In the United States, many of Martin Mason's friends are very keenly aware that after returning from the National Awards Ceremony, the other party is completely like a different person.

It's completely different from before.

Especially Martin's father, Wesker Mason.

As the CEO of Paigi Films, one of the eight major film and television companies, although he is in his fifties, there are still a lot of things waiting for him to make decisions every day.

There is little time for your own rest.

The main reason is because his two sons are still useless.

The eldest son is fine, but he can still help a little now.

But that second son really hurt him.

Every day, I change the method to ask for money from myself.

But what surprised him was that Guona, who originally thought that the movie invested by the other party was shortlisted, that kid would come to him to ask for money.

As a result, after his second son returned to the United States, he did not come to see him.

The gods are mysterious, and they don't know what they are busy with every day.

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"Boss, can this movie really be popular?"

"This investment is too small, it's made into a commercial film, and no one will watch it."

Martin, as Paiki's second son, naturally has a bunch of doglegs around him.

But when he planned to come back and do a good job under Xu Ji's chicken soup, he suddenly found that none of these people were reliable.

It wasn't even clear what he was going to do.

It's a very simple thing, but it's just not good.

In the end, he also saw that this fox friend is still suitable for having fun together, as for doing things well, then don't think about it.

So after he opened the branch of Tongji Entertainment in the United States under Xu Ji's instructions, he still decided to recruit some professional people to work.

Of course, he was so serious that he was still ridiculed by his friends.

This is especially true when you hear that the investment in movies is so small.

But the more this happened, the more Martin wanted to do it well.

Although he also felt that Xu Ji was fooling himself at the beginning, what he said still made sense.

Although most people were polite to him, no one believed that he could make a career.

Martin wanted to prove himself even more.

With Xu Ji's script and financial support, Martin is Paiqi's second son, and he is also clear about the film industry process or something.

After coming back, it didn't take much effort to directly set up the project team of "Chainsaw".

The director was also found, and he was a small director outside the fifth line who was not very well-known in the United States.

But Martin has seen some of the other party's previous works, and he is also good at making suspense and thriller movies, and his ability is not bad.

There are actually a lot of capable directors on the American side, but many lack a chance to prove themselves.

In many cases, if you want to succeed, in addition to your own ability, opportunities are also very important.

Originally, the director didn't really want to take on this movie, after all, Martin's reputation is too stinky.

Although he is the second son of Paiqi, he is a rich second generation of losers who have little ability.

The news that comes out is either fooling around in various bars, or going to all kinds of online flaunting wealth and fighting with other people or something.

The director who is a little bit angry, in fact, doesn't want to have anything to do with Martin.

But Martin went three or four times in a row, and he read the script impatiently.

After reading it, I took it without hesitation.

So far, filming is about to start, and the young director named Gregory Powers, who is in his twenties, feels that Martin is much more reliable than some other producers.

Martin's connections are really extensive and he solves almost all the problems.

The process was very smooth, including the project review, and all aspects, without any problems.

Gregory Powers is even beginning to wonder if Martin is the playboy in the news and rumors.

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At the same time that the news of the official start of filming of "Chainsaw" in the United States reached Xu Ji's ears, another very important news in China also came.

That is, "The Return of the Great Sage", which has been in the works for a long time, has been completed.

This movie made the whole Cherry Anime spend a lot of energy, especially the person in charge, Yu Longwu, who didn't even have a good rest for a long time.

Mainly because after reading the script and various character design things that Xu Ji gave him, he was very excited.

His dream of making a big animated movie seems to see the hope of success.

So although his company has now been acquired by Tongji Entertainment, he is also a worker.

But he still devoted all his energy to this project, and did not dare to relax in the slightest.

In the end, Yu Longwu himself was very satisfied with the effect of the film.

Of course, although he is the director of this animated film, he actually knows very well in his heart that the most important thing in this work is the screenwriter Xu Ji.

It is the script he wrote, including the imagination of various characters in it, including the most exciting fighting scenes, which are also the guidance given by Xu Ji.

However, such a movie, in fact, as long as he participates in it, Yu Longwu is already satisfied.

What's more, he is responsible for all aspects of the entire project.

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"The review of "The Return of the Great Sage" has been passed, and the release time is scheduled for June 1st."

"There's enough time left for publicity."

Rongcheng, at this time, You Man was talking to Xu Ji about the specific release and publicity of "The Return of the Great Sage".

The release of this animated movie is naturally the responsibility of You Man himself.

From the acquisition of Cherry Animation to the present of this project, You Man has basically followed the whole process.

In fact, she is also a little worried, although it is an animated film, the overall investment is not very small.

But at the same time, the market for animated films is indeed not as good as imagined.

In addition to some children's movies, they have to be the ones with their own IP to get good income.

Including Cherry Animation, many adult-oriented original movies made in China are basically loss-making.

Even the return on cost is a problem.

At present, the top ten box office of Chinese animated films in history are basically derivative films of some children's cartoons.

The market environment is indeed very worrying.

This is also the reason why You Man didn't understand why Xu Ji planned to acquire animation studios and plan to enter this field.

But after watching the whole movie, You Man suddenly had a little expectation.

Perhaps, Xu Ji can change the current market environment.

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Soon, Cherry Animation's official Weite announced that the new animated movie will be officially released next month, that is, on Children's Day on June 1st.

In fact, the official micro of Cherry Animation has only a few hundred thousand fans.

The attention is so low that it can't be done.

Originally, no one should have paid attention to this news.

But soon after, the official account of Tongji Entertainment also directly forwarded this Weite announcing the finalization of "The Return of the Great Sage".

Suddenly, a stone stirred up a thousand waves.

The news of Tongji Entertainment's acquisition of animation studios has been spread before.

However, in the entertainment industry, most ordinary netizens don't know the news.

Even many companies and people in the film and television industry don't know that Cherry Animation has been acquired by Tongji Entertainment.

So when the news came out, many people were very surprised, Xu Ji didn't know when, he actually ran to make an animated movie again?

Xu Ji, this is another crossover?

Of course, at this time, in addition to being surprised, most people are actually skeptical.

After all, even ordinary netizens know that nine out of ten people who are making animated movies now are losing money.

"Damn, when did Tongji Entertainment secretly make an animated movie?"

"Cherry Animation was acquired by Tongji Entertainment? Really? ”

"Didn't last year's Cherry Animation's animated movie go for nothing? I originally thought that the company had gone out of business, but I didn't expect it to be taken over by Xu Ji. ”

"Released on Children's Day, this movie should be for young children, right? If that's the case, it shouldn't be too bad. ”

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In this animated movie "The Return of the Great Sage", which suddenly appeared, the popularity soared and reached the top of the hot search.

At the same time, netizens are also speculating.

Cherry Animation and Tongji Entertainment have released some promotional posters and eucalyptus again.

These reveal two of the most critical messages.

First of all, as many people have speculated, this animated movie is about the most classic Journey to the West.

In addition, there is this animated movie, which is not only for children, but also for every adult audience of "big children".

It's not the kind of animated movie that many people have guessed before, completely toddler-oriented.

And judging from the propaganda text, it is even more inclined to be filmed for adult audiences.

If the previous announcement was only very popular, and many people were in the audience, as soon as the promotional document about the movie itself came out, the discussion of the movie suddenly increased.

"It's better to say goodbye, then the classic Journey to the West feels like it's going to be a bad movie."

"Cartoons are for children, and I won't spend money to go to the cinema to watch cartoons anyway."

"Xu Ji is floating, he even dares to adapt Journey to the West?"

"The adaptation is not a random edit, and Xu Ji has never been in contact with animation before, how do you feel that this time it is going to overturn?"

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In the eyes of many people, Xu Ji stepped on two minefields this time.

The first is to make an adult-oriented cartoon, which in the eyes of many people is for children.

Unless you bring your own children to watch it, you basically won't consider spending money to go to the theater to watch an animated movie.

The second is the subject matter of this animated film.

Journey to the West, a variety of works on the theme is indeed very common, after all, the original works are the four famous works that have been handed down since ancient times.

There is no shortage of various modern film and television works, whether it is a live-action TV series, or a variety of cartoons or something.

Anyway, the havoc in the Heavenly Palace, and the various plots of learning from the West, most of the audience have already been ripe.

The difficulty of adapting is not low, and if you are not careful, you may be chased and scolded by one person for a while.

And obviously, the same is true of "The Return of the Great Sage" this time.

When the follow-up character poster picture came out, many people complained.

"What is this drawing?"

"How do you draw Monkey King like this? Too unprofessional, right? ”

"I don't understand, this style of painting is too strange, I can't accept that this is Sun Wukong at all."

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Obviously, the announcement of "The Return of the Great Sage" was really the same as You Man imagined, and it was not so smooth.

The most important thing is that although the movie seems to have rubbed off on the popularity of Journey to the West, it has aroused more people's plans.

The previous image of Monkey King, whether it is a live-action TV series or an old version of the animation, is too deeply rooted in the hearts of the people.

Now that I suddenly saw another image of Monkey King, I was a little unacceptable.

Of course, there are still some people who trust Xu Ji more.

"I think we can wait and see, if it is some other companies, it is likely to be hot, but this time it is Tongji Entertainment."

"What I said upstairs is right, although Xu Ji is indeed quite annoying, the screenwriter's ability can still be trusted, right?"

"If Xu Ji writes the script, then I don't think there is any need to draw conclusions now, a super first-line screenwriter of his level, since he dares to move the theme of Journey to the West, he must be confident."

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Of course, although some people expressed support, most netizens are still not optimistic.

There is even a strong resistance mentality, after all, many people actually have a Monkey King in their childhood.

Everyone doesn't want to see someone come to destroy the classics in their hearts.

At this time, the Internet is basically blaming Xu Ji's voice.

After all, the company Cherry Animation was not very famous before, and the only target that could be attacked was Xu Ji, the screenwriter.

And it was only this movie after Tongji Entertainment acquired Cherry Animation.

Don't even think about it, Xu Ji, the boss, must be the absolute core role in it.

"This time we don't have to do it."

"It's a lot easier."

Guangzhou, Liu Sanlang, one of the presidents of Smallpox Entertainment, said lightly with a smile while holding a mobile phone in his hand.

"That's true, but it's a pity that our company doesn't have any big-budget movies released on June 1st."

"Otherwise, I can breathe a good sigh of relief."

On the other end of the phone, it was the manager of Phoenix Entertainment.

Since smallpox and Phoenix decided to join forces, Liu Sanlang has often been in contact with people from Phoenix Entertainment.

The content of the discussion is basically the same, that is, to find a way to make a stumbling block on some of the dramas and movies broadcast by Tongji Entertainment.

Of course, so far, although all kinds of means such as finding a water army, deliberately praising killings, and spreading rumors and conspiracy theories have been used.

But it didn't have much effect.

Tongji Entertainment's popular dramas are still popular, and several movies released have also performed surprisingly well at the box office.

This hit Liu Sanlang deeply.

This time, I found a good opportunity.

"Our company has a movie that we plan to release at the end of the month."

"However, it has not been officially announced yet, and it is completely possible to adjust it to the June 1st schedule."

Liu Sanlang opened his mouth to speak, a meaningful smile appeared on his face.

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