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The scene of the Ahli Films press conference, in a conference room of the hotel.

All the senior executives of the group, as well as the leaders of the next few projects, are all there.

Sitting down one by one, Fan Luyuan looked around and said, "Everyone, since the establishment of the group, there are not many projects launched, some of which are successful and some of which fail. In [-], the company will increase investment in film and television production, and these early projects are crucial, and I hope everyone will work together to do a good job in these projects.”

After the disastrous failure of "Tomb Raiders Notes" last summer, Ah Li left again through high-level management. Except for the two guaranteed releases, there has been no movement.

Fan Luyuan is not an ordinary person, otherwise Ma Yun would not have rashly let an ignorant person come over to take charge of Li Film Industry.

In the past half a year or so, Fan Luyuan has also gained a relatively thorough understanding of the film and television industry, and selected these projects carefully. The two Hollywood blockbusters also flew to the United States to discuss with Paramount.

Ah Li Films has been established for two years, and two years is undoubtedly precious for an industry that is undergoing rapid development.

Ah Li has plenty of money and no shortage of resources. If he doesn't really gain a place in the film and television industry within three years, it will definitely be considered a failure.

Back then, Guangxian and Leshi in the past two years developed rapidly within two or three years.

"Nowadays, the influence of the Internet on the film and television industry is increasing. Many companies such as Fujixun and Wanda have begun to develop the film and television industry in an all-round way. We must seize this opportunity for change."

"These four films, as well as the distribution business of two films, the success or failure of the six projects will determine the future position of the raccoon film industry in the film and television industry. From the preparation and marketing, every link can not go wrong. The specific matters, everyone Professionals will do it, and the company will do its best to cooperate with you.”

Fan Luyuan said to Chen Kexin, Wang Jiawei and others very seriously.

"President Fan, please rest assured."

Wang Jiawei's Zhedong Film Company has officially entered Ahli's arms, and the years of cooperation with Berna have come to an end.

The same is true for Chen Kexin. In the end, he recognized Papa Ma, and the cooperation with Bernard ended, and he rejected Han Tang's invitation to direct "July and Ansheng".

There are only a few large domestic companies, and the ones most lacking in producers and directors are Ahli, Fujixun, and Wanda. The latter two cooperate with Bernard and Guangxian respectively, and they don't have much choice.

Chen Kexin raised a question, "Director Fan, will the current films, like last year, intentionally collide with films under Han Tang?
Fan Luyuan smiled and said, "It's not necessarily true. The distribution will be handled by Tao Piao Piao, and the specific schedule still depends on the situation."

It's good if it's not, Chen Kexin also heaved a sigh of relief, besides "The Ferryman" produced by Wang Jiawei, he supervised the other three of these four films, and he also invested partly.

No matter whether you admit it or not, whether you have confidence or not, it will not be beneficial to meet the movies produced by Han Tang head-on.

The past record is really too strong. During the Spring Festival, "The Return of the Great Sage" sold 13 billion, which put the all-star cast of "Havoc in the Sky" under him. On Valentine's Day, it even successfully marketed a debut Movies breaking [-] million a day.

After talking for a while, several supervisors and producers left, and the executives of Lim Films held a meeting by themselves.

After everyone went out, Zhang Wei, the president, shook her head, "They are so afraid of Han Tang, why don't they just cooperate with Han Tang."

COO Deng Kangming said with a smile, "Chen Kexin and Zheng Zhiwei have been friends for so many years, it is impossible to go. Hantang invited him to shoot the youth film "July and Ansheng", and Wang Jiawei and Hantang did not get a good schedule. , some popular schedules are not their turn."

Liu Chunming, the executive director, said, "To put it bluntly, there is no place in the Han and Tang Dynasties. Wu Ershan, Xu Zheng, and Ning Hao can't squeeze any of them."

Fan Luyuan shook his head, "Let's not talk about this, besides these few movies, we need at least one movie that can sell well, at least one billion level, pay attention to it, and see if Hantang Media has taken a fancy to it recently. Whatever project, no matter how much it costs, grab it for me!"

All of these movies have good prospects, and they are all small and medium-budget movies, which can basically guarantee profitability, but it is very difficult to make a big hit and make a splash.

Wang Baoqiang's comedies are good, but he used to be the number two role before, so it's uncertain whether the male number one will have that effect this time.

"The Grandmaster", which Wang Jiawei and Liang Chaowei collaborated with before, has a good reputation, but the box office is only about [-] million.

Even if the previous good reputation has added to "The Ferryman", Wang Jiawei's films have never been a big hit, and Fan Luyuan doesn't give much hope.

There is a need for a big-selling movie, a billion-dollar movie, whether it is for the stock market, the industry, or the top management.

But how easy is it to make a billion-level movie, Fan Luyuan thought of the trick of "waiting for the rabbit".

All the movies that Tang An liked were sold well, not to mention "The Return of the Great Sage" that broke one billion, even "Love Story in Beijing" that broke [-] million would not be bad.

Although it's a bit lucrative to stare at other people and then cut off the barbarians, no one objected.

Zhang Wei thought for a while and said, "The preparations for Zhou Xingchi's new film "The Mermaid" have already begun. Hantang seems to be in contact with Guangxian and Zhou Xingchi, and is planning to invest in the first movie of Happy Twist."

"Happy twist?"

After all, Fan Luyuan didn't know much about the film and television industry, so it was a bit strange to hear this name.

"Happy Twist is a company specializing in stage plays. It has been established for ten years, and it is Shen Teng's company." Zhang Wei explained.

Speaking of Shen Teng, Fan Luyuan knew it, after all, he has been to the Spring Festival Gala for several years in a row.

Since Zhao Benshan didn't go to the Spring Festival Gala, Shen Teng's sketch had the intention of taking over.

Fan Luyuan asked, "What kind of film is it?"

"For a comedy, they plan to adapt a play two years ago and put it on the big screen."

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Fan Luyuan thought about it, Shen Teng's reputation in the past two years is not small, after all, there is a stage for the Spring Festival Gala.

But no matter how big it is, it can't be as big as Zhao Benshan back then. The box office of Zhao Benshan's films can only be said to be okay, and none of them have sold well.

He asked again, "What about Zhou Xingchi's new movie, does Hantang want to release it?"

"It should be to jointly invest and distribute with Guangxian, but Guangxian is now cooperating with Fujixun, so Hantang should not be able to intervene."

Deng Kangming added, "It's not impossible that Tang An and Wang Changtian have a good relationship."

"And maybe it will be like "Heart Blossoms on the Road", and it will be bought at a high price with a guarantee."

""Journey to the West: Conquering the Demons" has already exceeded one billion. How much guarantee can this new film be released? 12 billion or 15 billion? It is impossible for Tang An to open such a high number."

Everyone insisted on their own opinions. Indeed, Zhou Xingchi was no better than Ning Hao. Ning Hao's previous highest-grossing movie was "The Golden Heist" with about [-] million yuan, while Zhou Xingchi already had a billion-dollar movie, and the guaranteed price could not be lower than [-] million yuan. [-] million.

If it really reaches 12 or even 15 billion, it would be really crazy.

At present, the highest guaranteed price is the one billion guaranteed price offered by Ah Li for "One Step Away". Even after Jiang Wen's success in "Let the Bullets Fly", this figure is a huge risk.

Fan Luyuan thought about it for a while, and then his heart sank, "In this way, pay close attention to Zhou Xingchi's new movie, and if you are sure that Han Tang is interested, grab it, even if it really costs 12 billion!"

Regardless of the difference between one billion and 12 billion, there is a difference of [-] million, but there is a huge difference.

When the figure of one billion is reached, I am thinking of an extra [-] million box office, which means that the follow-up trend will be very good, which is very difficult for commercial blockbusters. Generally, most of the box office potential is consumed in the first half of the month.

That's right, Liying Films is not short of money, and it's already listed, so there's no need to worry about being unable to go public due to annual losses.

Ah, Li Films is not afraid of spending money or losing money. This is what Ma Yun has emphasized to them many times. No one has any objection to the 12 billion guarantee.

Zhang Wei asked again, "Then what about Happy Twist?"

"Let's keep an eye on that too. If Han Tang is really interested, he can also intervene, but the focus is still on Zhou Xingchi's new film."

At the beginning, Fan Luyuan thought that Tang An would pay a high price for any movies that Tang An liked, but after knowing which movies, he weighed them himself, and he didn't pay much attention to the movies about Happy Twist.

With so many major events happening in the film and television industry this month, Tang An, who was filming in Zhuozhou, has been paying attention.

During the lunch break, Tang An hung up a curtain in the room next to the studio, and watched the press conferences one by one.

At Maoyan's press conference, Wang Changtian was in high spirits, declaring that this was the most correct acquisition he had ever made.

Yu Dong smiled reluctantly when one hundred theaters owned by Berna joined Wanda Cinemas.

The first film and television company to be listed on the U.S. stock market, it eventually exited the market sadly, and now has a market value of more than 60 billion yuan, which is not even one-sixth of Huayi.

The valuation of Hantang Films, which has been established for just over two years, has reached 180 billion. Even if Nuomi Films are removed, it is still more than 140 billion, which is more than twice Bernard's current market value.

As for the videos of Ahli's press conference later, Tang An looked at the titles and lineups of those films, and asked people to turn off the projection.

None of the movies that Ah Li invested in were any good, and the only one with a high box office was "Pancake Man".

It was no surprise that Ah Li bound Wang Jiawei and Chen Kexin. They had originally bound Dong Ping's Huanxi Media later.

But this time Dong Ping couldn't find Ning Hao and Xu Zheng, he had no chance, so he stayed with Ah Li.

"July and Ansheng" originally wanted to find Chen Kexin to shoot, but now it has also been rejected.

Probably even if he didn't go to Ah Li, he wouldn't pick it up, after all, he and Zheng Zhiwei have a very strong relationship.

Back then, he started a company with Zheng Zhiwei within two days after filming his debut work, and Zheng Zhiwei helped him a lot.

Zheng Zhiwei also has a father who is an inspector. He is the younger brother of the real-life prototype Chief Inspector Lei Luo in the movie "The Legend of Lei Luo", and he is also an inspector.

Although the official rank is low, not even a trainee inspector, but in Xiangjiang at that time, it was also the pinnacle of what the Chinese police could do, and then there was the Chief Inspector General Hua, just a few people.

Sesame is a big official, but has a lot of power, and mainly manages the association.

Although he fled to Treasure Island where there was no extradition regulation because of the establishment of the Xiangjiang ICAC, and Xiangjiang's assets were seized, he still had some contacts in Xiangjiang, which gave Zheng Zhiwei a lot of help.

Moreover, Zheng Zhiwei's daughter Zheng Baoyi has developed well in Baodao, and she is also related to his father.

Ah Li has recruited two Xiangjiang directors, and they are not very competitive. Even the core of the entire Ah Li Films is to find tickets.

Without Taobao Tickets, Ahli Films could not even do Leshi Films.

At the very least, Lay’s has a complete terrestrial distribution network. Boss Jia behind him is quite rich now, with a net worth of more than 200 billion. Even after more than a year, the market value of Lay’s will skyrocket to 1500 billion, which is not enough to run away.

Guangxian's acquisition of Maoyan is expected, otherwise there is no need to sell Xinli's shares.

As for the cooperation between Guang Xian and Fuji Xun, it is not too surprising.

It's just that Berner and Wanda have an affair again, which Tang An didn't expect.

Yu Dong has long wanted to delist from Nasdaq. After all, the market value is still far from 400 billion. Seeing that Huayi broke 300 billion, Guangxian also hit 200 billion, and Huatest is also approaching [-] billion, I am sure. Unwilling.

Originally, Tang An wanted to absorb the one hundred movie theaters owned by Berna, but he did not expect to join Wanda quietly.

There was no movement at all, which was a bit strange.

Tang An suddenly remembered something, immediately took out his mobile phone and dialed Lin Sheng's number.

After chatting for a few words and making an appointment to go back to the capital to have a meal together, Tang An hung up the phone with a frown.

The butterfly wings fluttered a little, and many things were ahead of schedule.

Jiang Defu, one of China Film giants, will go to Wanda to serve as senior vice president of Wanda Cultural Industry Group, concurrently as chairman of Wanda Cinemas, AMC Cinemas, Wanda Film and Television, and Wuzhou Distribution. The film and television business, that is, Ye Shun's position.

Although Ye Xing's whereabouts are undecided, it is obvious that he will go to Huayi as the vice president and concurrently as the CEO of Kyushu Publishing.

Jiang Defu's internal rights in China Film Group can definitely be ranked among the top five. He is in charge of the marketing branch, and also led the establishment of China Film Digital Cinema Line, and almost completely controls the distribution business of China Film Group.

The importance of China Film Digital Cinema Line is far more than that of any other cinema line, not to mention the several theater lines of China Film Holdings, which are even more important than Wanda Cinema Line at present.

We must know that nearly 90% of the movie theaters in the country are using China Film Digital's digital projectors, and for every movie that uses China Film Digital's projection equipment, China Film Digital has to charge 1%-3% agency distribution fee.

Last year, the total domestic box office was nearly 270 billion. Based on the 2% agency distribution fee, China Film Digital will take away 5.4 million in net profits.

China Film Digital used to be the only company in China that had a digital master production system. Even now, 80% of domestic digital films have to be taken to China Film Digital as a digital master after the completion of the post-production, and then copied from the master. made.

The China Film Digital Cinema Line was established under the chairmanship of Jiang Defu. Together with the China Film Marketing Branch, it almost controls the distribution business of China Film.

Now that Jiang Defu is gone, according to what Lin Sheng said, Kang Pei did his best behind the scenes. After all, the publishing business is the most important thing and must be controlled.

And when Jiang Defu was the head of the publicity and distribution department at Beijing Film Studio, Yu Dong was the chief of the distribution department under him. Jiang Defu went to Wanda, and it was normal for Yu Dong to cooperate with Wanda.

But there is also good news, if Jiang Defu is moved, the rights of Lin Sheng, the deputy general manager in charge of publishing, will increase accordingly.

So many things have rushed together, Tang An has received a lot of news these days, Xiang Huaqiang wants to bleach a sum of money, and is going to cooperate with Hua Yi to shoot "Legend of the Gods", just like history, just the time difference several months.

There is nothing to say about the movie itself. It is a bad movie, but the IP of Fengshen is broken, which will have some impact on Wu Ershan's "Fengshen" series.

But there are two sides to everything. After watching a super bad movie, the audience will feel better when they turn to watch a good quality movie with the same theme.

It's like taking a bite of S, and then going to eat, you will feel that the meal is much more delicious.

Comparing "Legend of the Gods" to S is not insulting it. It is impossible to make a good movie for the sake of money. If this kind of big production is to be shot well, you have to spend a lot of money, so that is against their original intention.

It was said that it was [-] million yuan. If it was all used to make a movie, the risk would be too high. Once it was lost, it would be difficult for Xiang Huaqiang to explain it. After all, it was not his money alone.

Tang An called the company and asked the public relations department to pay attention to the other party's movements. If they want to bundle marketing with the "Fengshen" series, they are also a little bit prepared.

There are a lot of problems in the cooperation of several companies, but there are still about 20 days of filming time, and it is not an important matter. Tang An didn't say much, and waited to go back to talk about everything.

The lunch break passed quickly, and then the filming began.

No need to shout, the assistant director and executive directors are already preparing.

All the departments of the crew and the actors were preparing their work. Tang An sat in front of the monitor, flipped through the script, and had a very clear and definite understanding of the next shot in his mind.

After half an hour, the preparations were completed, and then the shooting began.

The protagonists this afternoon are Xiaodi and Shi Yueanxin, the scene between sister and brother.

In the first scene, the elder sister was in a bad mood, and when she was about to use tape, the younger brother took the tape to help him stick the laptop.

The older sister who didn't know about it thought that the younger brother was playing around and wasting, and she was in a bad mood, so she lost her temper with her younger brother.

"Did you take my tape and where did you get it? Give it to me quickly, I can use it."

Xiao Di came out of the room quickly, and asked Shi Yue Anxin impatiently.

Shi Yue'anxin looked at her, hesitant to say something but said authentically, "No, I didn't take it."

Children are actually easier to shape. This child has some filming experience. The assistant director talked about the scene for nearly two hours, demonstrated countless times, and performed well in front of the camera.

It looks like he took the money from the family to buy snacks and was found to deny it.

But it’s not in place yet. In the film, the younger brother is preparing to surprise his older sister. He wants to wait until the laptop is glued on. The look in his eyes is a bit different from the hesitant tone.

But Tang An didn't stop and let them continue the performance.

Although Shi Yueanxin didn't admit it, Xiaodi still doubted it, especially when he found a piece of tape on him, he became more certain.

Reaching out to tear off the piece of tape, Xiao Di's impatient face has turned into anger, "You still say no, then what is this? You just play around with my things all day long."

Facing the accusation, Shi Yueanxin didn't tell the truth, she said "I don't have one," and ran away with a grievance.

Qin Hairu, the mother next to her, saw that she was treating her younger brother like this, and said somewhat reproachfully, "Why are you talking to your younger brother like this?"

Having been with her violent father for a long time, her temper also became irritable. When she became upset, she treated everyone the same, and she didn't have a good temper with her mother. She went back to the room without saying a word. It shows the state of mind at this time.

"Crack, do it again."

After shooting a scene, Tang An continued and started all over again.

After such a long period of training, Xiao Di's performance has improved a lot, and it has improved a lot from the obvious way of acting in TV dramas before.

Shot by shot, no matter who it is, as long as the director has high requirements, basically everyone can give a good performance.

It’s not empty talk that those who make TV dramas have no acting skills. After all, there is a big difference between the performance methods of TV dramas and movies.

A typical example is "OPERATION RED SEA", which is about to start filming. Hai Qing's performance in the original version has a lot of her previous habit of filming TV dramas in it, and it is too unsuitable to put it on the big screen.

For most of the scenes, the director of the TV series can pass as long as he can. Over time, the actors themselves don't have a standard in their hearts, anyway, the director has said it.

I don't know how my performance is, and I have been acting according to the previous director's satisfaction, but the unqualified performance, the acting skills are either fixed forever, or getting worse and worse, and there are very few who can continue to improve.

It won't work once or twice. After the third pass, call the actors and let them watch their performance. Tang An will explain and let Qin Hairu or someone else demonstrate.

It’s just grinding slowly. Good movies and good shots are all made by grinding.

Two hours to shoot a shot, then rest for 5 minutes to continue.

In the next scene, Xiao Di and Qin Hairu quarreled over the divorce, and ran to the roof alone to cry.

It may be because the two hours of filming just now were all scenes where the characters were angry, but this scene was done five times.

Crying scenes are the basic skills of an actor, but it is not called crying if you scream and have a distorted face. That kind of performance is not qualified to be put on the big screen, and it is far worse than many Korean dramas.

There are many textbook-like crying scenes in Chinese film history, such as Zhang Guorong in "Farewell My Concubine". One time, on the night of Juxian's engagement with Duan Xiaolou, Zhang Guorong and Yuan Siye sang in the garden, and sang the part where Yu Ji committed suicide. I really got into the drama too deeply, forgot that I had a real sword in my hand, and threw my backhand across my neck, was stopped by Yuan Siye, Zhang Guorong was stunned, and then two lines of tears fell suddenly, it was so sad and beautiful .

There is also the scene of suicide in "The King of Guns". While crying, he raised the gun and placed it next to his temple, repeatedly, but he still couldn't do it, his eyes were red, full of struggle and madness.

But this is not the most classic part of this crying scene. The most classic part is at the back. He cried and cried, and suddenly put away his tears. The helpless expression stayed on his face for a second, and then turned into calm , He loaded the bullet into the gun, got up and went out, and went to the police to fight to the death.

There are also many classic crying scenes by Zhang Manyu, and her appearance is very suitable for crying scenes.

In this scene of sitting on the roof crying, Tang An asked not to make a sound, not to open his mouth, and not to cry too much.

The main reason is not to cry, it's not time to cry, but to express grievance.

Then I found the roll of tape on the roof, and found the laptop I dropped among the debris in the corner.

What was once a broken laptop is now glued together piece by piece with duct tape.

Ugly and beautiful.

When I went downstairs and went home with my notebook, I was about to cry in this crying scene.

It's just crying and laughing at the same time, and the expression should not be too intense or exaggerated.

The older sister was crying and laughing while the younger brother wiped her tears with his hands in front of her.

(End of this chapter)