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Chapter 34 Successful bid for the Olympic Games, completion, super rewards
On July 7, Lu Pingan returned to the Shangmei Factory.

As the date of July 7 gets closer, the atmosphere about the Olympic bid is getting stronger and stronger.

From time to time, you can see real-time reports on the Olympic bid on the radio and TV.

Cheng Long's interview, Gong Li's interview, various interviews in Moscow ahead.

Various slogans cheering for the Olympic bid were also displayed in the Shangmei factory.

Director Cao said that on the night of the Olympic bid, the audience would watch live TV and invited Lu Pingan to participate.

Of course, Lu Pingan agreed. In his previous life, he hadn't experienced the process of successfully bidding for the Olympic Games. At that time, he was still young. He only knew that the sound of firecrackers suddenly sounded on the street outside. It rang for a long time. I picked up hundreds of firecrackers and planned to store them until the Chinese New Year before releasing them, but none of them lasted until the next day.

Entering work, Shangmei Factory assigned Lu Pingan a team of five.

Three men and two women, the oldest is Master Hao, 49 years old, and the youngest is Bao Qingqing, a graduate of the China Academy of Art, 24 years old. Her father is also in the five-person group, and everyone calls him Lao Bao.

The task of the first day after everyone gets to know each other briefly is to determine the script and style of painting.

The first short film script Lu Pingan came up with was called "Employment Life", and the information given by the system was a 08-minute short film in Argentina in 7.

Probably the plot is about that in a magical world, all the tools are done by people, whether it is floor lamps, dressing tables, dining tables, chairs or hangers, they are all done by people. These people are expressionless and conscientious. They have no complaints about their own affairs, and they form an important part of this cold world.

The metaphor is that people just play the role of screws in a highly functioning and complete social system, and are forced to do things they don't want to do.

Although at the end of the story, the person who plays the desk lamp chooses not to make a desk lamp, but there will still be a new desk lamp to replace it, and the whole society will still run coldly.

This short film, like "Tuner" and "Black Hole", left a deep impression on Lu Ping'an at the time.

All objects are made by people, and people are better than cows and horses. Lu Pingan, who was about to graduate from university and faced with the problem of choosing a career, was deeply shocked after watching it. He felt that his life should not be like the characters in the film, so he sprouted The idea of ​​being a boss eventually turned into a fried chicken restaurant.

He has read some interpretations and said that if he saw this short film in 2020, he would definitely not have the amazing feeling he saw it in 2008.

Because the number of works reflecting social reality has continued to increase in the past ten years.

"Employment Life" was published as a forward-looking and creative work at the time, so it received high praise.

And now it's 01, so this amazing feeling will naturally be deeper than in 08.

Sure enough, after Master Hao and Director Cao had read the official script and understood Lu Pingan's theme, they looked at Lu Pingan differently.

"Those who can hold the Palme d'Or really have a few brushes!"

Master Hao's character is more valuable, and he praised Lu Ping'an on the spot.

Then, without waiting for Lu Pingan to be humble, he called the group of five to start working.

"Everyone gets a bridge segment, and the version is finalized first..."

The work unfolded so smoothly.

It's just that I soon encountered a problem, that is, the problem of character modeling.

The original version of "Employment Life" is from Argentina, and the characters are also foreigners.

Lu Ping'an actually thought it would be better to use a foreigner image. After all, it has the nature of a satirical metaphor. It might not be appropriate to use an Asian face. He is also a little afraid of some mysterious power.

But Master Hao and Director Cao felt that since it is a domestic animation, it is natural to use the image of a Chinese.

Lu Pingan still felt that something was wrong, so he called Hu Qingquan and Hu Qingquan said with a smile: "It's all right if you don't use it?"

So the matter was resolved, and "Employed Life" has all the black, yellow and white, and the pattern has become larger.

The next work becomes smoother.

Fixed shape, fixed color, fixed number of frames.

It took a day to finalize, and in terms of frame rate, "Employment Life" will be 24 frames.

At present, the general commercial animation is mainly 16 frames, and the better one is 24 frames. The number of frames will affect the number of original paintings to a certain extent. Commercial animation generally takes "one shot three" as the mainstream, that is, one frame is played every three frames. Play 8 pictures per second. In special cases, you will use "one shot for two", one for every two frames, 12 for one second, and more advanced ones for "one shot for one", one for each frame, and one for every second. 24 sheets.

In most cases, the same picture is used for three frames, and it is rare for each frame to use a different original picture.

In fact, even using eight pictures per second is very labor-intensive. An animator draws 800 pictures a month, and the finished product takes less than 2 minutes.

So animation is really expensive!
However, for the quality of the work, Shangmei Factory insisted on using 24 frames per shot. Master Hao even said that it would be fine if it was higher, and it would be 30 frames if it was higher, which is too extravagant.

Lu Pingan felt that this was enough for now, otherwise he didn't know when he would have to do it.

So the production of the short film was on the right track.

Time passed quickly, and it was the 13th in a blink of an eye.

At 9 o'clock that night, everyone in the factory stopped working and gathered in the big cafeteria, looking at the TV in the cafeteria.

Lu Ping'an was quite familiar with him in Shangmei Factory, and the production team of "I'm Singing Crazy" was sitting with him.

Painter Xiao Li asked Lu Pingan: "Guide Lu, do you think we can succeed this time?"

This question is the one that gets brought up the most these days.

And Lu Pingan's answer is the same as most people: "Of course it will succeed."

As for the reason?

There is no reason, what reason is needed to support the country?
Sure enough, it was ten o'clock in the evening.

At this time, there are still 9 minutes before the voting results in Moscow are released.

At this moment, everyone in the cafeteria, the billions of people in China, and the hundreds of millions of Chinese around the world held their breaths, waiting for the final result.

At 22:09, Juan Antonio Samaranch, President of the International Olympic Committee, pronounced a name in a powerful voice: "BEIJING!".

At this moment, all the members of the Chinese BJ Olympic bid delegation sitting below jumped up excitedly.

At the same time, at the Millennium Monument in Beijing, countless people waved banners, gongs, drums, and firecrackers blared.

At the live broadcast of Phoenix TV's Olympic bid, when the results came out, Zhou Xingxing hugged Li Wen excitedly and fell into a frenzy.

In the cafeteria of Shangmei Factory, hundreds of people cheered loudly, melons and fruits flew around, and they were very excited.

Magic City, Chengdu, Xiangjiang. . .

Countless people in the land of China shouted: "We won!"

At this moment, China is boiling!

. . . . . .

The success of the Olympic bid has become the biggest hot issue in China throughout July.

Amid all the excitement, Lu Ping'an's "Tuner" movie also ushered in a perfect ending.

As of July 7, "The Tuner" has won a total box office of 21 million, temporarily ranking first in the box office of domestic domestic movies in 3250 and second in the box office of mainland Chinese movies.

Second only to Cheng Long's "Lost Secret Service" released in February with 2 million.

According to the current number of movie big screens, it is really not easy for a movie to hit more than 3000 million.

However, it is not surprising that "The Tuner" won a box office of 3250 million.

In addition to the good quality and popularity of the movie, the failure of competitors to put much pressure on it during the same period is also a major factor.

During the entire release time from June to July.

A total of only 6 Chinese-language films competed with "The Tuner" in the same period.

Shi Ke's "Who Will Listen", Yang Ruoxi's "Love You Is Hard to Say", Pan Changjiang's "The Disruption", Gigi Leung and Jiang Wu's "My Brothers and Sisters", Xi Meijuan's "Full Moon Tonight" and Feng Gong's "Who Say I Don't Care".

Except for "My Brothers and Sisters" and "Who Says I Don't Care", each one is lesser known.

And "My Brothers and Sisters" was released in Guangdong Province on June 6. Its box office was good, 9 million, but it was already in the middle and late stages after "The Tuner" was released.

The box office of "Who Says I Don't Care" is also very good. It was released on July 7, and it has reached close to 7 million. China Film said that if there are no Hollywood blockbusters in the way, it is very likely to exceed 1200 million.

With a box office of 2000 million, it has been able to rank in the top 8 in this year's list.

But there are surprises in everything, and "Soldiers at the Wall" and "Pearl Harbor" are coming soon. . .

The popularity of "Who Says I Don't Care" has to a certain extent divided the filming of "Tuner". In the end, the box office of "Tuner" was fixed at 3250 million.

That's a pretty good score.

The current film producer’s box office share is 40%. After deducting some fixed funds that need to be handed over, it can be calculated at about 37%.

With a box office of 3250 million, the producer can get a share of about 1200 million, minus the cost of 400 million, and make a big profit of 800 million.

Among them, Road Ping An accounted for 40%, which is 320 million.

200 million out, 520 million back, this deal has made many people jealous.

In fact, for the 200 million miles, he only paid a total of more than 100 million, because 50 was her director's salary, and 50 was special effects income.

Calculated, including the purchase of equipment in the computer room, he only spent 30 million this time, and got back 520 million. With the income from the adaptation rights and overseas distribution rights, he probably earned nearly 2000 million.

Blood earned!
Lu Pingan made blood money, and China Film Group also made blood money.

So a few days ago, China Film Group called to ask if we want to hold a celebration banquet, and if we did, we would contact the reporters in advance.

Of course we have to do it.

It's been 01, and next year will be the beginning of the blockbuster era.

The World of Great Controversy belongs to Yes.

At this time, you have to be louder.

So it was finally agreed that on July 7, there will be a celebration banquet in the capital.

Before that, he wanted to finish the animated short film thoroughly.

On July 7, the animation part of Lu Ping'an's "Employment Life" was completed.

[Congratulations to the host for completing the animated short film "Employment Life", the completion rate is 96%, and the rewards have been issued]

[Because the host completed the achievement of the first animation work, the reward has been upgraded to a super reward]

["Employed Life" super reward: three offers. . . 】

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