June 11, 9 a.m., Capital International Airport.

More than 10 men and women dressed in formal clothes were waiting near the pick-up gate.

The men and women in the front few suits and leather shoes look at the fabrics of high grade, glasses, watches, rings, and necklaces are all famous brands.

The line in the back is naturally a black suit, and at first glance it is a bodyguard.

Seeing this posture, the surrounding crowd thought that some big man was coming, and there was a whisper of discussion.

This is exactly the high-level executives of Hantang Media and a team of bodyguards who came to pick up the airport.

Wang Wei, the group's financial director, said with some concern, "Mr. Xu, is it too risky for the chairman to do this?"

Xu Manyuan shook her head, "I have persuaded the chairman several times, but since he has decided, he has his reasons." ”

Before they could say a word, they were interrupted by a loud shout from ahead.

"It's Liu Ye!"

"President!"

"Liu Ye is here, and Tang An, is the filming of "The Martian" finished?"

...

Over there, Tang An and Liu Ye had already walked out surrounded by more than a dozen employees of the crew.

Although the itinerary was kept secret and there was no special fan group to pick up the airport, the crowd at the scene was still very excited.

Xu Yanyun immediately asked the bodyguards to separate a way and pick them up.

In the crowd, Tang An also greeted the fans and signed a few names.

"You see that your fans are so enthusiastic, or you can say hello, and I'll go first. ”

Seeing that there were a lot of people, Tang An was very immoral and left Liu Ye and seven or eight bodyguards here, and ran away first.

Liu Ye, who was left surrounded by fans, if there were not seven or eight bodyguards, he might have been eaten by these fans, he could only helplessly show a bright smile and deal with the fans patiently.

"Let's go, get in the car and say. ”

Tang An led everyone out of the airport and got into a Lawrence business car.

"What's going on, did President Zhang give a reply?"

To raise 1 billion in cash, in addition to accepting financing and selling the shares of potatoes, you can only borrow from banks.

If you don't have any money, borrow from the bank!

Xu Yanyun shook her head, "The Martian can get a loan of up to 600 million, and President Zhang said that he will talk to you personally when you come back." ”

600 million, plus the original loan of 220 million, that is, the bank's revenue for this movie is estimated to be more than 800 million.

In China, according to 1 billion, the production share and distribution share are a total of 430 million, and the overseas box office share + other copyrights are nearly 400 million, which is still a bit far from "Edge of Tomorrow".

This is also normal, banks have to take risks, and the estimate is conservative.

Even so, it is unprecedented to be able to give a loan of 800 million for a movie, and Zhang Yimou's "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" can't get this number.

But 600 million plus the 200 million on the company's books is only 800 million, and there is still a gap of 200 million.

"What about Dragon Quest?" Tang An asked again.

Xu Yanyun shook her head, "Give another twenty or thirty million at most, after all, the National Day schedule is not as good as the summer file, and the overseas revenue is too risky." ”

With a loan of 178,000,000, excluding overseas income, the bank's estimate for this movie is 400 million.

The highest-grossing movies in the National Day file are only "Painted Skin" and "Di Renjie's Tongtian Empire", with a box office of more than 200 million, and the bank has given this number is already very good.

Tang An frowned, "Former Raiders" couldn't get a loan, and "Detective Chinatown" had a new director and new actors, and it was the same.

"Why Sheng Xiaomo" and "Step by Step Shocking" have just started filming.

"In this way, prepare the materials for the theater, and I'll go to President Zhang in two days. ”

So far, I can only temporarily mortgage the cinema chain, and I have invested 400 million yuan, all of which are industrial, and the loan is easy to handle.

Tang An decided on a billion-level project in just a few words, and Wang Wei, the financial director next to him, couldn't help but speak out.

"Chairman, you don't want to think about it anymore, investigate it and have a meeting. ”

"Mr. Wang, rest assured, I know Shengda Literature very well, as the station with the largest market share in China, the prospect of Singularity is very good, and this investment is definitely worth it. ”

Internet companies, with a market share of nearly 45%, every investor knows what this concept is, and it has almost reached the point of monopoly, as long as it does not die, it is dozens of times the return.

Even if the plate is big enough, the future income is beyond imagination, if it weren't for Chen Tianqiao's serious illness and change to Shengda's business direction, it would really not be easy to get.

Otherwise, Wu Wen would not have pulled up a capital of 400 million US dollars next year.

I went back to the company for two or three hours and worked on some documents.

In the afternoon, Tang An started filming again, and Li Youbing and Xu Jinglei also began to join the group.

The scene was the first press conference held by the space agency, and the head of the space agency, Li Youbing, announced that one of the space agency's astronauts had died in a Martian accident.

"Teacher Li. Your tone is a little heavier later, but you have to be strong, you don't need to have too obvious sadness, but there must be that heavy atmosphere. ”

"Don't worry, Director Tang, I understand. Li Youbing nodded.

"Teacher Li, of course I'm relieved, then Lao Xu, you can make soy sauce next to you. Tang An smiled.

Xu Jinglei didn't care either, and joked, "You didn't pay me much in the first place." ”

Then Tang An looked at the dozens of reporters and photographers sitting at the press conference, this is not a group performance, Tang An invited major media and TV stations to ensure acting skills.

The key is that you don't need money yet, just accept an interview afterwards.

"Everyone's ready, if it's all right, let's get started. ”

"Director Tang, let's start, we are all professionals, don't worry, we won't mess you up. ”

"But Director Tang can reveal some more details about the movie later, and we can go back and make a difference." ”

The reporters laughed.

"No problem, I have prepared the photos, and there are one or two tidbits, Liu Ye should come immediately, and there will be time then. Tang An agreed.

The afternoon shooting went quite smoothly, and as long as the characters were selected with the right actors, there were no major problems in filming.

The lines are also quite official, and we mourn them deeply...... And then give examples of the heroic deeds of astronauts.

The reporters were also very cooperative, creating a somewhat heavy atmosphere on the scene.

Then another press conference was filmed the next day, and a larger venue was taken to show the public that the astronauts were still alive.

It took 5 days for the crew to shoot the scenes inside the space agency, as well as the audience's reaction when watching the broadcast of the successful rescue of Liu Ye at the end.

Outdoor billboards in schools, buses, long-distance buses, homes, office elevators, shopping malls, CBD commercial streets, etc......

Filming the worries of the crowd, as well as the excitement and cheers of the successful convergence scene.

After a month and a half of filming, as Tang An shouted "finished", "The Martian" is officially over.

In the past few days, Tang An also met with his neighbor, the vice president of the Poly branch of CCB, and negotiated two loans, the second loan of 600 million yuan for "The Martian" and the 300 million loan for Hantang Cinema Line.

With the previous 1 billion, Tang An now owes the bank 1.9 billion yuan.

However, the other party is not without requirements, the first CCB product placement, in addition to the company's current two modern dramas, will also provide advertising placement in the next three film and television dramas, free of charge.

Even "The Martian" must have a close-up, and Tang An directly arranged one of the last scenes of the audience cheering outside the building where the CBD CCB is located.

A one-time loan of 900 million, these conditions are not outrageous.

Not only that, Tang An and the other party have reached a long-term cooperation, and the other party will also launch activities during the release of popular movies produced by Hantang Media, and credit card consumption will give movie tickets.

It's a win-win situation.

After the film is shot, it is time for post-production.

This time, it was shot with a 4K digital camera, and there was no need to do glue to magnetism, so you could start editing directly.

However, Tang An didn't do it immediately, it took a few days to go through all the materials, and then read the script a few times.

On June 23, Tang An rushed to attend the world premiere of "Snowflake Secret Fan".

In addition to Wendy Deng, Hua Yi, and Magic Shadow at this premiere, executives from the film's producers SoftBank and IDG Capital will also attend, and Tang An went to talk to them about the singularity by the way.