"Tang Dong, a director of Zhuying Group invited me to make a movie a few days ago, which is also a comedy, I think we don't have to rush one film a year, let the audience digest and digest it, and it's better to make it every two years......."

Xu Zheng looked at Tang An's face and said thoughtfully.

Tang An glanced at him and said with a smile, "Why haven't you heard Director Xu say it before?"

"It's not a blockbuster, it's just a small-budget movie. Xu Zheng hurriedly said.

Indeed, a director of Zhuying Group asked Xu Zheng to star in a low-budget comedy movie, with a little magic element, probably inspired by the big hit of "Shocking Demon Thieves".

In fact, there were a lot of movies mixed with magic elements last year, but they were all gimmicks, and there were not many that really took magic as the main line, although it was a little profitable, but it was not a big hit.

Originally, Xu Zheng planned to take it, comedy is his old job, and the script is a bit interesting.

Now listening to the non-stop laughter of the four or five hundred audience members in the cinema, he paid more attention to it.

The reaction of the audience is enough to explain the problem, the explosion of "Thai Embarrassment" is inevitable, and it is very likely to exceed his personal goal of 200 million, and 300 million or even higher can be expected.

Unless it's a movie like "Avatar", or something else irreversible.

A series, two movies in a row are big hits, and they are all medium-budget movies, seeing others take such high profits, he is definitely not satisfied with what he is getting now.

However, this result alone does not necessarily guarantee that Tang An can give more benefits, unless he shows greater value.

Now there happens to be such a movie, and the comedy he is good at is also a very novel magic theme.

Even if it is not like "Thai Embarrassment" has the foundation laid by the previous one, he believes that with the box office appeal of his two consecutive blockbuster comedies, it will not be a problem to get a box office of 200 million.

As long as he proves his box office ability, the success of "Thai Embarrassment" does not only depend on this embarrassment series, but also on Xu Zheng's ability, so that he can get more benefits from Tang An.

However, Xu Zheng is still a little weak-hearted, after all, he has never directed any movies before, and even before "People in Embarrassment", he did not have a male number one movie with some achievements.

It can be said that his current success is due to Tang An giving him the opportunity to let a newcomer direct alone, giving a director the right he deserves, and not interfering excessively.

Xu Zheng originally thought that Tang An would be very angry, and he even prepared his words.

However, unexpectedly, Tang An's expression did not change, he smiled and said, "Since someone asked you to make a movie, of course it is great, Zhuying Group is also one of the six major studios, their production ability is still good, take advantage of the opportunity." ”

Listening to Tang An's words of encouragement, Xu Zheng was stunned.

His artist agency contract was signed in the studio, and the major shareholder of the studio is Hantang Media, as long as Tang An says a word, he can't accept this film if he wants to.

But Tang An didn't object, and directly agreed, which suddenly made Xu Zheng feel a chill in his heart.

He didn't think that Tang An was telling the truth, as long as he wasn't a fool, he could guess his thoughts.

If Tang An got angry and forced him not to take that movie, and then make a third one, he would be a little more relieved.

But now......

Tang An didn't say anything more, continued to stare at the big screen and watch the movie seriously, and said something to Yu Dong next to him from time to time.

Xu Zheng opened his mouth and didn't say anything, and watched the movie he carefully directed with apprehension.

Until the end of the movie, the smiles in the screening room did not stop, but Xu Zheng basically did not smile in the second half of the year, his brows were tightened, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

......

The lights in the screening room are on, and the movie is over, but you can still hear the intermittent laughter.

There are also people constantly talking about some funny plots in the movie, talking and laughing again.

Xu Zheng and the leading actors took the stage again to thank them and interacted with the audience for a while.

Tang An was still talking to Yu Dong about the box office offstage.

"Yu Dong, do you think the 500 million I said before is it possible?"

"It's hard to say, there are too many movies for the Spring Festival this year, and the box office potential is about to be exhausted by "Avatar", so how many people can watch the movie is not certain. ”

In mid-January, a historical blockbuster "Confucius" was released, starring Zhou Yunfa and Zou Xun, but the box office on the first day was only 10 million.

If this had been placed three or four years ago, the first-day box office of 10 million would have been quite good.

But now blockbusters often have 20 or 30 million first-day data, and this 10 million is not enough to watch.

So far, the total box office has only just exceeded 90 million, and there is no hope of breaking 100 million.

And this is also the result of the strong support of the distributor China Film and various theater chains, and the purchase of "Confucius" movie tickets can give priority to buying "Avatar" IMAX3D and 3D movie tickets.

At that time, "Avatar" had been released for a month, and it could still win more than 100 million points at the box office in a single week, and 3D movie tickets, especially those with good locations, were still very popular.

has big-name stars, enough film schedules, and the support of China Film and many theaters, but there is still only such a little box office.

In addition to the quality of the film, there is no reason why "Avatar" has exhausted the potential of the market.

It's been almost two months since its release, and "Avatar" had 10 million at the box office in a single day last weekend and nearly 60 million a week.

But Tang An didn't think so, he smiled, "Yu Dong, you can also think about the benefits, the explosion of "Avatar" has stimulated consumption more and expanded the market.

In the past, many audiences who did not enter the cinema have also begun to enter the cinema, and there are more and more moviegoers, which is also a good thing. ”

"I hope so. ”

Yu Dong sighed and said something else.

"Confucius" failed, plus "Mulan", Chen Kun, Zhao Wei, and Zou Xun all failed in the blockbusters starring the three in the past two years, I don't know if "Painted Skin 2" will be affected. ”

Tang An was speechless for a while, why did Yu Dong become so sentimental when he was about to go public......

"There must be an impact, but it still depends on the quality of the movie, as long as it is above the passing line, you will not worry about the box office. Tang An smiled.

Yu Dong nodded, it's useless to worry about it, as long as the film is filmed well, coupled with the popularity of the first part, and Bernard's distribution ability, even if the box office is not a big hit, there should be 300 million.

Soon the interaction on stage was over, the audience was leaving, and it was time for them to leave and go to the banquet after the premiere.

At the banquet, Tang An thanked them one by one, everyone toasted together, and then people kept toasting and saying goodbye.

I just watched a hilarious comedy movie, and the atmosphere was very lively, and everyone still had a smile on their faces.

Only Xu Zheng's smile was a little reluctant, as if he had something on his mind,