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Chapter 696 Be a teacher
After the Spring Festival holiday, Tang An did not immediately return to the crew of "Mysterious Superstar".

The crew has officially started work, but several assistant directors led the actors to shoot some less important scenes first, and they can only join the crew after Tang An finishes dealing with the things in hand.

A professional crew, the entire behind-the-scenes team and actors are first-rate, and some unimportant scenes are not a problem at all for several assistant directors who have followed Tang An for ten years and have more than ten years of experience in the industry.

Count those people who turned from art directors and photographers to directors. Hasn't one of them been with great directors for many years? Have you ever seen someone who is under a little-known director who can be a director?

Staying in a first-class team for ten years can learn something no matter what.

After the Spring Festival, Tang An talked with Tang Jing, director of the Haizheng TV Art Center, and the military advisory group sent by Haizheng for two days.

Tang Jing will be the chief producer of the film. This is the request of the maritime administration to supervise the production of the film at any time. In addition to the military consultant, a military producer is also sent.

This military advisory team also has a lot of background. The team leader is the former captain of a certain special brigade of the Navy. The members can almost form a complete special warfare team, responsible for the training of actors.

In the movie, the gun-drawing postures, slogans and commands of all the team members, as well as the training formation, the selection of firearm models, etc., are all professionally trained by the military advisory group.

"Director Tang, I really appreciate the support of Haizheng for our private enterprise. Please rest assured that this filming will never disappoint the leader of Junwei." Tang An sincerely thanked.

At least [-] rounds of ammunition, [-] to [-] types of firearms, tanks, armored vehicles, armed helicopters, all European and American equipment.

Many of them were filmed with the help of the Moroccan government. It is impossible to transport such large-scale weapons and equipment directly from China.

Moreover, when fighting abroad, you cannot wear clothing with a national identity, nor can you use highly recognizable national clothing.

Under special circumstances at the time of the film, it was necessary to enter the combat zone. The nationals should have been escorted to the port by the local government forces, but because the government forces were unable to do this, according to international law, the local government forces had to provide military assistance to the commandos who went to rescue the hostages. equipment.

The filming location is still Morocco, and some military equipment is also provided by the Moroccan military.

In the tank battle in the original version of "Wolf Warrior 2", most of the domestic tanks were refitted, so it could not be filmed in Africa, but was filmed in Zhangjiakou.

In addition to these, the Navy also dispatched the Ninth Destroyer Detachment of the South China Sea Fleet, one of the three major fleets of the Chinese Navy, to assist in the filming.

The South China Sea Fleet has two destroyer detachments, the second and the ninth. This is public information, and the details are unknown.

Part of the film's location is located in Xunjiang, where the headquarters of the South China Sea Fleet is located, and it is most convenient for the South China Sea Fleet to assist in filming.

The fleet doesn't need too many, after all, it's not a sci-fi movie, the more the better.

The tone of the movie from the beginning is partial to reality, try to lean on it as much as possible.

But it's not absolutely true, the most important thing in a movie is to please the audience, the audio-visual experience, this is the first priority, and everything else has to be detoured.

Tang Jing, director of the Haizheng Art Center, said with a smile, "We at Haizheng have no experience in making films in the past, and Director Tang will have to worry a lot about this."

In fact, this project does not involve anyone helping others, it is all mutual assistance, there has never been unilateral help in the world, and for such a large-scale operation, the cost of armaments alone is as high as [-] million.

"Operation Red Sea" is a movie for Tang An, but for maritime administration, the most important thing is the "cultural project" formed by the cooperation of government departments, navy and private companies.

If military films like "Wolf Warrior" are popular, then "Operation Red Sea" personally directed by Tang An will certainly not be bad.

Moreover, the army does not have the budget to shoot commercial film and television dramas. As an army literary and art unit, although it is high-end, it is just to complete the task of the superior.

If you want to make a commercial film to make money, let alone whether you can make money, the superiors may not approve the money.

Although the cost of investing in Tang An's movies is high, Haizheng doesn't need to pay a penny, just take 5% of the resource stocks, and make a lot of money.

Then Tang An talked with them for a while, and Tang Jing asked about the situation of the actors.

Tang Andao, "I already have a general candidate for the main actor. I will start recruiting actors after I finish filming "Mysterious Superstar" in two months. There will be enough time for the actors to train."

Tang Jing looked at Zhang Haifeng, the leader of the military advisory group, and Zhang Haifeng said, "I need at least five months of training."

Soldiers, no nonsense.

"I will try my best to be sure about the actors within a week, and I will trouble Captain Zhang about the training." Tang An nodded.

Originally, I planned to wait for "Mystery Superstar" to finish filming before looking for actors, and then go to the African filming location.

After all, I will be joining the team in a few days, and I still have a lot of things to do, too many and too complicated, and my head hurts when I put them all together.

However, there is not enough time. "Mystery Superstar" has at least one and a half months of shooting time, and the actors of "Operation Red Sea" need half a year of training.

The shooting time is also longer than any previous film, estimated to be four or five months.

And there are too many unstable factors. In order to pursue reality, live ammunition is used in many places in the movie.

For example, the captain decided to use the reactive armor of the tank to receive a shot from the rebels. It was a real shot, and the modified ammunition-reduced shells were used to bombard the reactive armor of the tank.

There are many similar lenses, and no one can guarantee smooth sailing.

Let the actors train first, and work will start after "Mystery Superstar" is released, and the location in Morocco is almost finished.

Leaving Haizheng Art Center, Tang An went straight to the airport and rushed to Shanghai. He once again met Li Ruigang, the "Godfather of Huaguo Media" at the Millennium Seagull Hotel near the Shanghai Broadcasting Building in Changning District.

Compared to Tang An and Wang Changtian, Li Ruigang, who is the director of Modu Radio and Television Station and the chairman of Wenguang Group, is more qualified to be called a media giant.

In front of him, the chairman of the Moying Group is just a subordinate.

The size of Wenguang Group is not comparable to any current film and television company. The combined market value of Bestone and Oriental Pearl TV under its subsidiaries is 700 billion.

Before Wu Feng had discussed with the vice president in charge of investment and development of Wenguang Group about the acquisition of Beston, part of Tang Anlai Modu was also for this matter.

Hantang Media has a lot of cooperation with Wenguang Group and Dragon TV. Shangshi Films, a subsidiary of Dongfang Pearl, a subsidiary of Wenguang Group, has invested in a subsidiary of Hantang Media. There are also many TV series produced by Hantang. It was sold to Dragon TV.

At their level, there is no need to cover up when talking about business. Tang An directly asked about the reorganization of the companies under the Wenguang Group.

Li Rui just pondered for a moment, but he didn't hide it. The reform was carried out in a drastic way, not petty theft.

"Director Tang, I won't hide this from you. The municipal party committee has issued an order. The reform team has been set up. Minister Xu is personally in charge. I am the deputy team leader. Not only Beston and Oriental Pearl, but all the companies in the Propaganda Department of Shanghai Metropolis must be reformed and reorganized. !"

Tang An was taken aback for a moment, a little puzzled and said, "All?"

There is only one director Xu in the Propaganda Department of the Shanghai Municipal Committee, Chang Wei of the Municipal Party Committee.

This is not the reform of the Wenguang Group system, nor the reform of Modu Optoelectronics, but the reform of the entire propaganda outlet.

"That's right, Wenguang Group and Oriental Media will be integrated, some paper media will be merged into a newspaper group, and film and Internet brands will be changed to municipal management."

The other reforms have little to do with Tang An, but the movie aspect also needs to be reformed.

Tang An asked, "So, Moying Group is no longer under the jurisdiction of Wenguang Group?"

The Wenguang Group is like this, even the Moying Group, which owns the top three United Cinemas in the country, and the second largest state-owned film group in the country, is under the Wenguang Group.

Li Ruigang nodded, "The equity will belong to the Municipal State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission, and it will become an enterprise directly under the Propaganda Department."

From a subsidiary of the Wenguang Group to an enterprise directly under the Propaganda Department, the status of the Moying Group has soared.

It is estimated that the film industry has developed too fast, and the Moying Group was able to become independent.

Li Ruigang didn't go into details, and Tang An couldn't ask any further, since it all involved confidentiality.

Speaking of business, "Director Li, after the merger of Bestone and Pearl Oriental, the new company should be able to raise funds."

Li Ruigang smiled, "Tang Dong wants to get a share?"

Tang An did not deny it.

"It is expected to raise about tens of billions of funds, and it will be issued privately. If Tang Dong is interested in a while, he can come and talk about it."

Li Ruigang did not refuse Tang An's request. Hantang Media is the largest film and television company in China. The two parties have cooperated a lot, and Li Ruigang's eyes are not only on China.

Li Ruigang agreed so readily, and Tang An was not surprised. From the perspective of the cultural media industry, Hantang Media is definitely a good partner.

Tang An thought for a while and said, "Director Li, if the newspaper group is also short of funds, you might as well come to me."

He reminded Tang An of merging the paper media just now, and Ah Li has almost recently invested in a lot of paper media of the Wenguang Group.

"Is Director Tang also interested in newspapers?" Li Ruigang was a little surprised.

Tang Andao, "Although the propaganda effect of the paper media is not as good as that of the Internet, it is still an important channel. It is better to have something than nothing."

"That's fine, let's talk about it after the reform is completed."

Half of the purpose of this trip was achieved, but Tang An still had to do something for Wenguang Group.

The Shanghai Film Festival launched a "Chinese New Director Program" this year. This year is the first year. The new director program also held a master class. More than 30 Chinese directors were admitted, and seven well-known directors from all over the world were invited. Give lectures, and finally select a few from the academy of 30 master classes, and invest money in making movies for them.

The Shanghai Metropolis Film Festival is also hosted by Wenguang Group. As the only international A-category film festival in China, both the General Administration and the Shanghai Publicity Department attach great importance to it. Li Ruigang invited Tang An to give a few lectures.

In addition to Tang An being the number one director in the mainland, the main reason is that he has money, resources and channels, from production to publicity.

It didn't matter to Tang An, even if he was asked to subsidize a few directors to make films, it wouldn't be a big deal. In exchange for buying shares in Beston and Magic City Newspaper Group, it was a bargain.

There are too many similar plans for new directors in China, such as Andy Lau's "Asian Rising Star Director".

Jia Zhangke's "Adding Wings Project".

Guangxian's "New Director Training Program".

Huayi's "H Plan".

LeEco's "Dream Plan".

Ning Hao made the "Bad Monkey 72 Change Plan".

To say the least, there must be nearly [-] various plans, nearly half of which were initiated by private enterprises, mainly because of the lack of directors who can make money. It's big.

Hantang Media also has a similar approach, but the effect is not great, and it is a net loss of money.

Tudou Films also has it. With so many online dramas and online dramas, the director's gap is not as big as usual.

It's much easier for directors these days, and talented people basically won't be delayed.

Of course, talent alone is not enough, you have to be able to fool around, make a better PPT, plan, and fool the top executives of major companies, then the investment will be much easier.

It was not possible ten years ago. The market was so big. At that time, a company only made a few films a year, and there was no shortage of directors.

Let's just give lectures. Tang An has also been to the Beijing Film Academy a few times, pouring chicken soup or something.

Today is the day when the master class starts, so Tang An didn't hesitate to order it, and it was a quarter of an hour earlier.

But when Tang An arrived, the other six teachers also arrived.

Guan Jinpeng, the director of Xiangjiang literary films, has directed such films as "Rouge Button", "Ruan Lingyu" and "Lan Yu", and won the Best Director of Golden Horse and Golden Statue.

Wei Desheng, the director of "Cape No. [-]" and "Sediq Bale", won the Golden Horse Award for Best Film twice.

Japanese director Shunji Iwai is a Japanese director familiar to domestic audiences. He is known as Japanese Wang Jiawei. Later, he also made a Chinese film starring Zou Xun, Qin Hao and others, and Hu Ge in particular.

Three directors, plus three cameramen.

Yu Liwei, Jia Zhangke's partner and royal photographer, has won many best photography awards.

Guan Benliang, the photographer of "2046" and "Aunt's Postmodern Life", also won the Best Photography Award at the Academy Awards.

Li Yaohui, the photographer of "Infernal Affairs", "Initial D", and "Scarred City", has won the Best Cinematography Award for three times.

All of them have one thing in common. Except for Wei Desheng, there is almost no experience in big commercial blockbusters.

The students of these master classes for new directors do not need to study commercial blockbusters, at least not now, and no one will invest in them.

"Morning everyone, sorry for being late."

They were not familiar with each other, so Tang An greeted them a little.

"Hello, Director Tang."

Guan Jinpeng nodded slightly, the two sides were not in the same circle, and Tang An didn't like Director Xiangjiang very much.

But Wei Desheng was much more enthusiastic, and directly used the honorific title.

"Hi, Director Tang."

Wei Desheng is a member of Yang Techang's subordinates. Yang Dechang and Chen Guofu have a close relationship, and he also served as Chen Guofu's assistant director in "Double Eyes".

Reaching out without hitting the smiling face, Tang An shook hands with him and said with a smile, "Hello, Director Wei."

Wei Desheng immediately went to the previous one, took the initiative to shake hands with Tang An, and said a little excitedly, "I heard that Director Tang is coming, but I didn't expect it to be true."

Tang An was a little surprised that he was so enthusiastic.

Wei Desheng has not made a movie after making the big production "Sediq Bale". Taiwan's movies are in a downturn, especially big productions with an investment of hundreds of millions or even hundreds of millions. It is impossible to localize. Only big companies in the mainland This is the reason why he is so enthusiastic about Tang An.

If Tang An knew what he was thinking, he would definitely be in a hurry.

Tang An didn't know the benzene man that day, and the three photographers also just greeted each other casually, and they couldn't talk together at all.

They didn't mean to have a relationship with Tang An, they were just being polite.

Those three photographers have all participated in the shooting of well-known movies, and often cooperate with first-line directors.

Even if you want to seek a relationship, everyone is in public, and you can't hold back that face.

Fortunately, time passed quickly, and a few people came to the next door to participate in a small press conference, and the 30 directors were also in place.

Of the 30 directors, 9% don't know each other. The only one who can be named is Dong Runnian, the screenwriter of "Heart Blossoming Road" and the future "Old Paoer" and "Crazy Alien".

Also, Wen Muye, the only director in this year's master class, will become famous with "I'm Not the God of Medicine" in the future.

To be able to produce a director with a box office of 30 billion in one session is considered a great success.

Everyone sits, students sit under the stage, teachers sit above, and there are a few reporters and photographers below.

This is how to be a teacher, being a role model for others, the kind of formal lectures, and more than one class.

(End of this chapter)