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Chapter 284 Power On! (The first update asks for subscription)

As one of the biggest directors in the Lunar New Year file, Chen Kaige's films have naturally attracted widespread attention.

"Mei Lanfang" was shot very well, and some viewers and film critics even said that the opening paragraph made them see the brother Chen Kai who filmed "Farewell My Concubine".

But it's just the beginning and the first half, after all, it's anticlimactic.

In the end, "Mei Lanfang" won 1000 million box office on the first day, which is considered a very successful biographical film.

But it's only 1000 million, and it's destined not to be Feng Xiaogang's opponent.

That's it for the Lunar New Year file, there is nothing to pay attention to.

On December 12th, two days after the release of "Mei Lanfang", Tang An's new film "Chinese Partner" held a press conference in Beijing, announcing the official launch.

The preparation time for this film is not short, and now it is finally ready.

At the press conference, the red floor-to-ceiling curtain behind it was slowly opened twice, revealing a huge poster with a height of six or seven meters.

The poster is in a dilapidated classroom. Wang Xiaoming, Deng Chao, and Lu Yi are sitting behind two dilapidated old-fashioned desks side by side.

Sitting on a chair, with his feet resting on the desk, he looked different.

And a few English words are clearly written in chalk on the blackboard behind it.

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As soon as the poster came out, the reporters started taking pictures one after another.

The sound of clicking, clicking, clicking, clicking, flashing lights can be seen everywhere in the huge conference hall.

"What does this poster mean? Is it their school days?"

"Who knows what this English sentence means, please explain?"

"Cultivate English thinking, it seems that it is a classroom, it should be some years old."

"They must not be students. Didn't you see that all three of them are wearing leather shoes? Who the hell wears leather shoes in class?"

"Not a student, but a teacher?"

After they finished filming and the discussion became a little quieter, Tang An spoke again.

"Dear friends from the media and audience, I welcome you to take time out of your busy schedule to attend the launch conference of my new film "Partners in China""

After a lot of polite words, the reporters who had been waiting for a long time immediately asked questions.

"Hi, Director Tang, which industry's entrepreneurial history does "Chinese Partner" tell about?"

I asked a key question. Until now, except for a few people, no one knows what the story is about.

All kinds of guesses, not to mention 360 lines, at least 36 lines.

It's all about power up, and there's nothing to keep secret.

Tang An picked up the microphone, and under the watchful eyes of all the reporters and audience at the scene, he spoke about the issues they had been concerned about.

Turning sideways and pointing at the blackboard, he said with a smile, "Actually, everyone can understand clearly from this poster. In the classroom, there are either students or teachers."

"Look at the outfits of the three of them, and look at this sentence on the blackboard, Cultivate English thinking. They are English tutors."

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The reporters were dumbfounded. They hadn't contacted the teacher before. What's the point of starting a business?

For a while, more than a dozen reporters in the middle of the front row asked questions together, and there was no order.

The movie fans who were fortunate enough to be invited to the scene didn't know why, and co-authored this to tell the story of three tutors. What's so interesting about it.

The audience whispered to each other, the reporters asked questions loudly, and the scene quickly became chaotic again.

Zhang Yijun, the director of Huayi Public Relations Department who acted as the press officer at the scene, was also very familiar with dealing with this situation, and soon the scene became quiet for a while.

But at this time, they must not be allowed to ask questions freely, so she first ordered the reporter from Xinlang Entertainment, the leader of the portal website.

"Director Tang, why did you choose the profession of tutoring?"

Questions are quick, the language is concise and clear, and there is no nonsense.

"Actually, at first I thought about putting the deeds of Ma Yun, chairman of Alibaba, or Ma Huateng, chairman of Tengxun, on the big screen. After all, these two Internet companies are changing our lives now."

"However, after consulting a lot of news and books, I found that they were described as successful and perfect Chinese businessmen, and it was difficult to shoot blood and flesh, so I thought twice before choosing to shoot such a subject."

In fact, Tang An also met with Ma Yun. As Huayi was about to go public, several shareholders' meetings were held to determine the number of shares to be issued, pricing methods, fundraising and investment projects, the principle of accrued profit distribution, and authorization of the board of directors for issuance matters.

That unremarkable man spoke kindly and chatted with Tang An about movies for a while, but the pressure on Tang An was even greater than that of Han Sanping.

Maybe it was the coercion of the richest man later.

As soon as the words fell, someone spoke up before Zhang Yijun called his name.

"Does Director Tang have anything to do with New Oriental?"

Reporter Li is not short of smart people, English tutoring, or a partnership of three people, immediately think of New Oriental.

"The inspiration did come from New Oriental, and I also consulted with Yu Dong and the others about their entrepreneurial experiences."

Tang An didn't deny it either, and told the truth.

"In other words, this movie is about New Oriental's entrepreneurial journey."

"Is this a biographical movie?"

"Of course not. This is an original movie. The movie must pay attention to the story, and will not copy the energy of Director Yu and the others mechanically."

Biographical films seem to always have conflicts between the protagonist and the director. Most good-looking movies make the protagonist very dissatisfied, and movies that satisfy the protagonist usually also make the audience very dissatisfied.

In 2002, Haier funded and filmed a biographical film "CEO" of the founder Zhang Ruiming, which was approved by Zhang Ruiming, but the plot was flat and the characters were monotonous.

As an entrepreneur, Zhang Ruiming's success is generally recognized, but as a movie actor, Zhang Ruiming makes the audience feel sleepy.

Then several leading actors also introduced themselves.

"Hi everyone, I'm Wang Xiaoming, playing Cheng Dongqing, one of the partners."

"I'm Deng Chao, playing Meng Xiaojun, one of the partners."

"I'm Lu Yi, playing Wang Yang, one of the partners."

"I'm Du Juan, playing Cheng Dongqing's first girlfriend, Su Mei."

"I'm Wan Qian, playing the role of Liang Qin, Meng Xiaojun's wife."

Two hours later, the conference ended.

"Everyone have something to eat. We'll take the car to Tianjing later. If there's time, we may have to shoot a scene."

"Wang Xiaoming, eat more meat. How is the effect of gaining weight over the past month?"

"Director Tang, your stomach is growing up, and the muscles you've trained for a year are in vain."

Wang Xiaoming felt miserable. During this period of time, he ate and ate extravagantly, and his standard figure was ruined just like that.

The most important thing is that if he takes over a drama that requires him to work out next year, it will be too tortured.

After eating, and bidding farewell to Wang Zhongjun and Huayi executives, Tang An took the crew into the car and drove towards Tianjing.

(End of this chapter)