Chapter 791 was quickly completed and produced urgently, and the release deadline is not optimistic!"It's done!"
After a month and a half, the filming of "Ready Player One" was finally completed in London.
The staff on the scene all joined in, celebrating the successful completion of the filming.
"Hahaha, Chen, I knew you could finish this movie quickly. This won't be a problem for you at all!"
Jerry walked into the shooting site with a big laugh and hugged Chen An's shoulders.
Warner and Sony expected a two-month shooting period. Chen An completed the shooting ahead of schedule, which allowed more time for post-production.
Chen An: "It could have been faster, but post-production needs to be accelerated as the release date is very close."
The release date is set for February 2 next year, the Chinese New Year holiday in China.
The film will be released worldwide, with China being the first major market, followed by North America.
"There's still time, Chen. There are still nine months to produce it." Jerry was not as worried as Chen An and was very open-minded.
Chen An shrugged without answering, and left the next step to Warner.
In the evening, the wrap party was held as scheduled in London.
Dark clouds covered the sky, preventing the moonlight from shining through.
But the neon lights decorating the city itself give the city a different feel than during the day.
"Director, this is my first time drinking with you. I hope I can star in your movie again in the future."
"Olivia, come on, you are still young and you will become a famous Hollywood star in the future."
Chen An looked at the other person and encouraged him.
The strength is still there, the other party just lacks an opportunity. There are many opportunities in Hollywood, but there are more capable people.
Anyway, in my impression, there was no news from the other party afterwards.
"Chen, the filming is over, drink more tonight!"
"No, Jerry. I'm going back home tomorrow."
"Nonono, that's it, Chen, you should enjoy yourself more. It will be another half a year before we meet again."
Jerry held the wine glass around Chen An's neck, intending to get drunk.
His face looks a little rosy now, and it seems that he has just drunk a lot with other crew members.
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It’s May, and the summer vacation hasn’t arrived yet, but the market has already seen a big boom.
"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 5" and "Dangal" will be released together on May 5!
The latter's lead actor, Aamir Khan, who is regarded as India's national treasure actor by domestic audiences, came to China in person to promote the film.
His last film “3 Idiots” has already made him famous!
So no one expected that among the two foreign-language films released at the same time, the first to be defeated would be Hollywood's "Guardians of the Galaxy"!
"Dangal" only had 13% of the screenings, and its first-day box office was only 1576 million.
"Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2" accounted for 68% of the screenings and had a box office of 9860 million on the first day!
The next day, the box office exceeded million and reached million, breaking million for two consecutive days over the weekend!
The word-of-mouth of "Dangal" has been a huge success since the day it was released!
The total box office in the first three days was 8684 million, which was not as good as the latter’s one-day box office, and it began a long journey of decline!
By the second weekend, the box office had reached 9711 million!
Aamir Khan is on a roll!
"3 Idiots" received good reviews, but its box office performance was just so-so.
"Are you back?" Chen An said with a smile.
"I should be the one telling you this. Going to Hollywood to make a movie left me with a mess."
Li Xiaoping rubbed her brows and said with a bitter face: "Why don't you ask other people in the company to sort it out?"
"Oh, how dare they? They ask me everything, and they don't even know why I asked them to come."
Chen An sneered and waved his hands. When he returned to the company and heard that the other party had returned, he came over to take a look as soon as he heard that the other party had returned.
I feel a lot more at ease with the other person around.
"The crew in Nanjing has already been set up. You should go there quickly. The actors have been found according to your requirements."
Li Xiaoping suddenly changed the subject and said.
The main filming location for the crew of "Dying to Survive" is in Nanjing. The actors are already in place and the director has just returned.
Chen An waved his hand nonchalantly: "Alright, we're almost there. If you're well prepared, we can start filming right away. If you're not well prepared, we can adjust it."
The investment in the movie is not that big, and the bulk of the cost still goes to the actors.
The total investment was less than 20 million, with Guangnian's business accounting for the majority, and Han Jianv's company Wanfu Pictures also taking %.
He stayed for a few days on purpose because he wanted to see how Han Jianu could manage the crew.
It’s not too urgent. It doesn’t take much time to shoot a movie, and the post-production is much simpler than “Ready Player One”.
"I'll leave the company to you. I won't be able to come back anytime soon."
Chen An turned around and left, waved his hand, and became a hands-off boss just like before.
HD District. Since Liang Rubo joined the company, the company has begun to develop vigorously and the location has also moved from Xicheng to HD District.
If Chen An continues to act as he wished, he would soon be given the title of Haidian's Tumbler.
Ranked alongside Penguin and China Youwei.
"The Filpagram deal has been completed, but is a tough nut to crack. Although we have plans to sell it, we are determined to get a piece of it."
As soon as Liang Rubo saw Chen An, he spoke with a heavy heart.
I didn’t expect that the companies in the United States didn’t have to put in much effort, but their domestic counterparts were more difficult to deal with.
The bid exceeded the market value by more than US$100 million.
Chen An didn't care too much: "As long as we can eat it, we will make money in the future, but we must also be careful of people messing with us."
The daily activity of Douyin in the short video industry is now second only to that of Kuaishou.
Moreover, the number of downloads from both iOS and Android stores now ranks first in China, and it seems unstoppable.
The celebrity + traffic routine is very old, but it does work, at least in this regard.
The number of users has successfully exceeded 100 million. The domestic population base is large, and the user growth is not comparable to that of in North America.
There is no doubt that someone has already set his sights on his opponent.
Liang Rubo: "I understand that the company's overseas expansion plan cannot be delayed, but the other party does have a bit too big an appetite."
"You have to sacrifice to gain. A blessing in disguise. At least he has a big appetite, and I made up my mind so quickly to take action." Chen An's eyes were sharp: "Promise him that I will get it even if it's at a premium."
This price is still much better than the billion US dollars that ByteDance later spent.
The sooner the company's overseas expansion plan is put on the agenda, the better. It only needs to quickly absorb 's users and transfer them to Tik Tok.
With a global market share, Douyin has become invincible.
As for whether the United States’ targeting in the future is something we should consider now.
"I will complete the acquisition as soon as possible. If it goes smoothly, the company can officially start its overseas expansion plan in July of the second half of the year." Liang Rubo pushed his glasses, with a fierce look in his eyes.
Since Chen An has spoken, he has nothing to worry about.
Douyin has been preparing for the overseas expansion plan from the very beginning, and now it just needs to be implemented.
Once we have barely secured a foothold in the overseas market, we can then go all out to sweep away our domestic competitors.
After staying at home for a few days to rest, Chen An officially set off for Nanjing.
The filming location had been decided long ago, and Chen An and Han Jianu both agreed that the film should be shot in Nanjing.
Among the first-tier cities in China, Nanjing is extremely special.
The city construction is full of life, which is rare in other big cities.
There is no shortage of prosperity, nor of city streets and alleys, and the smell of human traffic is particularly strong.
This is undoubtedly particularly consistent with the theme of the movie.
As for the actors and roles, there are almost no major changes, just Guan Gu Shenqi was replaced, and then the role of the single mother was given to Fan Xiaopang.
(End of this chapter)
