The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 168 DreamWorks is a Catfish

As 2014 was about to pass, DreamWorks announced another big move, setting up three animation works for young audiences in one go, and they were all large-scale productions. The production cost of each animation project was more than 2000 million, although There is still some distance from the standards of American manga, but it has reached the level of Japanese manga animation, and it is a relatively high level. The production cost of each episode of late-night youth-level animation is only about 100 million yuan.

And if considering the human cost of Huaguo, this investment is already unprecedentedly high. When Tianhe Animation produced the first season of "Star God", the total investment was only 1700 million. This is also the effect he presented that can cause animation An important reason why fans are sought after.

The most famous of these three animation works is naturally the second season of "Star God". This animation once caused a huge response in the animation circle. It has always been called the light of Guoman, and it never appeared on the market again Compared with this level of domestic animation, Tianhe Animation's rush to the street has actually enhanced the legend of this animation work, even those who are not in the animation circle have heard of this work.

Internet public opinion and the media have also focused their attention on DreamWorks' renewal of "Xing Shen Ji", Guoman's comeback and so on.

Colleagues in the film and television industry are both happy and worried about the frequent revitalization of DreamWorks. First, they announced the production of a TV series when "Signal" hit the theaters, and then started shooting a 10 billion space blockbuster. Now they suddenly turned to the animation circle. , as if DreamWorks wanted to assess the KPIs of the propaganda department.

Other film companies are happy because they feel that DreamWorks is digging their own grave. The money from DreamWorks is too easy--"Signal"'s production cost of 5000 million, its box office performance at home and abroad, and sky-high copyright fees have made many of its peers Seeing blood dripping with jealousy - such achievements may make people dizzy, feel that they are omnipotent, and can succeed in anything.

This will cause those in charge to seriously underestimate the difficulty of crossing industry barriers. This kind of mentality of the chosen ones will not wake up until they hit a wall hard, and they will not even be able to wake up.

Apparently, most of the colleagues were secretly looking forward to such a script, and even several partners of DreamWorks were planning to make Chen Jingxing fall hard.

What is worrying is that there are indeed people and companies who have made the right bet in this world. Although there are very few examples, this possibility cannot be ruled out.

In addition to the many peers who watched him defeat himself, both practitioners and audiences in the animation circle were delighted by DreamWorks' sudden attack.

Domestic animation fans don't mind talking about domestic animation, but they pay close attention to every move of domestic animation.

This is similar to what Chen Jingxing saw in his previous life. A 15-minute animation sample can make animation fans spread the word and initiate crowdfunding. After waiting for 12 years, the producer can still launch the animation after the animation is released. Countless tap water publicity, an original animation film not endorsed by any IP or any myths and legends can get nearly 6 million box office, this kind of spirit is admired by football fans.

Not to mention that the original "Star God" is not a 15-minute animation sample, and the sensational effect that it once caused among animation fans remains to this day.

Of course, some anime fans are worried about the quality of the second season. After all, DreamWorks is a film company, and no matter how much money is spent, people are not at ease. Who made the first season's reputation too high?

The score of the first season of "Xing Shen Ji" on Douban has remained at 9.7 points so far - although the scores of animation works have always been high - even compared with the American comics, it is definitely the best one, although Maybe there is a Guoman filter bonus, but Meiman Riman is not without filters.

These people think that it is better not to continue than to continue.

However, more people think that it is a good thing that a film company can spend so much money on domestic animation, and it can improve the production level and quality of national animation. Moreover, although Tianhe Animation no longer exists, the team of Tianhe Animation is still intact, DreamWorks It is also promised that the second season of "Star God" will be created by the original crew.

And there are many people who made up decent stories, saying that Chen Jingxing is also an anime fan, and he likes "Star God" very much, and also regrets that "Star God" ended without a problem, and decided to To give back to the anime he loves, no doubt anime fans would love to believe that statement.

In short, the spring of Guoman may be coming.

As far as domestic animation practitioners are concerned, both the boss and the employees are almost on the verge of beating gongs and drums.

Many animators reposted the news that DreamWorks has approved three large-scale animation projects on Weibo, cheering for DreamWorks.

Because Dreamworks' project approval undoubtedly has a demonstration effect, Chen Jingxing's move to set foot in the animation industry will definitely attract the attention of a lot of capital.

The first round of financing of DreamWorks led a wave of capital operations in the film and television industry, which made the already prosperous film and television industry even more inflamed and accelerated the influx of hot money.

Chen Jingxing himself has brought about a wave of sci-fi. Although the time is relatively short, only a few low-quality online movies have been produced, but there are quite a few movies that are called sci-fi themes that have been approved and are currently being produced.

DreamWorks Holdings' special effects studio Ink.Because of his participation in the production of "Signal", the unreleased "Source Code" and the legendary billion-dollar space giant, the valuation has been rising steadily, and many other special effects companies have also entered the eyes of various capitals.

With the establishment of "Operation Mekong" and Chen Jingxing's new film, part of the capital is already betting. Seeing that the costume blockbusters have shown signs of sluggishness in the past two years, maybe the next trend will be non-costume special effects blockbusters, and special effects companies will be able to take off.

Now that Chen Jingxing is extending his tentacles into the animation industry, it will naturally trigger the reaction of hot money. Who makes DreamWorks the film company with the highest profit rate in the past two years.

Regardless of what the film company thinks about this, hot money is gambling on the wind, who knows if DreamWorks has anticipated something?Did you know some national policies in advance?No matter what Chen Jingxing thought, as long as he made this outlet, or let other hot money think it was an outlet, the first batch of people entering the venue would be able to make money.

For the current animation industry practitioners whose average production cost per minute is between 1000 and 5000 yuan, as long as there is capital coming in, it is a good thing, regardless of whether they really want to make animations or want to play drums and pass flowers to gamble on animation outlets, as long as it is money They are all welcome.

It's just that what these animation companies didn't expect was that they became the first victims before receiving capital speculation.

(End of this chapter)