Sunday, February 15th.

Valentine's Day has passed, and the results of the second day of the release of [The Return of the Great Sage] have also come out.

On Saturday, the single-day box office of [The Return of the Great Sage] successfully exceeded 100 million, reaching 109.8 million, creating a new single-day box office record for domestic animated films.

At the same time, as more and more people have watched the movie, a trend of watching [The Return of the Great Sage] has slowly emerged on the Internet.

Due to the excellent quality of the movie, and compared with other animated films that have been released in China before, many netizens regard [The Return of the Great Sage] as a new hope for domestic animated films.

When you go to the cinema to watch a movie, you support the development of domestic animated films.

Of course, this kind of public opinion is also the result of the deliberate guidance of the publicity team of Guangguang Media on the Internet, and the water army cooperated with Gu Wei Company also did its part.

Director Tian Xiaopeng is completely on fire.

Countless news outlets wanted to give him an exclusive interview.

These are not problems, under the arrangement of the professional team, director Tian Xiaopeng specially held a promotional press conference.

He and key members of the film's production team were interviewed by various media outlets.

During the interview, Director Tian revealed a lot of details to the reporters during the filming of the movie.

Like what:

The beginning of the film is a tribute to the 1964 version of Havoc in Heaven.

There are about four or five versions of the image design of Sun Wukong, and there are countless versions of the final minor adjustment, and the current version is the director's final decision.

In the film, the scene of "the mountain demon chasing the little Tang monk in the mountains and forests" was too complicated, so that who did it collapsed, and four or five animators left during the production process, and finally this clip of more than 1 minute and more than 1,500 frames was done for half a year.

In the last scene in the film, the decisive battle between Wukong and the villain "Chaos" was originally relatively short and hasty, but after watching the finished film, the investors felt that they could do better, so they allocated funds to enrich the plot of the fight, so as to present the current perfect effect.

The tidbits of the filmmaking, the details and the difficulties encountered are all told in one question after another by reporters.

The media who know these things also know more deeply how hard-won this work, which claims to have opened up a new situation in Chinese animated films.

On the second day of the press conference, as the film continued to be screened, these news were also reported, adding another fire to the film's popularity.

It is worth mentioning that on Valentine's Day on the 14th, [The Return of the Great Sage] is undoubtedly the champion of the national single-day box office, but the performance of a new movie released on the same day is also amazing.

Directed by Xu Jinglei, written by Wang Shuo, and starring Li Jiaheng and Wang Likun, the love movie "There is a Place Only We Know" was released nationwide on Valentine's Day, and it achieved a box office of 93.96 million on the first day of release, which stunned many people in the circle.

A low-cost romance film, the box office almost exceeded 100 million on the first day of release, which is simply beyond everyone's imagination.

The last love movie that got off to such a good start was director Zhao Wei's first work "To Our Dying Youth", which finally achieved a good result of 720 million at the box office.

Of course, that was still 13 years ago, and now two years have passed, and neither the construction of theaters nor the movie-going group is comparable to that time.

Therefore, the major entertainment companies in the circle are optimistic about the follow-up box office of this movie, and everyone also has higher expectations for some of the most famous traffic stars in domestic entertainment.

In January, the movie "Back to 20 Years Old", starring Lu Han and mainly promoted, was released in early February, and the movie was screened for more than a month, and finally achieved a good box office of 364 million.

This is a big profit for a low-cost comedy and romance fantasy drama, after all, the cost of the movie is only 30 million.

Don't doubt why the cost of starring Lu Han is so low, Lu Han has just returned to China at this stage, and he has never proved himself at all, and it is the first time to make a movie, and he is still playing the second male, so the salary is naturally not high.

However, after the box office hit of [Return to 20 Years Old], if there is a follow-up cooperation to find him, it will definitely not be the original price.

The success of "Back to 20 Years Old" seems to point out an easy model for many film and television companies in the industry to make money by filming.

That is a reliable script + a stable supporting actor + traffic star.

In other aspects, as long as you don't stretch your hips too much, find traffic stars as a breakthrough for publicity, take fans as the basis for watching movies, and then control the cost, and make steady money from the movies made.

Now the box office of Li Jiaheng's new film makes everyone believe in this.

A small-budget romance film without any big stars, completely relying on Li Jiaheng's fans and fame, the box office almost broke 100 million on the first day, which is already very revealing.

Valentine's Day has passed, and although the highest box office and hottest movie in the market is "The Return of the Great Sage", in the film and television industry, everyone pays more attention to Li Jiaheng's "There is a place that only we know".

Although [The Return of the Great Sage] is good, everyone also knows that it is of excellent quality and will inevitably make a lot of money, but in the eyes of capital, the production cycle is too long, and it takes 8 years; The cost is too high, and the production cost is 100 million; The payment is also unstable, after so many years, there has only been a [Return of the Great Sage] in China, and there have been animated films with large investments before it, all of which have ended up on the street.

No one dares to guarantee that he can invest 100 million yuan to make an animated movie that will be a box office hit like "The Return of the Great Sage".

So although these film and television companies are very envious of the box office results of [The Return of the Great Sage], they still don't want to let them make new animated films by themselves.

[There is a place only we know] is different from this kind of film, and its success is replicable.

In everyone's eyes, it is nothing more than an ordinary romance film plus a traffic star, and there are countless low-cost romance films shot in China every year, and some of them have not low ratings, but the box office just can't be mentioned.

Now as long as this model works, it can be applied in the future, and it can completely become a "formula" for movie blockbusters.

At 2 o'clock in the afternoon, Gu Wei, who was in the office, received a call and hurriedly came out and walked to the company's front desk.

According to the agreement between the two, Liu Yifei came to watch a movie with him today.

I saw that she was wearing a purple pullover sweater on her upper body, a loose and fat gray-white slacks on her lower body, a brown baseball cap and large black sunglasses.

Today, I didn't wear the purple down coat I wore last time, but changed into a short black down jacket, because it was hot when I entered the building, I took off the down jacket and put it on my arm.

Gu Wei was wearing a black slim suit with a small white shirt underneath, dressed as an elite in the workplace.

He looked Liu Yifei up and down, and said with a smile:

"Sister Yifei, I found that your usual outfits are always so casual~"

Liu Yifei took off the big black sunglasses on his face and showed a sweet smile.

"Of course you can wear whatever you want when you're not working, just relax."

"If you look beautiful, you can do whatever you want, and whatever you wear is a fashion show."

Gu Wei's praise made Liu Yifei show a big smile, a beautiful face, but the gums were slightly exposed, but it was even more cute.

The girl at the front desk of the company had a surprised expression on her face when Liu Yifei took off her sunglasses, her eyes widened, and she looked at her in disbelief.

If it weren't for the boss's presence, she might have screamed.

"Miss Liu Yifei, can you sign for me?

I'm a fan of yours. ”

After Gu Wei and the two finished speaking, the little girl at the front desk couldn't help but open her mouth.

"Xiaoyu, I remember when you joined the company, you said it was my fan?"

"Haha, aren't you my boss, as long as the boss pays me a salary, you will always be my idol.

But I have admired Liu Yifei for many years, and I have been my idol since I was a child.

Boss, don't be jealous~"

Gu Wei was a little crying and laughing when this little girl at the front desk said.

Liu Yifei also covered her mouth and snickered on the side.

She took the pen and wrote on the paper

"I wish Xiaoyu a smooth work, youth and health! - Liu Yifei. ”

"Thank you so much, Sister Tianxian, I will treasure it when I go back.

You're simply beautiful, better than anything I've ever seen on TV before! ”

Xiaoyu took the signature and said happily.

"Work hard, go to work and chase stars, be careful that I deduct your salary."

Gu Wei pretended to threaten, and took Liu Yifei into the company, and Xiaoyu waved happily at Liu Yifei with his signature.

The two walked all the way through the office area and went straight to the company's screening room.

The employees who were working in the company saw the boss leading a person inside, and many of them glanced this way, and then whispered to each other.

"Xiaoling, Xiaoling, do you see if the boss next to him is Liu Yifei?"

A good-looking female employee patted her colleague sitting next to her and said.

My colleague was originally focused on the computer in front of him, and he couldn't help but look left and right after listening to her words.

"Where? Let me see~

Wow, it's really Liu Yifei who is here! ”

"This is the first time I've seen Liu Yifei's real person, it's so beautiful, her skin is white and seems to be glowing!

Our boss actually has a relationship with her. ”

The little girl who found Liu Yifei at the beginning sighed.

"What's this, our boss's first drama [Embroidered Spring Knife] was with Liu Yifei, the two must have known each other at that time, and it's been 3 years."

Xiaoling gave her colleagues a look at what she knew.

"The boss and the two of them are so compatible, the man is tall and handsome, the woman is beautiful, a natural pair!"

"Lulu, weren't you a CP fan of the 'Fishpond Couple' before? How did it get so fast today? ”

"Although Zhao Liying is very cute, she can't compare with Liu Yifei in terms of appearance, I only knew when I saw me today that she is so beautiful in reality!"

Liu Yifei, who was passing by, obviously also heard the discussion of Gu Wei's employees, she turned her head to look at everyone very cheerfully, although her footsteps did not stop, but her beautiful face was full of smiles, and she waved her hand to everyone who looked at her.

It immediately caused everyone to exclaim.

Gu Wei, who was leading the way in front, didn't care when he saw it, and these employees of his company usually had no less contact with other stars, but Liu Yifei was here for the first time.

After the two of them walked over, the director walked over.

"Okay, stop chatting, everyone should get to work.

The company has a rule that you can't go out and say anything when you see it, and everyone knows it."

Gu Wei took Liu Yifei into the company's screening room, and the two sat down on the leather sofa in the back row.

The door was opened, and Gu Wei's assistant brought in some drinks, fruits, and snacks and placed them on the small movable table in front of the two of them.

"Boss, what else do you have to order?"

The assistant bent down and asked softly.

"No, I'll call you if there's something."

"Okay~"

After that, he left the screening room.

"The employees in your company are very interesting~"

Liu Yifei opened a bottle of mineral water and took a sip and said.

"It's not that Sister Yifei, your charm is too great, they are all my fake fans, and as soon as you come, they will expose their real idols."

Gu Wei said while turning on the projector with the remote control.

The lights in the room dimmed, and [Journey to the West: The Return of the Great Sage] began to be shown on the screen opposite them.

is still the majestic Monkey King and the cute, nagging but enthusiastic and brave Jiang Liuer.

Liu Yifei was quickly attracted to all the attention of the movie.

Although Gu Wei has watched it once, he never gets tired of watching some good-looking movies.

Time flies, and soon the movie will be put in the place of the decisive battle with the demon king, Jiang Liuer was buried alive by a boulder that fell from the sky, life and death were not stopped, Liu Yifei's eyes were red, and his nose was sobbing.

Gu Wei lightly touched her arm and handed over some tissues.

Liu Yifei turned his head and glanced at him, with a face of pear blossoms and rain, for a while, Gu Wei didn't care about worrying about the little monk, but felt sorry for Liu Yifei beside him.

Fortunately, the climax came soon, justice finally triumphed over evil, and the little monk did not die.

The ending song of the movie sounded, and Gu Wei also turned on the lights in the screening room.

Liu Yifei was still immersed in the plot of the movie and did not come out.

She gently wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes with a tissue.

"Gu Wei, this cartoon is so well made, no wonder you had so much confidence in it before.

Thanks to your investment, if such a good film is misperformed because of money, it will be a pity~"

"It's all the credit of the director and the production team, 8 years of sharpening a sword, I just happened to meet and did my part."

The two of them came out of the screening hall and went into Gu Wei's office to rest.

Although the tears on Liu Yifei's face have been wiped away, her eyes are obviously red.

As they walked over, two male employees with workstations close to the aisle were talking to each other.

"How do I feel like Liu Yifei has cried?"

"I don't want to do it, you, make such a rumor about the boss!"

"Brother, I said Liu Yifei, which word mentioned the boss?"

"Hehe, just the two of them, you said that Liu Yifei cried, didn't you talk about the boss?"

"Eh~ I mean, it seems, maybe I'm wrong, but I really want to say something, the boss is awesome!!"

"That's right, the boss is awesome~ Liu Yifei is willing to let her cry!"

"You said it this time!"

“.”

Entering the office, Gu Wei took out a pot that was given by others, and it was said to be a pot from Longjing before the Ming Dynasty.

Pour a glass for Liu Yifei who was sitting on the sofa.

"You take a break in my office, and I'll take you downstairs to a very good restaurant, which I've been a regular customer of."

"Thank you, didn't you interrupt your work today?"

Liu Yifei had already adjusted her mood, and when she heard that Gu Wei was going to take her to dinner for a while, she said a little embarrassed.

"No, it's going to be the New Year soon, and the company has nothing to do, I've been busy with the release of [The Return of the Great Sage] a few days ago, and now the movie has a good momentum, and the post-publicity work has two distributors to follow up, Guangguang and Wanda, so I don't have to worry too much."

Gu Wei picked up the small cup of tea in front of him, took a sip gently, there was a wisp of fragrance, and then tossed between his lips and teeth, it seems that Lao Guo of the Bank of Communications did not fool himself, it is really good tea.

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