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Liu Yifei is sitting on the sofa, with her back straight and her legs together, giving her a dignified temperament.

"Gu Wei, do you think all future animated films in our country will be as exciting as [The Return of the Great Sage]?"

"It's hard to say, there are always those who just pretend to be fake.

However, after this time, it can be regarded as establishing a pillar in the Chinese animated film industry. When new films are released in the future, people will involuntarily compare them with "The Return of the Great Sage".

Generally speaking, it is conducive to the development of Chinese animated films. "

Gu Wei thought for a while and said:

"I can't comment on other people's work, but I believe that the animated film my company is currently producing is no worse than [The Return of the Great Sage], or even better."

"Your company can also produce animated films?"

Liu Yifei was surprised. She knew that Gu Wei Company made movies and TV series, but she never expected that it could produce cartoons.

"To be precise, it's another animation production company under my name. It's on the first floor downstairs. If you're interested, I can take you to see it."

"Is it convenient?"

"It's nothing. Come on, I'll take you downstairs to have a look."

As soon as he left, Gu Wei quickly came downstairs with the curious Liu Yifei.

There is a big sign hanging at the front desk on this floor, with several large characters written in the same style as upstairs [Wei Tianxia Animation Production Company].

These two floors were bought by Gu Wei last year, and the lower floor is used as the office space of the animation company.

The boss Gu Wei brought his guests down for inspection, and the dumpling director who received the news naturally received them personally.

"Boss, take a look, these are the original manuscripts of the animated film. There are more than 20 versions of Nezha's image alone. It took more than a year to finalize the final version."

Dumpling led the two of them to visit the [Nezha: The Devil Boy Comes to the World] which was being produced.

It has been a year since he led his team to join Gu Wei's company, and the production of "Nezha" has begun to bear fruit.

Liu Yifei looked at the more than 20 versions of Nezha in the manuscript. No matter in terms of body shape, face shape, hairstyle or accessories, almost none of them were repeated. They fit in with the overall characteristics of a single character, and there were many cute and interesting ones. design.

"Why did you choose this image? It's a bit ugly. There are many other cute and good-looking images?"

Liu Yifei asked doubtfully while holding the final draft of Nezha.

"Um~ Miss Liu, this involves the plot of the entire movie. In the early stages of the movie, Nezha was a character that everyone hated. If he was too cute and good-looking, it would not fit the character's setting."

Director Dumpling explained.

Liu Yifei listened half-understanding.

The two of them walked around from beginning to end accompanied by the dumplings, and Gu Wei also took this opportunity to learn about the production progress of [Nezha].

According to the director, it is estimated that it will take nearly two years to complete the production, and the entire film will take a total of three years.

From this we can also see why other film companies are unwilling to invest money in animated films. The production cycle is too long and there are too many variables. Once something happens, their investment may be lost.

After the visit, Liu Yifei's curiosity was fully satisfied, and Gu Wei took her to the restaurant downstairs for dinner.

Gu Wei is a regular customer. The private room and the menu assistant have been clearly arranged in advance, and they are just downstairs from Gu Wei's company.

After dinner, Gu Wei drove Liu Yifei back home.

"Gu Wei, I'm really happy that you played with me for a long time today.

Thank you! "

Liu Yifei, who was about to get off the car at the place, said to Gu Wei with a smile on her face.

"It's nothing, are we good friends~

Right, Sister Yifei. "

Gu Wei replied.

The Chinese New Year is getting closer and closer, and the movie-watching craze set off by "The Return of the Great Sage" is also intensifying.

On the 15th, the third day of the movie's release, there was still an endless stream of people watching the movie in theaters across the country.

On that day, "The Return of the Great Sage" achieved a box office of 102.3 million, exceeding 100 million for two consecutive days, and exceeding 300 million in the first three days of the week.

Now everyone knows that a real box office blockbuster for the 2015 Lunar New Year is here!

At the same time, the romance film "There's a Place Only We Know", which was highly anticipated by major film companies, saw a jaw-dropping drop in the box office on the second day of its release.

The movie's box office on Sunday was only 36.57 million. This result is considered good for ordinary low-cost romance films. However, yesterday's box office on Valentine's Day was 93.96 million. This is no longer a cut in half, but a cut from the knees.

Although the box office exceeded 100 million in two days after its release, and the movie has achieved profitability, it still disappointed the film's producers and other film and television companies who were watching.

But this is not surprising. "There's a Place Only We Know" is a movie of average quality. After its release, the Douban score was only 5.7, which is quite average among low-budget romance movies. It can't be called a bad movie, it can only be said to be a mediocre one.

The reason why the film achieved such high box office results on the first day is partly due to Li Jiaheng's fans, who came to the theater to support their idol after the movie was released. Coupled with the blessing of Valentine's Day, many couples naturally chose to watch a love movie after entering the cinema. piece.

However, the energy of fans is limited after all. After the first day, there is no blessing from time and time, and the box office trajectory of normal love movies will naturally return to normal.

On Monday, the 16th, in the second week of its release, the box office of "The Return of the Great Sage" was cut off, with only 58.97 million. However, this is not surprising. Such a drop on weekdays is also expected by everyone.

[There's a Place Only We Know] box office dropped again on Monday, recording 20.89 million. Although the drop was not as big as [The Return of the Great Sage], the single-day box office data was far behind.

On the 17th, the box office of "The Return of the Great Sage" did not fall again, but maintained a gentle development, with a total box office of 55.47 million in the whole day.

[There is a place only we know] dropped below 20 million, with a revenue of 16.87 million.

In a villa in the capital, Li Jiaheng was wearing casual clothes, with yellow hair and many metal accessories scattered about his body.

He sat on the sofa, hunched over, holding the box office data of all the movies released in recent days in his hand, frowning.

"The box office was over 100 million on the first day. Why did it drop so much later?"

His agent Huang Bin stood opposite and explained calmly:

"On the first day, we took advantage of Valentine's Day, and the box office will be normal after that."

“I don’t understand how a cartoon can achieve such high results?

Just because Gu Wei is a producer? "

"The box office performance of that cartoon in the first two days must be attributed to Gu Wei. As far as I know, many of his fans went to the cinema on the first day to support the movie.

However, the quality of "The Return of the Great Sage" is indeed excellent. This is a common perception in the circle. In addition, there are no blockbusters competing with it during this time period. Given the right time, location, and people, it is normal for it to have such a box office. "

"Then the first movie I made after returning to China is considered a failure?"

Li Jiaheng stood up from the sofa, walked around a little irritably, and his voice became much louder.

"Don't worry too much. According to the current box office trend, [there is a place only we know] there will be no problem if it exceeds 200 million, but 300 million will be enough."

In terms of cost, this movie made its money back in the first week, and it will definitely make a lot of money in the end. It depends on how much it makes. "

Huang Bin comforted.

"What you should consider now is the competition with your former teammate Lu Han. You two are both top players who have returned from Korea. You are very similar in all aspects and have the most direct competition for resources in the circle.

Fortunately, although the box office of his first movie [Back to 20] was slightly higher than yours, you were the male lead in the movie and he was only the second male lead, so it was a tie in this regard.

The movie "Old Paoer" you are going to film now will do well. Directed by Guan Hu and starring Feng Xiaogang, the box office and reputation will not be low. With the blessing of this movie, your road ahead will be smoother.

And I am now helping you contact Zhou Xingchi and Xu Ke. Once successful, I can help you get the top film resources in the circle.

Once you play that part, you will skyrocket! "

Huang Bin said a lot. He used to be Huang Xiaoming's agent. He had been in the industry for many years and had a wide network of contacts.

After Lu Han and Li Jiaheng returned to China, he was optimistic about the hot popularity and high fan stickiness of the traffic star, so he chose Li Jiaheng between the two and became his manager.

Li Jiaheng was able to cooperate with major domestic film and television companies as soon as he returned to China. He has made great contributions.

"After filming Zhou Xingchi's movie, can I be more popular than Gu Wei?"

Li Jiaheng asked excitedly.

Ever since he met Gu Wei at the Bazaar Charity Night last year, he had started to compare himself with him.

"Gu Wei~"

Huang Bin frowned and said:

“This person has not been in the industry for a long time, he is very young, but he is developing very rapidly.

And he cannot simply be regarded as a popular idol star. The film and television company under his name has gradually grown and grown, and he has good relations with all the big guys in the industry.

You'd better leave him alone for the time being. I heard that he doesn't take many foreign roles, so it won't have much impact on you. "

"It doesn't have a big impact. It's said that I have a lot of resources because he didn't want them, so he found me, right?

It feels bad to always pick up other people’s leftovers! "

Li Jiaheng said in a deep voice, and it could be seen that he was very unhappy with this situation.

Huang Bin looked at his face and said:

"I heard that your other two teammates also want to return to China. There are also some young male stars emerging in China. It's better to suppress these people first and then consider comparing with Gu Wei."

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