What happened was something no one present had anticipated, but isn't the unexpected precisely what brings a pleasant surprise?
After all, the monkey king: hero is back project has already been completed, and Tianxing Animation has no work on hand.
They are not like Tianxing Special Effects, which, backed by Tianxing Entertainment, always has an endless supply of special effects work.
It's also because they haven't taken on external projects yet; otherwise, Tianxing Special Effects might be even busier in the future.
So, upon hearing the news that Su Yu had brought the script for the second animated feature film, a huge look of surprise and anticipation instantly appeared on Tian Peng’s face.
One monkey king: hero is back was enough to make him believe that if Su Yu could be responsible for content provision, then Su Yu was fulfilling his previous promise.
Several copies of the script were printed by Su Yu and distributed to everyone present.
And when everyone saw the movie's title, they all narrowed their eyes.
The first one was monkey king: hero is back, which was about the traditional mythological figure, the Great Sage Equal to Heaven.
They had thought this second one would be a sequel to that movie, but it turned out to be “ne zha”?
Looking at the movie title ne zha, none of them said anything, but instead eagerly and quickly began reading the script.
As an animation professional, Tian Peng was clearly the one among everyone present who understood animation the most, and he was also the one who read it the most seriously.
When everyone else had finished reading the script in their hands and didn't know what to say, he was still slowly and thoroughly reading the script in his hand with great relish.
From time to time, the corners of his mouth would turn up, clearly showing he was engrossed.
When Tian Peng finally finished reading the entire script, he looked up with a sense of lingering enjoyment, only to be astonished to find everyone looking at him.
“Cough cough, sorry, I was too engrossed! The script design is truly brilliant. Although it’s subversive, it’s equally passionate! I am very optimistic about this ne zha! However, this one requires significantly more special effects, and both the production period and cost will be much higher than monkey king: hero is back.”
Tian Peng knew that everyone was waiting for him, the professional, to speak, so he expressed his thoughts.
And when he mentioned the period and cost, his gaze towards Su Yu was filled with anticipation.
He knew that as long as this big shot nodded, no matter how high the cost, it wouldn't be a problem!
“Everyone can rest assured about the special effects. The better we integrate with the new team, the better. We can not only ensure quality and quantity but also reduce some costs!”
Ross added.
With so many special effects shots, they naturally had to take full responsibility.
Moreover, the labor cost here in China is truly very low; newcomers are eager to learn technology, and veterans are working hard to avoid being eliminated, which is his biggest confidence.
“Then let's calculate the production cost. Everything should be calculated at market price. Don't try to save the company money; there’s no need!”
Su Yu nodded with a smile, saying words that made Ren Nanbei's heart tremble.
Saving money for the company, isn't that saving money for yourself? Why do you give people the feeling that you're going to fight a local tyrant?
However, Su Yu’s pursuit of quality was truly beyond reproach.
If it hadn't been for Su Yu back then, who would have dared to put out 150 million chinese yuan to make a domestic animated feature film!
But now? After seeing the finished film, even Ren Nanbei felt that the box office for this animated feature film would not be less than 500 million.
Why 500 million? Isn't it because their music director always likes to talk about 500 million at the box office?
It's gotten to the point where some of the company's senior executives now constantly say 500 million, 500 million, as if they've all been pumped with adrenaline.
With the production experience from monkey king: hero is back, the cost budget for this film was much easier to determine.
And since Ross was also here, the cost of special effects could be calculated immediately.
“270 million!” Half an hour later, Tian Peng somewhat nervously stated a number.
Even though Ren Nanbei had already had a psychological expectation, he was still shocked when he heard the number 270 million.
Brother, does it have to be so much?
It was actually double the cost budget of the well-produced monkey king: hero is back!
If he didn't know that Tian Peng and Ross were also company employees, he would have directly stood up, flipped the table, and left!
He was crazy; he felt the whole world had gone mad.
Nearly 300 million chinese yuan to produce an animated feature film?
Even that richest man who said he didn't care about money wouldn't dare to squander it like this.
“Then let's make it 300 million! With monkey king: hero is back as a baseline, when the second film is released, the audience base and anticipation will definitely be stronger. If the quality isn't made even better, it will affect the reputation to some extent.”
And Su Yu? Not only did he not feel that Tian Peng and the others were crazy, he even added another 30 million to the budget!
Ren Nanbei truly didn't know what to say at this moment.
That's right, their Film and Television Department's previous three films had indeed made a lot of money, but they couldn't invest so lavishly.
“Should we consider accepting external capital investment this time? It's really too risky for our Tianxing Entertainment to solely invest 300 million in such a large project. I'm worried that the shareholders might also have opinions, right?”
Ren Nanbei suggested with some reluctance.
More and more companies outside were now unhappy with Tianxing Entertainment monopolizing everything. He felt that such a large investment amount, if shared a bit, would actually be quite good.
It could also spread out the risk, so why not?
Of course, if Ren Nanbei knew how much this movie grossed on Earth, he would definitely keep that sentence to himself!
After all, no one would be foolish enough to share money they’ve already earned with others, and even be grateful to those who invested in them.
“If the shareholders feel there’s a risk, I can independently fund this project! As long as they don't regret it later!”
Su Yu replied to him indifferently, and after that, Ren Nanbei directly fell silent.
There was indeed a precedent; back when it was beautiful fate, they wouldn't even approve the project, and what was the result?
If it weren't for the three directors insisting that the company also invest a portion, Tianxing Entertainment would have ended up not earning a single cent!
And the reason why Tianxing Entertainment always gets half of the profit is, in the end, because Su Yu gave it up.
Because these profitable projects were either scripts written by Su Yu or projects selected by Su Yu.
Su Yu's vision, in the eyes of everyone at Tianxing Entertainment, was precise and ruthless.
If, because of his Ren Nanbei's suggestion, a portion of the investment share was given out, and the movie then became a huge box office hit.
How would others in the company view him?
Would they be grateful for his prudence, or would they be grateful for him making the company earn less money?
For a 300 million major project, Ren Nanbei still didn't dare to make the decision and reported it upwards to Han Jianhua.
And Han Jianhua replied directly to him, saying to listen to Su Yu, and there was no further discussion.
This made Ren Nanbei truly unable to distinguish who was the real boss of Tianxing Entertainment.