China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 166 The Savior of Chinese Comics

The news of DreamWorks’ acquisition of Tianhe Animation did not attract the attention of mainstream media, nor did it cause any reaction in the film and television circles. Many film companies did not understand DreamWorks’ operations.

After all, Tianhe Animation is heavily in debt. Although it once produced a high-quality animation, it did not make much money and instead dragged itself into debt.

The mainstream domestic animation market, both TV stations and online video platforms, are sub-supply-oriented and serve the children's market. The profits and output value of this market are too small. The purchase prices of both TV stations and online video platforms are very impressive. Many animation companies have been reduced to this

They rely on state subsidies to survive.

The high-growth, large-scale youth and even adult-oriented animation market has been monopolized by American comics and Japanese comics. Since the 1990s, the American comic industry has been embedded in the Hollywood industry, and its influence has increased day by day.

Japanese comics.

The quality of domestic non-sub-supply animation works is slightly lower, so you can’t compete with others. Just increase your investment, but online platforms and TV stations don’t buy it. The downstream of American comics is the Hollywood industry. Even if the animation products produced by others are not profitable,

It can also bring long-term benefits to the downstream Hollywood industry, and domestic animation cannot compare with it in any aspect.

Therefore, from the perspective of the industry, DreamWorks is obviously trying to penetrate into the animation field. It is a typical example of making random investments after having money, and it will be a film company that is dragged down by the so-called diversified development strategy.

However, other film companies are naturally happy to see DreamWorks go astray. The movie box office follows the number of screens. There are only a few popular schedules. Although the cake is still expanding at a high speed, there are many people.

If you eat, others will naturally eat less.

Fortunately, "Fatal Identity" was a low-profile movie in the Lunar New Year schedule, but it also caused a big loss for Jiangho Culture. As a result, the next movie was scheduled to be released during the National Day. Not only did Beijing Film's period blockbuster "The White-haired Witch" lose

A lot of money was made, or in other words, a lot of money was lost, and it also led to the release of "Beautiful Heart" in the summer season and stole the cakes of many film companies.

It’s only been two theatrical movies and it’s already so awesome. I can’t even imagine what DreamWorks will do next.

[I just came back from Weibo. DreamWorks is really making a big move this time. It said that it has established three animation projects. In addition to the second season of "Star God", there is also "The Evolution of 4.6 Billion Reprises".

"and "Space Battleship", the names may sound a bit strange, but they are all youth anime]

Many film company bosses have already considered themselves defeated.

[Actually, I can accept it if it reduces the production cost. If the production cost is compressed, it can be done with 10 million, right? It is possible that this price will not make a loss. To be honest, this cost is one of the best among domestic animations]

[Upstairs, it’s not necessary]

…

However, DreamWorks first put together a 1 billion space science fiction masterpiece, and then announced that "Source Code" would not be scheduled for the Spring Festival, and now it has started to go to the animation industry to play tickets. This actually frightened many people who were dreamed of by DreamWorks Rockets.

The colleagues breathed a sigh of relief.

In the largest acg community in China, posts about the acquisition of Tianhe Animation immediately appeared in both the Guoman and Comprehensive areas.

[The movies Chen Jingxing has made are all good. Does he want to make animated movies? I'm really looking forward to that.]

[How is it possible that if he, a live-action film director, makes animated works, isn't that a cross-border diversification? It's just DreamWorks' diversification strategy. He's already making TV series without even watching it? Anyway, I'm not optimistic about this kind of film and television company engaging in cross-border diversification.

It’s basically impossible to produce good works. The so-called specialization in the art industry means that a film company knows nothing about animation.]

[But DreamWorks is rich. How many billions did "The Signal" make at the box office? I'm not looking forward to anything else. I just wonder if DreamWorks can invest some money in making a follow-up to "Star Gods" and at least give it an ending.

]

[I'm dreaming upstairs, which capitalist is so kind? And "The Star God" is not profitable in the first place, hasn't Tianhe proven it? Even if the purchase price of animation on Internet platforms has increased in recent years, but your domestic animation

It is inherently inferior to others. It is impossible for Internet platforms to purchase domestic animation at the same price as purchasing American animation. No matter how rich a company is, it is impossible to do a business that loses money.]

[The newbie asked weakly, which company is Tianhe Animation?]

[Have you never heard of "The Legend of the Star"? It was made by this company, but later the movie version hit the market, and in the past few years, it has made "Mighty Cat" for CCTV]

"There is no need to cram all these contents into one season." Chen Jingxing waved his hand and said.

Regardless of the reaction within the industry, the news of Tianhe Animation's acquisition caused quite a stir in the animation industry.

“Tianhe Animation was acquired by DreamWorks!”

[Really?! If it is true, I will declare that Chen Jingxing is my father!]

The Chinese comic area, which has always been sparsely visited, was also shocked by the news and many netizens were shocked.

"My youth is about to end. Who still remembers Wang Laogou's line about the rise of Chinese comics?"

[Isn’t DreamWorks a movie maker? Why did it acquire Tianhe Animation?]

[I read in the news that there is a special effects company called Mo under DreamWorks. It is said that the two companies are merging and doing special effects, right? It’s not that they are going to make some space blockbuster, the special effects work should be very heavy]

"Tianhe Animation worked for DreamWorks and is suspected of switching careers to special effects."

"I feel a little sad. I crowdfunded the movie version of "The Star God" back then, but I didn't expect Tianhe to come to an end."

[But I saw a marketing account on the Internet saying that DreamWorks is going to enter the animation industry]

[Holy shit! Go to Weibo. DreamWorks’ official Weibo posted that it will produce the second season of "Star God"! Chen Jingxing also confirmed it on Weibo, and Wu Han, director of Tianhe Animation, also posted on Weibo

]

"Tianhe Animation is gone, will there be no sequel to "The Star God"?"

[Farewell now, let "Star God" remain in our memories in the best possible way. The rise of Chinese comics is a false proposition. In our country, the idea that animation is for children is too deep-rooted.

In addition, there are American and Japanese comics on top of it, so Feizi Gong animation cannot develop at all]

Wu Han looked stunned: "Director Chen, you mean that the second season of "The Star God" is not the final chapter?"

Chen Jingxing smiled and replied: "Of course, I think this animation still has a lot of potential that can be tapped, why should we rush to finish it?"

The main content of "The Story of the Star God" is a cosmic adventure story of a group of five partners rushing out of the earth and heading into the vast universe to search for the ruins of the Star God, also known as the Star God's treasure. In the process, they pass through different planets and secret realms, looking for stars that can strengthen themselves.

The gem of power.

In short, in Chen Jingxing's opinion, it is full of a sense of déjà vu, the character creation and artistic design are top-notch, the pictures are also quite gorgeous, and the painting style is extremely grand. He believes that such animation works do have very high development value, and there is no need to rely on his own mind.

The classic works in it have overwhelmed the high-quality animation IP native to this plane.

(End of chapter)