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Chapter 226 I Don't Want To Keep Picking Up Others' Leftovers

Liu Yifei sat on the sofa with her back straight and her legs close together, showing a dignified air.

"Gu Wei, do you think our future domestic animation films will be as exciting as [The Return of the Great Sage]?"

"It's not easy to say, there are always those who make up their numbers.

But after this time, it can be regarded as setting a pole in the Chinese animation film industry, and when new films are released in the future, everyone will involuntarily use "The Return of the Great Sage" as a comparison.

Overall, it is still conducive to the development of Chinese animation films. "

Gu Wei thought for a while and said:

"I can't comment on what others have done, but the animation film my company is currently producing, I believe it is no worse than [The Return of the Great Sage], and even better."

"Your company still makes animated movies?"

Liu Yifei was very surprised. She knew that Gu Wei Company made movies and TV series, but she didn't expect to be able to produce cartoons.

"To be precise, it's another animation production company under my name. It's just one floor downstairs. If you're interested, I can show you there."

"Is it convenient?"

"It's nothing, let's go, I'll take you downstairs to have a look."

As soon as he left, Gu Wei quickly came downstairs with the curious Liu Yifei.

There is a big sign hanging on the front desk of this floor, with the same style as the upstairs saying [Wei Mingxia Animation Production Company] on it.

These two floors were bought by Gu Wei last year, and the lower floor was used as the office of the animation company.

Gu Wei, the boss, brought the guests down for inspection, and the dumpling director who received the news naturally received him in person.

"Boss, take a look. These are the original drafts of the animation movie. There are more than 20 versions of Nezha's image alone. It took more than a year to finalize the final version."

Jiaozi led the two to visit [Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes into the World] which is under production.

It has been a year since he led the team to join Gu Wei's company, and the production of "Nezha" has also achieved initial results.

Liu Yifei looked at more than 20 versions of Nezha in the manuscript. Whether it is body shape, face shape, hairstyle or accessories, almost none of them are repeated, which fits the overall characteristics of a single character, and some of them are cute and interesting. design.

"Why did you choose this image? It's kind of ugly, and there are many other cute and good-looking images?"

Liu Yifei held Nezha of the final draft and asked doubtfully.

"Eh~ Ms. Liu, this involves the plot of the whole movie. Nezha in the early days of the movie is a character that everyone hates. If it is too cute and good-looking, it doesn't fit the character setting."

Director Dumpling explained.

Liu Yifei listened with half understanding.

Accompanied by dumplings, the two walked around from beginning to end. Gu Wei also took this opportunity to learn about the production progress of [Nezha].

According to the director, it is estimated that it will take nearly two years to complete the production, and the entire film will take a total of 3 years.

From this, we can also see why other film companies are unwilling to invest money in animated films. The production cycle is too long, and there are too many variables in the process. Once something happens, their investment may be lost.

After the visit, Liu Yifei's curiosity was fully satisfied, and Gu Wei took her to the restaurant downstairs for dinner.

Gu Wei is a regular customer, and the boxes and food assistants have been clearly arranged in advance, and they are downstairs in Gu Wei's company.

After dinner, Gu Wei drove Liu Yifei back home again.

"Gu Wei, I'm really happy to let you play with me for half a day today.

Thank you! "

Liu Yifei who was about to get off at the place said to Gu Wei with a smile on his face.

"It's nothing, we're good friends~
Right, Miss Yifei. "

Gu Wei replied.

The time is getting closer and closer to the New Year, and the movie-watching craze set off by "The Return of the Great Sage" is also intensifying.

On the 15th, the third day after the movie was released, there was still an endless stream of people watching the movie in theaters across the country.

On the same day, "The Return of the Great Sage" achieved a box office score of 1.023 million, breaking through 3 million for two consecutive days, and breaking through 3 million in the first three days of the week.

Now everyone knows that a real box office blockbuster for the 2015 Lunar New Year is here!

At the same time, the romantic film "There is a place only we know", which has been highly anticipated by major film companies, experienced a jaw-dropping drop in the box office on the second day of its release.

The box office of the film on Sunday was only 3657 million, which is considered good for ordinary low-budget romance films, but yesterday's Valentine's Day box office was 9396 million. This is not cut in half, but cut from the knee.

Although the box office exceeded [-] million yuan in two days after its release, and the movie has achieved profitability, it still disappointed the film's producers and other watching film and television companies.

But this is not surprising, [There is one thing only we know] The quality of this movie is average. After its release, the Douban score is only 5.7. It is quite satisfactory among low-budget romance movies.

On the one hand, the high box office results on the first day were due to the support of Li Jiaheng’s fans. After the movie was released, they came to support their idols one after another. Coupled with the blessing of Valentine’s Day, many couples naturally chose to watch a love movie when they entered the movie theater. piece.

But the energy of fans is limited after all, and after the first day, there will be no blessing of time, and the box office track of normal love movies will naturally resume.

On the 16th, Monday, the second week of its release, the box office of "The Return of the Great Sage" was truncated to only 5897 million, but this is not surprising. Such a drop on weekdays is also expected by everyone.

[There is a place that only we know] The box office dropped again on Monday, reporting 2089 million. Although the drop was not as big as [The Return of the Great Sage], the single-day box office data was far behind.

On the 17th, the box office of "The Return of the Great Sage" did not fall again, but maintained a flat development, with a box office of 5547 million for the whole day.

[There is a place only we know] dropped below 2000 million, and the reported income was 1687 million.

In a villa in the capital, Li Jiaheng was wearing casual clothes, with yellow hair and a lot of metal accessories in bits and pieces.

He was sitting on the sofa, hunched over, holding the box office data of all the movies released in recent days, frowning.

"On the first day, the box office was about to exceed [-] million. Why did it drop so much afterwards?"

His manager, Huang Bin, stood opposite and explained lightly:

"The first day is to borrow the light of Valentine's Day, and the box office after that is the normal situation."

"I don't understand how a cartoon can achieve such a high score?
Just because Gu Wei is the producer? "

"The box office performance of the cartoon in the first two days must be due to Gu Wei, as far as I know, many of his fans went to the cinema to support the movie on the first day.

However, the quality of "The Return of the Great Sage" is indeed excellent. This is the general perception in the circle. In addition, there are no blockbuster films competing with him in this period of time. It is normal to have such a box office under the right time, location, and harmony. "

"Then the first movie I made back in China was a failure?"

Li Jiaheng stood up from the sofa, walked around a little irritable, and his voice became much louder.

"Don't worry too much, according to the current box office trend, [there is one place only we know] there is no problem breaking 2 million, and 3 million is enough.

Calculated according to the cost, this movie paid back its capital in the first week, and it must be a big profit in the end, it is the relationship between earning more and earning less. "

Huang Bin comforted.

"What you should consider now is the competition with your former teammate Lu Han. You two belong to the top players who have returned from Korea. The similarities in all aspects are too high, and you have the most direct competition for the resources in the circle.

Fortunately, although the box office of his first movie [Back to 20] is slightly higher than yours, but you are the male lead of the movie, and he is only the second male lead, so it is a tie in this respect.

The movie "Old Paoer" that you are going to shoot now will perform well, directed by Guan Hu, starring Feng Xiaogang, the box office and word-of-mouth will not be low, with the blessing of this movie, your road ahead will be smoother.

And now I am helping you get in touch with Zhou Xingchi and Xu Ke. Once successful, I can help you get the next top film source in the circle.

Once you've done that, you'll be flying! "

Huang Bin talked a lot. He used to be Huang Xiaoming's agent. He had been in the industry for many years and had a wide network of contacts.

After Lu Han and Li Jiaheng returned to China, he was optimistic about the popularity and high fan stickiness of traffic stars, so he chose Li Jiaheng between the two and became his manager.

Li Jiaheng was able to cooperate with major domestic film and television companies as soon as he returned to China. He has contributed a lot.

"After making Zhou Xingchi's movie, can I surpass Gu Wei in popularity?"

Li Jiaheng asked excitedly.

Ever since he met Gu Wei at the Bazaar Charity Night last year, he began to compare himself with him.

"Gu Wei~"

Huang Bin frowned and said:

"This person has not been in the circle for a long time, he is very young, but his development is very rapid.

And he can't simply be regarded as a popular idol star. The film and television company under his name has gradually grown, and he has a good relationship with all the big shots in the circle.

You'd better leave him alone for the time being, I heard that he doesn't take much foreign dramas, so it won't affect you much. "

"It doesn't have a big impact. I have a lot of resources now. It is said that he found me because he didn't want it?

This kind of feeling of always picking up other people's leftovers is very bad! "

Li Jiaheng said in a deep voice, it can be seen that he is very unhappy with this situation.

Huang Bin looked at his face and said:
"I heard that your other two teammates also intend to return to China. There are also some young male stars in China. It's better to suppress these people first, and then consider the comparison with Gu Wei."

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