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Chapter 693 Overpowering! (The second update asks for a subscription! Ask for a monthly pass!)

The long Spring Festival holiday is over. Although the Spring Festival stall has only started for less than ten days, the result is obvious. For Tang An, the Spring Festival stall is over.

On the eighth day of the Lunar New Year, Tang An held a celebration press conference for "The Return of the Great Sage" at the hotel. After more than a week of rest, it was time to get back to work.

As the champion of the Spring Festival, the celebration press conference of "The Return of the Great Sage" attracted a considerable number of reporters.

The celebration press conference was originally intended to build momentum for the film. Although the popularity of "The Return of the Great Sage" has not diminished, the necessary momentum is still needed.

The film has no famous director and no actors, so the celebration press conference was simply a bit bigger, and a red carpet show was also held.

Tang An and director Tian Xiaopeng came on stage together, perhaps because of the rare success after eight years of silence, Tian Xiaopeng said a lot.

From animation technology to animation prospects, as well as the idea of ​​the original preparation, it has not been optimistic and so on.

Finally, I did not forget to thank Tang An.

"Here, I still want to thank Director Tang again. It was Director Tang who gave us the greatest support for the entire crew at the end, and gave me the greatest authority in terms of funds and technology. Otherwise, this movie will definitely not be able to meet the audience so soon. .”

Tang An said with a smile, "I am a filmmaker and an investor. I will invest a lot of money only if I see this movie well. The success of "The Return of the Great Sage" does not lack my investment. Without me, there are others, but they cannot What is missing is Director Tian and the entire production team. It is because of such a professional, serious and responsible production team that "The Return of the Great Sage" can achieve its current success. I also hope that our film and television industry can make more serious films. people and team”

Without actors, Tang An and Tian Xiaopeng dealt with this group of reporters. Most of them didn't have any new questions, and they just asked them.

Or just pay attention to Tang An's new film, and the sequel of "The Return of the Great Sage".

After the press conference, Tang An entertained the insiders who came to join in the banquet hall next door.

Compared with the movie premiere, the current scene is even bigger.

Before the premiere, Wang Zhongjun, Qin Hong, and Zhang Zhao went to "Havoc in Heaven", Yu Dong's own "Omen" was screened, and Wang Changtian also had "Where's Dad?"

Today everyone is here, Wanda's Ye Shun and Fujixun Pictures CEO Cheng Wu are also here, but Ah Li's Fan Luyuan is not.

As for Xiao Ma, Li Ming was still the same as the original time and space. He passed away in January, and his wife's company affairs were uncertain, so he didn't have the time to come here.

"Congratulations Tang Dong, it's another billion-dollar movie."

"Winning the box office champion of the Spring Festival for four consecutive years, Dong Dong's vision really makes us ashamed."

"I checked the project "The Return of the Great Sage". I also found it at the beginning, but it was rejected by the people below. What a pity."

Gathered together, several bosses congratulated each other.

Although thinking about Tang An's previous perspective, "The Return of the Great Sage" should be profitable.

However, no one expected that they would directly beat "Havoc in Heaven" and once again won the Spring Festival box office championship. The box office is close to one billion.

Tang An clinked a glass with everyone, he laughed and said, "Thank you, I didn't expect to have such a result, it's also a surprise."

Everyone slandered in their hearts, saying it was a surprise, but Tang An didn't seem very excited, the surprise was too insignificant.

This is a billion-dollar movie. Although Tang An has made movies with a box office of 20 billion, there are less than ten Chinese-language movies with a box office of over one billion.

In addition to Hantang, Huayi has two, and companies such as Bernard and Guangxian do not have one.

Tang An said so lightly, but it made them very angry.

But if you think about it, there are three films in "囧囧 in Hong Kong", "Longling Miku", and "Detective Chinatown". Tang An himself has three films, and Hantang Media has six billion-dollar films in the past few years. Naturally, Tang An Not too excited.

"Tang Dong dominated the Spring Festival file, and then there was "Mysterious Superstar" in the summer file, Ning Hao's "Heart Blossoming Road" in the National Day file, and "Detective Chinatown 2" in the Lunar New Year file. This is the most important movie of the year. The four slots were all taken up by Tang Dong, and they didn't leave us a way." Wang Changtian sighed pretendingly.

Although there are exaggerated costs, it is true.

Now, although the market is big, the audience's movie-watching habits have been cultivated, and there are good schedules every month throughout the year.

But there are a bunch of Hollywood blockbusters released in May and June. In addition to these two months and the four major schedules, there is also the Qingming schedule in April, as well as the off-season March between the Spring Festival and Qingming, and September in the school season. The moon was not occupied by Han and Tang.

Hantang is too powerful now, much stronger than any company in the past.

At the beginning, whether it was Huayi or Zhang Yimou's new picture, it was not like the Han and Tang Dynasties now, occupying the best four schedules of the year.

Even China Film, relying on a bunch of imported films, meets Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang, Tang An, and Hollywood blockbusters have to get down.

But now, Hantang Media's key movies can't even find a rival.

"The Return of the Great Sage" has also opened up an absolute gap with other movies in the Spring Festival file.

Last summer's "Interstellar" not only swept everything, even "Wolf Warrior" took in 8 million box office, second only to "Interstellar" in the summer.

There are also movies such as "The Breakup Master", "Detective Chinatown", and "Longling Miku", all of which have no rivals in the same period.

In the Spring Festival file last year, the gap between "Journey to the West" and "Journey to the West" was not that big.

A single movie is not too big, but it is scary enough to list the movies in the past two years.

Tang An didn't want to become the public enemy of all film and television companies, he said with a smile, "It's not that the same schedule can only accommodate one movie. Last year's Spring Festival file had two billions. Although "Havoc in Heaven" is hard to break one billion this year, But at that time, "Where is Dad?" and "Omen Wind and Cloud" have great hopes of breaking [-] million, and the same is true for summer and Lunar New Year. The market is already big enough, but there is only a lack of good movies."

They all knew what Tang An said, and Wang Changtian just sighed.

With such a big market, popular schedules can produce at least 30 billion box office in a month.

Hantang Media did not participate in the competition in December and January during the Lunar New Year last year, leaving sufficient time for major companies.

However, in the end, there was only one film with a box office of [-] million and one close to [-] million, not even a film with a box office of one billion.

Although "Longling Miku" broke one billion in the Lunar New Year file last year, "Zodiac" also broke one billion, and "Life of Pi" also had a box office of [-] million.

The box office was even higher when there were Han and Tang films, but lower without the participation of Han and Tang. It can't be blamed on Tang An for squeezing their space.

After all, the movie was not shot well, and the audience didn't buy it.

Yu Dong sighed, "How can a good movie be so easy?"

During the Spring Festival, Bernard was the worst. Although "Aomen Fengyun" also made money, it became the one with the lowest box office in comparison, and Yu Dong was also sad.

Wang Changtian also said, "Compared to five years ago, the film market has undergone great changes, and it is not so easy to sell at the box office."

A few years ago, when making movies, we used to find big directors and big stars, but this strategy is not very effective now, and even Feng Xiaogang failed.

On the contrary, Guo Jinming, Zhao Wei, and Deng Chao made a lot of money in the movies, which made the major companies puzzled.

In terms of fame, Feng Xiaogang is quite famous, and Wang Xiaoming, who has been on the street since "Partners in China", is also quite famous.

If it weren't for the fame of Guo Jinming and Zhao Wei, the quality of the film would have been criticized.

But it is difficult to do, but the market is getting bigger and bigger, and major companies are now making a lot of money.

After chatting for a while, Wang Zhongjun said to come back to this Spring Festival stall.

"Director Kang wanted to take advantage of the success of "Havoc in Heaven" to stabilize his position in China Film Corporation, but now he was destroyed by Director Tang. I guess the matter is not over yet."

After Wang Zhongjun finished speaking, he glanced at Tang An's reaction. Among the major companies, except Guangxian and Leshi, most of them cooperated with each other, but as the biggest competitors, they all wished for the death of each other.

Tang An offended Kang Pei this time, but it was a good thing for the others.

Tang An shrugged and said with a smile, "I didn't expect "The Return of the Great Sage" to achieve such a result. I'm going to accompany Director Kang when I have time."

Wang Changtian said, "Tang Dong's impromptu movie can be so popular. The profit of a movie is equal to the money we make in a year. It's really enviable."

Tang An waved his hand and said, "Wang Dong is joking, Guangxian's market value exceeds 250 billion, a movie is nothing to you."

"It is said that Director Wang intends to sell all the shares in Sony Media in his hand. With so much funds, Director Wang must have made a big move."

A flash of surprise flashed in Wang Changtian's eyes, but he said immediately, "I'm just making a fuss. I haven't voted for a movie with a cost of more than [-] million yuan. It's just making a fuss."

Everyone laughed secretly. Guang Xian, as the second largest film and television company in China by market capitalization, has always thought of making a big fortune with a small investment. All of his investments are small and medium-cost films, and none of them cost more than [-] million yuan. up.

But Tang An scoffed, Wang Changtian was indeed cautious, but when he was bold, he could startle people.

A few years later, Guangxian sold the shares of Sony Media to Tengxun, and the funds in the account reached 50 billion, and then raised more than 40 billion in cash through various methods.

Nearly [-] billion in cash, Guangxian's business conditions were very good at that time, which clearly meant to do big things.

For a tens of billions of mergers and acquisitions, Wang Changtian can be scary even when he is bold.

This time Guang Xian seeks to sell Sony Media, presumably for the purpose of buying a stake in Maoyan.

If it is still the same as in history, and Fujixun takes over, it means that Fujixun will officially enter the film and television industry.

At present, Fujixun Films is still doing some online universities, online dramas, and online dramas for Fujixun video services, and does not involve film and television business.

Once Fujixun acquires Sony Media, which has film and television production, publicity and distribution capabilities, it will enter the market.

Sony Media is top-notch in the production of film and television dramas. Although it is not good in publicity and distribution, with Fujixun's resources and Weipiaoer, a ticket-buying platform, it can form a sound and large-scale film and television group in an instant.

Tang An glanced at Cheng Wu, the CEO of Fujixun Pictures, but didn't find anything tricky.

Unlike Ah Li's savage approach, Fujixun is obviously well thought out and fully prepared, and is a big enemy of all companies.

(End of this chapter)