MTL - My Animation Era-Chapter 87 Quebec

  Chapter 87 Quiba

   Gu Miao, who had just had the New Year's Eve dinner and hadn't even finished the Spring Festival Gala, suddenly received a message.

  Our Superman…

   High expectations were placed on the epic blockbuster "Starfall", which is known as the "savior of domestic science fiction". After 10 days and 14 hours of screenings, it finally fell on the last night of the Year of the Tiger.

  The film distributor scribbled out a "technical release" announcement.

  【The theater companies and theaters:】

  【The film "Stellar Fall" released by our company, due to various indescribable technical reasons, decided to withdraw from the schedule at 23:59 tonight, and the box office will be settled normally...】

"What does it mean?"

   Lao Gu, Huang Kun and others who were eating melon seeds at the side couldn't quite understand what the so-called "technical filming" meant, and they all looked at Gu Miao.

   "The so-called technical film..."

  Gu Miao crossed her legs and explained: "Actually, it's a euphemism. If you translate it, it probably means that the box office is too bad. We're going to move to the Internet, TV and DVD audio-visual!"

   "Then it's going to the street?"

  Old Gu curled his lips and said, "If no one is watching, no one will be watching. You have to make such an outrageous reason."

   Mixing in the entertainment industry, you want to save face!

   Directly said that the box office has been sent, how ugly is it to spread it? The term "technical release" is used very well, saving face for both the theater and the film.

   "But, isn't this too fast?"

   Huang Kun frowned and said, "It's not been two weeks since the movie was released! Normally, it wouldn't be so fast to go offline!"

   "Spring Festival file!"

  Gu Miao reminded: "On New Year's Day, there are several blockbuster movies waiting to be released!"

   Cinemas have limited screens.

  In order to free up enough screens for the new films released on the first day of the Lunar New Year, garbage movies like "Stellar Fall" must be eliminated.

   All I can say is, it’s too miserable!

   According to Gu Miao's understanding, since the release of "Stellar Fall", the cumulative box office has barely exceeded 20 million. Among them, the box office in the first three days accounted for more than 80%.

what does this mean?

  The box office in the first three days was more than 16 million, and in the next week, the box office was only more than 4 million! This decline is simply a disaster.

  Du Hao's mentality probably collapsed.

  In any case, the film has a total investment of 50 to 60 million yuan, and he himself accounted for more than 40 million yuan. Such a large sum of money was exchanged for this fate...

  Who can accept it?

   "Ghost! This is too miserable!"

  After learning about Du Hao's general loss situation from Gu Miao's mouth, Huang Kun said in shock: "From a multi-millionaire to a multi-millionaire, only one movie is needed?"

   "Gambling!"

  Gu Miao said with a smile: "Although nine out of ten bets lose, there are always people who think that they will be the winner."

  But the truth is...

  In the domestic film industry, at least 70% of the films cannot recover production costs and publicity expenses, and have been in a state of loss for a long time.

  This industry is too bloody.

  The final winner can indeed make a lot of money. The rate of return on investment can even reach an astonishing 1000% or more.

   But this is just an "example".

   More like Du Hao, who came in with confidence and left in a daze. The pool of water in the movie is far deeper than he imagined.

   "Get ready."

  Patting Huang Kun's shoulder, Gu Miao encouraged: "This year's Spring Festival, we can only be a spectator. At this time next year, we will end in person."

"what?"

  Huang Kun asked in surprise: "Mr. Gu, what do you mean, we will also make a movie next year?"

"I guess so!"

  Gu Miao was ambiguous.

   Regarding the "big animated movie", it would be a lie to say that he didn't have the slightest idea. Whether it is "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf" or "Sailor Moon", they can all be made into theater versions.

   But what he said was not these two.

  Because of the "secret agreement" between him and Boss Xiong, after the Chinese New Year, Wanbao Animation will approach Feiyang Animation to jointly produce an animated film in the name of cooperation.

  The tentative name of the project is: Kuiba!

  Don't ask why it is Quebec? Instead of "The Tiger's Might", "The Year of the Rabbit", or the theatrical version of "Sailor Moon" and so on.

  Ask is...

   This is a "dirty" deal!

   Taking advantage of short-handed and soft-mouthed people, and taking favors from Boss Xiong, you have to do things for him, right? After Gu Miao thought about it, it seemed that "Quiba" was more suitable for him.

  There are two main reasons.

  First, "Quiba" suffered a terrible loss. Introducing this work to Mr. Xiong is more likely to "break his dreams".

  Second, the quality of "Quiba" is not bad. Although it's a "deception", but you can't use a **** to fool President Xiong, right?

  Xiong Tianwei is not that stupid.

   At any rate, he is the boss of an animation company, so he still has basic judgment ability. If the business plan that Gu Miao came up with couldn't move his heart, how could he "throw money" into it?

   So, here comes the problem.

  Only if the quality is excellent and the project has bright prospects, can it attract the total investment of Xiaoxiong. But you can't make money, and you have to suffer serious losses...

   "Quiba" just meets the standard!

   In terms of word-of-mouth and quality of completion, what the **** is 100 points, the most beautiful in the world, I'm so blown away! In terms of box office and performance... That's true, even a dog would shake his head after seeing it!

  The most coquettish thing is...

  Quiba may be one of the few animation works that cannot achieve blood recovery in the "peripheral derivatives".

   Really awesome!

  Gu Miao has always believed that animations like "Peking Opera Cat" that "lose money and make money" are considered the "light" of the industry. It wasn't until he saw "Quiba" that he realized that there are really people who "generate electricity for love"?

   Isn’t it, Sir?

  People’s "Beijing Opera Cat" can at least sell mugs, dolls and other peripheral derivatives. And "Quiba" can't sell anything, and the sequel has to rely on "crowdfunding" by fans?

   It can only be said to be too miserable.

  It's so miserable that even Gu Miao is a little worried. If he sacrifices this work, he won't make Little Xiong lose his mind and come to him with a kitchen knife in the middle of the night to settle accounts with him, right?

   Still have to make it clear in advance.

  Gu Miao feels that before the cooperation is concluded, it is necessary to remind Mr. Xiong friendly: "Movies have risks, investment needs to be cautious!"

   If he doesn't listen, that's his business.

  It's really a loss when I look back, at least Gu Miao can use this sentence as a shield to show that he has reminded her. If you don't listen to advice, you can't blame others.

   "Do bears always fall for it?"

  After learning about Gu Miao's evil plan through WeChat, Ma Kui, who was still in his hometown, couldn't help asking: "Although this project looks good, the risk is high after all!"

   "From what I know of him..."

  Gu Miao said firmly: "He will definitely agree to this cooperation proposal. At that time, you will be responsible for connecting with Feiyang Animation, understand?"

   "..."

   Ma Kui sent a series of ellipses.

  With his cleverness and wit, how can he not see that Mr. Gu intends to make him a "back-up man".

   The question is... can he say no?

   Seeking collection monthly ticket support~!

  (end of this chapter)