Mu Suxing put one hand on his chin as if thinking: "How about I make another handwritten book, or use movie footage to make an edit, collecting all those scenes that seem ordinary but are full of sad moments when I look back?"
"..." The system asked sincerely: "Can you be a human being?"
"Don't you think this kind of buried knife... summarizing the Easter eggs is particularly interesting?" Muxiuxing gave it an example: "For example, at the beginning of the movie, everyone is looking at Harry, but only Snape is looking into his eyes. Compare it with the scene later when Snape is staring into Harry's eyes before he dies. Doesn't it feel like 'the first and last time he saw him, he was looking into his eyes'?"
The system doesn't want to talk.
Do your Easter eggs look like this
But this obviously did not affect Muxiuxing's interest: "There is also the chocolate frog card of Dumbledore that was glimpsed in the movie, with the words 'Defeat the dark wizard Grindelwald in 1945'. Even if the audience noticed this at this time, they would definitely not think much about it. At most, they would regard it as one of Dumbledore's glorious histories..."
No one knew the deep meaning of Bill's words, "He didn't care as long as he wasn't removed from the Chocolate Frog card." No one realized that the day he was admired and praised by thousands of people might be the most painful day of his life.
Considering the ending of the Weasley twins in the original novel, when we look at the first part, when the students were singing the school song in the Hogwarts Great Hall, the scene where the Weasley twins deliberately sang the funeral march was also a sad moment.
System: … ==.
It could be seen that Muxuxing was the only insider of this world, and he was feeling very suffocated. However, in order to avoid leaking the subsequent plot of the story, he could not tell anyone else in Huaying. When faced with other people's inquiries, he could only avoid the question. He felt so eager to reveal the spoilers that he couldn't express it in words, so he pulled it to vent his frustration!
After realizing this, the system refused to communicate with its host anymore and simply pretended not to exist.
Mu Xuxing suddenly became even more depressed.
He clicked on various movie-related forum websites, and looked at "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" which had unknowingly been included in the "Top 10 Most Healing Movies" and "There's Always a Movie to Warm Your Heart", and couldn't help but let out a long sigh of regret.
Life is as lonely as snow.
Fortunately, the fans and audiences were completely unaware of Mu Xuxing’s resentment at the moment. They were still immersed in the story of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and the visual feast presented in the theater. Passersby who had not seen the movie were also infected by the recommendations everywhere, and more and more passersby who were not interested in animated movies also walked into the cinema.
After all, it is winter vacation now and the New Year. Is there anything more suitable for a family of three to watch than an excellent animated film
These recommendations and positive reviews are directly reflected in the screening volume and box office of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone".
Ever since "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" proved to theaters that the sudden surge in box office that day was not accidental, the screening volume of this animated film jumped directly to first place. When the film's distributor also announced that the film would be extended for two months, the total box office had already surpassed the last one, with a first-month box office of 3 billion, firmly surpassing "The Sound of Rain" of 2.5 billion!
When this result came out, not only colleagues in the industry, but even Huaying’s own people were stunned for a moment.
"This..." Fang Lian said uncertainly: "Did we accidentally break the movie box office record?"
Wen Feihang even took out his phone and searched for the box office record that he had confirmed countless times: "The previous record was Red Sun, directed by Clark Eddy, with a total box office of 2.7 billion. This means that every step forward we take now is creating a new record."
In comparison, Mu Xingxue was more direct - he had skipped the movie box office and started counting money while planning the movie's peripheral projects.
In fact, the impact of "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" on the film industry is far more than just breaking box office records.
Before the release of Animation, there were many movies with high box office, and there were at least 20 movies with box office of over 1 billion, but all of them were live-action movies. In the eyes of most investors, animated movies are money-losing products, and whoever invests in them will suffer. The highest-grossing animated movie before this only had a total box office of 500 million.
Precisely because of this cost-effectiveness, the animation departments of most film companies are basically just for show, and some companies don't even have an animation department at all.
Under such circumstances, the emergence of "Harry Potter" seems to have allowed investors to see another possibility - and also gave many struggling animation film directors a glimmer of hope.
Although Huaying itself does not have similar intentions, it is undeniable that the precedent of "Harry Potter" is enough to prove that animated films are not completely inferior to live-action films. As long as there are excellent scripts and productions, even animated films can get box office results that are not inferior to blockbuster movies!
Not to mention the high box office revenue that the Harry Potter film series itself can bring in, with such an outstanding big IP, the peripheral revenue is bound to be considerable, such as the common snacks in the movies, the wands of different characters, the wizard robes of each academy, etc. If you really calculate it, the peripheral revenue may not be less than the movie box office.
With this steady stream of income, planning for the theme park can begin.
The animation film came to an end, and the next step was naturally to give bonuses to those who should be given bonuses and to take holidays to those who should be given holidays. When Muxuxing came down, the office hall that was bustling not long ago was now only occupied by three or five people.
"The sales reports of "Huaying Comics" for the last quarter are all here." said Qiu Fengmao.
Influenced by Mu Suxing, and also because Huaying itself is a young company, no one in Huaying has the habit of holding boring meetings to kill time. Seeing Mu Suxing coming out, Qiu Fengmao did not waste time and pushed the annual report in front of him neatly.
Mu Suxing took a look at the report.
The result was pretty much what he expected - although Qiu Fengmao had made considerable efforts in discovering new talents and new works, and had initially achieved certain results, with the end of the Sherlock Holmes series, the sales of "Huaying Comics" inevitably showed a downward trend.
Muxuxing was not surprised by this.
Phenomenal works such as the Sherlock Holmes series can indeed bring huge sales bonuses to comic magazines, but how common are phenomenal works? Huaying cannot always rely on IP adaptations in the system mall, and the same is true for "Huaying Comics". Although the sales of "Huaying Comics" have declined at present, overall, it is still within the normal fluctuation range.
And that's exactly what he wanted.
The sales of today's "Huaying Comics" may be slightly worse than before, but the serialized comics are gradually beginning to focus on original comics, such as Meng Zhiyuan's "Night Watchmen 2" - the sales of "Huaying Comics" did not plummet due to the end of the Sherlock Holmes series, largely due to the new blood of this comic.
Qiu Fengmao added: "In addition to the comics currently being serialized in Huaying Comics, in the past six months we have also received some works that do not meet the review standards of Huaying Comics, but the comics themselves have certain highlights. So I am wondering, should we consider publishing a sub-magazine, or creating a comics website?"
"Okay," Mu Suxing nodded. "Let's put the website aside for now. The company may have other arrangements. You can decide on the sub-publication yourself. I just want the results."
Qiu Fengmao nodded, and he stood up to leave. Before he took two steps, he seemed to remember something and turned around to ask bluntly, "By the way, what are you going to do with the Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone comics?"
Mu Suxing: "This series of comics will be very long. I require the specific details and style to be completely consistent with the animated film version, and many details will be captured in detail. Go back and ask the comic authors under Huaying to see if there are any who are interested in this series, and then send me a copy of the draft later."
Qiu Fengmao left with satisfaction.
Mu Suxing then flipped through the financial statements of Thorn Interactive Entertainment and the animation department.
Needless to say, the animation department was directly under his charge before the Harry Potter movies. It was only when the overall focus of Huaying gradually shifted to movies that it was handed over to Cui Hongyi. And because the main employees were all in the Harry Potter production team, only the "Night Watch 2" animation subscription number ranked second on this year's list, and the TV animation was not involved.
The changes in Thorn Interactive Entertainment were the smallest, and the monthly revenue of several games was basically stable. Mu Suxing's eyes swept across the familiar name and inadvertently fell on the last string of small words.
"'Game designer'? New game?"
Probably because he didn't expect that Mu Xuxing would be attracted by the last game, Jiang Yucheng was obviously stunned for a moment, and a somewhat conflicted expression appeared on his face.
"It can be said to be a game, or it can be said to be a simple version of a game production tool," Jiang Yucheng thought for a moment and explained, "To put it simply, this game itself is actually a game editor. Players can use the pre-set programs and built-in materials in the game editor to create pixel RPG games or visual novels. It is a game production engine that anyone can easily get started with."
Jiang Yucheng didn't really take this little gadget he had made on a whim too seriously. He just treated it as a stand-alone game, casually installed it on the game platform, and then forgot about it. If Mu Suxing hadn't asked him about it, he would have almost forgotten about this one-minute thought.
Mu Xiuxing became interested, and repeated as if to confirm: "You mean, this is a game-making tool that anyone can easily use?"
Jiang Yucheng nodded and added: "... But not many people are interested in it. This kind of engine can be made by others, but no one is doing it."
Take visual novels, for example.
Nowadays, the common plot-based love games on the market can basically be produced through this game production engine. However, this kind of stand-alone love adventure game is almost a buyout system, and the profit is not comparable to the card-drawing love mobile game at all. Any game company that pursues money will not make this kind of game.
The same is true for pixel RPG games.
This is also the reason why Jiang Yucheng did not take it to heart.
"From another perspective," Muxuxing thought, "What if we don't treat it as a game, but build an independent game platform based on this game production engine?"