Chapter 502: Progress
The Spring Festival of '09 is fleeting. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Time is in a hurry, and it has been half a month since Wang Meng came back from the Golden Globe Awards ceremony.
The Oscar nomination some time ago made "The Matrix" win seven nominations, and once again pushed Wang Meng's fame to the top.
Fueling the fire was the publication of "Time", and Wang Meng, who appeared on the front page of the global edition for the first time, made many people quickly recognize him.
On February 13, 09, the nineteenth day of the first month of the lunar calendar, the flavor of the New Year is getting weaker and weaker, and DreamWorks has begun to work.
Wang Meng, who came to the special effects of his dream, was staring at a cute panda on the computer.
"Director Wang, since entering the second half of last year, we have once again recruited a lot of personnel, plus a lot of work outsourced. So far, "Kung Fu Panda" has been completed nearly seventy percent. It is expected to be completed in June this year. If you add the release, it took nearly two years in total. Chief director Zhu Chengzhi said.
"We have a big breakthrough in technical issues. I don't dare to say anything else, just in the production of animation, we are no less than any top company in the world. In the past few days, the headquarters has been slowly transferred. Our goal is to temporarily move the other departments of the special effects department to the new headquarters. The production of "Kung Fu Panda" is here for the time being, and then slowly shifted until May of this year. We'll all move over. Gu Gaoyi, the vice president of the dream, said.
"Hmm. Wang Meng nodded and said: "There is plenty of time, the production of "Kung Fu Panda" is the first, let's not talk about anything else, take your time." ”
After the Chinese New Year, a series of work is still going on.
Chen Kexin's "The Ancient Mirror on Xu Xiake" has resumed work. According to Chen Kexin's estimate, the expected completion time is June this year. It is expected that the release time will be in time for this year's summer file.
The previously filmed TV version of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" will be broadcast in March this year, and the TV version of "Ghost Blowing the Lamp" is set according to the season.
One season, 24 episodes, 8 seasons. They correspond to "Ghost Blowing Lantern 1 Exquisite Ancient City", "Ghost Blowing Lantern 2 Longling Maze", "Ghost Blowing Lantern 3 Yunnan Worm Valley", "Ghost Blowing Lantern 4 Kunlun Shrine", "Ghost Blowing Lantern 5 Yellow Skin Tomb", "Ghost Blowing Lantern 6 South China Sea Ruins", "Ghost Blowing Lantern 7 Angry Qing Xiangxi", "Ghost Blowing Lantern 8 Wuxia Coffin Mountain".
Now it is being advertised in the market, and the first season was bought by Mango Satellite TV for the premiere rights at a price of 45 per episode. The first broadcast right alone is 10.8 million yuan. However, the production cost of "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: The Essence of the Ancient City" is 24 million.
It can be said that due to the huge investment and the purpose of excellence, the TV version of "Ghost Blows the Lamp" is ridiculously expensive. But fortunately, there are still several rounds of broadcast rights, and it is impossible to lose money.
If it is done well, it will also be transferred to the broadcast rights in Asia, and some experts from DreamWorks estimate that "Ghost Blows the Lantern" will have an income of nearly 100 million yuan. It is expected to earn more than 60 million net income.
With so many broadcast channels, thanks to the strong channels of DreamWorks, who in Asia does not know DreamWorks, not to mention movies, even good-looking TV series are still sought after.
For example, DreamWorks' current TV works are no less than many good TV series that have caused a sensation in Asia, and with such a theme of tomb robbery and exploration, TV stations in many countries are willing to pay for it.
That's the benefit of expanding your reach, and that's the benefit of erecting a brand.
And the movie version of "Ghost Blows the Lamp", Wu Ershan finally began to prepare. is expected to start shooting in March this year, and the film was born from "Ghost Blowing the Lantern" but has its own stretching direction, and the name is "Ghost Blowing the Lantern: Looking for the Dragon".
And during this time......
Not only these anticipated films,
The movie that is being released has also achieved very good results, and "Di Renjie's Divine Dragon King" has been painted after 8 weeks of release. The total domestic box office reached 417 million yuan.
officially broke 400 million yuan, and Tsui Hark created a miracle. China's second Chinese-language film to break 400 million in the mainland has appeared, which is "Di Renjie".
and "Di Renjie", which has been very anxious to fight, "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb", also exceeded expectations when painting.
Originally, the total box office of "If You Are Honest, Do Not Disturb" was 325 million, but now it is a total box office of 364 million yuan. It is expected to reach a box office of more than 370 million, which is more than the box office of 5,000 and a half compared to the original version.
Here, the butterfly effect has already begun, and it already has an effect at the box office.
And "Di Renjie's Divine Dragon King" was released worldwide, and until it was all painted, it reached a global box office of 1.53 billion yuan, officially breaking 200 million US dollars worldwide.
After such results came out, Tsui Hark was shocked and created a miracle by himself, and the current No. 1 Chinese film is "The Matrix". $843 million worldwide.
And the second place is the global $210 million of "Di Renjie's Divine Dragon King".
This is the total box office of Chinese films in the world. Breaking $200 million. Tsui Hark himself could never have imagined that he could have a movie that broke $200 million worldwide.
This is making history. He is the second director in the mainland to break 400 million, and he is also the second Chinese film director in the world to break 200 million US dollars.
Two heavy records made him excited for a long time.
Not to mention the pursuit and praise of him in the market, let's just say that Chen Kexin, after seeing Tsui Hark achieve such results, he worked hard.
Because I have a goal, I used to hope to make a good movie, but now that I have a goal, I can't be excited.
So now Chen Kexin didn't stay at home for a few days during the New Year, and after the sixth day of the first lunar month, he started work immediately.
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This year has also been a crucial one.
Wang Meng is inspecting the production of "Kung Fu Panda", and the later stage of "The True Story of A Niu" is also coming to an end. It is expected to be completed in early March, and it is expected to be promoted for a month, and it will be released in April or May.
And Wang Meng's new film plan is also in preparation.
I thought that in a few days, I would be in charge of the newly built headquarters, and in a few days I would be participating in the launch ceremony of "The Matrix" 2-3. Not to mention that after a while, it will be the Oscar ceremony, and it will be troublesome to think about it.
"Why are you still so busy?" muttered Wang Meng. "Hey, things are all in one piece, trouble. ”
Thinking about the report sent back from the summit some time ago, Wang Mengmeng had a big head.
Seeing Gu Gaoyi and Zhu Chengzhi on the side, Wang Meng said: "Okay, let's get here first, you guys go get busy." I'll just take a brief look, and as long as there are no mistakes, I'm relieved. I'll go first. ”
Wang Meng, who left the Dream Special Effects Headquarters, went to Dream Chasing Video again, dreamed of Marvel, and Dream Chasing Media walked around.
It's about to take over the headquarters, and many departments still have to operate, not to mention the mood of the company's employees.
As the boss of the company, Wang Meng still has to take some time to take a look.
Fortunately, the subsidiaries were well prepared and there were no mistakes.
A few days later, in front of the newly built headquarters, there was a sea of people and colorful flags fluttering.
…… (To be continued.) )