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"The Poly Culture M&A case has been settled, and Tang An established Hantang Media Group!"

"The four top executives + the two major actresses + the three major directors, building a new territory for the entertainment empire of the Han and Tang Dynasties."

"A new force in the entertainment industry, Hantang Media wants to compete with the three major groups."

"The entertainment circle, which has been calm for a long time, will usher in a new round of reshuffle. Can Tang An break out of the encirclement?"

"According to Tang An's own admission, this venture was completely influenced by "Chinese Partner"!"

"The "Edge of Tomorrow" project will not be shelved, it is understood that preliminary preparations are in progress!"

"Exclusive interpretation of Tang An's unique personality charm, why it can attract so many people to follow!"

"Hantang Media officially recruits screenwriters, directors, agents, and actors from the outside world to create a new media company centered on Hantang Media Group and surrounded by multiple studios!"

"Wang Zhongjun, chairman of Huayi, expressed his blessings to Hantang Media, thanked Tang An for his contribution to Huayi in the past few years, and looked forward to the next cooperation!"

The next day, the media reported yesterday's press conference in a big way, and all the doubts that had been held back for a month were all asked.

Most of them have received positive responses, but they just don't know whether they are true or not.

In addition to Tang An, Chen Guofu, Yang Mi, Tang Yan, and others who either quit or terminated their contracts were also interviewed by many reporters.

Wang Zhongjun, Wu Bo, Yu Dong, Wang Changtian and even Han Sanping were also approached by reporters.

For movie fans, the most important thing is that the "Edge of Tomorrow" project has not been shelved, and Tang An has not abandoned the movie to go into business.

After the press conference that day, Tang An also approached Yu Dong and Wang Changtian, but before he could speak, Yu Dong asked if "Edge of Tomorrow" needed investment.

At that time, I had a little discussion with them and confirmed the investment intention, and today we made an appointment to finalize the project.

With a production cost of more than 2 million yuan, and the three blockbuster films in the same period of the Lunar New Year next year, the promotional expenses will definitely be indispensable, and the total cost will run to [-] million yuan.

The domestic box office is almost unable to return the cost, but fortunately this sci-fi theme is still very popular in Southeast Asia. New Media has already had the intention to purchase the copyright, and Chen Guofu in North America has also contacted Columbia and Lions.

However, whether it is a buyout or a share, it still needs to be negotiated.

In the big conference room of Hantang Media, Tang An and Chen Guofu led people to wait. Not long after, Yu Dong, Wang Changtian, and Qin Hong came one after another.

After drinking tea and chatting for a while, we started to get down to business.

The main thing is to talk about the price, risk assessment, and market research. After they go back, they will ask people to simply make a report, not to mention the movie directed by Tang An, there is almost no need to hesitate.

"Yu Dong, Wang Dong, and Qin Dong, we have mentioned the general situation before. The current estimated production cost is at least 2 million yuan, of which the actor's salary is 500 million yuan, the production cost is 4500 million yuan, and the special effects cost is 1.4 million yuan. My personal director The salary is 1000 million, plus 15% profit sharing."

A director's salary of 1000 million is not high, think of a star of Liu Dehua's level can get a salary of more than 1000 million.

In terms of share, at first Tang An wanted 5% of the mainland box office share.

But their box office estimate for this film is 5 million, and 5% is 2000 million, which is absolutely unacceptable.

What's more, the profit of this movie is destined to not be much.

In the end, a 15% profit share was set. Even if it sells well overseas, it can earn 1500 million yuan, which is [-] million yuan.

2500 million, at least much cheaper than Cheng Long and Li Lianjie.

They had no objection to the cost, and nodded in agreement.

"With a cost of 1.2 million yuan, we still have a shortfall of [-] million yuan. I wonder how much the three of you can afford?" Tang An asked.

8000 million investment, the bank should be able to loan 5000 million, and the film remuneration is 1000 million, but the actual cost is 2000 million.

Now, except for the 5 studios, the money to buy a car, and the company's salary for the next six months, he has little opportunity and no amount of investment can afford it.

"Guangxian can vote 5000 million." Wang Changtian was the first to speak.

Next year, Guangxian will only have three films with relatively large investment, "The Whole City", "Happy Events in the Flower Field 2010", and "Fist of Fury", and they will all be released before the Lunar New Year holidays, so they have sufficient funds.

Wang Changtian ate almost half of it when he opened his mouth, and Yu Dong immediately said, "I'll pay 3000 million. The theater is still expanding. It's not like Wang Dong's rich and powerful."

Tan Hong smiled and said, "The rest will be mine."

Next is the issue of distribution. With Tang An's film, it can be reduced to 8%.

However, the four companies issued together, and still gave 10% of the distribution fee, which was shared equally by the four companies.

Guangxian has the advantages of publicity, Bernard distribution + theaters, Xingmei has the largest line selection in the country, and Hantang can also win the full support of Poly Wanhe.

Although each family has a small share, they share the pressure and cost.

Then Chen Guofu talked about the progress of overseas copyrights. Both Mediacorp and Columbia can now accept the buyout, but the total amount is only 1600 million US dollars.
Mediacorp has cooperated with them. "Now You See Me" sold more than 2000 million US dollars in North America, which made the lions a small profit. Columbia is also willing to buy the copyright of the new film.

This price is definitely unacceptable at times, and everyone decided to wait until the film is finished before making a decision.

"Dong Yu, Dong Wang, and Dong Qin, I have another suggestion at the end. I don't know what the three of you think." Tang An said again.

"Tang Dong, please tell me."

"Some time ago, Tiangong Yicai invited a former partner from Weta Digital to return from Weta Digital. I consulted him. If "Edge of Tomorrow" is to be converted into 3D in the later stage, it will cost about 4000 million yuan."

Yu Dong frowned, "Tang Dong mean to convert to 3D?"

Tang An nodded, "I do have this idea. At present, there are about 3 700D screens in China, and after "Avatar" is confirmed to be released at the end of the month, major theaters are stepping up to install 3D screens. If this movie If the box office hits big, it is estimated that the 3D screen will be worth at least 500 yuan by the end of next year."

Both Yu Dong and Qin Hong are in theater chains, so they naturally know this, and they have also started to replace some of their movie theaters with 3D screens.

""Avatar" has not seen the finished film yet, and no one knows the specific effect."

"The conversion needs 4000 million, what if you use 3D shooting?"

Tang An shook his head, "Not to mention the cost of other equipment, if you only use film to shoot, the cost of film is twice as much, and our photographers have no experience in shooting 3D movies."

"Can the conversion achieve the effect of real shooting?"

"Please don't worry about this. It's almost inseparable. In fact, "Avatar" is not fully 3D. Some of the shots are converted into 3D. 4000 million is enough to achieve a real 3D effect."

In fact, the conversion from 3D to fake 3D was also caused by those bad movies. As soon as I heard about the conversion, I immediately recognized it as a bad movie.

In fact, many bad 3D movies converted in China basically only cost 600 million or even less, so naturally they have no effect.

Not all of the wonderful blockbusters in Hollywood are well-shot, and even "Avatar" has some shots that were converted.

而且，像《银河护卫队》、《米国队长2》、《饥饿游戏》、《复仇者联盟2、3》、《侏罗纪世界》、《变形金刚3、4》.这些好莱坞大片，照样是转制3D。

3D has no authenticity, only good or bad, and the effect is also related to the theater projection equipment.

Now even 3D cameras are not easy to rent, top-level ones can’t be rented at all, and some second-rate 3D cameras are better than conversion.

It takes about 90 million US dollars to convert a 1000-minute high-quality blockbuster in the United States, but most of it is wages.

Hundreds of special effects personnel, in a few months, accounted for more than half of the wages.

Domestic labor is cheap, and the conversion cost of 4000 million is almost enough for "Edge of Tomorrow".

And the time was in time, Tiangong Yicai did not have enough people, so they outsourced some of them to other companies.

In fact, many domestic special effects companies are not much worse than Hollywood's first-line special effects companies.

Base FX is a company run by Americans in China. Most of its employees are from China. They have produced such blockbusters as "Transformers 4 and 5" and "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" and won the most Oscar. Nominated for Best Special Effects.

There is also Digital Domain, which was founded by Cameron and is also a domestic company. Most of the special effects personnel in it are from China, and they have produced "Returning to the Old", "Ready Player One", "Reunion 3", "Thor 3" ", "Spider-Man: Homecoming".

5 Mao's special effects are actually a misunderstanding of domestic special effects, and they were harmed by those garbage. In addition, domestic directors and producers were cheated by special effects companies.

Although the 3D effect is not very good, it cannot be compared with "Avatar".

But apart from Cameron, no one dared to spend nearly 10 years making a movie. In light of price inflation, [-] million ten years ago and [-] million ten years later are completely unsuitable for the same level.

What's more, there will be a lot of movies with 3D subtitles next year. In comparison, "Edge of Tomorrow" can achieve the expected effect is already very good.

Although Tang An was so sure, they still hesitated. After all, the cost was already high enough, and every additional point would bear a huge risk.

Tang An didn't force it either, he believed that after "Avatar" was released, they would definitely agree to Tang An's plan and convert it into 3D.

PS: Converting to 3D is not that bad. More than half of the Hollywood blockbusters released in China are converted. As long as you spend money, time and effort, you can achieve close to the first-class Hollywood level.

The special effects are not all. The special effects of "Looking for the Dragon" are not as good as those of "The Great Wall", but the former is touted, and the latter has become a five-cent special effect.

Moreover, "Edge of Tomorrow" is real shot, 90% of the shots are real shot.

It was unrealistic to use 09D shooting in 3. There were not many first-class 3D cameras in the United States, and they could not be rented at all. Only after "Avatar" was released, 3D cameras would become popular and manufacturers increase production.

Having said so much, I hope everyone understands and don't question the special effects and 3D effects too much.

(End of this chapter)