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Chapter 293 The Worst Summer Vacation (Second Update!)

"Although Director Xu is directing for the first time, looking at some of the TV series he has starred in the past, they all have a strong personal comedy style. This time "People on the Road" can achieve a good result of 1 million yuan at the box office. I expected it .”

At the celebration press conference, the media still focused on Tang An, who praised Xu Zheng, Wang Baoqiang, and Li Xiaoru all over the place.

Celebration, isn't that the case, business blows each other.

Then the reporter asked about the filming of "Chinese Partner" and when it will be released.

"At present, all the scenes in the mainland have ended, and I will go to New York to shoot on location. It is expected to meet the audience in the summer." Tang An replied with a smile.

"Director Tang, it is understood that "Transformers 2" has been scheduled to be released on June 6. Are you confident that you will beat the Autobots again to win the summer box office championship?"

The box office war between "Transformers" and "The Wind" is the first time that such a fierce competition has occurred in the summer, and the former has also won more than 2 million box office in the mainland and 7 million US dollars worldwide, which seems to have become a new super IP. .

Two years later, with the basis of the previous one, everyone knows that the box office will definitely not be low.

"Confidence comes from the quality of the movie. I think that as long as I make a good movie with my heart, the audience will definitely support me with practical actions."

The difficulty of this year's summer vacation can be called the most intense summer vacation ever, so how could Tang An not know.

4亿级别的《变形金刚2》，4部亿元级别的好莱坞大片，7千万票房以上的电影都有5部之多。

The total box office of the original time and space this summer has reached 16.5 billion, while last year it was only 4.6 million. Even if "You Now You See Me" is added, it is not half of this year's.

Even so, Tang An didn't back down. Zhang Yimou killed "Flying Armor of the Dragon Gate" with "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins", even if he just failed "Avatar", would he still be afraid of "Transformers"?
In fact, even if Tang An was not released in the summer, no one would say that he ran away. After all, "Red Cliff" was killed last year.

It's just that the Lunar New Year file is also a death file, "2012", "Mulan", "Assassination", "Fengyun 2", "Three Guns Surprise", "Jin Yiwei", "Confucius", "Su Qier", " "October Siege" and others were screened together.

A large number of movies are either competing for the Lunar New Year file, or because of "Transformers" and Tang An's new film, they have avoided the summer file. There are more than 10 blockbuster movies in the Lunar New Year file this year.

In the past, there were usually two blockbuster films competing, and this year can be regarded as the worst Lunar New Year file in history.

These movies just seem to have the potential to be a big hit.

The male and female protagonists of "Mulan" have just filmed "Painted Skin".

"Assassin's Tomb" has Jay Chou, Daoming Chen and Chi Ling Lam.

"Fengyun 2" is an old IP, and it is popular enough.

Zhang Yimou is enough for "Three Guns".

"Jin Yiwei" has Donnie Yen and Zhao Wei.

"October Siege" has an all-star cast, and the producer Chen Kexin is also a capable director.

If Tang An went to join in the fun again, it would be a mess.

Fortunately, "Transformers" was released early, and "Chinese Partner" was released in mid-July, with an interval of more than half a month, which did not have much impact on me.

Tang An handed over the rest of the time to Xu Zheng and the actors, and held a reception after the press conference.

"The success of "On the Journey" is due to everyone's unremitting efforts, thank you everyone!"

Tang An had a drink with the actors, and took out the red envelopes he had prepared a long time ago and handed out one to each of them.

"Thank you Mr. Tang!"

"Mr. Tang is too polite!"

The production cost of this film is 600 million, and the actors' remuneration can be imagined. Naturally, I am happy to have an extra income.

"Mr. Tang, thank you for giving me this opportunity." Wang Baoqiang finished a cup in one gulp speaking his substandard Mandarin.

"Mr. Tang, I would like to toast you too." Li Xiaoru, who was also in Huayi, drank a glass with a smile on his face.

Originally, he was a little bitter about Tang An taking away her "Struggle" heroine, but he didn't dare to complain.

Unexpectedly, "People on the Journey" could exceed [-] million yuan, which added to her qualifications on the big screen, although there are not many roles.

If she knew that the heroine of the original "Nightclub" was favored by Tang Yan, she would feel even more upset. After all, Tang Yan was promoted by Tang Yan.

"Nightclub" has Chengtian's investment, so Wu Bo will of course use his own actress.

Soon they also consciously walked away, leaving Tang An and Xu Zheng behind.

"Director Xu, do you have any good ideas about the sequel?"

"Mr. Tang, if we want to make a sequel, it's better to use a similar road comedy, but the Spring Festival has already been filmed. I haven't decided where to start."

Xu Zheng is in favor of making a sequel with both hands. The risk is small and the profit is high, which is perfect for a director like him who has not proven himself.

But it's really not easy to make a good sequel, after all, Zhuyu is the first, and he almost scratched his head when he conceived the plot during this time.

It seems that Xu Zheng is still confined to the country, Tang An thought for a while and smiled.

"If you don't have any good ideas in China, you can go abroad. Find a country with unique characteristics, take tourism as the main line, and focus on funny, inserting elements such as car chases, escapes, gun battles, and suspense in the middle, and then combine local characteristics. go in"

Tang An didn't directly tell the plot of "囧囧 in Thailand", but just gave him a general idea, to think about it by himself.

Xu Zheng's eyes lit up, yes, there are so many countries in the world, how can there be no material.

Going on an African adventure, stealing treasures from the Louvre, fighting wits with the FBI, making a fuss in Las Vegas casinos
It's just that going abroad to film a movie will inevitably cost a lot of money, and it's not something that can be done with a few million.

"In addition to the remuneration for you and the actors, I will increase the production cost to 2000 million for you. The details will be discussed after you finish the script."

Tang An dispelled his worries. The pure production cost was 2000 million, which was quite a lot.

This is still considering the long time to go abroad. After all, the production cost of "Chinese Partner" is only 2000 million excluding publicity and actors' remuneration.

"Mr. Tang, don't worry, 2000 million is enough for filming in Southeast Asia." Xu Zheng was overjoyed and said immediately.

2000 million, plus the remuneration of him and other actors, as well as promotional expenses, the cost of this movie will run to at least 4000 million, which is already considered a medium-cost movie.

And judging from Tang An's tone, the salary for the next movie should not be small.

"This sequel will be done by you alone, Director Xu. I only have one request, the comedy should have a comedy effect, try to have a laugh in every scene, and don't play too many sensational things."

Tang An said seriously, there are still some things that need to be told, so as not to make him a nondescript movie.

"Don't worry, Director Tang, I promise the audience won't be able to stop."

Xu Zheng nodded. He is not stupid. It is only for great directors not to sell private goods until he reaches a certain level.

(End of this chapter)