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Chapter 553 Forbes Rich List No. 11! (The first update asks for a subscription!)
In mid-November, Tang An came to Tiangong Yicai Film and Television Production Company.

Tiangong Yicai, which has participated in the special effects production of blockbuster films such as "Now You See Me", "Edge of Tomorrow", "The Martian", and "The Dragon", is now a top film and television post-production company in China.

The scale of the company is also getting bigger and bigger, because of the business support of Hantang Media, and the effects of those blockbuster movies have also made it famous. It has successively acquired four or five special effects companies in the circle, whether it is hardware or software. , Talents are among the best in the country. .

Not only domestic films, Hollywood film studios also began to outsource a large number of special effects to domestic film and television companies in order to save costs. Tiangong Yicai received three blockbuster films: "Iron Man 3", "Captain America 2", and "Robocop 4" part of the business.

There have also been films such as "The Hunger Games", "The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo", and "The Expendables".

Participating in the production of special effects for Hollywood blockbusters and cooperating with top-notch special effects companies in Hollywood is not only simple business, but also learned a whole set of Hollywood methodologies and industrial systems, which is the most important thing.

The company's expansion is also inseparable from Tang An's support. Both software and hardware cost money. After several capital injections, Hantang Media's shares in Tiangong Yicai have reached 57%.

However, since the special effects company has not been fully taken seriously, the valuation of Tiangong Yicai is not high, only 7 million, and it has not yet started financing.

That's right, there are almost no domestic movies that rely entirely on special effects.

"Edge of Tomorrow" and "The Martian" mainly rely on Tang An.

The IP of "Looking for the Dragon" has a greater role.

When special effects are really taken seriously by audiences and film and television companies, it will be the time for Tiangong to take off.

For a director, it stands to reason that he should control all the details of a movie. The bigger the director, the more serious the desire.

But most directors don't know anything about special effects, and if they direct blindly, they can only add chaos to the special effects side.

If you don't interfere, you will be sure in your heart.

After all, this is your movie, and if you hand it over to someone else, you might be able to make something out of it.

Tang An didn't come here to direct the experts. In the previous year, he had already shared all the new ideas with Chang Hongsong and Xiao Yang, just to have a look.

After all, to a director, the movie is his own child, even if it is brought to the nanny, he has to watch it to be at ease.

Visiting each department one by one, Xiao Yang explained from the side.

Although most of the filming is real, special effects are used everywhere in the film from beginning to end.

Regarding the universe, wormholes, and magnetic field interference, these scenes that exist in real life but need to be imagined need to be solved by means of special effects on the screen. The projection used during shooting is projection after all, and post-production is also required.

"Tang Dong, there are not many directors in China who pay attention to details like you. Generally, the background of this kind of special effects uses blue screens, and you even specially made projections."

While introducing, Xiao Yang was still flattering by the side.

In fact, it can’t be said to be flattering. It is a digital special effect, and there is no difference in using the blue screen directly.

The projection was not done casually. Hundreds of people and a few experts studied the projection of the black hole for more than half a month.

Xiao Yang has also participated in the behind-the-scenes production of some Hollywood blockbusters in the past two years. He has never seen a few directors who can be so meticulous. Most of them directly do pure digital special effects on the green screen.

However, Hollywood's technology is good, and they are willing to spend money and time, so the effect is much better than that produced in China.

"I also try to be as perfect as possible within the scope of what I can do. If there are no conditions, we have nothing to say, but since there are conditions, we can't be sloppy."

Tang An smiled and said, "The more important thing is to let the actors perform more naturally. After all, performing in front of the blue screen is definitely not as good as performing in the real background, and it also saves the time of NG. The saved film alone is A large sum of money, there are gains and losses."

No matter what kind of actor, there is definitely a difference between having the real thing and performing against a blue screen.

Of course, in the future, many actors will be able to perform in front of the blue screen the whole time, which is no different from performing in front of a real scene.

They don't even need an actor in the opposite scene, they shoot all their parts directly in the studio, and then the crew doesn't need to show up when filming, just add him in later.

The acting skills are there, and if you let them shoot in real time, it's not much better than performing in the air.

However, this is also a kind of ability. It means that you are alone, without actors and backgrounds. Performing according to the requirements of the script is quite difficult.

As for saying one, two, three, four without reciting lines, that is also a skill. Otherwise, you try to make different expressions on your face, and then keep counting numbers in your mouth, which is very offensive for ordinary people to perform.

Tang An spent the whole morning looking at the effects and progress of each department's production.

Seven or eight departments, nearly a thousand employees perform their duties.

The physical special effects in the early stage are basically done, and now it is basically a small part of pure digital special effects and adding digital special effects to physical special effects.

Under the interference of the magnetic field, the harvesters gathered in one direction without driving. This clip is to erase the driver to form the illusion of unmanned driving.

The large-scale fire in the cornfield was also produced in the post-production of special effects.

In the scene where the spaceship enters the black hole and is hit by fragments, in addition to random collisions of different materials, in order to make the lens more realistic, the model was erected to shoot against the black background, and the main light was placed outside the spaceship, and a tilted board was used to make the scene more realistic. The salt is dropped and then shot at high speed.

After the digital special effects in the later stage, the shot of driving at high speed in the black hole can be presented.

There is also the scene of an explosion in space. There is oxygen in the moment of the explosion, which will produce flames.

But when the oxygen leaks and spreads into space, the flame dies, but the fragments must still spread. .

The fuel used in the explosion of the spacecraft is butane, so that there will be a very bright flash, and it will burn quickly and then dissipate quickly.

Real models, real lights, real backgrounds, real shooting methods, everything we seek is a reality.

Even miniatures are avoided as much as possible, unless absolutely necessary.

At noon, I had a meal with the top management of Tiangong Yicai and exchanged some views. In the afternoon, Tang An flew to Shanghai.

The acquisition of Fengxing.com has been negotiated, and Oriental Pearl Tower and other shareholders are willing to sell.

In the Jinmao Grand Hyatt Hotel, the tallest hotel in the world that once applied for the Guinness Book of World Records, Tang An signed a share transfer contract with Xu Hui, President of the Oriental Pearl Group.

"Mr. Xu, happy cooperation!"

"Happy cooperation, Tang Dong!"

Hantang Media acquired all the shares of Fengxing.com at a valuation of 6.24 million yuan, of which 82.67% of the shares held by Oriental Pearl Group were priced at 5.16 million, and the other 17.33% of the shares had already been taken from other shareholders and management teams.

With a valuation of more than 6 million, it has completely fallen behind in the video websites. It lacks users and traffic, and it is impossible to rely on the Oriental Pearl Tower alone. The acquisition process is quite smooth.

After the acquisition is completed, Fengxing.com will be merged into Tudou Group, and Hantang Media will also inject 3 million cash.

After a round of capital injection, Hantang Media's stake in Tudou Group rose from 34.7% to 41.31%.

The acquisition of Dongfangfengxing Media Group cost 6 million yuan, Fengxing.com spent 6.24 million yuan, and the group owed 28.2 billion yuan in loans.

The acquisition of 6.24 million yuan and the capital injection of 3 million yuan in cash also borrowed 10 billion yuan from the bank successively.

Not only are the loans for the three films "Interstellar", "Longling Miku" and "囧囧 in Hong Kong", "Detective Chinatown 2" has also officially approved the project and obtained a loan from the bank.

Fortunately, "Longling Miku" will be released next month, and "Lost in Hong Kong" will be released in two months, and there is no problem with the return of funds.

The capital injection of nearly one billion assets this time has also significantly increased the market value of Tudou Group. Two days after the news was announced, the market value has risen all the way to 15.43 billion US dollars, equivalent to 100.3 billion yuan, and it is still rising, towards Youku, the number one video website in China. position is under attack.

An Internet company with a billion-dollar level is definitely a big company in China, and no one can ignore it.

The bosses of these companies in the entertainment industry are also secretly sighing. The valuation of Hantang Media is more than [-] billion, and it also controls a listed company with a market value of [-] billion. It is really incomparable.

Some bigwigs who are expanding into the entertainment industry have also been paying attention to the development of Hantang Media.

Baidu, which has already acquired iQiyi and also won PPS, plans to use iQiyi as the main body, but currently it only ranks third among domestic video sites.

Although Fujixun Pictures has been established, it has not started any projects for a while. The focus is on the development of Fujixun Video. Relying on Fujixun's channels, it is stepping up to catch up.

Ahli Group, Ma Yun is negotiating with several executives about the acquisition of Youku.

Ma Yun never takes care of projects below 30 billion, but Youku's current market value is far more than 30 billion, and it will also be an important part of the entertainment business group in Ahli in the future. He still has to personally intervene.

After talking about the general plan, several people also mentioned Tang An.

"The first time I met Tang An was when I went to Huayi in 08. He was just a director at that time. I didn't expect that after just a few years, his career would be so big." Ma Yun said with a smile .

Cai Chongxin, who was then the executive vice chairman of Ahli Group and was in charge of the acquisition of Youku.com, also smiled and said, "I have never met him, but he has such a large business in only three years since he started his business. It must not be easy, Ma. Dong said?"

"The impression was not very deep, and I didn't have much in-depth contact, and I didn't feel anything special at the beginning." Ma Yun shook his head to recall.

"However, I am also surprised that I have achieved this level in three years. It is a character."

Wu Weidao, CFO of the nearby group, "However, this Tang An is very arrogant. He rejected our three capital injections, and other funds and venture capital also rejected them."

"Moreover, the stall is getting bigger and bigger, and now I owe a lot of money to the bank. Once those few blockbuster films can't collect funds in time, the capital chain will be broken."

"For a young man, it's normal to have ambition. When he encounters setbacks, he will naturally figure it out." Ma Yun smiled.

Who wasn't the boss when he was young, let alone Tang An is only 32 years old now, for a rich man with a net worth of tens of billions, it is still an industry he has built by himself, no matter how arrogant he is, there is nothing abnormal.

Ma Yun is also a pity, if Tang An can accept Ahli's investment, then Ahli's entertainment business group will be able to dominate the film and television entertainment industry for at most two years.

However, for Ma Yun, it is also a matter of time. No matter how much share the traditional film and television companies currently occupy, the future will still be dominated by their three major Internet companies.

Any industry will eventually be swallowed by capital!
However, the next day, when the 2012 Forbes China Rich List was placed on Ma Yun's desk, he lost his mind for a moment.

Looking at the numbers above, Ma Yun took a deep breath and reached out to pick up the two fluffy A4 papers.

He rose from No. 39 last year to No. 12, with assets of 214.2 billion yuan.

And No. 11 in the front is Tang An, with a total personal asset of 224 billion yuan.

The super rich No.11 in the country is only 32 years old.

(End of this chapter)