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Chapter 516 I Am! (Second more please subscribe!)

With a global box office of 30 billion yuan, the impact of the highest ranking of the 14th Chinese-language film of the year is difficult to calm down for a while.

All of a sudden, a lot of interviews popped up, including those from TV stations, newspapers directly under the Propaganda Department, the four major portal websites, and some magazines that have a good relationship with the film industry.

Even several major fashion magazines came to join in the fun.

Not only him, several actors also showed up frequently.

It's still the same, push everything that can be pushed, and coordinate the itinerary for those who can't be pushed, and come one by one.

There is also a cover of the Time Magazine Asian Edition Huaguo District Supplement, which is not very interesting.

There are three types of Time magazine covers. The first cover of the US version of Time Magazine is only for political figures and a few influential people.

For example, Wu Pei F, Yan Laoxi, Feng Yu X and other big warlords who participated for the first time, Chang Kaishen participated ten times.

Cheng Long is the only domestic actor who appeared on the American version, and the only one in the film and television industry.

There is also an Asian version, which means that it already has considerable influence in Asia, but not to that extent internationally, such as Jay Chou and Wang Fei.

The last one is the supplement. For example, Li Yuchun was on the cover of the Time Weekly Asian Edition Huaguo District Supplement.

A supplement is a four-page publication sandwiched between the main issue.

There are not only supplements in Huaguo, but also in various countries in Asia.

Take the issue of Li Yuchun as an example. In the same issue, the cover of the domestic supplement is Li Yuchun. When it was published in India, it became a tennis player. When it was published in Japan, it became Sen Watanabe. Park Jae-sung.

However, it was quite good for Li Yuchun, who had just debuted at that time, to be able to be published in the supplement, although the above comments did not have two good words.

This is useful for celebrities, enough to be hyped for more than a month, which greatly increases exposure, but it is useless for Tang An, and he doesn't need to maintain his popularity.

In terms of popularity, it doesn't matter whether there is this Huaguo Supplement or not, and it's not even important to read People's Daily and Guangming Daily a few more times.

This is at least the mouthpiece of the Propaganda Department, representing official recognition.

Of course, don't think about the headlines on the front page. They are all big sites, and Tang An dare not go to them.

At the beginning of March, Tang An received Yang Lan, the founder of Sunshine Media and chairman of the board of directors of Sunshine Culture Fund.

Today I will accept an exclusive interview in the group, which is "Interview with Yang Lan".

"Hi Director Tang, thank you for taking the time to accept our interview."

"Ms. Yang is polite, please sit down."

It's not the first time I've been on this show, so let's sit down and talk first.

"Director Tang, congratulations to "The Martian" as a global hit, with the box office exceeding 30 billion."

Tang An waved his hands and said with a smile, "I've heard these words no less than 30 times, so you don't have to be so polite, Ms. Yang."

They chatted about the topic of the interview, some things involved, and things that Tang An couldn't answer.

After the preparations, Tang An brought her filming team to the group screening room.

"Director Tang is still the first person to be interviewed in the screening hall." Yang Lan sighed.

Tang An said with a smile, "Today I am a director, and the films I make must always meet the audience in the cinema, and the screening hall is perfect."

In the projection room of less than [-] square meters, the lights were turned on, and the photographers and lighting engineers brought by Yang Lan were all ready, and the interview officially began.

The topic of this interview is about "The Martian" breaking the box office record of "Avatar" and its overseas sales. All questions revolve around this topic, interspersed with other things from time to time.

Yang Lan: "Director Tang, first of all congratulations on breaking the domestic box office record created by "Avatar". You once said before the movie was released that "The Martian" would definitely break this record. Did you have such confidence back then? ?”

Tang An said with a smile: "Of course, I don't like to talk big. I knew from the time "Edge of Tomorrow" broke 11 billion at the box office that the time was ripe to surpass "Avatar". The domestic film market is developing rapidly every year. Faster than any country in the world."

"In 09, the domestic box office output was less than 70 billion. In 10, the domestic box office output was about 120 billion. Last year, the domestic box office total was 160 billion. Whether it is the total box office or the number of moviegoers, it is enough to support a film exceeding 13 billion movies."

Yang Lan asked again: "Then in 09, the box office of "Avatar" reached 13 billion. Doesn't that mean that the domestic film market was fully mature at that time?"

Tang An shook his head; ""Avatar" is an epoch-making movie. I believe that even if it were two years earlier, it would still reach the box office of 13 billion."

Yang Lan asked curiously; "Can Director Tang talk about it in detail?"

Tang An: "Epoch-making movies are often not limited by age. The box office of "Avatar" in the first few weeks is far inferior to that of "The Martian". %, this is a completely unrealistic trend.”

"Generally, the pirated version of a movie comes out less than a month after its release, and audiences are likely to choose to watch the pirated version, but the special effects and 3D effects of "Avatar" far exceed the blockbusters of the same period, so that the movie remains very high after a month of release. The box office, whether it is special effects or 3D, is beyond this era."

Yang Lan: "Director Tang thinks which movie in our country can be called epoch-making?"

Tang An: ""Hero", without a doubt."

Yang Lan: "Edge of Tomorrow and The Martian don't count?"

Tang An: "No, although some people say that I started the era of the 10 billion domestic film market, but even without me, with the development of the market, there will still be more than 10 billion box office movies in a year or two. "Detective Chinatown" That's it."

"It's the market that made me, not me that made the market."

The more formal conversations were all about the domestic film market and the film itself.

Tang An talked about some things about film production.

"Any movie, any crew, not only the director and actors, photography, sets, props, lighting, makeup, costumes...etc are very important."

"First-class photographers, authentic sets, just the right lighting, and the wonderful performances of the actors, and finally the director's scheduling, can complete a wonderful movie."

"Just imagine, even if the actors perform well, the surrounding scenery can't be more fake, the lighting is not good, the camera is crooked, and everything is not convincing, can the audience see it?"

There was also a lot of talk about how Chinese-language films can sell well overseas, how to avoid cultural differences, and so on.

Finally, when it comes to the name of the number one director in China.

"I am very happy that so many movie fans support me and agree with me. If I am the number one director in their hearts, then I am!"

(End of this chapter)