Mu Suxing was deeply impressed by Qianye Entertainment.
As one of Tengkong Entertainment's few and direct competitors in the field of PC and console games, Qianye Entertainment is also a well-known first-class game company on Blue Star. Its series of games "Galaxy Fantasy" is still a classic that has lasted for a long time in the hearts of Blue Star players. Not only is the game itself interesting to play, even the short three-minute CG animation in the game is a stunning work that can surpass blockbuster movies in terms of visual effects.
As I recall, in its previous life, Qianye Entertainment also came up with the idea of making a CG animated movie after the CG animation in the game "Galaxy Fantasy" received endless praise.
Just as Tong Fanglian said, Qianye Entertainment during this period undoubtedly had the industry's top CG production standards, bar none - the only one that could compete with Qianye Entertainment in CG animation was Tengkong Entertainment, whose animation department had not yet jumped ship three years ago.
But that was before he switched to Tengkong Entertainment’s own animation department.
As for now, it is not an exaggeration to say that Qianye Entertainment's CG animation represents the highest level in the field of CG animation.
This is indeed the case.
As soon as the trailer of the CG animated film "Galaxy Fantasy" of the same name was released, this movie, which is known as the world's first CG animated film, topped the list of the most anticipated movies of the summer with an overwhelming advantage. As a relatively niche animated film, it is far ahead and has stepped on countless live-action movies.
All of a sudden, no matter if you watch animation or not, if you like movies or if you are indifferent to movies... everyone's eyes fell on this "world's first CG animation movie":
"Shocked! After being delayed by games for twenty years, Qianye's father finally realized that he was actually an animation company [dog head]"
"Oh my god, this trailer gave me goosebumps. Is the CG animation of "Galaxy Fantasy" so awesome? The hair expression, the battle scenes, the special effects, easily beat all the movies on the market that claim to have explosive special effects!"
"Game fans said that Qianye's CG animation is so awesome. I'm not exaggerating, as long as Qianye's father is willing to make animations, there will really be no place for other animation companies."
"I was a passerby. I had no interest in animated movies until I clicked on the trailer of "Galaxy Fantasy"... My god, is this special effect really something that an animated movie can have? It's too shocking! I was originally planning to go to the cinema to watch the latest sci-fi blockbuster this weekend, but now after watching the trailer of that movie, I feel bored and start to doubt whether this is some kind of 50-cent special effect... Am I getting carried away?"
Fans and passers-by have praised "Galaxy Fantasy" to the sky, and the animation and film industry have also given it high praise. The visual effects in the trailer of "Galaxy Fantasy" are undoubtedly subversive. Many professional film critics believe that "Galaxy Fantasy" is very likely to bring technological innovation to the industry.
With the visual feast of "Galaxy Fantasy" in front, ordinary movies will be fine, but if a blockbuster with special effects as the main feature cannot reach the technical level of "Galaxy Fantasy", it will probably be disliked by the audience.
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The Huaying Animation office building is located in the conference room on the third floor. The neatly arranged long table is now filled with the senior executives of Huaying Animation.
Wen Feihang is looking at the animation project in his hand. It has to be said that even though the aesthetic taste and requirements of reviewers like them in animation are being raised higher and higher by the works of Huaying Animation itself, Mu Xiuxing always has a way to come up with works that amaze them, such as this CG animation film plan called "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone".
If the focus of previous projects was basically on the plot, then what attracted this animated film in the first place was the concept drawings of various magic props or scenes that Muxuxing specially compiled and even provided with extremely detailed concept drawings.
The setting of the "magical world" is not new and is a bit old-fashioned, but the focus of "Harry Potter" is very interesting. When other magical worlds are obsessed with cool battles, "Harry Potter" turns its attention to the daily lives of wizards and focuses on those ordinary and mundane little settings.
The acceptance letter must be delivered by an owl. It is made of thick parchment, and the words are written stroke by stroke in emerald green ink. There is an exquisitely designed badge pattern inside, and the figures of the four college representative animals can be found next to the letter "h".
The chocolate frog that can jump around and the Bibi Multi-Flavor Beans that can produce all kinds of strange flavors.
The Quidditch House Cup, which represents the honor of the house, the Nimbus 2000, which is regarded as a treasure by the boys, and the Fire □□...
How can this be an animation project? This is clearly a living, breathing miniature of a magical world!
Wen Feihang stared at the concept drawings in his hands, and felt that he could imagine what the wonderful magical world looked like if he closed his eyes.
Especially since "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" is a CG animated film!
In addition to CG animated films, is there any better way to show this magical world? However, just as he was thinking more and more, someone in the conference room suddenly spoke:
"Otherwise, let's change the schedule."
Wen Feihang was slightly stunned, then suddenly frowned.
Indeed, the original release date of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" was this year's summer vacation. Of course, there was nothing wrong with this time point. After all, no matter how fierce the competition was during the summer vacation, it was a fierce battle between live-action movies and had little to do with animated movies.
But this year's summer season has a new "Galaxy Fantasy" - a "Galaxy Fantasy" that is also a CG animated film, and even its technology is far better than that of Huaying Animation.
With the success of "Galaxy Fantasy", it is not surprising that some people want to back off. However, in animated films, special effects do not represent everything. No matter how good Qianye Entertainment's technology is, it is just technology. Who knows what the script written by their screenwriters will be like
Wouldn't it be too cowardly to back down and give up now
Wen Feihang sneered and raised his head with some displeasure. He was about to teach a lesson to the guy who had just boosted other people's morale and destroyed his own prestige. Then he saw that everyone's expressions were astonished, with a little subtlety and disbelief, as they looked at... Mu Suxing who was sitting in the front row.
Wen Feihang was a little confused.
He rubbed his eyes, thinking something was wrong, so he reached out and rubbed his ears. Just as he was wondering if he had heard it wrong, Fang Lian, who was the first to react, couldn't help but ask, "Amu, what did you just say?"
Muxuxing said as a matter of course: "About moving the release date of Harry Potter to the Lunar New Year period next year."
Everyone: … … …
Wait, this style of painting is wrong!
According to previous meeting procedures, shouldn't it be the others who raise doubts and concerns, and then Mu Suxing who says that technology is not everything and that plot is the focus, and finally in the bloody summer season, leads Huaying to rise to the challenge and teach this cross-border game company how to make animations
This pastor might be fake, right
Facing the doubtful expressions of the crowd, Mu Suxing remained calm. He said frankly, "You should have seen the trailer of "Galaxy Fantasy", right? In the field of CG animation, we are indeed not as good as Qianye Entertainment. This is a fact."
Although given his relationship with Tengkong Entertainment, it is possible to bring in Tengkong Entertainment's animation department for cooperation, there will still be some gaps in technology, and the time may not be adjustable. After all, Tengkong Entertainment is also busy with its own game CG animation, so how could it take out eight years to make the Harry Potter series of animated films for him
He had to be justified, but Wen Feihang was a little unwilling to accept it: "But CG technology can't represent everything, right? Even if it's a science fiction blockbuster that focuses on special effects, if the plot itself is not attractive enough, won't it still fail at the box office?"
Judging from the script and setting of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone", he really didn't believe that Galaxy could compete with Harry Potter in the script.
"That's why we should move the release date to the Lunar New Year period."
Huh
"I know what you are thinking. In fact, I can tell you clearly right now—" Facing the doubtful looks of the crowd, Mu Suxing smiled with a hint of ridicule: "Qianye Entertainment doesn't even understand what an animated film is."
Mu Suxing was deeply impressed by Qianye Entertainment.
It's not only because this game company is far ahead in CG technology, but also because this game company has used its own strength to prove to the entire industry that if you cross borders casually, you will really die.
As for the movie "Galaxy Fantasy", its CG technology is so awesome, its script is so stupid, its early hype is so huge, but when the movie is released, the audience is so disappointed.
The most important thing is that the cost of producing CG animated films is very, very high.
In his memory, the investment in "Galaxy Fantasy" alone was as high as 10 billion, and Qianye Entertainment was full of confidence. Unfortunately, this movie not only failed to allow them to enter the film industry, but instead it was seriously damaged by the box office failure, and they directly fell from a first-class game company to a third-rate one, and they were unable to recover until five years later.
Because of the lesson learned by Qianye Entertainment, no game company has thought of entering the field of CG animation in the past twenty years.
"You mean to say..."
"CG animated films have always been expensive, laborious and time-consuming. Instead of rushing to the summer season and competing with "Galaxy Fantasy" for the first CG animated film, it is better to spend more time polishing it and focus on the quality of the film itself." Mu Suxing said: "Since we are going to do it, of course we have to do it the best."
Originally, he regretted the technical limitations of Huaying and was unable to show the charm of the magical world of "Harry Potter" to the greatest extent. Now it is a good opportunity.
The next day.
When other film companies that had originally scheduled the summer schedule said that movies are movies and games are games, and Qianye Entertainment's good game production does not mean it will be good at movies, indirectly expressing the idea of never backing down, the decision to resolutely move "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" to the Lunar New Year schedule by Huaying Animation seemed to have ruined the atmosphere.
Viewers who saw the interview:
Although Huaying Animation's behavior is understandable, why do these words coming from Muxuxing's mouth seem... particularly unreal
Huaying's fans were immediately a little unhappy.
Although they have praised "Galaxy Fantasy" before, and they are indeed impressed by Qianye Entertainment's CG animation, but Huaying is too unambitious, right? Although we don't have awesome special effects, we still have awesome plots!
It was at this time that Muxuxing gave Mu Xingxue a special task—
"Help me investigate the assets of Qianye Entertainment." Mu Suxing said directly: "I want to know how much money I need to take over their CG animation team if Galaxy Fantasy fails."
Plot or special effects
Sorry, adults choose both.