The Strongest Animator [Rebirth]

The film lengths of "Galaxy Fantasy" and "Joker" are almost the same, and the premieres of both sides ended almost at the same time. What sounded in Qian'an Theater was intermittent, sparse and perfunctory applause.

"...I bet, this is definitely the best movie I have seen this year! Whether it is the script itself or the interpretation of the old drama, it is perfect! If this movie is not popular, it is simply unreasonable !" As soon as the screening was over, the special writer of the film newspaper here couldn't wait to get through the phone to his colleagues: "How is your side? If it's in a theater, the 3DIMAX effect should look better, right?"

Contrary to the surprise of his colleagues, the editor who was squatting at the Qian'an Cinema couldn't be in a bad mood at the moment, he sighed: "That's such a coincidence, "Galaxy Fantasy" is definitely the worst movie I've seen this year, nothing else one."

The only thing that gave him some comfort was that "Galaxy Fantasy" was bad enough-judging from the plot of the movie and the reactions of the special audience at the premiere ceremony, the production company is definitely over, but it will not have any negative impact on their newspapers .

Or rather, just the opposite—

It’s okay if there is no comparison object. However, under the premise that “Joker” was born with an overwhelming box office trend, “Galaxy Fantasy” will undoubtedly be nailed to the rack of shame. How many people will praise “Joker”? How many people love the critical film reviews of "Galaxy Fantasy".

In this way, the greatest value of "Galaxy Fantasy" is probably only the fact that it becomes the laughing stock of the audience.

Information travels extremely fast.

The premiere ceremonies on both sides have just ended, but all the companies that pay attention to the screening of the two films have basically received feedback from their respective staff, especially the film and television company that has always had a grudge against Qianye Entertainment, a game company. For a while, I got evaluations from film critics who had a good relationship and were quite precise.

What is Blue Star's first CG animation film, just such a bad script, and you have the nerve to call yourself a movie?

Such unceremonious comments spread throughout the film and television industry in an instant, and the hearts of many film and television companies were relaxed, and the nerves that had been tense for more than half a year finally relaxed.

"You don't need to pay attention to Qianye Entertainment any more." Said the president of Xinghai Film and Television, one of the five top film and television companies of Blue Star, and also the producer of "Joker".

The investment amount of one billion yuan is in vain. This figure is a heartbreakingly large amount for these established film and television companies. At present, Qianye Entertainment, let alone recovering the cost, will it be because of such a decision? It is a problem to make a mistake and lose one's vitality, and to be unable to recover from a setback.

If "Galaxy Fantasy" doesn't have any rivals, it's fine. Maybe some viewers will watch the movie casually with the mentality of watching special effects.But now the movie of the same period has released "Joker", which is clearly going to be a big hit.

After this battle, even if Qianye Entertainment can survive, it may be difficult to escape the fate of being acquired.

Thinking of this, everyone changed their original vigilance. If before the official release of "Galaxy Fantasy", they still worried that the existing market would be divided up by foreign companies, then the current five major film and television companies really no longer want thousands of dollars. Night entertainment is in the eye.

"By the way." Before the assistant left the office, President Xinghai thought for a while and added: "If Qianye Entertainment has the idea of ​​selling the CG animation studio, you can try to talk about it, and ignore other aspects. .”

It seems that Xinghai Film and Television is not the only company with such ideas.

Under such circumstances, the one who was unlucky and desperate was obviously Qianye Entertainment.

Although the five major film and television companies have been fighting openly and secretly over the years, they have maintained a tacit understanding when it comes to external matters.

Qianye Entertainment, whose vitality has been decimated by the "Galaxy Fantasy" bloodbath, is undoubtedly the most bully at the moment. Faced with this foreign company that once tried to compete with the five major film and television companies, the five major film and television companies will naturally not be soft-hearted. And it is directly reflected in the lower price for its CG animation studio.

Although "Galaxy Fantasy" failed, it is undeniable that CG special effects are still an indispensable part of blockbusters. The five major film and television companies have no interest in CG animation films, but this CG technology itself is an important part of their future layout. a part of.

Normally, no matter how high the price these companies charge, Qianye Entertainment, which is proud of CG technology, would not let go of it, but now...

Qianye Entertainment.

In the empty and quiet office, the insulting quotations from other film and television companies were neatly placed in front of Shen He at this moment. The latter did not look at the quotations on the table, but his right hand resting on the armrest unconsciously The veins popped up, as if they were about to pinch them into shape.

These bastards!

Isn't it because of the poor reviews of the premiere of "Galaxy Fantasy" and the premonition that the movie is going to hit the street, so come here to take advantage of the fire?But it's not over yet!A premiere is a premiere, film critics are film critics, and audiences are audiences. Even if the premiere is not well received, who knows if there will be a counterattack at the box office after the official release?

Shen He did not respond to offers from either company.

Although Qianye Entertainment's main business is games, its CG animation studio has always been the pride of Qianye Entertainment and its players. If he had no choice, why would he be willing to give up the CG animation studio he is so proud of?

However, soon, Shen He, who had such expectations, ushered in complete despair.

Qianye Entertainment itself does not have any foundation in the film and television industry, so it is naturally impossible to bribe many trolls to brag about "Galaxy Fantasy". Most importantly, "Joker", which was released at the same time, is really good!

Contrary to "Galaxy Fantasy", which had a complete collapse in the word-of-mouth box office, in the first week of its premiere, the box office of "Joker" almost rose in a straight line, rising day by day. In less than two weeks, its box office has exceeded 15 billion .

For this kind of movie that can actually generate a lot of income for the theater, the theater's screening rate will naturally rise and rise, while "Galaxy Fantasy" on the other side will fall again and again. When "Joker" breaks through 20 When Kaka was worth 10 million yuan, "Galaxy Fantasy" was released early with an embarrassing score of 2000 million yuan with an investment of [-] billion yuan.

"Qianye Entertainment is really naive. They think that with a hot IP in their hands, they can easily get a high box office by adapting the movie. In fact, for this kind of adapted movie, their shackles in the box office come from the original book itself. .”

"If the adaptation is not in place, fans of the original work will not buy it, but if you blindly move closer to the fans and the movie, you will inevitably lose a larger number of passers-by groups-this contradiction is almost unsolvable most of the time." Some film critics He wrote: "Maybe some people will think: Isn't there a particularly well-adapted movie that not only attracts passers-by, but also satisfies fans?"

"I would say yes, but it's very difficult for a cross-border company to do that."

"Composition with a topic is always more difficult than a composition without a topic, and the same is true for movies. Screenwriters who have the ability to use limited IP to write blockbuster scripts, why don't they write their own original scripts? The ace screenwriters belonging to the five major film and television companies dare not Said that the script I wrote can get more than 10 billion at the box office, let alone a game company who doesn’t know where to find the screenwriter?”

For a whole month.

As many people put "Joker" on the cloud, as many people stepped on "Galaxy Fantasy" to the ground. When the latter became the laughing stock of netizens because of its too bad plot, the super high box office of "Joker" symbolized The huge benefits made countless capitalists red-eyed.

No one can see the future of CG animation movies, but the great era of movies has really come.

But these have nothing to do with Qianye Entertainment.

When quotations from other companies that were cheaper than the first offer appeared on the desk again, Shen He looked at the chilling numbers on the paper, and there was only a helpless wry smile on his face.

It was at this time that Shen He, who was flipping through the documents with a blank face, saw a quotation that was too normal to the point of being very abnormal among such a pile of numbers that were being robbed.

Before "Galaxy Fantasy" hit the street, this price was not high, not low, and a reasonable market price.But now that the five major film and television companies have jointly lowered the price, this price can only be described as "shocking".

It is also because of this that even though Shen He is not in the mood, it is rare for him to arouse such a trace of curiosity——

Now that the five majors have jointly lowered prices and made it clear that they want to engage in Qianye Entertainment, any offer that is higher than the five majors, and much higher, seems to be not giving face to the five major film and television companies. on your mind?

This kind of surprise only lasted in his heart for less than two seconds, and soon as his gaze moved down, it became clear.

It turned out to be Huaying.

No wonder.

Other film and television companies may be afraid that the price will be too high, angering the five major film and television companies, and then being targeted by the five major film and television companies, but Huaying, an animation company, has no worries about this at all-mainly other film and television companies, perhaps I would be afraid that my movie would be sniped by the top five blockbusters, but Huaying...

The Big Five can't use their live-action movies to snipe Huaying's animated movies, right?

It’s not that it can’t be done, the main reason is that between live-action movies and animated movies, there is a layer of Yuanbi after all. As long as the quality of Huaying’s animated movies is in place, no matter how strong the live-action movies of the same period are, it will cause a lot of influence. But the chassis of the Two-dimensional audience is there.

To put it bluntly, the two are not in the same dimension at all, and there is not much conflict of interest. For such an acquisition, it is sick to face Huaying who has no direct conflict of interest.

Among other things, the internal contradictions of the five major organizations have not yet been resolved.

unless--

Unless Huaying won Qianye's CG animation studio, and under the premise that the next animation film is also a CG animation film, it defeated the five major film and television companies with a very high box office.

But is it possible for a CG animation movie to succeed?

Shen He originally believed in this the most.

Before the release of "Galaxy Fantasy", Qianye Entertainment was really full of confidence in CG technology. In their view, once this technology appeared in the film industry, it would definitely bring unprecedented visual impact to the audience. This will cause a chain reaction in the entire film industry. At that time, it will be the time for Qianye Entertainment to enter the film and television industry.

And now...

Shen He thought of the company's huge deficits due to this original ambition, and he was left with infinite bewilderment.

It's a pity that these have nothing to do with him or Qianye Entertainment.

Thinking of this, Shen He's body also softened, as if he had aged ten years all of a sudden, and he leaned weakly on the back of the chair behind him. He stared fixedly at the ceiling for a while, and then slowly I closed my eyes.

"Tell Huaying, I agree."

Compared to "Joker", which attracted everyone's attention, the turmoil and changes of Qianye Entertainment itself seemed to be ignored by many people.

The acquisition ended very quickly.

In the situation where the Big Five clearly decided on Qianye Entertainment, there was no unsightly film and television company to compete with the Big Five, and faced with Qianye Entertainment, which was getting worse day by day, the Big Five film and television companies were even less eager , Even if an offer was made, the whole process was done in a calm and unhurried manner, as if the acquisition was not taken seriously at all.

Huaying is the complete opposite.

From the very beginning, Mu Su Xing did not plan to use any other means in this acquisition case. Although Huaying and the film and television circles are far from each other, but they really want to compete with the five big ones for the Qianye CG animation studio, let’s not talk about whether they can Successfully won, even in terms of time, it will delay a lot.

In comparison, it's better to give a price that is far higher than that of the top five, and just throw real money at it!

After all, what "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" represents is not only Huaying's first CG animation film, but also whether this series can become the pillar of Huaying for the next seven years. Compared with the importance of the movie itself, The acquisition problem that can be solved with money is not a problem.

With the release of "Galaxy Fantasy", no one paid any attention to the future of Qianye Entertainment, but Huaying's acquisition of Qianye CG animation studio attracted the attention of some media.People in the film and television industry think that Huaying is just lucky, and it just makes up for its shortcomings in CG technology. The animation circle thinks that this may be a strong alliance in the true sense.

The failure of Qianye Entertainment lies in the script, but the script is precisely the strength of Huaying Animation. When the best CG technology is combined with the best script, will the era of CG animation movies begin?

The media, newspapers and magazines from all sides are talking about it, and most of the fans are looking forward to it, but they can't say anything - the lesson of "Galaxy Fantasy" is there, even Huaying fans, facing the former's sudden death , I didn’t dare to breastfeed before the movie was released.

What's more, it was stated in related newspapers that the choice of Huaying Animation this time not only determines whether the era of CG animation movies that has not yet begun will end, but also determines the life and death of Huaying Animation itself.

Needless to say, the high cost of CG animation films, more importantly, just half a year ago, Huaying also allocated a large sum of money for the construction of the new headquarters. Funds, even if it is not all the remaining funds of Huaying Animation at this stage, must occupy a considerable proportion of Huaying's cash flow.

Under such circumstances, once an animated movie hits the market, today's Qianye Entertainment will be tomorrow's Huaying!

Surprisingly, this time, facing the doubts and expectations of the outside world, Huaying Animation did not make any verbal response from the beginning to the end.

They only did one thing -

"Galaxy Fantasy" has been released for a month, and the psychological shadow brought by the CG animation film to investors has not completely disappeared. Here, Huaying Animation released the trailer of the new animation film without any qualms.

— Trailer for a CG-animated movie titled "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone."