Liu Yifei sat on the sofa, with a straight back and legs together, with a dignified temperament.

"Gu Wei, do you think that our future animated films in China can be as wonderful as [The Return of the Great Sage]?"

"It's not good to say, there are always those who are indiscriminate.

However, after this time, it can be regarded as a pole in the Chinese animation film industry, and if there are new films released in the future, everyone will involuntarily compare [The Return of the Great Sage].

On the whole, it is still conducive to the development of Chinese animated films. ”

Gu Wei thought for a while and said:

"It's hard for me to comment on what others do, but an animated film that my company is working on right now believes is no worse than [The Return of the Great Sage], or even better."

"Your company can still make animated films?"

Liu Yifei was very surprised, she knew that Gu Wei's company made movies and TV series, but she didn't expect to be able to make cartoons.

"To be exact, another animation production company under my name, it's just downstairs, if you're interested, I can take you to see it."

"Is it convenient?"

"It's nothing, let's go, I'll take you downstairs to have a look."

As soon as he said go, Gu Wei quickly came downstairs with the curious Liu Yifei.

There is a large sign hanging at the front desk on this floor, which reads several big characters in the same style as the upstairs "Wei Mingxia Animation Production Company".

These two floors were bought by Gu Wei last year, and the lower floor is used as the office space of the animation company.

Gu Wei, the boss, took the guests down to inspect, and the dumpling director who received the news naturally received him personally.

"Boss, look at it, these are the original drafts of animated movies, and there are more than 20 versions of Nezha's image alone, and it took more than a year to finalize the final version."

Dumplings led the two to visit the [Nezha's Demon Boy Descends] that was being made.

It has been a year since he led the team to join Gu Wei's company, and the production of [Nezha] has also begun to bear fruit.

Liu Yifei looked at the more than 20 versions of Nezha in the manuscript, whether it was body shape, face shape, hairstyle or accessories, etc., almost none of them were repeated, which matched the overall characteristics of a single character, and there were some cute and interesting designs.

"Why did you choose this image, it's a bit ugly, and there are a lot of other cute and good-looking images?"

Liu Yifei took the final draft of Nezha and asked suspiciously.

"Eh~ Miss Liu, this involves the plot of the whole movie, Nezha at the beginning of the movie is a character that everyone hates, if it is too cute and good-looking, it does not meet the character setting."

The dumpling director explained.

Liu Yifei listened half-incomprehensibly.

The two of them went around from beginning to end accompanied by dumplings, and Gu Wei also took this opportunity to learn about the production progress of [Nezha].

According to the director, it is estimated that there will be nearly two years to complete the production, and the entire film will take a total of 3 years.

From this, it can also be seen why other film companies are reluctant to invest money in animated films, the production cycle is too long, and the variables in the middle are too great, once something happens, their investment may be lost.

After the visit, Liu Yifei's curiosity was fully satisfied, and Gu Wei took her to the restaurant downstairs for dinner.

Gu Wei is an old customer, and the box and dish assistant are clearly arranged in advance, just downstairs from Gu Wei's company.

After eating, Gu Wei drove Liu Yifei home again.

"Gu Wei, I'm really happy to let you play with me for a long time today.

Thank you! ”

Liu Yifei, who was about to get off at the place, said to Gu Wei with a smile on his face.

"It's nothing, are we good friends~

That's right, Sister Yifei. ”

Gu Wei replied.

Time is getting closer and closer to the Chinese New Year, and the movie-watching craze set off by [The Return of the Great Sage] is also intensifying.

On the 15th, the third day of the movie's release, there was still an endless stream of moviegoers in theaters across the country.

On the same day, [The Return of the Great Sage] achieved a box office result of 102.3 million, with a box office of more than 100 million for two consecutive days, and a box office of more than 300 million in the first three days of the week.

Now everyone knows that a real box office blockbuster belonging to the 2015 Chinese New Year is here!

At the same time, the romance film "There Is a Place Only We Know", which was highly anticipated by major film companies, saw a jaw-dropping drop at the box office on the second day of its release.

The box office of the movie on Sunday was only 36.57 million, which is good for the average small-budget romance film, but the box office on Valentine's Day yesterday was 93.96 million, which is no longer cut in half, but cut from the knee.

Although the box office exceeded 100 million in two days after its release, and the film has achieved profitability, it still disappointed the film's producers and other wait-and-see film and television companies.

But this is not unexpected, [There is a place only we know] The quality of this movie is average, and the Douban score is only 5.7 after its release, which is decent in small-budget romance films, and it can't be said to be a bad movie, it can only be said to be a mediocre work.

On the first day, Li Jiaheng's fans were able to achieve such high box office results, on the one hand, Li Jiaheng's fans came to support their idols after the movie was released, and with the blessing of Valentine's Day, many couples naturally chose to watch a romance movie when they entered the cinema.

But the energy of fans is limited after all, and after the first day, there is no blessing of time, so it will naturally return to the box office trajectory of normal love movies.

On the 16th, Monday, the second week of release, the box office of [The Return of the Great Sage] was cut off, only 58.97 million, but this is not unexpected, and such a decline on weekdays is also expected by everyone.

[There is a place where only we know] The box office fell again on Monday, reporting 20.89 million, although the decline was not as big as [The Return of the Great Sage], but it was too much worse in terms of single-day box office data.

On the 17th, the box office of [The Return of the Great Sage] did not fall again, but maintained a steady development, with a box office of 55.47 million throughout the day.

[There is a place only we know] fell below 20 million, closing at 16.87 million.

In a villa in the capital, Li Jiaheng was wearing casual clothes, yellow hair, and a lot of metal accessories on his body.

He sat on the couch, hunched over, with box office data for all the movies released in recent days in his hands, his brow furrowed.

"The box office is going to break 100 million on the first day, why is there such a big drop in the back?"

His agent Huang Bin stood opposite and explained lightly:

"The first day was borrowed from Valentine's Day, and the box office in the back is normal."

"I don't understand how a cartoon can achieve such high results?

Just because Gu Wei is a producer? ”

"The box office results of the first two days of that cartoon must be due to Gu Wei, as far as I know, many of his fans entered the cinema on the first day to support the film.

However, the quality of [The Return of the Great Sage] is indeed excellent, which is a common perception in the circle, plus there are no blockbusters competing with him during this time period, and it is normal to have this box office under the right time, place, and people. ”

"Then the first film I made back to China was a failure?"

Li Jiaheng got up from the sofa, walked around a little irritablely, and his voice became much louder.

"Don't worry too much, according to the current box office trend, [there is a place only we know] is no problem to break 200 million, 300 million is enough to choke.

In terms of cost, this movie will pay back in the first week, and it will definitely make a lot of money in the end, which is the relationship between earning more and earning less. ”

Huang Bin comforted.

"What you should be thinking about now is the competition with your former teammate Lu Han, both of you belong to the top class who returned from South Korea, and the similarity in all aspects is too high, and there is the most direct competition for the resources in the circle.

Fortunately, although the box office of his first movie [20 Years Old Again] is slightly more than yours, you are the male protagonist of the movie, and he is only the second male, which is a tie in this regard.

The [Lao Paoer] you are going to shoot now performs well, directed by Guan Hu and starring Feng Xiaogang, the box office and word-of-mouth are not low, with the blessing of this movie, your road behind will be smoother.

And I'm helping you get in touch with Zhou Xingchi and Xu Ke now, and once you succeed, I can help you take over the top film resources in the next circle.

If you play that well, you'll soar to the sky! ”

Huang Bin said a lot, he used to be Huang Xiaoming's agent, he has been in the circle for many years, and he has a wide range of contacts.

After Lu Han and Li Jiaheng returned to China, he was optimistic about the fiery popularity of traffic stars and super high fan stickiness, so he chose Li Jiaheng between the two and became his agent.

As soon as Li Jiaheng returned to China, he was able to cooperate with major domestic film and television companies, and he contributed a lot.

"After filming Zhou Xingchi's movie, can my popularity surpass Gu Wei?"

Li Jiaheng asked with some excitement.

Ever since he met Gu Wei at the Bazaar Charity Night last year, he has been thinking about comparing himself with the other party.

"Gu Wei~"

Huang Bin frowned and said:

"This person has not been in the circle for a long time, he is very young, but he is developing very rapidly.

And you can't just regard him as a popular idol star, the film and television company under his name has gradually grown and grown, and he has a good relationship with all the bigwigs in the circle.

You should leave him alone for the time being, I heard that he doesn't take on much outside play, and it doesn't have much impact on you. ”

"It's not a big impact, I have a lot of resources now, and it's said that he didn't want it to find me again?

It's a bad feeling to always pick up someone else's leftovers! ”

Li Jiaheng said in a deep voice, it can be seen that he is very unhappy with this situation.

Huang Bin looked at his face and said:

"I heard that your other two teammates also have the intention of returning to China, and there are also some young male stars in China, so let's suppress these people first, and then think about comparing with Gu Wei."

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