Rant Show: I Angrily Criticized a Million Parents

Chapter 296 Witnessing the Rise of Chinese Animation!

The audience's minds were still replaying the classic scene that had just unfolded, and after a moment, they erupted in enthusiastic applause.

"Amazing! Chinese animated films have finally risen!"

"This is a true domestic animated film, and this year will mark the beginning of domestic animated films!"

"This is amazing! It's the best Chinese animated film I've ever seen!"

"This film will become a milestone in the history of Chinese animation!"

"This is fantastic! Domestic animation is finally showing its potential! I definitely have to watch it again!"

"I want to watch it again! This outstanding domestic animated film deserves our support!"

"I want to watch it a third time!"

"..."

The audience at the event consisted mostly of young people who grew up watching anime from Europe, America, and Japan.

Nobody watched domestically produced animated films before.

It's not because they're unpatriotic, but because the production quality of domestically produced animated films is poor, and they're only in pursuit of profit.

Today, they are able to appreciate excellent domestic animations like "Ne Zha," and they support them more than anyone else.

Zhou Yang and Jiaozi mingled with the excited crowd as they left the movie theater.

As soon as they stepped out of the movie theater, Dumpling waved her arms excitedly: "That was great! That was amazing!"

Zhou Yang patted Jiaozi on the shoulder with a smile, "Don't get excited, this is just the beginning."

The movie just ended, and the Douban rating for "Ne Zha" has been released, reaching 8.9 points!
This rating is the highest among domestic animated films in recent decades, even surpassing many classic Disney animated masterpieces.

The following day, the opening day box office figures for "Ne Zha" were released, showing that it had grossed 2 million yuan with an 11% screen share! It became the box office champion of the day with only one day left!

Nezha, Ao Bing, Taiyi Zhenren, and Zhou Yang—these famous actors have all topped the list of trending topics.

For most netizens who don't follow Chinese animation, they might think that "Investiture of the Gods" has been remade again.

However, when they clicked on it, they discovered that it was an animated film currently showing in theaters, but the image of Nezha was truly ugly.

However, when people saw the older versions of Nezha and Ao Bing, they became very interested in them, since appearances matter.

At the same time, many viewers who had already seen "Ne Zha" began to spontaneously promote it on platforms such as WeChat Moments, QQ Space, and Weibo.

These spontaneous promotions have been very effective, with more and more people learning about the animated film and going to the cinema.

The real-time box office of "Ne Zha" climbed rapidly, eventually reaching 2.5 million yuan on the second day.

Major cinema chains quickly increased the screening rate of "Ne Zha" from 11% to 35%.

Meanwhile, some inside stories and details about Nezha began to be revealed online.

To save money, Zhou Yang personally took on all the roles' actions and expressions.

Even more surprisingly, Zhou Yang also dubbed Taiyi Zhenren in Sichuan dialect, and even Nezha's mother!

Director Jiaozi personally called Zhou Yang to invite him to participate in the film. Initially, Jiaozi thought Zhou Yang was a conman, but Zhou Yang directly transferred 200 million yuan to Jiaozi's account. Due to the Nezha film exceeding its budget, it ultimately cost approximately 8000 million yuan, and many parts that could have made the film more exciting had to be cut.

In order to star in "Ne Zha", Zhou Yang gave up seven movies, twelve TV series and five variety shows.

……

Once these behind-the-scenes secrets were exposed by netizens, everyone gained a better understanding of the difficulties in making "Ne Zha".

"Damn! Meeting Nezha was incredibly difficult!"

"Nezha deserves high praise! It was truly remarkable!"

"Brother Yang is really amazing! No wonder he's a dubbing champion; he even voiced Madam Li."

"I couldn't tell at all that Mrs. Li's voice was a woman's. Zhou Yang's voice acting is amazing!"

"Brother Yang is the savior of Chinese animated films! We are very grateful to him!"

"Eighty million! Would an ordinary person dare to invest in that?!"

"Enough said! Let's buy tickets and see it again! We absolutely can't let Brother Yang lose money!"

"My son Ao Bing, charge!!"

"Little Nezha, charge forward!!!"

"..."

"Ne Zha" has been widely promoted through various official channels, including official media.

The Inmin Daily News stated, "Ne Zha grossed over 100 million yuan in just one and a half hours, receiving rave reviews from fans. Ne Zha's dark circles are both endearing and a little dejected, and the parenting style of Li Jing and his wife is very modern. While adapting ancient myths and legends is not easy, bringing a fresh perspective and incorporating contemporary values ​​is even more valuable. Hollywood's cinematic universe has conquered the global market, but unfortunately, Chinese films lack world-class brands internationally. When will the 'Fengshen Cinematic Universe' arrive? It's something to look forward to!"

CCTV News stated: "The release of 'Ne Zha' has been a huge success. The character of Ne Zha in the film subverts the traditional mythological image. He was born destined to be alone, but ultimately defied fate and became his own hero. No one can define you except yourself!"

The Central Committee of the Communist Youth League issued this appeal: "Be your own hero! #NezhaImages#"

With widespread online promotion and five-star reviews, "Ne Zha" is also experiencing rapid growth in box office revenue.

On the third day, the box office reached 2.86 million RMB! This surpassed the single-day box office record for Chinese animated films, and the cumulative box office also increased to 7.17 million RMB.

On the fourth day, the weekend ended and box office revenue began to decline, but the day still brought in 1.87 million yuan, bringing the cumulative box office to 9.05 million yuan.

On the fifth day, the daily box office exceeded 1.93 million yuan, and the cumulative box office exceeded 11 billion yuan!
The box office reached 15 billion in its opening week!
This also broke the record for the highest-grossing opening week for a domestic film!

The influence of Nezha continues to expand. On its eighth day of release, Nezha's box office has reached 16.89 billion yuan!
It broke the box office record of 16 billion yuan set by the American animated film "Zootopia" in China.

The box office record for domestic animated films has once again been broken by Chinese animation!

A month later, "Ne Zha" finally left theaters, with a final box office of 43 billion yuan!
In China, the box office revenue sharing is generally as follows: cinemas take 40%, theater chains take 7%, distributors take 10%, and the producers' actual box office revenue accounts for about 30% of the total box office.

In the end, Zhou Yang received a share of 11 billion!
In the office, Chen Tianzhen looked at Zhou Yang excitedly.

"Xiao Yang, the studio just received 11 billion yuan in payments! That's incredible!"

Chen Tianzhen was almost going crazy. She invested 8000 million yuan and made 11 billion yuan. It was simply unbelievable!
This is outrageously profitable!
(End of this chapter)