"Xiaomo, this is what you call 'opportunity'?"

Zong Shuai's words were full of suspicion and incredulity, "Are you really playing? Do you really plan to shoot an animated movie?"

It's no wonder that Zong Shuai is so emotional.

At the beginning of this copyright battle, in order to make the conclusion that "Molong Media's cash flow is tight" more convincing, he personally reviewed the publicity release that was released.

Zong Shuai remembered very clearly that before the publicity draft was handed over to Li Mo, there was absolutely no sentence in the manuscript that "Molong Media is seeking to lay out the animation industry", and this extra sentence was added by Li Mo after Li Mo reviewed it.

When Zong Shuai saw this sentence for the first time, he even secretly applauded Li Mo's carefulness.

Adding this sentence can obviously enhance the persuasiveness of Molong's tight capital flow.

Because, anyone who works in the film and television production industry knows one thing: animation costs a lot of money.

The more you want to render perfect picture quality and action details, the more money you spend.

If it's just spending more money, which of Hollywood's visual effects blockbusters is not smashed by Jinshan Yinhai?

With the continuous development of the domestic film industry, the filmmakers of the Celestial Empire have increasingly accepted the concept that spending money may not be able to present a perfect effect, but if you don't spend money or spend less money, you will definitely not be able to achieve the desired effect.

But the problem is that making animated films not only costs money, but also takes time, and even if Pixar is forced into it, each of its animated films is produced in years, and in that time, there are at least enough to shoot two live-action films with the same investment......

With that money, with that time, what can we do?

Do you have to wade into the troubled waters of animated movies?

We are a company, not a charity.

Hollywood's animated films can still rely on the box office to make a profit and make a profit around it, but what about the Celestial Empire?

Before 2013, the highest box office record for an animated film in the Celestial Empire was held by "Kung Fu Panda 2" released in 2011, when it got 610 million at the box office, but that thing is also a Hollywood movie......

If you count the animated films produced by the Celestial Empire itself, it is the movie "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: Happy Sheep and Sheep in the Year of the Snake" won the championship during this year's Spring Festival, and its score is only 120 million.

If it weren't for the fact that the production company could reduce costs by reusing the characters' styling, the film would definitely lose money.

But now Li Mo is actually happy because of an animated movie thrown out by Guanglu Media, as if he has picked up a big bargain, and also said that this is the 'opportunity' for the company's future layout......

It's unplayable.

…………

Seeing that Zong Shuai's face was getting redder and redder, and it seemed that he was already planning to go crazy, Li Mo hurriedly poured him a glass of water, "Brother Zong, don't worry, read my plan first, and then let's talk about it." ”

Taking out one from the pile of bags around him and handing it to Zong Shuai, Li Mo continued: "Although for most people, animated films are indeed large investments, long production cycles, and obvious box office ceilings, but Brother Zong, have you ever considered that if we can shoot and produce solo films separately first, and then make them relate to each other in their respective films, and finally assemble them in a certain movie......"

"Like Marvel's Avengers?"

The concept expounded by Li Mo was not too complicated, and Zong Shuai easily thought of a ready-made example.

"That's right, it's like the Avengers. Li Mo nodded in approval. "Our Celestial Empire has always had a lot of classical folklore, and there are countless characters of all kinds, such as Sun Wukong, Nezha, Bai Suzhen, Yang Jian, Fengshen, Journey to the West, Classic of Mountains and Seas, descendants of Pangu Nuwa, etc., can become an integral part of this universe. ”

The more Li Mo spoke, the more excited he became, and his voice was full of hope for the future, "Even, if you come to a parallel universe of Nezha and Sun Wukong to join forces to fight the enemy, why not? As long as you polish the script carefully, tell a good story seriously, and match it with the corresponding technology, it is definitely not a problem to return to the original cost." ”

"Moreover, compared with live-action actors, animated films have one of the biggest benefits," while Zong Shuai patiently looked at the plan, Li Mo continued: "As long as the animated film adopts the appropriate 3D modeling method and builds the skeleton at one time, at least within N years, there is no need to worry about repetitive expenses, compared to live-action film actors who have to renegotiate their salaries every time they appear in a movie, regardless of success or failure, but it is much more convenient." ”

Taking advantage of Li Mo's explanation just now, Zong Shuai had already roughly looked at the plan that Li Mo was planning.

I have to admit that Li Mo's plan involves a wide range of characters, a long time for the plot to be connected, which is amazing, the long-term vision, and the grandeur of the world view are shocking, but Zong Shuai is amazed and frightened, but he still thinks of a more realistic problem.

Will this plan succeed?

Zong Shuai raised his head and glanced at the young man who was still talking across from him, thinking of his past achievements and the ideas he had been providing to himself, another thought immediately came to mind - why was this not feasible?

Marvel can build a huge Avengers and related universe in a movie, why can't a Chinese mythology movie?

Hot-blooded, Zong Shuai is also not lacking, but as the general manager of Molong Media in charge of daily operations, Zong Shuai needs to play a role in pouring cold water on Li Mo and calming him down.

What's more, after reading this plan, he does have a lot of questions that Li Mo needs to answer to him in person.

"Yes, Xiaomo, what you said is indeed the advantages of animated films, but you didn't take into account that just relying on the box office of the movie to generate profits is not a cost-effective thing in itself. ”

"Brother Zong, this is your problem. Li Mo smiled, "Uncle Sam can be a peripheral, why can't we people of the Great Heavenly Dynasty?"

"Hehe, Xiaomo, it's really not that I'm worrying about it," Zong Shuai smiled ill-willedly, "Do you know that back then, the Wang brothers also wanted to make money in the animated film industry, and they also went to invest in the big movie of Pleasant Goat, so they looked forward to making a fortune by selling peripheral toys, but what ......?"

"The result...... Not very good?" Li Mo asked curiously.

"It's just not very good," Zong Shuai shook his head, "It's just miserable." ”

"Although the animation image can be registered for copyright, but the overwhelming piracy and piracy do not give the genuine product a chance at all, the distribution is faster than the genuine, the price is much lower than the genuine, although the quality is indeed a lot worse than the genuine, and the appearance is also a little distorted, but consumers don't know that this thing is still genuine......"

"Hehe......"

Regarding this behavior of the Wang brothers, in addition to shedding two crocodile tears, Li Mo only had the only way to complain.

Years ago?

Not to mention that there are pirated versions of peripheral games, even movies, most people are still used to watching pirated versions.

That is, due to the recent development of 3D movies and digital keys, pirates can neither break the digital keys nor solve the problem of 3D movie screen ghosting, coupled with the state has increased the protection of intellectual property rights, so in the past one or two years, pirated movies and pirated resources will disappear so quickly.

"Brother Zong, if you still have any doubts about my plan, anyway, now Guanglu Media is using the investment in this movie as a bargaining chip, according to my estimate, we only need to invest at most three to forty million in the future, and the movie "The Return of the Great Sage" can be completed, whether the whole plan is successful or not, we will watch it later. ”

"But, Xiaomo, in this way, wouldn't we lose tens of millions?"

Zong Shuai still seemed a little unwilling.

"Brother Zong, why did you make Wang Changtian's mistake, we only spent fifteen million to buy the copyright, and now we have 120 million in cash, plus the first quarter dividend paid to me by Guanglu, where did we lose?"

"Well, that sounds like that's right. ”