"The Lion King", the former king of animation on earth.

Even if the box office record was later broken by "Frozen" and others, if inflation and other factors are strictly considered, in fact, "The Lion King" is still the animation box office champion on the planet.

Of course, when considering the problem, it should not be too one-sided.

For example, in different eras, the animation industry has different stages of development, different production techniques, and audiences in different eras have different tastes and preferences.

But one thing Sun Peng is sure of is that the story of "The Lion King" itself should be fine.

The core of the story, the heartwarming or tense details of the story, and of course, the cute animal figures, are all elements that will never go out of style. And when animation companies such as Capoca and DreamWorks replaced the traditional 2D technology with "modern" animation created with huge sums of money, and made it more exquisite, the "ancient" theme of "The Lion King" instantly glowed with more dazzling brilliance in Sun Peng's eyes......

"Awesome! Great! Handsome! ”

After watching the whole film in the screening room of DreamWorks, Sun Peng gave two thumbs up and said three strong interjections in one breath!

It's an amazing feeling!

Especially when Simba, who was flat in his memory, suddenly became three-dimensional, and his exquisiteness was even the same as that of Aslan in "The Lion, the Witch and the Magic Wardrobe", Sun Peng's previous worries disappeared in an instant.

He was quite satisfied with the results.

Although there are differences between the two worlds and different versions of "Frozen", the effect is similar in Sun Peng's opinion, after all, there is no obvious generation difference in animation production technology. But "The Lion King" is completely different, and Sun Peng has always been worried that if it is made with new technology, it will completely lose the charm of the original version.

Fortunately, it turned out that this was completely unfounded by Sun Peng.

With enough funds to smash down, several animation companies in Huaxia have provided a sufficient number of production personnel with a good level, coupled with the experienced Caboka company to dominate the overall situation, and the final product even exceeds Sun Peng's expectations......

"All that's left is the soundtrack and interlude for the final version!"

After accompanying Sun Peng to watch the finished version, Senior Sister Qingqing was also full of relief, stretched her waist and said with a smile: "Anyway, in my opinion, the current film is already very good, if the soundtrack is replaced by the performance of the Wind and Waves Orchestra, and the song is replaced with the voices of Chen Tianhou and Luo Tianwang...... Tsk, that's perfect! ”

"Soon, two weeks at most!"

Smiling slightly, Sun Peng quickly gave a deadline for the completion of the soundtrack and interlude.

To be honest, he was also quite looking forward to it.

The three bigwigs of DreamWorks chatted in the screening room for more than an hour and had a good communication. And just as the senior brother and sister were saying a word, Sun Peng quickly got a general idea of the recent situation in DreamWorks.

In simple terms, the company is doing well.

DreamWorks' hundreds of people are basically all on a movie and a serialized animation. The movie is naturally the Lion King, and the animation is the last part of the Condor trilogy - Heaven and Dragon Slayer!

"The income brought to us by the Condor is okay, but the Condor has declined!"

Speaking of the two cartoons he was responsible for operating, Chen Muchen shook his head with a wry smile and said: "It's strange to say, yours are so popular, the cumulative number of sales of the two books is almost 10 million sets now, right?" And the Condor seems to be more popular than the Condor shooting, which can be seen from the results of the adapted TV series alone! Including the sales of adapted games or something, the Condor is ahead of the Condor ...... But it's very strange.,It's just that the animation results of the Condor are average.,Compared with the previous one, it's a lot down! ”

"Well, that means there is nothing wrong with the production."

Not too surprised, Sun Peng nodded indifferently and smiled.

There must be no problem with the subject matter, there is no flood of martial arts elements in this world, and everyone is aesthetically fatigued; In addition, "The Condor Heroes" is one of the most popular martial arts on both the earth and the world, so there will be no problems with fans, so the only thing Sun Peng can think of is the production problem.

There's nothing strange about it, and no one can guarantee that it's going to be great every time.

Therefore, Sun Peng didn't want to dwell on this, so he waved his hand directly and said: "Senior brother, just sum up your experience and do a good job of "Heaven and Dragon Slayer...... I have several books waiting to be adapted! Of course, if you don't have the interest or energy, I can also leave it to other companies to do it! ”

"Don't, give it to us!"

Hearing Sun Peng's words, Chen Muchen suddenly became anxious, laughed dryly, and hurriedly and carefully diverted the topic.

Recently, as Sun Peng's work has become more and more busy, the number of times he has come to the company has become less and less, in fact, Chen Muchen and the two are both happy and disappointed. The happy thing is that Sun Peng, who is the boss, is at ease enough for them, and it also gives them plenty of room to play; But what is disappointing is to watch Lao Bai mix in the film industry, and it seems that the importance of DreamWorks is getting lower and lower......

But DreamWorks can do without anyone, but it can't lack the backbone of Lao Bai, especially the adaptation right of his works!

But the Qingqing senior sister next to her didn't care about the so-called martial arts animation, even if she was the one who pulled up the whole team at the beginning. But now, the production director of DreamWorks is all focused on animated films!

So after Chen Muchen finished speaking, she immediately asked with concern: "Xiaopeng, this "The Lion King" has been produced, so which one will we do in the next animation?" ”

"Well, do you have any ideas of your own?"

With his eyes narrowing slightly, Sun Peng asked with a smile.

"This ......"

After hesitating for a moment, Senior Sister Qingqing glanced at Chen Muchen and then bit her lip and said, "Our idea is to adapt your picture book...... Personally, I like The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe! But the idea on the side of the Capoca animation was ......"

"Capoca animation? Hehe, don't think about what they think! ”

Without waiting for the senior sister to finish speaking, Sun Peng waved his hand to interrupt her words.

"What?"

"What do you mean?"

After hearing Sun Peng's words, his senior brother and sister were stunned at the same time, and exclaimed at the same time!

Raising his eyebrows, Sun Peng smiled faintly and said: "It means that we will not cooperate with Hollywood animation companies in the next film...... Hear me out, both of you! ”

After Chen Muchen and the two closed their mouths again, Sun Peng took a deep breath and said, "I know you guys will be worried, worried that DreamWorks doesn't have enough strength and experience to complete a real animation masterpiece!" However, we have also accumulated several years and participated in the production process of two blockbusters, is it really not possible? ”

“……”

Looking at each other, the two fell silent at the same time.

In the end, Chen Muchen's eyes were on Xia Qingqing's face, and the animation director was silent for a long time before he nodded slowly: "Yes, we have accumulated a lot of experience and dug up a lot of talents from home and abroad, but ...... Xiaopeng, if we are to complete a big production like "The Lion King" independently, I am afraid it will be difficult to complete it in two years, and ......"

"And what?"

Facing Sun Peng's questioning, Xia Qingqing gritted his teeth and said: "And the final cost is difficult to control, I'm afraid it will be at least 30% more than cooperating with Hollywood...... Even fifty percent! ”

"Hahaha......"

After listening to Xia Qingqing's words, Sun Peng's heart suddenly felt sent, and he finally couldn't help laughing......