Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Myth Project

"Full-time" has a lot of potential in terms of painting style and content, but it can't stand up to this is someone else's project, and the commercial potential of this IP in the future, no matter how big and how much money they make, it has nothing to do with Wedo Entertainment, and they just earn a production fee if they die.

And "Task Force", limited by the style of the original work, coupled with the special painting style of the animation project selection, the upper limit of this work is not high, and the ceiling effect is obvious. The sequel in the future, no matter how well it is done, it is difficult to improve too much on the existing basis.

But in any case, these two projects, in the long run, even if they are made every year, are stable income of tens of millions.

Fan Zhe did not abandon the idea of these two projects, but it was inevitable that more investment would be impossible.

In his conception, the third season of "Full Time" has been discussed, and if the price is right in the fourth season, he will continue to do it, after all, it is a cash flow; The project "Task Force", the overall content is planned for about six seasons, and it is expected to be completed in two to three years.

In any case, these two projects are estimated to provide a total of nearly 100 million yuan to 'Wedo Entertainment' in the next two years, and they will not give up.

With this money, it is more confident to start other projects.

At the same time, the work "Evolutionary 4.6 Billion Ensemble" will also have obvious ceiling restrictions. However, if Tang Zhiqi can win the ranking of the 'science and education competition' in Beijing, she will not be able to make a lot of money.

This project will still be done, but Fan Zhe is thinking about it, if we want to go to the next level, does we need a more popular work with a higher degree of audience acceptance?

There is no such work in the copyright owned by 'Wedo Entertainment' now. The only "Hell Apartment" that has not yet entered the development process is still a horror thriller.

If you don't have a copyright in your hand, how about making your own?

It is not impossible to construct a completely own copyright, and there is a lot of desirable scope for the subject matter.

In this regard, Fan Zhe has always had an idea - to be a traditional Chinese myth.

The most famous of the ranks of traditional mythology is Journey to the West. There are countless works derived from this theme. Some are poorly done, and some are well done.

But Fan's idea doesn't stop there.

Traditional mythology is not limited to Journey to the West.

According to the current understanding of Fan Zhe, from the perspective of the entire history of China, it seems that it can evolve into a mythological system.

In addition to Journey to the West, there are a large number of works that have also tried to construct this content.

For example, the theme of the flood wilderness, from the Hongjun preaching, Pangu opening the sky, the Lich War, Nuwa Creating People, the Three Emperors and Five Emperors and other flood wars to the battle of the gods, the battle of Buddhism and Taoism and other themes, its root is also from the romance of the gods and a series of vernacular romances and novels such as Journey to the West.

From the myths and stories of the primeval era before the Xia, Shang and Zhou dynasties, there are many, many things that can be excavated; And when it comes to the gods, it is a magnificent mythological era.

Further evolution, is it possible to extract many mythological elements from the contention of a hundred schools of thought in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period to construct it? Linking themes such as Taoism, Confucianism, and ink with higher-level myths will also be a very vital theme. "Qin Shi Mingyue" has been explored here, but Fan Zhe believes that the content of this part can be excavated further.

In the back, "Fantasy of the Three Kingdoms" represents, linking the theme of the Three Kingdoms with mythology; Journey to the West was in the Tang Dynasty, introducing both Buddhism and Taoism; Then there are folk myths like the White Snake, works like "Liao Zhai......

This series of traditional myths is connected, in fact, there is a context to follow, and each of them also has representative works. Among these masterpieces, there are traditional myths created by the ancients, and there are products processed and produced by modern Chinese.

But on the whole, Fan Zhe believes that this era still lacks a work with enough influence to connect all these things to form a complete mythological system.

The best model is still to learn from the West, like Marvel, several blockbusters come out a year, creating a box office of more than 10 billion US dollars, and countless IP value is embodied, so that such a system can be created in the true sense.

There is no doubt that even with the 'dimensional' system in hand, this is a hellish difficulty.

For example, for foreign exports, for well-known reasons, there is a good acceptance of Western fantasy themes such as magic and knights in China, but the traditional myths of Chinese style are not so easily accepted by the Western market.

And even in China, it is difficult to play this set.

The first one is the issue of copyright.

This copyright doesn't mean what copyright Fan Zhe has to take to make this thing, Wu Chengen has been dead for hundreds of years, and he can't find where the ashes are, can he still jump out and ask Fan Zhe for copyright fees?

However, it is precisely because of this that the problem will be relatively large.

Fan Zhe can use it, and others can naturally use it. A character like Monkey King is fine, but what if it's a character who is relatively less well-known to the public? For example, if Dimension Entertainment makes a character like 'Di Jun' on fire, and it turns out that someone else uses it, it will be a very annoying thing.

Of course, if you directly steal your image, or even your lines, you will definitely not have to run away from the infringement; But just such a name, plus the image is a bit similar but not exactly the same, this kind of character from traditional mythology, how to judge? In judicial practice, this can be troublesome.

The content problem is also serious.

In traditional Chinese mythology, the system is very confusing. There are several gods alone, Donghuang Taiyi, Emperor Jun, Dongwanggong, Haotian God, Ziwei Emperor, Jade Emperor...... These alone will be dizzy, and it is very difficult to make without a standard setting and a lack of recognized works to explain.

What's more, in terms of stories, there are also no ready-made ones that can be used. It's not enough to do a good job of special effects, for movies, animations and other works of art, storytelling must not be lacking, otherwise "Zhong Kui Fu Demon" will be the end of the year.

The risk of the original script is much higher than that of the adaptation made according to the popular IP, the latter has the original work anyway, and the former said that it can be cool to Antarctica.

But no matter what, Fan Zhe is still quite excited about this big plan.

Of course, there will be all kinds of difficulties and troubles in this matter, and it will make a very vast project.

This is a big plan, Fan Zhe is ready to stand up first, as a long-term and backup plan of the company, it is not a moment and a half to be able to make it, it is better to accumulate slowly, and wait until the future, when the strength is strong, and then do this content.