Su Yu replied with a smile, full of confidence.
And the production cost of 150 million yuan was indeed quite convincing.
After all, the highest box office for domestic animated films was just over 300 million yuan. If they didn't have confidence or ambition, who would dare to invest 150 million yuan?
Because even if the film's box office equaled the record, it would still be a loss.
monkey king: hero is back's total box office needed to reach over 450 million yuan to truly start making money, okay?
However, considering that the pre-sale box office alone reached 190 million yuan in the first three days, and it was still increasing, it didn't seem difficult to reach 450 million yuan, did it?
But ten billion? That was truly a bit unbelievable.
"What if it doesn't reach ten billion at the box office?" a reporter asked back, unconvinced.
"If it doesn't reach it, it doesn't reach it. Then we'll strive for the next one to reach it!" Su Yu shrugged, replying nonchalantly.
His answer directly left the reporters at the scene speechless.
Instead, the netizens watching the live broadcast were amused.
"That's right, if it doesn't reach it, it doesn't reach it. Su Yu can't predict it accurately!"
"Then we'll strive for the next one to reach it! That sentence is so domineering, worthy of my Su Shen!"
"The reporter was waiting for Su Shen to make a pledge, but everyone was dumbfounded."
"Su Yu: I just don't play by the rules, what can you do about it!"
"Can't do anything, so I bought two premiere tickets to support it. Everyone, wait for me to scout it out~"
"......"
Seeing that they couldn't get anything out of Su Yu, the reporters turned their attention to Tian Peng of Tianxing Animation and Ross of Tianxing Special Effects.
These two were the true protagonists today.
When Tianxing Entertainment acquired and established the animation and special effects companies, the outside world was not very optimistic.
This time was to test their results. If what they produced wasn't good, they would be ridiculed.
At that time, not only would the film flop, but Tianxing Entertainment's stock price would also fall.
However, Tian Peng spoke very little, only repeatedly thanking Tianxing Entertainment and Su Yu, the second boss, for their strong support.
Ross was even more cunning, pretending not to understand Chinese. No matter how the reporters questioned him, he wouldn't fall for it.
After an hour-long premiere interview session, the media and reporters who came found that they had interviewed nothing!
Apart from Su Yu's "irresponsible" boast of a ten billion box office, there was really no other selling point.
When the time reached exactly 10 o'clock, the lights in the premiere hall dimmed, and the dragon logo, as well as the logo animations of Tianxing Entertainment, Tianxing Animation, and Tianxing Special Effects, finally appeared on the 3D giant screen.
Then the main feature began. This was a scene of wind and rain, and at this moment, a narration came: "Long, long ago, there was a Monkey King Sun Wukong."
As the narration sounded, the screen began to turn.
Amidst an endless expanse of clouds and mist, on a majestic peak, sat a small figure.
However, behind this figure was a bright red cape, swaying and rocking in the wind, even giving the feeling that it had crossed the screen and appeared before everyone's eyes!
For 3D special effects, the more realistic, the better the experience, naturally.
The first impression this scene gave everyone was that Tianxing Animation did not just casually make something to fool the audience.
After all, the experience was right there.
And everyone also knew who the person on the peak was.
At this moment, the narration continued: "He possessed immense magical power and vast supernatural abilities. Because he wreaked havoc in the Heavenly Palace, he angered the Jade Emperor."
Background music started, with a Chinese opera style score that invigorated everyone.
Goodness, even the details of the soundtrack were done so meticulously and seriously?
Could it be that Su Yu composed the music for this film? If so, that would be a huge gain.
The screen began to move upwards, and the scenery above the nine heavens of clouds and sea also came into view.
It was an endless, vast, countless army of heavenly soldiers and generals!
The camera pulled back, showing one person fighting against countless heavenly soldiers and generals!
Such a scene highlighted the figure on the peak as incredibly lonely and defiant!
Then they were deeply shocked by such a setting and scene.
Cool, it was really too cool!
This image could totally be screenshotted as a wallpaper!
The scene continued, and the famous Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King Li Jing and the Heavenly Court traitor Nezha appeared on the screen.
Li Jing, holding his pagoda, shouted loudly: "Bold demon monkey, you have violated the heavenly rules, why don't you quickly submit to justice!"
The camera also landed on the monkey's face at this moment, but the horse-faced monkey Great Sage Equal to Heaven after this close-up really made people inwardly criticize him.
However, after watching for a while, they got used to it. In fact, after a long time, he looked quite handsome.
The horse-faced monkey, eating a peach, heard the other party's words and was utterly disdainful.
"Go to hell!" As soon as the sound ended, the peach in the horse-faced monkey's hand directly flew and hit Heavenly King Li, incredibly smooth.
You're just a weakling, why are you showing off?
"Quick, quickly seize him!" Heavenly King Li lost face greatly and ordered the heavenly soldiers and generals to capture the monkey.
And subsequently, every frame and every scene of the battle sequence made countless viewers and professionals feel that it was all money burning!
Fighting the Giant Spirit God, fighting Nezha, fighting the Four Heavenly Kings, fighting Erlang Shen...
Every battle kept the audience's eyes glued to the screen, exquisite! Shocking!
The quality of this animated film truly completely surpassed their understanding of domestic animated films!
The ultimate exquisiteness and not a hint of perfunctory laziness, or treating the audience like fools, truly subverted many people's perceptions.
No wonder the cost reached 150 million yuan. This opening havoc in heaven must have consumed half the cost, right?
Damn luxurious! And utterly ruthless in its extravagance!
Is Tianxing Entertainment going to redefine the standard for Chinese domestic animated films this time?
It's simply terrifying to think about!
Watching the excited audience members in the cinema, some media, reporters, and film critics were all speechless.
No wonder Su Yu dared to boast about a ten billion box office. In terms of quality alone, this film was absolutely worth it.
Now it remained to be seen how the subsequent plot would be designed. They wanted to see how the Great Sage would return!
"The Monkey King defeated the heavenly soldiers, winning a great victory. But the Buddha could not tolerate his contempt for the Heavenly Court."
As the narration came, the terrifyingly huge Buddha appeared above the clouds, giving a feeling of endless oppression and suffocation.
The horse-faced monkey was suppressed.
"From then on, that Sun Wukong has been suppressed under the Five Elements Mountain, and it has been almost five hundred years now."
The narration ended.
The scene changed, and little Jiang Liuer and a Sun Wukong doll appeared on the screen.
It was only now that the audience realized that this was a father telling his child the mythical story of Great Sage Equal to Heaven Sun Wukong.
The child in the scene seemed to understand the story. He looked at the motionless Sun Wukong doll, curiously picked it up and shook it, seemingly wanting to see him come to life.
The father took the doll from the child's small hand, comforting the child as if comforting himself, saying: "Don't worry, Great Sage Equal to Heaven will not die, he is just asleep."
The father's gentle voice filled the entire cinema hall.