I'm almost a Muggle

The box office of this movie is so high!

Lin Dong was shocked. The box office was ten times short of the millions he expected.

It seems that in addition to the good quality of the movie, the 15 million in publicity funds were not in vain, and the movie almost reached a box office of over 100 million.

However, it was a near miss after all.

Shunshun Dangdang successfully lost money, even if it only lost more than five million yuan - considering that the 5% retention of the cultural fund is nearly seven million yuan, it is still a very remarkable achievement.

33 million in the account, waiting for the next target.

“Can any project be suitable?”

Within one day, I invested in two projects, and the total investment amount reached 45 million. This money can be invested in a medium-sized commercial film.

Unexpectedly, this Husky was not satisfied yet.

He continued to stare at the two cartoon directors and inquire about the project.

Are there any of your friends who are unable to find money? Please introduce them to me and I will invest money for them.

Both Niu Jian and Yang Sifan felt that they were experiencing mental illness.

"You can't say that," Lin Dong shook his head and said, "No one's money comes from a project that has at least some level of quality. If it's too bad, don't invest in it."

"Brother Niu, have you said anything about the wontons?" Yang Sifan asked Niu Jian.

"Tell me, Wonton is not short of money, right? That guy got so many bonuses, and he seemed to have a movie released last year." Niu Jian did mention Wonton, and he and Wonton had a relationship in which they had borrowed money.

Of course, it was him who borrowed the wonton money.

One day I couldn't bear it any longer, so I asked a few friends who could lend me some flowers, and I would pay them back when I got some money from a private job.

Wonton had already become famous with "Big Watermelon".

I lent him 20,000 yuan and kept him going for half a year.

Later I took on a private job and paid back the money.

Later, when he passed through Chengdu, he went to see the wontons.

"What? He has spent all the money he had a long time ago, and now he has launched a new project. I heard it is quite expensive."

"That's it. Then I have the opportunity to ask Mr. Lin if Wonton is involved in a project. There is absolutely no problem with the quality. Wonton is considered a genius in the industry. He controls the content very well."

Niu Jian immediately patted his chest and promised to ask Lin Dong.

During the chat, we also talked about some people in the animation industry who were in a bad situation, and the studio of "The Monkey Is Back" was also among them.

It is said that one time he was so poor that he could not afford to eat.

So a group of people went to help the farmer uncle’s orchard pick fruits.

Just rely on this salary and management, and persist until the next order is settled and paid.

"Actually, when it comes to misfortune, Xu Chengyi should be the worst offender."

Niu Jian suddenly remembered someone.

"Oh yes, Lao Xu is really miserable." Yang Sifan patted his thigh and immediately expressed his agreement.

"Who is Xu Chengyi?" Lin Dong has never heard of it.

"He is actually an American who works in Hollywood. He is the animation director and character designer of DreamWorks, right?" Niu Jian explained.

"Chinese-American, born in Hong Kong, and director Chen Kexin are kindergarten classmates. You always know Shrek. He was the character design and animation director for the first two movies, and he participated in directing the third one." Yang Sifan added helpfully.

"I know this, but I didn't expect it to be made by a Chinese director."

"He also directed Puss in Boots. Is it the second part or a spin-off?"

"Why is he so miserable?" Lin Dong interrupted their discussion. He was not very interested in how many films Xu Chengyi had directed. He just wanted to know how miserable this person was and whether he had a chance to participate.

"He is miserable."

"No, everyone was quite envious of him." Seeing that Mr. Lin was a little anxious, Niu Jian quickly got to the point.

Speaking of which, this Xu Chengyi is also extremely unlucky.

When he felt that he had accomplished something, he decided to return to China to prepare for "Catching Monsters".

This movie is adapted from a Chinese mythology story and creates a fantasy world where humans and demons coexist.

It is neither an animated movie nor a pure live-action movie, it should be said to be a combination of the two.

There are already quite a few abroad, but domestically they are basically blank.

No one cared about the project at the beginning.

Because this animator who came back from the Hollywood DreamWorks has many things in his mind that make people feel out of place.

Later, someone was finally moved by him.

This person is Jiang Zhigang, known as "Asia's No. 1 Producer".

Not only was he the man behind the success of Li Shu's "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" and Zhang Lue's "Hero" and "House of Flying Daggers," he was also the man who single-handedly created the number one Chinese film company in overseas distribution in the era of Chinese-language blockbusters.

In fact, his net worth is not that rich, and as a producer, he does not invest his own money in movies.

He almost bet most of his fortune on this movie.

One hundred million!

However, for those who work on animated films in Hollywood, one hundred million U.S. dollars may not be enough, let alone Huaxia coins.

The money was spent before you knew it.

You can only ask Jiang Zhigang for it.

Jiang Zhigang took it several times and not only gave away all his family property, but also mortgaged his son's wedding house to the bank.

The cost soon reached 200 million.

Fortunately, the movie is finally finished and is waiting to be released at the end of this year.

Then last month, an actor surnamed Ke, who was one of the leading actors, was KO'd by Chaoyang people, who had the same character as Fang Long's son.

The mainland has absolutely zero tolerance for this kind of behavior.

This movie is completely cool.

"So, there really is no one worse than Lao Xu." Xu Jian was filled with emotion.

"One person ruined a project, so it's safe for us to make an animated film." Yang Sifan expressed his opinion.

Although it is biased, I have to admit that people named Ke are indeed disgusting.

"This guy, I remember I met him during the Shanghai Film Festival. He was really high-spirited when he and Su Meng were walking together." Lin Dong's tone was inevitably a bit gloating.

At that time, Su Meng came over and invited Lin Dong to attend her charity ceremony.

The man surnamed Ke is holding the goddess's hand. He has become popular in several "Big Time" films, and has also taken on big productions worth 200 million such as "Catching Monsters".

A very small person succeeds.

Maybe we are still waiting to see how Su Meng will ban Lin Dong.

There is no way, peers are jealous of each other. In his opinion, Lin Dong may be following the handsome idol route like him.

It's just that things in the world are unpredictable, so Su Meng came to apologize.

And he also fell into the hands of Chaoyang people and was completely banned without leaving a trace.

"Old Xu probably has the intention to kill people, but it's useless no matter how angry he is. The guy named Ke will definitely not get it." Niu Jian shook his head.

"It's not like I can't get on, I just need to replace the photo with someone else." Yang Sifan seemed to have heard some news.

"Reshooting? That's easy to say. For a leading actor who has the most important role, if someone else does it, the workload will be too much. What's the difference between reshooting and reshooting the movie?" Niu Shanzi argued with Yang Sifan again.