Chapter 103: Buy your own equipment
"The annual box office champion was released, and the cutting-edge director Tang An won the 2005 annual box office champion with "Horror Cruise"!"
"The summer scuffle has come to an end, and "Horror Cruise" has won the summer championship with films such as "Seven Swords", "Initial D", "Mr. and Mrs. Smith", and "Madagascar"!"
"The next master, how far is Tang An from Zhang Yimou?"
"Supporting domestic horror films with his own strength, the horror master deserves it!"
"The box office of 4 movies in the summer file exceeded 50 million, and the total box office hit a new high in recent years!"
"2005 domestic film market overview: martial arts is the world, but the Chinese martial arts world seems to be different from others, he has the unique culture and temperament of Chinese people in it. Before the release of "Seven Swords", it carried the hope of the revival of martial arts movies, but the result made everyone sad! The box office was only 66.38 million in one month after its release!
"As the number one fan movie this year, "Initial D" is not unsuccessful, with a super lineup + gorgeous stunts, and won more than 60 million box office in the summer file, casting the legend of the famous mountain bike god in autumn!"
"The two highly anticipated Hollywood blockbusters were originally the highlight of today's summer file, but they failed to achieve the expected results under the back-and-forth attacks of "Initial D" and "Horror Cruise"!"
"The biggest dark horse this year is undoubtedly Director Tang's new film "Horror Cruise", at the beginning of the release, Tang An proudly said that the box office exceeded 100 million, although it failed to achieve, but with a horror film to win more than 80 million box office, Tang An once again proved to the world that he is a master of horror!"
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The summer vacation is over, and the summer vacation has passed.
In the beginning of the school season in September, the domestic film market has entered an unprecedented off-season.
Throughout the beginning of September, there were only a handful of movies released in theaters, and we could only wait until the end of the month to fight again on the National Day!
It's almost time to end the discussion about a few movies in the summer file.
With the start of the early promotion of "Myth", the attention of the media and the audience is focused on Cheng Long's new film.
On September 5th, Tang An took Xu Yanyun to China Film, intending to divide the part of the money that had been settled by the theater first.
Coming directly to Han Sanping's office, Tang An first congratulated him on his determination to take over the position of chairman at the beginning of 07.
"Director Tang, we don't have to be so polite between us, it's not time yet, it's not necessarily a matter yet!" Han Sanping waved his hand and continued.
"I've already let the finance account for your share, just go over directly when you go down, and the procedures over there have been completed, just sign it!"
"Thank you Han Dong so much, my storyboard script is already halfway done, and I'm thinking about starting to prepare at the same time!" Tang An hurriedly said gratefully.
Box office sharing is a troublesome thing, especially in this era, various theaters, and even the movie theaters below can be dragged to you.
But people said that the specific statistical results have not come out yet, and you can't do anything about him.
Generally, it is very good to be able to get all the shares within half a year after the painting, and the issuing company will drag on for a month here, and you can't make more money by doing whatever you want with the money.
Tang An thought that if it weren't for his youth and unlimited potential, it would not have gone so well.
He didn't wait much, so he simply asked Xu Yanyun to go to the finance to go through the formalities first, and chatted with Han Sanping himself.
Watching Xu Yanyun leave, Han Sanping laughed and said, "Director Tang can't wait so much?"
Tang An smiled bitterly, "Han Dong said that he laughed, now there are more than 2 million left in the studio's books, and I plan to purchase a batch of shooting equipment!"
"Is Director Tang ready to buy his own equipment?These things imported from Europe are not cheap!" Han Sanping frowned.
If Tang An buys the equipment by himself, then China Film will have to take out real money to buy shares!
"I didn't have much money before, and I have been borrowing Han Dong's equipment, but now that the financial situation is a little better, of course, I have to buy a full set of equipment, and I can't always borrow it!" Tang An explained.
Han Sanping didn't say anything, if you have money, it is still cheaper to buy equipment than to rent equipment.
Even if you have a complete set of equipment imported from Europe, you will almost return to the cost if you rent it seven or eight or nine times.
"That's no problem, I'll make a list of logistics later, and you'll see if there's anything to add!"
Han Sanping made a phone call, and it didn't take long for a small leader in the logistics department to come over with a small notebook.
Tang An took it and took a closer look, the manufacturing made by the first-line manufacturers in Europe, even if it goes through the channel of China Film, it will cost nearly 2 million!
Aside from five or six cameras and lenses, there are at least three 8.5-meter electric rocker arms, and three or four rail cars with straight + curved rails above 6 meters must be prepared.
Tripod sliding casters, outdoor mixer, outdoor LCD video monitor, blackout flag, reflector......
As well as 1200W moving head computer lamp, 500MW animation laser light, 3*54 cast aluminum PAR lamp, LED high-power infinite sword, 24-channel digital dimming console, 1024 computer light console, digital silicon box and a large number of lighting equipment.
Nearly ten kinds of lights, although the unit price is not very high, but each of them needs to prepare at least 20 units, which is also a large number.
This is still the most basic equipment, not counting the loss in the shooting process, especially the most expensive film.
It's still five or six years before the advent of the digital age, and in the next few years, there is still a clear difference between what digital cameras and film cameras can capture.
"Okay, just buy it for me according to this, you can prepare a little more equipment that is easy to wear and tear!" Tang An put down the list and said.
This batch of equipment can be used for five or six years after purchase, and when the time comes, it is time to replace the digital equipment, which is a little more cost-effective than renting.
After saying this, Han Sanping cared about Tang An's new film.
"Director Tang's new film or that sci-fi film, the story of Superwoman?"
"That's right, I've been preparing for a long time, and I'm fully prepared, this will be a sci-fi blockbuster like no other!" Tang An said confidently.
As he spoke, he took out a script from his bag and handed it over.
Although he didn't understand Tang An's thoughts, he didn't persuade him.
When Feng Xiaogang was about to film "Night Banquet", Wang Zhongjun's mouth was worn out, and he still couldn't make Feng Xiaogang change his mind.
Every successful director is actually stubborn and not so easy to change his mind.
After 15 minutes, Han Sanping read the script three times in its entirety before putting it down.
"This should be an action sci-fi movie, and there won't be too many special effects..."
After stopping to think about it, he said, "Or is it mainly the heroine?"
Speaking of this, Han Sanping felt a little unable to understand Tang An.
The three movies in a row all feature women as the absolute protagonists, if you didn't know that Tang An is not a womanizer, I guess I would have thought it was for the sake of **********
"The country opposite Superman already has it, and if the protagonist is a woman, it feels more novel and more selling!" Tang An explained.
"There are very few big scenes with special effects, they are all relatively fragmented, and the cost will not be too big!"
Then chatted about the direction of the film and the preparation of the crew, Han Sanping still decided to be willing to invest in post-production and special effects, and the specific amount and proportion distribution will have to wait for Tang An to officially establish the project, and all costs can only be decided after multiple evaluations, after all, Wang Zhongjun's side will also share a little!
In the end, Tang An left China Film with the 8 million share in the early stage.