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Chapter 158 Lecture (Combined Chapter)
"Brother, fortunately the schedule of "Assembly" is not so unlucky."

Wang Zhonglei looked at the data of "Kung Fu Panda" and was still gloating.

After all, "The Call to Action" is taking the lead and resisting, and by the time "Assembly" is released, "Kung Fu Panda" has already been released for almost three weeks, so its impact will be minimal.

"Okay, don't get cheap and sell well. Hurry up and ask the publicity department to prepare a follow-up marketing plan."

Wang Zhongjun has no intention of throwing publicity funds into it now. It would be a pure waste of money and nothing.

Not even a single wave can be stirred up.

The atmosphere on the set of "The Name of the People" was a bit solemn, especially the director Chen Kexin, who looked unhappy.

The main reason is that there are too few people paying attention to "The Nomination" now, and the movie has its premiere tomorrow and will be released in the mainland the day after tomorrow. No matter how you look at it, it feels like it is not as good as the previous predictions.

For a crime other than war, Chen Kexin was quite helpless.

The international box office of "Kung Fu Panda" soon reached [-] million US dollars, and as more and more countries are showing it, this number will rise crazily.

Domestically, the trend continues unabated, and the box office is still rising rapidly, reaching 1.3 million.

Some netizens are even hoping that the box office of "Kung Fu Panda" can surpass the record of "Titanic" in China. Of course, Li Mu is pleased with this somewhat blind praise, but he does not have expectations for it. This year There is currently no way to achieve this.

As long as a rational person understands it. "Kung Fu Panda" can achieve such brilliant results in the mainland, there are many other factors.

Moreover, when "Titanic" landed in China in the spring of 1998, there was a huge gap between the box office market of that era and the current one.

There is a natural gap between the 98 ​​million people in 3.6 and the 3.6 ​​million people now.

"Kung Fu Panda" has a series of operations by Li Mu, first with the blessing of Li Mu himself, with the participation of a Chinese team in the production, and then with a production cost of up to 1.3 million US dollars.

Secondly, the popularity of participating in the Oscar campaign, the popularity of the premiere, and finally the combination of the two killer weapons "Panda" + "Kung Fu" created the box office at this time.

Of course, although this is true, the box office data of "Kung Fu Panda" around the world still makes people from all over the world shocked and amazed.

Such an animated movie, while constantly being funny, also promotes China's martial arts culture and national treasures to the world!

This trend was like a wildfire spreading across the wilderness at that moment, burning throughout the beautiful country and even the entire world, and the gorgeous flames burned people's hearts.

Even in Japan, where animation is extremely popular, "Kung Fu Panda" can instantly conquer the Japanese otakus and otakus with its gorgeous visual enjoyment, directly occupying the box office champion of the week. It is conceivable that this panda is in the world Popularity in the film industry.

In Beidian Tian Zhuangzhuang's office, Sun Jun, Xie Xiaojing and Tian Zhuangzhuang were all here at this time.

"I said, just make an appointment, why do you want to make an appointment with me?"

Tian Zhuangzhuang was speechless. What was going on with these people? Didn’t he have an office?

Not only do you have to smoke cigarettes here, but you also have to drink tea, and the conversation is unpleasant.

Xie Xiaojing picked up the purple sand teapot with familiarity and poured it to Tian Zhuangzhuang seven-cent full: "Old Tian, ​​your tea is good, where did you buy it?"

"Don't change the subject." Tian Zhuangzhuang picked up the tea cup and took a sip from his mouth, but his words were not very polite.

Sun Jun smiled, but he wasn't upset at all. He had already figured out Tian Zhuangzhuang's temperament.

"Don't worry, I'll just lend you this precious land and you don't have to ask."

"That's the best."

When Li Mu arrived, they were still chatting and laughing. Seeing Li Mu coming, the smiles on their faces became even bigger.

Tian Zhuangzhuang and Xie Xiaojing must be the proud disciples of Li Munai in the directing department. The achievements and honors they have achieved are all due and honorable.

Sun Junna because Li Mu saw the hope of the domestic animation film industry, he also personally invited Li Mu to come, just to let Li Mu teach his students.

After all, theory is not as good as practice. This animated film costing US$1.3 million is more convincing than anything else.

"Teacher Sun, I am not very talented and have little knowledge. I am afraid that I might mislead my fellow students."

Facing Sun Jun's invitation, it wasn't that Li Mu didn't dare to accept it, but that he really didn't know that much about animated movies.

"That's too modest. Who in China has such achievements as you? The global box office of the movie has exceeded 2.5 million US dollars. If you hadn't graduated from graduate school, I would have asked you to be a visiting professor in our college."

Sun Jun's words exposed his "wolf ambition".

Xie Xiaojing suddenly interrupted, "Old Sun, you are going too far. Li Mu is from our directing department, so you have such a bright idea."

Tian Zhuangzhuang was basically speechless the whole time, watching them perform.

Sun Jun ignored Xie Xiaojing and continued to persuade, almost touting Li Mu as the last hope for domestic animated films.

Li Mu thought about it for a while, and finally agreed. He and Miyazaki Hayao had some conversations last time. Although Li Mu didn't have deep insights into this topic, there was still no big problem in explaining a few things.

The time has also been set, it will be this Friday.

Although Sun Jun wanted to suppress the news, the wall was leaky and word spread quickly.

"Did you know that Pastor Li is giving a lecture at the School of Animation on Friday?" Many people in the Nortel campus were talking about it.

"Huh? Where did it come from?"

"Really or not, then I'll go and get a seat on Friday."

"Be true, remember to reserve your spot on Friday"

"Director Li, are you coming on Friday?"

Jingtian was also on the Nortel campus. When he heard the people passing by talking about it, he couldn't help but murmur to himself.

On the other hand, Chen Kexin's "The Proposal" has been released, and the premiere did have a lot of tricks.

Invitations to the premieres of "Vote" and "Assembly" were sent to Mengying, but Li Mu really didn't have that much time to attend this and that, because they all wanted to take advantage of his popularity and fame.

At the premiere of "A Letter of Entitlement," there were Peking opera, drum beating, giant calligraphy, five-color earthen cauldrons, and high-pitched performances.

In line with Li Lianjie's fame, it still attracted a lot of attention.

At this time, "Kung Fu Panda" has been released in China for a week, and the popularity has dropped a little.

"Report" is also a little lucky. Fortunately, it didn't meet "Kung Fu Panda" in the first week, otherwise it would have been very bad.

In the second week, the momentum will drop a lot.

Generally, the decline will be between 30% and 50%, which is normal.

Li Mu didn't care about these things, and the precise editing of "The Invisible Guest" still relied on his frame-by-frame operations.

Editing is the assembly and connection of shots and shots. There are many ways of assembly and connection. The most common one is cutting and joining, followed by dissolving, cutting, fading in and out, etc.

Because this movie involves flashbacks and hypothetical passages, the way it is assembled is quite diverse. The first flashback uses a fade-out, and the picture gradually turns to a white screen, which represents the shift of time and space from a two-person conversation indoors to Oral part.

The effect of such editing is that the movie is like a high-speed express train, running faster and faster. You can only get off until the end.

"Sissi, I heard that your Amu is going to give a lecture at Beidian Animation College. Do you know about this?" Shu Chang didn't know where he heard the news. Anyway, it has been rumored in the circle recently.

If it's true, ask the person next to Li Mu and everything will become clear.

"Yes. Are you going to see it?"

"No, I'm just curious. By the way, Sissi, sit over here so I can lean against you." Shu Chang often did this in the past. Leaning on the sofa is not as comfortable as leaning on someone else.

"ε=(ο｀*)))Oh, okay!"

Shu Chang was unhappy with this tone, and shouted: "Woman, it's so boring."

"???" Liu Yifei was confused, "What's wrong?"

"Look at you, you are impatient with me now. When I told you before, you always let me lean on you. Ever since you had Li Mu."

Shu Chang now looked very much like those resentful women, and his tone was pitiful.

When Liu Yifei heard this, a black line appeared on her forehead. What is this?

Glancing at Shu Chang, I found that she seemed to be still snickering, and I instantly understood that I was actually being played.

"I'll give you the skin, I'll give you the skin." Liu Yifei was not polite, she just took out the Nine Yin White Bone Claw and started.

"Auntie, help!"

Mengying Media, the company's employees are getting off work, and Li Mu has also finished his work for the day and is preparing to go home.

"Let's go, I'll take you to brush the mutton tomorrow. I know a shop with decent taste."

"Let's go together. It's too cold these days. The weather forecast says it's going to snow heavily tomorrow."

The people around me were wearing down jackets, hats, and gloves. They were holding bags and discussing what to eat with their colleagues.After Li Mu heard this, he thought for a moment and then drove home directly.

The box office of "Kung Fu Panda" is getting higher day by day, and it has entered its second week in China.

The next afternoon, Li Mu did not go to Mengying, but called a nearby restaurant to deliver a series of prepared ingredients such as mutton and soup base.

In the evening, Li Mu and Liu Yifei were simmering mutton in a hot pot. The hot soup was steaming, which dissipated a lot of the chill.

Boiling mutton at home is even more exciting.

The quality and taste of the ingredients prepared by the high-end restaurant are indeed quite good, comparable to what Li Mu ate in Phoenix. It is the price that makes most people feel distressed.

"Why do you suddenly want to eat mutton?" Liu Yifei picked up a piece of lean meat, dipped it in the sauce, and stuffed it into her mouth.

The cheeks are still moving slightly, which is so cute.

"Is it delicious?" Li Mu chuckled and did not respond to Liu Yifei's question.

"Well, it's delicious."

Maybe it was the good weather, and while the two were eating, the snow suddenly came. It was small at first, but after a while, it seemed as if they were called, and the snow became heavier and heavier.

In winter in the imperial capital, when the first snowflakes begin to fall gently, the entire city seems to be immersed in tranquility and mystery.

"It's snowing, Amu." In the villa, Liu Yifei could clearly see the heavy snow falling outside through the transparent door. The scenery outside the window was like an ink painting, elegant and distant.

Touching the window glass with your fingers, you watch the snowflakes dancing in the air. The white snowflakes fall down and cover the earth softly, as if the world is covered with a silver-white gauze.

Li Mu walked to her quietly, stroked her hair, and asked gently: "Sissi, let's go."

Liu Yifei has never forgotten: "I feel like I have been waiting for this snow for a long time."

The two of them got caught in the snow like fools in the garden of the villa. This was a promise and a testimony.
The problem was that nothing happened to Liu Yifei who was caught in the snow, but Li Mu had a cold and had to sneeze from time to time.

"It's really weird." Although it wasn't a big deal, Li Mu still rested at home.

Liu Yifei forced her to stay at home.

"That's not because you were too fierce last night." Liu Yifei was still mumbling.

"Voucher" sold more than 2000 million yuan on the first day, which is considered an excellent result.

Chen Kexin also breathed a sigh of relief, fearing that the movie would be a mess.

The pressure is on Feng Xiaogang's side. With the format of "The Voucher", there is not much suspense about breaking [-] million. Although some viewers have complained that it is too bloody, the overall reputation is good.

Under such circumstances, there will be no cliff-like decline.

Of the three films, only "Assembly" has not yet been released. Huayi and Feng Xiaogang are also sparing no effort in promoting it and do not dare to take it lightly.

If he pounced, it would be an inside joke.

Li Mu rested for a day and came to Mengying Media the next day. Liu Weijuan had already come to report.

"Boss, the theater chain has begun to take over."

Chengtian's work efficiency is very high, and domestic theater chains have begun to connect with it.

"Let's go as planned."

As for theaters, Mengying Media has already made an execution plan and just needs to follow the steps.

Ning Hao's "No Man's Land" is almost finished editing. According to his words, it's time for you to see my peak work.

We are going to invite Li Mu to watch the movie together after the editing is completed.

Li Mu readily agreed.

Lu Yang and Wu Ershan's "Painted Skin" is not so fast. The special effects are still being produced. The special effects in this life are much better than the previous one. It also takes a little longer. It is estimated that it will not be completed until early next year.

It's Friday, and Nortel's campus feels like it's time for an art exam, with people everywhere.

At this time, in Sun Jun's office, a teacher from the Animation School was crying to him: "Sun School, many seats outside are occupied by people from other schools. People from our school can't even sit down."

This teacher has no idea what to do. There are too many people. How can we deal with it now?

"You guys are really stupid. Given so much time, wouldn't you go get some tickets and finally enter the venue with your tickets? Even if you enter with your student ID card, that's fine."

When Sun Jun heard the teacher's words, he became a little angry.

Why is his ability to do things so poor? He can't handle even the smallest things well.

Now, if you let others leave, you will inevitably be called overbearing. If you don't get rid of some people, you have finally invited people to give lectures. People in your own college can't enjoy this benefit, which is frustrating.

"Change the venue to a bigger one. Go and check which area is unused. It has been temporarily requisitioned. I will go and tell the superiors."

Sun Jun said with a dark face, this is the only solution for now.

Jingtian originally arrived early, but he didn't expect that the room was already crowded. Fortunately, there was still room, so he quickly sat down.

After a while, the seats were full, and those who came late were still complaining: "There are too many people!"

Complaints and quarrels continued for a while.

The people who had the quarrel were naturally the people from the Animation School. After all, in their opinion, it was run by their own school, and it turned out that it was enough for other schools to come, as well as those from other schools.

Who can bear it?

"Attention everyone, because there are too many people, we will move to the Great Hall in Building C."

Before the teacher finished speaking, people began to surge.

Why don't you rush to grab a good seat?

Yang Mi's dormitory and others also hurriedly walked to Block C. Yuan Shanshan suddenly asked: "Mimi, do you think that is the Jingtian who ran for the school beauty pageant?"

When Yang Mi heard Yuan Shanshan's words, she also took a serious look: "It's her, she's pretty, and she looks noble."

"Yeah, she's so beautiful. It's a pity that she couldn't win the championship like this. She seems to be only in the top five."

The competition in this beauty pageant is extremely fierce.

Yuan Shanshan felt a little emotional for a while, this Nortel is really crouching tiger, hidden dragon.

"Hurry up, we won't have a seat later." Yang Mi urged.

"coming!"

"Sun Yuan, there is no need to be so grand." When Li Mu came, Sun Jun specially brought a bunch of teachers to greet him, making Li Mu look like a leader.

"This is sincerity!" Sun Jun said with a smile.

When Li Mu walked into the auditorium, it was really crowded. There were so many more people than the last time he gave a lecture to the performance department.

It was exactly like a press conference for a premiere.

Sun Jun came on stage first and said something, like an introduction at the beginning. The applause came one after another, and the climax came when Li Mu came on the stage.

Jingtian was below, watching like a little fangirl.

Many girls in school are like this.

"It's an honor to share some thoughts and experiences about animated films with you here. First of all, I would like to review the history of domestic animated films.

In 1922, China's first animated short film "Havoc in the Studio" was born.
After entering the 80s, Chinese animation films encountered serious setbacks. This was a trough period. Although excellent works have emerged, such as "Black Cat Sheriff" and "Calabash Baby", there are still only a few.

When I was in Venice, I communicated with the Japanese animation master Hayao Miyazaki. The rise of an industry has a lot to do with the market.

The consumption platform for animation products is single, just like the shopping malls and supermarkets where consumers purchase goods.Products cannot be sold on mainstream platforms.There is no platform for domestic audiences to consume these products.

As a result, the output value of the market is too small, commercial capital will not choose to invest, and animation practitioners will find it difficult to survive and lose talent.As a result, the entire industry begins a continuous vicious cycle.

Why "Kung Fu Panda" was successfully produced
Of course, you are also a lucky generation, and China’s animated films will experience explosive growth."

Li Mu also expressed his understanding of animated films. There are too many things to talk about here, from culture, to market, to technology, to personnel.
Sun Jun listened below and nodded. These are real and realistic things.

Making animated films now feels like generating electricity for love. In a vicious circle, talent is being lost too quickly.

Li Mu rarely gave a speech for so long. He drank water three times during the speech, and most of the bottle of Yibao was consumed.

(End of this chapter)