Four days in the afternoon, at the Four Seasons Hotel, a relatively hurried press conference was held at this time.

Although it was prepared on an ad hoc basis, the scale was not small at all.

The three giants of Hantang Media, Huayi Brothers, and Berner Film jointly held the meeting.

Nearly 100 reporters were present, and all the media with branches in the capital were present.

As for the things to be used for the press conference, there are no posters, concept drawings or anything.

There is only one temporary poster, Deng Chao, Tang Yan, Zheng Kai, and Liu Ye, which are a little different from the dress of the first part.

The real opening is a picture, and the rest depends on the editor.

As for the background?

It's pitch black......

Because the plot of the sequel is nothing, and the poster is not conceived, anyway, the magician is very mysterious, and the dark background is almost the same.

Of course, Liu Ye may not participate this time, after all, where is the status, it is impossible to play Deng Chao, unless it is tied for the male number one.

Specifically, Liu Ye made a cameo appearance and added someone to come in. Or improve Liu Ye's role and change it to two male leads, and I'll talk about it later.

This sequel is led by Huayi, after all, they have 70% of the sequel copyright in their hands.

The share is 4:4:2, and Bernard takes 20% of the share.

However, the most important person in the entire press conference is Tang An, and he is the one that the media pays the most attention to.

The lights on the stage that were urgently arranged turned on, and Tang An took the stage.

"Good afternoon, friends from the media, and welcome to the press conference of the movie "Amazing Demon Thieves 2", ......"

After an opening statement, some of the highlights from the first part began to play on the big screen behind him.

After about two minutes, the wonderful shot flashed away, and finally froze on a poster.

"Click!"

"Click... Click... Click......"

Everyone took pictures.

It's just a bit simple, in addition to the four leading actors hidden in the dark, the whole poster also has a few big characters in "Shocking Demon Thieves 2", as well as the fame of the three producers.

Of course, Tang An has the title of a producer.

The reporters in the audience whispered.

"The posters are all here, and it is estimated that they have been planning for a long time. ”

"This poster is a bit rudimentary, and there is no information at all. ”

"I think it's good, there's a sense of mystery, and I'm attracted to it at first glance. ”

"I feel the same way, but I just think it's too simple and a little bit wrong. ”

"I don't know who I'm going to look for. ”

"God knows, Xu Zheng, the director of the Han and Tang Dynasties, is about to shoot Ning Hao's "No Man's Land", "Tang Detective 2" has also been approved, and there is also Wu Ershan who has not moved, and I don't know if the third part of "Ghost Blows the Lamp" is preparing. ”

"Wu Ershan shouldn't be, although he is also suitable, but he will not come to make a sequel to others. ”

"Berner has Chen Kexin, and it is estimated that he will not come. ”

"That's Hua Yi's director, isn't Hua Yi's H plan a lot of directors?"

......

There was a whisper, but there was no exchange.

There were not too many steps in the press conference, Tang An just accepted the reporter's questions, mainly why the sequel was made, who is the director of the sequel, whether the actors have changed, and what the plot is.

Tang An also answered one by one, "Actually, there are still a lot of things to dig up in "Shocking Demon Thieves", the identity background of the other three magicians, the final ending of the insurance tycoon, etc., after five years, it is time to make some things clear." ”

"As for the director, we are still looking for the right personnel, try to match the mysterious sci-fi style of the movie, and not disappoint the audience, and the actors will basically appear in the ......"

After answering some questions, Tang An handed over the stage to Wang Zhonglei.

Wang Zhonglei began to work, boasting about how well this sequel was going to be filmed, how much money was going to be invested, and he had a set of golden teams, top special effects team production team, and 3D real shooting.

Anyway, it's blowing to the death and building momentum.

The press conference lasted two hours and ended in the evening.

It happened that the time was not early, so I had dinner at the hotel and held a banquet.

"Wang Dong, Yu Dong, do you have the right person for the director?"

Although the project was handed over to them, Tang An must ensure the quality, otherwise he would be scolded at that time.

"Shocking Demon Thieves" is a standard commercial film model, and there is nothing outstanding except for the rare theme.

But the more this happens, the more difficult it becomes, except for magic and special effects to attract the audience, there are not many other characteristics, so you need to work more on the rhythm.

It should be as suspenseful as a spy movie, but not too complicated.

And the pace must be fast, and there is no extra time for the actors to slow down their acting skills.

Wang Zhongjun also has no suitable candidates, there is no shortage of opportunities in Huayi, there is a shortage of capable directors, but Huayi does not have many good directors.

"Tang Dong knows the most about movies, who do you think is more suitable?" Wang Zhongjun asked rhetorically.

Tang An pondered for a moment, and quickly went through the impression of the director in his mind, and finally fixed it on a short and fat middle-aged man.

"How about director Uncle Gao, his previous film and television dramas have borrowed from the film aesthetic characteristics since the New Hollywood Movement, and he is very good at shaping characters and rhythms, the former has the foundation of the first part, but the rhythm is very important, and he is famous for the dramas involved in the case, and he has a deep knowledge of creating an atmosphere. Tang An gave a suggestion.

Uncle Gao?

Wang Zhongjun and Yu Dong thought about it for a while.

Uncle Gao Yu is a TV drama director, although the 96-year-old "China Case" became popular, and even reached the point of 10,000 empty alleys in a certain province, in the month of the broadcast, the local Department of Industry and Safety reported to the Ministry of Industry and Safety that in a month, the crime rate in the provincial capital was 0, because everyone went home to watch TV at night.

Although it is an exaggeration, after the broadcast of this drama, it has set off a boom in dramas all over the country.

Later, "Conquest" was also popular, but in terms of movies, there were only a few movies such as "The Trial of the East", "West Wind Spirit", "Detective Hunter Zhang", etc., and they won more awards, but there were no achievements at the box office.

There were no good candidates for a while, so Uncle Gao Yu was temporarily included in the candidates, and then selected.

Tang An must control the post-production of the whole film, as long as there is a director who can make a good movie, if the post-editing is not smooth, it still has to be handed over to the editor, not to the director.

For the time being, let's decide on a candidate and discuss it slowly.

After talking about business, I chatted a few words about the trends in the industry.

"Tang Dong's 700 million guaranteed "Heart Flower Road" is a big deal, which scared Dong Ping away. Yu Dong asked with a smile.

"Ning Hao, Xu Zheng, Wang Bo, this iron triangle is worth this price. Tang An said.

"Is Tang Dong so confident?"

700 million guaranteed, this can be ranked in the top ten of the year.

In any case, the risk is too great.

You must know how many Ning Hao's last movie was, although Xu Zheng's single film broke 1.2 billion, it was a series.

When "1942" was released, who would have thought that Feng Xiaogang would fail!

Tang An smiled, "Isn't guaranteed issuance just gambling, the risk is big, the return is big, I believe Ning Hao once, if it doesn't work, I should buy a lesson." ”

Everyone was speechless, and they bought a lesson.

700 million guaranteed, if you really make a box office of two or three hundred million, then you will have to lose at least 150 million.

At this price, Huayi, Guangxian, and Berner didn't dare to give it, the risk was too great, and they couldn't take this risk.

Bernard's guaranteed "After the End" is only 400 million, and with Guo Jinming's "Little Times" with a box office of 500 million, Han Han, a writer of the same level, will not be much worse.

At this time, Ye, who had been silent, opened his mouth, helped his eyes and smiled slightly.

Of course Tang Dong dared to bet, "Beijing Love Story" can offer a guarantee of 300 million. ”

What the?

"Beijing Love Story" 300 million?

The news obviously hadn't spread yet, and everyone present was stunned.

If the guarantee of 700 million yuan in "Heart Flower Road" is gambling, then the guarantee of 300 million yuan in "Beijing Love Story" is equivalent to stud.

Seeing that Tang An did not deny it, everyone believed it.

I thought that I was thinking about Tang An's boldness just now, but I didn't expect it to be so big!

"Heart Blossom Road" has a famous director, two first-line male stars with box office appeal, which is quite reliable.

But what is there in "Beijing Love Story"?

A popular TV series?

If you really rely on the fame of the TV series to sell 300 million box office, then everyone will simply adapt the TV series.

What "Bright Sword" or the like adapts one or two battles, and "Xu Sanduo" is made into a series, from ordinary people to the king of soldiers.

There are also "Latent", "The Legend of Zhen Huan", "Shanghai Tang", a lot of popular TV series.

may be able to rely on the fame of the TV series to sell tens of millions or even more than 100 million tops, but 300 million is impossible.

What's more, director Chen Shicheng is still a newcomer who has never made a movie.

Tang An could see the unhappiness in Ye Xuan's eyes through his glasses, and said with a smile, "Guarantee, of course there will be risks, and if you can bear the risks, why not give it a go, maybe there will be an accident, it depends on whether Mr. Ye is willing to accept it." ”

Ye Xuan's eyes flashed behind his glasses, and he said with a smile, "Since Tang Dong is willing to gamble, then I will take it on behalf of other investors, with a minimum guarantee of 300 million." ”

"Then thank you, Mr. Ye. ”

Wanda established Sihai Distribution, then the two sides are absolute opponents, and reasonable business competition is not a big deal.

One is 700 million guaranteed, and the other is 300 million, adding up to exactly 100 million, and everyone can't help but secretly admire Tang An's boldness.

Although they are all billions of companies, the one billion guarantee is a large amount just because of the guarantee fee paid in the early stage, and it is not so easy to take out so much cash.

After the banquet, Tang An arranged all the things of the company, and then took Liu Ye, Yang Mi, and Wan Qian, the three leading actors, to set off for the United States.

This Friday, "Interstellar" will officially be screened on a large scale in more than 70 overseas regions.

Perfectly avoiding the overseas summer slots, there are almost no weighty movies in August, and the giant ship "Interstellar" launched an attack on the global market.