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Chapter 626 An Opening Picture (Please subscribe for the third update!)

Four days in the afternoon, at the Four Seasons Hotel, a hastily prepared press conference was held this time.

Although it was prepared temporarily, the scale is not small at all.

The three giants of Hantang Media, Huayi Brothers, and Bernard Films jointly held the event.

Nearly a hundred reporters were present, and all the media with branches in the capital were present.

As for the things used for the press conference, such as posters and concept drawings, there are none.

There is only one temporary poster, Deng Chao, Tang Yan, Zheng Kai, and Liu Ye, their costumes are somewhat different from the first one.

The real start is a picture, and the rest depends on editing.

As for the background?

Total darkness.
Because there is nothing in the plot of the sequel, and the poster has no idea. Anyway, the magician is very mysterious, and the dark background is almost the same.

Of course, Liu Ye may not participate this time, after all, where is his status, it is impossible to act as Deng Chao, unless he is tied for number one male.

Specifically, Liu Ye will make a cameo appearance and add someone in.It's better to increase Liu Ye's role and change it to a double male lead. I'll talk about the specifics later.

This time the sequel is led by Hua Yi, after all, they own 70% of the copyright of the sequel.

The ratio is 4:4:2, and Bernard takes [-]% of the ratio.

However, Tang An was the most important person in the press conference, and he was the one that the media paid the most attention to.

The lights on the urgently arranged stage were turned on, and Tang An took the stage.

"Good afternoon, friends from the media, and welcome to the press conference of the movie "Now You See Me 2"."

After a prologue, some highlights of the first part began to play on the big screen behind it.

For about 2 minutes, the wonderful shot flashed away, and finally it was frozen on a poster.

"Crack!"

"Crack.Crack."

People were taking pictures.

It's a bit crude, except for the four leading actors hidden in the dark, there are only the big words "Now You See Me 2" and the names of three producers.

Of course, Tang An has the title of producer.

The reporters in the audience whispered.

"The posters are all there, I guess they have been planning for a long time."

"This poster is a bit crude, without any information."

"I think it's very good, it has a mysterious feeling, and I'm attracted at first glance."

"I have the same feeling, but it's just too simple and something is wrong."

"I don't know who I will find to take pictures."

"God knows, Xu Zheng, the director of the Han and Tang Dynasties, is about to shoot Ning Hao's "No Man's Land", "Tang Detective 2" has also been approved, and there is another Wu Ershan who has not moved. I don't know if the third part of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" is in Prepare."

"Wu Ershan probably won't, although he is suitable, but he won't come to make sequels for others."

"Berna has Chen Kexin under his banner, so he probably won't come."

"That's Huayi's director. Isn't Huayi's Project H a lot of directors?"

After discussing in a low voice, they didn't communicate what happened.

The press conference didn't have too many steps. Tang An just accepted the reporter's questions, mainly about why the sequel was made, who is the director of the sequel, whether the actors have changed, and how the plot is.

Tang An also answered one by one, "Actually, there are still many things to dig out in "You Now You See Me", the identities and backgrounds of the other three magicians, the final ending of the insurance tycoon, etc. It is the first time in five years to make a sequel. It’s time to clarify some things.”

"As for the director, we are still looking for suitable personnel, try our best to conform to the mysterious sci-fi style of the movie, and not disappoint the audience. In terms of actors, several leading actors will basically appear."

After answering some questions, Tang An handed over the stage to Wang Zhonglei.

Wang Zhonglei started to work, bragging about how good this sequel is going to be, how much investment it will take, putting together a golden team, a top-notch special effects production team, and real 3D shooting.

Anyway, it's blowing to death and building momentum.

The press conference lasted for two hours and ended in the evening.

It happened to be getting late, so I settled for dinner at the hotel and held a banquet.

"Wang Dong, Yu Dong, do you have a suitable candidate for the director?"

Although the project was handed over to them, Tang An had to ensure the quality, otherwise he would be the one who would be scolded.

"Now Now You See Me" is a standard commercial film model, except for the rare themes, there is nothing outstanding.

But the harder it is, the more difficult it is. Apart from magic and special effects to attract the audience, there are not many other features, so more work needs to be done on the rhythm.

It must be as suspenseful as a spy movie, but not too complicated.

And the pace must be fast, there is no extra time for the actors to play their acting skills slowly.

Wang Zhongjun also didn't have a suitable candidate. There is no shortage of opportunities in Huayi, but there is a shortage of capable directors, but there are not many good directors in Huayi.

"Director Tang knows movies best, who do you think is more suitable?" Wang Zhongjun asked back.

Tang An pondered for a moment, and quickly ran through the directors he remembered, and finally settled on a short, fat middle-aged man.

"How about director Uncle Gao? His previous film and television dramas have borrowed from the film aesthetics since the New Hollywood Movement, and he is very good at shaping characters and rhythm. It doesn't matter if the former has the background of the first film, but rhythm is very important. And he is famous for the dramas involved in the case, and he has a deep knowledge in creating an atmosphere." Tang An gave a suggestion.

Uncle Gao Yu?
Wang Zhongjun and Yu Dong thought about it for a while.

Uncle Gao Yu is a TV drama director. Although the "China Big Case Record" became popular in 96, it even reached the point where thousands of people were empty-handed in a certain province. For one month, the crime rate in the provincial capital was 0, because everyone went home to watch TV at night.

Although it is a bit exaggerated, after the show was broadcast, there was an upsurge of dramas involved in the case all over the country.

The subsequent "Conquer" also became popular, but in terms of movies, there were only a few movies such as "Judgement of the East", "West Wind", "Detective Hunter Zhang", which won many awards, but they did not achieve much at the box office.

There is no good candidate for a while, so I will temporarily include Uncle Gao Yu as a candidate, and then choose at a later time.

Tang An must control the post-production of the entire film, as long as there is a director who can make a good film, if the post-editing communication is not smooth, it still has to be handed over to the editor, not the director.

For the time being, first decide on a candidate, and discuss it slowly.

After finishing the business, we chatted a few words about the trends in the industry.

"Tang Dong's [-] million guarantee "Heart Blossoms on the Road" is a big deal, and it scared Dong Ping away." Yu Dong asked with a smile.

"The Iron Triangle of Ning Hao, Xu Zheng, and Wang Bo is worth the price." Tang An said.

"Is Director Tang so confident?"

With a guarantee of [-] million, this can be ranked in the top ten of the year.

Either way, the risks are too great.

You have to know how much Ning Hao's last film was. Although Xu Zheng's single film broke 12 billion, it was a series.

When "[-]" was released, who would have thought that Feng Xiaogang would fail!
Tang An smiled, "Isn't the guaranteed minimum release a gamble? The greater the risk, the greater the reward. I believe in Ning Hao once. If it doesn't work, then take it as a lesson."

Everyone was speechless, and bought a lesson.

With a guarantee of 7 million yuan, if it really makes a box office of [-] million to [-] million yuan, it will cost at least [-] million yuan.

At this price, Huayi, Guangxian, and Berna dare not give it. The risk is too great to take this risk.

Bernard's "The Future" is only [-] million. With Guo Jinming's "Little Times" at the box office of [-] million, Han Han, a writer of the same level, will not be far behind.

At this time, Ye, who had been silent all this time, opened his mouth, raised his eyes and smiled slightly.

"Of course Director Tang dared to gamble. "Love Story in Beijing" can offer a guarantee of [-] million yuan."

what?
"Beijing Love Story" [-] million?
Obviously, the news had not been spread yet, and everyone present was stunned.

If the guarantee of [-] million in "Heart Flower Road Fang" is gambling, then the guarantee of [-] million in "Love Story in Beijing" is equivalent to stud.

Seeing that Tang An did not deny it, everyone believed it.

I thought about Tang An's boldness just now, but I didn't expect it to be so big!
"Heart Blossoms on the Road" has a famous director and two first-line male stars with box office appeal, which are pretty reliable.

But what is "Beijing Love Story"?
A hit TV series?

If relying on the fame of the TV series to sell [-] million at the box office, then everyone might as well adapt the TV series.

For "Bright Sword" and the like, one or two battles were adapted, and "Xu Sanduo" was made into a series, from ordinary people to soldiers.

There are also a lot of popular TV series such as "Latent", "The Legend of Zhen Huan", and "Shanghai Beach".

Perhaps relying on the fame of the TV series, it can be sold for tens of millions or even more than 1 million, but [-] million is absolutely impossible.

What's more, the director Chen Shicheng is still a rookie who has never made a movie.

Tang An could see the displeasure in Ye Kuan's eyes through his glasses, and said with a smile, "It's guaranteed, of course there will be risks, and if you can bear the risks, why not give it a go, maybe there will be surprises, it's up to Ye Will never accept it."

Ye's eyes flashed behind his glasses, and he said with a smile, "Since Director Tang is willing to bet, then I will take it on behalf of other investors, with a guarantee of [-] million."

"Then thank you, Mr. Ye."

Wanda has established Sihai Publishing, and the two parties are absolute rivals. Reasonable commercial competition is no big deal.

One has a guarantee of [-] million and the other has a guarantee of [-] million, which adds up to exactly one billion. Everyone can't help but secretly admire Tang An's boldness.

Although they are all companies with billions or tens of billions, the guarantee fee of one billion is a large sum of money paid in the early stage. It is not so easy to come up with such a large amount of cash.

After the banquet, Tang An made arrangements for the company's affairs, and took the three leading actors, Liu Ye, Yang Mi, and Wan Qian, to the United States.

This Friday, "Interstellar" will be officially screened on a large scale in more than 70 overseas regions.

Perfectly avoiding overseas summer holidays, there are almost no important movies in August, and the giant ship "Interstellar" launched an impact on the global market.

(End of this chapter)