Abstract Art Award Winner

Chapter 215 Solo with Professional Players
Zhou Le hadn't expected the box office to be so high on the first day. Wang Changtian had originally predicted the total box office would be 40 billion to 50 billion yuan.

Zhou Le directly said 60 billion at that time, but this was also based on the box office data of "Wolf Warrior 2" at the time.

The number of domestic cinema chains has increased significantly in recent years, and it is not impossible to get 60 billion yuan under the best circumstances.

But after all, there has never been an animated film that can really become a big hit before, so when Zhou Le said 60 billion, he was actually bragging.

But now Zhou Le really feels that there is hope.

With data like this, it’s worth it to have so many people come to support me.

By the second day, the box office had taken in more than 2 million yuan.

3 million on the 5rd day.

The 4th, 5th and 6th days were all 6 million.

On the 7th day, the box office exceeded 7 million.

As of now, the total box office has reached 439 billion.

After the data came out on the 7th day, Jiaozi made a video call to Zhou Le to review the situation and finally summarized the following points:

The first is that Zhou Le used his personal connections to promote the project and invited many big names in the early stages. After all, they were all friends, so the promotion was very effective after everyone returned.

The second is that theaters saw the potential of "Nezha" and greatly increased the number of screenings in theaters.

The third reason is that the market feedback has been very good, so many people chose to go to the cinema. In addition, it is summer vacation now, and students are on vacation, so they have plenty of time to watch movies.

Fourthly, this kind of film with traditional cultural attributes has also attracted many domestic official media to personally promote it.

Then there are some national sentiment factors.

High-grossing animated films have always been exclusive to Europe and the United States, followed by Japan.

Now that there is finally a film that has the potential to rise, everyone will more or less mix some national sentiment into their spontaneous publicity.

No matter how high you can go, every step forward is a gain.

So much so that Zhou Le started to pay attention to the box office revenue of "Nezha" every day.

The sudden success of "Nezha" also caused a series of social repercussions.

Jiaozi received numerous interview requests, and Wang Changtian and Zhou Le were also invited by many media outlets to participate in exclusive interviews.

"I really didn't expect that Little Nezha would achieve such good results. I thought it would be good, but I didn't expect it to be this good." Facing the camera, Wang Changtian, CEO of Guangxian, answered.

"Mr. Wang, I heard that you also invested in this movie. Can I ask how much you invested?"

“We invested about 1000 million.”

"Well, based on the current trend, Nezha should be able to make quite a bit of money. If Director Jiaozi wants to continue filming, will you continue investing?"

"Of course I will, but it depends on the situation. After all, investing in a project always requires market research..."

On the other side, Zhou Le was also being interviewed, and the questions were similar.

"Zhou Le, can I ask how much money you invested in Nezha?"

Zhou Le thought for a moment and said, "I've paid them several times, sometimes more, sometimes less, but all together it's close to 5000 million. It's about the same as The Wandering Earth. I invested the little money I made into Nezha. After all, if you want to make a good animation, you still have to spend more money."

"Then can I ask what the total investment for the movie Nezha is?"

"The total investment was 6000 million at the beginning. Later, because we wanted to improve some special effects and details, we added some more. The total is about 9000 million."

"Only 9000 million?"

Zhou Le took a deep breath and said, "Comrade host, what you said is very dangerous. 9000 million is already a lot. If I were to spend it normally, I could spend it for dozens of lifetimes."

"That's not what I meant. What I meant was that many movies now cost hundreds of millions of dollars, and an animated film like this can produce such an effect with only 9000 million..."

Zhou Le smiled and said, "It's hard to say for others. After all, most movies use real actors, and the salary is actually a huge expense. But the characters in animated movies are all made by computers, so this item saves a lot.

In addition, Jiaozi was short of money, so every penny was spent wisely. In the end, the 9000 million yuan was able to produce the desired effect. Of course, the main reason was that our country's animation production technology was not that mature, and many difficult special effects could not be produced. "

"Okay, but you've invested more than half of the money in this movie. If Director Jiaozi wants to make a second part, will you still invest?"

"Of course, if a second film is to be made, it will definitely have more special effects than the first, and there will definitely be more big scenes. Perhaps those shots that were difficult to make in the first film will only be small scenes in the second film.

Plus, we all have experience, so when the time comes, we'll see how much Director Jiaozi plans to invest. As long as he opens his mouth, I'll invest whatever he wants."

The host laughed: "Have you always been this... generous when investing?"

"Haha, that's about right. Originally, I wasn't that type of person. After all, I made some money from The Wandering Earth, and Director Guo approached me to invest. But at the time, I just wanted to live off the money and wait for death. But later, I couldn't resist Director Guo's constant persuasion, so I invested all the money into The Wandering Earth 2.

Actually, I should thank Director Guo. After all, after the success of the first film, many people wanted to invest in the second one, but Director Guo was still willing to take me along."

The person Jiaozi is most grateful to is Zhou Le. Although Guangxian also invested money, Zhou Le's help was the greatest from any perspective.

Even the way the two met was quite dramatic, from a former voice actor to a major investor. Jiaozi was very emotional when talking about this.

He told all these things to the reporter.

What "Nezha" brings to Zhou Le is far more than just making money.

The movie "Nezha" became a hit and Zhou Le made a lot of money. Tian Xiaopeng from October Culture also knew that Zhou Le had the financial resources to acquire the company.

People's hearts change, and Tian Xiaopeng is no exception.

At present, he actually has little confidence in the future development of the company. If it does not rely on capital, October Culture can only make mediocre movies while taking on other projects to maintain its operations.

Including the film "Deep Sea" they are currently preparing, the estimated investment is 2 to 3 million yuan.

If there are any changes in the middle, it may be heading towards 4 million.

But he also knew that this subject matter was unlikely to explode in the market, and it was not certain whether it could be sold for 10 billion yuan in the end.

After much thought, he also found some friends and called Mr. Cheng of Tencent Pictures.

"Mr. Tian, we are quite optimistic about Zhou Le. He and I have discussed this matter before. Our internal risk assessment for the Three-Body Problem project has passed, and we do plan to hand it over to him.

We will also provide corresponding support, such as in the areas of procedure approval and content review.”

When Tian Xiaopeng heard this, he could hardly suppress his thoughts. If Zhou Le brought "The Three-Body Problem" with him, how much of a boost would it bring to the company? Would he be able to do better than he did?

Once this idea took root, it began to grow recklessly. Tian Xiaopeng held numerous meetings within the company, ultimately coming to the unanimous conclusion that the company's overall market capitalization was roughly between 6 and 7 million yuan. While this was merely an estimate without a public listing, the market was not deceptive.

But if the "Three-Body Problem" project can be really taken over, the market valuation will at least increase tenfold, and this is without considering word of mouth. If "Three-Body Problem" can be done well, the growth rate will be even greater.

Tian Xiaopeng wanted to call Zhou Le, but he felt that he was too proactive and would lose the initiative.

But he saw that the box office of "Nezha" had set a record in film history, and he knew that Zhou Le would most likely choose other companies if his attitude was ambiguous, and miss the opportunity to make October Culture soar.

Fortunately, Zhou Le called again not long after, and the two agreed that Zhou Le would come to October Culture in a few days to discuss it in detail. "Xiao Su, have you prepared everything I asked you to prepare during this period?"

"We're ready. The acquisition plan, industry development report, and future plans are all finished. I've also made contingency plans for any conditions they might raise."

"Well, send me all these things and have them ready. I'll fill in the rest when you're asked to give the keynote speech."

"Okay, Lego."

A few days later, Zhou Le brought all the company's current non-acting employees to October Culture.

After taking a tour around the company, we sat down in the office and talked about this matter.

The overall negotiation content was quite harmonious, because it has become a general trend now, and Tencent is willing to hand over "The Three-Body Problem" to Zhou Le to develop the animation project.

Even if we fail to reach an agreement with October Culture, there are still many companies out there that want to cooperate.

But because Tian Xiaopeng did not agree immediately during their last meeting, Zhou Le lowered the price a bit this time. Although it was not much, it was preliminarily decided that Zhou Le would set up a separate company and then acquire 5.8% of October Culture's shares for million yuan.

Zhou Le also met most of the remaining requirements raised by Tian Xiaopeng.

Tian Xiaopeng also changed from the company's actual controlling shareholder to the company's CEO.

Next, it is necessary to review October Culture’s various projects, including debts, finances, etc.

After ensuring that there are no problems, the 5.8 million will be paid in three installments.

The first payment of 1 million yuan will be received within one month of the official signing of the contract.

The second payment is still 2 million and will be paid in the third month after signing the contract.

The last payment of 3.8 million yuan will have to wait until March next year to be settled in one lump sum.

Zhou Le planned to borrow some of the first payment. When the second payment arrived, the share of the profit from "The Wandering Earth" would be completed, and the third payment would be the share of the profit from "Nezha".

They agreed on these conditions that day. Xiao Su would follow up on the matter of registering a new company. When the contract was ready, Zhou Le would come in person with the company seal.

At the same time, Xiao Su is also responsible for connecting with Tencent on the other side, after all, Tencent also wants to invest in the new company.

After finishing these, Zhou Le continued to film "Actors' Peak".

Now it is August and "My Hometown and Me" is about to start filming. This time Zhou Le joined Ning Hao's crew and got the role of a policeman.

In the entire movie, his screen time is only one minute at most, and his lines are only two or three.

This way you can go and act, and in the end you won't have to offend anyone because of the role or awards.

"Le'er, our shoot is expected to take a month. You can come over in about half a month. I think your segment will be finished in less than half a day, but we still need to take makeup photos, promotional photos, etc."

"It's okay, Hao. I just have one announcement here. I'll send you the recording time later. You can arrange the rest of the time as you like. I'll go whenever you tell me to."

"Well, it's been a while since we last saw each other, so let's have a drink together."

"no problem."

But Zhou Le said that it was nothing, in fact he still had to take time to deal with the All-Star event.

In the end, Zhou Le joined Uzi's team and played in the bottom lane with Uzi.

Also on the same team are support Qingwa as a substitute, Tian as jungler, Shenchao as top laner, and Ruofeng as mid laner.

In addition, there are substitute players for the top laner and jungler.

When everyone has free time, they have to play ranked games together to practice getting to know each other better.

Moreover, as players, they have privileges and can play with unlimited firepower even in normal times.

They usually broadcast live when they are practicing.

But just after the live broadcast ended that day, Uzi suddenly said that he wanted to have a solo game with Zhou Le and play mid lane.

Zhou Le readily agreed. The rule for their solo was one blood, one tower.

Zhou Le lost the first round, but he suddenly thought of using "inviting gods" when filming.

You can use "请神" when dubbing.

Of course, playing games is also possible.

So he immediately chose to invite Faker to himself.

Although the body has not yet adapted to this speed, the second game was still very intense.

Uzi was stunned. He knew Zhou Le's gaming skills, so why was he suddenly so strong? Did the opponent change players?

Although he lost the second game, Zhou Le's skills improved dramatically in the third game, and he found the right opportunity to complete a solo kill.

"Something's wrong, nine out of ten, maybe even nine out of ten!"

"Brother Le, are you really playing by yourself? Let's do a video chat next time, showing your skills. It's not that I don't believe you, it's just that this is too unbelievable."

"Okay."

In the fourth game, Zhou Le turned on the camera and shone it on his face and hands. This time, he achieved a solo kill.

"Damn, that's awesome, but it doesn't make sense. I'm an ADC, so I'm not that strong in one-on-one duels. Wait a minute, I'll get TheShy over here, but wait, don't reveal who you are, or I'll challenge him to a one-on-one duel."

Uzi said in surprise.

But in fact he did not give his full strength.

After all, there aren't many people who can beat him in a solo match.

About 10 minutes later, TheShy entered the custom mode.

Zhou Le is now in the "supplication" state and has been able to fully adapt to Faker.

And as soon as they entered, the two met in the middle lane. After just exchanging a little blood with each other, Zhou Le felt something was wrong, because the opponent's level was not weak at all.

Similarly, Zhou Le, even in his current state, felt very deep pressure.

"Awesome, big brother!"

"I'm playing peak Faker now."

But Zhou Le thought about it and realized that if the two of them continued to exchange blood, they might not win.

So he immediately changed the object of "invitation" to TheShy himself in his prime.

(End of this chapter)