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Chapter 744 Believe or Not
At noon, Tang An had a meal with Han Sanping and Jiao Luofen, discussed some details, and then left.

"The Wandering Earth" is tentatively scheduled to be controlled by China Film, Hantang, and China Film Digital. In terms of special effects production, China Film Digital Base cooperates with Tiangong Yicai and Jinshan Cloud Rendering Farm.

Originally, China Film Group was very successful in this project, but this time the support from the three parties is stronger than before, so basically there will be no problems.

Yuan Shikong did not have a successful domestic sci-fi film before this film, so the major investors did not have much confidence, otherwise no one would be willing to invest more after Wanda withdrew its capital.

Now Tang An's several films have proved that domestic sci-fi films can survive as long as they are filmed well, and the support for the film must be much greater than before.

However, if Wanda hadn't withdrawn its investment, whether the film would have been so successful is still open to question.

If Wanda does not divest, there will be no Wu Jing in the role. Since neither the hero nor the heroine are well-known, this role will definitely hire a big star, the salary will be higher, and the cost of production will be reduced. .

And if normal, "The Wandering Earth" will be released in the summer, facing "I'm Not the God of Medicine".

There is no Wu Jing, lack of topics, and facing the overwhelming reputation of "I'm Not the God of Medicine", the latter Xu Zheng's reputation is higher than that of all the actors in "The Wandering Earth" combined, it is likely to be a lose-lose situation.

Of course, what Wanda did at the time was also very normal. If two projects are placed in front of you, one of them will be directed by Song Xiaofei, who has worked on "Bullfighting", "The Great Master", "Lost in Hong Kong", and "The Capital Meets Seattle". "Photographer.

Actor Bai Baihe is the highest-grossing actress in the mainland film industry.

The types of films are also relatively well-established romance films and comedies played in China. Previously, there were "33 Days of Broken Relationship", "Strategy of the Ex-Executor", "The Capital Meets Seattle" and other blockbuster films as the basis.

And the director of another film is "You at the Same Table". The male protagonist is a new generation in 94 and has acted in several online dramas. The same is true for the heroine. Ba Lala little magic fairy".

The genre of the film is also a heavy industrial sci-fi film that has never been made in China. It can be said that the genre has never been filmed in China. There is no domestic sci-fi film that can refer to historical earnings.

When these two projects are placed in front of investors, 90% of them will choose the former.

Wanda just made the "correct choice" that most people would choose. After all, there are always a small number of people who succeed.

This is not considered a coquettish operation. The most coquettish thing about Lao Wang is to compete with China Railway for the project of Dama City.

That is an important transnational project involving international strategic development, connecting the entire Southeast Asian high-speed rail economic network hub core of Bandar Malaysia.

Can Lao Wang not be inflated? In May 17, the Prime Minister of Malaysia came to Beijing to participate in the summit forum of the Belt and Road Initiative. However, he did not visit the government leaders at the first stop in Beijing. Instead, he went to the Wanda Group headquarters to visit Lao Wang. up.

Prior to this, Pharaoh had been the richest man in three of the four years.

Once a person is strong, he is easy to drift, so this old Wang moved to wrestle with China Railway Group.

Competition between private companies and state-owned companies is nothing, but Wanda’s investment money is all borrowed from banks, all of which are state money.

Borrowing money from the state to cut off the state's project is still a major project decided by the head of the country. Isn't this courting death?

Of course, this is just a trigger. In 16, several companies such as Wanda and Fuxing spent nearly 3000 billion US dollars on the acquisition of junk assets such as overseas football teams, sports clubs, oil paintings, and real estate.

3000 billion U.S. dollars, accounting for 80% of the foreign exchange loss that year, almost caused a huge financial shock, and now personal foreign exchange conversion is very strict.

The loss of foreign exchange is huge, and the country's credit has been downgraded. What a big impact!
In the past, there were people who shorted state-owned enterprises to earn their own pockets, but now they dare to short the country, what audacity!
SAFE, China Banking Regulatory Commission, and the central bank joined forces to attack, and Pharaoh was GG.

Shen Wansan, a wealthy businessman in ancient times, was easily dealt with by Zhu Yuanzhang, let alone Wanda, who had no power to resist at all.

There was a problem with the capital chain, and a large amount of assets had to be sold. "The Wandering Earth" was withdrawn at that time. After a sigh of relief, it invested in the medium-cost comedy romance "Love 2".

At this time, Lao Wang began to fall out of the top three on the rich list. Hengda's Xu Jiayin came from behind. Sure enough, real estate is to make money.

"The Wandering Earth" has been finalized with China Film for the time being, and it is in the preparation work, so let's take a break for "The Three-Body Problem".

It was too difficult to complete the trilogy.

However, someone has already purchased the copyright from China Film Group. It is Youzhu Films, the producer of the original "Three-Body" movie, a company that makes games.

Originally, the first part of "The Three-Body Problem" was filmed in 15 years. Youzhu Pictures just wanted to make a wave of money. After using the movie to build the reputation of the IP, they will start making games in their old business.

But You Zhu's boss didn't expect that "The Three-Body Problem" would win the Hugo Award. Although the reputation has greatly increased, their pressure is also increasing.

Although I don't know what the leader said, it is true that the two leaders have seen the rough cut version of "Three-Body Problem".

As a result, after the filming of "The Three-Body Problem" was completed, the special effects company withdrew half way through, and You Zhu didn't find someone to continue to do special effects, so it just ran aground.

It is a shoddy money-making work, and it is a good thing not to be released for the purpose of promoting the game in the future.

When the director of this film was interviewed, he even said that he would go to Hollywood to learn green screen technology. This can only be said by a multi-amateur director.

Green screen shooting is just a very popular elementary special effects technology, and I don’t know this, and I go to shoot sci-fi blockbusters.

Later, during the filming, a few photos of the scene came out, and the green screen was still wrinkled. From the director to the entire crew, amateurs couldn't be more amateurish.

Most of those posters were also deducted from the design drawings of other games and movies. They didn't have anything designed by themselves at all, that is, they couldn't be released, otherwise they didn't know how rubbish it would be.

After talking about this matter, Tang An went back to the company and asked Zhang Qiang to send a producer. In addition, Tang An also asked Du Yang to come to the company and gave her a part of the share, and asked him and the producer sent by the company to represent Han Tang and China Film jointly lead the project.

The "Feng Shen" series includes Song Ge and Chen Guofu. That film is more troublesome than "The Wandering Earth", and it is a trilogy. They both have a company to manage, and they don't have extra energy.

The top producers of the Hantang media series are Song Ge, Chen Guofu, Du Yang, plus Zhang Qiang, and there are only four. If Zhang Qiang wants to control the overall situation, Du Yang can only be involved.

Top producers are very rare, and they are much more valuable than first-line stars. Even kings like Liu Dehua and Liang Chaowei are not as valuable to Tang An as a top producer.

With so many projects in the company, they were in charge. Tang An was basically the shopkeeper, and he didn't have to worry about business matters.

In the past few days, Tang An rested with peace of mind. The company didn't have any major matters to deal with for the time being. He adjusted his state and prepared to meet the upcoming new challenges.

China Film and Tang Dynasty collaborated on "The Wandering Earth" and it didn't take long to hide it, and soon the top executives of all major companies knew about it.

There is no way to hide that such a big project involves the boss of state-owned enterprises, the boss of private enterprises, the No. [-] special effects company in China, Jinshan Cloud, the top five in China, and the No. [-] film and television post-production base in China. It is impossible to start quietly. .

Wanda Pictures, Jiang Defu was the first to hear the news.

After all, he was also a big mountain inside China Film Group before, controlling China Film Digital and China Film Marketing Branch, and holding the distribution channels of the entire group.

After hanging up the phone call of his old subordinate, Jiang Defu thought for a while, and asked the secretary to notify the company executives to hold a meeting.

Taking over the entire Wanda film and television industry from Ye Shui, although Jiang Defu is not in a hurry to prove himself with performance, Wang Jianlin has already started the listing process of Wanda Cinema Line, and is considering acquiring Wanda Film and Television with the theme of Wanda Cinema Line after listing. Industry, to create the first film and television company with a market value of [-] billion.

Although relying on Wanda Cinemas for the past two years, Wanda Pictures' business has been pretty good. "Havoc in Heaven" has made a profit. Although "Love Story in Beijing" has guaranteed the bottom line for others, the bottom line fee is still a big profit.

Xu Ke's "Taking Tiger Mountain Out of Wisdom" should not fail, and "One Step Away" was also sold to Ah Li with a guarantee of 10 billion.

However, this year's highlight "Monster Hunt" has undergone such a major change, and its prospects are difficult to predict.

Since "The Wandering Earth" even invested in Tang An, Jiang Defu did not doubt Tang An's vision and wanted to win an investment.

No matter how high the investment is, the genre is not as good as comedy, but with the support of the three major groups, the risk is within an acceptable range.

In the following meeting, Jiang Defu talked to the company's senior management.

Just after taking over Wanda Pictures, the interior is still a little uneasy.

Zhao Fang, assistant to the senior president of Wanda Cultural Industry Group and vice president of Wanda Films, immediately raised questions.

"Mr. Jiang, with a production cost of at least [-] million yuan and a three-year cycle, investing in a sci-fi movie is too risky, isn't it?"

Jiang Defu glanced at him and said with a slight smile, "There are indeed certain risks, but the special effects will be participated by the cloud rendering farm cooperated by Kingsoft Cloud and Hantang. If it goes well, the period of about two and a half years is still within a controllable range.”

Zhao Fang questioned again, "What about the director, there are no directors with experience in sci-fi films in China, unless Tang An shoots them himself!"

Faced with Zhao Fang's continuous doubts, Jiang Defu still had a smiling expression, "This is indeed a problem, but before he continuously discovered so many capable directors such as Xu Zheng, Wu Jing, Wu Ershan, Tian Yusheng, and Teng Huatao. I will find a suitable director for this film next time."

"But sci-fi films have never had a successful precedent except for Tang An!"

Zhao Fang refuted Jiang Defu's words three times in a row, which made him a little annoyed.

Jiang Defu gradually put away his smile, and said lightly, "Tang An's favorite movies have never failed."

After all, Jiang Defu looked around at all the high-level executives present, and slightly emphasized his tone, "Tang An opened a 3.5 million guarantee for "Love Story in Beijing" before. I don't think Mr. Zhao believed it, but in the end he still took [-] million at the box office, and the company lost money. Tens of millions."

"Mr. Zhao is not optimistic about "The Return of the Great Sage" during the Spring Festival, but in the end it won the box office champion during the Spring Festival, and Jiang Wen's "One Step Away", which was sold at such a cheap price to Ah Li, I don't think so. I know how Zhao always evaluates, but I prefer to trust a person who never fails!"

This is short of directly saying that Zhao Zhaofang's vision is not good enough. Although Ye Shun was in charge of these projects when he was in office, but now that Ye Shun has left the job, Zhao Fang, the second in command, will take the blame.

Zhao Fang was also choked back, he had nothing to say, and no longer refute.

(End of this chapter)