My Animation Era

  Chapter 327 The intention of the theater version (seeking subscription)

  About the companion chapter of "Dragon Fighter", that is, the "Light Envoy" animation project, Hou Bin actually knows.

  This makes sense.

  After all, not long after the animation "Dragon Fighter" aired last year, Mr. Gu told everyone that he wanted to make an animation with a similar setting to seize market share.

  Why do you say that?

  Because "Dragon Fighter" is on fire! And after it was broadcast, the heated discussions exploded, and it can be called the best long-form adventure animation of the year.

  Under such circumstances, everyone feels that there must be friends who will choose to follow suit and launch animations with similar themes to "Dragon Fighter" to get a share of the pie.

  Then here comes the problem!

  Since there is a high probability that friends and businessmen will follow suit and get a share of this theme, why doesn’t Wanbao produce another similar animation and eat the cake ahead of time?

   Actually at the beginning.

  In Wanbao Animation, everyone has two completely different attitudes towards this matter.

  The first attitude is "wait and see".

   That's right, "Dragon Fighter" is on fire! But this does not mean that animations with similar themes are still popular. What if the audience is tired of aesthetics?

  Since this is the case, it is better to wait and see what happens. Hold your ground first, and see what your friends and merchants do. If it doesn’t work, just make a "Dragon Fighter 2" to continue the popularity!

  The second attitude is "I want it all"!

   "Dragon Fighter" brought the mecha adventure theme of different worlds to the fire, and its unique Japanese RPG story mode is also loved by the audience.

  The market is open.

  Since it has been proved that this path is feasible, and the audience still likes it very much, the peripheral derivatives have made a lot of money. Then why not take the opportunity to launch more works and seize market share?

  What is this called?

  Take the path of friends and merchants, so that friends and merchants have nowhere to go.

  Among these two attitudes, Gu Miao clearly supports the latter. Because the income of "Dragon Fighter" toys is too high, too much money, he can't pretend not to see it.

  Hou Bin does not support anyone.

  As an independent and objective third-party representative, he only heard during the dinner that Mr. Gu decided to take advantage of the popularity of "Dragon Fighter" and launch a companion animation.

  At that time, it wasn’t called "Light Envoy". At first, it seemed to be called "Magic King"...

  Hou Bin also forgot.

  Anyway, as he remembered, the project was only approved in the first half of this year, and it was listed as the "key" project of Lightning Studio along with "Dragon Fighter 2".

   That's not the point.

  The point is that as soon as Mr. Gu mentioned "Light Envoy", Hou Bin immediately thought of the answer.

   "Armageddon!" Dragon Warrior X-ray messenger, ghost walker from hell! "

Ok!

  Everyone thought it was just a joke made by Mr. Gu, so they didn't take it seriously. The results are good now, Mr. Gu, are you serious?

   Is there really such a theatrical version?

   "Of course."

  Gu Miao affirmed: "How is it? Are you interested in this project? It happens that there is a shortage of directors at Lightning Studio, I think you can give it a try."

   "I...can I do it?"

  Hou Bin rubbed his hands together, and asked with a little confidence.

  Theatrical version of the big movie!

   It would be a lie to say that he is not interested! May I ask which animation producer can refuse the temptation to make an animation film by himself?

   But he is also very guilty.

  Hou Bin's previous resume is really not very good-looking. The only animated movie "Quiba 1" also made Mr. Xiong lose money and almost didn't sell his underwear.

   I feel a little unconfident.

  If he didn’t have the experience of "Quiba: One Hundred Thousand Urgencies", Hou Bin would definitely accept the challenge confidently, and said: "It's on me, so don't worry about it!"

  But once bitten by a snake, you will be afraid of well ropes for ten years!

  Looking at what will happen to Mr. Xiong, Hou Bin is really worried. If he messes up this project, Mr. Gu will also run away with a bucket and leave him with the reputation of "boss killer", right?

   "Hold the grass! Hou Bin!"

   "Who is that? Why are you so surprised?"

   "You don't know him? The well-known [Boss Killer] Hou Bin in the domestic animation industry! Those who have been his boss have all gone bankrupt!"

   "Haren! Too Kazakh..."

  Just thinking about it, Hou Bin felt a little vain!

   Already made a boss cry, he can't make a fool of Mr. Gu again! Otherwise, how would he find a job in the future?

  As soon as the resume is submitted, the HR will take a look, huh! This person is terrible, he has cheated two bosses, and caused two animation companies to go bankrupt?

  What is Sangmenxing? !

  Hou Bin, who didn't want to lose his job for the time being, was tempted, but he still persuaded Gu Miao to reconsider.

   "Don't think about it."

  Gu Miao said decisively: "You don't have to be modest, the company has already made a decision to let you be the director."

   "Then... that's fine."

  Although Hou Bin's heart was pounding, Mr. Gu had already talked about this point. It seemed that he was not very sensible to refuse, so he could only grit his teeth and nod.

   "Don't worry."

   "The production budget of this movie will not be too high, and it is not aimed at the box office itself. You don't have to put too much pressure on yourself."

  Gu Miao said with a relaxed expression: "For the box office, just leave it to "Snake to Run"."

   "Huh?! No box office?"

  Hou Bin was startled by these words, and subconsciously asked: "Isn't the animation film going to the box office? If you don't want the box office, what do you want?"

   "Who told you that animated movies can only rely on the box office to make money?"

  Gu Miao rolled her eyes and said, "What movie are you talking about? Dragon Warrior X-ray Envoy, it's clear that it's selling toys!"

   "As long as the toy sells well, is the box office important? To put it mildly, it's called a theatrical version, but to put it difficultly, it's a commercial!"

   New ideas Get!

  Hearing these words, Hou Bin suddenly realized: "Oh, I understand! It means that the goal of this movie is actually to produce exclusive toys for theatrical version?"

"bingo!"

  Gu Miao snapped her fingers, nodded and praised: "That's right, the original intention of filming the theater version was to find an excuse to release new toys!"

   Otherwise, why make a movie version?

   As we all know, apart from harvesting the faith of a group of diehard fans, the animation theater version is useless!

   Gu Miao spent tens of millions, so she can't just focus on the box office, right? What can the box office do? After dividing the account, I am afraid that it will be difficult to even pay back.

  So, Gu Miao has only one goal from the beginning to the end: Peripheral derivatives!

   It’s not for selling peripheral derivatives, especially toy products. Who would spend so much money on a theatrical version in a daze of idle time?

  He is not a charity pioneer!

  Gu Miao has already figured it out. In the name of this theatrical version, she will create a brand new "form" for the Dragon God and the Demon King of Earth, and earn a lot of money!

   This form is very cool!

   Invincible, do you understand? It's very powerful, I feel like I will lose 100 million if I don't buy it...

  It doesn’t matter whether you watch the movie or not, anyway, the plot is nothing more than summoning the Dragon God and the Demon King of the Earth to fight monsters and brush the script.

   But this new form must be acquired, otherwise it will not be able to hold its head up in school, and it will not be able to show off to the friends.

  (end of this chapter)