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Chapter 247 Win the battle!
"Thank you for your help, our "You Now You See Me" can be completed smoothly, the words are all in the wine, I propose a toast to everyone!"

"Dry!"

"Regard Director Tang!"

"Director Tang is being polite, as it should be."

"Come on, do it!"

After the spectators were evacuated, the stadium was completely sealed off, leaving a security company there to guard it.

The site and the stage will be cleaned and dismantled tomorrow. It will be bad if people go in and find the mechanism inside.

Came to a hotel near the gymnasium and simply held a wrap-up reception.

Deng Chao came over with a glass of wine and said sincerely, "Director Tang, thank you for giving me this opportunity to star in a movie"

Liu Ye followed closely behind and raised his glass, "Director Tang, your filming method is different from many directors. In the past six months, I have learned a lot and comprehended a lot, thank you!"

Then Tang Yan followed behind, "Brother An, I also offer you a toast!"

"Director Tang, this is my first time making a movie. Originally, I wanted to become a drama actor in a drama theater after graduation. Thank you for seeing me as a newcomer and giving me the opportunity to make a movie!" Deng Kai sincerely said gratefully.

Although it is said that filming dramas is to hone their acting skills, for students of this age, the first choice is definitely to make movies, followed by TV dramas, and finally choose dramas.

I have acted in dramas for several years, but have not appeared in film and television dramas, so it will be even more difficult to have the opportunity to make movies in the future.

At that time, those who were older than you were famous, and those who were younger than you were younger and more potential.

Unless you have been through it all the time and become an old drama, you will have the opportunity to be green leaves for those idol stars who have just debuted, and improve the acting skills of the whole drama.

Before graduation, Deng Kai was lucky, and starred in a movie that was not considered a movie with his classmates Zhao Qi and Zhang Shuying.

But it's only 60 minutes long, and no one wants to sell it to TV stations, and there are no channels for showing it.

And another TV series was also broadcast on the Southern Children's Channel, and not many people watched it.

Nowadays, students with some potential are cast in important roles by big companies as early as in college, and it is difficult for them to have the opportunity to stand up.

Deng Chao and Liu Ye also spoke from their hearts. Although Deng Chao played an important role in "Assembly", there will never be many such opportunities in Huayi, after all, there is still Huang Xiaoming.

And Liu Ye has been filming for ten years, and Tang An is definitely one of the best directors he has ever seen.

Just his own script, Tang An has revised it three or four times, changing the characters to suit him more without changing the big frame.

The others are similar. Tang An has changed the script according to each person's characteristics without affecting the overall situation.

This allows them to perform with greater fluidity and feel more at home than ever.

He also asked Tang An if the difficulty of performing in this way would be reduced, and would it affect his acting skills? After all, many directors pay attention to letting the actors break through themselves and let the actors adapt to the roles instead of adapting the roles to the actors.

"Breakthrough is not for you to challenge impossible tasks, everyone has different characteristics, and sometimes the script also serves the actors.

The most important thing is to play a role that is close to you and suitable for you. Don't blindly accept the role, it will only hurt yourself. "

Liu Ye has been thinking about this sentence until now.

Then Wang Zhongjun led Jason Constantine over.

"Mr. Tang, Jason was amazed by the filming just now, please talk about this movie." Wang Zhongjun gave Tang An a look, and left.

"Hi Jason, welcome to the wrap-up banquet."

Tang An smiled and clinked a glass with him.

"Don, the scene just now was really exciting. Watching the banknotes floating in the air and filling the entire gymnasium was really shocking." Jason praised.

Then he added, "If it is changed to US dollars, I think this feeling will be even more cracked!"

Ha ha
Tang An didn't take it seriously, Americans are so arrogant, they look down on any other country in all aspects.

Even Franklin's banknotes printed in one's own country are much cuter than the currencies of other countries.

"I'm very happy to receive your compliment." Tang An nodded slightly.

"However, Don, there are too many popcorn movies like this in Hollywood. They all have big stars, big directors and wonderful special effects. There are only horror movies. Horror movies don't need big directors and big stars. With your ability , can definitely become a horror master in Hollywood, just like your companion James Wen, who gained a foothold in Hollywood with horror films, and it is not impossible to direct A-level big productions in the future."

"And our lions lack a director like you. I can promise you that if there is a suitable opportunity in the future, I will definitely provide you with an A-level major production project."

Although "Now Now You See Me" is good, but without a big director, a big star, and a big IP popcorn movie, it is almost impossible to sell a high box office, and the lions can't get more movies, and the profit is limited after all.

He still wanted to persuade Tang An to make a horror movie. This kind of low-cost, low-risk, and quick-acting movie can be made in half a year.

Jason looked at Tang An sincerely, almost holding his hand tightly.

Tang An immediately became excited when he heard about the A-level production, and immediately said, "Thank you very much, Jason, that is an A-level production."

"However, I still have to concentrate on making this movie well. After it is released, I will conceive a wonderful story."

"Of course, the most important thing now is to leave the overseas distribution of this movie to me. Lionsgate's distribution network is all over the world, and there will definitely be good results!"

Jason nodded in satisfaction, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he was indeed a young man!

Watching his leaving back, Tang An curled his lips in disdain.

How despised him, even taking out such a childish bait.

What a big A-level production, look at the big productions that the lions have participated in from the new century to the present. The only big production that has not been released is "The Dark Knight", and it is not yet the lions' turn to call the shots. This is a Warner movie.

The highest cost is "Lord of War" with an investment of 5000 million yuan, and all other movies are low-cost movies.

Don't say they don't have a project, even if they do, it will be their turn unless their heads are squeezed by the door.

Wen Zhiren had already spent 7 years proving himself in Hollywood before making "Fast and Furious 10".

No matter what, let's fool him into buying the overseas copyright first, and the negotiation will be left to Xiao Wang.

After dealing with the reporters casually, Tang An went home.

Tang An didn't ask about overseas copyright matters, it was outside his scope of authority, and he just asked Xu Manyun to ask about the negotiation situation occasionally.

In the few days after the shooting, Tang An rested at home, and at the same time, the film was also used for magnetic transfer.

After finishing the magnetic transfer film, Tang An spent 5 days cutting out some trailers for publicity.

The outside world is still discussing "Now You See Me" these days, and the scene that night has been spread all over the country through word of mouth of tens of thousands of audience members.

But after all, there is no video, and the scene at that time cannot be restored through other people's text narration.

What is the helmet that travels through time and space, the gate of time and space, and the sky full of banknotes.
People will be confused when they listen to you, what is this?
But the more I don’t know, the more I look forward to it. A reporter with a better pen wrote the whole process of the magic. Not to mention, the writing is really good and the three-dimensional sense is very strong.

But no matter how it looks like a science fiction short story, it has nothing to do with magic.

Apart from "You Now You See Me", there is still some news about "The King of Kung Fu". The entertainment circle can be regarded as relatively calm.

Unperturbed.

Before starting the editing, Tang An consulted with Wang Zhongjun and Wang Zhonglei about the early publicity.

In Chairman Huayi's office, the three sat opposite each other.

"Wang Dong, I cut 4 more trailers, which are Tang Yan's escape magic, Deng Kai's car rollover and explosion, the second performance on the big stage, and the scene of robbing the bank."

Tang An said and plugged the computer into the USB flash drive.Start playing.

Of course, it won't be displayed in its entirety. For example, the escape magic will only be carried out until the piranhas pour down and submerge Tang Yan, and the blood keeps gushing out.

For the second performance on the big stage, several magic tricks were selected, Tang Yan's magic in which a person is wrapped in bubbles and floats in the air, and the magic in which a rabbit disappears in a box.

The scene of robbing the bank still has to maintain this sense of mystery, since they came on stage, and then the camera flashed by, and money rained down from the sky.

The appetite of the audience must be whetted, and two months should not let their enthusiasm dissipate.

Fortunately, it was released in summer, and it didn't take that long. If it had been changed to the Lunar New Year file, the audience would have been impatient for such a long time.

A few trailers don't add up to long, and they will be over soon.

"Very good. To be honest, I want to see the finished film sooner." Wang Zhongjun laughed.

Although he had great hopes for Tang An, but he didn't see the finished film and faced the opponent of "Red Cliff", after all, he was a little worried.

"Wang Dong, three trailers have been released before. Except for the last one, it is best to release them in batches one month before the release. Wait until mid-June to release the final trailer. Start the promotion." Tang An suggested.

"Yes, the most important trailer can't be released too early, so as not to startle the snake and make people suspicious." Wang Zhongjun nodded.

Only the three of them and Xu Manyun knew that "Now Now You See Me" was going to be released in the summer, not even Su Wenjie, director of distribution department, and Zhu Mo, director of publicity department.

It's not that they don't trust them, it's always good to have one less person to know, and then hold a meeting at the company two days in advance to formally discuss the release schedule.

"But when will Mr. Tang be able to cut the finished film? If the cinema can't see the finished film, I can't get enough films." Wang Zhonglei raised a key question.

Although based on Tang An's past achievements, the theaters could arrange a high schedule with their eyes closed, but that was also when there were no major directors in the same period.

What's more, this is the super war blockbuster "Red Cliff", the publisher is the two giants of Bernard and China Film, and it is destined to be a big hit.

"If you just give people a title, it is estimated that there will be less than 40% of the films scheduled at most."

This number is enough to be proud of any first-line director. Facing "Red Cliff", he got nearly 40% of the film schedule, and he can boast for a month!

"40% is not enough, especially since we postponed the release by one week, the box office of "Red Cliff" in the first week must be significantly higher than that of "Red Cliff" in the second week, and the film schedule cannot be much less than that of "Red Cliff".

Tang An pondered for a moment and then asked, "Wang Dong, how many copies of "Red Cliff" will be released?"

"Not sure, but it should be around 1200, and the digital theaters will be fully covered." Wang Zhongjun shook his head and said.

It goes without saying that digital copies cost almost nothing compared to film.

The cost of "Red Cliff" is too high, and the copies should not reach 1500. I remember that there were more copies of "Mei Lanfang" than "Red Cliff".

"Then we will lay out 1500 copies in the first round, and I will try to edit the finished film within 40 days, which is exactly one month before the release."

Tang An also went all out, at worst, he would stay in the editing room for a month.

"Well, Mr. Tang will focus on cutting out the film, and we will be responsible for the publicity and distribution. Let's work together to win this battle!"

Wang Zhongjun then looked at his younger brother, "Zhonglei, walk around the theater more often, eating, drinking and having fun are your strengths."

"Brother, it's embarrassing for you to expose me in front of Mr. Tang!" Wang Zhonglei said with a wry smile.

"President Tang is not an outsider, besides, who doesn't know you!"

"It's also good to be able to socialize. Like me, I don't like socializing. I will have to trouble Mr. Wang for similar things in the future!" Tang An said with a smile.

Then Wang Zhongjun told Tang An the good news that the lions had already reached an agreement.

"Wang Dong, have all the global copyrights been sold?" Tang An asked immediately.

Immediately start publicity, it is time to spend money.

Moreover, if the overseas copyrights are sold at a good price, they will not care so much when they spend money in the mainland, and they will not lose money anyway.

"Overseas full copyright is 1300 million US dollars, the contract has been signed, and the money will arrive in the account within a month." Wang Zhonglei laughed.

The production cost was only 7000 million, and the overseas copyright was sold for a full [-] million, which is almost a steady profit.

Although it is not as good as Zhang Yimou's sales of more than 2 million yuan, it is also not as good as "The King of Kung Fu" which sold 3100 million US dollars in North America and Asia alone.

But as a Chinese-language film that is not a costume, the price is high enough. After all, the overseas copyright fee of "The Banquet" is only so much.

Tang An has also become one of the few directors in China who can sell overseas copyrights worth [-] million yuan!

He also breathed a sigh of relief, [-] million is enough to squander in the mainland.

However, he remembered a key question, "When will the other party plan to release?"

"Before and after Halloween, Jason said that the mysterious theme of magic is just right for the Halloween file, and he will fight for the mainstream theaters. I didn't say our schedule." Wang Zhongjun said.

Mainstream theaters, it’s not like before it can only be shown in rural theaters, community theaters and some remote areas.

This means that "Now Now You See Me" will enter the field of vision of audiences across the United States. Although there will not be too many films scheduled, at least every movie theater in major cities across the United States will have one or two shows during prime time!

that's enough!
PS: The 4000-word two-in-one chapter has arrived.

I have been busy all morning, from noon till now I have to press the keyboard of my mobile phone for 5 hours to write it out, but luckily I finished it before I got off work.

(End of this chapter)