My Animation Era

  Can stage plays make a lot of money?

  If it was a question from another work, then Gu Miao would probably roll her eyes and show a very dismissive smile.

  But if it is the animation "The Lion King", then it's a different matter...

   Gu Miao reserved the cooperation invitation, although it came from Broadway, but it was not a professional troupe, but Thomas, a well-known stage play "director" on Broadway.

  He contacted Gu Miao via email.

  In the e-mail, Thomas said that he had just finished watching the movie "The Lion King" and was greatly shocked. He was deeply moved by Savannah's story and the music of the movie.

   For this reason, he had an idea.

   Such beautiful music, such a moving and classic story, can it be adapted into a stage musical and performed on Broadway in New York?

  As soon as this crazy idea came into being, Thomas was immediately excited.

  So after watching the movie, he drafted an e-mail overnight, explaining his thoughts roughly, and hoped to get the support of the copyright owner "Wanbao Animation".

   This email was originally sent to the "IP Copyright Operation" management department of Wanbao Animation.

  Then the review staff of the department looked at the materials submitted by the applicant, and prepared to reply and reject without even thinking about it.

  Where is the little bum?

  You don’t even **** to take pictures of yourself, and you brazenly ask Wanbao to cooperate. What is your identity? Do you have any outstanding works?

  The eight giants of the Hollywood film industry who are so special, we Wanbao don’t want to see them, you are an ordinary stage director, who gave you the courage and confidence?

  The content of the "tactfully refused" reply letter had already been written, but just as it was about to be sent, the supervisor suddenly called a meeting of all the staff in the department.

  At the meeting, the supervisor read out a document from the "President Office of Wanbao Group" to everyone.

  The instruction document of the President’s Office is very concise. It roughly means that around the IP of "The Lion King", the copyright operation and management department needs to pay more attention to the theme of "stage play".

  Once there is a relevant cooperation application or invitation, it must be summarized and submitted to the President's Office for review and approval by the wise and wise President Gu.

  Thomas is lucky!

  If the president’s documents are sent out half an hour late, his emails will probably disappear without a word.

  Fortunately, he took this bus, and since he was the first person to propose cooperation related to "stage play", the mail soon reached Gu Miao's hands.

   "Who is Thomas?"

  After reading the email, Gu Miao quickly arranged for someone to investigate and collect Thomas' materials and public information.

  After taking a brief look at this person's career history, Gu Miao made a plan to reimburse him for round-trip air tickets, board and lodging, and invite Thomas from New York to Jiangchuan.

  The two talked behind closed doors for two hours.

  Except for Du Hao and Lao Zhang, no one knew what Mr. Gu and Thomas talked about. Anyway, the final result was that Thomas joined Wanbao and began to work in the stage play center of [Jiangchuan Pleasant Goat Paradise].

  His first task was to create a stage musical based on the movie "The Lion King" and recruit actors to perform the first public performance at the final scene of this year's "Wanbao Cup" Tennis Open National Competition.

  No one knows why President Gu attaches so much importance to the development of the stage play of "The Lion King", and even allocated a large sum of money to Thomas...

   Anyway, it's inexplicable.

  Although I can't understand why Mr. Gu attaches so much importance to the stage play "The Lion King", but there are many smart people in Wanbao, and many people will draw inferences from one instance.

  So someone soon proposed to adapt classic animations such as "Bear Infested", "Sailor Moon", "Digimon" and "Pokémon" into stage plays.

"Up to you!"

   Gu Miao took an indifferent attitude towards the thoughts of the group of people under him. They were willing to adapt it, so let them modify it.

  It is best to succeed, and it doesn’t matter if you fail, it’s time to accumulate experience.

   Anyway, it doesn’t cost a lot of money.

  Although in his opinion, not all animations are like "The Lion King", suitable for adaptation into stage plays, but it doesn't matter to try.

  The reason why "The Lion King" is a classic and suitable for stage play adaptation is because the story was born out of the classic play "Hamlet".

   This is a natural advantage that other animations do not have, and it is also why "The Lion King" can become one of the most popular musicals in the world, and it is also the reason why Gu Miao attaches so much importance to its stage adaptation.

  If it were another animation, would he attach so much importance to stage adaptations?

   Don't even think about it!

  …

  The popularity of the movie "The Lion King" completely ignited the audience's enthusiasm for Savannah in this midsummer August.

   And at the same time.

  Konjac Studio, a subsidiary of Wanbao Animation, also recently announced a more important news.

  The animation "Crayon Shin-Chan", which is currently being broadcast on TV, has reached cooperation with TV stations in 27 countries around the world, and will launch multilingual versions in Japanese, Korean, English, Spanish, German and Arabic in the near future.

   "Water hair?!"

  The news that "Crayon Shin-chan" released a multilingual dubbed version so soon shocked many passers-by.

   Not surprised by the speed.

  Wanbao, well-recognized in the industry as "fast gunners", they do everything quickly, and Wanbao also maintains a professional dubbing team, this speed is understandable.

  The reason why everyone was surprised was mainly because of the news that "Crayon Shin-chan" went overseas so quickly and was broadcast in many countries around the world.

  Animation going to sea, pay attention to a "you love me".

   To put it simply, if your animation wants to be broadcast overseas, you must first make people interested, and then you can negotiate a cooperation to broadcast abroad.

  People are not interested, if you try to get on with it, even if you pay for it, they might not want to talk to you, let alone broadcast your work.

  That's why everyone was shocked that "Crayon Shin-chan" was broadcast on TV stations in more than 20 countries and regions so quickly.

how did you do that?

   Netizens who don’t browse the Internet very much, it’s hard to understand this matter, but after many overseas students or big names in the industry explained it, everyone understood it in an instant.

  It turns out that the "raw meat version/cooked meat version" of "Crayon Shin-chan" has become popular overseas!

  Xiaoxin, whose thinking is different from ordinary people, is either bright or dark, and soon conquered many foreigners.

  Especially in Neon, the attention and discussion of the role of Xiaoxin is no less than that in China. In the latest [Neon's Most Popular 100 Anime Characters] voting activity, Xiaoxin also entered the top 80.

   This is amazing!

   After all, the official dubbed version of "Crayon Shin-chan" has not been broadcast on the Neon Market yet, only the raw/cooked meat version resources circulated on the Internet.

   It is not difficult to imagine that with the launch of the Japanese version of "Crayon Shin-chan", the popularity and popularity of this animation in Neon will usher in a round of skyrocketing.

  In addition to neon, "Crayon Shin-chan" has also gained the love of a large number of audiences in many countries and regions around the world, which has also attracted the attention of many local TV stations.

  So there is the good news that the animation will land on 27 overseas TV stations before the first broadcast is over.

   Mr. Qiu is very happy!

  When Konjac Studio was first established, under the guidance of Gu Miao, he decided to focus on "funny" themes and make a name for himself.

  At that time, although they were backed by the big tree of Wanbao, the hearts of everyone in Konjac Studio were beating.

   This is not difficult to understand.

  Having confidence is a good thing, but whether it can be done well and live up to the expectations of the audience and Mr. Gu is another matter.

  The success of "Crayon Shin-chan" can be regarded as a shot in the arm for Konjac Studio, and the restless heart can finally be put down.

  Bravely take the first step. After gaining sufficient confidence, you will soon take the second and third steps...

  Konjac Studio has not lost its composure in the face of great success, and is still working steadily, honestly producing the follow-up episodes of "Crayon Shin-chan".

  But their immediate leader, that is, Mr. Qiu, after seeing the success of "Crayon Shin-chan", suddenly had a bold idea.

   Movie version!

  That's right, just like the "Zodiac" plan of the "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" series, he also wants to make a theatrical version plan for "Crayon Shin-chan", and release a big theatrical version every year.

   I have to say, he is very courageous.

  When everyone was uncertain whether the second season of the animation "Crayon Shin-chan" could continue the glory of the first season, he was already considering "publishing a theatrical version every year" for this series.

   Blind self-confidence?

  Gu Miao didn't know what he was thinking, anyway, in his opinion, although this plan was a bit sloppy, it was not completely unfeasible.

  One theater version a year only!

  As long as the TV version of "Crayon Shin-chan" can maintain the current level and ensure stable income for the project, let alone one theatrical version a year, ten theatrical versions a year will be fine.

  Then here comes the problem...

  Can the animation "Crayon Shin-chan" achieve stable project income every year like "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" and "Bear Infested"?

   "I think so!"

   Without waiting for President Qiu to answer, Gu Miao took the initiative to make a decision: "Obviously, the life cycle of the animation "Crayon Shin-chan" will be very long. I think it is acceptable to release a theatrical version a year for an animation IP like this."

  Of course, the cost has to be controlled.

  Although Mr. Qiu agreed with Mr. Qiu's plan on producing the theatrical version, Gu Miao also requested that the production cost of the theatrical version must be controlled and try to avoid budget overruns.

  At the same time, the theatrical version also has profit needs.

  If one day, the theatrical version fails to achieve profitability, or even suffers serious losses, the production team must stop the plan of "one theatrical version a year" and change it to "one movie every two years" or "one movie every three years".

   This is hard to hear, but he had to say it in advance.

  He has no objection to making a theatrical version of animation, and has even always supported and encouraged it. As long as the production team is willing to make a film, he is willing to allocate funds.

Again…

  Since you have filmed it, you must make it well. If the theatrical version fails to achieve the expected results, and you want to continue filming next year or the next year, it will basically be useless.

  Climate changes are obvious. A few years ago, the temperature in our February and March was generally lower than 10 degrees, and every household burned a stove to keep warm. Now the temperature is 14-23 degrees...