Entertainment: I am the peak

Chapter 312 Layout Animation
In the entertainment industry, begging for favors is never something to be ashamed of, and it can even be understood as actively striving for something.

Especially for an actor like Wu Jing who is on the verge of elimination, it is not shameful to bow your head and beg for help.

Of course Wu Jing still has roles to act in now, but his resources are indeed getting worse and worse.

When he was young, he went to the Hong Kong circle and got good resources, but he has never really become popular. Everyone knows that there is such a person, but he is just not popular.

As the Hong Kong film and television industry became increasingly closed, although he entered early, he was ultimately an outsider; he was also unable to get into the Beijing circle, the core resource circle of mainland film and television.

In the past two years, I have felt like I am neither here nor there. I am very similar to Ye Xuan.

He realized early on that he needed to return to the mainland and transform himself, but the failure of "Wolf Tooth" made his first attempt at transformation a failure.

Four years later, he tried again.

But most of his connections in the film and television circles are in Hong Kong. Of course, those friends in Hong Kong are also very enthusiastic and willing to help him read scripts, give him advice, and even help him make connections and introduce people.

But I won’t give him any money!

The journey north to find money was also full of difficulties. No one, no one, was optimistic about military action movies.

Even though Wu Jing only wanted an investment of 10 or 20 million and he would make up the rest of the money himself, still no one was willing to invest in him.

In fact, Wu Jing did not tell Li Qiutang that he was currently undergoing training in the army and experiencing life for the start of the new film. He heard that Yu Qian was going to treat Li Qiutang to a meal, so he specially asked for leave and wanted to try his luck with Li Qiutang.

Wu Jing was emboldened by the wine and told Li Qiutang the story he wanted to film.

"What do you think? Does it meet the requirements of your plan?"

Li Qiutang said: "You have both planes and tanks, it must cost a lot of money, right? The cost of each piece in our plan cannot exceed 5000 million."

Wu Jing thought this was a good idea and continued, "It won't be more than 5000 million. I don't need any salary, neither the director nor the actor."

It seems that Wu Jing hasn't secured sponsorship for the troops yet.

Li Qiutang would definitely invest in Wu Jing, but that's not how business is negotiated. Li Qiutang said, "I think the story is okay. From what you said, the action scenes are exciting. How about this? You make a specific plan, with the budget, the cycle, and the script. Give it to me. After all, I have to show it to the people below me."

"Okay, okay, okay." Wu Jing smiled. "I'll work on it as soon as possible and send it to you when it's done." Wu Jing expressed his understanding. Although Li Qiutang was personally involved in the Towering Tree Project and it could almost be said that he was the only one who had the final say, it was still the people under Li Qiutang who worked with the new director. These people had to approve of the project in order to advance it in the best way.

"It must be hard in the army?" After talking about business, the two started chatting.

Wu Jing said: "It is indeed tiring, but it is fun once you get used to it." Then he introduced his military life to Li Qiutang.

It can be heard that Wu Jing is enjoying it.

After sending Wu Jing to the hotel, Li Qiutang asked, "Stay in the hotel? Not going home?"

Wu Jing said: "I will go back to the army tomorrow morning and I won't go back."

On the first day of the new week, Li Qiutang came to the company as usual.

"What did I say? I knew he would turn "White Deer Plain" into "The Story of Tian Xiao'e", or the story of Tian Xiao'e's adultery." If you want to say that Wang Quanan is not capable, that is definitely not the case, but "White Deer Plain" is really not suitable to be adapted into a movie.

The project "White Deer Plain" is not destined to sell as well as genre blockbusters, but such an adaptation of a national epic has attracted great attention from people from all walks of life in the industry. After so many years, no one expected it to be filmed like this.

Tian Xiao'e is coquettish and a slut, but you can't really portray her as a bitch. Bravery and rebelliousness are the underlying qualities of Tian Xiao'e.

After the movie "White Deer Plain" was released, it was opposed by many people inside and outside the circle.

Some even said that Wang Quanan was unworthy of being a Sanqin person: "He ruined his own story!"

Of course, the most criticism is that the director used public funds to pick up girls.

Li Qiutang casually asked, "Is White Deer Plain going to be made into a TV series?"

"Of course, but there has been no movement for a long time."

Of course, Century Autumn also wanted to shoot such a national epic, but such films are hard to come by. Period dramas like "Parents' Love" are also very good.

Speaking of the two animated films that Li Qiutang discussed a while ago, the Production Management Department gave a preliminary negotiation plan.

"Tian Xiaopeng is willing to let us buy out Journey to the West, but he doesn't have any feature films yet, so we can't see anything and it's hard to talk about further discussions. Liang Xuan's Big Fish and Begonia is a little better, with a few minutes of feature films and good pictures. Big Fish and Begonia has received a lot of attention online, so our department thinks we can invest in it, but we're still discussing the specific amount."

Tian Xiaopeng was willing to sell "Journey to the West", but there was not even a minute of feature film. In other words, he had to take an idea and do some preliminary work to get people's money. No fool would fall for this.

So Qiu Tian's proposal was: "I said our company is willing to invest some money first to let you continue. Once you have a finished film for us, we can talk about further investment or a buyout." This was a more prudent approach, and Li Qiutang did not object.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Qiutang proposed that the company should start entering the animation film market, but was opposed by the production department, who believed that the animation film market was very immature: "The production cycle of an animation film is 2-3 times longer than that of a live-action film. It is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and there are no profitable domestic animation films." This is of course true.

But Li Qiutang said: "Domestic animated films do still have many problems, but that does not prevent us from making plans in advance. I did not say that if we make one this year, we will have to sell 100 million yuan at the box office next year. This is unrealistic.

"We must adhere to the idea of long-termism when making movies. If it doesn't make money now, we will not make it. We must explore and plan in multiple directions." Indeed, no one has a third eye, and no one knows how the future will develop, so we have to try more and look in every direction, just in case one of the roads works.

But it doesn’t matter if others don’t know, Li Qiutang knows!

"You didn't object to me buying a special effects company." Nonsense. Who in the film industry doesn't know the importance of special effects? Li Qiutang didn't encounter any opposition when he bought a special effects company. If there was any, they just said that he didn't have to buy it and just had to invest in one share. However, Li Qiutang insisted on running a special effects company of his own.

But now many people still cannot see the prospects of domestic animated films, so they will naturally oppose him.

But Li Qiutang was determined to make animations and said, "Animation companies can not only make animations, but also take special effects into consideration." Li Qiutang thought about it and proposed a compromise plan:

"Well, let's set up an animation team within Mojing Tianhe and see the results first. It's really hard for animation companies to get work right now, so let's set up a team first to see the situation and then talk about it later."

This may be the lowest-cost approach with minimal resistance within the company, but no matter what, Li Qiutang still wants to enter the animation industry.

"Okay, let's adjourn the meeting if there's nothing else." Li Qiutang dismissed the meeting.

(End of this chapter)