Who are you calling powerful?.

Chapter 727 Anime God-conferring Universe, it is finally Naza’s turn to take the throne
In the entertainment industry, one thing you can never escape is following trends, and this is especially true in the movie industry.

After "Wolf Warrior 2" became a hit, "Sky Hunter" and "Operation Red Sea" came out right after. It's hard to say that they were not following the trend.

Even if we expand the scope further, the main theme movie "The Bravest", Huayi's "The Eight Hundred" which was made at great expense of its original production, Bona's "The Captain", and other main theme movies such as military, war, action, disaster, etc., have all been more or less influenced and inspired by "Wolf Warrior 2".

After "The Wandering Earth" becomes popular, a sci-fi blockbuster "Fortress of the Demon City" will be released in the summer

Strictly speaking, the filming of this movie only started last year. At that time, "The Wandering Earth" was not yet popular, and no one knew that a sci-fi boom would be set off at the beginning of this year.

From this perspective, you can't say that they are completely following the trend of "The Wandering Earth".

But what is clear is that the initial selling point of "Magic City Fortress" was actually the so-called doomsday love. After the rise of the science fiction trend, this movie quickly began to shift its focus, frantically riding on the popularity of "The Wandering Earth", and raising the banner of continuing the era of domestic science fiction.

To be honest, "Magic City Fortress" is said to have been launched earlier than "The Wandering Earth".

But the actual shooting time was in late September last year, and ended in late December, with the film released during the summer vacation, which means that the crew only had about half a year for post-production.

The filming of "The Wandering Earth" actually didn't take a particularly long time. It took about 5 months to shoot and half a year for post-production.

The part that took the longest time was actually the script. Not counting the shooting and post-production adjustments, it took nearly two years to polish it in the early stages alone.

This is actually nothing new. The film industry often spends several years or even more than ten years polishing a script.

But most script polishing is actually just an idea. It takes more than ten years of deletions and cuts to finally write a script, and then talk to people several times before it finally takes shape. This is the so-called "polishing".

As for the polishing of "The Wandering Earth", although Guo Fan did not spend two years pondering the script every day, he actually held long-term discussions and meetings with several screenwriters, and even went to the mountains for seclusion and concentrated research. The level of dedication is definitely on a different level.

Not to mention the shooting and post-production!
"The Wandering Earth" does not include pre-production. Sometimes, just a one or two minute shot requires several hours of on-site preparation and shooting, and it is common to finish it until the next day.

During post-production, Guo Fan even moved directly to the work site with several core staff members. During the busiest times, they could only sleep 3 to 6 hours a day on average.

Note that this is still the case when Guo Fan has the financial, technical and team support from Boss Wei and Blue Whale.

Although China Film Group and Penguin Film Group are behind "The Fortress of Devil City", they are obviously only responsible for paying the money. The main producers and production companies are Teng Huatao's team and China Television.

Many people know Teng Huatao, a well-known TV drama director. He directed the TV series "Home Sweet Home" and his most famous movie "Love Is Not Blind".

I guess many people are not familiar with CTS. Its most well-known film project is "So Young", and most of its other films are bad.

It is worth mentioning that the movie "The Third Way of Love" filmed by Liu Tianxian and Koreans in her previous life was produced by CTS.

Many people think that Liu Tianxian and the Korean were in a relationship during the promotion period and point the finger at capital, with CTS being one of the main suspects.

However, Liu Tianxian in this time and space was stimulated by Liu Shishi and others, and returned to the small screen to film, avoiding Tantan and the Korean.

This has a crucial impact on Liu Tianxian's popularity.

Although Liu Tianxian is currently at a disadvantage in her career, she can still compete with Liu Shishi, Zhao Liying and others in terms of popularity. One of the important factors for this is that she has not been "defiled" by a stinky man like Wei Gou.

There is no need to say much to male fans, as long as she is not in a relationship, she is a perfect goddess. In the current environment, many female fans also appreciate this kind of single independence.

From this perspective, Liu Tianxian should actually thank Liu Shishi and the others, otherwise if she continued to work hard on the movie, she might have fallen into trouble.

Whether it is Teng Huatao or CTS, their strengths are actually TV dramas on family and reality themes, or low-budget movies on urban youth romance.

Being involved in science fiction is really a bit stubborn!
In addition, there is actually another famous science fiction movie, which is "The Three-Body Problem" produced by Youzu Pictures.

This movie was completed as early as 2015, but it is still being suppressed and there are constant speculations. Some time ago, "The Wandering Earth" seemed to have some movement, but then it died down again.

Compared to mainstream themes, science fiction movies are really not that easy to follow.

After the huge success of "The Wandering Earth", the number of films that were approved for production was far worse than that of "Wolf Warrior 2", and even fewer were actually prepared.

Many people are waiting and watching the box office of "Fortress of Devil City". If this movie becomes popular again, or even as long as the box office reaches a certain level, I am afraid there will be a large-scale follow-up trend.

In comparison, animated films, which require little investment and are easy to develop and produce, are the most followed projects.

The box office of "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World" has just exceeded 10 billion yuan, and the number of animated films registered and approved by a certain unit has exceeded double digits.

After the movie broke through 30 billion, the number of projects that had been officially registered had exceeded three digits, and there were even more that had not been privately registered or were in preparation.

Mythological themes are the hardest hit!

"Journey to the West", "Investiture of the Gods", "Classic of Mountains and Seas", "Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio", folk legends, and even the ancient stories derived from online literature were not spared.

Especially in "Journey to the West", Sun Wukong is almost very busy.

In this movie, there is "The Monkey King Returns", in that movie, he returns to the Flower-Fruit Mountain, there is "The Defeat of Lion Camel Ridge" and "The Trouble at the Palace of Supreme Beings". In between, he has to fall in love with Zixia, White Bone Demon, Spider Demon and the Seven Fairies in turn. Even when he becomes the Fighting Buddha, he still has to teach disciples.

Another busy person is Yang Jian. There is no other way around it. He is one of the three most influential and popular rebels in Chinese mythology.

"The Monkey King: Hero is Back" made Sun Wukong famous, "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World" made Nezha famous, and now it's Erlang Shen's turn.

Moreover, there are many stories about Yang Jian. It is possible for him to split the mountain to save his mother or help his nephew to split the mountain to save his mother. If that doesn't work, Roaring Sky Dog can also be used to derive a CP movie or something.

The blue whale couldn't help but follow suit. If others could take advantage of it, why shouldn't he?

But Boss Wei has said that if you want to get something for free, you have to do it in a decent manner and not force it or do it without thinking.

Since "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World" has made a good start, let's not waste it.

Following this path, we can enrich our worldview and create an anime universe of gods.

In this way, whether it is Jiang Ziya or Yang Jian, including Lei Zhenzi, Huang Tianhua, and Deng Chanyu can all be incorporated. Popular characters like Shen Gongbao and Taiyi Zhenren can also appear more often and carry out a lot of linkage.

If this movie universe is established, even if others try to take advantage of the popularity, it won’t hurt the foundation.

In this way, not only is the box office of individual movies guaranteed, but the protagonists can also gather together for team building, such as Nezha, Yang Jian, and Jiang Ziya working together to fight against the Jiejiao, which will have its own box office explosion point. Most importantly, it also saves actors' pay and special effects.

This kind of gameplay has been proven feasible by Marvel.

Of course, considering the market for animation, the fact that the plot of Fengshen is too well known to the public, and the difficulty and slowness of animation film production, it is hard to say what the project will look like, but it is still worth a try. The success of Nezha was too accidental and almost impossible to replicate.

But as long as it can maintain half of its box office, or even just one-third, the project will be very profitable.

At the suggestion of Boss Wei, "Yang Jian" and "Jiang Ziya" were launched as projects at Blue Whale.

The script has not been completely completed yet, but when making "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World", the company and the team had already consciously planned to make a sequel, and designed and extended a series of world views for this purpose.

At this stage, the worldview of the anime Fengshen can hardly be called particularly complete, but the basic structure is already fine, and many characters have directions and even models.

Now that the film project has been launched, we can simply combine and adapt the two mythological characters and stories with the worldview of the Fengshen World.

In fact, Boss Wei was not the only one who came up with the idea of ​​creating the world view of the anime Fengshen.

After "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World" became a hit in the previous life, there were countless similar suggestions. Later, "Jiang Ziya", which was also produced by Guangguang and Color Sky, also aroused the expectations of countless people.

In fact, although these two films were produced by the same company, they were two projects launched at the same time, with different teams, styles, and worldviews.

The so-called Fengshen Universe is nothing more than the crew's deliberate publicity and marketing and the wishful thinking of movie fans.

The subsequent "New Gods: Nezha" and "New Gods: Yang Jian" have nothing to do with "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World" in terms of team and plot.

Now, with Boss Wei, who has a keen eye, at the helm, he had already made plans, and now it is natural for him to start preparations and even publicize it to the outside world.

For example, Jiaozi, the director of "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World", officially serves as the producer of the film. He is also the vice president of Pink Jellyfish, a company related to Blue Whale animation, and also serves as the chief planner and producer of the animation Fengshen Universe.

One of the post-credits Easter eggs in "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World" also features a scene where a young boy with three eyes on his forehead comes to a place called Yuquan Mountain and sees a sky full of golden clouds.

There are also some behind-the-scenes drafts of "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World" released by the official Weibo of Pink Jellyfish, which also include the characters of Lei Zhenzi, Jiang Ziya, and the Four Heavenly Kings.

Although it is not as exciting as Wuershan's "Fengshen Trilogy" which created a climax on the entire network with just Master Wen and the Four Generals of the Demon Family.

But with the popularity of the movie, it also attracted a wide audience, making countless audiences itchy.

But no matter how eager you are, there is nothing you can do. The production cycle of the animation is here, and you have to wait.

Blue Whale did not stick to the anime Fengshen Universe. Everyone wants to create the so-called movie universe, but only a few such as Marvel have actually succeeded.

Putting all your eggs in one basket is not a smart idea, so in addition to this, Blue Whale has also planned and invested in several other animation projects and even the companies behind them.

This is typical capital thinking. Instead of betting on the success of a single project, it casts a wide net and catches more fish.

At present, film and television production and other entertainment businesses can no longer satisfy Blue Whale’s growing strength. The ultimate goal is to become a giant entertainment capital, control every link of the industry, and make money without doing anything.

The deeper goal is that everyone in the entire industry is making money for "me" no matter what they do.

But the domestic situation is unlikely to reach this point, and if it does, there is an 80% chance that it will be dealt with, so it is better to keep a low profile.

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The limelight of the summer movie season was deservedly snatched away by "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World", and the cheerful Xiao Ming brother not long ago has become out of fashion.

The competition for the limelight on the small screen is much more complicated and intense!
In June and early July, "The Untamed" was the undisputed king. Although "Operation Ice Breaking" and "Youngsters of the Song Dynasty" were also popular, their data and popularity were still firmly suppressed.

It was not until mid-July, after the broadcast of "Operation Ice Breaking", that PPTV launched "Dear, Beloved".

With the combination of two popular stars, Li Xian and Guli Nazha, the reasonable publicity by the two giants Blue Whale + Red Shark, and the good quality of the TV series itself, this drama became a huge hit and competed with "The Untamed".

After the finale of "The Untamed", it overwhelmed Penguin's new drama with an absolute advantage and dominated the entire July schedule.

Li Xian and Nazar became very popular thanks to this drama, especially Li Xian, who was known as the national boyfriend because of his likable character and cheated on half of the entertainment industry.

Whether it is Lu Han or Zhang Ruoyun, the fans of these people have all become fans of the character Li Xian in "Dear, Beloved".

How should I put it, Li Xian is not particularly handsome, but he is very good-looking, with a tough temperament. He is the type of person who has both hormones and makes people feel down-to-earth, so he is very popular with female fans.

Li Xian, who was already quite popular due to "The Lost Tomb", has become completely famous this time.

The number of fans has skyrocketed to tens of millions, exposure and popularity have remained high, and countless endorsements and film contracts have continued to pour in, making it a new product of Coral Entertainment, the "top-tier manufacturing factory."

Guli Nazha is not bad either, and she can finally get some revenge.

Although she has been able to produce many works thanks to the support of Boss Wei in the past two years and has become popular again, and has not yet hit a road of development stagnation, there is still a long way to go compared to her good sister Dilraba Dilmurat.

This time, "Dear, Beloved" was a huge hit. It can't be said to be comparable to Rouba, but at least it has caught up with it.

At the same time, Nazar has finally put aside his reliance on boss Wei and piggybacking on well-known IPs, and has now created a truly blockbuster representative drama with himself as the core.

Many people also remember the standard honors for top actresses such as the Golden Eagle Goddess, the Starry Night, and the Weibo Night.

Dilraba Dilmurat has basically won all the awards. Although Nazha is one of the favorites, her previous hard results are not enough and she always feels like she is missing something.

Now that "Dear, Beloved" is out, Nazha finally has the confidence. She was already one of the favorites and will have even more advantages.

Many people even suspected that this was all arranged by Blue Whale, focusing on promoting one person for two years and lining up to dominate the honors.

First it was Liu Shishi, then Zhao Liying, then Da Mimi and Di Lieba, and now it's Nazha's turn.

At the same time, several people also cooperated with each other to provide support. For example, Da Mimi was the substitute for Liu and Zhao in the early years, Na Zha also supported Rouba for several years. In addition, there were Tang Yan, Fan Xiaopang, Zhao Ji, Xu Lu and others who took advantage of the gaps.

After eating the meat, drink the soup, and after drinking the soup, lick the bones. This doesn't leave any chance for other actresses.

However, after Naza has become famous, it will be a while before any new generation female stars of sufficient stature can be seen.

Among these 90s, 95s and even 00s flowers, who will be the next actress to take over the Blue Whale throne?

(End of this chapter)