Chapter 536: Chinese comics are dead, science fiction is in fashion
"After the flop of the animated film "God Slayer", I was still very confident in October Culture, because I felt that they really pursued and were passionate about animated films. But after watching "Old Li's New Year", I thought it was better to forget it. The film was well made, but it really shouldn't be made in the future."
"'Old Li' is a satirical cartoon, and it is considered one of the best satirical cartoons. Not only are the characters vivid, but many things are from that era and have a sense of the times. As a result, 'Old Li's New Year' has changed the core of the story."
"That's right, I really can't understand why October Culture spent two years making the animated film "Old Li's New Year". What is this??"
"The plot of 'Old Li's New Year' is about an old bachelor named Old Li who goes on a blind date. He encounters all kinds of weird things on the way to the blind date. Is this really interesting?"
"Lao Li's character in the drama is a 45-year-old man. Such a man wants to find a woman between 20 and 40 years old, especially a successful person around 30 years old. I want to use Su Mingcheng's words to say, what do women of this age want from him? Because he doesn't take a shower? Because he's old?"
"I am really disappointed. I understand October Culture. They learned from their mistakes after the failure of the movie Godkiller. But I think they went from one extreme to another. Godkiller had good special effects, but the plot was not good. But for Old Li's New Year, it is completely an adult animation without any special effects. That's right, what special effects do urban comics need? But it's not good at all."
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After two waves of people watched "Old Li's New Year" online, they gave bad reviews to the movie. And it can no longer be considered a bad review, it is truly a disappointment.
That's right.
It's just extremely disappointing.
I had great confidence in it, and even thought that the animated film "Old Li Celebrates the New Year" would bring about a revival for Chinese animation as a whole.
It is revival.
Because of this, everyone has higher expectations for the animated film "Old Li Celebrates the New Year". It is absolutely impossible to have the mentality that it is a bad movie. Everyone thinks that "Old Li Celebrates the New Year" should at least get 8 points or more.
result? ?
Forget about getting more than 8 points, everyone thinks this movie deserves 3 points at most.
It definitely can't get any higher.
In particular, the first wave of people who watched "Old Li Celebrates the New Year" were all die-hard fans, who were relatively fond of animated films. However, it was these people who instantly began to backlash after watching the movie.
It is said that the deeper the love, the more severe the criticism.
How much I expected for "Old Li's New Year" before, how disappointed I am now.
Under such circumstances, the first and second waves of moviegoers directly launched fierce criticisms.
It can be said that the reputation of "Old Li Celebrates the New Year" collapsed first.
Now it all depends on the prime time slot in the evening. If there are more people watching the movie in the prime time and the word of mouth is a little better, then there is still a chance.
But if the prime time also has a bad reputation.
Then on the first day "Old Li's New Year" will be released, that is, waiting for death.
How could Zhou Ming be in a good mood???
He knew how much October Culture invested in this film.
The previous film "Godkiller" was actually on the verge of bankruptcy, but it finally survived thanks to the efforts of the team. However, although it survived, it cannot be said to be seriously damaged, it was almost heavily in debt.
Capital has no confidence in Chinese animation. At the beginning, "October Culture" had the opportunity to be acquired by Dongyi Film and Television. As one of the top ten film and television companies in Yuanxing, Dongyi Film and Television has actually been planning in the animation field for a long time.
Dongyi is not just focusing on China. China’s animation is not good, but that doesn’t mean that the animation of the entire Yuanxing is not good.
Not to mention the animation in Europe and the United States, even the Japanese and South Korean animations are quite powerful. Sometimes an animated film from an Japanese country may take in over 1 billion yuan at the box office in China.
Tell me, which film and television company wouldn’t be envious?
However, You Zhihong, the chairman and screenwriter of October Culture, did not agree at that time, because he knew that if he was really acquired by Dongyi Film and Television, he could quickly achieve financial freedom, but what would happen next? ? ?
You Zhihong still has some of his own persistence. He thinks that if he is acquired by Dongyi Film and Television, then Dongyi Film and Television will definitely let them make foreign animated films.
After all, Chinese animation is dead.
But You Zhihong didn't want to do that. There was only one reason why he persisted for so long, because of his love for Chinese animation. He wanted to make Chinese animation bigger and stronger.
In fact, over the past fifteen years or so, You Zhihong cannot be said to have single-handedly carried half of the country's animation industry, but the animated films adapted from the scripts he wrote have basically been a modest success.
Otherwise why would he start such a company???
If he really wanted to make money, if he really wanted to make dirty money, You Zhihong could find a hundred ways to make dirty money.
But he didn't.
He still has dreams.
He wants to carry the brand of Chinese comics.
In You Hongzhi's opinion, Chinese animation at that time was far ahead of foreign animation, starting with comics, then animation gradually became popular, and finally animated films.
In recent years, Western movies can be said to have been influencing China step by step, especially animated films. Not to mention their individual IPs, almost all Chinese children grew up watching Western animated films.
This makes You Hongzhi feel sad sometimes.
Think about it, China has so many classic IPs, so many mythological stories, but not a single one has been made? ? ?
Many people are shouting that Chinese animation is dead.
You Hongzhi himself does not believe this.
Not only did he not believe it, he thought it was bullshit.
Chinese comics will never die.
Even if all Western animated films are dead, Chinese animation will not die.
Therefore, You Hongzhi himself began to make a desperate attempt, or to burn his boats, to make the "God Slayer" IP. He had a good idea, that is, it is such a Chinese mythological story. In addition, "God Slayer" is something that many children have heard since childhood, so it must have a mass base.
In this way, if this IP is successful, then in the next few years "October Culture" will be able to make this IP bigger and stronger step by step.
This is You Hongzhi’s idea, or a wish.
What he hopes is to lead Chinese animation out of the quagmire.
Unexpectedly, "Godkiller" was a complete failure.
For this reason, You Hongzhi had to sell several houses in his family to make up for the loss.
At the same time, he took on a few bad scripts to make money, and the company's people also took on a lot of outsourcing. In short, they did everything they could to survive.
While trying to survive, You Hongzhi finally turned his attention to the IP of "Old Li".
Because he summed up his own experiences and lessons, and held a meeting with the people in the company, everyone concluded that there were problems with the script of "God Slayer", both the character settings and the plot were not pleasing. In this case, we will find a script that can be recognized by everyone.
The comic "Old Li" is quite good and many people like it very much.
At the same time, the character of Lao Li is also very likable, and was once named one of the 100 most influential characters in animations.
In that case, then do this.
It’s definitely not possible to do what you did before, so just be a modern Lao Li.
You Hongzhi and others have discussed that blind dates are quite popular in today's society, and one can also gain some insights and feelings through the blind date of Lao Li.
As a result, these people from "October Culture" forgot one thing, that is, the current online public opinion environment is no longer the same as it was ten years ago.
Ten years ago, someone filmed this kind of thing, which was basically about blind dates, with one person going on dozens or even twenty blind dates, and the male lead was a scumbag.
But it was okay at that time.
In the current public opinion environment, doing this will only lead to criticism.
Obviously, You Hongzhi and his team didn't think about this when they were writing the script.
Then, as the director, Zhou Ming actually put forward some suggestions, but on the one hand, You Hongzhi himself would not listen to the suggestions, and on the other hand, Zhou Ming actually thought that "Old Li's New Year" was an excellent script.
There are flaws, but they do not affect the quality of the script.
When we had the script meeting, we changed some of the content that was not so good.
In this case, Zhou Ming believes that since "Old Li Celebrates the New Year" will be released ahead of schedule, and on the day of the Little New Year, this animated film will definitely be liked by everyone.
result.
It turned out to be like this.
Because of the movie's early failure, Zhou Ming was in no mood to attend Guo Han's celebration party. He would probably have to work hard on the roadshow next. No matter what, Zhou Ming wanted to make the movie's box office as high as possible.
Because if the movie "Old Li's New Year" really flopped this time, then it would be really difficult.
So Zhou Ming left early.
As for Yu Xiaoshu, he naturally chatted here for a few words and then prepared to leave.
"What? Are you in such a hurry to leave?"
Ding Xiaoman walked over at this time and said with a smile.
"hehe."
Yu Xiaoshu knew what Ding Xiaoman wanted to say when he saw her expression, so he just said "Hehe" and left.
"Damn it."
Ding Xiaoman cursed in a low voice while gritting her teeth.
"If I were you, I wouldn't humiliate myself."
Who knew that at this time Bai Su Su came over and said lightly: "Just sell meat well."
"you……"
Ding Xiaoman naturally recognized Bai Suzhen, but she didn't expect Bai Suzhen to say something so unpleasant.
"Oh."
Bai Suzhen also said "huh" and left.
Bai Suzhen hated Yu Xiaoshu, but she hated Ding Xiaoman even more. Especially after she learned some things about Ding Xiaoman, she felt even more ashamed.
Then Yao Qing could be Ding Xiaoman’s grandfather.
A woman who has no self-respect.
What's more important is that a woman actually sells her body for a purpose, and she felt even more ashamed after she heard from others that Ding Xiaoman was actually a student in the Star Wife Training Class.
Good job.
Originally, Ding Xiaoman was thinking about showing off at the premiere of "One World" and showing off in front of Yu Xiaoshu.
What a result.
At first, he was ignored by Yu Xiaoshu.
Then he was humiliated by Bai Suzhen again.
I'm so angry.
But she couldn't get angry here, after all, there were so many people watching her.
"Yu Xiaoshu, stop."
Yu Xiaoshu had already entered the elevator and was about to press the button, but he never expected that Bai Suzhen would run in.
"how??"
Yu Xiaoshu looked at Bai Susu and asked calmly.
Bai Susu said to Yu Xiaoshu: "Are you so afraid of me?"
"Afraid of you??"
Yu Xiaoshu was a little surprised.
"That's right. If you're not afraid of me, why don't you dare to face me? Or do you think your movie is definitely not as good as mine, so you don't dare to face me?"
Bai Su Su said lightly.
Good job.
Yu Xiaoshu really didn't know what to say at this time.
The Bai Suzhen in front of me is confident, but also too narcissistic.
He looked at Bai Su Su and said, "I said it before, and I'll say it again now. First of all, I never considered you as my opponent. You know a lot about science fiction, but you don't understand Chinese science fiction. I've also watched your movies, and I don't think you can surpass me. Secondly, it's not that I don't dare to face you, you just think there's nothing to talk about between us..."
Yu Xiaoshu said this while looking at the elevator floor.
After finishing speaking, we also reached the 1st floor.
He walked out of the elevator, but turned to Bai Susu, who already looked a little embarrassed, and said, "I have changed over the years, but you haven't changed at all."
After saying.
Only then did Yu Xiaoshu leave.
Bai Suzhen was really furious in the elevator.
What she had always wanted to say was that Yu Xiaoshu had not changed. Not only was he arrogant, but he was also completely unwilling to listen to opinions and suggestions. In short, a person like him was bound to fail, and even if he succeeded, it would only be a short-lived success.
But he never expected that Yu Xiaoshu would talk about him like this today.
This is impossible not to be angry? ?
Next, because the first episode of the animated film "Old Li's New Year" had a bad reputation, the audience in the golden theater were also not very satisfied after watching the movie.
That's right.
Not satisfied.
The hot searches tonight are all about "Chinese animation is dead".
However, some people said: "Everyone should still have more confidence, after all, there are still two Chinese cartoons to be released next."
Yes.
There are still two more films to come. Although these two are not aimed at adults, as mentioned before, everyone is still looking forward to these two animated films.
After all, these two animated films will be screened at the same time.
Some people have given up hope on this, after all, these two films are not aimed at adults.
At the same time, on Douhu, those who like Chinese animation are wailing, while those who like science fiction are beating drums and gongs.
Stop following Chinese comics and watch science fiction instead.
This is what many people think.
Chinese animation is dead, science fiction is in.
Whether it can really become popular depends on the situation on the first day of the Spring Festival.
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(End of this chapter)
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