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Chapter 1568 A Billion Planned for Next Year

Outsiders are buzzing about Ye Zhi Qiu's bold claim of 10 billion yuan in box office revenue.

In a Chinese society where Confucianism is the dominant ideology, Ye Zhi Qiu's remarks were indeed too conspicuous.

Opinions vary. Some believe he is young and impetuous, while others think he is arrogant, conceited, and ignorant of his own limitations.

In short, Ye Zhi Qiu was suddenly thrust into the spotlight.

It is foreseeable that this topic will be frequently mentioned throughout the next year, and the entire industry is waiting to see if Ye Zhi Qiu can achieve the feat of "one person, 10 billion".

It can be said that Ye Zhi Qiu has been put on the hot bench.

If you succeed, you'll be deified.

If they fail, they will definitely be ridiculed by the entire internet, and it will inevitably be a celebration for some haters.

Time flies, and it's already the tenth day of the Lunar New Year.

With the end of the Spring Festival holiday, box office revenue for various films has declined to varying degrees, and the box office landscape for the Spring Festival period has been largely determined.

Currently, "The Dead End" ranks fourth with a box office of 11.3 billion yuan. According to predictions, the final box office is estimated to be 14 to 5 billion yuan.

This box office performance is not very high, much lower than the predicted box office of 22 billion yuan for another film in which he served as screenwriter, "Ip Man".

But for a crime film with a relatively niche subject matter, it is already a great success.

In comparison, the romance film "After the Rain," released in the same period, is a popular romance film, but its momentum has weakened considerably. Its daily box office is now about to fall below 1000 million yuan, and its total box office is predicted to be around 11 billion yuan.

It can only be said that works that rely on hype and exploiting emotional conflict to attract viewers have a very poor public image.

After these types of films have exhausted the spending power of a specific fan base, it is inevitable that their box office will decline rapidly, and they are destined to not last long.

The influence of that film critic's "Love's Values ​​Shatterer" article may also have played a part...

At this moment, Ye Zhi Qiu, who was deeply involved in the public opinion, was not affected at all and appeared in the office building of Huahai “Shiguang Zhi Qiu” Animation Studio.

Today marks the start of the new year for "Autumn of Light".

Although Ye Zhi Qiu, as the boss, was a hands-off manager and visited the company very few times, he still had to show up on the first day of work in the new year.

In Huang Shiguang's words, newly recruited employees, upon hearing from veteran employees that they had met the boss Ye Zhiqi, all suspected that the other party was exaggerating.

So when Ye Zhi Qiu appeared at the company, the entire building was in an uproar.

After spending two hours acting as a "mascot" and personally handing out red envelopes to 300 employees, Ye Zhi Qiu was forced to sing a song on the spot amidst the cheers of the crowd before he was finally able to leave.

Sitting in the general manager's office, which he hadn't visited in over half a year, Huang Shiguang across from him said with a smile.

"The opening ceremony benefits are great today. Singing them a song is more effective than any red envelope."

Ye Zhi Qiu picked up his teacup, took a sip to moisten his throat after talking all morning, and said, "That's an exaggeration."

“It’s not an exaggeration at all.” Huang Shiguang shook his head.

"You don't know, young people these days are very individualistic, they're so quick to speak their minds."

"When the company is hiring, we ask people why they chose 'Shiguang Zhiqiu' (拾光之秋), and some directly answer that they are fans of yours and can follow their idols while working."

"Oh, right." Huang Shiguang suddenly remembered something and instructed, "When you hold a concert, remember to reserve some internal tickets for the company."

“If I use it as a reward, it will definitely turn them into Super Saiyans and make them work like crazy.”

"..." Ye Zhi Qiu was a little dumbfounded, and could only agree.

After chatting for a while, the two talked about their plans for the new year.

Currently, as a leading animation studio in China, "Shiguang Zhiqiu" has gotten on track and achieved stable profits.

Besides the ongoing anime "Dragon Ball," other existing IPs such as "Big Fish & Begonia" and "Monkey King: Hero Is Back" are also continuing to be commercially developed.

On the film front, "Kung Fu Panda 3," a collaboration with DreamWorks Animation, has officially begun production and is expected to be released this year.

The first two Kung Fu Panda films were box office successes in Hollywood, making it arguably the best global production that "Shiguang Zhiqiu" has ever participated in.

However, Huang Shiguang couldn't help but complain.

"To be honest, after collaborating twice, I've pretty much demystified these so-called top animation production companies from abroad."

"It's not that they aren't capable, but in many ways, they're not what we thought at all."

“When I saw some very difficult and detailed scenes done by others, I thought, ‘Wow, how did they do that? I could never do it unless I used a clumsy method to slowly polish them frame by frame. Do they have some advanced technology?’”

"But when we got there, we found out they didn't have any advanced technology; they had developed it bit by bit."

"The problem is that those employees are lazy. They take leave every few days, dawdle, and their work ethic and efficiency are nowhere near that of our domestic employees..."

After Huang Shiguang launched into a scathing critique, he couldn't help but add, "However, others have an advantage that we can't match: money and market share."

"Damn, an animation costs $1.4 million, almost 9 million RMB. That's outrageous. They could hire as many people as they want to polish the details."

"Their market can also be accessed freely all over the world, which can support such costs. To be honest, if Chinese animated films are allowed to be distributed and screened normally in North America, we are confident that we can make more than a billion yuan at the box office."

As he continued, Huang Shiguang couldn't help but sigh, realizing that he had been being a bit too idealistic.

He meant that, in terms of animation production alone, the staff at Shiguangzhiqiu were just as capable as those at top foreign animation companies.

However, whether a movie is a box office success depends on many factors.

First and foremost is the distribution rights. Even if "Shiguangzhiqiu" abandons "Animation Dream Factory" and produces "Kung Fu Panda 3", it's all for nothing if you can't release it in Hollywood, and you don't have their screening schedules and promotional resources.

The power of discourse was in their hands, so no matter how much Huang Shiguang was dissatisfied, in the collaboration on "Kung Fu Panda," "Shiguangzhiqiu" was in a "supporting role," and the fact was that the majority of the profits were taken away.

To this, Ye Zhi Qiu simply said, "Don't worry, there will be such an opportunity one day."

Huang Shiguang took it as just a way of comforting himself and didn't take it too seriously.

Just then, his phone rang. Ye Zhi Qiu glanced at the caller ID and answered.

From Huang Shiguang's perspective, all he heard were words like "hundreds of billions" and "it's okay".

After finishing the call, Ye Zhi Qiu offered an explanation.

"The State Administration of Film and Television held an industry promotion meeting before the Lunar New Year. When we made our pledge, I said that we could achieve 100 billion yuan in box office revenue this year."

"Now that this news has been exposed, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television has called to explain that it was not them who released the information, and told me not to feel too much pressure."

Huang Shiguang had also heard about the recent online discussions, and after hearing them, he said, "That must be the other people at the meeting."

"That's a pretty underhanded tactic. They deliberately made a big deal out of it, putting you in a very difficult position. Do you know which competitor did this? You have to retaliate."

"No..." Ye Zhi Qiu thought for a moment, then changed his words, "If I'm not mistaken, he should know."

"No need for theory, she's just a woman going through menopause with unstable emotions."

"A counterattack is coming."