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Chapter 379 Chill (Please subscribe for the first update! Ask for a monthly pass!)
"Tang Dong, a director from 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 movie a year so that the audience can digest it. It's better to make another movie every two years. "

Xu Zheng looked at Tang An's face, and said in consideration.

Tang An glanced at him from the corner of his eye, and said with a smile, "Why didn't you hear Director Xu say it before?"

"It's not a big movie, it's just a low-cost movie." Xu Zheng said quickly.

It is true that a director of Zhuying Group invited Xu Zheng to star in a low-budget comedy film with a little magic element, probably inspired by the huge hit of "You Now You See Me".

In fact, there were a lot of movies with magic elements last year, but they were all just gimmicks. There were not many movies that really focused on magic. Although they made a little money, they didn't sell well.

Originally, Xu Zheng planned to take over. Comedy is his old profession, 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 made him even more determined to pay attention.

The reaction of the audience is enough to explain the problem. "Tai囧" is inevitable, and it is very likely to exceed his personal goal of [-] million, and [-] million or even higher can be expected.

Unless it is a movie like "Avatar", or other irreversible things.

In a series, two movies in a row are big sellers, and they are all medium-budget movies. Seeing other people making such high profits, he is definitely not satisfied with what he is getting now.

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

Now there is just such a movie. The comedy he is good at is also a very novel magic theme.

Even if it doesn't have the foundation laid by the previous film "Lost in Thailand", he also believes that with the box office appeal of his two consecutive blockbuster comedies, it will not be a problem to get [-] million box office.

As long as he proves his box office ability, the success of "囧囧 in Thailand" does not depend solely on this "囧" series, but more on Xu Zheng's ability, so that he can get more benefits from Tang An.

But Xu Zheng is still a little bit guilty, after all, he has never directed any movie before, and even before "On the Journey", he didn't have a leading male 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, and to give a director his due rights without excessive interference.

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

But unexpectedly, Tang An's expression did not change. He smiled and said, "Since someone invites you to make a movie, it is of course great. Zhuying Group is also one of the six major studios. They produce The ability is still good, take advantage of the opportunity.”

Hearing 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 said a word, he would not be able to accept this film even if he wanted to.

But Tang An didn't object, and agreed directly, which immediately sent a chill to Xu Zheng's heart.

He didn't think Tang An was telling the truth, anyone who wasn't a fool could guess what he was thinking.

If Tang An got angry and forced him not to take that movie, and went on to make the third one, he would feel relieved.

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

Xu Zheng opened his mouth and didn't say anything. He finished watching the movie he carefully directed with a feeling of apprehension.

Until the end of the movie, the smiles in the auditorium didn't stop, but Xu Zheng basically didn't smile in the second half, his brows were frowned, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

The lights in the auditorium were turned on, and the movie was over, but intermittent laughter could still be heard.

People were constantly talking about some funny plots in the movie, and they laughed again as they talked.

Xu Zheng and the leading actors came to 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 in the audience.

"Yu Dong, do you think the 5 million I mentioned earlier is possible?"

"It's hard to say. There are too many movies for the Spring Festival this year, and the box office potential is almost exhausted by "Avatar". It's not sure how many people will watch the movie."

In mid-January, a historical blockbuster "Confucius" was released, starring Zhou Runfa and Zou Xun, but the box office on the first day was only 1 million.

If this was three or four years ago, the box office of 1000 million on the first day would have been quite good.

But now that blockbuster movies cost 3000 to 1000 million on the first day, the [-] million is not enough to watch.

Up to now, the total box office has just exceeded 9000 million, and there is no hope of breaking through [-] million.

And this is the result of the strong support of the distributor China Film and various theaters. Buying "Confucius" movie tickets can give priority to buying "Avatar" IMAX3D and 3D movie tickets.

At that time, "Avatar" had already been released for a month, and it still won more than 1 million box office in a single week. 3D movie tickets, especially those with good locations, were still very popular.

With big-name stars, enough film schedules, and the support of China Film and many theaters, it still only has such a small box office.

In addition to the quality of the film, there may be reasons why "Avatar" has exhausted the potential of the market.

It has been almost two months since its release, and "Avatar" had a single-day box office of 1000 million last weekend, and nearly 6000 million a week.

But Tang An didn't think so, he said with a smile, "Yu Dong, you might as well think for the best, the explosion of "Avatar" stimulated consumption and expanded the market.

In the past, many audiences who did not go to the movie theater also began to go to the movie theater. There are more and more moviegoers, which is also a good thing. "

"I hope so."

Yu Dong sighed and said another thing.

""Confucius" failed. In addition to "Mulan", Chen Kun, Zhao Wei, and Zou Xun have all failed in the blockbuster films they starred in 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 the listing was approaching?
"There must be an impact, but it still depends on the quality of the movie. As long as it is above the pass line, you won't have to worry about the box office." Tang An said with a smile.

Yu Dong nodded, worrying is useless, as long as the film is well shot, coupled with the popularity of the first film, and Bernard's distribution ability, even if the box office is not a big hit, it should have [-] million.

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

At the banquet, Tang An thanked everyone one by one, and everyone had a toast together, and then people kept coming to toast and congratulate.

I just watched a hilarious comedy movie. The atmosphere at the scene was very warm, and everyone was still smiling.

Only Xu Zheng's smile was somewhat forced, as if he had something on his mind,
(End of this chapter)