China Entertainment: I have been a director since 05

Chapter 348 A God is coming!
"Guan Ling is going to enter the animation industry?"

This news quickly swept the mainland entertainment circle.

Not doing your job properly?

This is the first thought that comes to mind for many of Guan Ling’s fans.

Why not make a good movie instead of making an animation? It's childish, who would watch it?

And can you really win by competing with the Japanese and Hollywood?
Use Pleasant Goat and Hot Goat to fight in "Spirited Away"?

Or is it to use The Adventures of Little Carp to challenge Kung Fu Panda?
Is it funny? No one is optimistic about it.

Even if this person is Guan Ling.

But for the animation industry, this news really brought shocking news to the industry.

Director Zhang was not the only one who was dumbfounded.

Shanghai Animation Film Studio is considered the leader in this industry.

But this leader is becoming increasingly destitute.

With various movies, TV series and foreign animations competing for the domestic market, the domestic animation industry is now growing wildly like weeds in the wilderness.

The main thing is that no one has a solution!

Everyone is jealous, but there is nothing they can do!
……

For Guan Ling, although he has never been involved in the animation industry, he is the best at using CG special effects. "2012" was the movie that made Chinese movie fans fully understand the charm of special effects.

But to people in the entire animation industry, Guan Ling's move was like a god descending from heaven.

In Beijing, Tian Xiaopeng is working overtime to produce animation designs. Every time he works, he devotes himself to it and ignores everything outside.

"Brother Tian, ​​have you seen the news?"

During dinner, everyone chatted for a while.

"what?"

"Guan Ling said he wanted to compete with Japanese anime." The colleague laughed happily, "Although I don't know where Director Guan got his confidence from, I dare not say that."

"let me see."

Tian Xiaopeng took the computer and browsed the news interface for a while.

Then he fell into a long silence.

"What's wrong, Tian brother?"

"It's not easy for someone to dare to say these words." When he raised his head, Tian Xiaopeng's eyes were filled with tears and were actually wet.

"Do you have confidence in him?"

Seeing Tian Xiaopeng like this, his colleagues won’t do that anymore.

They all knew Guan Ling, but Guan Ling might not know them because they were always the ones behind the scenes.

Take Tian Xiaopeng for example. He is now a well-known figure in China's CG animation industry. He has done animation outsourcing for Hollywood, served as an animation director for "Batman", and directed the animation Spring Festival Gala for Beijing TV. He has done a lot.

It's just not very famous.

“I realized very early on that there was no way out.”

Tian Xiaopeng raised his head and looked at a few people. "The market is flooded with Japanese and American animations. Domestic content is childish and shoddy. The audience insults and colleagues laugh at it. Director Guan still saved face and at least didn't point at any names and curse at them at the press conference.

At least the news of Director Guan’s entry can bring more attention to this industry.”

"Would you like to contact me about that movie you thought of before?" The colleague suddenly remembered something.

Tian Xiaopeng closed his eyes.

The image of his son sitting on the sofa and watching Ultraman and Batman intently three years ago once again appeared in his mind.

It made his heart feel like it was being stabbed by needles.

"Baby, when you are old enough to watch cartoons, Dad will let you watch my works, how about that?"

The son nodded, his eyes curved into crescents due to his smile.

"Then dad, you have to work hard~mua"

Since then, he has been trying, trying to create a real Chinese superhero for his son.

Instead of Ultraman fighting monsters.

To this day, he has spent a lot of time on this and has drawn a large number of shots.

But he never took the step of actually making a movie.

Is it because of fear of the unknown?
He didn't know.

But at this moment, he felt an inexplicable certainty in his heart.

He got it right.

Cartoons have never been as stereotyped as "poor quality" and "made for children".

It’s full of love, but also full of challenges!

Guan Ling is about to get involved! This is the proof!
……

In terms of animation, China currently lacks the ability to create a hit!
As early as 2002, the global animation industry output value exceeded 268 billion US dollars, surpassing the output value of the automobile industry in South Korea and Japan. As an industry with no energy consumption and no pollution,
The animation industry is even called the most promising sunrise industry in the 21st century.

In those years, the whole country attached great importance to cartoons. The Beijing Daily even published an article titled "What is missing from Chinese animation?" to solicit suggestions from all over the country.

After 2006, the National Animation Industry Development Base was officially established with the approval of the General Administration of Press and Publication, and the first industrial cluster was established in Beijing.

Until this year, the market size of the entire animation and gaming industry has continued to grow.

But only people who are not in this industry can like these data.

Those who really understand the inside story know very well that the animation industry is in urgent need of stimulation and accumulation, because the so-called growth rate seems so ridiculous based on the premise of a very low base.

Take the article published in People’s Daily last year as an example.

The first China Animation Art Exhibition opened at the China Art Museum. As a grand event in the animation industry, this passionate review of the 80-year history of China Animation has been recognized and valued.

But Chinese animation is so rubbish that it is beyond words.

At that time, the Chinese animation "Princess Iron Fan" was the fourth large-scale animated art film in the history of world animation after "Snow White", "Lilliput" and "The Adventures of Pinocchio" in the United States. It was the first full-length animation in Asia and inspired the "Father of Japanese Animation" to create Japanese animation, thus forming the "Father of Japanese Animation Films" in the glorious era.
Let Chinese animation, with its rich national characteristics, stand shoulder to shoulder with the best animation in the world!

But after that, Chinese animation fell into a long trough.

Even anime like "The Legend of the Seven Heroes of Rainbow Cat and Blue Rabbit" can be reported and banned.

One can't help but shout 6.

But last year, there was actually some big news in the history of Chinese animated films.

"Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf: The Ox" easily earned 100 million yuan at the box office within a month of its release, shocking the Chinese animation industry.

But this kind of influence is still far behind Guan Ling.

So when Guan Ling announced in front of the world's media that she would enter the animation film industry,
The entire Chinese entertainment industry exploded!

……

It is impossible for a top Chinese director to go back on his word and make a fortune.

It is clear to everyone,

Guan Ling's words not only paved the way for the direction of her future films, but also served as a response to Japan's accusation that she had plagiarized.

And use your own weakness to attack the enemy's strength.

Of course no one knows that Guan Ling is the longest.

But it is obvious that after this press conference, the number of people accusing others of plagiarism has decreased significantly.

As for when Guan Ling's animated film will be shot and how much box office it can earn, we can only wait and see.

The reason why "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" has achieved such a high box office is that its more than 500 episodes of cartoons have been broadcast on more than 50 TV stations across the country for three years.

It would be quite difficult for others to replicate it.

……

"Director Guan, are you serious?"

The person who called was Director Tong. "I'm not asking this question on my own this time. The Ministry of Culture wants to hear your opinion."

The matter fermented for two days, and Director Tong was the first big boss to call.

This incident actually confused many bigwigs in the industry.

But it attracted the attention of the Ministry of Culture. However, the CEO of this level did not intervene directly, but asked Director Tong to contact him first.

They are familiar after all.

"Of course I'm serious. I've been unhappy with the Japanese animation industry for a long time."

Guan Ling said, "The only countries in the world that are recognized as animation film powers are the United States and Japan, but they seem to have forgotten how many treasures of Chinese ancestors there are in the 5,000-year-old culture that they cannot learn."

"Talk to me first? I'll talk to the Ministry of Culture, and then I might ask you to give a lecture."

Director Tong pricked up his ears and prepared to listen. "You know, the higher-ups have paid a lot of attention to this in the past two years. With Toy Story, Pixar Animation Company broke the artistic sound revolution of Mickey Mouse and the artistic color revolution of Snow White, and completely ushered in the 3D era for animated films. Of the ten most influential blockbusters in the world last year, three were animated, and five used animation production technology.
The Ministry of Culture just gave me some information today, saying that this is an unstoppable state of "digital survival" and the third golden age. Last year, the Ministry of Culture also specially issued "Several Opinions on Supporting the Development of my country's Animation Industry" in an effort to make my country one of the world's major and powerful animation countries in 5-10 years.

But now that the policy has been issued, we just don’t know where to start.

"I was shocked and grateful for your statement."

Guan Ling chatted for a few minutes, which made Director Tong's eyes light up.

"Then you will watch it yourself?"

"I will keep an eye on at least one of them. For the others, I will choose the appropriate production partners."

Guan Ling said, "We have to make the Japanese shut up."

"Then I will wait for the good news from you and the Ministry of Culture."

Director Tong thought for a moment and reminded, "You have to know that if you help the higher-ups solve problems, they will give you the greatest support. This industry may give you more support than the film industry."

After hanging up the phone, Guan Ling was silent for a long time.

He did not do much research on the policies of the animation industry.
But unexpectedly,

This accident,

It's not a bad thing for him.

……

Within a few days after Guan Ling’s press conference.

The Chinese entertainment industry, and even the Japanese anime industry, are in turmoil.

There are fans who were horrified by the explosive box office of "Inception".

One reason was because Guan Ling was shocked by the declaration of war on Japanese anime.

People in the animation industry are ecstatic and eagerly awaiting the event.

Some people in the circle who have a good relationship with Guan Ling are slightly worried about his arrogance.

But after this press conference, for several days, all entries related to Guan Ling dominated the front page headlines of film, television and entertainment news.

For a time,

Guan Ling, "Inception", plagiarism scandal, animated films, declaring war on Japanese anime and other entries crushed everything.

……

"Director Guan, I have something to ask, can you please help me?"

Just two days after Guan Ling announced his entry into the animation industry, Wang Changtian called.

"Since we got in touch, we mostly contacted each other to celebrate. Mr. Wang, are you going to invest in a project for me this time?"

Wang Changtian's call really surprised Guan Ling. Although the two of them had cooperated frequently, they always met in person to finalize the deal. Direct telephone communication was rare because the cooperation between the two parties had always been

Not quite equal.

Wang Changtian was the one who needed Guan Ling to give him a share, so he had to wait. Calling to urge him was a bit disrespectful.

But this time, Wang Changtian was really itching to do it.

"Director Guan is so smart. I am really ashamed of myself in this regard."

Wang Changtian chuckled.

"There is a project, an animated film. But you know, there is only so much market in the market, and investing in animation is basically equivalent to losing all your money. It's not that Director Guan is so confident that he can give it a try, so for the young director, it won't be in vain."

"What animation?"

"It's adapted from a short film," Wang Changtian said. "It was a short film in 2004. I wanted to make it into a movie later. I've been insisting on it all these years, but the market is here and it's too difficult, especially the investment. Tens of millions is basically like wasting money. I want to help him, but I'm not a sucker."

“We have been looking for financing since last year, but we can’t find any.”

Wang Changtian said, "If you think they are similar, I will invest. Of course, Director Guan, if you like the movie, you will also get a share."

Wang Changtian has always been at ease cooperating with Guan Ling. If Guan Ling nods, Wang Changtian will just grit his teeth and give him 20 million.

"what movie?"

"What is Big Fish and Begonia?" Wang Changtian was not sure, and asked a few questions. "Yes, Director Guan, that's the name. It's different from Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf. It hasn't passed the market verification stage. It needs professionalism. I can't do this."

Guan Ling's heart skipped a beat.

Is always shining gold,

He didn't expect that in 2010, "Big Fish and Begonia" would attract Wang Changtian's attention.

He never expected that this movie has been in the making for six years.

But on the phone, Guan Ling's tone was calm.

"Okay, I'll go talk to you in person later."

"I won't say much to thank you. I hope Xiao Liang can show some courage and let Director Guan invest in the projects I like."

……

"The content of Guan Ling's press conference caused a furious outcry from Japanese netizens, and the sound of "bad luck" resounded throughout the Japanese Internet!"

"We have Spirited Away, Detective Conan, The Secret World of Hotaru no Mori, Castle in the Sky, and Paprika. The Chinese only have Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf. How dare Guan say these things?!"

"Let China's arrogant director accept the sanctions of the Imperial Japanese animation film industry!"

"Inception has been out for ten days and the box office has exceeded 5 million. The fastest Chinese movie to break 5 million box office has been born!"

The news in the circle is different every day, but in China, it is like the home turf of "Inception".

After ten days of release, the film grossed 5.03 million yuan. This record made mainland directors, producers, theaters, and even movie fans completely stop thinking!

If I have to describe this period.

Killing like crazy.

Corpses are everywhere.

These two words are not exaggerations at all.

The industry is filled with regret.

These days, "Inception" has been through a plagiarism storm and a press conference, but the box office has shown no signs of declining and has remained at a high level of more than 40 million.

To put it bluntly, one day's box office is equivalent to the entire release period of other movies.

Every day, I'm on a rampage!

Everyone in the industry knows that this movie is heading towards the record of "Avatar".

Liu Yifei has been very busy recently. Many big brands, both domestically and internationally, have approached her to sign contracts, hoping to use the popularity of "Inception" to promote their own brand image.

Countless female celebrities in the circle are envious and jealous, but they can only watch.

A brilliant sci-fi film.

But these glories did not end there.

On the eleventh day of its release, the North American second week box office results are released.

Although the overall decline was not small, the decline was controlled within 20.

The film grossed $4700 million over the three days of the weekend.

The box office revenue in the first week was 6797 million US dollars. The cumulative box office revenue in ten days was 1.3 million in North America.

Completely shut up Hollywood and everyone in China.

Countless people looked at that string of numbers and were amazed!
But the glory goes far beyond that.

Hong Kong, the film has been successful, South Korea, the number of admissions is leading by a huge margin, approaching the 4 million record, crushing South Korea's highest-grossing film this year...

Even in Japan, which was criticized by Guan Ling, the movie box office continued to grow, which completely shocked everyone.

News kept coming back, and Guan Ling dominated the headlines of all entertainment portals.

And it's a fault crush!
(End of this chapter)