The lengths of "Star Trek" and "Joker" are almost the same, and the premieres of both films ended almost at the same time. When the Qintai Cinema erupted in thunderous applause as "Joker" ended, the Qian'an Cinema, which ended its screening at the same time, gave intermittent, sparse and perfunctory applause.
"… I bet this is definitely the best movie I've seen this year! Both the script and the acting are perfect! If this movie doesn't become popular, it would be a crime!" As soon as the screening ended, a special writer for a film newspaper couldn't wait to call his colleague: "How is it over there? If it's in the theater, the 3dimax effect should look better, right?"
In stark contrast to his colleagues' surprise, the editor who was waiting in Qian'an Cinema was in a terrible mood. He sighed, "What a coincidence! Galaxy Fantasy is definitely the worst movie I have seen this year, bar none."
The only thing that comforted him a little was that "Galaxy Fantasy" was bad enough - judging from the plot of the movie and the reactions of the specially invited audience at the premiere, the production company was definitely finished, but it would not have any negative impact on their newspapers.
Or, the exact opposite—
It would be fine if there was no comparison, but with "Joker" coming out with an overwhelming box office trend, "Star Trek" will undoubtedly be nailed to the rack of shame. As many people praise "Joker" as there are people who are happy to read the critical reviews of "Star Trek".
In this way, the greatest value of "Galaxy Fantasy" is probably the fact that it has become a laughing stock for the audience.
Information has always spread very quickly.
As soon as the premieres on both sides ended, all the companies that had been paying attention to the screenings of the two movies had basically received feedback from their respective staff. In particular, the film and television company that had been resentful towards Qianye Entertainment, a gaming company, received the evaluation from film critics with whom it had a good relationship and a very accurate vision at the first time.
What is Blue Planet’s first CG animated film? With such a crappy script, they still have the nerve to call themselves a movie
Such blunt comments spread throughout the film and television circles in an instant, and many people in charge of film and television companies felt relieved, and their nerves, which had been tense for more than half a year, finally relaxed.
“Don’t pay attention to Qianye Entertainment anymore.” This is what the president of Xinghai Film and Television, one of the top five film and television companies on Blue Star and the producer of “Joker”, said.
One billion of investment has gone down the drain. This amount is heartbreaking for these old-fashioned film and television companies. For Qianye Entertainment, let alone recovering its costs, it is even a question whether it will suffer a serious blow and never recover from such a wrong decision.
If "Star Trek" had no rivals, it would be fine, and some viewers might just watch the movie for the special effects. But now, the movie released at the same time is "Joker", which is clearly going to be a big hit.
After this battle, even if Qianye Entertainment can survive, it is unlikely to escape the fate of being acquired.
Thinking of this, everyone changed their initial vigilance. If they were still worried about the existing market being divided up by outside companies before "Galaxy Fantasy" was officially released, then now the five major film and television companies really no longer take Qianye Entertainment seriously.
"By the way," President Xinghai thought for a moment before the assistant left the office, and added, "If Qianye Entertainment wants to sell its CG animation studio, we can try to discuss it. Ignore other issues."
It seems that Xinghai Film and Television is not the only company that holds such an idea.
Under such circumstances, the unlucky and desperate ones are obviously Qianye Entertainment.
Although the five major film and television companies have been fighting each other openly and secretly over the years, they have maintained a tacit understanding when it comes to external matters.
Qianye Entertainment, which was badly damaged by the failure of "Galaxy Fantasy", is undoubtedly the easiest one to bully at this moment. Faced with this foreign company that once attempted to snatch the market from the Big Five, the Big Five film and television companies will naturally not be soft-handed - this is specifically and directly reflected in the price cuts for its CG animation studio.
Although "Galaxy Fantasy" failed, it is undeniable that CG special effects are still an indispensable part of blockbuster movies. The five major film and television companies have no interest in CG animated films, but this CG technology itself is an important part of their future map.
Under normal circumstances, no matter how high the price these companies offered, Qianye Entertainment, which prides itself on its CG technology, would never let go. But now...
Thousand Nights Entertainment.
In the empty and silent office, the insulting quotations from other film and television companies were now neatly placed in front of Shen He. The latter did not look at the quotations on the table, but his right hand resting on the armrest unconsciously became throbbing with veins, as if he wanted to squeeze it to deformation.
These bastards!
Isn't it because they took advantage of the poor reviews of "Starry Fantasy" at the premiere and felt that the movie would flop, so they came to take advantage of the situation? But this is not the end! The premiere is the premiere, the critics are the critics, and the audience is the audience. Even if the premiere reviews are average, who knows if there will be a box office comeback after the official release
Shen He did not respond to any of the company's offers.
Although Qianye Entertainment's main business is games, its CG animation studio has always been the pride of Qianye Entertainment and its players. If he had no choice, why would he be willing to give up the CG animation studio that he is so proud of
However, soon, Shen He, who had such expectations, was faced with complete despair.
Qianye Entertainment itself has no foundation in the film and television industry, so it is naturally impossible for it to buy off a large number of internet trolls to promote "Galaxy Fantasy". The most important thing is that "Joker" released at the same time is too powerful!
In stark contrast to "Star Trek", which had a total collapse in both word-of-mouth and box office, the box office of "Joker" almost skyrocketed in the first week of its premiere, getting higher day by day. In less than two weeks, its box office had exceeded 1.5 billion.
For this kind of movie that can actually generate huge profits for theaters, theaters naturally increase the screening rate again and again. On the other hand, the screening rate of "Galaxy Fantasy" has been decreasing again and again. When the box office of "Joker" exceeded 2 billion, "Galaxy Fantasy" was withdrawn early with an embarrassing result of 20 million with an investment of 1 billion.
"Qianye Entertainment is so naive. They think that with a popular IP, they can easily reap high box office revenue by adapting movies. In fact, for such adapted movies, their box office constraints come precisely from the original novel itself."
"If the adaptation is not in place, fans of the original work will not buy it, but if the movie is just for the fans, it will inevitably lose a larger group of passers-by - this contradiction is almost unsolvable most of the time." A film critic wrote: "Perhaps some people will think: Isn't there an IP-based movie that is adapted very well, which can attract passers-by and satisfy fans?"
“I would say yes, but it’s hard for this to happen to a cross-border company.”
"It is always more difficult to write an essay with a given topic than to write an essay without a given topic, and the same is true for movies. Screenwriters who are capable of using limited IPs to write hit scripts, why don't they write their own original scripts? Even the top screenwriters affiliated with the five major film and television companies dare not say that the scripts they write can get more than 1 billion at the box office, let alone a screenwriter who was found by a game company from who knows where?"
A whole month.
As many people pushed "Joker" to the top, as many people pushed "Star Trek" to the bottom. When the latter became a laughing stock among netizens because of its terrible plot, the huge profits symbolized by the super high box office of "Joker" made countless capitalists red-eyed.
No one can see the future of CG animated films, but the great era of movies has truly arrived.
But these have nothing to do with Qianye Entertainment.
When a quote from another company, lower than the first one, appeared on his desk again, Shen He looked at the chilling numbers on the paper with only a helpless smile on his face.
It was at this time that Shen He, who was flipping through the documents with an expressionless face, saw a quotation that was too normal, to the point of being extremely abnormal, among a pile of numbers that were taking advantage of the situation.
Before the failure of "Galaxy Fantasy", this price was a reasonable market price. But now that the five major film and television companies have jointly lowered the price, this price can only be described as "earth-shattering".
Because of this, even though Shen He was in no mood, it aroused a little curiosity.
Now that the Big Five have united to lower the price and are clearly trying to take over Qianye Entertainment, any offer that is higher than the Big Five, and much higher, is clearly showing a lack of respect for the Big Five film and television companies. Who is so bold as to not take the Big Five seriously at all
Such surprise only lasted for less than two seconds in his mind, and soon turned into understanding as his eyes moved downwards.
It turned out to be a painting shadow.
No wonder.
Other film and television companies might be afraid that their asking price would be too high, angering the five major film and television companies, and then being targeted by the five major companies, but Huaying, as an animation company, has no such worries at all - mainly because other film and television companies might be afraid that their own movies would be targeted by the five major blockbusters, but Huaying...
The Big Five can't use their live-action movies to snipe at Animation Studios' animated films, right
It's not that it's not possible, but there is ultimately a dimensional wall between live-action movies and animated movies. As long as the quality of Huaying's animated films is good enough, even if the live-action movies of the same period are very strong and have a significant impact, the base of the two-dimensional audience is still there.
To put it bluntly, the two are not in the same dimension at all, and there is not much conflict of interest. It is crazy to confront Huaying, who has no direct conflict of interest, just for such an acquisition event.
Apart from anything else, the conflicts within the Big Five themselves have not yet been resolved.
unless-
Unless Huaying takes over Qianye's CG animation studio, and its next animated film is also a CG animated film, it will defeat the five major film and television companies with extremely high box office.
But is it really possible for a CG animated film to succeed
Shen He originally believed this point the most.
Before the release of "Galaxy Fantasy", Qianye Entertainment was really confident in CG technology. In their view, once this technology appeared in the film industry, it would definitely bring an unprecedented visual impact to the audience, and then cause a chain reaction in the entire film industry. By that time, it would be the time for Qianye Entertainment to enter the film and television industry.
And now…
Shen He thought of the huge deficits that the company had incurred due to its original ambitions, and he was filled with endless confusion.
Unfortunately, all of this has nothing to do with him or Qianye Entertainment.
Thinking of this, Shen He's body softened, as if he had aged a dozen years in an instant. He leaned weakly on the back of the chair. He stared at the ceiling for a while, and then slowly closed his eyes.
"Tell Huaying that I agreed."
Compared to "Joker" which attracted everyone's attention, not many people seemed to care about the turmoil and changes in Qianye Entertainment itself.
The acquisition ended very quickly.
When it was clear that the Big Five had already taken over Qianye Entertainment, no shortsighted film and television company came to compete with the Big Five for it. Faced with Qianye Entertainment, which was getting worse day by day, the Big Five film and television companies were even less anxious. Even though they had made an offer, they remained calm throughout the process, as if they did not take the acquisition seriously at all.
The painting shadow is the exact opposite.
From the very beginning, Mu Suxing had no intention of using any other means in this acquisition case. Although Huaying and the film and television industry have nothing to do with each other, if he really wanted to compete with the Big Five for Qianye CG Animation Studio, not to mention whether he could successfully acquire it, it would also take a lot of time.
In comparison, it would be better to offer a price much higher than that of the Big Five and invest real money directly!
After all, "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" represents not only the first CG animated film of Huaying, but also whether this series can become the mainstay of Huaying in the next seven years. Compared with the importance of the movie itself, the acquisition problem that can be solved with money is not a problem.
After the movie "Galaxy Fantasy" was cancelled, no one paid attention to Qianye Entertainment anymore. However, Huaying's acquisition of Qianye CG Animation Studio attracted the attention of some media. The film and television industry thought that Huaying was lucky and happened to fill the gap in its CG technology. The animation industry thought that this might be a real strong combination.
Qianye Entertainment’s failure lies in the script, but the script happens to be the strong point of Huaying Animation. When the best CG technology is combined with the best script, will the era of CG animated films begin
Various media and newspapers were discussing the matter, and most fans were looking forward to it in their hearts, but they could not say anything - the precedent of "Galaxy Fantasy" was there, and even the fans of Huaying did not dare to cheer for the movie before it was released after facing the former's sudden death.
Some even stated in relevant newspapers that the choice made by Huaying Animation this time will not only determine whether the era of CG animated films, which has not yet begun, will come to an end, but also determine the life and death of Huaying Animation itself.
It goes without saying that the cost of CG animated films is high. More importantly, just half a year ago, Huaying Animation invested a large sum of money in the construction of its new headquarters. In this case, the funds used for the production of CG animated films, even if they are not all the remaining funds of Huaying Animation at this stage, will inevitably account for a considerable proportion of Huaying's cash flow.
In this case, if the animated film fails, today’s Qianye Entertainment will be tomorrow’s Huaying!
Surprisingly, this time, in the face of external doubts and expectations, Huaying Animation did not make any verbal response from beginning to end.
They did only one thing -
It has been a month since "Galaxy Fantasy" was released, and the psychological shadow that CG animated films brought to investors has not completely disappeared, but Huaying Animation has released the trailer of the new animated film without any hesitation.
—Trailer for the CG animated film titled Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.