This completely overturns the Journey to the West story we are familiar with! However, just imagining the scenes based on the plot makes it feel incredibly exciting! And seeing this painting by Teacher Su Yu makes it even more vivid! This animated movie can absolutely be made! I'm the first to approve!
Li Xing excitedly spoke first. This time, he would be the person in charge of this project, which was why he was so excited. Now, Li Xing had everything he needed in terms of identity and status. If he could add another glorious achievement to his record, it would be even better. He would have more to talk about when bragging in retirement.
The script is indeed good! It's just that this monkey is a bit ugly-handsome, and Jiang Liuer is quite cute. Director Tian, Director Ross, do you think the audience will buy it?
Han Jianhua's words were a bit subtle. What ugly-handsome? He was clearly very ugly! He had been so excited reading the script, but then he saw this horse-faced monkey, and he really didn't know what to say. However, he wasn't very professional, so he'd better listen to other opinions first. As a qualified leader, one must not let an amateur guide a professional; that's a big taboo!
As long as the special effects are done well, this movie will definitely be a big hit! I guarantee it!
Ross replied in somewhat broken Mandarin. He wasn't deliberately exaggerating the effect of the special effects. After reading the script, he felt that this animated movie relied heavily on special effects! This was their most professional area, so they wouldn't talk nonsense. Moreover, he had done many Hollywood animation special effects before, so naturally, after seeing the script, he would have a general idea. Besides, even as a foreigner, he had heard of the Great Sage Equal to Heaven, Sun Wukong. Such an IP inherently has an audience base. And he didn't think the monkey Su Yu drew was ugly; on the contrary, he felt it was very domineering! If it had color, perhaps it would be even more intuitive? This incredibly young Teacher Su Yu, it was said, had a previous script that sold for 1.2 billion chinese yuan at the box office, breaking the highest record for Chinese domestic film box office.
Now that he saw Teacher Su Yu's scriptwriting ability, Ross felt that the reputation was indeed well-deserved.
I feel that what Chinese animation lacks now are people who can tell stories well. In terms of drawing and production, we are actually not lacking anything. It's clear that this story is told too well! There will definitely be a market! As long as it's done well, breaking the domestic animation film box office record is not a problem! I am very confident in doing it well!
Tian Peng also became more and more excited as he spoke, looking like he was about to roll up his sleeves and get to work. As a practitioner who wholeheartedly wanted to revitalize Chinese animation, he naturally hoped to see Chinese animation rise. However, the market had not been optimistic about Chinese animation before, and no one was willing to invest in their projects. Recently, he had also been writing his own script, wanting to make it into an animated movie, but it had been difficult from the very beginning of preparation. It was then that he met Wang Tianfeng, who planned to acquire an animation studio to expand his animation empire. After some discussion, Tian Peng was moved. He believed that with a big backer like Tianxing Entertainment, his dream of an animated movie might not be too far off. He just didn't expect that Tianxing Entertainment, having just announced their acquisition of his studio, would immediately bring him to Teacher Su Yu. And the purpose was to get an animated movie script from Teacher Su Yu! Teacher Su Yu! Even though he was an animation practitioner, even though he was born in the late 79s, he had heard of Teacher Su Yu's name in the past six months. Some of Teacher Su Yu's songs were even on his playlist. He especially liked 'chasing dreams with a child's heart', 'no more hesitation', and 'hai kuo tian kong (sea sky)'.
There's nothing to hesitate about; let's just approve the project!
Wang Tianfeng smiled and nodded. Although he didn't watch animation, this script made him, an old man, feel incredibly passionate. If it were produced, he would even want to go to the cinema to watch it. So why not do it?
The script rating can reach S-level! If the production can keep up, plus the company's and Teacher Su Yu's promotion, a box office of perhaps over 500 million won't be a problem!
Ren Nanbei, the director of the Film and Television Department, gave his rating after some thought. The previous scripts for 'lost in thailand' and 'chinese partners' were actually S-level, but this 'monkey king: hero is back' is an animated film, so Ren Nanbei naturally didn't dare to give too high a box office prediction. However, 500 million is already a terrifying number, considering that the current domestic animation box office record is only a little over 300 million. And that was for a low-budget film purely for children, 'Boonie Bears'.
I think it's pretty good too.
Han Jiangxue also read the script, and after seeing the draft drawn by Teacher Su Yu, she smiled and spoke. Then let's do it! Our Tianxing Animation and Tianxing Special Effects' first project will be 'monkey king: hero is back'! Come on, everyone, let's calculate the cost directly, and tomorrow Li Xing will take the script for review! We'll start work directly after it's approved!
Han Jianhua made the final decision. Everyone said it could be filmed, so what was there to hesitate about? Ren Nanbei, Tian Peng, and Ross gathered together and began to calculate the approximate production cost of this animated movie. More than half an hour later, Ross spoke first: There are over two thousand special effects shots, with over 400 A-class shots. If the special effects side doesn't make a profit, the cost will be around 35 million.
When Teacher Su Yu heard Ross's quote, he knew that he wasn't overcharging. The 50 million chinese yuan for special effects that System Miss mentioned included profit. After all, they couldn't really make the special effects work for free, right? And the production cycle of animated films is not short, so this small profit would not be enough to support the special effects artists in the company.
The cost of animation production is roughly 45 million. Of course, what we're giving you are cost prices.
Tian Peng spoke, looking seriously at everyone. 35 million + 45 million makes 80 million. He was actually very unsure. An animated film with an 80 million cost, not including their deserved share, and without a promotion and distribution budget. Animated films are really not something ordinary people can afford to play with or gamble on.
We will add 15 million to the production cost for both special effects and animation, and then allocate 40 million for promotion and distribution! The total cost will be controlled at 150 million chinese yuan. Does everyone have any issues with that?
After discussing with Ren Nanbei, Han Jianhua gave the final total cost budget. And the extra 30 million would actually flow back to Tianxing Entertainment in the end, after all, both Tianxing Animation and Tianxing Special Effects belong to Tianxing Entertainment. But both companies are newly established, so Han Jianhua naturally didn't want them to feel that the company would only exploit them!
That's too much! I'm afraid...
Tian Peng was incredibly moved. But he knew better than anyone the awkward position of animated films. He didn't want Tianxing Entertainment's 150 million to go down the drain, affecting Tianxing Entertainment's stock price and causing Tianxing Entertainment to abandon its entry into the animation industry.
Afraid of what! We believe in Teacher Su Yu's script, and we believe in your production level! Just go ahead and do it with confidence!
Han Jianhua interrupted him, speaking confidently and encouragingly.