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Chapter 772 Am I the Next King of Comedy?
"This Tang An really thinks that he has a sharp eye, and he can be a billion billion at every turn. He really thinks that a billion box office is Chinese cabbage!"

Huayi Brothers Group, Wang Zhongjun scoffed when he learned that Tang An expected "A Good Show" to break one billion.

Wang Zhonglei said with a smile, "If it really breaks one billion, it's not just a sharp eye, it's turning stone into gold."

"Turn a stone into gold?"

Hearing this word, Wang Zhonglei was taken aback for a moment, then he laughed and said, "That's right, if Tang An can earn a billion box office by just watching a movie, it can really be regarded as turning stones into gold."

In the past few years, all Tang An's favorite movies have achieved very good results without exception.

But there has to be a limit. "囧太囧" dominated the Spring Festival at the beginning, and the word-of-mouth of "People on the Road", plus it was better than the later "囧Hong Kong", failed to break one billion.

Tang An is also very optimistic about "Wolf Warrior", and it is still some distance away from one billion.

Although the market is getting bigger, more movies are released every year. One billion is still a very high threshold, and not many big directors have crossed it.

Ning Hao's "Heart Blossoming on the Road" broke one billion, but before that, the two classic comedy movies "Crazy Stone" and "Crazy Racing", plus the constant praise "No Man's Land", the past ten years Accumulated, this year broke through the one billion mark in one fell swoop.

Huang Bo is well-known, popular with audiences, and good at comedy.

But one billion box office is still a huge gap for the mainland market, and it is not so easy to cross.

If just like Huang Bo can break one billion, directors like Zhang Yimou, Feng Xiaogang, Chen Kaige, and Chen Kexin should just go home and farm.

The entertainment industry doesn't need these big directors anymore, just find some well-known actors to be directors.

After laughing for a while, Wang Zhongjun said, "I hope Tang An is right this time. If Huang Bo can get a billion box office, Wang Baoqiang will be about the same. Having a director with a billion box office is also beneficial to us." .”

But Wang Zhongjun was just thinking about it, how could this be possible.

The success of Zhao Wei, Deng Chao, Guo Jinming, Han Han and others has made these big directors in the industry lose face. After all, when some laymen become directors for the first time to make a movie, their box office is higher than most of the famous directors. , They couldn't keep their faces off.

Zhao Wei only took [-] million box office. If there were actors who came from different industries as directors and made a billion box office, those famous directors would be ashamed to death.

Like Wang Zhongjun, most people took this as a joke. After all, even Huang Bo himself didn't believe it. Who would believe that an actor-director's debut film broke a billion dollars at the box office.

Tang An's words spread in a small circle in the circle, which also caused dissatisfaction among many directors.

Just now Feng Xiaogang didn't care about things on the Internet and was serious about preparing his film, but he was influenced by Tang An's words again.

Feng Xiaogang was very upset. He didn't even have a billion-dollar movie, and now Tang An actually said that the movie directed by Huang Bo could sell a billion.

Red Guoguo's contempt!

However, Feng Xiaogang's sense of crisis has become more and more serious. In the past two years, more and more new directors have emerged. If he no longer produces good works, he will be ridden by these young people in a few years. up.

The same is true for Xu Ke, whose new movie "Taking Tiger Mountain Outwitted" will be released soon. Although he has old qualifications and a wide network of contacts, he can easily play among Huayi, Bernard, and Wanda.

But at that time, because these companies were all asking for themselves, if more and more directors like Zhao Wei, Deng Chao, Guo Jinming, and Han Han made money at the box office by virtue of their fame, it would become easier and easier for movies to sell well, then It will not be so easy if he wants to have both sides.

Wu Yusen, who also has a new film released, is resting. The film is finished, so he can take a good rest before the release, and then go to promote it.

Having successfully completed an epic disaster blockbuster, Wu Yusen was originally in a good mood, but he didn't take it for granted that Tang An said that Huang Bo's new film could break one billion.

Billion is no longer his goal, so I don't feel too upset. His goal is 15 billion, or even higher. It doesn't matter whether others take the billion box office or not, anyway, they can't compare with him.

There is another one who is also unhappy, and that is Wang Baoqiang.

The three major companies of Ahli, Huayi, and China Film participated in the investment of "Havoc in Tianzhu". Ahli and Huayi guaranteed the release, and China Film jointly issued it, so the finalization of the contract was two days late.

After signing the contract, Fan Luyuan talked about Tang An's prediction for "Havoc in Tianzhu".

"Baoqiang, it seems that Director Tang still doesn't trust you. The three to four billion box office is a bit far from Huang Bo's one billion." Fan Luyuan laughed.

Wang Baoqiang has potential, and Fan Luyuan will definitely win him over, but first he must completely pull Wang Baoqiang away from Tang An's side.

After all, Wang Baoqiang has appeared in the "囧" series three times in a row. If Xu Zheng wants to make a fourth film, invite Wang Baoqiang to join, and give up a part of the investment share in order to win him over, who knows whether Wang Baoqiang will be tempted.

Obviously aggressive, but it is really useful for the current Wang Baoqiang.

In the past few days, he frequently went to various top places, talked and laughed happily with various bigwigs in the entertainment industry, and called him brothers and sisters, which made Wang Baoqiang feel that he was already at the top level of the entertainment industry.

However, his years of cautious acting career still kept him from being too excited, so that he would not rant in front of Fan Luyuan and Wang Zhonglei.

Wang Baoqiang laughed and said, "Three or four hundred million is actually a lot. After all, the production cost is only 7000 million, which is enough to recover the cost."

Wang Zhonglei went on to say, "Tang Dong has always had a good eye. I think this time I'm afraid I'm going to miss it. If "A Good Show" can really take in one billion at the box office, I believe Baoqiang's "Havoc in Tianzhu" will also do the same." Not bad."

Fan Luyuan nodded in agreement, "No matter how good the vision is, there are times when people don't know what to buy. It is impossible for anyone or any company to be successful forever. Whether it is us, Tengxun, or Baidu, they have all experienced major crises. , but in the end he survived to reach the height he is today.”

"Isn't there an old saying that when things go from bad to bad, things come from bad things. This time, Director Tang was wrong. Maybe it's the beginning of prosperity and decline."

How to say this is so far away, and it also involves the future decline of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

Wang Zhonglei was noncommittal, now that the Han and Tang Dynasties have passed the period of relying on a few movies, not to mention the failure of the movie due to misreading, even if a few more movies fail, it will not have much impact.

Since Tang An's departure, their Huayi has not hit the market with few movies, but they still make money, and they still become the first film and television stock with a market value of over 500 billion.

Wang Baoqiang is just listening. He is a little swollen now, but he is not stupid.

But what Fan Luyuan said next made his heart skip a beat.

"Zhou Xingchi used to be called the king of comedy, but he is also old. At present, only Xu Zheng and Baoqiang in China are qualified to take this title, and Baoqiang, like Zhou Xingchi, started from the bottom of the box. This "Havoc in Tianzhu" is a success, and the next king of comedy must be you!"

The next king of comedy?
Wang Baoqiang's heart beat wildly. A comedian who doesn't want to be the king of comedy is not a good actor. In front of this title, all rationality is thrown away.

Am I the next king of comedy?
(End of this chapter)