Back To 2005

"Animated movies? Children's movies? Can that make money?"

Feng Jiming on the side listened and subconsciously asked a question.

As the general manager of Blue Whale Entertainment, Feng Jiming is not a general manager who only knows how to communicate. He pays close attention to business related to his job and is quite familiar with the industry environment.

In recent years, except for some major cartoon movies for younger audiences, almost no animated movies have made money.

Coupled with the gradual reduction of subsidies for animation by relevant departments, the animation industry is basically dominated by animated TV series for younger generations. Animated movies are synonymous with children's films, and investment and profits are limited.

"This can still make money. Just like in Hollywood, animated films can reach all ages, and the profits are also considerable. Like our domestic situation, it is still because some people are eager for quick success and quick profit, which has ruined the reputation of the animation industry. If you calm down , it is still profitable to spend more time making an exquisite animated film. For example, some children's animated TV series in the past two years have made considerable profits, which shows that the market is huge. It is only profitable to make animated films. The cycle is a bit long.”

Although Zhou Anan can see bright future prospects in the animated film industry, he doesn't know much about this aspect and can only talk about the macro aspects.

If you really let him operate, everything will be in vain.

"A long profit cycle is not a problem."

Li Shucheng felt that this problem was not a problem at all.

He knew that He Xinlan's goal was to occupy a place in the entertainment industry without wasting years of hard work and persistence.

As for how much money he makes, Li Shucheng doesn't think it matters. It's definitely not as much as he makes anyway.

Not to mention his family's automobile industry, he currently owns 18% of Blue Whale Entertainment's shares, and his annual profit is in the hundreds of millions.

Even at its peak, Xinlan Entertainment's annual profit was only 20 to 30 million.

As for the plan to create young idols mentioned by Zhou Anan, Li Shucheng didn't care much about it.

What do you mean, why does his girlfriend's company need so many young freshmen?

He decided to start the animation industry.

"Don't blame me for your loss."

The experienced young man seemed to have made a decision, Zhou Anan said with a smile.

In the animation film industry, you will only invest money in the short term and rarely see profits.

Of course, by developing peripheral products and launching one or two popular animated TV series, that would be enough to sustain the company's subsequent investment.

"Didn't you say we can cooperate? Do you have any project recommendations?"

Looking over solemnly, Li Shucheng asked.

Although he doesn't care about profits, there is always something to look forward to.

In this aspect, Li Shucheng believed in Zhou Anan's vision.

Nowadays, every project of Blue Whale Entertainment has not lost money, which shows that the other party has a sharp vision.

At this time, He Xinlan, who was chatting with the two eldest ladies, also turned his attention and looked at the person standing behind Blue Whale Entertainment with some expectancy.

After getting together with the eldest son of the Li family, He Xinlan realized how lucky the female artists under her family were, and she chose the chief planner of Blue Whale Entertainment in one fell swoop.

Outsiders only know that Mr. Feng is in charge of Blue Whale Entertainment, but they don't know that the person who really decides the direction of Blue Whale Entertainment, a rapidly growing ship, is just a student who is about to become a junior.

But, just by looking at his appearance, others would not think that he is a college student at all.

When He Xinlan saw him for the first time, he thought Zhou Anan was the same age as Li Shucheng.

"Um"

Zhou Anan didn't expect that he would be blackmailed by this seemingly loyal Young Master Li just by saying something casually.

After thinking for a moment, Zhou Anan gave a conservative suggestion: "An animated film can be made about Journey to the West. After all, this subject has a wide audience, so it is safer. In addition, an animated series about Journey to the West can be developed."

As he talked, Zhou Anan's mind popped into his head that he had seen several Journey to the West movies and cartoons that had good reviews in his previous life.

The animated movie is, of course, "The Return of the Monkey King", so the team must not have been formed yet.

Is it an animated series? Originally "Qin Shi Mingyue" was quite good, but the first part was released at the beginning of this year. Zhou Anan also saw a few girls in the training department chasing after it.

Then you can only choose the Journey to the West theme. Zhou Anan seems to remember a magically adapted version of the Journey to the West animation, in which the violent Tang Sanzang was outstanding.

He couldn't remember the plot in full, he had just browsed it intermittently on a certain music software.

Based on his experience of writing novels in his previous life, he could come up with a rough plot. The worst he could do was buy the copyright of "The Legend of Wukong" in advance and refer to the plot.

By the way, a live-action movie will be made in a few years. The same model in the previous life is said to have made hundreds of millions at the box office.

It's just that because of the bad online reviews, Zhou Anan watched the pirated version at the time, and felt that the plot was indeed a little bit different. It can be done better in this life, and there may be surprises at the box office.

After connecting a series of ideas, Zhou Anan suddenly felt that the animation industry really had great potential.

Just a random idea to make money. Is he a hidden genius?

"I'd like to ask you about the script, and the production team. Do you have any recommendations?"

After listening to Zhou Anan's thoughts, Li Shucheng felt more and more that the animation industry had good prospects.

According to such a long-term plan, although Xinlan Entertainment needs to invest more funds, Li Shucheng does not care.

".I'll go back and think about it first."

In his heart, he despised Young Master Li's behavior of gnawing on the genius, and Zhou Anan nodded indifferently.

If Xinlan Entertainment really switches to animation, it must let Blue Whale Entertainment get involved.

"An'an, how much capital is our company prepared to invest?"

Feng Jiming, who originally thought that the animation industry was not very good, listened to the long speech of the major shareholder, changed his position without hesitation, and then became concerned about the funds invested.

Invest in the animation industry and revitalize domestic animation culture. No matter how exciting it is, the most important thing is to make money.

At this point, Feng Jiming has no doubt about the vision of this major shareholder.

As for his original opinion, he stubbornly insisted that if he could not make money, it would not be tolerated by nature.

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Unexpectedly, Feng Datou's ideas changed so quickly. Zhou Anan, who only had a vague idea, couldn't answer at all.

Anyway, when he read the news and publicity, the Great Sage spent hundreds of millions of dollars in investment. Although there was some water in it, plus the price difference in the past few years, the production cost of 60 million was always required.

It took three years to make a box office of RMB 700 million or RMB 200 million, which should be enough.

"Our company is prepared to invest 60 million in three years."

After thinking about several other additional development projects, Zhou Anan gave a conservative estimate.

Based on the current profitability of Blue Whale Entertainment, it doesn’t hurt to lose money on this project.

Of course, it is impossible to lose money.

"Then Xinlan Entertainment will also invest 60 million in three years."

Unexpectedly, Zhou Anan was so determined, and Li Shucheng did not hesitate and decided to invest in Xinlan Entertainment.

Rather than saying it is Xinlan Entertainment’s investment, it is better to say it is his capital injection.

As for money, if you don't have it, you can ask his father for it.

Yu Xian'er and Wang Xiaoxiao, who were sitting aside, didn't have much reaction. The former came from a big family and held hundreds of millions of assets. The latter was completely insensitive to the money figures. It was just He Xin who attended the gathering for the first time. Lan was frightened when he heard this.

Is it so careless to confirm a project with an investment of hundreds of millions?

Sure enough, her previous layout was still too small.