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It's summer, and the sun in Ninghai city is extremely hot

However, just across the street less than 100 meters away from the Zhongxia Building, at the entrance of a three-star movie theater, enthusiastic movie fans have already lined up under the sun, attracting several vendors selling mineral water and parasols there. Popular (.. first release)

"This is really hot..." Jiang Tianshi looked away from the outside, and said, "This line has been in line for two hours, right? When will we make a theatrical version of "Flame Boy", and then there will be such a It would be nice if more people came to join us.”

He was quite envious of the popularity of "The Magician at the Beginning of the Century". He had also produced animated films in the past, but the popularity of his works at that time was extremely shabby compared to the crazy scene he saw now!

"Don't worry, the company will give you a chance to get a job." Dong Ding brewed a pot of tea, invited Jiang Tianshi to drink it, and said, "The popularity of "The Magician at the Beginning of the Century" proves that it is natural to adapt a feature-length animation into a movie. advantage, we will also try to use the value of existing animation as much as possible.”

The release of Phoenix Company's new movie, on the surface, is not a good thing for Zhongxia Company, especially at this time when "Blue Love Song" is advancing by leaps and bounds, and society's attention will inevitably be distracted by "The Magician at the Beginning of the Century".

But seeing the film's success, many people in Zhongxia Company were also happy. In any case, the success of "The Magician at the Beginning of the Century" will enhance the social image of animated films, and Zhongxia will also benefit a lot from it.

"If the total box office of this movie exceeds 3 billion, there will definitely be a wave of animated movies in the second half of the year..." Dong Ding thought so, He Xi expanded the market for animated movies for them in the past, but in this In terms of entry standards for new markets, Zhongxia Company is no worse than Phoenix Company.

If the best way to make an animated film is to choose an adaptation of a super popular animation work, then Zhongxia Company has enough long-form and popular animations. And in terms of directors, voice actors, and financial technology, they also have more freedom of choice than Phoenix.

As far as the director is concerned, Zhong Xia already has sufficient resources and contacts to use. If "The Magician at the Beginning of the Century" is successful, more people will come over, maybe some top directors will be interested in animated films - and their first choice is naturally Zhongxia Company.

Although Phoenix Company's conditions are good, their relationship with the film industry is delicate. When directors choose to change jobs, they have to consider whether doing so will offend the traditional film industry. But there is no such concern with Zhongxia Company, and the relationship between Zhongxia and the film industry is very good.

The same is true for entertainment companies such as Star Dreams, which will look very angry when faced with the success of "The Magician of the Century". And they get angry. They will find Zhongxia’s company to cooperate with, and even take the initiative to provide preferential treatment-just like letting stars act as voice actors in the past, and handing over popular TV dramas to Zhongxia for animation adaptation.

"Second Young Master, do you think our relationship with Phoenix Company is a bit like a game?" A thought flashed in Dong Ding's mind, and he couldn't help but smile.

After Jiang Tianshi finished his tea, he didn't think about it: "What game?"

"Fight the Landlord." Dong Ding filled his cup again. He said with a smile: "The Phoenix Company is the landlord, and we are farmers. The cruel landlord bullied other farmers, so they had to find us to fight against the landlord!"

Jiang Tianshi understands a bit, but is also a bit confused. If you want to say that the landlord and his company are the real landlords, how can you compare Phoenix Company to the landlord? No matter how powerful Phoenix Company is, its current capital cannot surpass Zhongxia Company!

But Dong Ding has no intention of continuing to explain. This topic can be left to the end, if the shareholders know this metaphor. txtebook download/Many people may be angry. However, the actual situation is like this. It is precisely because of "Fighting Landlords" with Phoenix Company that Zhongxia Company has developed so fast in recent years.

The Phoenix Company is neither big nor small. It has outstanding personality and erodes the interests of others one by one. Those who suffer will naturally cooperate with Zhongxia Company to fight against them, and in this process, Zhongxia Company has gained too many benefits.

Looking back now, Dong Ding found that Phoenix Company was the parasol that Zhongxia Company relied on for survival. Without Phoenix Company, it would face the pressure of interests in traditional industries. The most painful one has to be Zhongxia Company.

The capital behind Zhongxia Company is strong, but this strong capital is also their weakness. Many shareholders are closely related to the interests of the traditional film and television industry. The transformation of animation to film and television will always bring resistance from those interested, when the interests of animation and traditional interests conflict. The shareholders of Zhongxia will definitely not be so talkative, and there will be infighting-they want a new industry, but they don't want to destroy the interests of the past.

But now, the Zhongxia Company basically does not have these confusions, because the Phoenix Company in front has attracted hatred.

In fact, whether it is Zhongxia Company or a star company like Star Dream, it is precisely because everyone's eyes are on Phoenix Company. This reduced the conflicts between Zhongxia Company and other people—speaking of it. Dong Ding thinks that Zhongxia should really thank Phoenix Company.

"If there is no Phoenix, it will take at least six years for Zhongxia to reach its current scale..."

Dong Ding thought about it, and then he looked forward to the box office of "The Magician at the Beginning of the Century" - he hoped that the higher the box office, the better, so that other people would be more nervous, and Zhongxia Company would benefit more .

Maybe when they make animated films, the Star Dream companies will do their best to help them.

"But speaking of it, how long can this hot scene outside last?" Jiang Tianshi's voice interrupted Dong Ding's thinking. Hearing his question, Dong Ding couldn't help laughing: "I don't see any signs of weakening yet. One day should be fine."

"One day, it's impossible?" Jiang Tianshi couldn't believe it. If it was so lively all day, there would be no suspense at the box office of "The Magician at the Beginning of the Century".

However, this afternoon, the theater opposite the Zhongxia Building maintained its lively scene as Dong Ding said, and the number of audiences entering and leaving the theater did not show signs of decreasing until after Jiang Tianshi got off work.

"Is it so beautiful?"

Sitting in the car returning to the apartment, Jiang Tianshi took his mobile phone and read the online reviews of "The Magician at the Beginning of the Century".

"It's beautiful, it's super beautiful!", "I've heard about He Xi a long time ago, after watching the movie this time, I really am not an ordinary person! This is the first time I watched this kind of mystery movie about teenagers, although it is an unfamiliar animation style... But Different from the boring reasoning I imagined, this movie has a youthful feeling and some touching, no doubt. "The Magician at the Beginning of the Century" is a good movie!"

Although the film has not been released for less than a day, there are already a lot of topics on Weibo. In addition to brand-new audiences, the first to watch the first few movies are mainly old audiences of "Detective Conan", and after watching the movie. Many viewers' enthusiasm for "Detective Conan" has returned, and there are heated discussions about when the animation will return.

Some people even couldn’t help but bought all the single volumes of "Detective Conan" comics after watching the movie, planning to revisit the plot of the comics. Of course, many girls shouted, "Kidd in the movie is so handsome." Stay away!" Such words.

Although comics with the theme of Phantom Thief are not uncommon now, there is still no Phantom Thief whose popularity can surpass that of Phantom Thief Kidd. This handsome monster in He Xi's works has plundered the hearts of too many girls, and it is difficult for other cartoonists to challenge.

"I don't know what the box office will be today."

Jiang Tianshi also saw a lot of people discussing the movie's box office today, but it is generally a guess of tens of millions of box office. Some smart people would say "Don't worry, one or two million is indispensable!", but such people are rare. .

"They also underestimated the popularity of Teacher He Xi and "Detective Conan"." Jiang Tianshi looked at a movie theater passing by outside the car. The screening rate of movies on the market is very high, and it is not difficult to reach 400 million.

Jiang Tianshi predicted it based on his past experience. "The Magician at the Beginning of the Century" has a great chance to earn more than 400 million in its first-day box office. The main reason is that there are not many popular movies recently, and the number of "The Magician at the Beginning of the Century" in every theater is very frequent. As long as the audience is enthusiastic enough, 400 million is definitely not an empty talk.

"But, the exact number will be known tomorrow morning!" Jiang Tianshi put down his phone, stretched himself, and stopped thinking about it.

In this era, the calculation of the movie box office is very convenient. In fact, the release status of theaters in various places and the number of tickets sold will be updated synchronously on the central computer of the theater operator. Therefore, the box office results on the first day only need to pass midnight. can be determined quickly.

And this night, Meng Huo was also paying attention to this matter. After eating at the house of Director Sasaki of TV TOKYO, he returned to the apartment and took a shower. Then he played the piano in the room for a while, waiting for the news to arrive.

"Haven't you slept yet?"

But at eleven o'clock in the evening, Shen Jie called first.

"No." Meng Huo replied with a smile, "It may take an hour or two."

"I guessed it, because I was waiting for the box office report? By the way, I haven't congratulated you on the success of your movie yet!"

"Well, thank you." Meng Huo walked out of the balcony. Blowing the evening breeze, he said with a smile: "I won't be able to go to bed early when the movie premieres. Even if I do fall asleep, I think they will wake me up in the middle of the night..."

"That's for sure... But the movie's box office shouldn't be bad. My parents liked it very much after watching it." Shen Jie said, "There are also Han Xuan and the others. The four of them went to the premiere and said after watching it." nice."

"I know this."

Meng Huo nodded. Not long after the premiere, those little guys sent him a text message, mentioning their views on the movie.

"The news tonight will be optimistic, right?"

"Of course, I didn't say I'm not optimistic." Meng Huo nodded. Looking at the situation of the day, he and other directors are very optimistic. Bai Yan is not in a hurry at dinner. Not much, just wait for the specific figures to come out.

"That's why you called tonight?"

Meng Huo asked curiously.

"No, this is one thing, and...the other one." Shen Jie hesitated for a moment, but still said: "The carnival will be in the middle of next month. I discussed it with Alice before. After the movie is released, I will I have to help her."

Meng Huo was taken aback. Speaking of which, the carnival is indeed not long. Alice told him before that Shen Jie wanted to help prepare the carnival in Manga Island. It seems that this is not a joke!

This matter is of great importance, Meng Huo rubbed his brows, and said with a wry smile, "Why, are you suddenly scared?"

"How is it possible... I'm so scared, I'm just a little nervous all of a sudden." Shen Jie sighed: "Can I really do well?"

She is going to help Alice, which means that she will start to serve as Alice's secretary, although she will not make a big announcement for the time being, and Shen Jie will still maintain her job as a voice actress. But this incident was a turning point in her life. From then on, her way of life and work may become different from before.

How to juggle the work of the voice actor and the secretary is also a big challenge - it is normal for Shen Jie to feel anxious at such a critical point in time.

However, Meng Huo was not too worried. He comforted Shen Jie and said, "Don't worry, believe in yourself. You were not in good health two years ago and you were able to make your debut as a star. Now that you are in good health, how can a job as a secretary be so rare for you?"

He believed in Shen Jie, and what Shen Jie wanted was Meng Huo's words - with these words, she felt at ease.

"Thank you, I'm much more calm when you say that." Shen Jie breathed a sigh of relief, and then said a little happily: "After a while, we can meet often."

"...Yes." Meng Huo was taken aback for a moment, and then smiled wryly—after a while, he will have to face the competition between these two women more closely? This... is quite difficult to deal with...

However, when soldiers come to block, water comes to cover. Now that the matter has developed like this, Meng Huo can only put it aside for the time being, and make changes according to the actual situation later.

He chatted with Shen Jie for half an hour, and Meng Huo drew cartoons in the room for a while, and when he noticed, it was a few minutes past midnight.

"How long will it take for the box office to come out?" Just as he was thinking this way, within a few minutes, a phone call came.

"Meng Huo, prepare for the celebration banquet! It's amazing!" Alice's excited voice came from the phone: "As of midnight, the box office of "The Magician at the Beginning of the Century" is 530 million. The box office of the second movie has exceeded all of our expectations!"

What Meng Huo never expected was that the first-day box office of "The Magician at the Beginning of the Century" not only met their expectations, but even became the second-highest first-day box office this year-although it is not known whether it will be the same in the second half of the year. There will be higher numbers, but this one really freaked everyone out. (To be continued.)