My Animation Era

  One of the most intuitive benefits of holding Wanbao Open Day is to shorten the distance with fans, so that more people can deepen their understanding of Wanbao Animation.

  Speaking human words is down-to-earth!

  In the past, everyone’s understanding of Wanbao Animation was mostly based on a few short lines of text introduction in a certain encyclopedia.

   Now it's different.

  Through the on-site visit, everyone also understood the normal operation logic of an animation company and the corresponding process of making animation.

   Fans had a blast!

  As for the media bloggers who were invited to visit, the harvest was even greater. After all, they had obtained a lot of inside information in advance of this open day event.

  For example, information about the big movie "Bears Invincible" that will be released in the summer, as well as the production progress of works such as "Roaming the Animation World" and "Three Years of My Son-in-Law, I'm a Fairy King".

  The outside world is very interested in the progress of these projects. It is foreseeable that as long as they send out this video, the amount of views and attention they get will definitely explode.

certainly!

   This is also the result of Gu Miao's acquiescence.

  There are so many media bloggers helping to build momentum and publicity, which can save a lot of publicity and promotion funds, why not do it?

   And to be honest.

  The projects whose progress is disclosed in the open day activities are not projects with a particularly high degree of confidentiality, and the exposure will also be exposed.

  Wanbao's truly confidential content, such as the Superman restart plan and the Inuyasha project of the Neon Branch, are absolutely impossible to let these media bloggers know, and Gu Miao will not take the initiative to reveal it.

  The open day event lasted until the afternoon.

  After eating a standard staff meal in Wanbao Canteen, Gu Miao took a group of executives to take a group photo with fans.

  The activity ended here, and the rest is to go back to each house and find each mother. After a day of exhaustion, Gu Miao no longer needs to be a guest tour guide, and leads this group of people to run around.

   Who would have known that many anime video bloggers headed by Liu Zida didn't want to let him go at all. Even after the event was over, they still pestered him for so-called group interviews.

   Just do the interview!

  The video bloggers and media reporters were invited to a special reception room, and after the microphones and radio equipment were arranged in advance, the group interview began.

   "Mr. Gu, I noticed that Wanbao's works have been broadcast exclusively on the Internet platform recently, and have not been broadcast on the TV platform. Does this mean that your company has given up on traditional TV animation?"

  The first question is the dispute between online animation and TV animation that many people are concerned about. What choice will Wanbao make?

   "We haven't given up TV animation, on the contrary, we are preparing to launch a pure TV animation in the second half of this year..."

  Gu Miao denied this guess.

  Wanbao's overall business is indeed shifting to online animation, and 90% of new works are exclusively broadcast on the Internet.

   But this does not mean that Wanbao Animation will stop dealing with TV stations in the future.

   ""SpongeBob SquarePants" has recently achieved great success overseas, and has been nominated for five Annie Awards. May I ask Mr. Gu how he feels about this?"

   "I don't have any feelings."

  Gu Miao shook her head.

   The nomination of "SpongeBob SquarePants" for the Annie Award has been discussed within the company long ago, and his attitude is still the same: I have no interest in winning the award, I have never touched the trophy!

  Five nominations is really amazing.

   But that's "SpongeBob SquarePants"! With so many nominations for other animations, it may cause controversy, but "SpongeBob SquarePants" is not so much.

not to mention…

  Although he was nominated for five awards, it is still uncertain how many he will win in the end.

  Even if you get all of them, you only get five out of five, which is a bit less interesting than "The Battle of Two Cities", which was the grand slam of Anne Award with nine out of nine.

  From this perspective, Gu Miao was actually a little dissatisfied that the Annie Awards only gave five nominations to "SpongeBob SquarePants".

  …

   "Only five nominations?!"

  Dave also learned that SpongeBob SquarePants received five nominations. As the producer and chief director of the "SpongeBob SquarePants" animation, he was less angry than Gu Miao.

  In his words, SpongeBob SquarePants has swept the entire European and American animation circles and won the love of hundreds of millions of viewers.

  This kind of animation has only five nominations?

  Why?

  Looking at the first half of this year, including the entire year of last year, is there any European and American animation that can compare with "SpongeBob SquarePants"?

No! None!

  Animation of this level has only received five nominations. Even though Dave appreciates the gold content of the Annie Award, he can't help wondering now, did "SpongeBob SquarePants" offend the judges?

   "Okay, there's no need to worry about it."

  Gu Miao said casually: "Give us an award, then we will accept it. Whether it is five nominations or nine nominations, there is no difference in essence."

   Did the judges dislike SpongeBob SquarePants? Or do you not like Wanbao?

   Gu Miao doesn't care about this at all. Anyway, whether they like it or not doesn't affect "SpongeBob SquarePants" which is the most popular animation work in Europe and America.

   It is a good thing to win an award, and don't mind if you don't get it.

  Besides, the Annie Award is not a White Lotus Award. In the past, many animation companies and animation producers have publicly stated their views and boycotted and refused to accept the award.

  The Oscars of animation?

  Maybe yes, but when you say this, don’t forget that the Oscar itself is not particularly clean, and there are many operations and shady scenes behind it.

   "Let me tell you, in the future, Wanbao will hold an award by itself, and the name will be Gu Miao Award, or Wanbao Award..."

  Du Hao frowned and said: "At that time, who will join in the fun of crooked nuts? Trophies or something, you can take as many as you want!"

   "That's purely for self-entertainment."

  Gu Miao shook her head, and didn't take Du Hao's joke seriously, because he knew very well that such a thing was unrealistic.

   "Don't talk about this, let's talk about your plan. I heard that the characters of Longbiao and Dongshen have come down?"

"Yep!"

   Du Hao nodded.

  For other animation companies, it may be more troublesome to apply for Longbiao and dynamic examination characters, and the approval speed is not so fast.

   But Wanbao is different. Wanbao is a key enterprise registered with the higher authorities, and has great appeal and influence in overseas markets.

  For such enterprises, the higher authorities must give the green light all the way to help more high-quality enterprises like Wanbao go abroad and go global without delaying as much as possible.

  So not long after it was submitted for review, the movie "Bears of the Lost Treasure" had already received accurate approval documents, and a schedule could be agreed upon.

   It is affirmative to have passed the review.

   As a big movie in the "Bear Infested" series, The Bear Bing has nothing sensitive in itself, and the review is nothing more than a formality.

  If even a movie like Haunted Bear can’t pass the review, and has to be deleted and deleted in various ways, will other animation movies still survive?

   "The summer vacation is about the end of June."

  Gu Miao has been away from campus for so long that she has forgotten the exact time of summer vacation for elementary and middle school students.

   But he reckoned that it would be the beginning of July at the latest, and it would be impossible to delay it for too long anyway. After all, the college entrance examination is two days away, and after the college entrance examination, high school students will have a holiday.

   Well known.

  From elementary school to university, the holiday time is reversed, that is, the higher the education level, the earlier the holiday, with occasional exceptions.

  Enrollment time is the opposite, the higher the degree, the earlier the enrollment.

   Counting the days, mid-June or the end of June should be the beginning of the summer vacation in a general sense, which is just right for the release of the movie "Bears of the Lost Treasure".

"I think so too."

   Du Hao nodded.

  Every province has different arrangements for the summer vacation. Except for the fixed time period of the college entrance examination, it is really hard to say about the holiday.

  But no matter how you calculate it, the end of June is the most suitable time.

   As for the release after the college entrance examination?

Stop it!

  The high school seniors who have passed the college entrance examination are all like birds out of the cage. How can they have the leisure and interest to watch the big movie "Bear Infested"?

  Primary and middle school students, including kindergarten children, these are the audiences that the movie "Bears of the Lost Treasure" should strive for.

  High school students and college students, I can only say that it’s up to fate, whether you like it or not, it’s not bad at the box office anyway...

  End of June!

   This is the release date of the movie decided by Gu Miao and Du Hao after discussion.

  After the schedule is determined, it is time to make corresponding announcement arrangements around this schedule, communicate with theaters, and screen out competing products that threaten the film in the same schedule, etc.

  The former need not say much.

  It's not the first time Wanbao has made an animation film. The corresponding work arrangement has been prepared long ago. Du Hao doesn't have to worry about it at all. He just waits for the film to be released smoothly.

   But the latter needs more attention.

  Summer vacation has always been a key period for the film market. Over the years, there will be one or two hit movies that hit the box office, and there are many annual box office champions among them.

  Because of this, Gu Miao and Du Hao paid special attention to the films that might compete with "Bears of the Lost Treasure" during the summer vacation.

  There are a lot of new films expected to be released this summer, but Du Hao glanced at them. Except for two imported Hollywood sci-fi blockbusters that deserve attention, other domestic films are not a problem.

   "That's not necessarily true!"

  After listening to Du Hao's analysis, Gu Miao said with a half-smile, "Normally, your analysis is fine. Hollywood sci-fi blockbusters are indeed invincible."

   "But this year's summer vacation, I think there will be accidents..."

Accident?

  Hearing this, Du Hao immediately frowned and asked, "Are you referring to those domestic films? No way? Are these domestic films able to beat Hollywood sci-fi blockbusters?"

   This is not realistic.

  The dominance of Hollywood sci-fi blockbusters can only be understood by experiencing it for yourself. It is simply not something that domestic films can compete with.

  In the past, there were no shortage of Hollywood sci-fi blockbusters that fell short at the box office after being introduced and were not favored by domestic audiences.

   But so what?

  Even if it is cold and not many audiences are interested, these Hollywood sci-fi blockbusters can still take away jaw-dropping box office in the Huaguo film market.

  Not to mention, the two Hollywood sci-fi blockbusters that will be introduced this summer are all orthodox sequels to hits.

  Du Hao felt that Mr. Gu was a little too naive.

  The gap between the domestic film industry and Hollywood is not even a star. Even if there are one or two dark horse films in the summer vacation, it is impossible to overthrow the Hollywood sci-fi blockbuster.

   "Look at this..."

   Regarding Du Hao's doubt, Gu Miao didn't explain anything, just took out her mobile phone, pointed to a news report and said.

   Du Hao looked down.

  【Famous martial arts actors directing and acting themselves, the action military movie "Wolf Warrior" ushered in a sequel, which is expected to be released in July...】

"I know this!"

  Du Hao nodded and said: "Wolf Warrior, when the first movie was released, I even went to praise it. It was pretty good, but the upper limit of military movies is there."

   "Then what do you think of the sequel of this film, which is now called Wolf Warrior 2?"

   "Sequel to..."

  Du Hao thought about it, and carefully analyzed the results of the previous work: "Look at the quality of the film. The quality is excellent. With the word-of-mouth blessing of the previous work, the box office of 400-500 million should be stable."

   Four to five billion box office?

  After hearing the box office analysis from Du Hao, Gu Miao couldn't help grinning.

   Good guy!

  Wolf Warrior 2, which shocked countless people, in Du Hao's eyes, can only earn four to five billion at the box office?

   Is this the premise that the second part is of excellent quality and has the word-of-mouth blessing of the previous work?

   "Is it weird?"

Seeing Mr. Gu's expression of a bit dumbfounded, Du Hao thought he had overestimated, and quickly explained: "The previous work was really not bad, and the word-of-mouth response was quite good, besides, the box office of domestic films is generally taking off now, 400 to 500 million is really not much. "

"Ok, I know."

   "Because domestic movie theaters are blooming everywhere, and the movie box office is exploding, I think this movie may detonate the entire summer vacation."

  Gu Miao said solemnly: "400 to 500 million is still too conservative. In my opinion, this movie has to create a record, not just a record for military movies, but a record for all types of movies."

   "Not so, not so."

  Du Hao waved his hands again and again and said, "I believe you say it is a dark horse. After all, the previous work has a good reputation, so it's not surprising that the sequel will be a hit."

   "But creating records or something is still too difficult for this kind of military war-themed film."

   "Then just wait and see!"

  Gu Miao also knew that before the results came out, no one would have guessed how much sensation and movie-watching frenzy Wolf Warrior 2 would cause.

  It's normal for Du Hao to be unexpected.

   To be reasonable, if he were Du Hao, he probably would never have imagined that the domestic box office of a movie could be so high.

  But normal is normal, out of the protection of "Bears of the Lost Treasure", Gu Miao still hopes to avoid the movie Wolf Warrior 2, preferably with a staggered release date.

   "It's not necessary, is it?"

  Du Hao doesn't understand, no matter how much you value Wolf Warrior 2, there's no need to be afraid of it, right?

"You do not understand!"

  Gu Miao shook her head and said, "Follow what I said, first inquire about the release date of Wolf Warrior 2, and Bears of the Lost Treasure must be released in advance, preferably one month in advance."

   In this way, even if Wolf Warrior 2 is against the sky, it will not have too much impact on the upcoming release of Bears of the Lost Treasure.

   "One month in advance?"

  Du Hao thought about it, although he couldn't figure out why Mr. Gu was so afraid of an action movie about military warfare, but he still decided to do what Mr. Gu said.

no way.

   Mr. Gu is the producer and the owner of the company. No one dares to object to his decision.

   On the other hand, Mr. Gu is so sure that he may have received some inside information in advance, and he is not afraid of 10,000, just in case.

   One update in these two days, all of them are two-in-one chapters, mainly because I am too lazy to think of chapter names, the update has not decreased...