As the biggest director in China and the record holder of Chinese films, Tang An's new film has always been the focus of attention inside and outside the circle.

However, every time he casts, he picks it quietly, and there are no large-scale auditions and auditions, and the actors dare not reveal it to the public casually.

Four months have passed since "The Martian" was released, and there has been no movement at all.

Until mid-May, Hantang Media's official website, Weibo, and Tang An's personal Weibo also announced the news of the new film.

And many reporters who have been paying attention to the news immediately learned the news as soon as possible.

In less than ten minutes, Weibo was reposted by countless people, and there were countless messages in an instant.

"Finally waited for Tang An's new film, it's still a sci-fi film, let's see what genre it is this time!"

"Sci-fi +1, it's just that the alien invasion has been filmed, and the aerospace theme has also been filmed, this time I hope to innovate again!"

"Interstellar, listening to the name, is hard sci-fi!"

"The title of this film is very clear, crossing in the stars, is it possible to be a sci-fi adventure?"

"The title of the film is a bit hanging, what does this crossing mean, crossing time or space, will there be a space wormhole?"

It didn't take long for netizens from all walks of life to speculate about the routine of this new film.

Tang An's movies have always been very consistent with the title, "The Martian" is about rescuing astronauts who are stranded on Mars.

The male protagonist in "The Edge of Tomorrow" has been repeating again and again, wandering on the edge of tomorrow.

Although "Interstellar" is not so straightforward this time, it can probably guess a range.

If not for the title party!

Of course, there are also those who don't particularly like sci-fi films, and many fans say that Tang An no longer has the ability to innovate new genres, and he can't get out of sci-fi films.

Tang An changed genres one by one before, and some fans still expect Tang An to shoot all genres and create an unprecedented record.

Looking at the global film market, how many directors are proficient in all genres?

No, not a single one, not even Spielberg was proficient in all genres.

However, for the two wonderful sci-fi films "Edge of Tomorrow" and "The Martian", fans are very much looking forward to the new film "Interstellar" no matter what type of movie they like this time.

There are also some trolls and sunspots who start spraying blindly, but they are instantly drowned in the voices of countless fans.

In less than half an hour, the online media also followed up, and the entertainment pages of several major portals, whether they were reporting on the big ship or the "Women's Federation", or the recent scandals in the entertainment industry, were all replaced with the news of Tang An's new film.

There were voices of discussion everywhere, and celebrities from all walks of life reposted Tang An's Weibo to express congratulations.

An hour later, Hantang's official Weibo and Tang An's personal Weibo were updated again, putting an aerial video and a set of pictures, the first one is a desolate northern land, and you can feel a chill through the photos.

Then the land was cleared out of millions of square meters of land, and hundreds of seeders ran back and forth in the fields.

With such a line of text: The new film "Interstellar" is about to be released, this is the end of the earth, people's living environment is getting worse and worse, the extreme deterioration of the earth's environment, high temperature, drought and epidemics have swept the world, human beings can only rely on planting corn to survive, I will be in the northeast, the northernmost Mohe in the country, planting 5000 acres of "apocalyptic crop" corn, used as the live shooting of this movie......

For those who are accustomed to seeing modern high-rise buildings, 5,000 acres of corn fields is just a numerical concept.

Even in ordinary rural areas, it is difficult for anyone to contract 5,000 acres of land.

Through aerial photos and videos, that large area of desolate land has made fans turn on their acting skills.

Although the crops have not yet been planted, you can imagine what it will be like when the land is full of corn.

It's a message of water underground.

"Tang An is awesome, he actually planted 5,000 acres of corn in a film!"

"Speechless, is it necessary to do this, just plant dozens of acres in the green screen and copy it. ”

"The real shot is real, and the copied things are a bit fake on the big screen. ”

"It's too much of a toss, you can plant thousands of acres of corn for filming, so is the alien scene going to go to the sky to shoot on an alien planet?"

There are all kinds of comments, some fans think that there is no need to spend time and money in this kind of place, and some think that every detail must be true.

Then someone remembered that this is a science fiction film, or a science fiction film related to aliens, this cornfield is not an alien cornfield, they mainly look at space and alien special effects, not how real your cornfield is.

There was another discussion, many people said that Tang An did not understand the key points, and some experts took great pains to analyze the feasibility of planting corn in Mohe.

Before the summer season came, Tang An's new film once again dominated the screen.

However, Tang An only announced the title, actors, and a set of photos of a video, and then many programs and media wanted to invite Tang An to have an interview and talk about his new movie, but they were all rejected one by one.

May gradually passed, and the final box office of "Titanic 3D", which was released in April, also came out, with a domestic box office of 980 million, only one step away from one billion.

There's no way, after all, it's a re-release movie, I watched it in the early stage when I wanted to watch it, and the trend collapsed too quickly in the back.

During this time, Tang An was not idle, in addition to preparing for "Interstellar", he attended the inaugural meeting of Tudou Group.

Hantang Media holds a relative stake in Tudou Group with 34.7% of the shares and more than 40% of the voting rights, Tang An is the chairman of Tudou Group, and Zhou You, former vice president of Hantang Media and COO of Tudou, is the CEO of Tudou Group.

The other shareholders are various funds and investment banks, and they do not interfere in the operation of Tudou, and Weibo, which holds 9% of the shares, cannot pose any threat to the status of Hantang.

At the same time as the establishment of Tudou Group, Tudou Film and Television Culture Co., Ltd., jointly established by Hantang Media and Tudou Group, was also prepared.

Hantang Film and Television, a subsidiary of Hantang Media, was also established, announcing 4 TV series in cooperation with the group's studios in one go, as well as a small-budget movie.

Hantang Cinema Group accepted a cash investment of 100 million yuan from a domestic investment institution, gave up 10% of the shares, and valued the cinema line at 1 billion.

Industry is really not profitable, far less risky than Internet companies, but the profits will be infinite.

The Group's Investment & Development Department has also achieved remarkable results, participating in the financing of a total of 5 companies.

Co-led the Series A financing of Zhihu with Qiming Venture Partners, investing US$6 million to obtain 8% of the shares.

Participated in the angel round financing of Didi travel software developed by Xiaoju Technology with 3 million yuan, and obtained 32% of the shares.

Together with SIG Capital, he participated in the angel round of financing of ByteDance (Toutiao) and won 14% of the shares with 1.8 million yuan.

Soon after ByteDance received angel investment, it released its first version and was well received in a small market.

In just one and a half months, the A round of financing was opened again, led by Hantang Media and SIG Capital, and Hantang got 6% of the shares with 2 million US dollars, with a total of 17% of the shares.

At the time of the angel round, Toutiao was valued at 12.8 million, and millions of angel rounds were spent in just one and a half months, and the valuation of Toutiao today also reached more than 230 million.

In crazy times, a quality investment is simply more profitable than anything else.

There is also a Series A financing of Nuomi.com, which smashed $12 million in exchange for a 13% stake.

Another life platform, Ele.me, led by Hantang and GSR Ventures, in a Series A financing round with $2.4 million and a 7% stake.

Ele.me was established one year later than Nuomi.com, and for this kind of platform, one year is already a very big gap.

Negotiated the investment of five companies, spending a total of 23.1 million US dollars, almost 160 million yuan.

In addition to the more than 40 million allocated to "Wolf Warrior", there is more than 100 million left in the group's accounts, and then there are the publicity and distribution costs of the movie.

Tang An used "Interstellar" to borrow 400 million from the bank, of which 180 million was used for the production of the film, and 160 million of the 220 million paid for the investment of a total of five projects.

At present, the only cash available to the group is the remaining 40 million loans and 100 million yuan of the group itself.

These projects are all angel rounds and A rounds, and it is estimated that the money will be burned out soon, and the next round of investment will be fast, and more money will be needed.

When the time comes, it will be enough to refinance, and the movies released will also be released one after another, which can also bring considerable income.

The establishment of several companies and 5 investments in a row is just a bit of a storm in the film and television industry, and it is not worth mentioning in the financial circle.

I don't know how many new Internet companies are founded and closed down every year.

However, on June 11th, Ahli officially announced the establishment of Ahli Film Group.

is not only the establishment of a film and television company, the moment the news broke out, the entire entertainment industry was shaken!