Chapter 136: Outstanding Results
The original finale celebration shifted the focus of the celebration because of the participation of outsiders.
Nominally, Kasuga is not the company that produced "World Air Battle Story", but just its company. But in reality, Kasuga holds a much higher stake in Gonzo than Gonzo's management. Besides, when it comes to such a movie, or three films, it is being screened, and the box office in Japan has exceeded 10 billion (including the American version), the box office in Hong Kong has approached 40 million Hong Kong dollars, and the box office results of 40 million yuan have also been achieved in the big 6, and in the United States, the opening results of 20 million US dollars a week can only be described as amazing, and the future "Spirited Away" will not achieve such good results in the United States as a god-like film, so it is impossible for the filmmakers present not to care about this movie. It's no wonder that Xiang Sheng and Mrs. Xiang said that they were interested in making cartoons.
In addition, the trilogy that Mr. Xiang said, "Tokyo Fortress", "Puhai Fortress", and "World Air Battle Story", the three films, both in style and plot, are in the same vein, "Puhai Fortress" is even made by Xinghui Animation, the boss of Xinghui Animation is Shen Zhenghui, if Shen Zhenghui has nothing to do with these movies, everyone will not believe it.
Hong Kong people who are good at following the trend are already beginning to wonder if the new century is the century in which Japanese animation will replace live-action films. By the way, it was obviously the Japanese who first thought like this, and it was the Japanese who tried first, and now, in Shen Zhenghui's opinion, probably Murahama Shoji also has a posture towards this point of no return. But it's not surprising that he's an anime guy.
In short, this does not prevent Hong Kong people from looking for medicine to take when they are sick. For example, Xiang Sheng and Mrs. Xiang are almost explicitly here today to pull in the relationship.
Zhang Zhizhi naturally retreated to Mrs. Xiang's side and held her hand.
Mr. Xiang asked very directly, and asked Shen Zhenghui like a casual chat, "Mr. Shen thinks there will be a bigger market for cartoons in the future." ”
"Of course." Shen Zhenghui said without hesitation, "However, in some places, it takes a long time to cultivate the market, and in the Greater China region, at least many people still think that cartoons are made for children, so maybe investing in cartoons is riskier than investing in ordinary live-action films." ”
"Your investment has been successful!"
"After all, Japan is a country with a tradition of cartoons." Shen Zhenghui said. "So it's a matter of course that there are good works that can make a difference in the world market, although on the surface I am lucky."
"It's very good in the big 6 market and the Hong Kong market, you are too modest, other cartoons are not like your movies that can buy 20 million in three days in North America."
Shen Zhenghui thought to himself. I'll tell you what to say. lest in the future you say that I have cheated you. "To be honest, there are certain reasons for the success of the Hong Kong market and the big 6 market, but there are also coincidences." I won't tell you about the specific coincidence. You know the deputy national leader, if you have the ability, ask about it, Shen Zhenghui continued, "Essentially, the adults in the big 6, the idea of the establishment is that cartoons are made for children, so like this kind of airplane war movie, I have never seen it, right?" Surprising how good the zuò is? P1A is used as a training material for recruits, because the form and subject matter are very novel, but you also have to see the other side, in Japan, the same quality and subject matter are not available for a long time? Accumulate a lot, choose the right theme, and do it seriously, which is actually very flattering. ”
Mr. Xiang's smile was a little stiff, "So it's still a matter of vision?" ”
"It's not just a matter of vision." Shen Zhenghui continued, "You calculate the cost, my investment in these cartoons is not less than that of live-action films, if you lose the animation company, it will be over, and there are many animation companies in Japan that end up every year." Japan is still like this, not to mention the big 6 whose subject matter is restricted? Hong Kong, with such a small population base? If you invest a little carelessly, you will lose money, and it is not that large companies can't resist at all. ”
"So what should we do?" Mr. Xiang was ashamed to ask, at this time, a group of people had already gathered around, except for 6 Yang and Yuan Xiangren who stopped to listen, Wang Jiasheng and Lin Jian of Jiahe were standing aside, and a middle-aged man who Shen Zhenghui didn't know was also standing aside, and everyone was very interested in this topic.
"What to do?" Shen Zhenghui sighed, "You should have understood what the mainland market is like in the past two years, the subject matter is really a headache, the most troublesome thing is that they decided that the cartoon was made for children, so it didn't go back, you see, that box office ...... very high"
"Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf"!" Someone chimed in.
Shen Zhenghui raised his eyebrows in surprise, "This is a coping strategy, since you think that cartoons are made for children, then I will really shoot them for children, don't think too much about them when you show them to children, it's good to be happy enough, and the cost is not high, but you can't stand children like it, so you can be big with small every time." ”
"Is it young?" Xiang Sheng thoughtfully, "And then the child leads the parents to see?" ”
"yes!" Shen Zhenghui nodded.
"Isn't it nice to have another cartoon this year? What is it called "Baolian Lantern". ”
"It's good, but the cost is still too high." Shen Zhenghui smiled.
Everyone present felt something.
"Hong Kong is going to do the same?" Someone asked.
"It's just diversity, it's just a way out." Shen Zhenghui shrugged his shoulders, "If it is an animated film in Hong Kong, it still needs to go with local themes, and Japanese animated films still face certain problems if they want to enter the international market, that is, cultural barriers." So there are a lot of films that are not popular, such as Miyazaki. This time, it can be said that the reason why this "World Air Battle Story" has achieved such good results is probably because of the relatively small cultural barrier. But even so, the director still has to shoot three versions of the story, which is to put it on the market in a targeted manner. Shen Zhenghui said this on his mouth, but he was muttering in his heart that he didn't know if Murahama Shoji thought so.
"You have a lot of point." Lin Jian nodded first, this guy has already decided to invest in "Departed". At this time, he was probably the most mindless about talking about cartoons.
"So Mr. Shen, can you think so, what you mean is that cartoons like Hong Kong and Big 6 can only meet the needs of the young market." Standing on the side, a middle-aged man who Shen Zhenghui didn't know asked.
"I didn't say that." Shen Zhenghui glanced at this person, "But the market is slowly cultivated, I think in the near future, whether it is China's big 6 or Hong Kong, it will be able to produce non-young cartoons that meet the local market." ”
"How long will it take?" The stranger continued.
"Soon, it's like Moore's Law." Shen Zhenghui stared at the other party, making sure that the other party was not here to find fault, "The big 6 film market continues to grow, and it will soon grow to accommodate this kind of cartoon." And it's not so much the market that is going against this type of cartoon. It's better to say that it's an official institution, and I'm talking about radio and television. ”
Those present burst into laughter at the right time.
Zhu Xinghe also came to Shen Zhenghui's side and introduced, "This is Mr. Lin Minglin. President of Huanyu. ”
Shen Zhenghui understood where this hostility came from. "Mr. Lin. I have admired the daimyo for a long time. He held out his hand, "I've seen a lot of movies made by you." ”
"A disc to make zuò?" Lin Ming said.
"Well, maybe it's not the genuine version of your zuò. But even if it's pirated, there is your company's 1ogo. ”
"I'm not happy to hear that." Lin Ming shook hands with Shen Zhenghui perfunctorily and said, "So, Mr. Shen, can you give an example of the animation with local themes in Hong Kong that you mentioned before?" ”
It's really not here to play? Shen Zhenghui pursed his lips, "I'll give you an example, "Fengyun." ”
"It's live-action." The bigwigs watching from the sidelines all had a lively expression.
"This movie fully illustrates the unity of the choice of subject matter," Shen Zhenghui said seriously, "The theme of comics, a wide audience, and then directly transformed into the box office of the movie." ”
"Are you saying that Hong Kong comics can be directly adapted into movies or animations?" Lin Ming shook his head as he asked.
"Then let's take another example, "Oolong Temple". Shen Zhenghui grinned, "If it's not enough, "Crazy Boy", you ask Xiang Sheng." He turned his head to look at Xiang Sheng.
Xiang Sheng's expression was a little stiff.
"Of course, I'm just talking about one direction of the film exhibition, not that the original script is bad, these are two parallel lines. The trend is just biased to one side, and it can't be only one side. Shen Zhenghui remembered the heroic films and the "Transformers" series that would sweep the world in the future, and it didn't even take much to see the example of "Harry Potter" right in front of him, so there was no need to explain it to them so clearly.
"Of course, sometimes there is an example of the opposite direction, first there is a movie, and then there is a novel and a comic book and so on."
"For example?"
"I've drunk a little too much, and I can't think of it for a while." Shen Zhenghui replied, "But there must be." ”
Shen Zhenghui didn't know what Lin Ming was mixed up with at his movie celebration party for, he and Xiang Sheng, Lin Jian, Wang Jiasheng and other big names talked privately about cooperation for a while, these people all knew that Shen Zhenghui had an animation company in Big 6, and wanted to take this opportunity to test whether they could cooperate on this theme. They also know that "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" is the work of Shen Zhenghui's company, but they don't know how Shen Zhenghui runs his animation company in Big 6 and Japan. For the outsourcing work from Hong Kong, Shen Zhenghui did not refuse. This is the golden age of cultivating animation migrant workers, and the more the merrier.
After a while, Zhu Xinghe also came to have a private chat with Shen Zhenghui, which revealed Lin Ming's intentions, he was going to invest in the production of the cartoon "McDull Ringing", and this time he actually came to Shen Zhenghui with the intention of cooperation.
In a sense, it fits the characteristics of Shen Zhenghui's young animation, and because Hong Kong's economy has entered a downward trajectory, this kind of young work has also become a way for adults to escape mental pressure. If it is the golden period of Hong Kong's economy, who will go to see the story of a silly pig? When they are tired by life, they begin to envy the mentality of stupid pigs.
This time, the success of "World Air Battle Story" in Hong Kong is equivalent to a personal promotion of Shen Zhenghui, because people in the film industry know that he has some kind of relationship with Gonzo, and the "Puhai Fortress" produced by the company under his name makes people realize the technical level of Shen Zhenghui's animation company. This can be regarded as a reference for the Hong Kong film industry. All the time. The themes of Hong Kong animated films are very weak, and in the world, there are two mainstream directions for the exhibition of animated films, one is the American Disney style, and the other is Japanese, and there are also two directions in the subject matter.
And this time, technically, Shen Zhenghui has set a benchmark, and his background in the big 6 has made Hong Kong filmmakers see the possibility of borrowing chickens to lay eggs.
"What do you say?" Shen Zhenghui asked Zhuxing Kazuya.
"It's up to you." Zhu Xinghe also said.
"I don't have an opinion, just follow the market price." Shen Zhenghui replied. "I'm afraid that there is too much business." He thought about it, and took out the business card of the person in charge of the animation company in Yuhang City, Wuyue Province, from his arms. "I should give my company a business by the way!"
So he went to give these bigwigs business cards by the way, and by the way, he also gave Liu Xin's business cards a few, and the prices of Yuhang and Japanese companies are naturally different.
Although the attention of the bigwigs to the new film has been diverted, Shen Zhenghui is still very happy. Relatively. He doesn't want people to look forward too much to his new film. This is too much pressure, especially since the last film has not yet been released, and even Shen Zhenghui feels that the pressure of the two films is a little unbearable.
Fortunately, the topic did not stop at the new film.
Yugali Oshima finally found an opportunity to go up with her husband and explain their thoughts to Shen Zhenghui. To put it simply. Yugali Oshima finally figured it out and decided to join Queens, even if she couldn't be a martial arts actress, she and her husband wanted to stay in Japan and work, and it would be great if they could work as a martial arts instructor.
Yugali Oshima is not so much optimistic about the exhibition of Japanese films as she is optimistic about the exhibition of Kasuga Pictures.
Shen Zhenghui is very happy about this, he invited the staff of Yuan's class to form his own action direction team, and it is foreseeable that the future of film action direction is an indispensable part, even if you have to shoot an anti-Japanese drama in the big 6. Oshima Yugali is an action actor who came through the golden age of Hong Kong cinema, and it is not so much that she has a high level of action as that she has enough experience.
So Shen Zhenghui was very happy to welcome Oshima Yugali and Gao Fei to join.
Mr. Lin Ming walked in front of Shen Zhenghui again after a while, "Mr. Shen, I really want to cooperate with you on the project "McDull", I have seen your company's work "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf", and I think there is no problem in terms of technical level. ”
"I'm also glad that Mr. Lin is willing to cooperate with us," Shen Zhenghui pretended to be very happy, "but I don't interfere in the daily operation of my animation companies in Yuhang and Pengcheng, you can talk to the person in charge of the company directly." ”
Lin Ming nodded and asked as if he didn't care, "Is Mr. Shen interested in this subject?" It fits exactly the characteristics of what you're talking about as a popular animated film, are you interested in investing in this film? ”
Is it here to solicit sponsorship? Shen Zhenghui was a little surprised, "I'm sorry, my funds are invested in other projects, and I really have no interest in this project." ”
"I heard that you and Mr. Xiang, Mr. Lin Jian, and Jia have cooperated over there?"
"A lot of things have been negotiated before," Shen Zhenghui replied, "I'm also very interested in working with you, Mr. Lin, especially in the videotape and video industry." "But the video disc or something should be cheaper in the big 6 system.
Lin Ming smiled to himself, "Mr. Shen, you have a fast hand, I am a slow hand, I am afraid that if you are one step slower, you will not be able to earn anything." He shook hands with Shen Zhenghui again, turned around and walked away. I don't know if I hid in a corner or left.
Shen Zhenghui called Zhuxing Kazuya, "What's the matter with this guy?" How do you talk to me in a weird way? ”
"Uh," Zhu Xinghe also looked around cautiously, "Stephen Zhou's Shaolin Football was one of the most likely investors when he invested in Shaolin Football, but you robbed him. ”
"Shaolin Football hasn't been released yet!"
"Haven't the other films you've invested in been released? As soon as "World Air Battle Story" came out, the Hong Kong film industry was full of praise for your gaze, you plus Stephen Zhou, how much is it a big hit of "Shaolin Football", can you tell me that he can not be sour in his heart at this time? It's a step slower! ”
Shen Zhenghui rolled his eyes and drank all the wine in his glass.
Zhu Xinghe also walked away with a wine glass, Zhang Zhizhi floated over again, and came to Shen Zhenghui's side, "Mr. Shen, are you free, I want to ask you for tea in a while." ”
Shen Zhenghui looked at Xiang Sheng and Mrs. Xiang in the distance, "Do you want to invite me to tea, or do you want Xiang Sheng and Mrs. Xiang to invite me to tea?" ”
"Let's drink tea with them first, and then drink tea with me!" Zhang Zhizhi is down-to-earth and generous.
Shen Zhenghui looked at his watch, time flew by, and after scanning the entire hall, Fujitang Xiangcheng was sitting in the corner drinking and staring at his side.
"Forget it, I've been busy for so long, I'm going to get some rest tonight. Thank you Xiang Sheng and Mrs. Xiang for me, and I will invite them to dinner when I have time. Shen Zhenghui said, "Tonight they came up to talk to me about cartoons, so I really have to rush back to Big 6, and I can't be a shopkeeper anymore." He stared at Zhang Zhizhi, the corners of his mouth curled. (To be continued!)
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