China Entertainment King of Science Fiction

Chapter 173 The Return of the Great Sage

Now that Chen Jingxing wants to make an animated movie, the first thing he thinks of is "Kung Fu Panda" and "The Return of the Great Sage".

"Robot Wall" is of course great, but it is not suitable for breaking ice. The movie-watching awareness and movie-watching habits need to be cultivated.

In the plane of previous life, it was the films like "Kung Fu Panda" and "The Return of the Great Sage" that attracted many adults to watch in the theater, which made many Chinese people not interested in animation or have some of them.

Prejudiced adult audiences realize that the animation movies on the big screen are different from animation dramas. Animated movies are not exclusive to children and anime fans. They are one of the mainstream themes on the big screen. Adults can watch them, and they are also

Have fun from it.

In the two projects of "The Return of the Great Sage" and "Kung Fu Panda", Chen Jingxing still believes that "The Return of the Great Sage" is more suitable. After all, the box office champion of the Spring Festival last year was also a Journey to the West IP movie. The IP of Journey to the West is no matter what the past and present life is.

Their status in the minds of Chinese people is superb.

In the plane of previous life, "The Return of the Great Sage" was able to win a box office of nearly 1 billion yuan, and it should not be much different in the plane, and the version from DreamWorks should be much better than the original one.

First of all, the production team of the original Great Sage Return was just a small studio of 20 people. The production funding was very tight. The total production cost was only 60 million yuan. The entire production process was intermittent, stopping and stopping, and the plot was exposed in the end.

Most of the weakness of narrative is caused by tight production funds.

In this version of "The Return of the Great Sage", DreamWorks can provide sufficient production funds and sufficient manpower and material resources, far exceeding the original 20-person small workshop. Chen Jingxing is confident that he can create a box office miracle of animated movies.

Of course, the actual production has to wait for the completion of the "Evolution" and "Warship" projects. After training in high-level 3D animation series, the film project will be started. It is expected that the production cycle of "Evolution" and "Warship" season 1 will be

It lasts for half a year, and the average speed of one episode for two weeks is not very fast. You can start making the return of the Great Sage in September, and before that, you must polish the script and design the storyboard.

As long as you prepare the storyboard design, script and character modeling in advance, relying on the human resources and resources of Mo, and the unique rendering array of 500 computers in China - it is still expanding, and there is no big problem to complete the production within one year.

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Listening to the discussion between Chen Jingxing and Xu Sheng, Xu Wenshen couldn't help but smile bitterly. He was glad that animation was not expensive. The boss liked to make trouble, so let him do it. Unexpectedly, the retribution would come so soon. It would cost 1.2 to listen to this statement.

150 million to make an animated movie?

Are there any animated movies with a box office of over 200 million in China?

Faced with Xu Wenshen's doubts, Chen Jingxing could only give up and asked with a smile: "Are there any domestic movies that invested 800 million yuan before "Gravity"?"

Movies can be sold at a price, because box office results mean everything.

The TV series "Signal" has a royal lineup of Sun Li and Deng Chao, and the movie version and Chen Jingxing's fame support have reached the copyright price limit. Even if the quality of the film is so good that it will not go up any further.

However, not all TV series sign copyright transaction agreements after filming, especially for eye-catching TV series projects like "Signal", it is often too late to talk about them after the film comes out.

Of course, special terms will be agreed upon in the drama purchase agreement signed in advance, and will be invalidated once the TV drama review fails to pass the natural agreement.

Although the TV series "Signal" has not been completed, to be honest, the shooting progress of the TV series "Signal" is indeed a bit slow. The 25-episode script has been filmed for more than two months and still one-third has not been completed. It is already a relatively slow speed.

The crew is here, but fortunately Chen Jingxing gave enough space when he approved the budget, so there is no sign of overspending yet.

Chen Jingxing did not speak out loud, after all, TV series and movies follow two completely different logics in copyright procurement.

This is not the case for TV series. The copyright price limit of TV series is determined by the cast lineup, theme and number of episodes. If the quality of the film is poor, the copyright price will also be discounted, but the quality of the film is good but it may not necessarily increase the copyright price.

Not only Zhang Jingyan came here to test it, Penguin Video Network and other video platforms have also asked about it, but they were also afraid that Chen Jingxing would ask for a huge price, so they were mostly just tests.

Therefore, there are many TV series on the market that are still filming when they are at their highest value. When the film comes out, the TV station or video platform often shouts that they are cheated, and then change their marketing strategies and continue to deceive the audience, or the ratings and data.

Fraudulent advertisers.

The last senior meeting before the New Year was over, and after get off work time was over, but Chen Jingxing, as the boss, still couldn't get rid of it because there were still customers waiting for him.

Zhang Jingyan came here mainly for the online copyright of the TV series "Signal".

Chen Jingxing’s old friend—Zhang Jingyan, Huanshi.com, has been waiting in the reception room for a long time.

Since the shooting has not been completed, there are naturally no edited films.

In addition to Xu Sheng, all the executives present rolled their eyes in their hearts about their shamelessness, thinking that making a movie was breaking records?

Well, anyway, Director Chen has been struggling for so long and hasn't hit a wall. He has gone from success to success. As a worker, he really can't question too much, so just wait for the boss to make trouble.

At the same time, because Chen Jingxing has always asked Tian Xinye to recommend production based on the standards of movies - not only the crew is the original cast of the "Signal" movie, but the camera used for shooting is also a movie camera in the S35 format. Chen Jingxing has high standards and strict requirements first.

It is hard for the rest of the factory to urge the shooting progress.

The cast of Sun Li and Deng Chao alone is enough to make TV stations and online platforms sought after. In addition, the title of producer Chen Jingxing and the blessing of the "Signal" movie, there is no need to worry about selling.

Zhang Jingyan came here just to get Chen Jingxing's true intentions through his old friend's friendship. If he agreed to sell it now, Fantasy World Network would also be sincere. If Chen Jingxing wanted to wait for a price, then he would probably have the same attitude towards other video websites.

, Huanshi.com does not have to worry about other platforms secretly obtaining exclusive copyright agreements, and wait patiently for the TV series to be filmed and watched before bidding.

Not to mention that "Signal" has one biggest shortcoming - episodes.

TV dramas are selling advertisements, and video platforms are selling advertisements and convert members. Advertising income is crucial no matter what.

The biggest problem is that the number of episodes is that, no matter how good the quality is, there is no room for improvement in copyright prices.

So it doesn't make much sense to wait for a price. Chen Jingxing didn't think about signing an exclusive copyright - although the exclusive copyright price would be higher, what he wanted to see was that the TV series "Signal" could be broadcast on more platforms.

(End of this chapter)