Chapter Five Hundred and Two Progress
The Spring Festival in 2009 is fleeting.
Time flies, and in a blink of an eye, Wang Meng has been back from the Golden Globe Awards ceremony for half a month.
The Oscar nomination some time ago made "The Matrix" award seven nominations, and once again pushed Wang Meng's reputation to the forefront.
The publication of "Time" was also fueled by the publication of Wang Meng, who was on the homepage of the global version for the first time, made many people quickly get to know him.
On February 13, 2009, on the 19th day of the first lunar month, the atmosphere of the New Year became increasingly weak, and DreamWorks had already started working.
Wang Meng, who came to realize her dream special effects, was staring at a cute panda on the computer.
"Director Wang, since the second half of last year, we have once again recruited a lot of personnel, plus a lot of work to send out. So far, "Kung Fu Panda" has been completed by nearly 70%. It is expected to be completed in June this year. If it is released, it will take nearly two years in total." Director Zhu Chengzhi said.
"We have made great breakthroughs in technical issues. I dare not say anything else. The production of animation alone is no less than any top company in the world. In the past few days, the headquarters has been slowly shifted. Our goal is to temporarily move into the new headquarters for the other departments of Dream Revival Special Effects. The production of "Kung Fu Panda" is here for the time being, and then slowly shifted until May this year. We will all move." Gu Gaoyi, the deputy general manager of Dream Revival, said.
"Yes." Wang Meng nodded and said, "It's very time-consuming. The first production of "Kung Fu Panda" is, let's not talk about anything else, take your time."
After the New Year, some series of work are still underway.
Chen Kexin's "Xu Xiake's Ancient Mysterious Mirror" has resumed work. According to Chen Kexin's prediction, the expected completion time is June this year. The expected release time is in this summer.
The TV version of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" filmed earlier will be broadcast in March this year. The TV version of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" is set according to the seasonal broadcast.
Season 24 episodes and 8 seasons. It corresponds to "Ghost Blows the Light 1 Jingjue Ancient City", "Ghost Blows the Light 2 Dragon Ridge Mysterious Cave", "Ghost Blows the Light 3 Yunnan Insect Valley", "Ghost Blows the Light 4 Kunlun Temple", "Ghost Blows the Light 5 Yellow Skin Tomb", "Ghost Blows the Light 6 Returning to the South China Sea", "Ghost Blows the Light 7 Angry Xiangxi", and "Ghost Blows the Light 8 Wuxia Coffin Mountain".
It is now being promoted on the market. Mango TV bought the first season for the first time at a price of 45 per episode. The first broadcast right alone is RMB 10.8 million. However, the production cost of "Ghost Blows Out the Light: Jingjue Ancient City" is 24 million.
It can be said that due to the huge investment and the purpose of striving for excellence, the TV version of "Ghost Blows Out the Light" is extremely expensive. Fortunately, there are the broadcast rights for the next few rounds, so it is impossible to lose money.
If it is done well, it will also have the right to transfer to broadcast in Asia. Experts from DreamWorks estimate that "Ghost Blows Out the Light" will have nearly 100 million yuan in revenue. It is expected to earn more than 60 million yuan in net income.
Such many broadcast channels are due to the strong channels of DreamWorks. Nowadays, no one in Asia knows DreamWorks. Not to mention movies, even good-looking TV series are still sought after.
For example, DreamWorks' TV works today are no less than many good TV series that have caused sensation in Asia. With such tomb robbery themes, TV stations in many countries are willing to pay for it.
This is the benefit of expanding influence, and it is also the benefit of establishing a brand.
As for the movie version of "Ghost Blows the Light", Urshan has finally started preparing for it. It is expected to start filming in March this year. The film was born from "Ghost Blows the Light" but has its own extension direction, and its name is "Ghost Blows the Light: The Dragon-Seeking Art".
And during this period...
Not only these expected films,
The movies that are being released have also achieved good results. The 8-week release of "Die Renjie: Dragon King of the Gods" has been released. The total box office in China has reached 417 million yuan.
Tsui Hark created a miracle after officially breaking 400 million yuan. The second Chinese-language film in China that exceeded 400 million yuan in mainland China appeared, and it was "Die Renjie".
"If You Are the One", which has been very anxious to fight with "Die Renjie", also exceeded expectations when the following paintings were drawn.
"If You Are the One", which originally had a total box office of 325 million yuan, is now a total box office of 364 million yuan. It is expected to reach a box office of more than 370 million yuan, which is more than 5,000 yuan than the original version.
Here, the butterfly effect has begun, and it has already worked in terms of box office.
"Die Renjie's God Capital Dragon King" was released worldwide. Until all the paintings were released, it reached a global box office of RMB 1.53 billion, officially exceeding 200 million US dollars worldwide.
After such results came out, Tsui Hark was shocked and created a miracle himself. Currently, the number one Chinese-language film is "The Matrix", with a global $843 million.
The second-ranked one is the global US$210 million in "Die Renjie's God Capital Dragon King".
This is the total box office of Chinese-language films in the world, exceeding 200 million US dollars. Tsui Hark himself would never have thought that he could have a movie that exceeded 200 million US dollars worldwide.
This is creating history. He is the second director in the mainland to exceed 400 million, and he is also the second director in the world to exceed 200 million US dollars.
Two heavy records made him excited for a long time.
Not to mention the market's pursuit and praise for him, just Chen Kexin, who tried hard after seeing Tsui Hark achieve such a result.
Because I have a goal, I used to hope to make a good movie. Now I have a goal, so I can't be excited.
So now Chen Kexin has not stayed at home for a few days during the Chinese New Year. After the first day of the first lunar month, construction started immediately.
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This year is also a crucial year.
Wang Meng is inspecting the production of "Kung Fu Panda", and the later stage of "A Niu" is coming to an end. It is expected to be completed in early March, and it is expected to be promoted for one month and will be released in April or May.
Wang Meng's new film plan is also being prepared.
I thought that I would take over the newly built headquarters in a few days, and in a few days I would have to participate in the opening ceremony of "The Matrix" 2-3. Not to mention that in a while, it would be the Oscars ceremony, so it would be troublesome to think about it.
"Why are you still so busy?" Wang Meng muttered. "Hey, things have come together, so please."
Thinking about the report sent back from Tingfeng some time ago, Wang Mengxiang was overwhelmed.
Seeing Gu Gaoyi and Zhu Chengzhi beside him, Wang Meng said, "Okay, let's go here first, you can go and do your business. I'll just take a look. As long as there are no mistakes, I'll be relieved. I'll leave first."
Wang Meng, who left the Dream Recovery Special Effects Headquarters, went to Zhu Meng Video, Mi Meng Marvel, and Zhu Meng Media walked around.
Now that we are going to take over the headquarters, many departments still need to operate, not to mention how the company's employees are feeling.
As the boss of the company, Wang Meng still needs to take some time to take a look.
Fortunately, the subsidiaries are well prepared and there are no mistakes.
A few days later, in front of the newly built headquarters, there were crowds of people and colorful flags fluttering.
Chapter completed!