my animation era

Chapter 327 The Intention of the Movie Version (Subscription required)

About the "Dragon Fighter" companion chapter, that is, the "Light Envoy" animation project, Hou Bin actually knows.

This is very reasonable.

After all, shortly after the animation "Dragon Fighter" aired last year, Mr. Gu told everyone that he wanted to make an animation with a similar setting to seize market share.

Why do you say that?
Because "Dragon Fighter" is on fire!And after it was broadcast, the heated discussions exploded, and it can be called the best long-form adventure animation of the year.

Under such circumstances, everyone feels that there must be friends who will choose to follow suit and launch animations with similar themes to "Dragon Fighter" to get a share of the pie.

Then the problem is coming!

Since there is a high probability that friends and merchants will follow suit and share a piece of the pie with this theme, why doesn’t Wanbao produce another similar animation and eat the cake ahead of time?

Actually at the beginning.

Inside Wanbao Animation, everyone has two completely different attitudes towards this matter.

The first attitude is "wait and see".

That's right, "Dragon Fighter" is on fire!But this does not mean that animations with similar themes are still popular. What if the audience is tired of aesthetics?

In this case, it is better to wait and see.Hold your ground first, and see what your friends and merchants do. If it doesn’t work, just make a "Dragon Fighter 2" to continue the popularity!

The second attitude is "I want it all"!
"Dragon Fighter" brought the mecha adventure theme of different worlds to the fire, and its unique Japanese RPG story mode was also loved by the audience.

The market is already open.

Now that it has been proved that this path is feasible, and the audience still likes it very much, the peripheral derivatives have made a lot of money.Then why not take the opportunity to launch more works and seize market share?

What is this called?
Follow the path of friends and merchants, so that friends and merchants have nowhere to go.

Among these two attitudes, Gu Miao clearly supports the latter.Because the income of "Dragon Fighter" toys is too high, too much money, he can't pretend not to see it.

Hou Bin does not support anyone.

As an independent and objective third-party representative, he only heard during the dinner party that Mr. Gu decided to take advantage of the popularity of "Dragon Fighter" and launch a companion animation.

At that time it wasn't called "Light Envoy", at first it seemed to be called "Magic King"...

Hou Bin also forgot.

Anyway, he remembered that this project was only confirmed in the first half of this year, and it was listed as the "key" project of Lightning Studio along with "Dragon Fighter 2".

This is not the point.

The point is that as soon as Mr. Gu mentioned "Envoy of Light", Hou Bin immediately thought of the answer.

"Big Battle!Dragon Warrior X-ray messenger, ghost walker from hell! "

Ok!

Everyone thought it was just a joke made by Mr. Gu, so they didn't take it seriously.The results are good now, Mr. Gu, are you serious?

Is there really such a theatrical version?

"Of course there is."

Gu Miao said affirmatively: "How is it? Are you interested in this project? It happens that there is a shortage of directors at Lightning Studio, I think you can give it a try."

"I... can I do it?"

Hou Bin rubbed his hands together, and asked with a little confidence.

Theatrical version of the big movie!
It would be a lie to say that he was not interested!May I ask which animation producer can refuse the temptation to make an animation film by himself?

But he is also very guilty.

Hou Bin's previous resume is really not very good-looking.The only animated movie "Quiba 1" also made Mr. Xiong lose money and almost didn't sell his underwear.

A little bit unconfident.

If he didn't have the experience of "Quiba: One Hundred Thousand Urgencies", Hou Bin would definitely accept the challenge with confidence, and said: "It's on me, so you can put 10,000 hearts on it!"

But once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of well ropes for ten years!

Seeing what happened to Mr. Xiong, Hou Bin was really worried. If he messed up this project, Mr. Gu would also run away with a bucket and leave him with the reputation of "boss killer", right?
"Hold the grass! Hou Bin!"

"Who is that? Why are you so surprised?"

"You don't know him? The well-known [Boss Killer] Hou Bin in the domestic animation industry! Those who were his bosses all went bankrupt and ran away!"

"Harren! It's too cute..."

Just thinking about it, Hou Bin felt a little vain!
I've already made a boss cry, he can't make a fool of Mr. Gu again!Otherwise, how would he find a job in the future?

As soon as the resume was submitted, the HR took a look, huh!This person is terrible, he has cheated two bosses, and caused two animation companies to go bankrupt?
What is a funeral star? !
Hou Bin, who didn't want to lose his job yet, was tempted, but he still persuaded Gu Miao to reconsider.

"Don't think about it."

Gu Miao made a final decision: "You don't have to be modest, the company has already made a decision to let you be the director."

"Then... that's fine."

Although Hou Bin's heart was pounding, Mr. Gu had already said this, and it seemed that he was not very sensible to refuse, so he could only grit his teeth and nod.

"Don't worry."

"The production budget of this movie will not be too high, and it is not going for the box office itself, so you don't have to put too much pressure on yourself."

Gu Miao said with a relaxed expression: "For the box office, just leave it to "Snake to Run"."

"Huh?! No box office?"

Hou Bin was shocked by these words, and subconsciously asked: "Isn't the animation film going to the box office? If you don't want the box office, what do you want?"

"Who told you that animated movies can only rely on the box office to make money?"

Gu Miao rolled her eyes and said, "What movie are you talking about? Dragon Fighter X-ray Envoy, it's clear that it's selling toys!"

"As long as the toy sells well, does the box office matter? It's called a theatrical version, but it's a commercial!"

New ideas Get!

When Hou Bin heard these words, he suddenly realized: "Oh, I understand! It means that the goal of this movie is actually to produce exclusive toys for theatrical version?"

"bingo!"

Gu Miao snapped her fingers, nodded and praised, "That's right, the original intention of filming the theater version was to find an excuse to release new toys!"

Otherwise, why make a theatrical version?

As we all know, apart from harvesting the faith of a group of diehard fans, the animation theater version is useless!

Gu Miao spent tens of millions, so she can't just focus on the box office, right?What can the box office do?After dividing the account, I am afraid that it will be difficult to even pay back.

Therefore, Gu Miao has only one goal from the beginning to the end: peripheral derivatives!
It's not for selling peripheral derivative products, especially toy products. Who would spend so much money on a theatrical version in a daze of idleness?
He is not a pioneer of charity!

Gu Miao has already figured it out. In the name of this theatrical version, she will create a brand new "form" for the Dragon God and the Demon King of Earth, and earn a lot of money!

This form is very cool!
Invincible, do you understand?It's very powerful, I feel like I will lose [-] million if I don't buy it...

It doesn't matter whether you watch the movie or not, anyway, the plot is nothing more than summoning the Dragon God and the Demon King of the Earth to fight monsters and brush the script.

But this new form must be obtained, otherwise it will not be able to hold its head up in school, and there is no way to show off to the friends.

(End of this chapter)