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Chapter 316 "Kung Fu Panda" and "WALL-E"

"Why does it take so long? It's been more than three hours, right?"

"That's right, didn't you say that the boss above came to check and accept "Your Name"? Isn't it because Director Chen is not satisfied and wants to modify it? I think this work is already perfect. Whether it is the completion of the theme or the production level, it is the best in China.

This is the highest peak in the past ten years, and this is still not satisfactory..."

"Just because you are satisfied doesn't mean that I can't find faults with you. Otherwise, how could I be Chen Jingxing?"

The assistant of company boss Xu Sheng came out of the conference room, took out the coffee pot and hurried to the coffee machine. Some employees couldn't help but gathered around him curiously and started to inquire.

The assistant put in the coffee beans and said with a smile: "The acceptance of "Your Name" has already been completed. Dongzheng Chen has assigned a task. I guess it will be tonight."

"Is there a new project?" The slightly fat man who had previously praised the production level of "Your Name" said with some surprise: "Is there a 3D animation project? I don't know if I can participate this time."

This guy is a new employee this year. Of course, he is not a newcomer in the industry. With Mo’s current status and increasingly higher requirements, it is difficult for a rookie to enter the company. If you are not a master in the industry, you must have a high standard.

senior people.

I switched jobs from a game company because I had a dream of 3D animation. After watching "Space Battleship", I had the idea of ​​​​coming to Mo. When I heard that Mo was planning a project with an investment of 130 million,

After watching the 3D animation movie, I didn’t hesitate any more and came here without hesitation.

Of course, Mo's top-notch salary package among his peers must be an important reason why he decided to come here. When interest and making money are combined into one, the motivation for people is beyond imagination.

However, it was a surprise to me that all the senior executives in Mo were stupid enough to push the project out. They wished that Chen Jingxing would "take advantage of him" a few more times.

He just didn't know if the animation project brought by Chen Jingxing, a genius, had the potential to become a classic. This thought made him worry about gain and loss again. He quickly suppressed his uncontrollable reverie and tried to lower his expectations: "Well

, even if it's not an animated movie, a project of the level of "Space Battleship" would be fine..."

"Eagle Warriors" and "Special Mobile Team" are both 2D animations, and they are animated TV series, but these two projects alone cannot absorb Mo's current manpower and resources.

He came to Mo just to leave his name in a classic animation work. In the future, he will tell me which classic work I participated in the production of. This is such a sense of accomplishment, and it also prevents his career from being empty.

Do nothing.

But the name "Ghost in the Shell" is hard to explain. It is a literal translation of the name, just "Ghost in the Shell". "Ghost in the Shell" is really difficult to explain. At least it is difficult to find a reasonable origin and basis in Chinese.

Because of the novel, vast and profound world view of "Aquila Warrior" as a foreshadowing, the surprise in everyone's mind for "Special Mobile Team" is not that strong.

Animated movies are more anticipated by everyone, and Chen Jingxing has also come up with two bigger movie projects than "The Return of the Monkey King" - "Kung Fu Panda" and "WALL-E".

Not to mention that he also watched the finished product of "Your Name". In his eyes, it is definitely a breakthrough domestic 2D animated film. From this, he has been coveting the next door "The Return of the Monkey King" project team for a long time, a domestic high-quality film.

The pioneer and even milestone work of 3D animated films was right in front of him, but he had no part in it, which made him anxious.

Industrial films cannot blindly pile on depth, so starting with animation is a better choice. Leave the depth to animation and let the film pick the commercial fruits. This is Chen Jingxing's idea.

Xu Wenshen, on the other hand, has stopped making waves. On the one hand, Chen Jingxing is angry with him for the two projects "Kung Fu Panda" and "WALL-E". After all, they are both unprecedented large-scale productions in the history of domestic animation with hundreds of millions of investments.

You should also consider the endurance of other people's hearts when making a sudden attack.

Both "Aquila Warrior" and "Special Mobile Team" will be handed over to Wu Han. After the two works of "Star God II" and "Your Name", Wu Han is definitely one of the best animation directors in China. It can even be said that

It is definitely the king in the field of 2D animation.

Animated series really don't cost much. Although the project has not been officially approved, the two animations "Special Mobile Team" and "Aquila Warrior" combined will not cost 100 million. This is why Chen Jingxing emphasized to raise the production level to another level.

case.

In fact, "Armored" or the more straightforward "Armored" seem to be okay.

When the assistant entered the conference room holding the coffee pot, Chen Jingxing had already finished introducing "Special Investigation Team"/"Special Mobile Team", and the final decision had not yet been made on which of the two names to choose.

In this context, even if an animated movie has a box office of over 100 million, it is difficult to be optimistic. Whether it is "Your Name" or "The Return of the Great Sage", except for Chen Jingxing, everyone's psychological expectation is that the cost can be recovered.

That's fine, especially if "The Return of the Great Sage" can recoup its costs, it can be a high-priced game.

Chen Jingxing also thought about naming it "Ghost in the Shell", but in the end, after thinking about it, he still felt that it was not suitable because it would make people intuitively think of supernatural or fantasy themes.

The reason why Wu Han can "turn a deaf ear to the stinky news" is because the projects he is responsible for are really low-cost productions that are not worth mentioning compared with the financial resources of DreamWorks. If he were the director of "The Return of the Great Sage", I am afraid he would not be able to ignore it.

The pressure is like nothing.

Similarly, the movie version of "Special Forces" is not easy to shoot. Like "Aquila Warrior", its own charm is likely to hold it back commercially. One of the disadvantages is "Blade Runner"

2.0, "Blade Runner" was naturally well received, but not a box office hit.

In particular, "Special Mobile Team" further defines and improves the cyber world, and its in-depth discussion of the proposition of the brain in a vat is even better than "The Matrix" in this plane. In fact, in the previous life, "The Matrix"

"Ghost in the Shell" had a profound impact on the birth of "The Matrix".

He had to make sure that Wu Han could understand and get the animation style he wanted. Of course, this couldn't be completed in one communication. After this time, Wu Han would draw a first draft of the design, and then Chen Jingxing would make specific modifications.

Opinions, polished little by little until it conforms to Chen Jingxing’s imagination.

Many of Mo's employees have participated in the production of "Battleship", "Evolution" and "Star God II". These are recent breakthrough works in the field of domestic animation and are also loved by audiences.

The reason why he spent so much time communicating in detail with Mo's project team leader, especially Wu Han, about the concept setting, story line, character setting and personality of these two animated series was purely because he

I can't be an animation director. The animation director's design draft determines the main style of an animation and everything that follows.

The names of both the Investigation Team and the Mobile Team are indeed far less fashionable and classy than the name of "Ghost in the Shell".

Mo's senior executives were extremely surprised by Chen Jingxing's "courage".

However, the cost of animated movies, especially 3D animated movies, is much higher. After all, the movie Chen Jingxing wants definitely does not have inferior 3D effects. His requirement for "The Return of the Monkey King" is to benchmark the standard of Hollywood 3D animation.

Xu Sheng and others are naturally very confident in the quality of "The Return of the Great Sage". Project team leader and director Xiang Xuan also believes that "The Return of the Great Sage" is definitely a landmark domestic animated film, with a production level comparable to "The Jungle Prince"

》This kind of super first-class level cannot be compared, but it has also reached the average level of Hollywood.

Of course, it's not that "Special Mobile Team" is inferior to "Aquila Warrior". In fact, these two animation projects are rare animations that explore serious topics in an extremely in-depth manner. It is difficult to distinguish between high and low. It's just that "Aquila Warrior"

Many settings are more of a gimmick.

Because when he joined the company, the production project team for "The Return of the Great Sage" had already been formed, so he was first included in the special effects project team and participated in the post-production of "The Matrix".

However, everyone has little confidence in the domestic animated film market. The production cost plus publicity and distribution costs of "The Return of the Great Sage" are estimated to reach 150 million. Not counting copyright and other peripheral income, theoretically the box office must reach 450 million to make back the money.

The assistant replied in a positive tone: "Don't worry, everyone has a share, there is more than one project, you will be busy."

"Awesome!" The slightly fat employee showed an excited expression on his face. Maslow's need principle tells us that after a person's material desires are basically satisfied, he will naturally pursue higher-level dreams.

"The Return of the Great Sage" has not yet been released, and there are no box office results, so he immediately started preparing for two animated film projects that are bigger than "The Return of the Great Sage".

Handu was speechless.

On the other hand, the box office performance of "Gravity" has given Xu Wenshen sufficient confidence. The overseas box office income plus various domestic income, minus the production and publicity costs, may bring nearly 10% to DreamWorks.

With a net profit of over 100 million, he could tolerate Chen Jingxing's "courage" with peace of mind.

According to Chen Jingxing's estimation, the production costs of "Kung Fu Panda" and "Wall-E" are at least 200 million or even more than 250 million. After all, his production level requirements for these two works are higher than those of "The Return of the Monkey King".

In fact, the 130 million budget of "The Return of the Monkey King" itself includes a lot of technical cultivation and equipment upgrades. In a sense, "The Return of the Monkey King" is a transitional project, which is to provide technology for "Kung Fu Panda" and "Wall-E"

Reserved.

Of course, these two projects cannot be completed in a short time. After all, even "The Return of the Great Sage" has not been completed yet, but the preliminary preparations can already begin. These two animated films are enough to fill up the two-month computer animation department of Ink.

Years or even longer work schedules.

(End of chapter)