The entertainment industry shouldn't be like this

Chapter 29 Then smile

"Peking Holiday" has topped the charts for two consecutive weeks.

——The box office continued to exceed 100 million yuan in the third week, reaching 119 million yuan, a decrease of 26% from last week.

This shows that the popularity of "Peking Holiday" has declined, but the decline is surprisingly slow.

After investigation, the media attributed it to Shen Zhenyi.

Although she is no longer out doing road shows, she seems to be even more popular.

How popular is it?

Some media concluded that it is so popular that you can reach an agreement with your elders when chasing stars.

——Elders generally won't understand if you like other celebrities; but the media surprisingly discovered that Shen Zhenyi is different. She is the kind of star that is very popular with the elders, and is an adjective used by the elders to praise people.

As soon as this conclusion came out, the heat in Shen Zhenyi's body seemed to reach a new level!

Most obviously, the big directors on the front line have expressed a certain interest in her, and some even directly called her to invite her.

Whether it's a joint venture to produce animation or licensing cooperation, there are countless details to discuss. Who has time to talk to this cunning boy?

Revolutionary! They instantly agreed with Wang Wei’s definition.

The story takes place in a little boy's bedroom. The toys come to life when no one is around. On this day, the boss of the toys, Cowboy Toy, held a meeting and sent a team of green toy soldiers to scout out the little master's birthday gift.

"..." You are awesome, as long as you are happy.

It's not necessarily said that they will collaborate soon, but these big directors all want to meet her and leave an impression on their minds, so that they can think of her as soon as possible when a suitable role comes up...

They entered a room called the "Rendering Workshop", which contained many computers, which were used to draw images, and these images constituted each frame of the cartoon.

"How simple. If we didn't have money to expand the team, buy more servers, and build a data storage center, we would be online this morning. Where's the money?" Jiang Lei won't give up until he gets the money today.

As soon as he finished speaking, the lights in the screening room went out and the short film started playing.

This is the Internet company co-founded by Wang Wei in college.

"Where's the money? When will the investment you mentioned be in place? My instant messaging software has been developed and is just waiting to be launched." Jiang Lei said straightforwardly.

Jiang Lei is an alumnus of Wang Wei from several previous universities and is extremely talented in the field of Internet technology.

The short film was very short, playing in just over two minutes, but it left a deep impression on Lao Wang and Father Shen.

He was wearing a pair of slippers, a T-shirt and three-quarter jeans, with a sparse beard and a typical image of a technical geek.

Think about it, how many movements does the body have to make every second to show a character walking, eating, and playing? How much effort does it take to spend on details?

On this day, Wang Wei, Wang Chuanqi and Shen's father drove out and stopped in front of an inconspicuous single-story building.

When the overseas distribution of "Peking Holiday" was completely controlled by others, both Wang Wei and Lao Wang began to think about how to break the situation.

Wang Wei was stared at in confusion, and before he could figure it out, he was pulled to the other side by Jiang Lei for discussion.

The person who came out to receive him was Jiang Lei, the co-founder of Weibo Technology.

Wang Wei took the bait at the right time: "The original media is animated movies, and then you can make a lot of money through the sale of derivatives. Hollywood has Disney, we have China Entertainment and Lianya Entertainment, and they have all verified that it is feasible."

Anyway, Lao Wang and Father Shen were stunned.

"I have been forced to make movies to earn extra money. Fortunately, the results are good. When "Peking Holiday" is divided, the money will be there." Wang Wei reassured.

——No way, when there is a piece of uncultivated wasteland in front of you, and you roughly know which piece of land is the most fertile, but other wasteland pioneers can't find the direction, how can you resist the urge to race and enclose the land?

Let’s not talk about whether the enclosed land can grow a good harvest. At least he must first learn to "race a horse".

Wang Wei doesn't know either. Anyway, he has majored in computer science for four years, and he is not qualified to help others with his technical skills.

With the unparalleled charm of the "Princess", everyone is paying attention to how far "Peking Holiday", a big dark horse, can go!

But some people think further.

Lao Wang and Father Shen looked at it and murmured in their hearts, could a place like this really have any revolutionary products?

Jiang Lei asked everyone to sit down and reminded: "To explain, many of the pictures you see have not been completely completed. For example, some pictures are not colored and the character modeling is also very rough, but these are not technical problems."

Especially Father Shen, he keenly saw that this 3D animated movie, which even has a toy in its name, is really suitable for selling toys.

Jiang Lei knew the purpose of everyone's visit and went straight to the point: "The screening room is ready. Let's go over and see what we have done."

How awesome is it?

Yes, being a director can only be regarded as his "ancestral craft", and working on the Internet is the "craft" he majored in in college.

It's fun to cheat for a while, but retribution is coming!

Wang Wei took out his trouser pocket, which was cleaner than his face, and said with a wry smile: "All my savings were burned by the animated short just now."

"You have to find someone to take over the animation production. You can't let me take care of it all the time. I don't have the interest or the energy." Jiang Lei complained.

The so-called screening room is a small room with windows. In front of the big screen is a row of old sofas. It seems that someone picked up the furniture abandoned on the roadside and stuffed it into this room to serve as viewing seats.

They finally know what 3D animation is. The sense of three-dimensionality, space, and smoothness that makes characters really move are really not comparable to 2D animation.

"The 2D animation Dunhuang is a blank slate, which is perfect for us to overtake with 3D animation. Regardless of the high production cost, but looking at the long-term derivative income, it is a gold mine to be mined, which is perfect for the marriage of film and television and toys." "

Looking at the scenes where various toys work together, it's like entering a dream world, it's so imaginative.

"Oh, then I'll wait and develop an email address. None of the email addresses on the market now work, so I might as well do it myself."

Jiang Lei rubbed his chin: "Let me think about it, who in the Hacker Alliance is interested in animation..."

The last sentence made Father Shen glare at Wang Wei, and then he took the snickering Lao Wang to discuss.

"Okay, let me find someone." Wang Wei quickly waved his hand.

This is one of the scenes from the beginning of "Toy Story."

Then watch animators move parts of a character's body frame by frame, 24 frames per second, breathing life into a lifeless mesh computer model.

"Is it developed so quickly?"

As for that, the hacker alliance was so big that it scared his little heart.

The company's signage is also unremarkable. The words "Weibo Technology" cannot be found unless you look closely.

Wang Wei Mazhao: "There is a shortage of people everywhere. It is not that easy to find a person in charge who can take charge of the job on his own. Do you have any recommendations?"

Next, Jiang Lei took them to see why 3D animation production costs so much money.

The reason why I can say (suddenly) convince (you) him to start a partnership is because——

"By the way, the movie you made is very good. I watched it and it's much better than your programming skills." Jiang Lei said politely.

"...Thank you." Wang Wei smiled.

As the saying goes, when you don’t know what expression to use, just smile.

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It’s a new week, I hope you all will continue to support me, pen core~

(End of chapter)