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Chapter 396 Oscar Nominations

Not only Starman is paying attention to this year's Oscar nomination list.

The domestic media, practitioners in the animation industry, as well as movie fans and animation lovers are all paying attention.

In fact, the list of Oscar nominations in previous years also attracted a lot of attention, but this year everyone's focus is different.

No one cares about the nomination list for the best animated short film in previous years, but it is true that few people pay special attention to it.

But this year is different.

This year, Li Yi's animated short film "Replacing the Battery" was shortlisted for the top ten Oscars for Best Animated Short Film.

It can be said that there is only one step away from nomination, and only two steps away from winning!
Finally, the list of nominees for the Academy Awards has been officially announced.

When I saw that the short film "Replacing the Battery" appeared in the nomination list.

The media immediately issued a draft that had been prepared for a long time!

"Latest news: Directed by the famous Chinese director Li Yi, the animated short film "Replacing the Battery" produced by Xingman Animation was successfully nominated for the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, and will compete with the world's top animation companies for this award!"——Hua Guo Films report!
"Shocking! Huaguo's animated short film was nominated for an Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, and Li Yi is expected to become the real king of short films!" ——Penguin Entertainment.

"The dawn of Huaguo's animation industry may be coming soon. The animation short film that touched countless netizens was finally nominated for an Oscar. Li Yi deserves his name as the king of short films!" ——Movie Weekly!
"The list of winners of the Oscars is announced! This Huaguo animation short film breaks the history of Huaguo animation!" - Anime House!
"Extremely good news! The famous Chinese director Li Yi's animation short film "Replacing the Battery" was successfully nominated for an Oscar, and Xingman Animation will represent Huaguo animators on the Oscar red carpet for the first time!"

"The nomination has been confirmed. Is the Golden Man still far away? Li Yixin's short film has been nominated for the Best Animated Short Film Oscar, and it may achieve a zero-Oscar breakthrough for Huaguo Animation!"

"Creating history! Nominated for the Best Animated Short Film at the Oscars, this is the first time domestic animation is on par with the world's top animation!"

Some large media are still a little restrained, some small media, some self-media, reporting is an exaggeration, all kinds of flattery.

Li Yi was actually a little surprised by this, and also felt a little sad. Why did everyone react so strongly?

It's not because Huaguo animation has been in decline for too long, and everyone is too eager to be recognized!
At the same time, another news broke out.

"Heavy news! Li Yi intends to invest more than 3 million US dollars to create a [-]D animation feature film. According to reliable news, the animation has been accepted by Xingman Animation!"

This news can be said to be even more exciting than the previous Oscar nomination for best short film.

Because Huaguo's animation movies are really hard to describe.

It can be said that the animated films currently released in Huaguo are almost all low-level animated films.

Usually, parents take their children to watch this kind of movie, but the children are basically watching it, and the parents can't stand it at all.

There are no real animated films for all ages, but at least there are almost none that are truly successful!

For example, the previous "Children's Ocean" is an example. This animated feature film can indeed be said to focus on the theme of all ages and suitable for all ages, but the result is extremely bleak, and even the original Xingman animation is on the verge of bankruptcy. .

So this time, whether Xingman can create a truly animated film for all ages in the hands of Li Yi, the most famous director in Huaguo, is also worth looking forward to.

Many people are optimistic.

"Actually, what the Huaguo animation industry lacks most is profit-driven. If Li Yi can correctly open the magic box of Huaguo animation films, then we can imagine that when the capital sees the huge benefits brought by animation films, will they be tempted? And if it is driven by capital, I believe Huaguo's animation industry will definitely usher in a new era!"

"From small-budget feature films to pet movies, then to theme movies, and then to realistic-themed movies, Li Yi has accomplished many impossible things. What he is best at is turning non-mainstream into mainstream. This time it is finally the turn of animated films. !"

"As an anime fan, I have been looking forward to when Li Yi will think of an animated movie. Now this wish has finally come true. I wish you success!"

"It means a lot, and if it succeeds, it means even more!"

It's just that not everyone is so optimistic.

There are still many people who hold an extremely pessimistic attitude towards this.

"Animated movies and animated short films are completely different things! I hope Li Yi can succeed, if even he fails, then"

"Animated short films are artistic creations, while animated feature films are industrially produced. I don't know if I am too pessimistic. When I heard this news, my first reaction was worry, not excitement!"

"[-]D animation movies are too difficult! If even Li Yi fails, is there any hope for Huaguo animation movies?"

"Hopefully it works! It's just too hard!"

The outside public opinion is noisy, but it does not hinder Zhang Haiyang and his enthusiasm.

"Mr. Li, if we follow the current progress, we may even shorten the production time to one year!" Zhang Haiyang said to Li Yi excitedly.

As the progress of "Wall-E" progressed, Zhang Haiyang became more and more confident in this animated film.

Of course, the frenzied advancement of progress is also frantically burning funds.

In order to produce "Wall-E" at Starman, the entire production team is constantly expanding, and now it has more than a thousand people.

And now they are still poaching people through headhunting companies.

Naturally, Li Yi couldn't stay in Xingman forever.

In particular, the time goes into February.

The Academy Awards are not far away.

For Oscar, Li Yi actually has no obsession. Even now, Li Yi still doesn't think how awesome he is. He is just a porter, so he has always put himself upright!

However, if it can really win the Oscar for Best Short Film, then it will definitely be a huge boost to Starman's popularity and morale.

It can be said that once it wins the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film, Xingman will definitely become the No. 1 animation practitioner in Huaguo!

Of course, even if he doesn't win the Oscar, Li Yi believes that Xingman can become the flagship of Huaguo Animation Company after the production of "Wall-E" is completed and released!

However, unlike Li Yi's calmness, Zhang Haiyang and other Xingman's high-level executives are all as if they have been beaten to death.

Even the morale of the entire Xingman staff is high!

Especially after getting an invite to the Oscars.

It can be said that it was out of control, and Li Yi could clearly feel the change in the atmosphere of the entire Xingman!
No wonder they are like this, after all, it is the Oscars, and this time they will no longer look up to those top animation companies, but will compete with them, although it is only a short animated film, but it is enough!

(End of this chapter)