Chapter 399 Negotiation(1/2)
Palace, in the restaurant.
When he heard Ling Zhou enter the topic, Xue Ya, Shao Anmin, Des, Fang Yue and others put down the tableware in their hands and listened carefully.
"The story background of this animated film is a metropolitan background that integrates Eastern and Western cultures. Well! This background is placed on Lanling. In the setting, in this metropolis, there is a little prodigy proficient in robotics and discovers that this city full of high-tech is facing a criminal crisis. In order to expose the conspiracy and save his home, he will join forces with a team of rookies to form a rookie alliance to fight together and fight crime."
Ling Zhou narrated softly based on his memories.
He has modified this setting.
According to the original work, the story background of "Super Marines" should be a combination of "San Francisco, the United States" and "Tokyo, Japan", a metropolis called "Old Jingshan".
However, this movie has no longer had a penny relationship with the two countries of the United States and Japan.
There is no Disney in this world, no Don Hall, Chris Williams, and there is no original book, a science fiction comic from Japan, so this movie is naturally classified as Lan Ling's domestic production.
Listening to Ling Zhou's narrative, Des and Fang Yue fell into deep thought.
One of them is a screenwriter and the other is an animation director, and they are quickly immersed in the story scenes depicted by Ling Zhou.
As for Xue Ya and Shao Anmin, they were sitting there. They understood the company's operations and market trends. But if it was a technical issue, they would stop.
Ling Zhou picked up the cup and drank a sip of milk. He was not in a hurry and silently waited for the two of them to come back to their senses.
In fact, the movie "Super Marines" is not a particularly popular movie in his world.
In terms of box office, the performance is just fine.
If you remember correctly, this movie was released in November 2014 on Earth in the previous life.
He doesn't remember exactly what date it is. But he remembers that on the first day of the release of this animation film, the total revenue in 3,761 theaters was US$15.83 million, winning the runner-up in a single day.
The box office in three days reached 56.2 million US dollars, and 29% of the film's weekend box office was produced on the 3D screen. It earned $23 million in a few overseas markets such as Russia.
He vaguely remembers that the total global cumulative box office of the animated film "Super Marines" should be US$600 million.
Hey! No, it's $700 million, right?
He can't remember exactly how much it is, but it shouldn't be less than 600 million US dollars. Converting to Lanling coins, it's equivalent to 4 billion.
This box office is quite high.
However, it is still far behind those classic films that have really become popular.
"About the protagonist, it is set up with a 14-year-old mechanical prodigy. I named him "Xiao Hong". He has a genius mind. The advanced combat robot he developed has dominated the underground fighting competition in San Francisco. He has an older brother named Teddy, who encouraged him to challenge himself and helped him get admitted to the Lanling University School of Technology. However, a tragedy changed all this at a science and technology exhibition held by the college. After that, Xiao Hong became a good partner with a robot named "Dabai" and gradually grew into a core member of the high-tech hero six-person group to complete a difficult task. This is the general plot of the whole story. The specific plot content needs you professionals to supplement it."
Ling Zhou said.
With his voice, Des quickly took out paper and recorded it.
"Your Highness, this story is very interesting."
Des said with a smile.
"Yueyin, give Fang Yue the image of 'Dabai' to see, and the image is also used in the movie."
Ling Zhou said to Yu Yin on the side.
Yu Yin nodded and said, "In my room, I'll get it."
As she said that, she got up and left the restaurant.
Watching Yu Yin leave, Ling Zhou looked at Des and continued: "The setting of the robot 'Dabai' is a 'Personal Health Assistant' robot..."
He briefly introduced Dabai's functions.
I remember that in my previous life, the oversized "inflatable robot" in the movie was actually a medical partner.
It is powerful and can detect human life index in just one simple scan. It also treats almost all diseases according to the patient's pain level.
In the film, the meticulous and innocent Dabai is a hero and best friend to Xiaohong.
After a series of exquisite transformations such as "Rocket Gloves, Super Power", Dabai became a super general in the "Super Marines".
Listening to Ling Zhou's narrative, Des's eyes became brighter and brighter.
"Your Highness, a very interesting setting."
Des said with a smile.
Ling Zhou smiled, "This animated movie, named "Super Marines", also fits the movie's intention."
Des nodded and wrote it down.
At this time, Yuyin walked over.
She handed over the drawings.
Ling Zhou took it and glanced at it, and smiled. This was not the one he drew. The image of the "big white" in this image became more refined and fuller.
He knew that this was drawn by Yu Yin himself.
"Look at it."
Ling Zhou said to Des and the others.
Des quickly got up and took the drawings. When he saw the cute fat man on the drawing, he was suddenly confused. This was completely different from what he imagined!
This is the ‘medical companion robot’ described by His Highness?
Des was puzzled, and Fang Yue, who was beside him, said, "Do you want to set the robot "Dabai" into that cute image?"
"good."
Ling Zhou nodded and said, "The robots in this movie do not need to be cold or unkind. Instead, they need to be more cute and understanding, and be able to win the audience's favorite image. You should pay more attention to this when designing it."
I remember my previous life, Dabai, the medical inflatable robot in the film, implemented the cute image to the end and finally became one of the cutest images in the hearts of movie fans around the world.
In this world, he will not change this.
What he wants to change is just some background.
"Your Highness, I have written down all these, and I will write the script as soon as possible."
Des was not too entangled. Since Your Highness asked to write like this, then write like this. Moreover, he had never tried such a writing style, and he just wanted to try it.
Perhaps, is this a breakthrough?
Ling Zhou nodded and said, "Fang Yue, you need to communicate more. My request is not only to write the script, but also to perfectly show the images, personalities and temperaments of all the characters in the script in the animation. This is not a real-life interpretation, just ask some actors with good acting skills."
"clear."
Fang Yue nodded solemnly.
"Just understand."
Ling Zhou nodded and said, "The global animated film market is now sluggish, and the box office generally does not exceed 200 million US dollars. Perhaps, this movie will give this market a booster, and you have to take your time."
Ling Zhou looked at the two and said.
"clear."
Fang Yue and Des nodded solemnly.
"besides……"
Ling Zhou looked at Xue Ya, Shao Anmin and said, "The main purpose of making this animation is to promote a technology product. You should also be careful. Don't take into account the cost. I just need quality. If the funds are insufficient, I will ask Yuanzhou Group to provide you with financial assistance."
Now Jiahang Group is going to carry out many projects.
For example, "Jiahang Theme Park", the mobile game "Honor of Kings", the following video, the operation of "Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck", as well as the "Mickey Mouse"-themed movies, etc.
These all require funds.
There are also many places to burn money to produce "Super Marines".
According to him, Disney's previous life invested in this movie, which seemed to have reached 165 million US dollars.
165 million US dollars, this is not a small amount for Jiahang now.
"yes."
Xue Ya and Shao Anmin nodded, and were not polite about this.
The capital flow of Jiahang Group is indeed not very good.
However, with this huge Yuanzhou Group and the prince as their backing, they never worry about this. So in every business, they spend a lot of money and never stingy on costs.
"Your Highness, can you ask me which technology product is mainly to promote? Fortunately, I specifically described it in the script."
Des said.
Ling Zhou smiled, stood up, and said, "Of course it's our 'big white'."
After saying that, he glanced at Yu Yin and walked out.
Yu Yin also quickly got up and followed him out.
In the restaurant, Des, Fang Yue, Xue Ya and others were confused again. They looked at the big fat man on the drawing paper and the technological product that His Highness wanted to promote was this big guy?
Does Your Highness want to be a ‘doll’?
"Can your Highness be a robot?"
Shao Anmin tried to ask.
To be continued...