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Chapter 522 Preparing actors! (The first update asks for a subscription!)
After the release of the new issue of Beijing News, it has attracted widespread attention from the whole society.

After all, it is a media that cooperates with the two major party newspapers, and it is official enough to publish news about the film and television industry on the front page.

At the very least, the government is very optimistic about and supports the film and television industry
For a while, various media outlets published articles analyzing the current domestic film market and sang praises.

Some media even shouted the slogan of catching up with the United States in five years and becoming the world's largest film market.

For ordinary audiences, they are more concerned about what new movies are released by major companies, and this is the reality.

The eight films of the top ten directors announced by Huayi have become the subject of heated discussions, especially Feng Xiaogang's "[-]", Cheng Long's "Zodiac", and Zhou Xingchi's "Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons".

Bernard and Guangxian didn't have a few films this year, and Xiao Ma only had "Golden Heist".

There are "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" and "Hong Kong Ji" in the Han and Tang Dynasties. As for Tang An's own movies, they have not been disclosed to the outside world.

The whole industry development mentioned by Tang An has also attracted the attention of many novel and game lovers.

"Is this going to learn from Hollywood to make IP? Create a few superhero series!"

"It would be fun to change the game, what can I do if "Cross Fire" is adapted into a movie, there is no plot~~~"

"Adapting the game will definitely have a big journey for me. It is absolutely possible to shoot a series. The first part will be shot according to the background. It will be a proper super war blockbuster!"

"Journey of scum, rubbish games, the plot is too bloody, what is there to shoot, if you want to shoot, you can shoot legends, epic fantasy blockbusters, the war between humans and orcs, kill "Lord of the Rings" in seconds!"

"I'm a big red police officer!"

"I think running karts is okay. Everyone in Hollywood has "Fast and Furious"."

"The mud upstairs is dirty, and you can talk about running a go-kart. Why don't you just shoot BNB and Audition?"

"The people upstairs said that BNB and Audition looked down on Ma Huateng, why can't it be QQ Hall, QQ Speed, QQ Xuanwu?"

"Let's just shoot poisonous milk powder. My big poisonous milk powder has tens of millions of players, and the box office breaks 10 billion in minutes. Who refuses to accept it and stand up!"

As for other companies, they also want to find other ways to make money besides the box office. Some companies that adapt movies to TV series are starting.

There are also one or two adaptations that are adapted into games, and those that are not popular earn a little copyright fee.

Most of them took a wait-and-see attitude to see what Tang An would do. If it was profitable, others would immediately follow.

However, within a few days, another earthquake occurred in the entertainment industry.

LeTV held a press conference to announce that Zhang Yimou joined LeTV Pictures.

Although most people had guessed that Zhang Yimou would leave, after all, he had been in the new screen for more than ten years, which made many people unresponsive.

One year after its establishment, LeTV, which has never had a sense of existence, immediately became the focus of the film and television circle.

Regardless of any company, with a top director, it is impossible for anyone to ignore it.

Jia Leting even shouted the slogan of the seventh giant in domestic film and television, and put LeTV in the same position as the six giants.

When Tang An got the news from the company, there was no surprise, it was still the same as before.

No matter where Zhang Yimou goes, it has nothing to do with him.

"Dong dong dong."

"Come in."

"Chairman, are you looking for me?"

Zhao Jun, the newly appointed director of the production department, opened the door and came in.

"Old Zhao, sit down, how is the handover of the production department going?" Tang An asked him to sit down.

Zhao Jun replied, "The handover has been successful, Mr. Liu is preparing for a new film company."

Tang An nodded, "Well, you send a few location crews immediately, and the preparations for "Interstellar" will begin."

Zhao Jun immediately said, "No problem, what kind of location do you need, Chairman?"

"Send someone to go to the Mo and Genhe areas in the north to find a large piece of suitable open space."

"Go to China Film Group and ask them to contact the Icelandic government. I need to shoot in Vatnajökull. I hope they can cooperate."

"Go to Tiangong Yicai to find Xiao Yang, let them perfect this blueprint, you can play freely on this basis, but the most important thing is to make the spaceship look like it is not a product of our current era, the approximate data is on it gone."

"Interstellar" is ready to start preparations, especially where there are some troubles.

Iceland's Vatnajökull is the third largest glacier in the world, the largest is of course the Antarctic glacier, and the second largest is the Greenland glacier.

However, Greenland's glaciers have been melting rapidly since the past few years.

In the case of Antarctica, the scenery is different. Vatna Glacier can be shot in real, basically without CG.

The cornfield in the protagonist's house was originally filmed in Canada, so Tang An asked people to go to Mohe and Genhe to have a look.

The coldest time of the year in these two places reached minus [-] to [-] degrees, not much warmer than the original shooting location.

Tang An explained to Zhao Jun one by one, and after the location team and Tiangong Yicai gave a preliminary plan, he went to see them one by one.

"Okay chairman, I'll arrange it right away."

Zhao Jun nodded in response, thought for a while and then asked, "How big is the large open space in Genhe and Mohe, and what are the special requirements for the landform?"

"The bigger the better, there is no edge in the past, and you can't see any buildings or trees."

While not as inaccessible as Canada, it's not hard to find a piece of barren land in two of the coldest places in the country.

Even if there are villages and trees in the right place, at worst, pay them to move them away and clean them all up.

That place might not be demolished in 100 years. Besides, Tang An didn't want their land, so he just demolished the village, and the land would still be theirs after the filming.

Filming in China is cheaper than filming in Canada. The round-trip air tickets, meals, and accommodation for so many people on the crew are a lot of money.

Even if the preparations for "Interstellar Crossing" have officially started, the location team rushed to Genhe and Mohe, and sent pictures one by one back to the capital for Tang An to screen.

It took Tiangong Yicai half a month to make a 3D model of the spaceship. After looking at every detail and parameter on the computer, Tang An made a final decision.

However, this spacecraft did not let the special effects company do it, and found a more professional company.

The special effects company had other matters. Tang An invited three professors of astrophysics from Nanjing University, Huaguo University of Science and Technology, and Capital University, which are the top three universities in astrophysics in China.

There are also other universities and institutions that have invited two professors of astronomy, two professors of quantum physics, and two professors of physics to guide Tiangong Yicai in the early stage of special effects preparation.

The special effects should be prepared now. The special effects in outer space are not just a few random balls, random dots of stars, frost special effects, and fire special effects.

The main job of Tiangong Yicai is to simulate and render the cosmic environment, so it must conform to the current science.For example, the distance between planets and stars, the relative size, the environment of other planets, particle effects, the dynamics of nebula and galaxy, including the description of wormholes and black holes, etc.

For a 10-minute shot, the supercomputer needs to calculate it for less than half a year.

Fortunately, domestic supercomputers are top-notch in the world. With the help of Han Sanping, Tang An asked the leadership of Optoelectronics to rent the fifth-ranked Tianhe-[-] supercomputer in the world.

Two years ago, Tianhe-[-] ranked first in the world!

Also, the special effects department had to calculate detailed data for the gigantic wave that was a kilometer high.

It is also different from ordinary small waves, and the previous data cannot be used.

The splashing of water droplets, the degree of curling of water splashes and wave tops, bubbles, waves, sprays, etc. must be re-simulated to obtain accurate data.

And this scene must be shot by IMAX cameras, any shortcomings will be infinitely highlighted, and it must be extremely detailed.

Tiangong Yicai once again invested a lot of money for this special effect.

In the past two years, relying on the blockbuster films under the Han and Tang Dynasties, Tiangong Yicai has developed faster and faster, and invested more and more.

The special effects cost hundreds of millions of dollars, and Tiangong Yicai also had to invest a huge amount in the early stage. Tang An invested if he had no money. Now he has accounted for 56% of the shares and realized the controlling share.

Others, including several founders, have had their shares diluted quite a bit.

But they had no choice. They had no money to invest. If they didn't accept Tang An's investment, they couldn't take over Han Tang's business. If they didn't accept it, they had to accept it.

The money was not in vain, Tiangong Yicai has become the leading special effects company in China.

Moreover, in order to save costs in the future, a considerable number of Hollywood blockbusters will come to domestic special effects companies, and Tiangong Yicai is definitely the first choice.

At that time, it will be time to reap the harvest. There will be no less investment from external funds and investment banks, and there will be no problem with the operation and listing.

All aspects are proceeding in an orderly manner. When the time comes to April, Tang An has also completed his own script.

Then it's the actor's question.

(End of this chapter)