"Eric, you mean, make this movie? Changed to anime? Michael Eisner didn't open the book either, so he asked directly.

"Beauty and the Beast" is one of the famous works of Charl Bello, the father of French children's literature, in Hollywood, it has been adapted and filmed as early as the 40s, but it is a live-action movie, and it has achieved good results at that time, but in terms of current concepts, the content is too fake, even with the current makeup process, there is no way to really exclude the "monster", therefore, Hollywood has no more thoughts. And with special effects, the cost is too high.

The plot of the story is simple:

The male protagonist is a young prince who lives alone in a magnificent castle, because his subordinates once refused an ugly old woman to stay overnight, and as a result, he was innocently cursed and turned into a beast, and even the prince's servants were turned into all kinds of furniture, and the only way to break the spell is for the prince who has become a beast to learn to treat people with sincerity and find true love.

And the father of the heroine Belle once accidentally broke into the territory of the beast prince and was imprisoned in the castle.

In order to save her father, Belle had to go to the castle alone, and in order to turn back into a human, the beast asked Belle to live with him in the house so that he could break the curse, and Belle agreed to live with the beast in the castle in order to save her father.

Although the prince who turned into a beast is ugly, he also begins to treat Belle sincerely, however, Belle does not live happily because she misses her father so much.

By chance, Belle finds an opportunity to escape, but encounters a vicious pack of wolves. At the critical moment, the prince of beasts appeared in time to rescue Belle, but she was injured, and Belle was moved to take care of the beast.

The second male protagonist, Gaston, likes Belle, and after learning everything, in order to get Belle, he designed the villagers to kill the beast together.

Belle kissed the dead beast sadly. And because of this kiss, the beast prince lifted his curse, resurrected and changed back to his original human form, a handsome prince. So the two lived together without shame.

It's a very old-fashioned plot, but old-fashioned is never a problem, it just needs to be well written or filmed well.

"Yes, in fact, Hollywood now has a big problem, that is, when showing a lot of monsters, the performance is too fake, a few decades ago, people may not care, just a little entertainment, but with the improvement of various entertainment levels now, everyone's requirements for movies are too high, let's just say that the once successful Jaws, aliens, is because they are very realistic, they can be successful, but Beauty and the Beast, a humanoid monster, is difficult to show very real, especially when it comes to the process of turning from a human to a monster, it is difficult to reflect, However, if it is an anime, there is no problem, we can draw all the details on the drawing paper, and if not, we can also use a supercomputer to modify it. Chen Zhiwen nodded and said.

Photoshop project,Midea has set up a project team of more than 100 engineers,At present,It's still far from the finished product,But this doesn't prevent the existing computer from being able to assist animation,But it may not be so convenient、Fast。

Before the rapid development of computer special effects, anime was able to do many things that real movies could not do, and even if there were special effects in the future, they would be far less expensive than special effects in terms of cost. Of course, the two types of movies are aimed at different user groups, and anime certainly belongs to a small category, and the main focus may be on children and teenagers, such as "The Lion King", which will have better results in the future, but "Beauty and the Beast" is more special, and its main market also includes all adults, especially women.

"Romance films have always been everyone's favorite stories, there is no one, even in various science fiction, mythology, and gunfight movies, there will be a lot of love links, these stories can occupy a certain amount of movie time, and they can also make the story content fuller, the story of "Beauty and the Beast" can be said to be a household name in the United States and Europe, as long as it is filmed, we will promote it more, and there will definitely be many people willing to watch it, but what the follow-up results are, it still depends on the story and our animation level." Michael Eisner said.

"In terms of the level of animation, Disney doesn't dare to say that it is the first in the world, but the top three are still no problem, even if the company is in decline now, the former painting team still has a strong foundation, as for what the story is, it depends on you, the new CEO." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said.

Although he knows "Beauty and the Beast", he has not seen this movie in the 90s, only knows that the box office of this movie became one of the hits of the year, the global box office exceeded 400 million US dollars in the early 90s, and now there are still a few years away, if it can reach 300 million US dollars, plus the revenue in the channel, then Disney can at least breathe a sigh of relief in a short time.

This is also an opportunity for him to examine the comprehensive ability of the entire Disney team and Michael Eisner, as for the result, it is not very important, it is good to succeed, it is good to fail, and there are classic anime such as "The Lion King", "Toy Story", "Finding Nemo", etc., some of these movies, he has seen them, although he doesn't remember it very clearly, but probably the plot is still known.

However, these movies require relatively stronger computer special effects capabilities, so it is not yet timely.

"Okay, then Disney's next blockbuster movie is this "Beauty and the Beast"." Michael Eisner nodded and said that after he entered Disney, he also wanted to make movies, because he also knew that this was the best way to turn around in the short term, and it was also the fastest way to stabilize his authority.

But Disney is good at anime, which is completely different from the movies he was good at before, without the right idea, he didn't dare to start at will, and now that the boss has decided on the goal, and it seems to be good, then he just needs to play his ability again.

"How much do you think it will cost?" Chen Zhiwen asked again.

"If you just want to shoot it, three or four million dollars are enough, and if you want to get a high-quality movie, all the details and animations are very realistic, and give people very good visual effects, then it may take four or five times the amount of money, estimated at about 20 million US dollars, how much, you still need a professional team to calculate, this data is only estimated by me based on previous experience plus Disney's various animation shooting costs." Michael Eisner said.

"Money is not a problem, at the best of the best, this is our first film after Disney changed hands, and the quality cannot be bad in any way." Chen Zhiwen said without the slightest hesitation, millions and tens of millions, compared to the income of a hit movie, it is nothing at all, just the box office income, if it can reach 7% of the original history, then the income will not be less than 100 million US dollars, not to mention some follow-up channels.

"Okay, then after I go back, prepare for this matter immediately, I will design the revised plot of this children's story as soon as possible, and when the time comes, I will send it to Hong Kong for the boss to see." Eisner said that Beauty and the Beast is only a children's story book written a hundred years ago, and in order to make a movie, it has to be redesigned, setting various supporting characters, plot lines, backgrounds, etc. on the original simple story framework, and only after this is finalized can the movie be made again.

"OK, I'm waiting for your good news." Chen Zhiwen smiled and said, although he proposed to remake this movie this time, he didn't actually use any prophetic goldfinger, the whole story still has to be conceived by the Disney team, even if the plot is sent in the future, as long as it is not too outrageous, then he will not interfere, everything depends on the ability of Michael Eisner, the legendary CEO.

Michael Eisner, who was given his first assignment, left after a day in Hong Kong, and now he desperately needs to make a great movie to save Disney from now, while also proving his worth.

And Chen Zhiwen's side, in fact, is similar, Disney's debt problem also makes his capital in the United States a little pressure, if this time the movie is successful, then he will inevitably launch more classic anime movies in the follow-up to ensure that Disney can operate independently, and when there is enough profitability, you can be ready to go public again, although you need to share profits with others, but this is the inevitable development and growth, and getting more funds can also give him more opportunities to participate in other more profitable investments.

Soon in July, a typhoon destroyed many houses in remote areas, resulting in many people being homeless, the Hong Kong government urgently provided shelters, Chen Zhiwen learned about it, and directly ordered Parknshop Supermarket to provide some enough food, clean water, simple daily necessities, etc., to help these people tide over the difficulties.

"Chen Sheng, we have provided a large amount of bread to the refugees who were resettled in the Hung Hom Stadium according to your request, and the resources we sent alone are enough for them to use for a week, and we will keep an eye on this matter in the future, and if they are still lacking, we will make up for it." Wu Weibing, general manager of Watsons, said.

"Okay, this is not only a matter of improving the image of our company, but more importantly, to really help these people, at least to ensure that they have food, and you can spend some money to hire some doctors to go over and see if there are any people who are not in good health, and the Hong Kong government doesn't worry much about these things now." Chen Zhiwen said again. The Hong Kong government is now in relatively big trouble, the economy is shrinking, and it is basically the limit to be able to provide a Hung Hom Stadium for people to take refuge.

"Okay, I'll arrange someone to handle it later, Chen Sheng rest assured, they are all Chinese, and I will try my best to help." Wu Weibing said sincerely that he was not happy to see so many people affected by the disaster and compatriots, but fortunately, his company has a charity fund every year, and it is better to use it in this regard.

"Well, that's good." Chen Zhiwen nodded, and asked again: "I heard that PARKnSHOP and RT-Mart have developed well in Malaysia recently, and are you ready to start entering Thailand?" ”

"Yes, Chen Sheng, we have cooperated with Thai Chinese billionaire Xie Guoming to open RT-Mart and Baixin supermarkets in Thailand, and it is estimated that by the end of this year, the first batch of supermarkets will be opened." Wu Weibing said.

"Okay, well done, Southeast Asia is one of the most important markets for our retail group in the future." Chen Zhiwen nodded and said, the mainland completely liberalized foreign retail time in the mid-90s, there are still ten years from now, although they can invest in several cities through some methods, but under too many restrictions, the achievement is still limited, therefore, in the past ten years, the most important market is Southeast Asia, which is also the only market that can be forced, Europe and America can not have the opportunity of Watson's supermarket.

"But there is one more thing, we discussed it internally and decided to imitate Europe and the United States and make a 24-hour small retail store, what does Chen Sheng think?" Guard Wu paused and asked again.

(End of chapter)