The Strongest Animator [Rebirth]

Time came to the end of January.

Everything seems to be a foregone conclusion. Regardless of whether the film and television companies of the three films are willing or not, they have to join this war without gunpowder. " also coincided with increased publicity efforts, the male and female protagonists were actually doing a fake show, and the popular fried chicken was naked on the screen for the first time. In a short time, topics related to several movies almost climbed the hot search list.

"In the competition for the New Year's Eve, who will win the first box office champion of the new year?"

Not only media reporters are talking about it, but fans and audiences are also enjoying discussing their favorite movies and directors—the three directors at the center of public opinion are not fledgling newcomers. After a few movies, naturally they have accumulated a lot fans.

Seeing that the situation is getting hotter day by day, the media reporters still feel that it is not enough. They try their best to ask several big directors and ask the three big directors their views on the upcoming Lunar New Year file.

Among the three big directors, the one with the highest rank and the most famous reputation is undoubtedly the director of "Interstellar Conquest" Clark Eddy, but this veteran director obviously did not mean to argue and provoke. Regarding the reporter's inquiry, Ai Di Di just smiled: ""Interstellar Conquest" is a work I have been preparing for three years, and I will not disappoint the fans who have always supported me."

There is no mention of any other directors, but from another perspective, isn't ignorance a kind of self-confidence and provocation?

In contrast, Song Huacai's remarks seemed a bit sharp, and he asked unceremoniously: "Since when has the director's qualifications and past achievements been able to become an indicator for the public to measure the level of a film?" ? The past can only represent the past after all—" He bluntly said: "The future belongs to young people."

The reporters on the side looked at each other with joy in their eyes.

What we want is this kind of tit-for-tat. With the dialogue between several directors, at least until the movie is officially released, they don't have to worry about the topic of the movie magazine!

At the same time, in the office located on the top floor of Huaying, Shepherd Xing was looking down at the movie magazine in his hand.

Most of the news in the newspapers was meaningless hype, he glanced at it casually, and threw it aside. "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" has already been completed, and the Shepherd Star can't be more leisurely at the moment.He glanced at the magazine scribbled, then stood up, pushed open the door of the office and walked out.

As soon as he stepped out of the office door here, several employees over there looked up in unison. When they looked carefully, there was actually a hint of vigilance in their eyes.

As an employee representative, Fang Lian was quickly pushed in front of Shepherd Xing. He was wondering about everyone's reactions, but Fang Lian on the opposite side asked cautiously, "Where are you going?"

Mu Suxing didn't know, so he glanced at everyone, seeing most of the people in the work hall staring at him nervously, Mu Suxing's heart moved slightly, and at the same time he understood, he was also a little speechless: "I said you don't As for being so nervous? Isn't Harry Potter finished? Why don't you take me out to meet old friends?"

But Fang Lian was very confident: "What can I do about it? If you want to blame it, you have to blame yourself for having too many criminal records. In the past, editor-in-chief Qiu complained to me about your deeds without anyone noticing. I don't think I can't take it seriously. " He said, and asked unambiguously: "Which old friend are you going to meet? Could it be another appointment to play cards together?"

It seems that it will not be so easy to run away again in the future...

This kind of thought just flashed through the mind of Shepherd Xing, and was quickly forgotten by him - after all, it wasn't because he had a sudden idea that he got off work early this time.

His eyes inadvertently glanced at the nearby table spread out, which happened to reveal the specific release date of the Lunar New Year movie. She recalled the exclamation of Harry Potter and Huaying animation in the recent newspapers and periodicals, and couldn't help laughing: " Of course it’s not a poker buddy, it’s just to see a ‘poor’ fellow with the same disease.”

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Xie Hongkuo originally planned to interview the director of "Tomorrow" Grote Hill.

Regrettably, this director seemed to have no interest in the dialogue between the directors before the release. Until the end of the live promotional activities of "Tomorrow" in Xingning City, Xie Hongkuo did not get a suitable interview opportunity, but That is, when he had to give up the interview and turned around and walked back, he caught a glimpse of two familiar figures near the window of a teahouse on the street.

Isn't this Shepherd Xing and Ye Changlin?

Realizing this, Xie Hongkuo immediately became interested.

Although the fourth is a lot worse than the top three, it is still at the top of the list, and it is one of the most anticipated Lunar New Year movies nowadays. Do animation directors also have neglected dissatisfaction and dissatisfaction?

Not to mention that the director of "Racing Storm" Song Huacai accidentally activated an AOE skill when talking about it not long ago. Maybe director Ye Changlin has something to say about this?

however--

"Huaying's box office target?" Mu Suxing held up the teacup in front of him, and said calmly: "Is there any need to talk about it? Of course it's paid back."

Xie Hongkuo suspected that he had heard wrong.

He looked at the opposite Muju star in amazement, but the latter seemed completely unaware of the wrongness of his goal. He was sipping the tea in his cup leisurely at the moment. Seeing that Xie Hongkuo was confused, Mu Su Xing raised his eyebrows and handed him an inexplicable expression.

"I'm doing animated films," he reminded.

Generally speaking, considering the various divisions in the movie, if an ordinary movie wants to return its cost, the box office should be at least three times the investment. The profit of the movie must be several times the investment at the box office.

But animated films have no such concerns.

It is true that CG animation movies burn money, but the biggest difference between animated movies and live-action movies is that they care about their own core profit method-the main income of live-action movies comes from the box office, but the core of animated movies lies in animation. derived series.

For example, the animated film "Tiger and Rose" released last year. This animated film invested 2 million yuan, and the final box office was less than 3 million. Judging from the box office, it seems that Glacier Film and Television, which produced this animated film, is very difficult to even pay back. Yes, derivative products based on the ip of this animation movie, such as dolls of the same style, various stationery, etc., by the end of this year, the peripheral profits of "Tiger Rose" have reached 15 billion credit points.

For animated films, the surrounding area is the real big head.

When he said that, what else did Xie Hongkuo not understand?

I understand it, but Mu Su Xing’s words still made him a little frustrated. When other people aggressively stated that their movie would definitely become the box office champion of the New Year’s Eve, another director who was also competitive was serious. Tell him that "returning capital" is the company's only goal.

Xie Hongkuo let out a sigh of relief. He decided to put the hope of big news on Ye Changlin. However, this great director who dedicated his life to literary and artistic films was even more uncooperative than Mu Suxing. When talking about box office goals and fantasies, Ye Changlin asked casually: "Box office? What is that?"

Xie Hongkuo was silent.

However, this was still a silence that made it difficult for him to refute.

What is the box office?

For most directors and actors, the box office of a movie represents almost everything, but Ye Changlin, as a director of a well-known literary film, box office is really not what he needs to consider. For him, the artistry of the movie itself is the most important— — This is the reason why he has been able to win movie awards every time, and it is also one of the reasons why all the actors who try to hit the best actor and actress are often close to him.

Xie Hongkuo was blocked by the two people's eyes and words, and he didn't know what to say. Seeing that he couldn't find any big news, he had no choice but to return to the newspaper office angrily.

Of course, as "revenge" against the two, Xie Hongkuo, who had no conscience at all, turned on his computer without hesitation, and wrote irresponsibly: "... I have to say that Director Mu Suxing and Director Ye Changlin It's really not very good luck. After encountering the worst hell schedule in history, the two of them were surrounded by three other movies even when they were released. Of course, we obviously can't compare an animation at the box office. Movies and literary movies have too high requirements, I hope the two directors will not be hit hard by this..."

Once Xie Hongkuo's report was released, Shepherd Xing himself didn't respond—he was used to being ignored and belittled by the media during this period. Xie Hongkuo seemed to comfort him, but in fact, his remarks that implied ridicule and contempt were just one of them, and many fans Believing it was true, they all went to the comment section of Musuxing Weibo to comfort him, saying that although the environment is difficult, as long as Huaying maintains its previous standards, they will never let Huaying lose money even if they reserve the venue!

On February [-]st, "Tomorrow", "Racing Storm" and "Sound of the Rain" will be screened simultaneously in major movie theaters of Blue Star.

The movie has not yet officially opened, and movie fans who bought tickets in advance have already lined up in two long queues, waiting to enter.Mu Suxing took the "Sound of the Rain" movie ticket gifted by Ye Changlin, and Qin Sheng came to another queue with only three or five people.When the two came over, the people at the front were still whispering:

"Do we really want to watch this "Sound of the Rain"? It's so boring to read the synopsis."

"No way, we are moving too slowly. Whether it is "Tomorrow" or "Racing Storm", the movie tickets for these two movies are basically sold out, so come here, just make do with the sound of rain Well, I remember that this director seems to be quite famous, so he probably won't let us down..."

Not far away, several acquainted film critics who were lucky enough to snag movie tickets were also discussing in low voices: "Two of the three movies were released today... I don't know which one is "Racing Storm" or "Tomorrow" Will the movie fall behind first?"

"Fortunately, I got both movie tickets, just wait, after watching the two movies and comparing them, I'll know."

The duration of "Racing Storm" and "Tomorrow" is not the same. One of the two films is 90 minutes, and the other is 100 minutes. When the progress of "Tomorrow" is gradually coming to an end, there is only a wall separating the second screening hall. The fans who finished "Racing Storm" have come out satisfied.

"It's so handsome! Director Song Huacai really understands it too well. I like this kind of pure and exciting racing movie. The rhythm is very refreshing, and several scenes are so handsome that they are beyond the watch. The ticket price is really worth it!"

Compared with the excited movie fans, several film critics acted more calmly: "It's a very good popcorn movie. Song Huacai has continued the high level of the previous movie. The long shot of the final battle is very shocking. I guess the box office should not be so high." It will be less than 10 billion, and if the competitiveness is small in the same period, it will not be a problem to get 15 billion at the box office."

While several people were discussing in low voices, as the screening of "Tomorrow" ended, the crowd in the screening hall No. [-] gradually poured out.Before they could ask, the colleague who had finished watching "Tomorrow" shook his head.

"There are no major problems, but there are no special highlights, and there is no novel angle and different thinking on the subject of the end of the world." He said: "If this is the work of a new director, I am willing to give him eight points. , if it's Grote... I don't think so."

"Not bad for other directors, but let's put Grote aside, I can only say that it is just passing."

"That is to say—"

Several people looked at each other, and the film critic who came out of the second screening hall shrugged his shoulders, and said in a firm tone: "It seems that the first eliminated person has appeared."

"If there is no accident, the Lunar New Year box office champion of this issue should be born between "Interstellar Conquest" and "Racing Storm", right?"

No further corroboration is needed.

The rich experience of watching movies has sharpened the sharp eyes of several film critics. There may be mistakes in the specific box office predictions, but the predictions in the general direction have never been missed by the few people present.In the case of Song Huacai's "Racing Storm" with extraordinary performance, "Tomorrow", which is only qualified by director Grote, will obviously be much inferior.

In most cases, the world of movies is actually very simple.

The movie is good-looking, so I don't have to worry about not having fans to buy it.But at the same time, if the quality of a movie is worrying, no matter how famous its director and actors are, the audience will not buy it.

Only quality is the only criterion for evaluating whether a movie is excellent.

At the same time, the projection hall No. [-] was silent.

Compared with the No. [-] and No. [-] screening halls with extremely high attendance rates, the attendance rate in the screening hall in front of me was less than half. However, until the end of the movie, the lights suddenly turned on, and the lyrics of the ending song appeared with the subtitles While on screen, no one in the entire hall made any sound.

There was no words, and no one got up and left immediately. Everyone's eyes were firmly locked on the big screen in front of them, motionless.

In fact, if someone is standing at the bottom of the screen at this moment, that is, opposite to everyone present, then he can see that the fans who are still sitting in their respective positions at this moment are either already bursting into tears, or are already red. orbital.

It's not the first time she has watched "The Sound of the Rain", and naturally she didn't miss the reaction of the audience around her.

There are not many viewers who watched "The Sound of the Rain", but there is no shortage of film critics who are interested in literary films. However, considering the particularity of literary films, even if there are professional film critics who are moved by this movie at the moment, they can Even if I wrote a few thousand words of film appreciation, I would never know that in the next month, this national-level film will be unstoppable, and three major productions will be cut off.

Whether it is "Racing Storm" or "Interstellar Conquest", they are all masterpieces that are rarely seen.Regrettably, only this "Sound of Rain", which was initially ignored by everyone, is the real monster in this year's Lunar New Year file.

In a sense, the inferences of film critics are not wrong.

Less than three days have passed since February 10st, "Racing Storm" and "Tomorrow" have fulfilled their guesses at the box office: the daily box office is getting higher every day, but the daily box office is declining rapidly visible to the naked eye. To make matters worse, after discovering the decline of "Tomorrow", the latter's film schedule also dropped to [-]%.

For a great director, this cannot but be said to be a shame.

However, just when everyone thought that perhaps only "Interstellar Conquest", which was released on February [-]th, was the most likely to break the current dominance of "Racing Storm" in theaters, another literary film that was ignored by the public suddenly appeared as An unbelievable speed suddenly jumped up!

"After watching it, I was completely tearful. I suspect that the director peeked at my life and used it to make a movie...it is too real. It is really a very good movie. Thanks to the director for speaking out for us."

"I watched "The Sound of the Rain" when I didn't get a ticket for "Racing Storm". To be honest, I have never liked watching literary films. It feels too deep and heavy. "The Sound of the Rain" is actually very heavy. , but it is a kind of heart-pricking heaviness, everyone can find resonance in the movie, a very sincere movie, suitable for all working parties."

On the Internet, the number of netizens of Amway's "Sound of the Rain" is increasing day by day.

On Bluestar's fairest and most authoritative movie rating website, "The Sound of the Rain" scored 9.8 points, and entered Bluestar's top 200 high-rated movies on the third day of its release.

When the time came to February 10th, the week when "Sound of the Rain" was released, Bluestar's official media named "Sound of the Rain" for its exploration and thinking about the current social situation. At the same time, the total box office of "Sound of the Rain" also officially exceeded "Racing Storm" was released for [-] days, with a box office of [-] billion.

By this time, even passers-by who are indifferent to the movie have also noticed that the movie is unusual.

Most people follow the crowd.

And when the media all over the world began to focus on singing the praises of "The Sound of the Rain", touting its depth and breadth, more people who were not interested in literary films also chose to enter the cinema——

This is a national movie.

Even if they can't understand the foreshadowing and deep meaning in the movie, are they not allowed to use "watching a national movie with depth and magnificence" as a way of pretending to be coercive?

No matter what kind of thoughts people have when they walk into the movie, the fact before everyone's eyes is that in this so-called most tragic Shura field in history, a literary film that was not paid attention to at all stood out, and it was released smoothly. Movies that should have had a higher box office were suppressed together.

The reason is simple -

"The Sound of the Rain is too heavy."

"Don't talk about it. When I think of the plot of this movie, I still feel very depressed. This is not the kind of abuse that is common in movies. The main reason is that many details are too real. I thought watching "Racing Storm" Such movies can be relieved, and as a result... I began to regret buying the movie ticket for "Racing Storm", the plot is too exaggerated."

"Exaggeration +1, after watching "The Sound of the Rain" and then watching "Racing Storm", it feels like one second you were in the real world, and the next second you are transmigrated into the fictional world of sand sculptures It's..."

"A sincere suggestion from an old driver: Don't watch "Racing Storm" after watching "The Sound of the Rain".

If only one person complained about the incompatibility between "Sound of the Rain" and "Racing Storm", people might not take it seriously, but when all the fans who have watched the two movies expressed the same feeling, the same concern Soon is also on the minds of all stakeholders of the film's upcoming release.

"Racing Storm", which has already been released and is of good quality, failed to please "Sound of the Rain", so what about the upcoming movie?

Is there anything more hopeless than when the schedule happens to be after a national film?

Thinking of this, the troublemakers who touted "The Sound of the Rain" became interested, and began to make a "victim list" with great interest, and among them, the one who ranked at the top of the list was precisely the "Haha" that was selected on February [-]th at the same time. Lippert and the Sorcerer's Stone, and Interstellar Conquest.

Three days later, in Xingning City, inside Qian'an Cinema.

"Do you really not consider watching "The Sound of the Rain"? This movie is really a classic."

At the ticket gate, Luo Gaofeng, who was already standing in the middle of the line, hesitated for a while, but finally shook his head firmly: "I'll let it go, I prefer to go back and watch movies with a lot of tears at home, since I'm here If you go to the cinema, of course you have to watch a blockbuster movie."

The friend shrugged: "Let me tell you first, I just finished watching "The Sound of the Rain" the day before yesterday, and I haven't come out yet. I'll watch this Philosopher's Stone later. If I accidentally fall asleep, don't blame me."

With such a reaction, Luo Gaofeng became a little curious: "Is the impact of "The Sound of the Rain" really that serious?"

"Looking back, you'll know it. Anyway, I think it's very substituting. Now I think it's really stuffy in retrospect." The friend said, and the two wrote "Harry Potter's magic" one after the other. Handed over the movie ticket with the word "stone", and then walked to the corresponding No. [-] screening hall according to the staff's prompt.

It was at this time that he suddenly discovered that the composition of the auditorium in front of him seemed to be different from the other shows he had seen.

If the audience of "Sound of the Rain" is basically adult office workers, then the audience of this animated film is of all ages—from five or six-year-old children, to teenagers, to 20-year-olds Young people in their early years, even parents in their 40s and [-]s, except for the elderly, there are almost all age groups.

Because it's an animated movie?

While he was still thinking wildly, the lights in the entire projection hall at the other end were "swiped" out, and replaced by the light on the big screen not far away.

The movie begins.