Chapter 508: May you walk out of half your life and come back still a young man
The "Return of the Great Sage" project was officially launched.
The entire Star Comic industry is now in operation.
Zhang Haiyang began to recruit elites from various project teams to join this new project.
Compared with other movies, animated movies with Chinese comic themes and movies with characters like the Monkey King can be said to be the most able to arouse the passion of these animation people.
Because this is the reinvention of heroes, this is the return of heroes who have gone away.
Of course, the premise is to do it well and it must be successful!
However, everyone was very confident in this, because everyone felt that this story had a lot to offer.
The rest is how to implement it and how to show it in the form of animation.
After leaving Xingman, Li Yi's mood seemed particularly bright.
No, even pinching Yi Mingming, a cousin who is a doormat, he didn't forget to shoot left and right.
"Why do all men like the Monkey King?" Yi Mingming asked curiously, rubbing his cheeks.
"Because no man's childhood dream is to own a house, a car and get married, because a man will be a teenager until he dies. Simply put, a man, even if he is forty or fifty years old, as long as he sees a piece of cow shit, he will
What I was thinking about was to blow him up with firecrackers, do you understand?"
Li Yi said with a bad smile.
Yi Mingming looked confused.
Youth means vigorous life, full of enthusiasm and passion, which refers to the state of mind. It is really romantic to maintain a beautiful innocence and an innocent heart that will not change until death.
Men should indeed remain young until they die. At least among the people in Xingman, everyone still has passion in their hearts!
We always wish our friends:
May you go out half your life and come back as a young man.
Always young, always full of tears.
"Don't you girls like the Monkey King?" Li Yi asked.
"I don't like it!" Yi Mingming shook his head.
Li Yi smiled and said: "There will be a day when you like it!"
Suddenly, a line from a movie suddenly appeared in Li Yi's memory, a sentence that was enough to make girls fall in love with that monkey: "My favorite is a peerless hero. One day he will wear a golden armor and a holy robe, and drive the monkey."
Come and marry me under the colorful auspicious clouds."
Li Yi shook his head and let it go for now.
Yi Mingming only thinks that today's cousin is weird.
However, the previous song "Wukong" is really nice.
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The production cycle of animated films is actually a major factor restricting the development of this industry.
After all, the production cycle is often measured in years, which means that the investment profit cycle is very, very long.
For a movie like "The Return of the Great Sage", even with Xingman's strength, no matter how fast it is produced, it is still calculated in units of years at least.
However, Li Yi believes that with so many Chinese comic elites working together and the technology accumulated from the previous production of "Wall-E", there will be no problems.
All he could do was wait.
In fact, "The Return of the Great Sage" has long been unlike the original "Wall-E" where no one cared about it and no one was willing to invest in it.
On the contrary, as soon as the news of the "Return of the Great Sage" project came out, a lot of capital immediately poured in.
The investment in the original version of "The Return of the Great Sage" is actually not high. Even for a 3D animated movie, the investment is considered low.
Of course, that's because there's nothing we can do about it.
In my memory, this movie even launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise funds.
But now, naturally there is no need for this.
The investment in "The Return of the Great Sage" is similar to that of "Wall-E". It may not be that high, but it should be at least over 100 million US dollars.
Li Yi hopes that this first Chinese comic film from Star Comics will be perfect.
Even if the investment is more than 100 million US dollars, it is still favored by the film and television investment circle.
After the news came out, in just a few days, Xingman's threshold was trampled by various investors and people from investment companies.
"WALL-E" is first and foremost, and this time it is an animated film focusing on China's super IP Monkey King. Although it may be difficult to compare with movies like "WALL-E" in overseas markets.
But even the domestic market plus the Greater China cultural circle is enough for "The Return of the Great Sage" to have room to develop.
Li Yi had no intention of eating alone this time. After all, everyone was carrying the sedan chair.
Therefore, half of the investment amount was released for "The Return of the Great Sage".
As a result, it was immediately snatched up by more than a dozen related companies, even though the investment terms were very harsh.
But it still couldn't withstand the enthusiasm of investors, which also made other film companies envious and jealous!
In fact, after the success of "WALL-E", many domestic companies began to set up animated film production departments and also launched some animated film projects.
But they still dare not invest too much. After all, not everyone has the courage like Li Yi to invest more than 1 billion by himself.
After many companies established animation departments, they also discovered that producing an animated movie at the speed of Star Comics is nothing short of a miracle.
They absolutely can't complete an animated movie like "WALL-E" in more than a year.
This has also caused many companies to gradually calm down after investing enthusiastically.
Of course, the most important thing is that although "WALL-E" is the first to do it, Star Comic can do it, Li Yi can do it, but investors may not be willing to believe that other companies can do it.
Therefore, it may seem like flowers are blooming, but in fact, most of the animated films that have actually started to be produced or are currently being produced, except for a few relatively powerful film and television companies, are actually just small efforts.
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In fact, when "The Pursuit of Happiness" was released, Li Yi asked Zhuo Yixiong and others to start preparations for it.
But, it's not very urgent.
This movie is not complicated to begin with, so the preparations for the movie have been basically completed by now.
It is naturally impossible for Li Yi to let others go.
At the end of September, "The Pursuit of Happiness" officially held its launch press conference.
Nowadays, as long as Li Yi appears in front of the media, it will definitely not be a trivial matter.
Including "The Pursuit of Happiness", this movie can be said to have been known by many media, and it can be considered to be ill-fated.
China Overseas International Hotel, the launch conference of "The Pursuit of Happiness".
Media reporters from all over the country have been waiting here early.
This is where Li Yi's appeal lies today.
Interestingly, this movie is also not a big production. Li Yi is definitely an anomaly in the domestic film industry.
Most directors tend to increase costs one by one, moving towards big productions with bigger casts.
But what about Li Yi?
It is almost difficult to find any of his movies that can truly be called big-budget.
But the strange thing is that even though this is the case, his movies are still the most popular in China.
Moreover, many records have been set.
At the same time, it has activated many genre movies that were originally considered unpopular.
Such as realism-themed movies, from the earliest "The Gift of Room No. 7" to "I'm Not the God of Medicine".
Such as the main theme movie, "Garland Under the Mountain" is now known as the pinnacle of domestic main theme movies since the new century.
Another example is the science fiction movie "Artificial Intelligence"!
Pet movie "The Story of Hachiko" and so on.
It can be said that it is not only a blockbuster, but more importantly, none of Li Yi's films has a score lower than 8 points on the popular film review website!
At the same time, this guy is also famous for being very productive and making movies extremely fast.
It’s often released very quickly!
It's even more so that when people stand in the way, people kill people, and when Buddha stands in the way, they kill Buddha. Even, they don't even lose. It's an exaggeration, it's outrageous!
"I don't know what type of movie "The Pursuit of Happiness" is. It shouldn't be a literary film, right?" A reporter started chatting while waiting.
"Didn't you say it was an inspirational movie? It shouldn't be a literary film, right? He has already made two literary films in a row and won awards, so it shouldn't be possible, right?"
"Director Dog has always been unconventional. It's really hard to say."
"One thing is definitely true, that is, children must be participating in this movie, haha!"
When many reporters think about it, it seems that almost all of Li Yi's movies actually have children starring in them.
From the earliest "The Gift of Room No. 7", it was a father-daughter drama.
"Mom Love Me Again" has become a mother-son show again.
"The Story of Hachiko"...well, that doesn't count.
Later, "Wedding Dress", "Artificial Intelligence", "Suyuan", etc., it can be said that it is really his style.
Sure enough, they soon saw that Li Yi appeared on stage with a group of leading actors.
Among them, Chen Wen was holding a child in his hand, and many reporters smiled knowingly.
Sure enough, it's you, Director Dog.
In fact, for films that follow the path of sensationalism, no matter what, family love is always the easiest to resonate with the public.
Li Yi, the most recognized director who knows how to play sensationalism, has many of his films with such characteristics. Combinations of mother and son, mother and daughter, father and daughter, father and son, etc. are naturally indispensable.
"Thank you all friends from the media for coming all the way to attend the launch conference of Director Li's new film "The Pursuit of Happiness."
"..."
After the host finished his opening remarks, he handed the stage to Li Yi and the other leading actors.
Of course, the main characters in "The Pursuit of Happiness" are actually the father and son.
"Everyone still remembers the uproarous news earlier about the top students from Peking University setting up a stall to sell pork, and the top students from Huaqing University working as security guards after graduation, right?" Li Yi asked with a smile.
The reporters below all nodded.
How could they not remember, but they became more and more suspicious.
Because can this also be linked to "The Pursuit of Happiness"?
"Everyone has the right to choose life, and the definition of happiness is also different, but I think if I can stop myself from crying because my time is wasted and my talents are exhausted, and if I can be firm, "I don't want to be specious.
In this life, I want everything I do to be unforgettable." Then this enthusiasm is well deserved, and remember that this is never the worst life.
This is what I hope to show everyone in the movie "The Pursuit of Happiness"!"
“I don’t know since when, success studies have become a scourge. When it comes to success studies and motivation, many people will disagree!”
"In fact, everyone knows that if you work hard at something, you may succeed, but if you don't work hard, you will definitely not succeed.
We talk about rejecting the so-called success studies, but in fact, how many of us hope that others will always throw cold water on you and say, "Just give up, you won't succeed?"
I am reminded of something someone said: "If you are poor, others will sympathize with you, but if you remain poor, others will not sympathize with you forever."
"The Pursuit of Happiness" tells the inspiring story of a father and a husband who went from being on the verge of bankruptcy to a homeless salesman, how he worked hard to fulfill his responsibilities as a single parent, and worked hard to successfully knock on the door of happiness. " Li Yi
Having said this, he closed his mouth.
Gone?
I have said a lot before, and everyone thought that Director Gou had changed his mind this time and would introduce the content of the movie to everyone seriously. But, this is it?
As expected of you, Director Dog!
ps: Although it is the third update, they are all chapters with more than 3,000 words, which is still an update of more than 10,000 words!
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