228. Chapter 226 I don’t want to keep picking up what others leave behind


Chapter 226 I don’t want to keep picking up other people’s leftovers

Liu Yifei is sitting on the sofa, with her back straight and her legs together, giving her a dignified temperament.

“Gu Wei, do you think all future animated films in our country will be as exciting as [The Return of the Great Sage]?”

“It’s hard to say, there are always those that are just fake. .

But after this time, it can be regarded as establishing a foothold in the Chinese animation film industry. When new films are released in the future, everyone will inevitably compare it with "The Return of the Great Sage"

Generally speaking, it is conducive to the development of Chinese animated films. "

Gu Wei thought for a while and then said:

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

“Can your company also produce animated films? ”

Liu Yifei was surprised. She knew that Gu Wei Company made movies and TV series, but she never expected that it could produce cartoons.

"To be precise, it's another animation production company under my name. It's on the first floor downstairs. If you're interested, I can take you to have a look."

"Is it convenient?"

"It's nothing, come on, 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 at the front desk on this floor, with several large characters written in the same style as upstairs [Wei Tianxia Animation Production Company].

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

The boss Gu Wei brought his guests down for inspection, and the dumpling director who received the news naturally received them personally.

“Boss, take a look, these are the original manuscripts of the animated film. There are more than 20 versions of Nezha’s image alone, and it took more than a year to finalize the final version.”

Dumpling led the two of them to visit the [Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes into the World] which was being produced.

It has been a year since he led his team to join Gu Wei's company, and the production of "Nezha" has begun to bear fruit.

Liu Yifei looked at the more than 20 versions of Nezha in the manuscript. No matter in terms of body shape, face shape, hairstyle or accessories, almost none of them were repeated. They fit in with the overall characteristics of a single character, and there were many cute and interesting ones. design.

"Why did you choose this image? It's a bit ugly. There are many other cute and good-looking images?"

Liu Yifei asked doubtfully while holding the final draft of Nezha.

“Um ~ Miss Liu, this involves the plot of the entire movie. In the early stages of the movie, Nezha is a character that everyone hates. If he is too cute and good-looking, it will not fit the character setting.”

The dumpling director explained.

Liu Yifei listened with half understanding.

The two of them walked around from beginning to end accompanied by the dumplings, and Gu Wei also took the 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. Once something happens, their investment may be Lost everything.

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

Gu Wei is a regular customer. The private room and the menu assistant have been clearly arranged in advance, and they are just downstairs from Gu Wei's company.

After dinner, Gu Wei drove Liu Yifei back home.

"Gu Wei, I let you play with me for a long time today. I'm really happy.

Thank you!"

Liu Yifei had a look on her face as she was about to get off the car at the place. He said to Gu Wei with a smile.

"It's nothing, are we good friends~

Right, Sister Yifei."

Gu Wei replied.

The Chinese New Year is getting closer and closer, and the movie-watching craze set off by "The Return of the Great Sage" is getting stronger and stronger.

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

On that day, "The Return of the Great Sage" achieved a box office of 102.3 million, exceeding 100 million for two consecutive days, and exceeding 300 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 romance film "There's a Place Only We Know", which was highly anticipated by major film companies, saw a jaw-dropping drop in the box office on the second day of its release.

The movie’s box office on Sunday was only 36.57 million. This result is considered good for ordinary low-cost romance films. However, yesterday’s box office on Valentine’s Day was 93.96 million. This is not a cut in half, but Cut from the knees.

Although the box office exceeded 100 million in two days after its release and the movie has achieved profitability, it still disappointed the film's producers and other film and television companies who were watching. But this is not surprising. "There's a Place Only We Know" is a movie of average quality. After its release, the Douban score was only 5.7, which is quite average among low-budget romance movies. It can't be called a bad movie, it can only be said to be a mediocre one.

The reason why such a high box office result was achieved on the first day is partly due to Li Jiaheng’s fans, who came to the theater to support their idol after the movie was released. Coupled with the blessing of Valentine’s Day, many couples naturally entered the cinema. Just choose to watch a romance movie.

However, the energy of fans is limited after all. After the first day, there is no blessing from time and time, and the box office trajectory of normal love movies will naturally return to normal.

Monday, the 16th, the second week of release, the box office of "The Return of the Great Sage" was cut off, only 58.97 million, but this is not unexpected, and such a drop on weekdays is expected by everyone. .

[There is a Place Only We Know] The box office dropped again on Monday, with a revenue of 20.89 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 gentle development, with a total box office of 55.47 million in the whole day.

[There is a place only we know] dropped below 20 million, with a revenue of 16.87 million.

In a villa in the capital, Li Jiaheng was wearing casual clothes, with yellow hair and many metal accessories scattered about his body.

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

“The box office on the first day exceeded 100 million, why did it drop so much later?”

His agent Huang Bin stood opposite and explained calmly:

“On the first day, we took advantage of Valentine’s Day, and the subsequent box office is normal.”

“Let’s do it. I don’t understand how a cartoon can achieve such high results?

Just because Gu Wei is the producer?”

“The box office performance of that cartoon in the first two days must be attributed to Gu Wei. As far as I know, many of his fans went into 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 a common perception in the circle. In addition, there are no blockbusters competing with it during this time period. Given the right time, location, and people, it is normal for it to have such a box office. "

"Then the first movie I made after returning to China was considered a failure? "

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

"Don't worry too much, according to the current box office trend, [there is a place Only we know that there is no problem if it exceeds 200 million, but 300 million is enough.

Based on cost, this movie made its money back in the first week, and it will definitely make a lot of money in the end. It just depends on how much you make. ”

Huang Bin comforted.

“What you should consider now is the competition with your former teammate Lu Han. You two are both top players who have returned from Korea. You are very similar in all aspects and have the most direct competition for the resources in the circle.

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

The movie "Lao Pao Er" you are going to film now will do well. Directed by Guan Hu and starring Feng Xiaogang, the box office and reputation will not be low. With the blessing of this movie, your future will be smooth. It will be smoother.

And I am now helping you contact Zhou Xingchi and Xu Ke. Once successful, I can help you get the top film resources in the circle.

Once you've done that, you'll skyrocket! ”

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

After Lu Han and Li Jiaheng returned to China, he was optimistic about traffic stars. Due to his fierce popularity and super high fan stickiness, he chose Li Jiaheng to become his agent.

As soon as Li Jiaheng returned to China, he was able to cooperate with major domestic film and television companies. Great credit.

“After filming Zhou Xingchi’s movie, can I be more popular than Gu Wei? ”

Li Jiaheng asked excitedly.

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

“Gu Wei~”

Huang Bin frowned and said:

“This person has not been in the industry for a long time. He is very young, but he is developing very rapidly. .

And he cannot simply be regarded as a popular idol star. The film and television company under his name has gradually grown and grown, and he has good relations with all the big guys in the industry.

You'd better leave him alone for the time being. I heard that he doesn't take many foreign roles and won't have much influence on you. "

"It doesn't have much impact. I have a lot of resources now. It is said that he found me after he didn't want them?

It feels bad to always pick up other people’s leftovers! "

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 want to return to China. There are also some young male stars emerging in China. It is better to suppress these people first and then consider comparing with Gu Wei. "It's about"

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