According to the plan, the first big movie of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" will be released during the Spring Festival next year and distributed by DreamWorks Pictures, but so far, the entire project is still in a state of secrecy and no publicity work has been carried out.

In order to complete this extremely important project, Duan Hongrui set up a large film production department in early summer animation, transferred a part of the elite soldiers to join this new department, and recruited a group of professionals in 3D animation and special effects production to support the skeleton of the entire project.

In the work area of the big film production department, Luo Kai met Mu Yuanjie, the director and producer of the big movie "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf".

Mu Yuanjie is in his forties this year, graduated from China Media, and is a well-known figure in the domestic film industry.

Mu Yuanjie has been engaged in animation production for a long time, he has served as the director of many domestic animation films, and has achieved quite good results, and later transferred to the development of animated films.

At that time, Mu Yuanjie set up an animation film company by himself, and invested in the production of a 30-minute animated short film "Green Forest", which won the Excellence Award at the Tokyo International Animation Film Festival.

On this basis, Mu Yuanjie introduced a lot of investment to shoot and produce the animated movie "Havoc in Heaven", which was very eye-catching at the beginning of the animated film with the theme of Journey to the West, and was regarded as the hope of domestic animated films, and it was in the limelight for a while.

However, as the saying goes, there are unforeseen circumstances, and when "Havoc in Heaven" began to be put into production, it happened to encounter the cold winter of domestic animation, and as a result, several major investors withdrew their investments, resulting in the abortion of the project.

The ambitious Mu Yuanjie lost a lot of money in "Havoc in Heaven", in order to make up for the wages of employees, he sold his house, divorced his wife, and finally his company closed down and liquidated.

Mu Yuanjie's experience can be said to be a microcosm of the situation of domestic animation at that time, although he made careful preparations for filming "Havoc in Heaven", and he really wanted to make a good animated film.

After the company collapsed, Mu Yuanjie had a miserable life, owed a lot of debts, the industry was in a serious recession, he couldn't find a job as a director, and usually relied on teaching students to paint in art training classes to make a living.

Until the rise of animation in early summer.

Due to the simultaneous production of multiple animation projects, each project needs to be managed by people, Duan Hongrui himself was not busy at all, so he thought of this former animation talent.

Duan Hongrui and Mu Yuanjie didn't know each other before, but they knew that there was such a person, and then contacted Mu Yuanjie through a friend and invited the latter to join the early summer animation.

At that time, Mu Yuanjie was quite arrogant, but now Mu Yuanjie has tasted the warmth and coldness of the world, and he also understands the preciousness of opportunities, so he accepted Duan Hongrui's invitation without thinking and became a member of early summer animation.

He first participated in the production of My Little Pony, proving his skills on this animation project, and then became the director of the big movie "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf".

Of course Luo Kai knows the causes and consequences of Mu Yuanjie's joining the early summer animation, after all, the other party is not an ordinary character, but he did not interfere in any way.

Facts have proved that Duan Hongrui's vision is very correct, and the "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" movie project has been steadily advancing according to the plan under the leadership of Mu Yuanjie, and most of the production has been completed.

Accompanied by Duan Hongrui and Mu Yuanjie, Luo Kai spent nearly an hour watching part of the movie.

Although there is no dubbing, soundtrack, and it is not a carefully edited finished product, after watching it, Luo Kai is still quite satisfied.

Due to the use of the latest motion capture technology, every move of the animated characters in the film is very natural and smooth, without the often criticized dull mechanical sense, the color matching and 3D effects are not bad, and the jokes in the plot can also be well highlighted.

"Not bad..."

Luo Kai said to Duan Hongrui with a smile: "It's not a shame to take out such a work." ”

For the first big movie of early summer animation, he attaches great importance to it, and he has always paid attention to the production progress of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf", and he has paid more attention to the quality of production.

If the things he made did not meet his requirements, even if he could bring back a large amount of money by releasing it, Luo Kai would rather start over and not make such money.

Fortunately, Duan Hongrui and Mu Yuanjie, as well as more than 100 employees of the big film project department, did not disappoint him.

"There's still a big gap with Hollywood animated blockbusters..."

Luo Kai's praise did not make Mu Yuanjie happy, he said solemnly: "To put it mildly, at least more than ten years apart, we are not pure 3D." ”

"Lao Mou..."

Duan Hongrui said with a smile: "How long have we been making animated films, it's normal to have a big gap with others, there is no way to compare investment and investment, it's really good to be able to do this, don't be presumptuous." ”

"Indeed..."

Luo Kai smiled and said: "The first big movie is mainly to accumulate experience and cultivate the team, as for the box office, don't lose too much, if you really want to make money, we can make it back in the second and third parts..."

"In the future, the "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" series of big movies, we will release one movie a year, and the better we do!"

If the cost is calculated according to the input, the box office of the first big movie of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" will be at least more than 400 million to earn back, but it is difficult to achieve such a high box office.

Luo Kai doesn't want to return to the cost, mainly because he wants to erect a signboard in the Spring Festival stalls, and the production cost of the second and third parts will definitely come down, and it is not a problem to make a profit in the end.

The key lies in the cultivation of the team, and with a mature team, as long as it can maintain a steady stream of input, then catching up with its Hollywood peers is not an unattainable dream.

In Luo Kai's head, there are many excellent animated movie stories, and such a team is needed to complete it, and there is a long way to go!

Duan Hongrui and Mu Yuanjie looked at each other, neither of them expected Luo Kai's "ambition" to be so big and so wide.

Mu Yuanjie said sincerely: "Mr. Luo, you are the biggest luck in domestic animation!"

This is not Mu Yuanjie's sycophancy, what he said is heartfelt, fortunately with Luo Kai, domestic animation will not be hopeless and promising.

"I'm embarrassed that you're praising me like that..."

Luo Kai said with a smile: "Let's make a trailer of "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" first, it's time to carry out publicity, and see you next summer!"

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