Backtracking to the Age of Literature and Art

Chapter 686: Maybe I Can Pick Up Another Leak Again
On the way to the hotel, Qian Xiuyan asked the staff, "Excuse me, is the hotel we are staying in the same hotel as those celebrity guests?"

The staff smiled and said, "All the celebrities live in the Jinling Hotel. Our company has booked most of the rooms in the Jinling Hotel a long time ago. In addition to the guests, we also provide some rooms for people like you, Ms. Qian." Lucky guests, but the number is limited, you need to come early to check in."

"Isn't it too early for me?"

Qian Xiuyan felt that she had come quite early. After all, the Deep Space Annual Meeting would not start until NO.12, but she was nearly a week early.

"It's getting late, many guests came on the [-]th and [-]th."

"Ah, so early?"

The Deep Space Company wrote in the invitation letter that they can arrive on the 12th in advance, and the food and accommodation from the [-]th to NO.[-] will be taken care of by the Deep Space Company.

Many foreign guests feel that it is not easy to come all the way to China, so they simply come to have fun early, and they can pay for the extra days at their own expense.

But Qian Xiuyan is different, she is a student, it is not easy to come to Jinling, and she came here alone.

Her father said that he would come with her, afraid that she would not be able to do it alone, but her mother said that she had grown up, and since she was invited by the Deep Space Company, there would definitely be no problems.

Seeing the carefree look of the Korean girl in front of her, Guan Yongqian couldn't help sighing, this girl went abroad alone before she was [-] years old, she is really courageous.

Because she can speak Korean, Guan Yongqian was arranged to receive these lucky guests from Korea. After this wave of receptions, the little girl in front of her was the most beautiful.

Girls in Korea have fair skin and tall stature, but their bones are average, and this Qian Xiuyan in front of her not only has the first two advantages, but also has a good bone shape and big eyes.

Mainly, the character is also very good.

It was already very late, and Guan Yongqian might be impatient if she was dragged by other people to chat non-stop, but it felt good after chatting with the lively Qian Xiuyan for a while.

Halfway through the chat, the two were already quite familiar.

Guan Yongqian asked Qian Xiuyan, "Xiuyan, do your parents really trust you to come here alone?"

Qian Xiuyan grinned and said, "It's okay, I've been very independent since I was a child. You see, my hair is quite long now, reaching past my shoulders, but I used to have short hair, like a boy."

Saying that, Qian Soo-yeon clenched her fist, saying "I'm strong".

"That should also be a very beautiful boy." Guan Yongqian smiled, looked outside again, saw that he was about to arrive at the hotel, and said: "Although Deep Space invited you to participate in the Deep Space Annual Meeting, but We don’t care what you do here. But you have to remember that there are six buses in total starting at six o’clock in the morning and ending at ten o’clock in the morning, and four buses from two o’clock in the afternoon to four o’clock in the afternoon. If you want to go to the deep space park, You can take these buses. If you don’t want to take these buses, you can also take the bus, and I will send you a brochure in a while, with instructions on how to get to the Deep Space Park.”

Qian Xiuyan shook her head, "Forget about the strategy. I will definitely go to the Deep Space Park every day for the next few days. I have already missed a day of activities today. I must not miss it again, or I will regret it to death."

"What should be given to you is still given to you. In addition to the deep space park, there are other places in the guide. If you have time later and you want to visit some scenic spots in Jinling, you can also follow the guide. Of course, if you are worried There are language barriers, we can help you contact a travel agency, but you need to pay for this part of the cost yourself. Some of your compatriots who came earlier formed a team and reported to a travel agency two days ago, and I heard that they had a good time.”

Qian Xiuyan said boldly: "It's so boring to look for a tour guide. I have learned Chinese by myself, and now I can speak it very well. If I want to go out to play, I can do it alone."

Guan Yongqian nodded with a professional smile.

She knows Qian Xiuyan's Chinese level. The two of them exchanged a few words in Chinese just now. If one word must be used to describe Qian Xiuyan's Chinese level, it must be: Sparse.

It is indeed fragmented, mainly because Qian Xiuyan memorized a lot of words, but none of them can be connected together.

……

When Qian Xiuyan went back to the hotel, Yu Dong was still in the office.

Yu Dong didn't intend to work overtime, but Spielberg came suddenly at night.

Spielberg arrived in Jinling at [-] o'clock this evening. Logically speaking, he was exhausted from the journey, so he should go to the hotel to rest first, and talk about other things tomorrow, but he heard that Yu Dong was in the office, so he insisted on visiting Yu Dong. .

Yu Dong was going to go home after nine o'clock, but he abruptly waited for Spielberg until eleven o'clock.

Although it was past eleven o'clock, Spielberg was still in good spirits. It seemed that he had slept well on the plane.

Yu Dong smiled and poured Spielberg a cup of hot tea. He originally wanted to pour a cup of plain water, but Spielberg asked him to drink tea.

After the tea was handed to Spielberg, Yu Dong smiled and said, "Steven, you can actually come to me tomorrow. I didn't hear Jimmy say that you have any special important things to come here this time."

Spielberg smiled: "Is it not important to chat with you?"

Yu Dong smiled and shook his head, "Steven, we are old friends, you can be more direct, you are looking for me so late, there must be something wrong? Is it possible that you came to me in such a hurry just to let me Congratulations on your Oscar win?"

On the 25th of last month, at the No.70 Academy Awards just held, Spielberg won the Best Director Award.

"Thank you." Spielberg said with a smile: "Actually, there is really no specific matter. I came to you on a whim. When the plane arrived in China, for some reason, I suddenly thought about the future of DreamWorks. I'm mainly thinking about the animation department, our animation department has been established for almost five years, and two films have been produced, I originally had high hopes, but the performance did not satisfy me."

"Steven, you are asking too much."

This is Yu Dong's sincere words. He doesn't think that the two animation films produced by Dreamworks are not bad.

The North American box office of "Ants" has already come out, with more than 9000 million U.S. dollars. Although the other "Prince of Egypt" has not been drawn, the North American box office has basically been confirmed, with a little over [-] million U.S. dollars.

Except for the box office in North America, the performance of these two films in other box offices should not be too bad, so the total global box office of "Ant Heroes" should exceed 5000 million, and "Prince of Egypt" may exceed [-] million.

The cost of these two films is less than 6000 million U.S. dollars, that is to say, the two films produced by DreamWorks have a high probability of making a lot of profits at the box office.

Such achievements, in other film and television production companies, the boss has long been happy, but Spielberg has a sad face, as if the film has lost money.

Of course, Yu Dong can also understand Spielberg's reaction.

The main reason is that two other animated films performed well this year, one is Disney's "Mulan" and the other is Pixar's "A Bug's Life". Putting these films together, these two films of DreamWorks pale in comparison up.

But seeing Spielberg's reaction, Yu Dong couldn't help but sigh. Even a successful director like Spielberg will inevitably get lost in the comparison.

Spielberg waved his hand and said, "We have been preparing for these two films for a long time, and their results are indeed unsatisfactory. I am not the only one who is disappointed. To tell you the truth, a few days ago, we were still discussing , whether to take out the animation department and make it an independent company."

"Go out independently." Yu Dong took a sip from his teacup, then looked at Spielberg again.

The little old man came to him tonight. Since he talked about the independence of the company, he definitely didn't just talk about it casually. He probably hoped that Shenkong would play a certain role in it.

It's just that Yu Dong is still a little strange. If it's about business, Spielberg wouldn't come to him on purpose.

Although Spielberg and Lucas knew that Yu Dong was the major shareholder of Deep Space, they would never communicate with Yu Dong about business matters unless necessary.

For example, the previous IMAX issue was proposed by Yu Dong, but the rest of the matter was discussed with Jimmy, and then they finally told Yu Dong the result.

There is also the matter of the film approval company, which Spielberg talked to Jimmy.

If Spielberg really wanted deep space to play a role in this, Jimmy would be the natural choice.

After thinking about it, Yu Dong asked, "Steven, have you told Jimmy about this?"

Spielberg shook his head and said, "As I said just now, I came to you today on a temporary basis. The matter of separating the animation department was only discussed two days ago, and it has not been finalized."

"Then I suggest you have a chat with Jimmy. He has a better understanding of the company's affairs and may be able to give you some good suggestions. I don't know much about these things. For example, in our company, many departments were crowded in the past. At the same time, it was Jimmy who made these departments independent."

Hearing what Yu Dong said, Spielberg said with a smile: "Actually, I want to ask you, does your company have any other plans for animated films besides the mythical universe?"

Yu Dong raised his eyebrows suddenly, it turned out that Spielberg came to pick up work from him.

But it stands to reason that DreamWorks does not lack scripts, even scripts for animated films.

Although their animation department has only produced two works so far, the scripts they receive on weekdays are innumerable, and it is difficult to pick and choose.

Moreover, even if Spielberg wanted to invite himself for a script, at most it would be a matter of making a phone call. Why would he need to come here at night to keep people from sleeping like now?

Yu Dong scratched his head and said, "There is indeed one, but it may not be suitable for you."

"how is it like?"

"Xiaowanzi, Motorola asked us to make an animated movie about Xiaowanzi."

"Oh." Spielberg nodded. Although he has never watched "Love Through Time and Space", he still knows about Xiaowanzi. After all, the image of Xiaowanzi can be seen everywhere in the United States.

Thanks to two companies, Sony and Motorola, who are trying to promote it, posters and dolls of Xiaowanzi can be seen everywhere in the United States.

"This is really not suitable for us."

Spielberg also has self-knowledge. Their DreamWorks simply can't make small toys now, and they don't have this ability at all.

Among the animation production companies in the United States today, perhaps Disney has more experience in this area, because they just made "Mulan" and it was a great success.

And to be honest, DreamWorks' technology is not top-notch, and Pixar is already one step ahead of them in technology.

This is also what Spielberg is worried about. He is worried that one step behind, step by step behind, and the technological gap between the two of them will become wider and wider in the future.

So although he was quite interested in the work of the mythical universe before, he didn't talk about it in detail because he knew that DreamWorks couldn't do it now.

"Aside from the little playboy, is there anything else?"

Yu Dong shook his head, "Not yet."

In fact, Yu Dong feels that it is a pity. It would be great if Spielberg really talked to him about the cooperation of the animation company. Yu Dong does not mind getting some shares of DreamWorks Animation. Lost.

Yu Dong doesn't remember very clearly, when their company's popular work "Shrek" was produced, but it should have been before 03, because Yu Dong remembered that when he was closed at home in [-], he still watched took this cartoon.

At that time, "Shrek" had already been released in China, so counting the time, "Shrek" was probably released in 2000 or 2001.

If this is the case, then the film is likely to be in production now. If the Deep Space Company can step in at this time, it will be another lucrative business. Just this step of the animation film will not be a loss. .

But looking at Spielberg's appearance, it doesn't seem to mean that.

After thinking about it, Yu Dong probed again, "Is there any new plan for your animation department recently?"

"There are two films that have been launched, one is "Chicken Run" and the other is "Running to the Golden City". These two films should be released at the end of this year or early next year, and some publicity has already begun. If you Follow the news, you should know."

"Only these two?"

"Well, these two have been officially launched, and the other two have not yet been fully launched."

Spielberg didn't say what those two films were called, and it was hard for Yu Dong to ask.

However, it is not difficult to find out whether DreamWorks has started to make "Shrek". This animation has the original animation, as long as you find the original author and ask.

Thinking of this, Yu Dong murmured. It was not too late. He planned to contact Jimmy after sending Spielberg away, and asked him to ask about "Shrek". Maybe he could be a second-hand dealer. .

(End of this chapter)