Of course, not all animated film projects are as unlucky as the crew of "Big Fish and Begonia", and it took 8 years of preparation to produce a 6-minute sample!

Some domestic animation filmmakers still have a strong ability to attract investment.

For example, the "Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage" project in folder 2.

Because director Tian Xiaopeng has a lot of cooperation with CCTV and other major TV stations, he even served as the executive director of the 2011 Beijing TV Animation Spring Festival Gala. So his connections in the circle are much stronger than those of ordinary animated filmmakers.

Therefore, when he began to prepare for "The Return of the Great Sage" in 2007, the start was much smoother than "Big Fish and Begonia".

For example, among the investors of "The Return of the Great Sage", there are 12 companies such as Hengdian Film and Television, Mountain Film Media, and Micro Shadow Times Optical Fiber Media.

Although in addition to Fiber Optic Media, other companies do not invest much, and even a bit of crowdfunding.

But director Tian Xiaopeng still got the investment in the end.

So compared with other peers, the experience of the crew of "The Return of the Great Sage" is simply happy.

Although they often run out of money while doing it, director Tian Xiaopeng, who is a "little expert in finding money", can always continue to attract new investment.

It is precisely by relying on this fate-style fundraising method that the project "The Return of the Great Sage" is about to be completed.

If it weren't for the sudden withdrawal of Optical Fiber Media, director Tian Xiaopeng would not have to look for Jiang Hong at all, because his project has already been produced in the later stage.

It's a pity...... There are no ifs in this world.

Because of the sudden change of a person in charge of optical fiber media, the new leader is very optimistic about this project that has been tossed for 7 years and has not yet seen results.

Therefore, according to the contract, Fiber Optic Media immediately withdrew its investment.

As a result, the "Return of the Great Sage" project suddenly fell into the crisis of premature death.

But when Gao Fei thought of this, he suddenly looked at Jiang Hong opposite with a slight frown and asked:

"Projects are good, but ...... How do you calculate this money? ”

Hearing this, Jiang Hong was not surprised.

Because she had been prepared before she came, she immediately explained in an orderly manner:

"I have confirmed with the other party that there are no other investors in the project of "Big Fish and Begonia" except for the first millions of venture capital."

"Therefore, we can account for 60% of the investment share of the publicity and distribution services provided by 30 million + Zhouyi, and the rest will be divided by the production team and venture capital."

"As for "The Return of the Great Sage", because there are too many investors, if we take over, then we will take 30% of the original share of Fiber Optic Media."

Speaking of this, Jiang Hong paused slightly, and then frowned slightly:

"But if the company takes over the distribution of "The Return of the Great Sage", then I am sure that it will talk about 40%."

Seeing her say this, Gao Fei suddenly bowed slightly.

That's just right.

In Gao Fei's opinion, Zhou Yi didn't need to do that kind of thing to rob while the fire was hot.

First, it is because such a bad reputation is easy to be criticized.

Second, if Zhou Yi Film and Television really succeeds in opening up a new business field of animated films, then the stock price appreciation alone is enough for Gao Fei to make ten movies.

So why should he snatch money from the bowls of those hard-pressed animated filmmakers!

So after the last question was determined, the two projects were soon decided.

To be honest, the two days of Goofy can be regarded as spending money like water.

Not counting the "Predecessor Raiders" that he is preparing in his hands, Gao Fei has almost approved a budget of 160 million.

I have to say that the feeling of spending money lavishly is cool.

It's just that even Jiang Hong didn't stop Gao Fei in spending money this time.

Even at first, she was worried that Goofy would not spend money, resulting in the huge amount of money raised by the company in the stock market not being spent.

Thankfully, it turned out that she was thinking too much.

However, Gao Fei's money was not spent in vain, because the budget of 160 million was exchanged for five projects of "three live-action movies and two anime movies".

So for a listed film and television company, it's not terrible to have no money, but it's terrible to have no projects to make it spend money.

And just after the two finished talking, Gao Fei thought that Jiang Hong would immediately go down to implement the funding problem.

But she didn't expect her to show a rare hint of hesitation.

This made Goofy curious.

However, Jiang Hong didn't dwell on it for long, and soon told the reason.

It turned out that this time she was looking for not two, but three.

It's just that the third-person project is too immature, and even in addition to the story script, most of the pictures and designs are in the director's mind.

If it weren't for the director's legendary experience, Jiang Hong might not have counted him in.

It's just that seeing Jiang Hong say this, Gao Fei became more and more curious.

Seeing this, Jiang Hong said the No. 3 project that was not written in the document.

……

It turns out that the reason why Jiang Hong said that the dumpling director's experience is legendary, in fact, half of it is because of his self-learning ability.

How so?

As the first batch of 211 and 985 college students in the 90s, I won't go into detail about the IQ of director Dumplings.

However, as an animation director, in fact, his parents both work in hospitals, and he himself was admitted to West China Medical University with a major in pharmacy.

But because of his love for animation, he finally chose to give up medicine and paint.

Of course, for the sake of family heritage and rice bowls, he didn't make this decision until his junior year.

But here comes the most desperate place for the scumbags.

Although Dumpling didn't choose to change careers until his junior year, he still successfully entered the animation production industry by teaching himself Maya and CG.

And after graduation, he successfully entered a 3D animation advertising company.

To be honest, this kind of self-learning ability even Jiang Hong envied when he saw it.

And the most helpless thing is that even if he is a genius, he still works harder than ordinary people.

Why?

Because after Dumpling decided to make an animated film of his own, he relied on the savings of many years of work and stayed at home, and it took 3 years and 8 months to produce a 16-minute short film by himself.

In 2009, the animated short film, titled "Hit a Big Watermelon", won more than 30 awards, including the Special Jury Prize at the Berlin International Short Film Festival.

It can be said that director Dumpling's talent in the field of animated films is obvious.

It was precisely for this reason that Jiang Hong thought about it and told Gao Fei about his animation project that still existed in the text.

It's just that to Jiang Hong's surprise, although she struggled for a long time, Gao Fei only thought for less than 30 seconds after listening to it and agreed.

With that neat posture, Jiang Hong couldn't help but speak:

"Boss, you...... Want to stop thinking about it for a while? ”

"What's there to think about?"

I didn't want Gao Fei to hear this, but he shook his head without hesitation and said:

"Since he has an amazing talent for animation, that's enough."

"Besides, the money is not spent all at once. If it is found that he is a useless straw bale during the production process, then we will stop the loss in time. ”

Speaking of this, I saw Gao Fei knock on the table with his index finger seriously and said:

"For this type of talent, a certain cost of trial and error is acceptable."

"So you can try boldly in the future, I can bear it, and now Zhou Yi can bear it even more!"

As soon as these words came out, Jiang Hong's eyes suddenly lit up.

No way, who wouldn't like a boss like Goofy who is bold and willing to delegate power!

So the originally scheduled animated film project suddenly had another one.

Therefore, in order to form a brand effect as soon as possible, Gao Fei thought about it and decided to register a separate wholly-owned subsidiary of Zhouyi "Dream Valley Pictures".

In the future, Zhou Yi's animated film projects will all be operated by this Dream Valley Pictures.

Although the dream is still far away, Gao Fei sincerely hopes that the label "Dream Valley" can one day become the white moonlight in the hearts of animated film lovers like "Pixar......

(End of chapter)