The King of Huayu Science Fiction

Chapter 173 The Return of the Great Sage
Now Chen Jingxing wanted to make an animated film to break the ice, and the first thing he thought of was "Kung Fu Panda" and "The Return of the Great Sage".

"Wall-E" is of course great, but it's not suitable for breaking the ice. Movie-watching awareness and movie-watching habits need to be cultivated.

In the plane of the past life, it was because of films such as "Kung Fu Panda" and "The Return of the Great Sage" that attracted many adults to watch in theaters, which made many people in Huaguo not interested in animation or have some feelings about it. Prejudged adult audiences realize that animated movies on the big screen are different from anime dramas. Animated movies are not just for children and anime fans. It is one of the mainstream themes on the big screen. Can have fun with it.

Among the two projects "The Return of the Great Sage" and "Kung Fu Panda", Chen Jingxing still thinks that "The Return of the Great Sage" is more suitable. After all, the box office champion of the Spring Festival last year was also a Westward Journey IP movie, regardless of the IP of Westward Journey in the past and present. The status in the minds of the Chinese people is super-first-line.

In the previous life plane, "The Return of the Great Sage" was able to get nearly 10 billion at the box office, so it shouldn't be much worse in this plane, and the version from DreamWorks should be much better than the original version.

First of all, the production team of the original version of The Return of the Great Sage is only a small studio of 20 people, and the production budget is also very tight. The total production cost is only 6000 million, and the whole production process is intermittent, stop and go, and finally the plot of the film is exposed. More than half of the weakness in film and narrative is caused by tight production budgets.

For this version of "The Return of the Great Sage", DreamWorks can provide sufficient production funds and sufficient manpower and material resources, far exceeding the original small workshop with 20 people. Chen Jingxing is confident to create a box office miracle for animated films.

Of course, the real start of production will have to wait for the completion of the projects of "Evolution" and "Battleship". As long as half a year, the average speed of one episode per two weeks is not too fast. The production of The Return of the Great Sage can start in September, and before that, the script must be polished and the design of the storyboard must be done.

As long as the storyboard design, script and character modeling are prepared in advance, with Mo's manpower and resources, as well as the unique rendering array of 500 computers in China - it is still expanding, and it is not a big problem to complete the production within a year of.

Listening to the discussion between Chen Jingxing and Xu Sheng, Xu Wenshen couldn't help but smile wryly. Just now, he was glad that it doesn't cost any money to make animation. If the boss likes to fiddle with it, let him do it. I didn't expect the retribution to come so soon. Listening to this statement, it will cost 1.2~ 1.5 million to make an animated film?
Does Huaguo have an animated film with a box office of more than 2 million?
Faced with Xu Wenshen's doubts, Chen Jingxing could only break the can, and asked with a smile: "Before "Gravity", there were domestic films with an investment of 8 million?"

Regarding the shamelessness of the boss, except for Xu Sheng, all the executives present were rolling their eyes, thinking that making a movie is a record?
Well, anyway, Director Chen has been tossing for so long and hasn't hit a wall. He is going from one success to another. As a wage earner, he really can't question too much, so let's wait for the result of the boss's tossing.

By the time the last high-level meeting before the end of the year was over, it was already past the off-duty time, but as the boss, Chen Jingxing still couldn't help it, because there were still guests waiting for him.

Chen Jingxing's old friend - Zhang Jingyan from Huanshiwang.com has been waiting in the reception room for a long time.

Zhang Jingyan came here mainly for the online copyright of the TV series "Signal".

Although the filming of the "Signal" TV series has not been completed, to be honest, the filming progress of the "Signal" TV series is indeed a bit slow. The 25-episode script has been filmed for more than two months, and there is still one-third of it unfinished, which is already relatively slow. Fortunately, Chen Jingxing gave enough space when he approved the budget, so there is no sign of overspend yet.

At the same time, it is also because Chen Jingxing has always asked Tian Xinye to recommend productions based on film standards - not only the crew is the original crew of the "Signal" movie, but the camera used for shooting is also a movie camera in S35 format. The rest of the factory can no longer rush the progress of the shooting.

Since the shooting has not been completed, naturally there is no edited film.

However, not all TV dramas sign a copyright transaction agreement after the filming is completed, especially for such a high-profile TV drama project as "Signal", it is often too late to talk about it after the finished film is released.

The two casts of Sun Li and Deng Chao alone are enough for TV stations and Internet platforms to flock to, plus the name of Chen Jingxing's producer and the blessing of the "Signal" movie, there is no need to worry about selling.

Of course, special clauses will also be stipulated in the drama purchase agreement signed in advance in this way. Once the TV drama audit fails, the agreement will be invalidated naturally.

Not only Zhang Jingyan came here to test, but also Penguin Video Network and other video platforms, but they were also afraid that Chen Jingxing would ask for prices, so it was mostly a test.

Zhang Jingyan came here because he wanted to get Chen Jingxing's true meaning based on his old friend's friendship. If he agrees to sell now, Huanshi.com is also sincere. If Chen Jingxing wants to sell for a price, then he will probably have the same attitude towards other video sites. , Huanshi.com doesn’t have to worry about other platforms secretly getting the exclusive copyright agreement, and patiently waits for the TV series to be filmed and finished watching the series before bidding.

And Chen Jingxing did not open his mouth like a lion. After all, TV dramas and movies follow two completely different logics in copyright procurement.

Movies can be up for grabs because box office results mean everything.

This is not the case for TV dramas. The upper limit of the copyright price of TV dramas is determined by the cast, themes and the number of episodes. If the quality of the finished film is poor, the copyright price will also be discounted, but the quality of the finished film may not necessarily increase the copyright price.

The "Signal" TV series has Sun Li and Deng Chao's Wang Zhan lineup, and the movie version and Chen Jingxing's fame have reached the upper limit of the copyright price. Even if the quality of the finished film is heavenly, it will not go up.

Therefore, when there are many TV series on the market that are still being filmed, he is the most valuable. When the finished film comes out, the TV station or video platform will often shout that he has been cheated, and then change the marketing strategy to continue to deceive the audience, or the ratings and data. Fraud to deceive advertisers.

Not to mention that "Signal" still has one of its biggest shortcomings-the number of episodes.

TV stations broadcast dramas to sell advertisements, and video platforms broadcast dramas to sell advertisements and convert members. In any case, advertising revenue is very important.

The biggest problem is the small number of episodes. No matter how good the quality is, there is no room for improvement in the copyright price.

So it doesn't really make much sense to sell it for a price, and Chen Jingxing didn't think about signing the exclusive copyright—although the exclusive copyright price will be higher, what he wants to see is that "Signal" TV series can be broadcast on more platforms.

(End of this chapter)