break out of the encirclement?"

"According to Tang An's own admission, this venture was completely influenced by "Chinese Partner"!

"The Edge of Tomorrow project will not run aground, and it is understood that preliminary preparations are underway!"

"Exclusive interpretation of Tang An's unique personality charm, why can it attract so many people to follow!"

"Hantang Media officially recruits screenwriters, directors, agents, and actors from the outside world to create a new media company centered on Hantang Media Group and surrounded by multiple studios!"

Wang Zhongjun, chairman of Huayi, expressed his blessings to Hantang Media, thanked Tang'an for his contribution to Huayi in recent years, and looked forward to the next cooperation!"

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The next day, the media reported on yesterday's press conference, and all the doubts that had been held back for a month were asked.

Most of them got a positive response, but I don't know if it's true or not.

In addition to Tang An, Chen Guozhang, Yang Mi, Tang Yan, and several of them also had many reporters who changed jobs or terminated their contracts.

Wang Zhongjun, Wu Bo, Yu Dong, Wang Changtian and even Han Sanping also had reporters come to the door.

For fans, the most important thing is that the "Edge of Tomorrow" project has not been stranded, and Tang An has not abandoned the film business.

After the press conference that day, Tang An also found Yu Dong and Wang Changtian, but before he could speak, Yu Dong asked if "Edge of Tomorrow" needed investment.

At that time, I summed up with them a little, determined the investment intention, and made an appointment to give the project together today.

More than 200 million production costs, three blockbusters in the same period of next year's Chinese New Year, publicity expenses must be indispensable, and the total cost will be 300 million.

The domestic box office is almost unable to recoup the cost, but fortunately, this sci-fi theme is still very popular in Southeast Asia, Mediacorp has already had the intention of buying the copyright, and Chen Guozhang in North America has also contacted Columbia and the Lions.

However, whether it is a buyout or a share still needs to be negotiated.

In the conference room of Hantang Media, Tang An and Chen Guozhang led people to wait, and it didn't take long for Yu Dong, Wang Changtian, and Qin Hong to come one after another.

After taking a sip of tea and chatting for a while, we got down to business.

The main thing is to negotiate the price, risk assessment, market research, and they all make it simple to make reports after they go back, not to mention the movies directed by Tang An himself, there is almost no need to hesitate.

"Yu Dong, Wang Dong, Qin Dong, we also said the general situation before, the current estimated production cost needs at least 200 million, including 5 million actors' salaries, 45 million production costs, 140 million special effects costs, and my personal director's salary is 10 million, plus 15% profit sharing. ”

The director's salary of 10 million is not high, think about the fact that a star of Liu Dehua's level can get more than 10 million yuan.

In terms of sharing, at first, Tang An wanted a 5% share of the mainland box office.

But their box office estimate for this movie is 500 million, and 5% is not 20 million, and they can't agree to it.

What's more, the profit of this movie is not destined to be much.

In the end, a 15% profit share was set, even if it was sold overseas, it could earn 100 million, which was 15 million.

25 million, at least much cheaper than Cheng Long and Li Lianjie.

They had no objection to this cost and nodded in agreement.

"The cost of 200 million, we still have a gap of 120 million, I don't know how much the three of us can bear?" Tang An asked.

With an investment of 80 million, the bank should be able to borrow 50 million, with a salary of 10 million, but it will actually cost 20 million.

Now he has not much opportunity except for 5 studios, the money to buy a car, and the company's salary for the next six months, and no amount of investment can bear it.

"Guangxian can invest 50 million. Wang Changtian was the first to speak.

Next year, Guangxian only has three movies with relatively large investments, "The Whole City Alert", "Flower Field Happy Affair 2010", and "Jingwu Fengyun", and they are all released before the Chinese New Year, and there are sufficient funds.

Wang Changtian ate almost half of it with this opening, and Yu Dong immediately said, "I'll pay 30 million, the theater is still expanding, it's not like Wang Dong's wealth." ”

Qin Hong smiled and said, "Then the rest will be mine." ”

Next is the issue of distribution, to Tang An's film, which can be completely reduced to 8%,

However, the four issued together, and still gave 10% of the issuance fee, which was divided equally among the four companies.

Guangxian has the advantage of publicity, Berner distribution + cinema, Xingmei's largest selection line in the country, and Hantang can also win the full support of Poly Wanhe.

Although each family has a small share, it shares the pressure and cost.

Then Chen Guochang talked about the progress of overseas copyrights, Mediacorp and Colombia can now accept buyouts, but the total amount is only 16 million US dollars.

Mediacorp has cooperated with each other, and "Amazing Thieves" sold more than 20 million US dollars in North America, making the lions make a small profit, and Colombia is also willing to buy the rights to the new film.

This price is definitely unacceptable at the time, and everyone still unanimously decided to wait for the movie to come out before deciding.

"Yu Dong, Wang Dong, Qin Dong, and finally I have one more suggestion, I don't know what the three of you think. Tang An said again.

"Tang Dong, please speak. ”

"Some time ago, Tiangong Yicai invited back a partner who was originally in Weicai Pictures from Weta Digital, and I consulted him that if you want to convert "Edge of Tomorrow" into 3D in the later stage, it will cost about 40 million yuan. ”

Yu Dong frowned, "What does Tang Dong mean to transform into 3D?"

Tang An nodded, "I do have this idea, there are about 700 3D screens in China at present, and after "Avatar" is confirmed to be released at the end of the month, major theaters are stepping up the installation of 3D screens, if this movie is a box office hit, it is estimated that there will be at least 500 more 3D screens by the end of next year." ”

Yu Dong and Qin Hong are both in theaters, so they naturally know this, and they also let some of their cinemas start to replace 3D screens.

"I haven't seen the finished film of "Avatar" now, and no one knows the specific effect. ”

"It takes 40 million to convert, what if you use 3D shooting?"

Tang An shook his head, "Not to mention the cost of other equipment, if you shoot with film alone, the cost of film is twice as much, and our photographers have no experience shooting 3D movies." ”

"Can the transformation achieve the effect of real shooting?"

"Please rest assured, eight or nine are not far from ten, in fact, "Avatar" is not full 3D, some of the shots are converted in 3D, 40 million is enough to achieve real 3D effects. ”

In fact, the transformation of 3D into pseudo-3D is also the harm of those bad movies, and as soon as I heard about the transformation, I immediately recognized it as a bad movie.

In fact, many 3D bad movies in China basically only cost five or six million or even less, and naturally have no effect.

Not all of Hollywood's wonderful blockbusters are good for real shooting, and even "Avatar" has some scenes that are converted.

Moreover, like "Guardians of the Galaxy", "Captain Mi 2", "The Hunger Games", "Avengers 2, 3", "Jurassic World", "Transformers 3, 4"... These Hollywood blockbusters are still converted into 3D.

There is no authenticity in 3D, only good and bad, and the effect is also related to the cinema projection equipment.

Now it's not even easy to rent 3D cameras, and the top ones can't be rented at all, so it's better to take some second-rate 3D cameras to shoot.

It costs about $10 million to make a 90-minute blockbuster in the United States, but most of it is a salary.

Hundreds of special effects personnel, in a few months, the salary accounted for more than half.

Domestic labor is cheap, and the conversion cost of 40 million is almost enough for "Edge of Tomorrow".

And the time is also in time, Tiangong Colorful People are not enough, so they will outsource part of it to other companies.

In fact, many domestic special effects companies are not much worse than Hollywood's first-line special effects companies.

Base FX is a company opened by the Chinese people in China, and the vast majority of its employees are Chinese, and it has produced blockbusters such as "Transformers 4 and 5" and "Star Wars: The Force Awakens", and has also been nominated for the Oscar for Best Special Effects.

There is also Digital Domain, founded by Cameron, which is also a domestic company, and most of the special effects personnel in it are Chinese, producing "Rejuvenation", "Ready Player One", "Avengers 3", "Thor 3", and "Spider-Man: Homecoming".

5 Mao special effects are actually a misunderstanding of domestic special effects, which were harmed by those garbage, and domestic directors and producers were cheated by special effects companies.

Although the 3D effect is not very good, it cannot be compared to "Avatar".

But except for Cameron, no one dares to spend nearly 10 years making a movie, just the price of inflation is inflated, and 100 million ten years ago and 100 million ten years later are completely not suitable for a level.

What's more, there will be a lot of movies with 3D subtitles next year, and "Edge of Tomorrow" can achieve the expected effect very well.

Although Tang An said so surely, they were still a little hesitant, after all, the cost was high enough, and every additional point had to take a huge risk.

Tang An didn't force it, he believed that after "Avatar" was released, they would definitely agree to Tang An's plan immediately and turn it into 3D.

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PS: The transformation of 3D is not so unbearable, more than half of the Hollywood blockbusters released in China are converted, as long as you spend money, time and energy, you can be close to the first-class level of Hollywood.

The special effects are not all, the special effects of "Looking for the Dragon" are not as good as "The Great Wall", but the former is touted, and the latter has become a five-cent special effect.

And "Edge of Tomorrow" is live-shot, 90% of the shots are live-shot.

09 years of using 3D shooting is unrealistic, there are not many first-class 3D cameras in the United States, there are no rentals at all, only after the release of "Avatar", 3D cameras will be sought after, and manufacturers will increase production will be popular.

Having said all this, I hope you understand and don't question the special effects and 3D effects too much.