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Chapter 500 Lunar New Year King, who is the number one director in China? (The first update asks for a subscription!)
"Beyond "Avatar", "The Martian" tops the box office in the domestic film market!"

"13.43 billion! A new film history box office champion is born, Tang An sets a new box office record, and strongly aspires to become the number one director in China!"

"Dominate the Lunar New Year, surpassing "Transformers 3" and "Avatar" two Hollywood blockbusters one after another, "The Martian" has completed a historic surpass!"

"Ten years ago, the box office of "Hero" exceeded [-] million, which opened the era of blockbusters in the domestic film market, and a special term "[-] million club" was born.

Today, ten years later, "The Martian" surpassed "Avatar"'s two-year record, domestic films broke one billion in succession, and the domestic film market ushered in the era of super blockbusters. Tang An became the only candidate for the billion club! "

"As 2011 draws to a close, the Lunar New Year show contributed nearly 12 billion yuan in box office in a single month in December, and "The Martian" accounted for 23%, becoming the biggest winner of the Lunar New Year show."

"Win the Lunar New Year file champion for two consecutive years. After winning the summer file, Tang An once again defended the Lunar New Year file king!"

"Undoubtedly the number one commercial director in China, even now when discussing the number one director in China and the number one director in the Chinese film industry, Tang An's voice is getting louder and louder!"

"Following Chen Kai's failure in the Lunar New Year file for 10 years, Zhang Yimou also lost in the Lunar New Year file competition this year. The two leading figures of the fifth generation of directors lost in the head-to-head confrontation with Tang An one after another."

""The Martian" swept the Lunar New Year file, setting more than ten box office records in a row:

The first-day box office record for Chinese-language films.

Single-day box office record for Chinese-language films.

The box office record for a Chinese-language movie in its first week.

The single-week box office record in film history.

Zero field record in film history.

Chinese-language films are the fastest to break the record of 4 billion.

Film history total box office record

13.43 trillion!

When this number came out, all the media were frantically reporting it, and even the "Jinling Thirteen Hairpins" and "Dragon Gate Flying Armor" that have been sprayed wildly in the past few days have not received much attention.

The box office record in the history of the domestic film market has surpassed "Avatar", the super blockbuster that swept the world, so the media cannot help but be excited.

And this also proves that the 11 billion achievement of "Edge of Tomorrow" last year was not accidental, nor a flash in the pan.

"Edge of Tomorrow" 11 billion, "Looking for the Dragon" 9 million, and "The Martian" 13 billion.

Three billion-level movies in two years are enough to prove that the capacity of the domestic film market is sufficient to accommodate billion-level blockbusters.

In addition to breaking records, there is another topic that is also controversial.

Zhang Yimou's "Thirteen Beauties of Jinling" encountered Waterloo overseas, and the domestic box office fell relatively this week. It took 5 million in 2900 days, with a total box office of 6.1 million.

There is little hope of breaking [-] million, and the final box office is not even half of "The Martian".

It was also the first time that Tang An had defeated Zhang Yimou head-on. In addition to Feng Xiaogang, Jiang Wen, Chen Kaige, and Xu Ke, these big domestic directors had become Tang An's defeated opponents.

So, is Tang An the number one director in China now?

But according to the box office, it must be nothing.

In the eyes of the younger generation of fans, there is no doubt.

However, Zhang Yimou has been in this position for 10 years, and many people still recognize him more.

The media insisted on their own opinions, frantically hyped this topic, and led fans to argue endlessly.

Noon on the 31th.

When Tang An returned to the capital to hold a celebration banquet, he was asked about the number one director in the country.

"I don't think there is a need to fight for the first place in this question, especially this kind of question that has no standard answer. Everyone likes different types of movies, and naturally their favorite directors are also different. They all have subjective opinions. It's not like a martial arts competition, where two people fight, whoever wins is the best, right?"

Faced with this question, Tang An was a little more modest and made a joke.

Although in his heart, he is absolutely doing his part.

This is not due to two or three films becoming popular in a short period of time. From 04 to now, he has produced 8 films in a row. In these 8 years, his output is the highest, and the box office is also much higher than others.

Even the awards are not weaker than anyone else.

Golden Horse Best Actor, Golden Rooster Best Actor, College Student Film Festival Best Actor, Best Actor, and other best directors and best films.

There are even more nominations of all kinds.

In this regard, only Feng Xiaogang, who almost won two Grand Slams with "Assembly" and "Tangshan Earthquake", can surpass him.

It is not by chance that he has made several good movies for 8 consecutive years, and he is fully qualified for this.

The reporter asked persistently, "Many movie fans think you have surpassed Zhang Yimou, what do you think?"

Tang An smiled, "Let's leave this question to the audience, time will give us the answer."

Tang An calmly responded to the reporter's interview. It's meaningless to argue about this issue. The name of the first director is not due to arguing. When everyone agrees and there is basically no controversy, it will be considered that it really fell on him. superior.

Then the reporter asked about the overseas release of "The Martian".

"Hi Director Tang, "The Thirteen Hairpins of Jinling" is pre-cooling overseas, do you think it will affect the overseas box office of "The Martian"?"

Tang An thought for a while and said, "Maybe there will be a little influence in the early stage, but in the end it depends on the acceptance of the film by overseas audiences. I believe that "The Martian" can still achieve great success in overseas markets."

The celebration press conference was successfully concluded and the reporters were sent away. A big dinner was held in the banquet hall next door, and half of the entertainment industry was present.

"Congratulations Director Tang."

"Tang Dong gave us a sigh of relief and took down "Avatar"."

"I wish Tang Dong's "The Martian" a great success overseas."

"Congratulations."

One by one, they dealt with the congratulations and compliments from everyone, and the glass of wine was not finished yet.

They all had their own circles, so Tang An got together with Yu Dong and the others.

"Wang Dong, how is the film town in Suzhou, when is it going to open to the public?"

When Tang An talked about Huayi's movie town, Yu Dong, Wang Changtian, and Li Ming also listened with interest.

Although the box office limit of a single film has been raised by 10 billion, if the movie town is feasible, it will also provide a new revenue direction for the pan-entertainment industry.

Wang Zhongjun said with a smile, "It will be officially opened next summer, and everyone is welcome to come and visit."

Wang Changtian adjusted his glasses and said, "If Director Wang changes his career to real estate, our competition will be much smaller."

Tang An smiled, "This is wrong. I heard that in addition to Director Feng's "[-]", Wang Dong also collaborated with Wu Yanzu and Feng Delun on "Tai Chi". Brother Cheng Long directed, acted and edited "Zodiac" and Zhou Xingchi's new films were all taken down by Wang Dong, and next year there will be four blockbuster films at once, but it will leave us with no living space."

Wang Zhongjun's eyes were fixed, and he glanced at Tang An from the corner of his eye, his eyes were full of puzzlement.

"Tai Chi" is a project of the company co-founded by Wu Yanzu and Feng Delun, it was agreed two months ago, it's not a secret.

However, "Zodiac" and Zhou Xingchi's "Journey to the West" were signed half a month ago. No one except the company's senior management knew about it. How did he know!
Is there a ghost inside?
It was also the first time Yu Dong and the others had heard of it, and they all looked at Wang Zhongjun inquiringly.

Wang Zhongjun didn't hide it anymore, he readily admitted that Huayi will release four blockbuster films next year, and he didn't hide the pride and confidence in his words.

Now the domestic box office potential of a single film exceeds 10 billion. If you invest two to three hundred million yuan, the domestic box office can also return the cost, and you can earn a lot of money from the distribution.

It is also because the development of the Han and Tang Dynasties is too fast, and Wang Zhongjun cannot lose Huayi's leading position, otherwise the movie town will also be affected, after all, it relies on the Huayi brand.

Tang An wasn't worried, but they were a little worried.

Then I talked about the listing of Pony, Wanda will release two movies next year.
The box office has already set a record, so Tang An stopped the road show and rested in the capital for a few days, preparing to rush to the United States and prepare for the film's release in North America.

However, there was no chatter on the Internet about Tang An or Zhang Yimou who is the current number one director in China because the three blockbuster films in the Lunar New Year file were released in the second half and cooled down.

(End of this chapter)