The entertainment industry shouldn't be like this

Chapter 117 Things about Chinese comics

"Are you also interested in comic book movies?"

Wang Chuanqi asked in surprise when He Xi came to his door.

He knew that He Xi was an important member of the reserve team that Wang Wei planned to cultivate, so why was he suddenly interested in a very difficult comic book movie?

He Xi really wanted to say that he was not interested in simple comic book movies.

But after all, he didn't have a complete conception of the superhero universe, so it was hard to explain at the moment.

So he said "Hmm" and said vaguely: "Director Wang asked me to join some kind of copyright acquisition plan, saying that there might be gains."

Wang Chuanqi curled his lips when he heard this: "Then you will probably be disappointed. Good copyright, ugh..."

A sigh ended my melancholy.

After Dunhuang successfully raised funds, in addition to launching a new film and two TV series, as well as investing in Weibo technology, the biggest plan was to acquire copyrights, or in other words, hoard them.

In the past two years, all the projects invested in Dunhuang were all designed by Wang Wei, and no one in the production team was so oppressive.

The latter took a closer look and burst into laughter.

"You will know after reading the information." Wang Chuanqi directly handed an investigation report to He Xi.

The golden period of Chinese comics was very short. It was not until the 1960s that the young people who were the first to come into contact with comics became the mainstream of society. Only then did the culture of comics gradually expand its influence and enter the glorious period of the comics business.

Hershey was noncommittal, focusing only on comics, especially the filmmaking process of superhero comics.

Anyway, in recent years, no one dares to touch superhero-themed movies anymore, and non-superhero-themed comic book movies have been relegated to the sidelines.

——In the beginning, it originated from the comics of traditional cultural stories, but the accumulation of traditional culture was too strong, resulting in a delay in taking steps to innovate;

Comic-book movies that are not superhero-themed are so dramatic that they don’t even make a splash.

"According to his request, we have clarified the ownership of most of the superhero movie copyrights. I don't understand why we have to go to such great lengths. Does he still want to wrap up all these copyrights?" Wang Chuanqi muttered casually.

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The development of the former is related to the Great Depression. People were eager for heroes to come, so comics that could create heroes for them came into being.

No, Lao Wang has formulated a copyright plan, with him as the core, organizing a small team to prepare to hoard the film copyrights of some works.

The development of the latter was after World War II. The economy recovered quickly, but the cultural consumption industry was in an extremely weak state. Live-action films and television could not beat China Entertainment, and literature could not beat the traditional Chinese literature market. With no choice, comics had an uncertain market prospect.

Coming from behind.

The most typical ones are American comics and Japanese comics.

And they usually originate from simple pictures in newspapers and periodicals criticizing current ills. Later, corresponding comic periodicals and magazines are gradually derived due to market demand.

In comparison, Chinese comics are special.

However, as a senior comic book fan, he knows all these clearly without reading the information.

I had a flash of inspiration, and I didn’t know how many times I had conceived it in Wang Wei’s mind.

I really thought too much and thought that whether the idea of ​​a "movie universe" could be implemented depended on whether my "answer sheet" was qualified!

As a form of cultural communication, the birth conditions of comics in different regions are almost the same - they were all born in a period of drastic changes in social systems!

Longyou Comics is similar to Japanese comics. It releases works according to themes. It frequently produces excellent works on mythological comics, royal comics, science fiction comics and other themes;

Ogilvy Comics obviously favors the American comic style, using a group of superheroes as the pillars and creating different stories around these characters;

The bad news is also here. If something no one wants, does it really smell good?

Due to various effects, Chinese comics have missed the best stage of development, and their overall influence has always lagged behind American comics and Japanese comics.

There are too many works, and the copyright has been vested long before the shooting.

In the period of rapid economic development after the war, opportunities and dangers coexisted. Comics were as barbaric and crazy as in that golden age. They were considered vulgar by the Chinese people and were often criticized for it. The "harmful theory of comics" became popular...

He seemed to have glimpsed the tip of the iceberg of a looming huge plan - if he hadn't already thought of gathering superheroes to build a "superhero universe", why would he have considered the copyright ownership of so many superheroes?

As for Dunhuang's own script library, well, to be honest, it can only be considered better than nothing.

If Wang Wei's aura of never failing was still there, Lao Wang would have directly opposed it.

The good news is that because the filmmaking process is full of pitfalls, except for a few popular superhero characters or comics, the film copyrights are firmly held by the Big Five, and other film copyrights are transferred back and forth between various film companies.

As long as you are willing to pay, no one will catch you.

Specifically, the three major comic companies, Longyou, Zhuiguang and Ogilvy, which dominate the Chinese comics industry, are more or less influenced by American comics or Japanese comics.

Wang Chuanqi didn't know whether this was good news or bad news.

He Xi was startled, but her heart was in turmoil, and she thought to herself: Maybe you really got it right!

Then he discovered that hoarding copyrights was really not a matter of money.

——Okay, Wang Chuanqi is absolutely right on this point. The linkage between comics and movies is really a pitfall.

As for light-chasing comics, they have both.

——In the end, people probably just wanted to take a test.

Of course, there are also film copyrights of some works that the entire Chinese entertainment industry is not interested in, such as comics!

Especially the Big Five, many of the copyrights that Lao Wang was interested in were already in their hands. They tried to contact them, but there was no possibility of winning them, so they gave up.

Even if you don't shoot it yourself, as long as there is an opportunity, everyone will buy the copyright first, and even if you resell it later, you may still make a huge profit.

But the good times did not last long. After television became fully popularized, the channel of public demand began to shift from print media to film and television, and the crisis of comics ensued——

"The sales of paper comics have begun to decline; and the live-action comics, no matter which country they are in, are an old trap; if it is not animation, but the comic linkage is still successful, it can be said that comics are a pill." Wang Chuanqi concluded.

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This is a detailed report from the birth of comics to the current situation and even future predictions. It can be seen that a lot of thought has been put into it.

The problem is that the industry has a very clear understanding of the importance of copyright. Generally, it is too difficult for medium and large film companies to get the copyright and get them to spit it out.

The earliest and most successful live-action comic book movie was Hollywood's "Superman". Since then, both China Entertainment and Japan Entertainment, as well as their Hollywood counterparts, have tried to bring more superheroes to the big screen. The result... is overwhelming.

Some box office and word-of-mouth hits the street.

He Xi felt a little hot!

While his face was hot, he was also a little proud.

Compared with the ignorant No. 2 boss, He Xi thought silently: At least, I can be regarded as a hero and I think the same thing.

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Isn’t it true that making up fictional backgrounds is more tiring than making up stories~

(End of chapter)