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Chapter 674 Animated Movie
Everyone was a little overwhelmed by the wide variety of fruits, especially sugarcane.

There are indeed a lot of people selling sugarcane on the streets at this time.

Eating other fruits is fine, but what the hell is eating sugarcane?

Which company eats sugarcane during a meeting?
As for watermelons, they are usually cut into small pieces and eaten with toothpicks, but the watermelons here are cut into large pieces and have to be eaten by holding them in your hands.

This is very unsightly.

After all the fruits were placed on the table, Xu Ye took a piece of sugarcane and started eating.

The husk of the sugarcane has been peeled off.

He took a bite and began to chew.

"This year is a critical year for the five-year plan. Let me first talk about my plans for music this year..."

As soon as he said this, Xu Ye spat out the sugarcane residue in his mouth.

When everyone saw this scene, their expressions were somewhat complicated.

Xu Ye also said: "Don't just stand there, eat quickly."

For a moment, all kinds of gnawing sounds were heard in the conference room.

Xu Ye would spit out a mouthful of sugarcane residue after speaking a few words.

The meeting also proceeded in a [pleasant] atmosphere.

The content of the meeting was also thought out by Xu Ye during the Spring Festival holiday.

For singers like Chen Yuxin and Malu, Xu Ye plans to produce a few new songs for each of them this year to increase their presence in the music scene.

In terms of movies, "Kung Fu" naturally ranks first. In addition, there is another movie that Xu Ye plans to shoot within this year.

The name of this movie is "A Chinese Odyssey".

"A Chinese Odyssey" is divided into two parts due to its length, but it is actually one story.

This movie is one of Stephen Chow's classic masterpieces, and it was co-produced by Stephen Chow and a mainland film company.

However, the film performed very poorly at the box office after its release, and the company founded by Stephen Chow went bankrupt.

Later, the reputation of "A Chinese Odyssey" gradually improved, and more and more people began to interpret the movie and express their own understanding.

When making this movie, Xu Ye was not sure how the box office performance would be, and it might even be worse than "A Chinese Odyssey: Part One - Fragrance".

But this movie has a different meaning.

When filming "Never Expected That", Xu Ye put the episode "Goodbye, Kingdom of Women" at the end, and the song "Love of My Life" also appeared at the end.

The foundations for some spoof adaptations of Journey to the West are already in place, so the next step is to watch this movie.

This is a perfect opportunity for Xiao Xu to play the role of Fairy Zixia in the movie.

There was no other intention. Xu Ye just wanted to make a movie for his future wife, a movie that would make her stay in the audience's hearts forever.

"A Chinese Odyssey" will also be released as the fourth film in the five-year plan.

As for the fifth film in the five-year plan, Xu Ye already had a plan in mind, but he needed an opportunity.

In terms of TV dramas, the post-production editing work of "Soldier Assault", the fourth part of the Five-Year Plan, is going very smoothly and will be submitted for review this month.

Xu Ye is also planning to start preparations for his fifth TV series.

There are actually quite a lot of representative TV series on Earth.

The four dramas currently filmed by Xu Ye all show different directions.

In these dramas, Xu Ye has hardly ever been the leading actor. In this last drama, Xu Ye will naturally play the male lead.

It’s just a matter of time, but Xu Ye is not in a hurry. According to his plan, the drama will not be broadcast until next year.

Even if he wanted to start broadcasting this year, there wouldn't be enough time as he has a lot of things to do this year.

“In that case, I’ll use this drama to strive for the Best Actor award,” Xu Ye said in his heart.

The name of this drama is "Mountains and Seas", a TV series about poverty alleviation work.

In Xu Ye's plan, this drama will have some connections with the last movie in the five-year plan.

After roughly communicating the follow-up work, Xu Ye adjourned the meeting and kept Gao Leyong.

Gao Leyong also knew why Xu Ye wanted to keep him.

Xu Ye just said that this year there will be a new task assigned to the Dream Building Studio.

Gao Leyong was also full of expectations.

The production of "Calabash Brothers" is currently progressing smoothly, and the team in charge of the project has become skilled, so he doesn't need to worry too much.

Gao Leyong naturally wanted to come up with a new project.

At this time, Xu Ye asked: "Do you want to make an animated film?"

Gao Leyong was a little surprised when he heard this.

Animated films are not something rare. Nowadays, some popular cartoons will be made into a movie and released during the Spring Festival or summer vacation.

The audiences of these animated films are children and parents who watch movies with their children.

Of course, this is the current situation of the domestic animation film market. Foreign animation films are completely different.

Foreign animated films not only make money from children, but also from adults.

Their animated films are suitable for all ages.

Although some domestic companies have produced animated films for adults, the box office results have not been very ideal.

Making an animated film is naturally his dream.

Those who make TV series have dreams of making movies, and those who make cartoons certainly have dreams of making movies too.

Gao Leyong asked, "Think about it. Do you want to turn Tom and Jerry into an animated movie, or do you want to turn Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit into an animated movie?"

According to Gao Leyong's understanding, among the IPs currently controlled by Dream Building Studio, these two animations are the most suitable for adaptation into animated films.

One is that it is a super IP with a wide audience, and the other is that the plot and characters are rich and suitable for adaptation. As for creating an original story for an animated film, forget it.

It’s not that no one in the industry has ever done this, but all those who have tried have failed.

Xu Ye shook his head and said, "Neither, let's not cause any trouble for these two IPs."

In Xu Ye's memory, there seemed to be a movie version of "Legend of the Seven Heroes of Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit", but the performance after its release was not ideal, and it seemed to be worse than the movie "Armor Hero: Emperor Hero".

At that time, the top animation series in the domestic animation circle was the "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" series.

Gao Leyong pondered for a moment and said, "The rabbit is not suitable either. It can't support the length of a movie. As for Nezha... then there is only Nezha."

Xu Ye immediately slammed the table and said excitedly: "Congratulations - you got the wrong answer!"

Gao Leyong originally had a smile on his face, but it disappeared after he heard the second half of the sentence.

Why are you so excited if you got the answer wrong?

In fact, speaking of animated movies, there is a movie related to Nezha, "Nezha: The Devil Child Comes into the World".

However, what Xu Ye wanted Gao Leyong to produce was not this movie, but "The Return of the Great Sage".

Xu Ye said: "Actually, it's not completely wrong. There is a character called Nezha in this animated film."

Gao Leyong was a little confused.

He suddenly realized something and asked, "You want to make an animated film suitable for all ages, not really for children?"

Xu Ye nodded.

Gao Leyong's expression changed immediately.

In China, if you say you want to make an animated film for adults, you will be laughed at because no one has ever succeeded.

Bitter lessons have proven time and again that domestic animated films are inferior to foreign ones, and can even be said to have no competitiveness at all.

Currently, the number one animated film in China has a box office revenue of only 2.88 million yuan. This film is a spin-off of a series of animated films.

The reason for such a high box office is the popularity of the work itself.

People are willing to spend money to go to the cinema to watch TV characters appear on the big screen.

Most importantly, the target audience of this cartoon is children, not adults.

Gao Leyong said in his heart: "Xu Ye is not short of money now, just like I was back then. If I had money back then, I would definitely try my hand at the film market. There's nothing wrong with giving it a try."

Gao Leyong asked, "What's the subject?"

"Mythology theme, the protagonist is Sun Wukong."

After Xu Ye finished speaking, he took out a script from the folder next to him, handed it to Gao Leyong, and instructed: "I want you to make it into a 3D animated film. If you are short of manpower, just let me know. The special effects company can also help. If you are short of people, recruit people. It will be released next year."

Gao Leyong took the script and sat in the conference room to read it.

At first, he thought it was just a simple adaptation of Journey to the West.

Sun Wukong is a household name and the audience is very familiar with him.

In the literary and artistic world, there are too many works related to Sun Wukong.

But after he finished reading the script of "The Return of the Great Sage", he realized how naive his ideas were.

“This animation is absolutely amazing!”

Gao Leyong exclaimed.

He had never seen such an innovative and interesting animated film script.

"I made this animation!" Gao Leyong said immediately.

He couldn't find any reason to refuse.

As for whether the movie will fail at the box office in the end, Gao Leyong is not worried. He has followed Xu Ye for so long and knows him quite well.

Anything Xu Ye dares to take out can definitely make money.

Gao Leyong asked, "What is the budget of this film?"

Xu Ye smiled and said, "Let's start with 100 million."

Gao Leyong said "oh" and suddenly reacted.

"How much? One hundred million?!"

One hundred million is definitely a huge investment in an animated film.

However, when Gao Leyong thought about the fact that Xu Ye invested nearly 100 million yuan to make "Armor Hero", he could understand it.

When it comes to content production, Xu Ye is really willing to spend money.

"Who said Xu Ye doesn't know how to spend money? You guys spend hundreds of millions or tens of millions at most on luxury goods, but Xu Ye spends hundreds of millions at a time." Gao Leyong said in his heart.

After arranging the matters of "The Return of the Great Sage", Xu Ye and the special effects team worked on the special effects production of "Kung Fu".

The preparation work for "Mountains and Seas" and "A Chinese Odyssey" is also progressing simultaneously.

By the next month, after almost a month of release, the total box office of "Charlotte's Troubles" had reached nearly 2 billion.

The internet is full of famous quotes from movies.

Some lines are also frequently used in real life. For example, "I call you brother and you call me dad", which often appears when good friends tease each other.

After another day, the total box office of "Charlotte's Troubles" officially exceeded 2 billion!

Hu Jinping has already applied to the Audit Department for a key extension and successfully obtained approval from the Audit Department.

The box office of this movie is already the highest-grossing one among all the movies he has made, and it was also the number one box office during this year's Spring Festival. Hu Jinping also wants to give it another try to see what the final box office of this movie can reach.

Xu Ye also gave the script of "The Richest Man in Xihong City" to Hu Jinping, and Hu Jinping quietly started preparing for it. After "Charlotte's Troubles" was released, this movie could strike while the iron is hot and officially start shooting.

A day later, Xu Ye received a call from Du Chonglin.

"The soldiers have passed the raid!"

(End of this chapter)