In the evening, after the premiere, Tang An held a banquet in the hotel next door to the Olympic Sports Center to entertain the guests.

"Tang Dong, congratulations, the premiere was a success, and it will definitely be no problem to break the record this time. ”

"Tang Dong's film really won't disappoint, I was a little moved when I watched it. ”

"There seems to be no suspense about this year's box office champion, it depends on how high the record can be hit. ”

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Several CEOs have watched the movie carefully, from a professional's point of view, there are no problems with the movie in terms of service, plot, and rhythm, there are laughter and tears, and the warm applause of the audience after the movie can also show that at least the audience is satisfied.

Even if most of the audience who came to the premiere were senior movie fans and movie lovers, they were basically Tang An's fans, and they would be a little biased towards Tang An.

Just like the premiere of "Private Custom", the response was also good, but the word of mouth was rotten.

But this time, the audience's reaction was much stronger, just like Tang An's previous movies.

has a good reputation, the audience of comedy inspirational themes is wide enough, and coupled with Tang An's appeal, a big explosion is inevitable.

Several CEOs sighed secretly in their hearts, finally the box office of "Transfigurative Gold 4" is going to run for 2 billion, there is a little hope to break Tang An's monopoly, and now the hope is getting smaller and smaller.

Tang An looked at everyone and congratulated them one by one, and he could probably guess their thoughts.

I had a glass with them and said with a smile, "Thank you, but it's still too early, at least until the data comes out on the first working day." ”

"Hehe, Tang Dong is modest, now tomorrow's pre-sales are 50 million. Yu Dongdao.

Tang An said, "More than 40 million points, not bad, the box office on the first day should be acceptable." ”

The pre-sale of more than 40 million is just passable.

Everyone watched Tang An pretend to be casual and slandered in their hearts.

Not to mention 40 million pre-sales, even movies that can reach 40 million at the box office on the first day can't be released much in a year.

Wang Changtian analyzed, "According to this pre-sale, it is likely to approach 200 million on the first day." ”

Tang An said, "200 million is too difficult, tomorrow is not a rest day, and 2D movie ticket prices are a disadvantage." ”

Today's box office is about four or five times that of the pre-sale box office, but it also depends on the type, after all, different types of movies have different audiences and different ticket buying habits.

And "Transformers 4" got nearly 200 million box office with a three-hour duration, which was only obtained because of the high ticket price of 3D and more than 70% of the film schedule.

At the same time, new films were released, and "Mystery Superstar" only had 40% of the scheduled films, and there was no 3D version, which was a disadvantage.

Wang Zhongjun said with a smile, "This summer file is estimated to be about the same as last year, and I am a little glad that Huayi has no movies released." ”

Tang An waved his hand and said, "Wang Dong said and laughed, the "Taiping Wheel" directed by Wu Yusen is about to be released during the Chinese New Year, this is a big production known as the Oriental Titanic, and the Chinese New Year file must have made a lot of achievements, and Wang Dong and Sparkle Roll's "Heavenly Heroes" is also a big costume production, starring Cheng Long, and the Spring Festival file is also very competitive." ”

"Then to borrow Tang Dong Jiyan, if the box office of these two movies can catch up with this "Mysterious Superstar", I will be very satisfied. Wang Zhongjun said with a smile.

This year, Huayi has fallen silent, but four or five movies will be released in the second half of the year.

In addition to the two romance films, "One Man's Martial Arts" may be affected by "Frozen: The Gate of Rebirth", coupled with the release of Ning Hao's "Heart Flower Road" on the National Day, it is estimated that the box office is hanging.

However, Huayi's real focus is still on the side of "Taiping Wheel" and "Heavenly Heroes", the former is jointly released, and the latter is controlled by Huayi.

Nowadays, there are not many big-name stars who really have box office appeal, and Cheng Long is definitely one.

"Zodiac" broke one billion, and "Police Story 2013" had a gap with Cheng Long's previous style, but it also took 600 million.

Wang Zhongjun has so many things in the second half of the year, and this "Mysterious Superstar" seems to be about to explode again, it is estimated that "Transformers 4" still can't escape the same result as the first two parts.

There was little hope of stopping Tang An, and Wang Zhongjun was already thinking about stopping preparations and concentrating on preparing for the marketing of the five or six movies to be released in the second half of the year.

However, Wang Zhongjun still holds on to a glimmer of hope, in the past few years, it has been difficult to produce a 2 billion-level movie, and he doesn't know when he will wait next time, he is unwilling to let Tang An dominate the box office champion every year.

Everyone else thinks the same, if Tang An just breaks the record, it doesn't matter, even if he doubles the box office record like Cameron.

However, the major companies can't accept that someone has won the championship for several years in a row, and every year they break their own records, then the major companies have really become soy sauce players.

There was still a lot of harmony at the banquet, and before the result was clear, he was still talking and laughing on the surface.

Major companies have released films in the summer file, and at the end of Bernard and the beginning of August, two movies "After the End" and "The White-Haired Witch: Bright Moon Heaven" were released.

The former is directed by Han Han, Guo Jinming's films can sell well, and Yu Dong is not worried that the box office of "After the End" will be bad.

The theme of "The White-Haired Witch" is well-known, although the reputation of the two leading actors in movies has always been bad, but this is supervised by Xu Ke, who is the best at martial arts films, and it is also guaranteed.

There are a lot of films, as well as movies such as "Small Times 3" and "Anti-Corruption Storm", but there are no blockbusters.

When the gods fight, no one wants to be affected.

Tang An dealt with several major companies, and had a drink with the crew.

"Thank you, the movie is finally coming out now, and I have to trouble everyone to work hard a few more times in the next month, running around the country. ”

Everyone hurriedly raised their glasses, "Director Tang, you're polite, it's all what we should do." ”

"Let's go back and rest early, gather on time tomorrow, and be refreshed. ”

Tang An admonished, and went to the director's side.

"Director Zhang, Director Feng... Thank you for cheering, what do you think of watching the movie?"

What else, in a plain commercial movie, the whole story is too idealistic and taken for granted.

Zhang Yimou gave a comment in his heart, but he still said with a smile, "What can we think, Tang Dong's control of the rhythm of the plot is more perfect, and the character creation is quite good." ”

Feng Xiaogang said with a smile, "I didn't expect Tang Dong's comedy to be so good, it seems that I can retire." ”

Tang An waved his hand and said, "Director Feng is polite, you are an expert in comedy." ”

"Actually, I have a question, I didn't explain a lot of things in the final ending, and I didn't even say whether the heroine became a big star, why did Tang Dong arrange it like this?" Feng Xiaogang asked again.

Inspirational, success is called inspirational.

In the end, the heroine was considered a success, but she only really appeared on the stage facing the whole country, and did not become a big star as expected.

and the role of the father did not give a result, the divorce agreement was not signed, and the mother just took it out to scare him.

Tang An smiled, "Family issues are a bit sensitive, and there are parents and children in the audience, so in the end, there is still no result." There is also the relationship between two young people, and if it is really made into a romance film, it loses the original intention of the movie, and as for the heroine, she did not become a big star in the end, I think with this process, the applause of thousands of audiences under the ending stage is enough. ”

Zhang Yimou shook his head secretly when he heard this, if it was him, either the family would release their previous suspicions and make a warm ending, or they would amplify domestic violence and make the social phenomenon of domestic violence one of the main lines, which would not only better highlight the difficulty of the heroine's success, but also make the movie more meaningful and the theme sublimated, and he would most likely choose the latter.

Then Tang An chatted with them about their films, and Feng Xiaogang's "Old Rascal" was about to start.

The Sino-US co-production blockbuster "The Great Wall" directed by Zhang Yimou is also in preparation, with a production cost of 150 million US dollars, a proper A-level production.

In contrast, Wu Yusen's "Taiping Wheel" is not enough to watch in terms of cost.

The protagonist is basically set, and the heroine still hasn't changed.

The $150 million blockbuster Lay's is impossible to get, Lay's has just secured "The Peace Wheel", and the movie has not been released and has not recovered its costs.

The big head is still from Legendary Pictures, and Lay's and China Film have a small head.

For films involving famous directors and superstars like Zhang Yimou and Cheng Long, Wanda invests by himself, if it is like the previous film "Warring States", everyone knows that it will lose money, and Wanda will not have to waste money.

The main investment in the films of "Warring States" came from a large cultural industry group under the Chang'an State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission.

For this eldest lady, 14 film and television companies have been set up in Beijing, Dongyang, and Xiangjiang, and a few white gloves who don't know the authenticity of their identities have been pushed in front of the stage, and there are three people with the surname Lu alone.

Wanda has cooperation with others, but cooperation is based on mutual benefit, and it is a trivial matter to pay 100 million, but it is impossible to pay for it every year.

So during that time, Chang'an conquered a document to encourage the development of the film and television industry, and two-thirds of the investment in "Warring States" was paid by a company owned by the local state-owned Wei.

Of course, investment is risky, state-owned assets can be lost, and there is no need for talents to take risks.

Those movies that lose money don't have to pay money, resources are enough.

However, "Police Story 2013", "The Great Wall", "Bad Pacific 2", and "King Kong: Skull Island" are either guaranteed to join by Cheng Long and Zhang Yimou, or the previous blockbuster films, Wanda paid for it himself.

Tang An didn't have much to say about this topic, Zhang Yimou was definitely not happy in his heart, if he put it aside ten years ago, his film was not short of investment at all, and the investors didn't want to arrange the main characters to come in even if they paid for it.

But now, this is not what it used to be, and these great directors no longer have the transcendent status they had at the beginning.

"Which company are you going to find to do the special effects of "The Great Wall" by Director Zhang? My digital field and Tiangong Brilliant have been expanded, and I can help if necessary. ”

"Thank you Tang Dong for your kindness, Legendary Pictures has contacted Weta Digital and Industrial Light & Magic, and it has been decided. Zhang Yimou smiled apologetically.

"The Great Wall" is a movie that will hit the Oscars, and the special effects still have to be as much in line with the aesthetics of Westerners as possible, and even technically, Weta Digital and Industrial Light and Magic are better than the digital field and Tiangong Brilliant Color.

Tang An doesn't care, Tiangong has no shortage of business, the "Fengshen" series is a big project, and there are a lot of Hollywood blockbusters.

Originally, the special effects of "The Great Wall" were also the top in China, but unfortunately the plot was an old-fashioned Hollywood story with a Chinese style shell, and the degree of completion was too low, and even the top special effects in China were also dragged down, and it was said to be a five-cent special effect.

The three major directors, Chen Kaige also has a new film, "Taoist Goes Down the Mountain" has been filmed, and "The Legend of the Demon Cat" is being prepared.

Although Tang An and he had an unpleasant quarrel when the Golden Rooster Awards and "Zhao's Orphan" were released, they didn't have a saber rattling when they met now, and they coped with it formulaically.

"The Legend of the Demon Cat" is also a big production, but it doesn't need the help of Tiangong Brilliance, with investment from Japan and South Korea, with Japanese and Korean actors, and the special effects are also done by Japan and South Korea, most of Chen Kaige's films are like this.

The special effects market is now such a strange phenomenon, domestic film and television companies, directors, who want to make big productions, do not believe in the ability of domestic special effects companies, and spend a lot of money to find foreign special effects companies.

On the contrary, "Iron Man", "Jurassic World", "Captain Rice", "Pirates of the Caribbean" and other famous Hollywood blockbusters have domestic special effects companies involved.

Three former top directors, directors who can be called masters, have returned to the big screen after two years of silence, each of them has two projects in their hands, and they are not willing to be filmed to death on the beach by the new generation of directors.

Tang An They don't have much to say, after all, they became famous in 04, not a few years later than them.

But not to mention Wu Ershan and Xu Zheng, just Wu Jing, Zhao Wei, Deng Chao, Guo Jinming, He Yu, Han Han... These people are completely new directors, and they are all from across borders.

These people can succeed, will Fan Binbin, Zhang Ziyi, Huang Bo, Chen Kun and other big-name stars also go to be directors one by one, how can the three big directors be willing to let a group of laymen also die on the beach.

Zhang Yimou and Chen Kaige are still making big productions, investing more than the other, and they are still superstitious about big productions, but Feng Xiaogang is selling his feelings.