After the Spring Festival holiday, Tang An did not immediately return to the crew of "Mysterious Superstar".

The crew officially started, but several assistant directors and actors filmed some less important scenes first, and only after Tang An finished dealing with the things at hand could he join the group.

A professional crew, the entire behind-the-scenes team and actors are all first-class, and some unimportant scenes are not a problem at all for several assistant directors who have followed Tang An for ten years and have been in the industry for more than ten years.

Count those who have changed from art directors and cinematographers to directors, who has not been with big directors for many years, and which little-known director has anyone under him ever seen who can be a director?

After 10 years in a first-class team, you can learn something.

After the Spring Festival, Tang An talked with Tang Jing, director of the Haizheng Television Art Center, and a group of military advisers sent by Haizheng.

Tang Jing will serve as the chief producer of the film, which is a requirement of Haizheng to supervise the production of the film at any time, and in addition to the military adviser, a military producer has also been sent.

The leader of this military advisory group is the former captain of a special brigade of the Navy, and its members can almost form a complete special operations team, which is responsible for the training of actors.

The posture of all the team members in the movie, the slogan and password, and even the training formation, the selection of gun models, etc., are all professionally trained by the military advisory team.

"Director Tang, I am really grateful to Haizheng for his support to our private enterprises, please rest assured that this shooting will definitely not disappoint the leaders of Junwei. Tang An sincerely thanked him.

At least 50,000 rounds of ammunition, 70 or 80 types of firearms, tanks, armored vehicles, helicopter gunships, all European and American equipment.

Many of them were helped by the Moroccan government, where they were filmed, and it was impossible for such large-scale weapons and equipment to be shipped directly from the country.

In addition, when fighting abroad, you cannot wear clothing with the symbol of nationality, nor can you use the most recognizable national clothing.

At the time of the film, the expatriates were supposed to be escorted to the port by local government forces, but because government forces were unable to do so, local government forces were required to provide military equipment to the commandos who went to rescue the hostages under international law.

The location of the film is still Morocco, and some of the military equipment is also provided by the Moroccan military.

In the tank battle in the original "Wolf Warrior 2", most of them were modified from domestic tanks, so they could not be filmed in Africa, but in Zhangjiakou.

In addition to these, the Navy also dispatched the Ninth Destroyer Detachment of the South China Sea Fleet, one of the three major fleets of the Chinese Navy, to assist in the shooting.

The South China Sea Fleet has two destroyer detachments, the second and the ninth, this is public information, and the specifics are unknown.

Part of the film's exterior scenes are located in the South China Sea Fleet Headquarters, and the South China Sea Fleet is the most convenient to assist in filming.

The fleet doesn't need much either, after all, it's not a science fiction movie, the more the better.

The tone of the movie at the beginning is to be more realistic, leaning on it as much as possible.

But it's not absolutely true, the most important thing about the movie is to please the audience, the audio-visual experience, this is the first priority, everything else has to be detoured.

Tang Jing, director of the Haizheng Art Center, said with a smile, "We have no experience in making movies in the past, and Tang Dong has to worry a lot about this." ”

In fact, this project is not about who helps whom, it is all reciprocal and mutually beneficial, there has never been unilateral help in the world, and it is still such a large-scale action, and the cost of armaments alone is as high as 200 million.

At the previous plenary meeting of the delegation of the neighborhood army and the armed police force, the general secretary stressed that it is necessary to promote the in-depth development of military-civilian integration in a down-to-earth manner, and provide strong impetus and strategic support for the realization of the Chinese dream and the dream of strengthening the army.

"Operation Red Sea" is a film for Tang An, but for maritime politics, the most important thing is a "cultural project" formed by the cooperation of government departments, the navy and private companies.

"Wolf Warrior" can be a military film, and "Operation Red Sea" personally directed by Tang An will definitely not be bad, this is a major political achievement, and the Ministry of Maritime Affairs, Junwei, and Foreign Education have all given the green light.

Moreover, the army does not have a budget for filming commercial film and television dramas, although it is a military literary and artistic unit, it is just to complete the task of the superiors.

If you want to make a commercial film to make money, let alone whether you can make money or not, your superiors will not necessarily approve the money.

Now investing in Tang An's films, although the cost is high, Haizheng doesn't need to pay a penny, just take 5% of the resource shares, and make a lot of money.

Then Tang An talked to them for a while, and Tang Jing asked about the actor's situation again.

Tang An said, "I already have a rough selection of the main actors in my mind, and when I finish the filming of "Mystery Superstar" in two months, I will start recruiting actors, and there will be enough time for the actors to train." ”

Tang Jing looked at Zhang Haifeng, the leader of the military advisory group, and Zhang Haifeng said, "I need at least five months of training. ”

Military, no nonsense.

"As for the actors, I will try to make sure within a week, and the training will trouble Captain Zhang. Tang An nodded.

Originally, I planned to wait for "Mystery Superstar" to finish before going to find the actors, and then go to Africa for a filming location.

After all, I will join the group in a few days, and there are still a lot of things on my hands, too many and too miscellaneous, and I have a headache when they are all put together.

However, there is not enough time, "Mystery Superstar" has at least a month and a half of filming time, and the actors of "Operation Red Sea" need half a year of training.

The filming time was also longer than any previous film, estimated at four or five months.

And there are too many unstable factors, in order to pursue reality, many places in the movie use live ammunition.

For example, the captain decided to use the reactive armor of the tank to pick up a cannon from the rebels, which was a real shot, and the modified anti-powder shells used were really bombarded on the reactive armor of the tank.

There are many similar shots, and no one can guarantee smooth sailing.

Let the actors train first, and the construction will start after the release of "Mysterious Superstar", and the location on the Moroccan side is almost finished.

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Leaving the Haizheng Art Center, Tang An went straight to the airport, rushed to the magic capital, and met Li Ruigang, the "godfather of Huaguo Media", again at the Millennium Seagull Hotel near the Magic City Broadcasting Building in Changning District.

Compared with Tang An and Wang Changtian, Li Ruigang, who is the director of Modu Radio and Television Station and the chairman of the Media Group, is more qualified to be called a media giant.

In front of him, the chairman of the Shadow Group is just a subordinate.

The volume of the Media Group is not comparable to any film and television company at present, and the combined market value of its Beston and Oriental Pearl is 70 billion.

Previously, Wu Feng had already talked with the vice president in charge of investment and development of Media and Broadcasting Group about the shareholding of Besitong, and Tang An's coming to the demon was partly for this matter.

Hantang Media has a lot of cooperation with Media Group and Dragon TV, Shangshi Pictures, a subsidiary of Oriental Pearl, a subsidiary of Media Group, has taken a stake in a subsidiary of Hantang Media, and many TV series produced by Han Tang have also been sold to Dragon TV.

At their level, there is no need to hide when talking about business, so Tang An directly asked about the restructuring of the companies under the Media Group.

Li Rui just pondered for a moment, but he did not hide it, the reform was carried out in a big way, not petty theft.

"Tang Dong, I won't hide this from you, the municipal party committee has issued an order, the reform team has been established, Minister Xu is in charge personally, and I am the deputy leader, not only the know-it-all and the Oriental Pearl, but also the entire company of the Magic Capital Propaganda Department system must be reformed and reorganized!"

Tang An was slightly stunned, a little puzzled, "All?"

There is only one Minister Xu in the Propaganda Department of the Demon Capital, Chang Wei of the Municipal Party Committee, and he is personally in charge, so he is really going to make a big move.

This is not the reform of the system of the Media and Broadcasting Group, nor is it the reform of Modu Optoelectronics, but the reform of the entire propaganda mouth.

"That's right, the Media Group and Oriental Media will be integrated, some print media will be merged into a newspaper group, and film and Internet brands will be changed to market management. ”

The other reforms have little to do with Tang An, but this film also needs to be reformed.

Tang An asked, "So, the Magic Shadow Group is no longer under the jurisdiction of the Media Group?"

Even the Magic Shadow Group, which has the top three joint cinema chains in the country, the second largest state-owned film group in the country, is under the umbrella of the Media Group.

Li Ruigang nodded, "The equity will belong to the Municipal State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission and become an enterprise directly under the Propaganda Department." ”

From a subsidiary of the Media and Broadcasting Group to an enterprise directly under the Propaganda Department, the status of the Magic Shadow Group has soared.

It is estimated that the film industry has developed too fast that the Magic Shadow Group has been able to become independent.

Li Ruigang didn't elaborate further, and Tang An couldn't ask any more, it all involved confidentiality.

Speaking of business, "Dong Li, after the merger of Baishitong and Oriental Pearl, the new company should be able to raise funds." ”

Li Ruigang smiled, "Tang Dong wants to join a share?"

Tang An did not deny it.

"It is expected to raise about 10 billion funds, non-public offerings, and if Tang Dong is interested, you can talk about it after a while. ”

Li Ruigang did not refuse Tang An's request, Hantang Media is the largest film and television company in China, and the two sides have a lot of cooperation, and Li Ruigang's eyes are not only on China.

Li Ruigang agreed so happily, Tang An is not very surprised, from the perspective of the cultural media industry, Hantang Media is definitely a good partner.

Tang An thought for a while and said, "Dong Li, if the newspaper group is also short of funds at that time, you might as well look for me." ”

Just now he said that the merger of paper media reminded Tang An, Ah, the fox has almost recently invested in many paper media of the Media Group.

"Is Tang Dong also interested in newspapers?" Li Ruigang was a little strange.

Tang An said, "Although the propaganda role of paper media is no longer as good as that of the Internet, it is also an important channel, and it is better than nothing." ”

"Okay, we'll talk about it when the reform is done. ”

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The purpose of this trip was half achieved, but Tang An still had to help the Media Group do something.

This year, the Magic City Film Festival has launched a "Chinese New Director Program", this year is the first time, the New Directors Program also got a master class, admitted more than 30 Chinese directors, and invited seven well-known directors from all over the world to give lectures, and finally selected a few from the 30 master classes of the academy and invested money to make films for them.

The Magic City Film Festival is also sponsored by the Media Group, as the only international A-class film festival in China, whether it is the General Administration or the Propaganda Department of the Magic City, they attach great importance to it, and Li Ruigang invited Tang An to give a few lectures.

In addition to being the No. 1 director in the mainland, the main reason is that he has money, resources and channels, from production to publicity.

Tang An doesn't care, even if he asks him to fund a few directors to make films, it's not a big deal, in exchange for investing in Know-it-all and Modu Newspaper Group, it's too cost-effective.

There are too many similar new director plans in China, Liu Dehua's "Asian Rising Star Director".

Jia Zhangke's "Wings Plan".

Guangxi's "New Director Training Program".

Huayi's "Plan H".

LeTV's "Dream Realization Plan".

Ning Hao made a "bad monkey 72 change plan".

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There must be nearly thirty various plans for these to say the least, nearly half of which are initiated by private enterprises, mainly not because there is a shortage of directors who can make money, thinking that if a Ning Hao is discovered, it will make a lot of money.

Hantang Media also has a similar one, but the effect is not great, and it is a net loss.

Tudou Pictures also has so many online dramas and online universities, and the shortage of directors is not ordinarily large.

In recent years, directors have done a lot better, and talented ones will basically not be delayed.

Of course, talent alone is not necessarily enough, but also have to be able to fool, make a good PPT, plan, fool the senior management of major companies, then the investment is much easier.

Ten years ago, it didn't work, the market was so big, at that time, a company only made a few movies a year, and there was no shortage of directors at all.

Let's give lectures, Tang An has also been to the Beijing Film Academy a few times, pouring chicken soup or something.

Today is the day of the start of the master class, and Tang An did not pinch the point, and advanced a quarter of an hour.

However, when Tang An arrived, the other six teachers also arrived.

Guan Jinpeng, the director of Xiangjiang literary and artistic films who has directed films such as "Rouge Buckle", "Ruan Lingyu" and "Lan Yu", has won the best director of Golden Horse and Golden Statue.

Wei Desheng, the director of "Cape No. 7" and "Saidek Bale", won the Golden Horse Award for Best Film twice.

Japanese benzene director Junji Iwai, this is a Japanese benzene director who is more familiar to domestic audiences, known as Japanese benzene Wong Kar-wai, and later made a Chinese movie, starring Zou Xun, Qin Hao and others, and Brother Hu special starring.

Three directors, plus three cinematographers.

Jia Zhangke's partner and royal photographer Yu Liwei has won many best photography awards.

"2046" and "Auntie's Postmodern Life" photographer Guan Benliang also won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography.

Li Yaohui, the photographer of "Infernal Affairs", "Initial D", and "Wounded City", has won three Academy Awards for Best Cinematography.

All have one thing in common, except for Wei Desheng, there is almost no experience of big commercial blockbusters.

The students of these new directors program master classes do not need to study commercial blockbusters, at least not now, and no one will invest in them.

"Morning, everyone, sorry for being late. ”

They weren't very familiar, so Tang An said hello slightly.

"Hello Director Tang. ”

Guan Jinpeng nodded slightly, the two sides are not in a circle, and Tang An is not very kind of Director Xiangjiang.

However, Wei Desheng was much more enthusiastic, and directly used honorifics.

"Hello Director Tang. ”

Wei Desheng is a member of Yang Dechang, Yang Dechang and Chen Guochang have a good relationship, and he also served as an assistant director for Chen Guochang in "Double Pupils".

Stretching out his hand not to hit the smiling man, Tang An shook his hand and said with a smile, "Hello Director Wei." ”

Wei Desheng immediately stepped forward, took the initiative to shake hands with Tang An, and said with a little excitement, "I heard that Director Tang was coming before, but I didn't expect it to be true." ”

With such enthusiasm, Tang An was a little strange.

Wei Desheng has not made any more films after filming the big production "Saidek Bale", Baodao movies are in a recession, especially for big productions with an investment of hundreds of millions or even hundreds of millions, it is impossible to do it locally, only large companies in the mainland have this handwriting, so they are so enthusiastic about Tang An.

If Tang An knew what he was thinking, he would definitely be hehe.

Tang An didn't know the Ben man that day, and the three photographers also just said hello casually, and they couldn't talk together at all.

They didn't mean to have anything to do with Tang Anpan, they were just polite.

Those three photographers have all participated in the shooting of well-known movies and often cooperate with first-line directors.

Even if you want to climb the relationship, everyone is in public, and you can't pull that face.

But fortunately, time passed quickly, and several people came next door to participate in a small press conference, and the 30 directors were also in place.

Of the 30 directors, 9 of them don't know each other, and the one who can be named is Dong Runnian, the screenwriter of "Heart Flower Road" and the future "Lao Paoer" and "Crazy Alien".

Also, the only director in this masterclass, Wen Muye, will become famous with "I Am Not the God of Medicine" in the future.

A director who can produce a box office of 3 billion is also a great success.

Everyone sat down, the students sat at the bottom of the stage, the teachers sat on top, and there were a few reporters and photographers below.

This is to be a teacher, a teacher, the kind of formal lecture, and there is more than one class.