My Animation Era

The reason for targeting "The Flying Thief" and Lida Animation during the Spring Festival is not simply due to retaliation.

There are also reasons for competition at the same time.

There are too many films released during the Spring Festival, including two animated films, and these two animated films have a high degree of overlap in audiences, both in terms of subject matter and positioning.

One fact is.

Except for a few people, most viewers will not buy tickets for two movies of the same type. They will basically choose one of the two animated movies after watching them all.

That's why Gu Miao did something evil.

He hopes that during this Spring Festival, if everyone wants to watch animated movies and take their children to experience the atmosphere of family fun, they will give priority to the movie "The Year of the Monkey".

Everything is for profit.

In January this year, due to the failure of the theatrical version of "Sailor Moon", Wanbao's expected profit was greatly reduced. If "The Year of the Monkey" released in early February fails again, the loss will be too great.

It's the New Year, and Gu Miao doesn't want to hear any more bad news. Having a happy New Year is his only hope.

There is good news.

Thanks to his hype and marketing, the movie "The Year of the Monkey" grossed 80.48 million yuan in just two days after its release, just one step away from breaking 100 million yuan.

Among all the new films released during the Spring Festival, the Year of the Monkey zodiac movie ranked third.

This is a surprise!

You know, the company's expected goal for the movie "Year of the Monkey" is just to make back the money.

Judging from the current box office trend, this movie should be able to recover its production costs stably. If the attendance rate doesn't drop too sharply, it might still be able to make a small profit.

Unfortunately.

It is also a Pleasant Goat zodiac movie, and the box office performance and word-of-mouth feedback of "Year of the Monkey" are really incomparable to the previous three works.

This also caused heated discussions among netizens.

Putting aside off-site factors such as trolls' smear campaigns, many netizens have launched heated discussions around the box office performance of this Year of the Monkey movie that was lower than expected.

Someone pointed out the key.

Director Wang, the candidate for the chief director of "Monkey Year", really lacks creativity and can only follow the gourd's pattern and play the trick of putting old wine in new bottles.

Everyone was very disappointed with him.

Because someone took stock of Director Wang's resume so far and found that the only work he could produce was actually the "Haiwa" that was hung on the pillar of shame for Chinese comics!

What the hell...

How did this kind of hanging person become a candidate for the director of a movie in the Year of the Monkey? Is Gu Sanshui blind? Why choose him?

Everyone agreed that the film's mediocre performance was not as dominant as the first three Zodiac films, and that the biggest failure was Director Wang.

"Can you still blame me?"

Facing the accusations and critical comments from netizens, Gu Miao, who had just brought her mother-in-law home from the hospital, seemed aggrieved.

Doesn’t he know what level Director Wang is?

It must be clear!

Precisely because he knew that Director Wang had no talent, he had not been given the lead role in particularly important projects after being employed for such a long time. At most, he was only the deputy director.

But the candidates for the zodiac movie were decided by "drawing lots" at the beginning. Director Wang was lucky enough to get the lot for the Year of the Monkey, so Gu Miao couldn't just cheat and invalidate the result, right?

…

"Year of the Monkey" has received mixed reviews, with many people pointing their fingers at Director Wang, bluntly saying that he is not worthy of directing the zodiac film series.

This made Director Wang extremely sad.

Don't think that all animators can have such a good mentality as Gu Miao. Some people just care about the opinions of fans and can easily break their guard and become autistic.

Of course, Director Wang is not that kind of person.

As the director of "Haiwa", what kind of storms has he not seen? The clamor of a few black fans is not worthy of being taken seriously by him.

The main reason why he broke through the defense was because the clamor from the black fans hit his biggest pain point.

No talent!

The comments made by fans on him were like a steel needle, deeply piercing Director Wang's heart.

There are also people who are settling old scores.

Director Wang's biggest weakness is his extremely poor career experience. When someone uses this to attack him, it's like Galen whispers, remains silent and breaks his defense.

Gu Miao didn't know how to comfort him. To be fair, if Director Wang was not a member of Wanbao, he would probably agree with the view that "Director Wang has no talent."

"Think on the bright side."

"Although you are not comparable to those talented people, you have been in the industry for so many years, and your experience is an advantage that others cannot catch up with." Gu Miao said with a smile.

High emotional intelligence: rich experience!

Low EQ: I have been living in vain for so many years and have nothing but experience...

Director Wang may have understood Gu Miao's subtext, and sighed: "You are right, I am indeed old and can't keep up with today's times."

"From now on, I will take a back seat and help everyone else as an assistant director! It is more reliable to leave the leading role alone to young people."

It is important for people to know themselves.

Gu Miao never expected that Director Wang could make such a calm judgment and say such depressing words.

But then he thought about it, this is a good thing!

Director Wang took the initiative to step aside and give opportunities to the young people in the company, while he used his rich experience to play a supporting role. This was definitely a good thing that had the best of both worlds.

Coincidentally, the animation production team of "Super Cool Cat" that Gu Miao is preparing currently lacks an experienced assistant director.

Director Wang is very suitable!

Facing Gu Miao's invitation, Director Wang seemed speechless. He just said that he would take a back seat and help others with peace of mind in the future, but this did not mean that he did not want to rest.

He has just finished working on "The Year of the Monkey" and the movie hasn't even been released yet. Has a new job been arranged for him?

Don't be so oppressive!

Director Wang thought about it seriously and neither accepted nor refused the invitation. He just said that he should rest for a while and give Gu Miao a reply after a while.

"Okay, you have a good rest."

Patting Director Wang on the shoulder, Gu Miao asked before leaving: "If you think about it, remember to call me. The production team of the animation "Super Cool Cat" welcomes you at any time."

"Oh yes!"

"If you are interested in "Super Cool Cat", you can take this project back and take a look."

With that said, Gu Miao took out a pre-printed paper planning document from the drawer and handed it to Director Wang.

Will the secret be leaked?

There is no need to worry about this issue, because the decision to produce "Super Cool Cat" has been announced through Wanbao Animation's official WeChat account.

Relevant planning settings are almost shared by company executives.

This is not a shady project, why are you afraid of leaks? Gu Miao wished that everyone knew about it, so that he would not have to do pre-publicity for the animation later.

Some people say that "Super Cool Cat" is too unpopular and has not been watched, so I suggest you go and watch it. It is unpopular mainly because there is no follow-up...